Folk Wisdom: (How) do you get rid of someone who's making a play for your partner?
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 5:24AM
Duana C. Welch, Ph.D. in Folk Wisdom, Jealousy

Wise Readers,

It happens.  Sometimes, an outsider—an old flame, a new flame, an unknown, an all-too-known—makes a play for our partner.  Maybe it’s someone throwing themselves at our husband, or wife, or boyfriend, or girlfriend; maybe it’s subtler than that.  But whether the interloper is representing as just-a-friend or an open threat, our Spidey Senses are suddenly on red alert.  And next week’s letter is from just such a person. 

What do you think a person should do in that situation—if anything?  That’s the subject of this week’s questionnaire, and next week’s LoveScience. This link will be up until Saturday, so please answer the short (6-item, anonymous) questionnaire yourself—and then pass the link along to others. 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MJDS956

Thanks, and I look forward to presenting your answers and the science next week.

Cheers,

Duana

 

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