Dear Queenie,
My girlfriend broke up with me when she went away to college. She said it was because she wanted to be free to see other people while she was away. We are still good friends and sometimes we sleep together when she comes home on vacation.
My friends say I should be free to see other people too and I shouldn’t see her or talk to her when she comes home.
Queenie, are they right?—Home-town ex-boyfriend
Dear Ex-boyfriend,
Your friends have a good point. You are – and should feel – just as free to date other people as your ex-girlfriend. Being on a friendly basis with her is fine, but sleeping with her even just occasionally is only making things difficult for both of you.
