Dear Ball and Chain,
My boyfriend and I are headed off to college next year, and while we love each other, we agreed to see how things played out. But we were originally planning on attending different schools, until he recently started to hint that he might want to attend whatever school I choose. I feel it's really important for each of us to have our freedom and see where the relationship takes us, but I fear being suffocated and growing to resent him if we wind up on the same campus. Is there a way to bring this up without ending the relationship now? Should I just get over it and be excited to spend so much time together?
Dear Tricky Chicky,
So you have a BF who you think you love, but you want some freedom in your college years to do “Que Sera Sera” and whoop it up, while the BF wants to be forever in your arms and heart.
We're on your side Jezebel/ Scarlet O'Hara – but how do you slyly go about this? When you get past the interview with the dean of admissions with the right answers (along with your charm, innocence and false sincerity), go to your BF and make up all trick questions and expected answers. Then tell him that the dean is a pompous jerk who only wants you there for the money the university gets for your tuition. Tell him to feel superior and cocky to the dean as per your info so he can be relaxed during his interview. When all is done, he'll fail the interview and become totally wrecked and depressed. He will then disappear out of your life. Because of your need for whoopee, time you can always say, “Well, I got what I wanted.”
And as for your selfish and lonely future? Let's borrow the famous closing words from the original Scarlet O'Hara in Gone With The Wind: “Tomorrow is another day.”
PS: The BF will probably go on to become a prosperous land owner in Ireland after attending Trinity College and marrying Lady Sybil from Downton Abbey. They will live happily ever after.
