Sneaky Sweethearts
Dear Ms. Prim:
What's the deal with people invading my privacy? Well, I guess I don't mean just my privacy—anyone’s privacy. I can't seem to find a guy who won't end up going through my emails, my text messages, my mail, or my closet when he doesn’t think I’m looking. It just seems like everyone I meet and get together with ends up finding a way to sneak into my stuff. Last week, I caught "Michael," the guy I've been dating for a few weeks, looking at my email on my iPhone. What should I do about this?
-Grumpy Greg
Dear Grumps:
You brought up a great relationship issue, and it's one I'm more than happy to talk about—to Greggy and to all the other boys and girls out there in Datingland. I might get some flak about this one—oh I know I will!—but sometimes things just have to be said. San Antonio: y'all are just too gosh darn jealous! And usually with NO good reason to be! It's almost an expectation in our fair city that people are just gonna go snooping through other people's things. And look at poor Greg, who seems so used to it and worn down by it that he's barely even angry. He should be all kinds of furious!
First of all, to you Greggy, I think you should immediately dump this spying, prying goofball. These jealous and invasive types need to be sent a clear message: if you get caught spying, there just ain't no second chances. ‘Nuff said, honey. If you've been dating him for only a few weeks and he's capable of this, then what do you think he'll be capable of doing after a few months? Getting into your Facebook account to steal your identity? Using your bankcard? Don't let it go any further, my dear, and count it as a blessing that you found his flaw early.
And to the rest of San Antonio, I will make myself perfectly clear: stop the snooping! Relax and stop trying to pry into the private lives of the people you supposedly like…or LOVE. How can you build trust if you don't give some of that trust in the first place? I’m not sayin’ but I’m just sayin’.
Sincerely,
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