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Dear Greg

I’ve been so good about not calling my ex. But the thing is, he calls me every time he’s been out drinking and wants to talk. I’m still totally in love with him and don’t want to not take his calls, but even when I tell him I can’t talk to him, he doesn’t take no for an answer. He just shows up at my door, tells me he misses me and made a huge mistake. Then one thing leads to another and we end up sleeping together and he’s gone the next day. I know he’s just using me for a booty call, but I can’t help myself. What do I do? I don’t want to have to change my number—what if he needs to get ahold of me in an emergency? Dawn

Dawn, Dawn, Dawn, Dawn,

He’s basically saying, “I really love you on Friday from 2 A.M. to 3 A.M. lot. Seriously.” you deserve someone who wants to be with you all the time, not just when he’s drunk and looking to get laid. I applaud the first part of your letter where you say you’ve been good about not calling. That’s a hard thing to do, and I don’t mean to belittle it when I say that taking his drunk phone calls and letting him manipulate you for sex is like taking one step forward and sixteen steps back. I’m sure the drunk booty call isn’t indicative of the loving relationship you once had, so at this point you’re just taking scraps from someone who has relieved himself of any emotional attachment or responsibility to you. Block his number or change yours. And tell him to take you off of his “in case of emergency contact information sheet.” By the way…sex is not an emergency.