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Is there a method to know if our relationship will work?

Updated on: 22 March,2010 09:50 AM IST  | 
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I've been seeing this guy for about two weeks now. He seems like a good guy and I'd like it to work out for us

Is there a method to know if our relationship will work?

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Dear Diana,

I've been seeing this guy for about two weeks now. He seems like a good guy and I'd like it to work out for us. Unfortunately, I am not very good at judging people's characters and about knowing how they are deep down. I guess it sounds daft, but I am an only child with a small circle of family and friends.

Although it is not an excuse, I believe it is not too late to learn how to figure out what a person is really like. Moreover, I would like to know if there is a "method" as I would either like our relationship to work out (or fail) knowing that I have done my best and could have done no more. Please help.

Name withheld



Dear Friend,

Life is filled with experiencesu00a0 both good and bad. You can take a lot from those experiences and learn from mistakes, should you make any. No one is perfect and you are meant to make mistakes so you can learn and gain experience from them.

And however much you may be protected, if anythign bad has to happen to you, it will. One can never know for sure if or how a relationship will work out. You just have to do your best to make it work and hope and pray that it does. Of course, if you make yourself miserable over it, you will never find the time to enjoy it, in the first place. Go with the flow!

Am attracted to older guys now...

Dear Diana,

I'm a 17-year-old girl and tend to find myself attracted to men in their late 20s and early 30s. My whole life I've been told if I date an older man now, and later get into a relationship with a man my own age, it will really screw with my head. Your thoughts?


Name withheld

Dear Friend,

You are your own person and know how you would deal with a certain situation. I seriously doubt that if you know your mind now, you will have trouble keeping up with it a few years down the line. The only thing that will be differentu00a0-- if at allu00a0-- is that you will have less patience with guys your age because you will expect them to live up to the standards set by the older guys.

Still sleeping with my ex!

Dear Diana,

My ex and I broke up a little over a month ago. I'm 23, she's 22. She caught me in a stupid lie and was hurt. We stayed friends. Recently, we began having sex again and I stay with her a lot. She calls me her own but we're still apart. I stayed with her last night.

As we were cuddling, she asked me if we were together or not. I said I didn't know. She asked what we were doing then. I told her that I still wanted her (she already knows that). We kissed, nothing else was said. We had sex again. Does she want to be together again or not?u00a0



Name withheld

Dear Friend,

Both of you are blowing hot and cold and are not willing to seek some closure. It doesn't help that sex is complicating matters further.u00a0 You can't expect her to make the first move because she is expecting the same of you.

The way you two are headed, there's never going to be a solution to your problem. It's obvious the two of you still want each other and are looking for the other one to bend and surrender first.

You two are aching to be with each other officially but she is seeking a explicit commitment that you won't hurt her again. And if you want to make this relationship work, one of you will have to take the first step.

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