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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, February 1, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Wife is surprised her soul mate is looking for sex with men FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: My husband and I I’ve heard the saying that one have been married 35 years. Our sex should only marry someone (or even life was never very active, but we be with them) if one can’t imagine have been each other’s soul mates life without that person. Well, if I and best friends. We had a rough few picture my life without him, I see years early on, but managed to come myself being perfectly fine. Yes, I’d back together, and our relationship is miss him, but I still think I could be great. happy without him. I don’t imagine Recently, while I was setting up ever feeling devastated like other Jeanne new email addresses, I saw some Phillips people feel when they break up with messages he had sent in response to someone. Is this a sign that something Advice requests from married men looking is missing from the relationship? — for sex with other men. I just can’t Still All Right In New Jersey reconcile this with the man I know; however, Dear Still All Right: I don’t think so. I’m sure it’s true. I’m not sure if I should The only thing that’s “missing” is the fact tell him I know, or if I should try to forget that you are not so emotionally dependent it. After all, I may be the reason he’s looking on your boyfriend that you couldn’t function for sexual satisfaction elsewhere. More than if something were to happen to him. And in anything, I’m surprised he’s not looking for my opinion, that’s actually healthy, because a woman. I’m sure confused. What should I relationships and marriages don’t last forever, do? — Soul Mates In Texas even when we wish them to. Dear Soul Mates: I seriously doubt that Dear Abby: Why is it that when adults are this is your fault. Your husband doesn’t look trying to get to know my children, the first for women to satisfy his sex drive because his thing they want to know is who they have orientation may be homosexual (or bisexual) a crush on? Not only is that an extremely rather than heterosexual. personal question, it’s also the least signifi- You say you are soul mates and best cant part of their lives and not something I friends. Soul mates and best friends commu- want them to dwell on. nicate honestly with each other. I do think Ask instead what their favorite subject you should level with him about what you is, if they read a book recently they enjoyed, discovered. Is his having sex outside of your what kinds of activities they participate in or marriage all right with you? If you have had clubs they belong to. Please stop telling them sexual relations with him over the last few that “surely some cute little kid” must have years, make an appointment with your doctor caught their eye. — Wise One In Virginia to be checked for STDs. Dear Wise One: I agree. Young children Dear Abby: I’m a 30-year-old woman may “like” someone, but may find it embar- who has been with my boyfriend for a year rassing to talk about. Another question, in and a half. He’s a great guy who treats me addition to the ones you have suggested, wonderfully. I know he sees marriage in our might be, “Who are your friends, and what do you like doing with them?” future, and that’s where my problem lies. DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 1, 1917 Fear of high water is already beginning to be entertained by some local people because of the abnormally heavy snow in the mountains. While the snowfall in and about Pendleton has been comparatively light this winter, there have been unusually heavy snow storms in the mountains to the east and south. At Kamela the snow is reported to be six feet deep and at some points in the mountains eight feet. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 1, 1967 A proposed “park and shop mall” for downtown Pendleton got an endorsement for a two-week trial period Tuesday. Mrs. Herman Lorenzen, one of the property owners who would be affected by the mall, said “we feel spending this now would protect our investment.” Parking meters in the two blocks — from Court to Emigrant — would BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN be hooded during the trial period. Cost of the mockup is estimated at $2,200, for “labor, a few bricks and some watered- down paint.” The trial period will not only give merchants and shoppers a chance to see how they like the mall, but will give city engineer Val Toronto and his staff a chance to study any problems that arise from the new pattern of traffic. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 1, 1992 Winter or not, the 1991-92 bowling season is heating up for area bowlers. John Herbi- son’s 300 during the Wednesday Night Mixed League last week brought the total to three perfect games bowled by men at Pendleton Lanes during the current league season. Brian Brandon, 20, rolled a 300 game in December and Rich Hartle, 36, hit 12 straight strikes in November. Both came during the Wednesday Night Men’s Major League. Herbison, 51, said his 300 was his first in five years of bowling. He carries a 192 average. THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today is the 32nd day of 2017. There are 333 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 1, 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the British Broad- casting Corp. in London. On this date: In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.) In 1922, in one of Hollywood’s most enduring mysteries, movie director William Desmond Taylor was shot to death in his Los Angeles home; the killing has never been solved. In 1943, one of Ameri- ca’s most highly decorated military units, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively of Japanese-Americans, was authorized. In 1959, men in Switzer- land rejected giving women the right to vote by a more than 2-1 referendum margin. (Swiss women gained the right to vote in 1971.) In 1968, during the Vietnam War, South Viet- nam’s police chief (Nguyen Ngoc Loan) executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head in a scene captured by news photographers. Richard M. Nixon announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile. In 1982, “Late Night with David Letterman” premiered on NBC (airing at 11:35 p.m. Central time, 12:35 a.m. Feb. 2 in the Eastern time zone). In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members. Ten years ago: The departing top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that improving security in Baghdad would take fewer than half as many extra troops as President George W. Bush had chosen to commit. Five years ago: Face- book, the Internet social network, announced plans to go public with a stock offering. One year ago: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz swept to victory in Iowa’s Republican caucuses, overcoming billionaire Donald Trump and a stron- ger-than-expected showing by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Stuart Whitman is 89. Folk singer Bob Shane (The Kingston Trio) is 83. Singer Don Everly is 80. Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 78. TV personality-singer Joy Philbin is 76. Country musician Dwayne Dupuy (Ricochet) is 52. Lisa Marie Presley is 49. Actor Michael C. Hall is 46. Roots rocker Jason Isbell is 38. Mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey is 30. Thought for Today: “Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.” — Sam Levenson, American humorist (1911- 1980). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
