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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, January 10, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Wife wants out of husband’s fling in swinging lifestyle FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE Dear Abby: My husband, to whom I have known his family for as I’ve been married since July of 2016, long as I’ve known him, which is 20 has recently caved in to pressure from years. He swore up and down to me friends to participate in “swinger” that he wouldn’t relapse again, but behavior. He wants me to be included, he did and died from an overdose. but I really don’t want to. Austin’s family blames me for his The other female has lesbian tenden- death because I didn’t answer his calls cies that make me uncomfortable. Her or messages. How can I explain to boyfriend is juggling two partners at them there was nothing I could do? — Jeanne once, alternating nights for each one. Phillips Fault Isn’t Mine My husband has told him he can do Dear Fault: You were under no Advice whatever he wants in front of us, which ethical or moral obligation to answer I find awkward and embarrassing. Austin’s texts or messages after his I don’t want to be a spoilsport, but I feel he relapses. Save yourself the frustration of is being unfair to me. How do I put the genie trying to point out the truth to his family. back in the bottle without ruining my marriage Austin’s relatives are in pain right now, and and friendships? We’ve lived together since in denial as well. They are blaming you rather 2005, and the pressure is getting worse now than their son because the truth — that Austin that we’re married. — Not To Swing In The was responsible for his own actions and his USA own death — may be too hard for them to Dear Not To Swing: If your vision of face. marriage is a union between two people only, Dear Abby: I am a retired lady who often then the man you married is not someone eats alone in restaurants. When I arrive, the with whom you should spend a lifetime. Do host or hostess usually greets me and asks, not allow yourself to be coerced into anything “How many?” When I reply, “One,” the you are not comfortable with, and that includes invariable response is, “Just ONE?” I find the threesomes. Much as you might wish it, you question demeaning and rude. are not going to change your husband, which I have responded with things like “Isn’t is why it may be time for you to revisit this one enough?” or, “If you prefer groups, I subject with him and the help of a licensed can go elsewhere.” I have even mentioned to marriage and family therapist. managers that it would be more appropriate Dear Abby: I dated a longtime friend, if they trained their hosts not to say “just.” “Austin,” for about four months. He had a Can you offer a better response I can give? — history of drug use, but had been sober for Party Of One about four years before he stopped attending Dear Party Of One: I think you are meetings. handling the situation as well as it can be I have two children from my previous handled. Sometimes people don’t stop to marriage. He knew when we started dating that consider the implications of what they are if he relapsed, the relationship was over. He saying. It’s impolite for a host to ask, “Just did, so I ended it then and there. Austin begged one?” because in some cases the reply could be depressing and cloud the dining experience. me for a second chance and for my help. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 10, 1918 Pendleton housewives may soon be able to exchange a pound of fat for a large bar of soap at the grocery stores if the Portland “Save Fat and Get Soap” plan is adopted here. The plan as outlined by A.B. Ayer, state food administrator, has four definite aims in view. To conserve the supply of fats as a war measure, to recover the glycerine from them for the manufacture of explo- sives, to encourage home industries and to save railroad shipping space. The Portland plan which would probably be varied little if adopted here would enable a pound of fat rancid, burned or otherwise unfit for cooking to be exchanged at a grocery store for a 10-ounce cake of brown laundry soap or an 8-ounce of white laundry soap. Mr. Ayer points out that in the home manufacture of soap the glycerine which is an essential component of nitro-glycerine and other explosives is lost. Oregon manufacturers say that from seven to nine pounds of glycerine are recovered by their processes from every 100 pounds of fat converted into soap. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 10, 1968 Fire caused an estimated damage of more than $70,000 to the Country Trader store north of Milton-Freewater on Highway 11 Tuesday night. Whitney Miller, owner of the business, made the estimate after the fire, which he discovered about 9 p.m., destroyed all of his stock and the building. A lion and bobcat were killed. One year ago a building on the same location burned. Miller thought the fire started near a deep freeze near the bobcat and lion cages. He noticed light flickering and found the store filled with smoke. The Umapine Hudson Bay Volunteer fire department and the District 4 fire department went to the scene. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 10, 1993 Local psychiatric services just got smaller with the recent closure of St. Anthony Hospital’s inpatient unit. But Pendleton psychiatrists claim that the area needs more mental health facilities and personnel than ever before. The hospital’s decision to close the unit — which opened in 1983 — was largely the result of reim- bursement policies set out by insurance companies. Although the unit counted over 200 admissions each year since 1988, insurance companies became increasingly unwilling to dole out dollars for mental health. 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 10th day of 2018. There are 355 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine anonymously published his influential pamphlet, “Common Sense,” which argued for American independence from British rule. On this date: In 1861, Florida became the third state to secede from the Union. In 1863, the London Underground had its begin- nings as the Metropolitan, the world’s first under- ground passenger railway, opened to the public with service between Paddington and Farringdon Street. In 1920, the League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect. In 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London. The first manmade contact with the moon was made as radar signals trans- mitted by the U.S. Army Signal Corps were bounced off the lunar surface. In 1948, future country music star Loretta Lynn (nee Webb) married Oliver “Mooney” Lynn; she was 15 at the time, he was 21 (the marriage lasted until Oliver Lynn’s death in 1996). In 1957, Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Britain, following the resignation of Anthony Eden. In 1978, the Soviet Union launched two cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz 27 capsule for a rendezvous with the Salyut 6 space laboratory. Today’s Birthdays: Blues artist Eddy Clearwater is 83. Singer Rod Stewart is 73. Rock singer-musician Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) is 70. Boxing Hall of Famer and entrepreneur George Foreman is 69. Rock musi- cian Scott Thurston (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) is 66. Singer Pat Benatar is 65. Rock musician Rock singer-musician Curt Kirk- wood (Meat Puppets) is 59. Rock singer Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) is 54. Rapper Chris Smith (Kris Kross) is 39. Presidential adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner is 37. Thought for Today: “History must speak for itself. A historian is content if he has been able to shed more light.” — William L. Shirer, American author and journalist (1904-1993). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE