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Show Dear Sally by Sally Shaw DEAR SALLY: I'm wondering if a man can still be considered a Gentleman if he breaks an engage- ment. I happen to be a man who is considering this. I thought I loved her and that she was the only girl in the world for me, but since we became engaged, she has assumed I. i mm. ..iM i mi.,i i.. . 4 '. , a proprietory attitude towards me, has become nagging, shrewish, selfish, and unreasonable in her demands. And if she's like this now, how will she be later after we're married? I know only -too well that I'm not perfect and I'm not looking for absolute perfection in the girl I marry -- but this situation is becoming more than I know I can endure. I'd like to get out of this. But how can I? ANDY. DEAR ANDY: You break the engagement in exactly the same way that a girl would. You tell her in the most tactful way you can that you realize now that she and you are not at all suited for each other. No matter how disagreeable dis-agreeable this chore may seem to you, it is far, far better to have a broken-engagement now than a broken home later. DEAR SALLY: About two weeks ago, I met a young man at a party and we were very much attracted to each other and got along swell. Since then he's telephoned me at my home at least seven or eight times, but every time I have been out. Since I'd like very much to date him, I'm wondering if it would be proper for me to call him, or would this be too forward of me? JANET. DEAR JANET: If you had been the first to call, it might have been a little forward- but, under the circumstances, it would be perfectly all right for you to phone him and say, "I hear you have been calling me. I'm sorry I was out." DEAR SALLY: I'm 16 and the boy I ve been going steady with for the past five months is 18. He was always wonderful to me and we got along fine until about two weeks ago when he made a fresh pass at me in a drive-in movie. I stopped him cold and scolded him. He behaved himself for three more dates, then he tried the same thing again. I had to bawl him out again and tell him that I'm just not that kind of girl. I am 'very fond of this boy otherwise and don't want to lose him. but what can I do if he tries this again? WORRIED. DEAR WORRIED: If this fellow tries his shenanigans on you again, make up your mind that he's the worng one for you. Call the third strike on hirri and throw him out of the game and out of your life! The word "respect, doesn't seem to be in his dictionary. DEAR SALLY: I've been going with a girl at my college for over a year and she wears my fraternity pin, which is almost as binding as a diamond in my book. I thought she loved me as much as I do her, until last week-end when we went to a party and she met another fellow. They danced together almost constantly and I had to hunt her up when it was time to go. They were sitting very close together on the stairway. One of my buddies told me that she gave this fellow her phone number and I can believe that, because her line has been busy for the past three evenings. When I finally saw her in person and asked her about the phone number bit, she admitted it, but said she only did it because he was persistent and she wanted to get rid of him. What shall I do now? EDDIE. DEAR EDDIE: You can believe her story, if you want to. I don't. A girl doesn't hand out her phone number to a fellow if she wants to get rid of him. |