“Ask Amy” recommends Emma
Sydicated advice columnist Amy Dickinson of “Ask Amy” recommended that a teenager in a sticky social situation read Emma and absorb the lessons therein.
Dear Amy: I’m 15, and in my group of friends I am the person they go to with love problems.
I have two friends, “Emily” and “Rory.” I set them up, and they started to go out. Apparently she really likes him and he likes her. But then almost a week after I set them up, Emily slept with another guy and didn’t tell Rory. Emily said she was just getting things out of her system, but then she did it again two more times. Now she says she’s going to stick with Rory, but I really don’t believe her. Rory and I have been friends for seven years and I want to tell him what Emily did.
About three weeks after I set these two up, I started to have feelings for Rory. Now I don’t know what to do. I don’t think Emily cares for him the way I do, and she hasn’t ever been exactly faithful to any guy.
Now I have to give Emily and Rory advice to keep them together. What should I do?
Advice Goddess
Dear Goddess: Please leave the heavy lifting to the experts. It’s time to put your advice-giving career on hold.
Don’t even get me started on the horrifying prospect of 15-year-olds having sex. But I know that’s not your question.
I’m going to recommend some summer reading. Pick up Jane Austen’s “Emma,” which is a cautionary tale about matchmaking with similar elements to your story. If you can’t manage reading a classic novel from the 19th century, rent the movie “Emma,” starring Gwyneth Paltrow.
If you can’t handle the English accents, rent the movie “Clueless,” a wonderful California version of “Emma,” which will convey the message you need to hear.
If she made it all the way down to CLUELESS, we suspect it’s pretty much a hopeless case.
August 27th, 2005 at 3:13 pm
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