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About The upper left edge. (Cannon Beach, Or.) 1992-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1996)
Dear Uncle Mike, <r My girlfriend and I broke up a few months ago. We were together, not living together but dating exclusively, for a little over a year. The breakup was mutual. We both thought it was time to do other things, see other people We're both 29 by the way. We talk on the phone a lot and try to get together for dinner or drinks once a week. To make a long story short, m falling in love with her again. She's seeing someone else but the impression I get is that it's not the love of her life or anything even though they sleep together. I asked her one night if she ever thought about getting back together. She got this really nice smile on her face and said no, not for a while anyway. But her eyes and smile said different. I'm not seeing anyone now and I'm starting to not want to start a new relationship in case she makes up her mind. It's been a month now. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? ¿ i Y Sometimes A Great Lotion , E lit a B land C o tton B las ami P amitls LlNCtW t AND iL ttP V tA L V IT H AN tM PHAild ON COTTON A N ) S1LI 2. 7 5 a NT S Of t tM U M OIL ANU CUSTOM ÎCTNTID MAVS ACT O » . BOOT LOTION, ANU BATH & I ncin » JH O V tL G IL I a n ) canulu ^ 3 9 N. HfNCOCM C annon B ía c h OR Brian M. T ig a r d 436- coton IIC C N S E D A A A S S A O t THERAPY R O S A L IN D C U S A C K . LAAT O R E G O H 4 W A SH K 3TO H Dear Brian, Cannon Beach Athletic Club 4ÛSC&. Uncle Mike would tap himself on the forehead with a mallet. Brian, Brian, Brian. Sit down and look at things as they are. You and this woman dated for a year without moving in together. Since the breakup was mutual, we must assume a measurable distance has always been part of your relationship. Personal space, free to be me sort of thing. From this less than epic romance you moved on to greater personal space, other things, and other people. Let Uncle Mike know when he's going astray. So, being modern and with it, you maintain your friendship. For several months, during which time she finds a new lover and you don't. You're feeling lonely and left out, she's not. Things clearing up yet, Brian Bob? So, in a grand display of humiliation, you ask if she's interested in rekindling the matchstick of your former love. Like Uncle Mike, you should have a hard time believing you did this. But you did. And what did the woman say? She said no. Can you say 'over1, Brian? You get the impression her new man isn't the love of her life If she actually said this, you failed to mention it in your letter. Maybe she doesn't choose to share breathless descriptions of her love life with you. Good for her. If Uncle Mike were sitting across the table from an old love who was making cow eyes over the pasta, he'd find other things to talk about too. But she said no with her lips and yes with her eyes, right? That’s odd behavior all by itself, babe. And it's been a month now and she hasn’t said an encouraging word. And you're moping around in your bathrobe waiting for this woman to make up her mind? While Uncle Mike admires your ability to endure without hope, he thinks you're acting like a character in a painful Woody Allen film. He suggests you stop it. P O B O X 122 A C A H t s lO M B E A C H . O R 9 7 1 1 0 (5 0 3 ) 4 3 5 - 2 4 2 5 171 S u n s e t B lv d . Let CBAC be your Athletic Club away from home. Come visit our exiting new facility. CBAC Offers: Relative to car alarms: I would consider supporting a rule that car alarms had to have a time limit and if the owner didn't turn it off, the doors would automatically unlock and the car would start. The only thing I see against this rule is I think there are too many rules and so I have trouble promoting a new one But if we could trade this in for some other rule, a bad rule, then I could support it. Hey! That should be a rule: Any new rule must include removing * some existing rule. This would help to promote: "Not More Rules, Better Rules I like it. I reads like a bumper sticker. • Shower Facilities * Aerobic Classes • Tinning •B ik es • Rowing Machine * Treadmills • Climbers Drop in rates available 503*436 1515 Valoree Gift, l m t . Licensed Massage Therapy PO Box 872 Cannon Beach, OR 97110 Pager # 738-4438 Phone #436-0148 Christina Stanley RN, IBCLC / ( (2 ) I Lactation Consultant Breast reeding Assistance Medela Breast Pump Rental Station Dear Uncle Mike, * Free Weights P.O. Box 201 179 Coolidge Cannon Beach, O R 97110 (503)436-0161 I’m tired of talk that comes to nothing. Chief Joseph Sincerely, V icto ria F. EARTH MERCANTILE ' Dear V, Your idea is a dandy. Uncle Mike senses in you a kindred spirit and warns /ou not to forget to take your medicine. Any rule that undermines the notion of oersonal responsibility is, on Uncle Mike's block, a bad rule. 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