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1 Island top
11 Beaver young
15 Dreamer of
Greek myth
16 Short race,
briefly
17 Celebrated
1981 bride
18 Kyrgyzstan
range
19 Italian sonnet
closing
20 One may be
mounted close
to a grille
22 Never
encountered
before
25 Sleeper’s path
26 Didn’t lose at all
30 Athlete’s best
effort
32 “Breaking Bad”
org.
33 City on the Arno
34 Hardly the
best smoke
35 Filing aid
36 Item on many a
diner check
38 Jazz piano style
40 Greek letter
41 White water
45 Early
philosophical
hot spot
46 Columbo, for
one: Abbr.
47 Point of view
48 Sidestep
49 Formal wear
51 One way to
think
53 Experiment
with Zener
cards
55 Tree with
green-skinned
fruit
60 Opposite of
bueno
61 United Nations
goal
64 King Harald’s
father
65 Obsolescent
media
66 Flier over
Hawaii
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1 Jungfrau setting
2 Stuff of legends
3 Name you
might see while
listening to
Muzak
4 Follow the
game?
5 Tr ip up
6 Address
7 Dines on
8 Part of TGIF
9 Sign of trouble
10 Beaux Arts
__: longtime
chamber music
group
11 Arboreal
marsupial
12 Countertop
option
13 Captain, say
14 Stops pumping
momentarily?
21 Receive with a
shake, maybe
23 Brewery fixture
24 Narcissist’s
issue
26 One flying with-
out a plane?27 January
clearance
28 Where
there’s a will,
usually
29 Equal footing
31 Hit opposite
34 Bean of “Game
of Thrones”
37 Make room
on a drive39 Gun in neutral
42 Org. that
runs the
FedEx Cup
Playoffs
43 Misfortune
44 __ volente
48 Makes
adjustments
50 Hot spot
52 Beehives, e.g.54 Promotional
handouts
56 Watered down
57 Longtime MLB
star Big __
58 HP rival
59 Old U.S.
region?
62 Nutritional
abbr.
63 Fleur-de-__LA TIMES CROSSWORD By Roland HugetFRIDAY’S LA TIMES SOLUTION© 2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 3/7/20 Adapted from an
online discussion.Dear Carolyn: I
am a single mom
(divorced) and
have spent the
past few years
completely
prioritizing my
kids. They are now 13 and 8 and
are very happy and well-
adjusted. For once, I feel
comfortable dating, and have
started exploring a relationship
with my friend “Greg.” Greg
expressed interest a few years
back, but I didn’t feel
comfortable spending time away
from my kids, who were so young
then. Now I look forward to
seeing him some evenings and
on weekends.
But last night as I was getting
ready for dinner with Greg, my
8-year-old groaned about how I
was leaving “again.” The last date
I went on before this one was
over a week ago. I felt terrible
and considered canceling the
date, but went on it and could
not enjoy it at all.
I talked to the 8-year-old this
morning and I don’t think she
was especially upset, so maybe I
overreacted, but I am not sure
how to tell whether I am
spending TOO much time away
from my kids vs. just claiming a
reasonable amount of “me” timeand teaching them a healthy
lesson by doing so. What do you
think?
— Single MomSingle Mom: One night a week
for you isn’t even close to
unreasonable. Just know that
upfront.
Then, have a good think about
how many nights per week/
hours per night is reasonable for
your kids to be home without
you. Don’t think of it as Greg
time, think of it as parent-needs-
relief time. Then give yourself
that number of days, with or
without Greg. Then use that to
keep you confident in your
choice against some normal
pushback.
You’re right in your
implication that it’s easy to take
a kid reaction as much bigger
than it really is. Look for signs of
distress, not signs of I-want-
what-I-want-when-I-want-it
syndrome, which you probably
have no trouble spotting when it
strikes in, say, the candy aisle.Re: Single mom: For the record,
I’m married to my kids’ father,
and when we go on date night,
my kids also groan. I don’t think
it’s because you are going out
with Greg. It’s just that kids
generally want their parents! Go
out on a date — and enjoy it,
otherwise you waste the nightyou did spend away from your
kids.
— Married MomRe: Date night: This has been
hard for me, too. Finding a FUN
babysitter for my son has made
him look forward to me going
out rather than complaining. It’s
good for your kids to see you
prioritize yourself and your
happiness outside of parenting,
too!
— Hard for MeHard for Me: Good idea, thanks
— but Single Mom’s older kid is
13.Re: Sitter: I did this. My older
son was in middle school, while
my younger son was 6. I hired a
teenage neighbor, and I made it
clear to all three of them that she
was just there to take care of the
younger son. As far as I’m aware,
everyone was fine with the
situation.
— AnonymousAnonymous: Nice. Extra peace
of mind in that, too.Write to carolyn Hax at
[email protected]. get her
column delivered to your inbox each
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