I’m a 23-year-old woman living in Jalpaiguri. I met an IT guy from Calcutta on a matrimonial website about a year ago and we got talking. He has since moved to Dubai. He said we can just be friends since we don’t get to meet but we continued to talk, text and Skype. Recently, I shamelessly asked him to reconsider marrying me, but he isn’t interested. Do you think he will come around?
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Listen darling you’ve exhausted every avenue; every goddamn form of technology so much so that he has had to move countries perhaps thanks to you and now you want him to re-consider marrying you. Are there no men in Jalpaiguri
left any more who may consider marrying you? Do you want me to put out a Twitter hunt? I could also refer you to Kejriwal since he is always chasing some nationally important cause like film reviews so he may be able to help you. All said and done, this Dubai bloke is certainly not going to marry you! That’s for sure.
I am a 22-year-old engineering student and was in love with a 21-year-old girl. But she broke up with me and got into another relationship the very next month. I tried to contact her but she changed her phone number. But I just cannot get her out of my mind. Help.
Name and address withheld
Well then change the mind you have. Life is like this son. It always causes anguish but then you, being an engineer, just need to re-engineer your mind. That’s the way the love cookie crumbles. When it’s over, it’s over. Like it will be for Trump.
I’m an 18-year-old girl in a relationship with a 23-year-old guy. He lives in Pune and I live in Calcutta. We love each other but our castes are different. So his parents could create problems about this. What should we do if his parents don’t agree?
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Well for starters, you could complain to a news channel. If that doesn’t work, then go to the cops. If that doesn’t work (which I believe won’t) then just run away. As simple. These eloping situations are not rocket science and once you have a child, all will be forgiven. The same damn story and the same damn end.
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