DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to “Sid” for 49 years. Of course, we’ve had our ups and downs.

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He said he was joking at the store the other day, but I was hurt.

A woman was coming down the aisle while I was talking — and when I talk, I gesture with my hands — and Sid warned her, “Watch out! She’s mean! She’s violent!”

At another store, he told the cashier, “Watch out! She’s dangerous! She’ll steal something! She’s a shoplifter.” Then when we got back in the car he said, “Man, why did you buy more cookies? You’ve eaten that whole pack already!”

When I told him how it made me feel, he said, “You’re just like your mother,” and I cried all the way home.

The next day I told him again how this hurts my feelings. His answer was, “You’ve always been too sensitive. You need to j

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