I just can't bear to see her get married to someone else

I am in love with my friend. One I've known for eight years now. She's way pretty but that is something I noticed only until it was too late.

I just can't bear to see her get married to someone else

Dear Diana,
I am in love with my friend. One I've known for eight years now. She's way pretty but that is something I noticed only until it was too late. I always knew she was a good-hearted girl, ever-helpful and never asked for anything in return. She once proposed to me and I should've said yes at the time. Sadly, I didn't. At the time, I had laughed off the very notion. I remember seeing tears in her eyes that day. She never asked me again. We remained friends and it was all good. I had my share of girlfriends and I'd like to believe she had her share of boyfriends. The trouble is, she's engaged now and I have realised that losing her to another guy, could be theu00a0

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Dear Brad,
A Joni Mitchell hit comes to mind (one that Counting Crows made even more popular). It's called Big Yellow Taxi. The words I'm thinking: "Don't it always seem to go... that you don't know what you got till its gone...". We take the love we recieve for granted far too often and when it does pass us by, we behave like crybabies/dogs in the manger. You have to know why you want her in your life. Why not marrying her will kill you inside. Why the two of you are meant to be. You have to tell her how you feel. And I'm afraid I can't give you the words to say. When the time comes, you'll know what to say. The courage? You either have it or you don't!

Am having sex with my friend's mom!

Dear Diana,
I'm 18. I've been having sex with a 40-year-old woman for some months now. This woman is my friend's mom. Sometimes we have sex even when he's sleeping in another room. Should I stop?

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Kris

Dear Kris,
At your age, it might be easy enough to say that you got seduced and probably get away with it. But the truth remains that it happened, that you took advantage of the situation as it presented itself. And that it didn't matter that she was your friend's mom. Wanna stop? It's your call!

My boss is threatening me...

Dear Diana,
I am 28, married and have a baby. My husband doesn't work in the same city and is sometimes gone for days on end. I fell in love with my boss and had an affair with him. Now I feel it was wrong on my part to do so and have decided to stop seeing him anymore. However, he has warned me that he will tell my family about us if I do such a thing. I want a fresh start. I know I did wrong in the beginning but I want to rectify my actions. Do you think I ought to take his threats seriously?

P

Dear Friend,
Call his bluff. If he's married, he's as interested in this not becoming public as you are. So it happened. So you got over it. It's behind you now. You want no part of it. You shouldn't have to be compelled to be in a relationship that's long past it's expiry date. People have flings. Some deal with it, others throw a right royal fuss. I don't think you ought to take him seriously because he will achieve nothing by telling your family. It won't benefit him because you won't go running back to him after he 'betrayed' you, would you?

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