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Written by Emily, Jon and Jennifer
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Wednesday, 12 April 2006 |
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Q. I can’t stand my new boyfriend’s friends. That they act like a bunch of adolescent dipwads when they’re together is an understatement. He’s not the same person around them. His best friend’s girlfriend feels the same way about the two other guys in the foursome who are single. Any way to purge the two jackasses from the herd?
—Jacked Up in Fort Collins
EMILY: Unfortunately there is no way to get him out of his circle of friends. Put yourself in his shoes would you give up your friends for a guy….no way they have been there through thick and thin with you. If you want to stay in the relationship then you have to be able to overcome this issue with his friends, because as of right now his friends aren’t going anywhere.
JON: Good Luck trying. You run the chance of breaking the code, “Bro’s before Ho’s” If you do break the good two from the other two, then that’s a sign for him that you can change him. Guys don’t like to be told what to do. Or you could just plan things to do with the good one and his girlfriend only. Not all of you need to hang out all the time.
JENNIFER: I wouldn’t go there if I were you. I’ve learned from experience that if you convince a guy to do something that he really doesn’t want to do, he’ll end up resenting you for it in the long run. You may have to tolerate the dipwads on occasion to keep your guy happy, and hopefully when you guys spend time alone he makes it worth your while.
Q. Every time we get in the car, my wife and I battle over the radio. She’s stuck in the 80s, and I like to listen to talk radio, or at the very least, music a little bit more modern. If I hear Kajagoogoo one more time, I think I’ll puke. How can we avoid another fight?
—Radiohead is Exploding in Loveland
EMILY: It’s pathetic that you are making such a big deal about this! Seriously. I’m sure that you get your fair share of the radio time. If you can’t work this out, then drive separate cars when going places. See how your wife likes that idea. Then think about whether it was worth it to make such a big deal about something not important.
JON: Oh, too bad, you don’t get to listen to your music. Cry baby! Compromise — it’s never a one way trip to the store is it? You get the radio on the way there; she gets it on the way back. It’s called a relationship, it works both ways. So stop being so selfish. And over a f-ing radio. What are you, a third grader?
JENNIFER: Compromise guys! Very rarely do men and women agree on music, so try to meet in the middle. She probably feels the same way about your music choices as you do about hers, so try to understand and save your energy for things that are actually worth fighting about.
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