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Dear Annie: My sweet, kind 33-year-old college-ed-ucated husband has regressed into a teenager. He has al-ways been a marijuana user, but a year ago, he befriended “Jake,” and now the two of them smoke marijuana daily. They spend their evenings riding skateboards, playing video games and hanging out with college kids.

I would like to buy a house, have children and further my education. My husband says he wants the same things, but he always has an excuse for not saving money. We both have good jobs, and he promises to start putting money aside “next month.” It never happens. I know he won’t give up pot. He says he will get divorced before he quits smoking marijuana, and I knew that before we married.

Am I wrong to put my foot down and expect him to grow up? Or do I need to lighten up and let him have his fun? — Feeling Like My Husband’s Mother

Dear Feeling: You and your husband do not have compatible goals. He wants to be an irresponsible child while you do all the work. And so far, you have gone along with that. Maybe he’s afraid to grow up, maybe he’s too addicted to pot, maybe he’s simply a Peter Pan.

Ask him to come with you for counseling so the two of you can work on a more equitable partnership. If he is unwilling or if noth-ing changes, there is no fu-ture here unless you want to spend the next several years mothering this grownup child. It’s a painful lesson to learn that love isn’t always enough to turn someone into marriage material.

Dear Annie: My friend’s son married a lovely young woman whose only brother died a few years ago. The wife kept her maiden name after marriage for profes-sional reasons.

The couple is expecting their first child, and the wife would like to name the boy after her deceased brother, giving him her last name. Her reasoning is that it would en-sure that her family name is carried on. Her husband has male cousins who can carry on the family name, but she doesn’t.

My friend is in shock. If her son agrees to this irra-tional request, she believes her family name stops there. In her mind, cousins do not count in carrying on one’s lineage. However, she

doesn’t want to cause a fami-ly rift by openly and strongly opposing this possibility. Do you have any suggestions for her? — Friend of the Family

Dear Friend: This is com-pletely up to the couple, and your friend should try to stay out of it. Frankly, the wife has the stronger claim for carry-ing on a family name. It’s also possible that the couple will have other sons. And plenty of women object to the old-fashioned (and sex-ist) notion that only the boys count when it comes to lin-eage. We know your friend is hurt and disappointed, but if she wants a relationship with her son, his wife and their child, she needs to put this aside.

Dear Annie: I shared the same frustration as “Trou-bled in High School,” the 16-year-old girl who can only think about boys, drugs, alcohol, dating and grades. She wants her life to be ex-citing.

I’d like to suggest she try participating in her school’s community service club. I was a member of my school’s Key Club, which is sponsored by the Kiwanis organization. It gave me the opportunity to focus on things outside of myself and my desires as a teenager and allowed me to put my energy into doing good.

My friends who did drugs respected me enough to never offer me drugs. I hated that my parents were so strict, but now that I’m almost 30, I can appreciate that they molded me into an independent person who is confident in leading instead of following. There is noth-ing wrong with being a per-fect little angel. I’m proud of that reputation. — Happy in Hawaii

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BRANDON CUNNINGHAM AND TONIA WILSON

The engagement and forthcoming marriage of Shawna Jeffrey and Nick Brooks, both of Garland, Texas, are being announced today.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Deniese Sims of Garland and William Jef-frey of Fulton.

She is employed at San-ford Brown College in Dal-las as a clinical coordinator for the surgical technology program.

The groom-elect is the son of Robert and Libbye Hayes of Union City and the late Danny Brooks. He is the grandson of Henry Hicks of Rives. He is em-

ployed at Creative Tattoo in Garland as a tattoo artist.

The couple are the par-ents of Garrett Brooks of Louisville, Ky., and Chel-sea Brooks, Cassandra Crit-tendon and Gabriel Nicole Dalton, all of Garland.

The couple will wed June 29 at 5 p.m. at the home of the groom-elect’s parents, located at 5694 Section Line Road, Union City. Mike “Mountain Man” Kyper will preside.

A reception will immedi-ately follow the ceremony.

All friends and relatives are invited to attend.

No invitations will be sent.

Ms. Jeffrey to wedBrooks on June 29

SHAWNA JEFFREY AND NICK BROOKS

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Photograph by D. Chris The engagement and forthcoming marriage of Tonia Lynn Wilson and Brandon Drew Cunning-ham, both of Troy, are be-ing announced today.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Ken Wilson of Tigrett. Her grandparents are Mary Wilson of New-bern and the late Houston Wilson. She is a 2009 grad-uate of Dyer County High School in Newbern. She is employed at McDonald’s in Union City.

The groom-elect is the son of Joe and Janet Cun-ningham of Troy. His grandparents are Don and Nina Cunningham of Union

City and Larry and Marga-ret Fluty of Troy.

He is a 2007 graduate of Obion County Central High School. He graduated from Tennessee Technology Center at Newbern with an associate’s degree in auto-motive mechanics. He is employed at Walmart in the tire and lube department.

The couple will exchange vows 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Troy.

A reception will follow in the activity building of the church.

All friends and family are invited to attend.

Miss Wilson, Cunningham to wed this Saturday

The Messenger congratu-lates Mr. and Mrs. Matt Riley of Union City on the birth of a son, Boston James Riley, at 9:15 p.m. May 27, 2013, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 21 inches long. He is the brother of Averi Faith Riley, 2. His grand-parents are Dr. and Mrs. Halbert B Dodd II of Union City and Robbie Riley and the late James W. Riley of Hornbeak. His great-grand-mother is Martha Scribner of Union City. His mother is the former Olivia Tess Dodd of Union City.

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ments must be typed. Hand-written engagements will not be accepted. It is sug-gested they be submitted before the first bridal party, and they MUST be submit-ted no later than two weeks before the wedding.

Bridal partiesBridal parties must be

submitted no later than two weeks after the party. Dates of the parties must be in-cluded on the typed write-up.

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General rules: Cities of address and full names must be included for every-one listed in any informa-tion submitted.

Information is printed in the order it is submitted to The Messenger, when pos-sible.

Community Lifestyles requirements announced

The Hickman, Ky., Du-plicate Bridge Club plays at the Hickman Public Library on Tuesday after-

noons. Recent winners in-cluded first place, Bonnie Poynor and Betty Fields, both of Hickman, and tied for second and third plac-es, Betty Jo Wheeler of Union City playing with Dianna Nerren of Hickman and Betty Amberg playing with Jo Grissom, both of Hickman.

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