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I have gone from younggrandma to just yg. Now,
I am using my real name.
I don't think anyone who knows me will have trouble figuring out who that is!


I have been gone a while dealing with things in my own life. I am back now to help once again. Do not expect answers from me that just tell you what you want to hear. Life is to short for nonsense. :)
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a guy i like asked me to go to the movies with him and always picks me up and is so sweet, i do really like him hes perfect, but hes ben a druggie for a few years and finally sobering up. my friends dont like him around, my best friend gravely hates him, and we dodge my mom because hes always smelt of smoke. yet two of my girls who see me with him like him cuz theyv seen his sweet side.
that sounds very harsh but hes sobering up for me, and hes so protective of me so i dont get into drugs and from other guys. he is a pure gentleman, picks me up, tries to pay, holds me like im his world. i always told him i wont kiss a smoker when hed ask tho, iv never kissed him.
yet he picked me up n we went with his friends out to eat one day a while back, he got high and wouldnt drive me home he left to party, i had one of his friends drive me home and we got lost. il never forget that. hes the sweetest guy in the world now though, idc that he was a druggie, but then i look back at it.. i do really like him but should i try and move on? does the good outweigh the bad? does the past matter? am i over reacting? any advice on this topic. 16/f (link)
I agree with snarky. I just want to add that even when he gets sober (average relapses is 3 times), he will be a totally different person. Better or worse, he will just be a different guy.

Most relationships do not survive if one person was abusing drugs or alcohol when the relationship started. That person ceases to exist once sober.

Even with the best of intentions, he can't sober up for you. He has to do it for himself or it will not work. So do not feel guilty should you decide to move on. And don't wait until he has recovered to move on. Do it now and avoid that all together.

Good luck.


Rating: 5
i typically have bad choices in relationships though, he seems like my match for once




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