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Dear Greg

I know my ex-boyfriend’s password to his instant messenger account. I had the feeling he was seeing a new girl, so I signed on as him (ThePantyMan) and started talking to the girl I had this feeling about (Sarah8476). I asked her if she had fun last night, and where she thought we (they) were headed in their relationship. When she said she’d like to seriously date him, I said, “That won’t be possible. I’m still in love with my ex-girlfriend, you and I are just sex. It’s really all you’re good for.” She signed off. It felt so good to have put an end to that! But now I can’t stop. I go on all the time and talk to girls just to make sure they aren’t seeing him, and if I sense they are acting flirtatious I say something ridiculous to make sure they never talk to him again.

Zoë

Dear IM a Mess,

I’ve got a game you can play—how about pretending not to be completely crazy? Really, what has happened to you? The Panty Man has moved on, or at least he’s trying to, and eventually he’ll meet someone who sticks despite his stupid online name and your sneaky ways. I think it’s time you took a good look at the person you’ve become and realize that you’ve bottomed out. Sabotaging your ex’s love life won’t change the FACT that he doesn’t want to be with you. It only reduces you to a kind of behavior that can’t possibly make you feel good about who you are, because it’s pathetic. And I’d bet pathetic isn’t what you were shooting for in your childhood dreams. Put your computer in the closet, go outside, and get some fresh air into that mixed-up head of yours.