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B6 East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, February 6, 2019 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Three’s too crowded for wife in ‘Shades of Grey’ marriage FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE BEETLE BAILEY BY MORT WALKER Dear Abby: I’ve been married avoid them. His first child is 8, but to my best friend for nine years. We she is disabled and is like a toddler. I get freaked out around her, too. have our ups and downs, but we’re When they come over, I go out- generally happy. When “Fifty side or into my room and hide. Shades of Grey” came out, I told On top of that, my sister is preg- him I was interested in exploring nant and living here with me and that scene. He was thrilled because our parents. I’m only 17, so I can’t he’s always been in the lifestyle but J eanne move out. It’s hard enough when was afraid to scare me away. P hilliPs my brother visits with his kids, but Fast forward four years: I no ADVICE if one lives with me, I know I’m longer wish to be part of it. It’s not gonna lose it. I’m too afraid to talk for me. I agreed to have a live-in to my parents about this. — Los- submissive with the understand- ing that she leaves if I say so. But he’s now ing It in the West calling me selfish for suggesting it be only Dear Losing It: You are not going to lose it. You are going to talk with your par- the two of us. He has no intention of ever ents about this because you cannot keep changing it. hiding in your room forever. The longer She helps him with his company, which you do, the higher your level of anxiety will is also lifestyle-related, and claims he can’t become. do it without her. Their relationship is non- Have you any idea why you feel the sexual. Am I selfish for wanting a nor- mal marriage again? He gave me the mas- way you do about babies and toddlers? Is it ter bedroom to myself and says that’s the their size, their fragility, the sound of their compromise and I need to let him be him. voices? You may need help from a licensed What’s your opinion? — Wrong Turn in therapist to get past this. (Some individuals Houston do.) It’s important that you understand what Dear Wrong Turn: Wait a minute! If is driving this panic because, if you don’t, your husband can’t run his company with- you will find yourself increasingly isolated out this woman, then I have to wonder who as your friends and relatives start families. Dear Abby: Our high school-age daugh- is the submissive. ter has a great group of friends. They often If sleeping in an empty master bedroom spend the night at each other’s houses for while he sleeps in another and has a “non- sexual” relationship with this person is what sleepovers. It’s usually two to four girls you want for your future, you wouldn’t be sharing rooms and beds. My dilemma is that writing to me. You asked for my opinion, one of her friends is a gay boy. She asked if and here it is: Let your husband be himself, he could stay over. After some thought, our response was that he could, but in a sep- permit yourself to be yourself and while arate bed. What would your answer have you’re doing that, consult a divorce lawyer. been? — Not In the Parenting Handbook Dear Abby: I have a really bad fear of Dear Not: Mine would have been babies and toddlers. My brother’s wife just the same as yours, if only for the sake of had a second child, and I can’t stand being “propriety.” around them. I get really bad anxiety, so I DAYS GONE BY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 6, 1919 Arnold Minnis, Pendleton boy who is in the navy aboard the U.S.S. Frederick, met Ernest Boyle, hospital apprentice in the navy, recently at Brest, France. Minnis, after landing at Brest, says he looked into half the tents in the camp before he found his friend. The two visited for an afternoon before Boylen left for Paris on a furlough. The Frederick is employed in bringing wounded soldiers home and recently returned from France with 1700 wounded men. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 6, 1969 A $75,000 fire destroyed the sawmill at Blue Mountain Fir Products Tuesday night. Owner Harold Bartsch said the loss was partly covered by insurance. No one was injured in the blaze. Because the lum- ber mill — near Rieth — is outside any fire protection district, the only firefighters were volunteers and three firefighting teams from Pendleton Grain Growers. The blaze started about 7:30 p.m. when a spark from a cutting torch operated by Darrell McCoy ignited dust in the sawmill. The wooden building burned rapidly and workers concentrated their efforts on keeping the blaze confined to the sawmill. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 6, 1994 Two people were ejected and received multiple injuries when the pickup they were riding in spun out of control and crashed on an ice-covered I-84 west of Pendle- ton on Friday morning. Rebecca L. Ahl, 32, and Jane A. Mowry, 32, both of Boise and both passengers in the pickup, were ejected. They were cited for failing to wear their seat belts. Both were admitted to St. Anthony Hospital with multiple fractures, and Mowry was later transferred by air to a hospital in Boise, Idaho, where she was listed in fair condition. TODAY 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 On Feb. 6, 1911, Ron- ald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tam- pico, Illinois. In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, the United States won official recognition and mil- itary support from France with the signing of a Treaty of Alliance in Paris. In 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to rat- ify the U.S. Constitution. In 1952, Britain’s King George VI, 56, died at San- dringham House in Nor- folk, England; he was suc- ceeded as monarch by his 25-year-old elder daughter, who became Queen Eliza- beth II. In 1987, Wall Street Jour- nal reporter Gerald Seib was released after being detained six days by Iran, accused of being a spy for Israel; Iran said the detention was a result of misunderstandings. In 1991, comedian and television performer Danny Thomas died in Los Ange- les at age 79. In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed a bill chang- ing the name of Washington National Airport to Ron- ald Reagan Washington National Airport. In 2000, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate. In 2003, Edging closer to war, President George W. Bush declared “the game is over” for Saddam Hussein and urged skeptical allies to join in disarming Iraq. In 2008, the Bush White House defended the use of the interrogation technique known as waterboarding, saying it was legal — not torture as critics argued — and had saved American lives. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Rip Torn is 88. Actress Mamie Van Doren is 88. Former NBC News anchor- man Tom Brokaw is 79. Singer Fabian is 76. Actor Jon Walmsley is 63. Actress Kathy Najimy is 62. Rock musician Simon Phillips (Toto) is 62. Actor-direc- tor Robert Townsend is 62. Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses) is 57. Country singer Richie McDonald is 57. “Good Morning Amer- ica” co-host Amy Robach is 46. Actress Crystal Reed (TV: “Teen Wolf”) is 34. Actress Alice Greczyn is 33. Actress Anna Diop is 31. Rhythm and blues singer/ actress Tinashe is 26. Thought for Today: “Cherish your wilder- ness.” — Maxine Kumin (1925-2014). 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