DEAR HARRIETTE: My ex-girlfriend and I, ages 23 and 22 respectively, have made an unconventional decision to continue living together post-breakup for financial reasons. Despite our intentions to maintain a cordial environment until our lease ends in seven months, my family strongly opposes this idea.
As America's second-oldest Lutheran college, Roanoke College in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley proclaims that it is 'never sectarian' in outlook, while maintaining that 'critical thinking and spiritual growth' are essential.
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DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve invested a lot of effort in planning my close friend’s wedding and helping coordinate the engagement. However, despite this involvement, I recently discovered that I’m not her maid of honor. Should I have a conversation with her about feeling left out, express my disappointment or consider scaling back my level of involvement in the wedding preparations? – Feeling Snubbed DEAR FEELING SNUBBED:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time on this day in 1986.
• Dorcus Class of the First Baptist Church had a devotional on the important inquiries taken from the daily devotional book “Daily Remembrances.” The meeting also included a monetary gift to missionary, Lottie Moon.
CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tweeted a photo from a hospital bed in August 2021. He and his husband, Chasten, were fully dressed, holding their new twins. The human response is to wish them all the best. At the same time, it can't be forgotten that there is someone missing from the photo. We, as a culture, can't erase the birth mother. And yet we do.
Des Moines — Even though it was the first time Republicans had voted in this presidential contest, there was a last-stand mentality here in Iowa among those who hoped to stop former President Donald Trump from reclaiming the Republican nomination. Their goal was to push the candidacy of Nikki Haley hard and hope that Haley, together with the fading Ron De-Santis, would not actually defeat Trump but keep him below 50% of the total vote. That way, they would argue that, in total, more GOP caucus voters had voted for someone other than Trump than voted for him.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I find myself in a challenging situation with a close friend. We have known each other for 10 years. Recently, we had a heated argument, and it all stems from her consistently condescending behavior.