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DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 37 years to an alcoholic. He is not verbally or physically abusive.
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Nowadays, identifying with a gender-and deciding to be that gender- rapidly seems to be becoming the norm. Some parents have decided, and actually encourage very impressionable young Juniors and Juniorettes to choose for themselves who and what they are. Nothing based on biological anatomy, but simply upon, “This is what I think and feel, therefore I am.”
Read moreDear Rusty: I am 68 years old, born in July 1954. I have the credits necessary to qualify for benefits. The Social Security website says that if I continue to work to age 70 with yearly earnings of $206,000, my monthly benefit would be $4,245. If I stop working now, and start taking benefits in January 2023, my benefit would be $3778.
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Norman Gillespie: Why be Baptized?
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DEAR ABBY: I was married to a man whose family always seemed to be in each other’s business. His 18-year-old niece already had two children when she became pregnant again. She hid it from everyone. When she was eight months gone, she came to me and told me she wanted to adopt the baby out to a family who couldn’t have children, because she couldn’t handle raising another child.
Read moreDEAR ABBY: I am a woman in my late 30s. I have had a few failed relationships and a marriage that ended in divorce. At one point, I juggled three lovers at a time. I like being in a committed relationship, but I have yet to be faithful to any partner I have ever dated.
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DEAR ABBY: I’m 55 and own my home. “Randall,” 53, lives with me and pays me rent. We used to be a couple, but COVID caused too much togetherness. He’s in the spare bedroom now. My house is cheaper for him than anywhere else he could go. I was trying to be nice.
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For those who can avoid getting out in this windy, some snowy, and cold weather, should stay home until it blows over. Like many of you, I have relatives trying to make it back to Oklahoma to be home for Christmas. From watching the weather news this Thursday morning, my relatives should be okay coming from the West, braving the bitter cold. Prayers continue for all the travelers. Not all of my family can come this year, but we pray they have a cozy, snowy Colorado and a warm, sunny Florida Christmas!
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