High school friends face boyfriend tension
-- Wondering
Dear Wondering: You say: "I'm almost divorced."
I say: On some level, all married people are almost divorced.
When you are all-the-way divorced, you should feel free to take this relationship to the next level.
Dear Amy: In your column, you commented about the "subtle and shifting hurts" that you have experienced on Facebook.
I'm a 61-year-old attorney. I'm married with three children.
You would think I would be immune to the "hurt" you mentioned. I'm not.
Facebook can really be a hurtful venue. And your usage of the words "subtle" and "shifting" was, in my opinion, an exact description of how it feels.
I think I have learned a ton about myself and other people over the course of the last two years, as a result of that hurtfulness. Well said!
Thank you.
-- Big Fan
Dear Fan: Social media expands our circles, increasing the number of people who have access to us. These people can easily make (or break) our day.
Because this is a new way of interacting, we all need to arrive at new ways of coping. I'll happily pass along suggestions from readers.
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(You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@amydickinson.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or "like" her on Facebook. Amy Dickinson's memoir, "The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter and the Town that Raised Them" (Hyperion), is available in bookstores.)
