Breakups, Lies, and Scottish Weddings

Dear Ms. Meniscus,

My ex-boyfriend and I had been together for over a year. The chemistry between us was great, and our relationship became the envy of our friends. He is a few years younger than me, so he attended a college in my home town so that we would be together when I graduated. Before the dorms opened, he moved in with my family and me for the summer. Things were great - or so I thought. Yesterday, he said to me, "I'm not having fun anymore. I just don't love you anymore. I don't want to be with you." I am completely heartbroken. I can't eat or sleep. He was my everything and now I have nothing. My passion is gone. I need to know how to get him back. Please help.

-Ditched and Desperate

Dear D and D,

I know how you feel. Really, I do. Your relationship's demise is a flagrant fruition not easily surmounted, due in part, of course, to its length. Sadly, it may take just as long to get over the heartbreak. Everyone deals with mourning in a different way, so any empirical advice I have to offer is probably irrelevant - consoling, at best. Still, remember that though your boyfriend is gone, you still have your youth. If only I could say the same for myself.

Dear Ms. Meniscus,

Sometimes I lie to people and say I have arthritis so that I get out of laborious chores and things that I don't feel like doing. Is this wrong?

-Liar Liar

Dear Liar,

The last time Ms. Meniscus checked, people with arthritis did not let their disease prevent them from tackling a challenge or two. Read: you're wrong. So stop it. If you must assign a reason to your laziness, then blame it on the lumbering burden placed upon your shoulders by the guilt and shame of exploiting another's plight.

Dear Ms. Meniscus,

My fiancee and I have decided to hold our wedding in Scotland. My family lives in the States and feels that it is unreasonable for the wedding to be held so far away from home. Since my fiancé and I will be living in Germany after the wedding, it makes perfect sense for the ceremony to take place in Europe. At the moment, my family is not talking to me. I feel frustrated, angry, sad, and isolated. How can I overcome this?

-Frustrated Fiance

Dear Fiance,

Permission to be obvious? Your wedding is your wedding. This grants you the right to host it wherever you please. Similarly, your guests are your guests, and they reserve the right to choose whether they attend or not. Furthermore, your parents are your parents, and they deserve to be at your wedding. So: pay for their travel expenses, and focus on your trip down the aisle rather than their trip across the Atlantic. Good luck, my dear.

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