Night Circle

Finally! I read a question and answer in a advice column today that actually made sense. What a crazy concept!

This girl wrote in to say that she'd caught herpes from her ex boyfriend and she takes medication for it.

She started seeing a new guy and when things got to the point where they wanted it to become physical, she told him about the herpes. Well, he freaked out and broke up with her apparently telling her she'd wasted his time and should have told him right off the bat so he wouldn't have kept seeing her. (As a side note, I started seeing red around this point in the letter. Jesus, I hate people sometimes.)

She told the advice columnist that she didn't feel comfortable telling people right off the bat she had herpes, but maybe she had overlooked something and should have told him sooner. She asked for advice about what to do next time, presuming she ever got the courage to go out on another date.

The advice columnist said:

Keep the same time table when you tell him but next time date a kinder guy.

And, shock factor here people, she DID NOT take the PC High Road and seize the opportunity to lecture about using protection even if she was on medication.

An advice columnist who gives a person accountability and good advice. Whoa.

Just when I was about to give up reading the damn things, something sane comes out. Oh, well.