Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-06-17 | Page 10 | Request of Exclusive Company of Girl Made for Summer Months

REQUEST OF EXCLUSIVE COMPANY OF GIRL MADE FOR SUMMER MONTHS r By BETTY BEY BLAIR 4 Protective measures should be adopted in regard to the emotional emotional emo emo- I diseases that affect adolescents similar to those used to protect protect pro pro- teet infants from thc the ravaging diseases prevalent for their age t Better emotional and physical balance and stability would result Dear Miss Blair A boy with whom I have been going off oft and on for the past year at school has asked me to togo togo togo go steady with him this summer He did not ask me this when we were In school as there were other girls he liked to take out There was also other bo boys s 's with whom I went but none I liked as aswell aswell well veIl as this oneVe one We Ve live Jive in the same neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood and I know he doesn't have much money to spend Often he ho just comes over to spend the eve eve- ning I would be glad to have bave him hint keep on coming to see sec me mo and not taking any other girls out but butI I dont don't understand why ho he wants to go steady just for tor the summer Have Other Dates There are other boys I could go out with and have a good time If It I refuse them during the sumI summer sum sum- I mer rm Im sure they will stop asking me Inc altogether Then when fall faU comes and school starts this one bo boy bay will evidently start taking other girls out again and I will willbe willbe willbe be left stranded know to let this boy know I would like to see him hint during the summer as often as ashe ashe ashe he wants to come over or to take takemo me mo out but that I dont don't want to refuse the dates I might also have with other boys Im I'm afraid by refusing his request I ma may lose Jose his friendship altogether and I dont don't want to do that Please tell me what to do Thank you ou JUNE BUG I dislike so much the idea of high School chool young people going steady at all ali that Im I'm afraid I will be of little help to you OU in this particular problem which is just one shade more selfish than the usual request to go stead steady The young man In question as you OU suggest wishes to restrict your activities and pleasure for his convenience convenience convenience con con- during the summer After that you may lick Jick up the crumbs that fall from his table or that of anybody else i if they happen to failour fall fail your our wa way Subject to Change The love of adolescents is an unstable unstable un un- un- un stable thing subject to change at any minute It is therefore a mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take for them to restrict their companionship companionship com corn to each other by prom prom- When these promises are broken as they will be one of the two suffers an emotional upheaval that devas devastates the whole system