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Diagram, Earth, Eleven, Ending, Eruption, Faculae, Flares, Flux,
Forecast, Gases, Group, Isotope, Lights, Loops, Maunder,
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Solar, South, Space, Switch, Timescale, View, Wind, Wolf
Answer below Dear Abby
Purchase THE COLLECTED WONDERWORD, Volumes 56 through 70, in time
for the holidays at www.WonderWordBooks.com. (In Canada, call 1-855-232-2367)
Strangers saw conversation
in vastly different lights
DEAR ABBY: My boy
friend of two years works
for a company with 160
employees. He held a party
at a restaurant near the
company. I knew no one
and doubt I will ever run
into these people again.
While I was at the party,
I met a young woman who,
like myself, was there with
her boyfriend and didn’t
know anyone. We chatted
for half an hour about the
holidays and made general
conversation. When she
mentioned she had been
recently diagnosed with a
condition I have, too, I gave
her some websites to check
out for information and
told her not to worry. I also
told her if I can be well and
deal with this issue, anyone
can. Our conversation last
ed about 15 minutes, and I
asked no personal ques
tions. When I had to leave
the party, she remained sit
ting by herself and started
playing with her phone.
The next day, my boy
friend was angry because
upon leaving with her boy
friend, the woman told him,
“Your girlfriend kept nag
ging me about my condi
tion and wouldn’t shut up.”
I was dumbfounded and
hurt. I was trying to be nice.
Why did my boyfriend tell
me? He said nothing to her
to defend me. Even worse,
what did he accomplish by
repeating what she had
said? I’ll never run into
these people again.—
DUMBFOUNDED
DUMBFOUNDED: I
am still trying to figure
out why someone would
tell a stranger at a party
her medical status and
then take offense if the
person tried to be helpful.
If what you were saying
made her uncomfortable,
she should have said it to
you, not your boyfriend.
You aren’t wrong for feel
ing hurt. However, you
ARE wrong to blame your
boyfriend for telling you
something he thought you
needed to hear. That’s
what people who love
each other do.
DEAR ABBY
Jeanne Phillips
DEAR ABBY: My part
ner and I have been togeth
er for 11 years, living
together for seven. He’s a
Realtor in his hometown. I
had a stroke four years ago,
which forced me into early
retirement. Real estate is a
dog-eat-dog occupation.
Paychecks are few and far
between, so I pay the rent
and all the household bills.
He pays his personal bills
and the costs of doing busi
ness as a Realtor.
He is currently broke and
doesn’t have the money to
pay his personal bills. I
refuse to pay them. I think
he should get a part-time
job to pay his own bills, but
he refuses. Of course, there
will be a backlash, and
he’ll blame me. He will
lose his car, telephone, real
estate license, health and
car insurance, etc.
I have bailed him out
before, but I am no longer
willing to do it because I’m
running out of what money
I had set aside for retire
ment. He already owes me
thousands of dollars in sev
eral loans, which I don’t
expect to recover. What do
I do? I don’t want to split
up or continue to argue
over this. — PLANNING
DEAR PLANNING:
Your “partner” refuses to
look for a part-time job so
he can be self-supporting
and not dependent on you?
You may not want to split
up after this amount ot
time, but your partner is a
luxury you can no longer
afford. Stop arguing, accept
it and move on.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips,
and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips.
Contact Dear Abby at www.
DearAbby.com or P.O. Box
69440, Los Angeles, CA
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