SingleScenes – 7-27-23

SingleScenes

by Sarah Smart

Q.  I’m about to host an elegant engagement dinner party at my home, but I have a problem.  I cannot stand my best friend’s boyfriend, and she can’t go anywhere without him.  He is obnoxious, vulgar, and flirtatious, and I don’t want him within ten feet of my door.  However, I know if I tell her not to bring him, then she won’t come, and I can’t imagine having the party without her.  What can I do?

A.  You can make a choice. Either put up with him for one night or party on without her.  You need to decide on which feeling is most important … the one about her or the one about him.

Q.  I’ve got a serious problem.  For the last three months, I have been “dating” a man over the phone that I’ve never seen.  He lives in another state and we had come to the point where we felt we had fallen in love.  We talked every day, and he even spoke of marriage.  Then last week, for the first time, he sent a photo of him.  We had agreed not to exchange pictures.  We wanted to wait until we met.  I’m so turned off that I can’t even talk to him anymore.  I have been dodging his calls because I don’t know what to say.  Help!

A.  Shame on you! You talk to a man for three months, and you fall in love with his voice, but you can’t take his photo.  I say, get back on the phone and insist on meeting him.  Many people aren’t photogenic.  Maybe he looks better in person.  If you meet him and are still turned off, act then, but with kindness.  Then again, maybe he was trying to prepare you by breaking the agreement.  Hang in there and at least wait until you see him. 

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