Don’t Go Breaking My Heart

Q Dear Miss Abigail: How do you accept the pain and heartbreak of unrequited love? Sad A Dear Sad: It will be hard at first but I’m certain you will get over the loss. Stay strong and lift your head high! This, from Debbie Reynolds’s If I Knew Then (1962), is a good reminder of what’s […]

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Why Didn’t I Hear from Him Again?

We turn, once again, to one of my favorite books: Nina Farewell’s The Unfair Sex. This book is packed full of advice about both the good and bad of men and relationships. After reading so many disgustingly positive accounts of dating, isn’t it refreshing to see some reality? 1953: Why Didn’t I Hear from Him Again? […]

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I Can’t Get Over Him

Q Dear Miss Abigail: I just broke up with my boyfriend and I can’t get over him. What should I do? Signed, Crissy A Dear Crissy: My brother has a theory: the amount of time you need to get over someone is as long as you dated. Went out six months? Be prepared to be […]

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That Vicious Dumping Cycle

Q Dear Miss Abigail: How do I stay in a relationship? I always seem to get bored or frustrated with the person I’m seeing so I break up with them!!! Signed, Sick of dumping! A Dear Sick of Dumping: This little excerpt is from William J. Robinson’s Sexual Problems of To-Day (with “today” being 1921, of […]

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