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DILBERT ScottAdams PEARLSBEFORESWINE StephanPastis PICKLES BrianCrane BABYBLUES JerryScott&RickKirkman GETFUZZY DarbyConley ZITS JerryScott&JimBorgman SHERMAN'SLAGOON JimToomey ARGYLESWEATER ScottHilburn BIZARRO DanPiraro DEARAMY»Iamina new relationship. We are very much in love and have similar values and relationship goals. I am 35 and have been living on my own for over 10 years. My boyfriend is 30 and has never lived on his own. He is Chinese- American and has said that he still lives at home for cultural reasons. We have made the decision to move in together, but now we have run into problems. He is having a harder time adjusting to this change than I expected. I was practically thrown out the door as a young adult, encouraged strongly to build a life on my own. Therefore I lack the empathy needed to understand his point of view. He isn't moving across the country (like I did) — he's moving only 10 miles away! I'm hurt and think he is no longer excited about taking this step. I feel rejected and sad on the nights he chooses to sleep back at his home. What can we do to get through this? —LonelyatHome DEAR LONELY » One very obvious answer is not to live together unless and until you get married. His core family values are actually quite differ- ent from yours, in that he was raised by people who belong to a culture where families often cohabit up to (and sometimes after) marriage. His parents might feel that his first priority and loyalty must always be to them — his partner will come second. This puts him in a bind. You are assuming that he must adjust to the typically independent American family struc- ture, but have you done anything to adjust to his — even a little bit? You two need to communicate often and intimately about what you can reasonably expect from each other. DEAR AMY » I was once in the situation of the "Weary Wife," who could not persuade her husband to stop smoking cigars. In my case, I was furious be- cause my husband would not wear a bike helmet, despite all the news ar- ticles about cyclists being killed when not wearing helmets. I took the same route Weary was considering to solve the problem. I sat him down at a calm time and told him our marriage was for better or w orse, but NOT if the "worse" was caused by a serious accident in which he was not wearing a helmet. I said I would di- vorce him, leave him in a nursing home, and would be happy to visit him with my new husband. He figured out that this was really important to me, stomped around and didn't ride his bike for a year, he told me. But when he went back to riding, he was wearing a helmet. Twelve years ago someone stepped in front of him when he was on a bike path and he swerved and crashed headfirst into a tree. The helmet split in half, but he was fine. — Just a Thought DEAR THOUGHT » You are brilliant. And a life saver. 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