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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?
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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.
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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. Car alarms should
jnly be activated when the owner snaps on a collar sheathed with a highly
'onductive metal. The moment someone tampers with his or her personal
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