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Dear Erik,
A friend and myself decided
to 10 sboppiDg together. We had
J>!anncd to make a full day of it
including lunch and getting our
. done, While we were in a a
department store, I sa my
friend put pair of earrings into
her hand bag. I shocked. I
didn't wadt to believe what I
, so I didn't y anything.
After a few minutes she wanted
to leave the store. I was so afraid
that someone from the tore
uld op us before We got out
of the door. When we lot out,
she wanted to go into anot er
tore She never aid a word
bou the carrin and I w
afraid to y anytbiag. I have
neYer known her to do anything
like that before. This is man
who' higbl)! respected in our
community. She olds a very
good job and' loved by her hus­
band nd children. I don't 00 .
t to make of it. I care- bout
her bu I n't go out with her
anymore. I don't kno what to
do about it. I
Pie don't use my name,
XX
Philadelphia, Penn.
Dear Erik,
I am t the end of what
once a very serious romance. I
am now a freshman in college
and have met • young man on
Campus lha I am beginning to.
care about. He has asked me out
and I have al ys • d no be­
cause I have been Roing with a
guy in my hometown. The guy
that I bave been go� with for
the past year and a half is very
nice b d 't want or expect
much from nfe. Thats not the
way that I feel. I loved him once
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EriC:
but no I just don't feel the same
way anymore. I have tried to tell
myself that he is the man for me,
but he's not. This is a man 0
tried to talk me out of going to
college. He said that he would
take care of me. I am now 19
years old and I really want to
art seeing other men. I kno
that he wiD be upset and burt if
I teU him that we should break
up because I want to date
another man. How can I tell
him? He comes to visit me every
other weekend and he calls ai­
m �rynigbt.
College Student,
ewYor ewYor
Dear Erik,
I think that I am f . in love
with my older brot r' st
friend. I am 18 years 0 but I am
sure that 'Bob' thinks of me as
kid. 1 b \Ie known him for a long
time and I always had a
crush on him. I have dated other
guys before, but in m ny ways
they all reminded me of 'Bob'.
The problem is: How can I let
him know that I am now
WOIDaD and I want to go out with
him? My family thinks of him
another SOD. I nt to tell him
how I feel but I am not sure what
I shOuld do.
Please Help!
"H .
eridian; Miss.
Got a problem? Need an'
tlllSWer? Or do you just want to
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Washington in care of The
Michigan Citizen, 16032 Wood­
wan/, Highland Parle, Michigan,
48203 or to: 'DeQT Erik', Miracle
Mile Stillion, P. O. Box 36A24,
� Angeles, Colif., 90036.
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