Dear Lady and The Scamp,

My boyfriend broke up with me two years ago and I still can't get over him. The reason he ended it was really pathetic and a week later he was begging for me back. He repeatedly texted and rang, telling me how much he loved me and could not live without me. I wanted him to regret breaking up with me for such a stupid reason, so I let him grovel. I thought it would go on until I forgave him but he got fed up and moved on. He started seeing another girl and ignored me completely. It didn't bother me too much as I assumed they wouldn't be together for long as he loved me so much, right? Wrong. They've been together for two years but have now recently broken up. Now I want him back, but how do I go about it? I don't want to seem desperate by texting him first but he's taking his time texting me. I really think we're made for each other and I haven't found anyone like him at all! Please help?

Caren

Christine says:
Oh dear, this is a classic. The problem with the old

Dear Lady and The Scamp,

I have a girl and I love her so much and I know that she loves me too. We work in an organisation where she is a journalist and I am a camera operator. But last week, she told me she thinks that the relationship is not good, her reason being that we work in the same place. She said: "What if the manager and other colleagues find out that we are dating? What will they think of us?" So what do I do?

Kevin says
Oh, what if your colleagues find out that a man and a woman who love each other very much have been kissing? I imagine you'd both be sacked on the spot. Or executed, even. You pair of animals.

I am being silly because this is silly. Dating someone at work is fine and very common. True, if you get off with one of the cleaners at the office party, you'll probably try to keep it quiet (in my defence, she scrubbed up well). But if you're properly loved up, it shouldn't matter who knows.

The only reason to keep an office romance secret is because it's fun;

Dear Lady and The Scamp,

I've been seeing a guy for about three weeks. It's going pretty well and we have become, well, intimate. Which is great, but it's Valentine's Day coming up and I don't know if I should mark it. I like the guy so I kind of want to send him at least a card, maybe go out for dinner? He hasn't mentioned it at all though. What do I do?

Sally
 
Kevin says:
Stop, stop, stop. STOP. Do not book a candlelit table for two at that great little Italian you know. Do not get a big fluffy teddy bear delivered to his office. Do not even send him a card. There's a point in a relationship you should do these things, but three weeks is not it.

Three things scare men most: genital injury, dogs with two heads and clingy women. And Mrs Mangel. Four things. So you don't want to be any of those if you can help it.
Sure, there's a chance your new bloke would be delighted if you sent him a card and a teddy bear, if he considers you a 'keeper'. But it's really not worth the risk, because