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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 12:00 AM

Adventure calls me but not my boyfriend

I have an offer to study in the Arctic, but I'd have to leave my boyfriend behind.
By Cary Tennis

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  • Tuesday, May 2, 2006 05:49 AM

    I don't think you're leaving much behind.

    You two don't sound so well matched. He has no career ambitions and you just finished your ph.d. and want to take a risky ride to the arctic? He doesn't sound all that motivated on many levels. Go live your life, whatever that may be, and don't stick around for this one. He'll be there when you get back, doing not much, I suppose. You'll see him differently.

    —goodapples Read goodapples's other letters

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