Athika asks: I’m a female and I’ve been in a serious relationship with one boy for a few months. My problem is that I still talk with my classmate whom I used to love and admire a lot. I met with my classmate, which caused serious impact on our relationship. My partner got to know about this and was ready to leave. I just want to stay away from my classmate because I know I seriously love my friend. What should I do now?
Hi Athika –
I just want to clarify your question, to make sure I understand what’s going on.
If I have it right, you’ve been in a relationship with a boy for a few months, but you also have a classmate you have loved and admired, and your boyfriend is jealous about this? Is that correct? And so you’re asking how to stay away from the classmate?
If I do have it right, the fact is that you can’t totally stay away from the classmate, as long as you’re in class together. But you can choose to only deal with them in a “professional” way, only talking about classwork and such. And that might help.
But at the same time, this is a great time to work with your boyfriend to build trust in each other. After all, you might later have a job with someone very attractive, or he might too. And trust is really the most important part of any relationship, and this is a great way to work on it.
My real advice on this is to talk very openly about it – a lot – with each other. See what bothers him, and how you can work together to make the relationship work for both of you.
(But if I misunderstood what’s happening, please let me know and I’ll be glad to give you the right response!)
All my best,
Shirelle