Ask Amy: Guest is baffled by the need to shower
Her latest bit is that she believes that cellphones cause brain cancer.
She can believe whatever she wants, but now this is starting to interfere with my own life because she is trying to influence me.
I’m tired of this and thinking of breaking up with her, but this seems like a trivial reason to break up with someone who is so great in every other respect.
Can you weigh in?
– Bored
Dear Bored: What a person thinks – and how a person thinks – is not a trivial matter. According to you, your girlfriend is also trying to control you.
Do you want to go through life having to defend your own rational choices?
Do you want to possibly have a family with someone whose views about health and wellness are so radically different from your own?
I sincerely doubt it.
Dear Amy: “Tricked in Illinois” believed her mother was manipulating her by asking for a ride to church.
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