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Dear Amy: I am feeling anxious about a return to pre-pandemic normality and am hoping you can help me find effective ways of navigating. My anxiety is not about health precautions like mask wearing, which I believe you have already addressed. I am more concerned that we have all been apart for a year, with widely varying pandemic experiences, and have grown apart with respect to our expectations for what kind of relationship or experience we want to emerge into. Some people want to go back to the world exactly as it was. I met someone recently who immediately launched into a 30-second commercial on what a big shot he was, reminding me of a common way of interacting before the pandemic, based on trying to prove your worth based on some external marker of success. This was jarring for me because for the past year most of my conversations have been about what each of our pandemic experiences were like, whether we had lost anyone important to us, and how we were doing in … [Read more...] about Ask Amy: Reader worries about post-pandemic relating

Dear Amy: I am a 47-year-old woman. My husband, “Bart,” (age 50) and I have been together for eight years. Bart is a firefighter in a large city. Bart has several tattoos on this left arm (a “sleeve”). His tattoos are tasteful and well thought out. Whenever he considers a new tattoo, he takes his ideas and rough sketch to his tattoo artists. He then carefully reconsiders the design and placement on this arm. He takes a lot of time before finally getting inked. Two days ago, Bart told me that he was going to get some touch-ups done on his existing tattoos. This is not unusual. When he arrived back home, he not only had the touch-ups done, but a brand-new tattoo. This new tattoo is approximately 8 inches long – starting at his neck and going right down the middle of his chest. It is not the tattoo that was shocking to me, but the placement of it. The tattoos on his arm never bothered me. But I cried for hours the first night he had his new one. Bart asked if we could … [Read more...] about Ask Amy: Poorly placed tattoo causes grief

Dear Amy: A friend recently returned from abroad. He is struggling to find a full-time job, so we let him stay at our place for a month and a half (rent-free) while we were away. We did this as a favor to him. When we returned, we realized he had damaged a piece of furniture by using a homemade cleaning solution on it. He also turned a (very expensive) alpaca blanket into felt by washing it. We let the furniture damage slide as a simple mistake, but when I brought up the blanket, he only offered to pay for half of the cost. I recognize that mistakes happen. I know it’s dumb to spend an inordinate amount on a blanket. I also realize I could have been clearer about how to care for these things, but am I in the wrong to be frustrated by his offer to only pay half of the cost to replace it? Since we returned, he’s traveled by plane to visit other cities, which leads me to believe he’s not completely cash strapped. I feel like I’m being a snotty, privileged jerk, but it still … [Read more...] about Ask Amy: A house-sitting friend turns alpaca into felt

Mike Gibbons , an investment banker who helped lead former President Trump Donald Trump Biden to move ahead with billion UAE weapons sale approved by Trump Fox News hires high-profile defense team in Dominion defamation lawsuit Associate indicted in Gaetz scandal cooperating with DOJ: report MORE ’s fundraising efforts in Ohio in 2016, jumped into the state's Senate race on Tuesday, joining an increasingly crowded field of Republicans vying to replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman Robert (Rob) Jones Portman IRS chief warns of unpaid taxes hitting trillion Businessman Mike Gibbons jumps into GOP Senate race in Ohio Hillicon Valley: Biden nominates former NSA deputy director to serve as cyber czar | Apple to send witness to Senate hearing after all | Biden pressed on semiconductor production amid shortage MORE (R-Ohio). “I’ve achieved my American Dream. I’m running for Senate to help more people achieve their American Dreams,” Gibbons said … [Read more...] about Businessman Mike Gibbons jumps into GOP Senate race in Ohio

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Vaccination centers in the Philadelphia area are complying with the nationwide pause of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after six women who received the shot developed rare blood clots . One of the women died. After an unexpected day-long closure following the CDC and FDA’s recommendation to pause the use of the J&J vaccine, Esperanza Community Vaccination Center in Hunting Park is ready to reopen Wednesday. The vaccine site is switching from Johnson & Johnson to the Pfizer vaccine. READ MORE: WATCH: Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley Says Pause On Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Will Not Have 'Huge Impact' On Philadelphia Vaccination Progress “People out here getting sick, they gotta help somebody, someway, somehow,” Allen Jacobs of Kensington said. The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium’s site at Deliverance Evangelistic Church fared better on Tuesday. Those waiting in line for the one-and-done shot were given … [Read more...] about Esperanza Community Vaccination Center In Hunting Park Reopens After Switching To Pfizer Vaccine