dear friend. In one
respect he is very
unreliable. He ‘‘forgets’’
what he has agreed to do. For
example, on quite a few occa-
sions he has simply not turn-

UESTION: I have a
Q problem with ‘a very

ten that he was supposed to
have a date with me! It makes
me angry of course, but
worse than that it makes me
feel too darn unimportant.
Should a girl put up with

that? I don’t like it a bit to be
Mtade to feel that someone

— most of the time.

But then, just after we’ve
had a few wonderful days, he
simply doesn’t show up, even
if we have made definite ar-
rangements. I'm just afraid
it’s going to be too hard for

me to put up with. It really.

ask hayden stewart

off to a good start in doing
something about your
‘‘problem’’ when you
recognize that it is YOUR
problem. You are not
primarily concerned about
some inadequacy of his, but
rather, concerned about how
YOU can handle it. Good!
So - think your way into
the LOVE PRINCIPLE that
says, *‘Provide others with an

C7 - Wednesday, June 6, 1984 - North Shore News

Forgettful friend is unreliable

Opportunity to give’’. Tell
him you need his help in
enabling you to handle your
feelings when he leaves you
high and dry. Don’t talk
about what a stinker he is,
but talk about how you have
such a hard time with your
““problem’’ and that you’d
like his help in finding your
way into handling it better.
Concentrate on YOUR part

in relating to him as he is,
and do NOT get suckered in-
to harping on what’s wrong
with him.

If you find things do not
improve and you remain
unable, or unwilling to accept
things as they are, then it may
be your signal to discover
why the grass is greener on
the other side of the fence.

=

Freelance Counsellor Hayden Stewart may be reached at 261-6242
for appointments for individual, family or group counselling.

ed up for a date. I don’t
know how other girls would
react to that sort of thing but
I do know that it bothers me
more than a little. The next
day he’s apt to ‘phone up to
arrange another date and he
never makes mention of the
one he broke yesterday. I am
sure he has absolutely forgot-

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has utterly forgotten that he
had a date with me.

He is a real neat guy or-
dinarily and does some
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bothers me a lot. What can I‘
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