The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-17

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Dear Miss White: Here's another
one of those petting problems. |
can truthfully say that I never pet
ted until | met my present boy
friend. He is about two years my
senior am 10. | have gone with
him steadily for about four or five
months but it seems that both of
us consider each other only as good
friends because we have never
talked about serious" matters.
Whenever this boy brings me
home from a show or some other
place, he wants me- to sit in the
car for a while and pet. At first
refused but as he became more
persistent, | relented. ! cannot I'M
derstand him, Miss White. He is.
am sure. very nice boy When
tell him that | don't care to pet
he does not get offended or angry,
but wants my reason. merely
answer that | don't feel it's right,
and when | say that he wants to
know why | don't think it's right.
Always why, why, why! Please tell
me what to answer him.
1t has always been very much
against my mothers way of bring
ing me up to pet, but yet | do not
know if | am doing right or wrong.
I wonder if l have the right idea of
what petting means. By 1t | mean
kissing. ~
PUZZLED NINETEEN.
Yes, you know what petting is
Just tell your boy friend that you
enjoy having your good times in
other ways more than by petting
Hold fast to your own ideas and
don't allow yourself to be persuaded
otherwise. The harm is that one
familiarity is apt to lead to another,
and for this reason II is better not
to permit any. Save your kisses for
the man you marry.
Goldilocks: It is quite possible
that the young man was sincere and
had no idea of offending you. If he
is really in love with you perhaps
he thought you understood his adj
miration for you. 1t Is difficult for
me to judge without having actually
seen the way he acts toward you.
think it is always best to give a
person the benefit of the doubt until
you find out that he wasn't sincere
So you might write him a note and
tell him that you are at loss how
to reply to his letter because you
don't know whether he is serious
or whether he thinks that you are
the sort of person who will get up
Irritation on short notice. You
might tell him that if he wants a
genuine friendship you will be glad
to get better acquainted with him
but if he is merely out for flirta-
ton you aren't interested That will
give him a chance to explain him
self AS ! said, | rather think he is
sincere but didn't know how to go
about getting better acquainted with
you 1t is all right for you to be on
your guard and not let the young
men get fresh. In your position
YOU have to do that because there
are good many who would take
advantage of the situation On the
other hand, you don't want to take
offense where none was intended. II
will keep you using your head all
the time to distinguish between
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they can go and those who ast
truly friendly. But Pm sure you
have the brains to do 1t.
Dear Miss White: I'm IT years
old and senior in high school.
am not by any means good looking
>but | am quite popular with tn
boys as | am known as a good cleal
sport. have always given the boys
clean $3.50 break and expected tn
same from them. However, just re
Gently | met boy who did not Civ
me one. | came to care for him yer
much. He went with me steadily flo
some time and after our quarrt
started going with a girl friend @
mine. am not of a jealous natur
and am not in the least jealous c
her, but | like him much more tina
| have ever liked any other boy an
it is hard to forget him. My frienc
all tell me | am very foolish to woI
ry over him. Different boys ask N
to go out with them several times
week and | GO | have a reputatio
of being a good girl and | don't wal
TO ruin it by going out with too mar
different boys, but this is the on
way | can find that helps me
forget him. When my friends teal
me about him | pretend that he vi
never anything to me and | Ju
laugh it off. | would like to ha'
him back. Do you think by treatir
him indifferently | could do it?
am not in the habit of sobing over
lost boy friend and am not going
start now. However, | do hope "
can help me solve this problem,
it is very important to me. Shall
go out with other boys and forg
him or try to win him back by ind
ference? ! hope you understand r
problem and viii be able to help n