Dear Advice Chick,
Can / should you be friends with someone you just broke up with? I admit I still have feelings for my ex, but I think I can handle a platonic friendship.
Advice Chick replies,
Yes... you *can* be friends with someone you just broke up with, but what's the point? If it's OVER, let it be OVER. *Should* you be friends with someone you just broke up with? No. In many cases one of the two people involved (You) will still want the relationship, not a friendship, and may take the friendship as a cue to try to re-establish a relationship that is no longer there.
Dear Advice Chick,
I like your Attitude. Here goes. Let's say that a couple have had unprotected sex (yes, I know, I'll never do it again.) and the next morning, the man has a discharge and itching on his penis which he tells the woman. He also tells her that she might have given him a yeast infection, she should check it out. (Because he's in the military and they get tested so often for STDs, and he's been faithful, it couldn't be from him, yadda yadda)
So she goes to the GYN and gets the usual Pap and battery of STD tests. Everything is negative on her tests. Meanwhile, the man's symptom has gone away (although they both take medication prescribed by the GYN just in case) Now, suppose the woman's insurance doesn't pay for the whole test, leaving about $118 payable in lab fees. Who do you think should pay the bill? Woman? Man? Both?
Advice Chick replies,
Since you both weren't responsible enough to ensure that the sex was, "protected sex," and you both participated in the sex and you both took the prescribed medication; you should both pay the bill. My judgment is that the plaintiff pays $59.00 AND my judgment is that the defendant pays $59.00! One more thing... in the future, USE THE CONDOMS!
Dear Advice Chick,
The last time I went to Hawaii, an attractive girl on the same trip kept catching my eye. This went on for at least 45 minutes in the line and at the airport lounge. Finally, I went up to her and began a conversation. When her section was called to board the plane, I asked to meet her for a drink. She then informed me that she was meeting her boyfriend and it would be impossible for her to have a drink with me. Is she nuts? Why go through all of that for nothing?
Advice Chick replies,
Go through all of WHAT? Exactly what did she do? You went up to her/You asked her to meet you for a drink/You began a conversation/She informed you that she was meeting her boyfriend ... WHAT is the problem? A little friendly conversation at the airport is common and does not a commitment make. Get over yourself.
