Q: I desperately need a woman’s point of view. My ex girlfriend keeps texting me nasty messages, but every time I respond, she threatens to call the police on me for intimidating her. Is this some kind of sick joke all women play when they’ve been dumped?
A:Oh, poor you. There you are trying to rebuild your life after she destroyed your chance of happiness (naturally, it was entirely her fault). It must be horrible for you to get all those mean messages at such a vulnerable point in your life. Who are you kidding, buddy? For every text she sends, you send one that’s clearly vicious enough to be taken seriously by the authorities. All this tit for tat aggression, where one claims to be merely retaliating in response to the other’s attack, achieves nothing during arguments in a relationship, and certainly doesn’t do any good after it’s over. Man up, don’t respond to her texts and move on. There’s no war when one side gives up. Let it go, and she will too…
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