Community pillar less admired at home

9/22/20

DEAR ABBY » I have been married for 14 years to a man a lot of people in our town think has no flaws. He helps a lot of people, and he is also a pastor, but he ignores me and takes me for granted, personally, emotionally and sexually. He’d rather watch TV until he falls asleep on the couch.

He looks at pornography online, and I catch him often. Even if he’s busy at work, he finds time for everybody but me. He always has excuses.

Since I married him, I have supported him and have gone the extra mile in all aspects — his work, church activities. I have

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A.N. Onymous said, “It was mentioned on CNN that the new prime number discovered recently is four times bigger than the previous record.”

It couldn’t have been exactly four times larger, because then the number would have been divisible by four and not a prime number.

Today’s prime question is: How many club tricks did declarer take in three no-trump?

After a simple quantitative auction, West led his fourth-highest spade: five, jack, king. How did declarer continue?

Note that declarer took the first trick with the king, not the queen, to leave West uncertain about who held the queen.

South had eight top tricks: one spade, one heart, waited on him and made sure all his needs were met. Now I have reached the end of the line, and I want to leave. But if I do, people who know him will make me the villain. Although we still live under one roof for financial reasons, now I separate myself from him, look after him less and sleep in another room with my dog. Please, Abby, give me your views.

DEAR DONE » It appears your husband has already checked out of this marriage-in-name-only. Stop four diamonds and two clubs. He hoped to gain a third club winner, but he required both a 3-3 split and to keep East off the lead. Otherwise, East would have pushed a spade through declarer’s queen.

South cashed the diamond being afraid of being labelled a villain and offer your husband the option of couples counseling to see if the two of you can reconnect. Take into consideration that there may be more involved than you are aware of (ED problems, another woman). If your husband refuses, and you haven’t already done so, confide what has been happening in two or three close female friends. They can then spread the word that there is more than one side to the story. Then talk to an attorney. ace and overtook the diamond eight with dummy’s nine. Then he called for the club nine. He was hoping East would play low, when declarer would have done likewise to lose a trick to West, the safe opponent.

However, East covered with the 10, and West unblocked his seven under South’s ace. Back to dummy with a diamond, declarer led the club eight. Again, East defended well, covering with his jack. South was forced to win with his king, and in desperation, West threw his queen onto the table. He hoped his partner had the club six. But it was not to be. Declarer cashed that card, returned to dummy with a diamond and cashed the club four for his fourth trick in the suit!