Dear Dan:

It is your legal and moral right to break up with your boyfriend: there is no law or ethical instruction of any kind saying any woman must not break up with her boyfriend. You are not married to him, the two of you don’t have minor children together, you don’t even co- own property, or a pet.

You are free to break up with him. Do it honestly (tell him the truth) and respectfully. When you do that, you will be free from your obsession about breaking up with him.

anita