READER
REPLY:
Your Advice is The Bane of Our Culture
Dear
Harlan,
Your advice to "Stuck
on Best Friend's Girl" could have been renamed "What's
Wrong With Society Today?" These two "families" (as you mistakenly
called them) have produced TWO CHILDREN! What about them?
Don't tell this guy that there are countless other women that
he could date - he's in a relationship and has a child! Providing
a stable home for that child should be his No. 1 priority,
not dating or flirting or fooling around. You're right; I'm
old! While teaching for 37 years, I observed what happens
to children who are byproducts of casual sex. If partying,
flirting, dating and fooling around were his priorities, he
should have used a condom. And now it's too late. He needs
to do the right thing. And so does his friend. People who
talk about their "relationship" and then add, "Oh, by the
way, we have a child together" MAKE ME CRAZY!! And advice
like yours is the bane of our culture.
Retired
School teacher
Dear Teacher,
I agree - kids should ALWAYS be the No. 1 priority. But with
all due respect, I think idealism can, at times, be the bane
of our culture. To force someone to stay inside a relationship
and breed toxic energy for the sake of the kids doesn't help
anyone. An unhappy marriage is an unhappy home.
