Dear Nick,

This whole “living in the same city as my boyfriend” thing is not going well. He doesn’t understand that I need o establish myself here. I’m not here as his girlfriend; I’m here as ME. I need my own friends and my own time. My life doesn’t revolve around watching him do projects around his house. If I’m going to sit around and do nothing, I’m going to do it at my own place. And just because I live here doesn’t mean that he can “stop by” whenever he wants and demand I drop what I’m doing to do whatever he wants me to do.

The intimacy sucks. We don’t get along. Why can’t I just break up with him?!?

A part of me is holding out until you are better, so I can say, “Hey, Chris, I’m leaving you for Nick.”

Love,
Holly