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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Friday, April 22, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ In-laws demand too much time from hard-working son FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My husband, “Ed,” GDWLQJ VFHQH (YHU\ WLPH , JR RQ D and I are in our 40s. We both work, GDWH,SHUFHLYHLWDVDGDWHWKDWZHQW and Ed often puts in more than 60 H[WUHPHO\ ZHOO %XW ZKHQ , JR WR hours a week. My in-laws, in their FRQWDFWWKHJX\WKHQH[WGD\,JHWQR 60s, are both in good health, retired response in return. DQGZHOORII¿QDQFLDOO\7KH\H[SHFW ,KDYHPDMRUWUXVWLVVXHVWREHJLQ ZHHNO\JDWKHULQJVXQOHVV7+(<KDYH ZLWKIURPSDVWUHODWLRQVKLSVDQGLW¶V other plans. hard for me to let my guard down. 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