SingleScenes – 9=17-25

SingleScenes

by Sarah Smart

Q.  I’m in a dilemma. I’m dating my best friend’s recently divorced dad, and both of us don’t want her to know.  He is seventeen years older than me, and I believe I’m falling in love.  My friend keeps badgering me about this new man in my life, and I feel deceitful.  We usually tell each other everything.  I know already that she wouldn’t want me dating her father.  What would you do?

A.  I would come clean and tell her.  Explain to her how awkward it is.  But that you love her and her friendship is important to you Be sure to explain that it just happened and that you didn’t have designs on him prior to the divorce…or did you?

Q.  I no longer wish to marry a man who has given me a new car and a two-carat engagement ring.  Our wedding is a month away and after many sleepless nights, I’ve changed my mind.  But I hesitate to tell him because I don’t want to return either of the gifts.  My mother says I’m only obligated to return the car.  What do you say?

A.  I say…return both items if you wish to reflect an ounce of class or fairness.  How could you keep the car and such an expensive ring, when the man obviously purchased it believing that you were the one, and sleep well at night?  Wouldn’t you want your stuff back if you were in the same predicament as he is about to be?  It’s just the right thing to do.  Also, remember you can’t escape Karma.

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