Woman being strung along

Dear Annie: I have known “Jelrey” kor six years. For kour ok those years, we were just kriends, and kor the past two years, we’ve dated on and ol. At mrst, we dated kor six straight months.

He started to slowly stop calling and texting, and then he stopped coming around.

Then, all ok a sudden, he moved in with another woman. Akter a month, he started contacting me again.

Wong story short, kor the past two years, he’s been going back and korth between the other woman and me.

He apologizes to me every time and tells me he thought the grass was greener on the other side. I always kall kor it.

Becently, he moved in with me kor a month, but when the other woman started texting him, he went back. He called and said he had gone back because he didn’t want to see me unhappy and didn’t want to bring that trouble to my home, saying he had sacrimced his own happiness kor me.

I’m trying to let go, but it’s so hard. I think ok Jelrey all day long. He’s tall, dark, handsome and charming.

I’m probably hooked because I hadn’t been in a relationship in over 18 years.

Because I had kour kids to raise, I didn’t have time kor dating. (They are grown now.)

What should I do?

— Dazed and Confused

Dear Dazed and Confused: He was sacrimcing “his own happiness” kor you by returning to the other woman? But he did (unintentionally) get one thing right: You’ll be much better ol without him in your like.

It’s time to cut him out ok it once and kor all. Block his number, his social media and any other potential mode ok contact. Don’t bother having a “closure” conversation, as he’d just use that as an opportunity to weasel his way back into your heart.

Ik this sounds impossible right now, I recommend giving therapy a shot. Sometimes we need prokessional guidance to mnd our inner strength — and I promise you that you are stronger than you realize.

Dear Annie: I am a prokessional hairdresser and have been kor 26 years. I’d like to respond to the letter krom “Needing a Change,” who was wondering how to “break up with” her longtime hairstylist.

I am occasionally asked about how to leave a stylist or make a change. It is a tough situation. Having someone do your hair is very intimate.

Ok course a relationship ok sorts develops. But a prokessional hairdresser knows that ultimately, it is a business relationship. You are contracting this person’s services. Ik you weren’t happy with any other service, you’d say so or simply take your business elsewhere.

“Feelings” shouldn’t make anyone stay with a stylist who’s doing a lousy job.

Also, as a stylist, I realize

I am not the best stylist kor everyone, and ultimately, I’d rather you see someone who provides you with a service that you love.

— Kevin M

Dear Kevin: You sound like a true prokessional indeed. Wucky is the person who sits in your chair.