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MATTERS OF THE HEART AND LOINS
has anything to lose, get it? On the other hand,
you don't really have anything to gain, either.
Maybe you should just drop it and pursue some
thing more meaningful instead.
I am realty sick of my luck with guys. I am 20
years old and I have never even had a boyfriend or
kissed anyone before!! I am realty
depressed about this and I feel that I
will never find a companion. I hove
come close before, but when I like
a guy and he appears to like me, it
just turns out that he was leading
me on and I see him a week later
with a girl with half my intelligence
and who isn't even attractive!! I
am an exciting, lively, eccentric
chick who is up for anything! When
I go out with friends I appear confident
and approachable, so I really do not
understand where I am going wrong!! I' m
pretty decent looking, intelligent, cre
ative and extremely hyper and
funny, so why am I doomed to
failure when it comes to dating
and guys??
Downtrodden
Hey Oowntrodden,
sounds like you are simply
BRIMMING with good personality
traits—the only one you forgot to
mention is humble. So tell me,
my demoralized friend, what of
this guy who “led you on?"
Was he, perhaps, just being
friendly? Are you, perhaps, a
I've been seeing this girt for three weeks.
Actually, “seeing" is something of a euphemism; all
we do is have sex. That in and of itself is not so
bad, but I cannot stand anything else about the
girt She's rude, crude, dull tedious and shallow.
Just to set the record straight she doesn't think
too highly of me either. However, the sex is mind-
blowing. Seriously, the best sex I've ever
had. but the raw hatred between us out
side the sheets is driving me up the
wall. Should I get while the gettin’s
good or should I keep gettin' that
good stuff while it's there?
Mean And Nasty
Hey MAN, sounds like you're not
only a hypocrite, but a glutton for
punishment as welL Let me make sure
I've got this straight: You are in a
tionship with this girl that is entirely
based on sex, and you don't like her
because SHE is shallow? Get a clue,
hon. You're both being shallow.
And that may be exactly WHY
the sex is so good. Lots of
people have trouble being
open and intimate with other
people, especially when they
are afraid of messing up a
relationship that they really
want to succeed. Ass backward,
I know, but a fact no less.
Sometimes it »s easier to just go nuts
with somebody when you aren't
really worried about the conse
quences. If you don't really like
each other, then neither of you
wee bit bitter about it, and therefore afraid to try
again? It sounds like self-esteem is not an issue,
so maybe you just aren't going about it right
Maybe you just seem too eager. Maybe I'm just
reading into your use of the words "extremely
hyper," but that is not in the top 10 phrases that
come to a guy's mind when you ask him to
describe his perfect mate. Don't get so wound up
abou> it that you psyche yourself out. You said
that you "appear confident and approachable."
Why aren't you doing the approaching? Just be
social and relax, darlin'. Mostly relax.
going great. However, her friends—all punk
rockers—can't stand me. and Vve yet to figure out
why. rm net a punk myself, but Pve never hod a
problem until I started dating this girl. I've been as
nice and polite as I can be. but it’s starting to get
under my skin. It’s getting to the point where she's
having troubles with her friends. Should we tell
them where to stick their mohawks or should I step
aside for the sake of her friendships? I really like
this girl and rm really interested in where the rela
tionship might go, but it's starting to cause strain.
Funny Thing, I Like Black Flag
What's your take on public displays of affec
tion? My girlfriend often comp bins I don’t show
her enough affection while we're out but fm
uncomfortcble with anything other than some
light kissing and hobing hands. Is disliking
the sight of couples groping each other in
public prudishness or shoub they "get a
room"?
Anonymous
Hey Anonymous (very clever nom de
plume, by the way), this is a very timely
question, my friend, because I (and a host
of other unfortunate bar patrons) have just
borne witness to some particularly
horrifying PDA in the last 24 hours.
Let me tell you, there was a lot of
flesh involved, it was all
attached to one particularly
drunk and not particularly
attractive woman—it was
NOT pretty. I'm on your side
here, though I will also admit
to having done some inappropriate
drunken groping in my time. If
you're not being outright cold to her,
or acting embarrassed to be with
her, then your girlfriend should just
get over it.
I have been dating this punker girl
for the lost month and everything's
Dear FTILBF, are your girl's only friends
the punk rockers? Do any of them have
friends that are NOT punk rockers? If
not, she is obviously involved in a
scary cult and you should call her
parents and take her out of state
immediately. Okay, maybe not.
But it's funny, isn't it how cer
tain groups of people get
together because they have been
excluded form other groups, and
then they go around excluding
everybody else? Encourage your
girlfriend to branch out a bit
socially—obviously she already has
with you, so that's a good start. At
least that way you can spend some
time together and not feel like
such an outsider. It is possible
that her friends will eventually
accept you, and maybe they
won't, but don't force her tc
choose.
Jyl Inov
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