Dear Queenie,
I’m in my 50s and I’ve fallen in love with a man who is in his 30s, but he says he just wants us to be friends.
Queenie, I really love him and I don’t want to lose him. Should I tell him how I feel? Should I ask him if there is any other woman in his life?—Middle-aged girlfriend
Dear Middle-aged girlfriend,
A man who says he “just wants to be friends” means what he says and has no romantic interest in you. It does not matter whether he has any other woman in his life.
If you are content to remain “just friends” with him that is all well and good, but if you want more from him, forget it, however difficult that may be for you.
