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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, March 8, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Couple sharing household should share expenses too FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE together and just talk. There was lots Dear Abby: I need some rela- of Àirting, eye contact, and this over- tionship advice. How do you handle whelming feeling of bliss — butter- household expenses with a partner? Àies in the stomach — all of that. My boyfriend and I have been in The problem was he was married. a relationship for 10 years. In all this Once I realized it, I was devastated time, he has never once split any of because I understood what I wanted the expenses with me. I pay for every- could never be. I feel so lost. I’m now thing. He does buy groceries, although considering going to counseling. not all of them. He also helps around Jeanne I still hear from others that he the house and with my daughter. Phillips mentions me or says he misses me, If I bring up the issue of sharing Advice but this is old news. Now there’s expenses, it turns into a ¿ght. He says someone else, and it’s the same he’s “sorry” he doesn’t make enough money. Then he says all that matters to me is problem — just a different setting. I feel so guilty for crushing on unattainable money and threatens to move out. I feel completely taken advantage of men. What’s wrong with me? Why can’t because he DOES have the money to make I like someone who is available? I’ve liked $300-plus monthly payments for his new boat guys my own age before, and ones who were that’s sitting in my garage. To me it’s all about single, but there’s something exciting about priorities. I would like a new car, but I have older unavailable men. I don’t want to feel this way, but I know other monthly bills to pay. Is it just me, or is this unfair? — Up To that when I try to ¿ght these feelings they just become stronger. I won’t act on them, but I Here With It In South Dakota Dear Up To Here: It’s not just you. You wish I could change them. How can I? — have been carrying the lion’s share of the load. Feeling Guilty In Ohio Dear Feeling Guilty: The Tuickest way to %ut unless you are ¿nally ready to insist upon a new arrangement with this man — who has do that would be to talk about these feelings had it pretty good for the last 10 YEARS — with a licensed mental health professional. When you do, be prepared to touch on all of nothing will change. It’s time to ask yourself whether what your relationships with men, including your he does contribute — on every level — is father — who is usually the ¿rst “unattain- enough to satisfy you. If it isn’t, be prepared able” man with whom a little girl falls in love. to tell him you need to ¿nd an eTual partner, I am pretty sure you will ¿nd that conversa- and if he’s unwilling to be that person, he tion illuminating. should move. Once you understand your feelings, it may Dear Abby: Four years ago I had major be easier for you to ¿nd a man who is truly affection for a man. We talked every chance available — if a relationship beyond a mad we could. We arranged times we could sit Àirtation is what you really want, that is. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian March 7-8, 1916 What is believed to be a record litter for one coyote was discovered a day or so ago by Alex Collett, government trapper whose camp is on the R.F. Wigglesworth place on Butter creek. In a report to E.F. Averill of this city, under whom he is working, he states that he caught and killed a female coyote that was soon to be the mother of 14 young. The killing of the coyote by Trapper Collet put an end to 15 coyotes and the advantage of hiring men on straight salaries rather than paying them bounty is demonstrated. The old bounty hunter at this time of the year seldom killed a female coyote for the reason that, by letting her live, his pro¿ts would be increased many fold. The bounty hunters, too, killed the animals only when their fur was in a condition to make the hides salable at good prices. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian March 7-8, 1966 Umatilla will become a seaport and indus- trial sites will be at a premium along the John Day pool within the next few years, a group of 30 county leaders in business, ¿nance and government heard last night. To meet the expected growth, in recreation as well as industrial demand, the Port of Umatilla will ask voters to approve a 30-year, $1,025,000 bond issue. With the slack-water navigation resulting from completion of the John Day dam, tugs will be able to push loads of 15,000 tons and up, compared to the maximum today of 2,000 tons. Cheaper water transportation, container shipments, bigger barges, all mean growth, said Capt. Robert W. Thomayer, general manager of Tidewater Shaver Barge Lines. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian March 7-8, 1991 A national magazine has listed Inland Empire Bank of Hermiston as one of the handful of “supersafe” banks in the United States. In a story in the March issue on the nation’s banking crisis, Money magazine named Inland Empire Bank on a list of 98 of the strongest banks in the nation. With assets of $15 million, Inland Empire is Oregon’s largest bank based east of the Cascades. Inland Empire employs about 100 people in its of¿ces in Hermiston, Boardman, Pendleton, Stan¿eld and Umatilla. It is a closely held corporation with nearly all its shareholders living in Umatilla or Morrow counties. THIS DAY IN HISTORY DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the 68th day of 2016. There are 298 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 8, 1966, Nelson’s Pillar, a 120-foot- high column in Dublin honoring British naval hero Horatio Nelson, was bombed by the Irish Republican Army. On this date: In 1702, England’s Queen Anne acceded to the throne upon the death of King William III. In 1854, U.S. Commo- dore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese. In 1874, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, died in Buffalo, New York, at age 74. In 1917, Russia’s “February Revolution” (referring to the Old Style calendar) began in Petrograd; the result was the abdication of the Russian monarchy in favor of a provisional government. The U.S. Senate voted to limit ¿libusters by adopting the cloture rule. In 1930, the 27th pres- ident of the United States, William Howard Taft, died in Washington at age 72. In 1944, two days after an initial strike, U.S. heavy bombers resumed raiding Berlin during World War II. In 1965, the United States landed its ¿rst combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang. In 1979, technology ¿rm Philips demonstrated a proto- type compact disc player during a press conference in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. In 1983, in a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals convention in Orlando, Florida, President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire.” In 1986, four French television crew members were abducted in west Beirut; a caller claimed Islamic Jihad was responsible. (All four were eventually released.) Today’s Birthdays: Actress Sue Ane (correct) Langdon is 80. College Football Hall of Famer Pete Dawkins is 78. Baseball player-turned-author Jim Bouton is 77. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 72. Actor-director Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) is 71. Sing- er-musician Randy Meisner is 70. Pop singer Peggy March is 68. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice is 63. Singer Gary Numan is 58. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 57. Actor Aidan Quinn is 57. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 56. Actress Camryn Manheim is 55. Actor Leon (no last name) is 53. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 48. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 40. Actor James Van Der Beek is 39. Rock musician Andy Ross (OK Go) is 37. Thought for Today: “The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.” — Simone Weil, French philosopher (1909-1943). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
