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Your Individual
Horoscope

IPH-

FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1381

What kind of day will tener:
row be? To find out what the
stars say, read the forecast
Given for your birth Sign.

ARIES
(Mar. 21 to Apr. 19) V4

Be content with modest
gains on the job. Distant con
tacts are helpful. You may
feel inward resentment
towards a co-worker,

TAURUS
(Apr. 20 to May 20) Dig?

Creative work should go
well. In your social circle, you

‘may have a‘run-in with an

argumentalive type. Try to
avoid discord.
GEMINI

(May 21 to June 20) ,;

Your family may: ‘want 3 you

+ to-spend mioce time with them: ? '~

Frankly, you're betier off en-
joying leisure activities than
pursuing career aims.
CANCER
(JunezitoJuy2» BEY
Get in touch with distant
relatives, but avoid disputes
with in-laws. Don't over-teact

to the idiosyncrasies of others. ,

Remain caim.

Claly 23 to-Aug: m) QE

Though you'll have same
favorable financial news, you
still could argue with a close
tie about money. Try to be
cooperative.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23 toSept. 22) » MY
It's a good time to buy
yourself a gift A close tle may

LIBRA

(Sept. 23 to Oct.22) are
You're better off keeping

plans to yourself now. Others

may not be receptive to your

ideas. Avoid arguments with

co-workers.

SCORPIO
(Get. 2310Nov.21) Leone
One-to-one i are.

meetings 3
favored over group activities.
A loved one may want to at-
pend a party. but you may not
be in the mood.
SAGITTARIUS

‘ (Nev, 22toDec.21) il

- careerwise. A domestic pro-

blem may cause you to change
family members.

CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Wiet

ques
(San. 2010 Feb. 18) =
Students

cial aid new. ot iol tertane
comes your way, don't argue
with olbers over. what lo do

with the money.
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PISCES
(Feb. 19to Mar. 20)
- Though close ties are

sgn
You're versatile and do well in

ti of authority. ¥
Freed ia sad

Party Brouhaha
No Laughing Matter

DEAR ABBY: My husband's former wile. Velma, with
whom we have remained on fairly good terms, invited us to
her home for a party. Shei ia now married toa very well-to-do
man.

Velma told me it was tig be ne i, , #0 my
husband and I dressed up like a couple of ral

Imagine our surprise when the butler

Gpened the doorand

ushered us into a room filled with men in cerned and
women in stunning gowns! We felt like a couple of fools.

Velma laughed and said she th
very upset to have been made the

ht it wae fanny. 1 was
Kt of her Joke, eo | wot

myself 6 glass of puncts and spilled it on her gown. Then 1

Jaughed and lod

thought it was funny, However, she

didn't see anything funny abet it.

My husband im't speaking to to me and he thinka I owe

Velma an apology

ann WIFE IN NEED

DEAR WIFE: Send Velma 2 bunch of carrots, and

tell her you're sorry.

HEATHCLIFF
ca T .

“| thought you were gonna clean up
* this kitchen.”

‘By Abigail Van Buren

_8 Ball by Univernd Press Syroscete

DEAR. ABBY: I wéver thought I'd be writing ta you
because I am avery private person, but 1 have nowhere the
to turn,

I've been married for 21 years toa mon I'll cali Bob, (No

chikiten.) Fourteen montha ago wag the las! time we had

sex. [ve never been very interested in sex, but 1 enjoyed the
intimacy of it. As | Took back on our marriage, Bob never
was overly eexy, bat he-performed. I thought we had a good
‘marriage.

* About ihe time our sex life sto ped, Bab develo
friendship with # man. Their ¢ plopped, grew from from gene
- together, Just the two of them, one even'ng a week, to
weekends er. Last summe: Job spent hia

entire vacation with this man, excluding mr. That's when I
strongly

mapectad that he was gay. Wher: [ confronted him
with my suspicions, he flatly denied ix. f begzed him to go
with me to a counselor. He refused. | off ered him divorce oe
separation. He wanted neither. He says he “carea for me,”
bat he no longer “lovea” me.

Abby, I still love him and don’t want to give him Up even
if he is gay. T'm too embarrassed to discuss this with anyone
I know. My heart ls broken and I am desperate. Please help

MASS. HOUSEWIFE

*

me.

DEAR HOUSEWIFE: It's usfortunate that you
don't want to“give him up,” because it appears that
be has already given you up. You both need coun-
seling, bat you can't force on Bob if he refuses to
accept it. Please go for counselling without hin, You

tly need to learn how to cope with a painfal .
siteation that is more common than you know.

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