Recipe for Heartache

Dear Short Answers: Is it possible to be friends with your ex? Missing Her Dear Missing: No.  Although there are some exceptions,  friendship with an ex is a very risky proposition.  There is something inherently unbalanced in the relationship. One party is likely to be needier,  or more vulnerable and the designation “ex” is the [...]

Take(s) Two

Dear Short Answers: What is the most effective way to forget someone??  Is it to delete everything and runaway?? Or to confront it , face her and try to solve it?? Suffering Dear Suffering: It sounds like you are conflicted about this relationship.  You seem uncertain about wanting to forget her or looking for another [...]

It Ain’t Easy

Hi Short Answers: My friend has broken up with her boyfriend and I feel like she’s depressed, because they were in a relationship for more than 2 years and she liked him and they were planning to marry. Now she should forget all that! How can she do it?? What should she do??  How can [...]

Let it Slide

Dear Short Answers: I was in a relationship with a girl that I liked a lot, but she broke up, and I didn’t know why??!!  She gave me some reasons but I wasn’t satisfied enough.  Anyway, now she’s gone and I’ve accepted that. But the problem is that I’m still thinking of her and our [...]

Hold Your Fire

Dear Short Answers: How do you tell a friend to quit a relationship with this her boyfriend? BFF Dear BFF: You don’t tell her .  You wait until  asked — to say what she  probably already knows — or will soon. Like Unlike

There Is a Lesson in This

Dear Short Answers: Can my ex refuse to give me my furniture after he’s kicked me out? Bereft Dear B: If you had no legal agreement, he can do whatever… 1 person likes this post. Unlike

The Way It Is

Dear Short Answers: I was seeing someone for 6 months who just walked away without a word, overnight. How do I get closure or try to make someone understand how hurtful it is to end things that way? So Hurt Dear S.O.: So sorry. It’s not important that THEY understand — it is important that [...]

Winners and Losers

Dear Short Answers: Why is it so hard to be friends with an ex-girlfriend? Ex-BF Dear X: Breakups are about broken hearts and someone walks away with the  deeper wounds.  This is not a strong foundation for friendship. Like Unlike

Happily Ever After … NOT

Dear Short Answers: I have been friends with a married couple for many, many years. After 30 years of being together, they are thinking about splitting up. And they are BOTH asking me for advice. Frankly, I can’t imagine separating from my wife after that long — but I think these two should actually split [...]

Once Burned, Twice Careful

Dear Short Answers: Completely out of the blue, my boyfriend dumped me. It wouldn’t be such a problem except that I gave up my apartment to move into his house and even bought some new furniture. Now, he kicked me out and refuses to give me my furniture. He says that it makes up for [...]

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