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Some days it feels as if my 40-plus years of working with dogs have earned me professional competency in the field of couples counseling. This was especially true this week, when I took a call from a man whose first words to me were: Ya gotta save my marriage.

He and his wife, newlyweds, are just back from their honeymoon. As the next logical step in building a life together, he is in the process of moving into her home, soon to be their home. Along with his wardrobe, toiletries, favorite furnishings and beloved doodads, he will bring his dogs: two 5-year-old Pomeranian mixes who have been spoiled, indulged and appeased as a matter of day-to-day life.

The problem? She doesn’t like dogs.

While one might question the wisdom of the “marry first, get to know each other later” school of thought for those willing to agree to such daunting terms as “till death do us part,” my years of experience as a marriage and family counselor, ahem, dog trainer, suggested something else was going on.

In talking with the two of them together, a far less insidious truth was revealed. It isn’t that she doesn’t like dogs. Period. It’s that she doesn’t like the behavior of dogs, generally, and of these dogs, particularly. An entirely different beast...

In his bachelor days, this man enjoyed sleeping with his dogs at night, cuddling with them on the sofa, sitting with them on his lap, and romping and roughhousing with them in his home. Were he insistent on bringing these rituals untamed into his marriage, he’d find himself divorced and for reasons on par with those of Woody Allen, who once said, “Basically, my wife was immature. I’d be at home in the bath, and she’d come in and sink my boats.”

Marriage doesn’t have to mean the end of all that, but it does call for boundaries and compromise.

Generally speaking, dogs are malleable both in behavior and in preference. Princess Pomeranians accustomed to the master bed can be guided toward the use of dog beds and trained to respect boundaries. The great majority of domesticated dog behaviors, by which this dog lover’s bride is so repelled, are in actuality the reflection of human preference.

In this case, the prognosis is good because their marital preferences are aligned: Both husband and wife prefer to share a bed, and with each other.

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As I am writing this, the Supreme Court is hearing two cases involving the controversial topic of same sex marriage. This is an issue I have discussed before in this column, obviously with respect to how it might impact Social Security. I decided to resurrect that column and reprint it here because the subject is so timely.

So here is a question and answer I printed in that original column. And I will follow it up with some feedback I got from my readers after the column ran the first time.

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I am a 61-year-old gay man who is about to retire. I have a 60-year-old partner.

We have been together now for 38 years. I have worked all my life. My partner has spent most of his life as a stay-at-home husband and father. (Yes, we raised a son and daughter, both of whom are now ver y successful.) I really enjoy your column and have learned a lot from it.

But I have never seen a column in which you have discussed Social Security issues that impact gays and lesbians, especially with respect to benefits for spouses. What can you tell us about this?

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Frankly, there isn’t much to tell you that doesn’t apply to everyone else. In almost all respects, Social Security is the same for straight people and for gay people. You said you worked all your life.

So you will qualify for reduced Social Security retirement benefits when you turn 62. Or you can choose to wait until 66 to get your full rate. Or you can even wait until age 70 to retire, at which point you would get your full benefit plus a 32 percent delayed retirement bonus.

But there is a huge difference for gays and lesbians when it comes to spousal benefits. There aren’t any!

I am used to telling people that Social Security follows state law when it comes to marital relationships. In other words, if your state says you are legally married, then Social Security will consider you legally married. Of course, all states recognize routine marriages between a man and woman. But this rule becomes an especially important issue for people involved in “common law” relationships.

There are only a few states that recognize common law marriages, so there are only a few states where people in such relationships will qualify for spousal benefits from Social Security.

As most people know, there are also only a few states that recognize same sex marriages as being legal. So normally I would be able to tell you that if you were married in one of those states, your partner would qualify for Social Security spousal benefits on your record.

As I’m sure you know, there is a federal law that trumps state laws on these matters, the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA. Among other things, that law essentially says that when it comes to any kind For more teasers log on to of spousal benefit from awww.TriviaGuy.com federal program (and Social Security is the biggest of all federal programs),

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those benefits can only be paid if the marriage is between a man and a woman.

That law was passed by Congress in 1996.

President Clinton signed the bill into law and has pretty much regretted that move ever since.

I know I am putting my liberal stripes on display here. My conservative readers will take offense at what I am saying and will send emails blasting me for my views. But I just have a hard time understanding why the law allows a divorced spouse in a heterosexual relationship who was married for only 10 years to claim full benefits from the ex-spouse’s Social Security record -- and possibly be due benefits from another account if there was a second failed marriage that lasted 10 years. Yet the partner of the person who wrote this letter, someone who has been together as part of a couple for almost 40 years, someone who has raised two kids, can’t claim a nickel of his partner’s Social Security benefits.

As you might guess, after that column initially ran I got many responses. And frankly, the replies really surprised me. Out of perhaps 200 emails that I received, only four of them took issue with what I wrote. Three of those four responses quoted Bible verses and essentially told me that my support of gay and lesbian marriage was as damnable as the “transgressions” committed by same-sex couples themselves.

But as I said, the majority of responses I received were quite tame. Even many folks who labeled themselves as conservative wrote to say they thought that if a state considered a person validly married, then the federal government should respect that state’s laws and offer benefits, including Social Security spousal benefits, to the couples involved in such legal unions.

I think the mood of the country is changing on this issue. In 1997, I had written another column

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If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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Johnson Brothers made your set of plates in Staffordshire, England. Alfred, Henry, and Frederick Johnson founded their earthenware and ironstone factory in 1883. In 1968 the company became part of the Wedgwood Group. “Castle on the Lake” is the name of your pattern. Although the pattern was made in red, it was also available in blue, brown and multi-colors.

Your plates would probably be worth $20 to $30 each.

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Kentucky was not merely “snubbed” by the NCAA selection committee; it was royally screwed.

I’m not sure whom the admittedly volatile Wildcat coach John Calipari managed to anger,

This is a photo of a ser vice for six Johnson Brothers or what scandal lurks just below the surface at the set of porcelain. It was given to my grandmothare located in program (mere speculation on both counts), but Staffordshire, er by her sister around 1929 and then passed MON. NOV. 19th here’s a team that won the NCAA tournament last England. along to me. The set includes ser ving platters, year, had a Hours winning record in its conference and Please review carefully.

Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices bowls, egg cups, a cream pitcher and a sugmore than 20 wins -- the traditional bar most teams ar bowl. Each dish is decorated with stylized must meet in order to make the tournament -- and Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. large pink flowers and small blue ones and rather than getting a chance to defend its title, UK Office: Fax: 760-320-1630 green leaves. The edges and handles are embel 760-320-0997 Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box has been sent packing to the National Invitation lished with gold. Most pieces are marked with 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be Tournament. a lion inside a heart and the words “Bohemia answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she

And I mean “sent packing” in the literal -- Czecho-Slovakia.” A few of the small dishes cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne sense, too: Traditionally the first two rounds of the McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writare marked simply “Germany” and the cream ADVERTISING ers and cartoonists, visit the CreatorsPROOF Syndicate website at NIT are played at the higher seed’s home court.

Victoria’s Attic pitcher includes the word “Donatello.” www.creators.com This year, an NCAA first-round bracket will be Final1/16th Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. page, 4C, 13x rate

I ver y much appreciate your time lookCOPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM played on Kentucky’s home court, so the reigning check: Phone Nov. 25, Double 2012 Vol. 8 - No. 48 Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours ing at my set and greatly anticipatePlease yourreview pos- carefully. champions -- college basketball royalty -- will be sible response.

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Your dinnerware was made by Bohemia on their way to the 3,000 seat Sewall Center in Ceramic Works. They produced porcelain in BoheCoraopolis, Pa. mia from 1921 to 1945. Actually, the mark represents

This is not taking anything away from the & more! a lion inside a scrolled letter “B.” They used the fine Robert Morris squad or the suburban Pittsmark you provided from 1941 to 1945. The country, Hundreds of quality items from reputible burgh university, but even the student body (about dealers in our spacious showrooms Kevin Boehm Czecho-Slovakia, existed from 1918 to 1945. From 5,000 strong) has to see the awkwardness of the OVER 14,000 SQ. FEET TO BROWSE! Gallery 1939 to 1945 it was part of Nazi Germany. In 1993, it situation.

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Interestingly enough, though I have lived and the Slovak Republic. “Donatello” is the name of    in or have family ties in many major “barbecue • American Antique & Midthe pattern. Because a few of the pieces are marked Century Modern Furniture towns,” whenever I’m asked, I always say the best • Vintage Jewelry “Germany” your set may not be as old as 1929.

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When my mother-in-law passed see ... heck, names like St. John’s and Providence, away several years ago, she left me several sets these are nice programs. of china. One is a set of small plates. This mark

And this year, the nicest of them all will win is on the back of each piece. Each is decoratit all at Madison Square Garden, the most famous ed with a different scene of a castle and trees arena in the world, for the chance to celebrate the overlooking a lake. The pattern is red against a fact that they finished last.

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Perkins was appearing in a play (Greenwillow) Greens • The rhythmic “beep” of the scanner is the in New York at the time. The first time Perkins musical saw accompaniment the at supermarket actually that scene wastoback the studio, checkoutthe line.

But“rushes,” if you’ve ever wondered watching daily and he said he was Hitting the fairway is key to improving your where the cliché of saying “ka-ching!” in rejust as scared as everyone else. score. You can increase your chances of hitting lation to money comes from, that’s the sound the fairway from the tee by incorporating a few • Take a close look electric, at Michael mask in that the old-style not Myers’ electronic, cash key thoughts. First off, identify which side of the 1978 camp Halloween.

Does the hole has registers made. classic Cashiers of that era hadthe to face look familiar?

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