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- From: weaver@jetsun.weitek.COM (Michael Gordon Weaver)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance
- Subject: Re: Advice please!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.175357.375@jetsun.weitek.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:53:57 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.210627.10562@ac.dal.ca>
- Organization: WEITEK Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- In article <1993Jan25.210627.10562@ac.dal.ca> rtousi@ac.dal.ca writes:
- >Hi
- > Is it right to try and steal a girl from a boyfriend who is making her
- >life miserable by his neglect, even though she still loves him. But she openly
- >admitts he's making her life Hell.
- >
- There isn't a clear right or wrong about this. If she leaves him and
- ends up with you, I wouldn't feel guilty about it. But trying to break
- them up is a bad idea. Wouldn't you worry that she would let someone
- else steal her from you? And she will tend to feel that she was pushed
- into leaving him, rather than freely choosing, which might lead her to
- resent you.
-
- If you want her, let her know, but do it subtly. You don't want to look
- like you are pushing her into leaving him. Don't give her too much
- sympathy about her boyfriend. It is tempting, but remember, she has
- chosen to be with her boyfriend, and her misery comes from this. If you
- are sympathetic about it, you will be helping her keep up the idea that
- her misery is unavoidable, rather than a consequence of her choice.
-
- Peace,
- Michael.
-