Dear Queenie,
When I was on the outs with my boyfriend my mother told him that she would call the police if he ever again had anything to do with me and I never saw him or heard from him again. I was still hoping we would make up and get back together, but when I tried to talk to her about this she insisted that she was right and she was just doing it for my own good and someday I would understand and thank her for it.
Queenie, is there anything more I can do?—Depressed daughter
Dear Daughter,
If your mother’s threat to call the police is really what is keeping your ex-boyfriend away from you, he probably has some reason to be afraid of the police and you may well be better off without him.
He also may be staying away simply because his relationship with you is not very important to him, in which case, again, you are probably better off without him.
As for your depression, consult your family doctor, and perhaps a counsellor, for help in dealing with it and, hopefully, getting over it.
