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Dear Prudence
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Monday, October 11, 2004 7:40:19 AM |
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Dear Prudie,Saturday, April 12, 2003 Dear Prudence Dear Prudie: I have been dating a man for almost three years. We live an hour and a half apart but see each other once a week. About six months ago, I found out that my "boyfriend" was seeing someone else. I confronted him, and he said he would end the relationship. All's well, right? No. On one of our "get-togethers," I found a ring in his pocket. I asked him about it, and he said he found it outside. I called his house the following day, but no one answered, so I left a message. I became suspicious and did some checking. I found out that he got married two weeks ago to the girl he was cheating on me with! I called one of his siblings right away, and she told me that his mom got my message and asked him about it, and he told the family that we broke up for good two days before the wedding! That's not all. She's also pregnant. I'm crushed! My "boyfriend" and I have another "get-together" in a couple of days. What do I do? Do I confront him with all I know? Do I inform the wife of our "get-together" less than two weeks after they were married? Do I continue to see him? -- Desperately Seeking Answers
Dear Des: Unless you need a building to fall on you, the situation is quite clear -- and it did not resolve in your favor. Whether he got trapped by baby or not, he's a two-timing sleaze, and you are well rid of him. If you have the stomach for it, at your "get-together" you might hand him a wrapped package of, perhaps, baby booties, and tell him to get permanently lost. Skip telling the unfortunate new wife. And Prudie thinks she's answered your question about whether or not to continue seeing him. -- Prudie, amazedly Dear Prudence: I am dismayed about the lack of morals of the people who sometimes write to your column, and you don't seem to point that out. Recently you responded to a person called "Sleep-Deprived," who lives with her boyfriend and shares an apartment with an oversexed roommate. In your answer you started out saying, "Your boyfriend is an oaf, and the boarder is a clod." You should have said, "Your boyfriend is an oaf, the boarder is a clod, and you are a slut." The truth is, no one involved here has good moral character, and, that being said, you missed the real issue. First of all, the boyfriend is the owner, but the roommate is the renter. The girl (Sleep-Deprived), even though she said, "I am responsible for my share of the bills," did not mention that she pays rent. In this case she has no rights, but the tenant does. Unless the rental agreement said differently, the tenant has the right to entertain in his room, and no one has the right to make him move to another room. I would suggest that she moves to the back bedroom, or better yet move out and stop giving it away. -- Sincerely Dismayed Dear Sin: My, my, we are judgmental, aren't we? What about the woman's rights as a significant other? Unless there is an egregious lapse, Prudie would not label a writer as immoral. Not too many people, in this day and age, would put adult, unmarried couples living together in that category, anyway. You are a prig, sir, and Prudie would also guess a lawyer. -- Prudie, realistically © 2003 SLATE.COM DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. | |
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