Horoscopes

Aries (March 21-April 19): Your goal really is to find the solutions that are best for everyone, and that’s what you’ll do — just as soon as people understand that your aim is true. Trust and rapport are built slowly. Put the other person first. Taurus (April 20-May 20): You’ve been compromising quite a lot lately, mostly effectively, causing satisfaction throughout the group. This is excellent for your social life, but it’s time to do something just for you, exactly the way you like it. Gemini (May 21-June 21): The feeling that you’d like to escape will likely come when circumstances seem either too boring or too exciting. So go. If you can’t remove yourself physically, a book or movie will do the trick. Cancer (June 22-July 22): There will be no lone geniuses today. Any greatness that happens will be a group effort. It doesn’t even have to be a particularly good group to bring out your best today. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You want to be seen in a certain way. Making that happen will be grueling, tedious, expensive and thankless work. So think about whether the result is really worth going all in, because that’s what it will take. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You don’t have to like what you’re asked to do to approach the request with good cheer. Your attitude will be what helps you rise to a new level of respect and prominence. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): You’ll have your reasons for doing more today. You’re not trying to impress anyone. This is about finding out what your limits really are. So go on and push yourself into uncomfortable (but not painful) territory. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): You’ll switch the channel in your mind from the doubt and worry network to the action channel. Better results will come from overworking than from overthinking. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You think you’re arguing about the truth, but if you’re like most people, you aren’t. Most arguments are to serve or eradicate a feeling. The truth will outlast the argument. The truth is inarguable. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Oscar Wilde once put it like this: “The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork!” Ignore social formalities at your own peril. If you don’t know then read, ask or observe until you pick up on what you’re supposed to do. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When people want what you have, it’s both flattering and frustrating. They often act as if you got there by luck. Outsiders just don’t realize the effort that went behind all this. It will be your job to enlighten. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Think it over; write about it; talk about it with a trusted friend. Self-reflection will help you uncover your motivation for upholding bad habits and help you find a healthier way to meet your needs.

To write to Holiday Mathis, visit www.creators.com/ author/holiday-mathis and click “Contact.” DEAR ABBY » Six months ago, I asked a close female friend to help me prepare a gift for my husband for our fifth wedding anniversary. I wanted to create a photo album of sexy nude photos of myself. Her excellent camerawork provided me with a wonderful collection, and my husband loved it.

I recently found out on social media that my girlfriend’s husband viewed and copied my private photos, and shared them online with mutual male friends of ours. I’m devastated. My girlfriend is sorry to the max.

My husband isn’t yet aware of my exposure to others. I don’t want to tell him, but at the same time, I don’t want some guy spilling the beans. My girlfriend is helping to stop the sharing of my pictures. Should I hope for the best or tell my husband?

— Ashamed in the USA

DEAR ASHAMED » Inform your husband immediately about what happened because he needs to hear it from you.

Your friend’s carelessness in allowing her husband to see — and share — the photos was deplorable. It is nearly impossible now that those images have been posted online to stop their proliferation. That your friend’s husband would display such immaturity and poor judgment by showing them around is shocking.

DEAR ABBY » My wife and I are at opposite ends of the political spectrum: I am conservative; she is liberal. We do our best not to argue about our strongly held views, but sometimes we are unsuccessful.

My problem is, she’ll have three TVs going, all tuned to her favorite political channel, while doing housework. I find it annoying. I usually leave the room when she’s going to do prolonged work in our home office and informs me that she will be listening to her channel. It’s the three-TV thing that I would like stopped. What do you suggest?

— Inundated in Washington

DEAR INUNDATED » Your wife should show you the same consideration that you show to her. In this case, she does not have to have three TVs blaring “her” channel throughout your home while she does housecleaning. She should have ONE television set on in the room she is in.

DEAR ABBY » My husband had not seen a dentist in 18 years. I come from a family of dentists, and dental health is very important to me. When I finally convinced my husband to go to the dentist because he’d broken a front tooth, he ended up needing eight extractions!

I’m happy he finally saw a dentist, but he rarely wears the bridges the dentist made for him. He looks like a jack-o’lantern, and I’m embarrassed to be with him in public. I am having such a hard time with this that I no longer know if I can stay in this marriage.

He is a good man and a great husband and father, but his lack of teeth is almost more than I can handle. Any advice on how I can get him to wear his dentures daily? — Embarrassed in New

Hampshire

DEAR EMBARRASSED » Your husband may not be wearing the bridges the dentist made because they are uncomfortable. You may be able to convince him to wear them by encouraging him to return to the dentist who made them and have them adjusted until they fit properly.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.