Dear Queenie,
There’s a girl at my school who thinks I’m her best friend because I was nice to her when nobody else was. She just follows me around everywhere.
My girlfriend is really bothered by all this. She is not jealous, but she doesn’t like having this other girl around all the time at school and when we’re hanging out together.
Queenie, how do I explain to this girl that it’s too much for me to handle?— Beleaguered boy
Dear Boy,
You have to explain to this girl – as gently and kindly as you can – that you have a girlfriend and a social life that simply do not include her, and you are just too busy to spend much time with her.
The school year will be over in a couple of months and unless she lives very close to you, hopefully you will be seeing less of her then.
