The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-08
Problems
Heart
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n EAR Mrs Thompson: am lone.
" bachelor twenty-eight years NJ
- age When | was twcnty-one fell
desperately in love with beautiful girl
two years my senior She seemed to
love me, too, and We became engaged
She remained engaged to me for six
months and during that time ] worked
Just as hard as | had strength so that |
could save money 90 make it possible
for us to marry gave her all my
thought and love and then one night !
isked 10 see her and She said | might
come. but she had something important
IA tell me She had that very day mar
ried another man. had not been able
TO see her every evening because ! often
worked overtime and until late at night.
During the time ! was working she was
going with the other man and she did
not even tell me II seemed to me that
the light OF my life went out couldn't
think because my thoughts were Just
black and desperate and seemed to
have a physical suffering around my
heart. | did not get toyer my suffering
for years, and even now it hasn't en-
tirely left me. | resolved at the time
that would stay true TO her and never
marry in spite Of the way she had treat
ed me.
! have gone with girls. but | have
known all the time ! would never marry
them. Nv great difficulty is in finding
a girl who will be a friend and not fall
in love They all fall in love and then
! cause them to be unhappy do not
say this with conceit 1t is absolutely
true. Have | any right to 60 with
girls under the circumstances; BOR
My dear boy YOU are carrying your
loyalty too far Il is a rrea, mistake
10 cling TO the past as you are doing
Forget the girl She was not meant for
you or you would have been given her
love.
II YOU have an open heart and mind
you will learn to love someone else ever
more deeply than YOU did the girl who
betrayed your love You are only bring
ing unhappinesS TO Yourself feeling a.
you do now, There is no happiness llk,
that Of having your own family
woman you can call your own and chill
dren.
You have a right to 60 with girl
once in a while but you have not
right to take much Of one girls tim
and TO encourage her in any way Il
think that your attitude toward her ma
change to that OF love You are max
Ing others suffer the same dcsNerat
blackness that you have suffered
Dear Mrs. Thompson. We are twl
girls fourteen and fifteen.
O) Do you think we are too Young Il
20 with boy to a show
(2) Is it proper to 90 skating atte
supper1
(j) Isn't it quite natural for girls o
our age to like to have boy lriends7
(A ! have boy friend who seem
to like me very much, but another bo,
stands in our way He follows m,
around after school and of course
cant mistrest him. The other boy
seems to be Jealous and | really cart
more for his friendship than the other
What would you do'
KUDIE AND PEGGIE.
O) Yes, YOU are too young.
(2) Yes, If there is a chaperon along
otherwise not
g II is quite natural for girls Of your
age TO be interested in all young people
both boys and glrls--but not for you
to think OF having beaux and of having
young men call on you in the evening
II you begin going with boys so young
you will regret II later when you realize
tsai il has spoiled so much fun and en-
ioyment that ought to come when you
ase nineteen and twenty years old
X ~ Be friendly with the boys as you
would with girls. Don't bother your
seM about ieslousies and love affairs,