It’s time again for Shortcuts. For every question, I’ll give my advice in three sentences or less, because sometimes the answer to a person’s question is so obvious and the need to hear it so great, being as clear and frank as possible is simply the best way to go. Today we discuss leaving a cheater and when to confess feelings for a good friend.
“Why would someone in a healthy loving relationship do that to the person he loves?”
“I love him, but the problem is that he doesn’t like my BFF. When I try to get a straight answer from him about why, I never really get one.”
“Because our husbands are close friends, she thinks we need to be best friends too.”
I am a woman in my early 20s who is in a (mostly) good relationship with my boyfriend of a few years, “Chris.” While I love him deeply, I’m not sure he’s the “one.” Despite my reservations, based largely on my relatively young age and the fact that there exist certain incompatibilities that are becoming increasingly apparent, I have no desire to leave my relationship in the immediate future. While I have never cheated on Chris and never would, there is another man in my life. I have known “Jack” since I was 15 and he was in his early/mid 20s. When I was 16, after a few months of platonic friendship,…
I have a good friend who just started dating this guy. He has a good job and they seem to really like one another. Although they aren’t “official” yet, they are exclusively seeing one another. After her last relationship ended, my friend was diagnosed with an STI that she got from her ex-boyfriend. This STI has no cure and can easily be spread. When she and I were talking about her current guy, I asked if she had told him about her STI. She said no, and when I asked if she was going to, she also said no! She said she will be using condoms all the time and there is…
“A few days ago I told my fiancé that I was going to clean out the closet. I found a box labeled wedding pictures, and I went through the box.”
“My boyfriend’s 12-year-old daughter, “Sarah,” spends every other weekend at our home.”
The guy I had been dating for three months broke up with me last week. We met online and he is 28 and I’m 30. We had a great time together, always got along, had chemistry and he treated me very well and made me feel special. However, I felt him pulling away about two weeks ago and it coincided with when we started hanging out with my friends more. He is very smart and college-educated with a good job. I have a PhD and most of my friends have grad degrees. I noticed when we started hanging out with my friends more he started to get more insecure and say things…
“I am 25, single, and have a dilemma: I’m interested in my brother’s best friend, ‘Peter.'”
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