Spring camping revival could rekindle things

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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I met my husband many years ago on the May long weekend. If we hadn’t met each other on that camping trip, we would have frozen to death, because it rained and then it snowed. We were cramped but toasty warm in his sleeping bag. I remember this every year when spring is coming, because things were so good then, and now they’re not. Do you think I should take him camping on May long weekend, on a long shot the memories would rekindle things?

— Longing for Yesterday, southern Manitoba

Dear Longing: If he’s willing to go, it could be fun, as long as it isn’t freezing this May. Go for sure with your tent and sleeping bags, but have a backup reservation for a motel nearby. You don’t want to drive all the way back home, shivering and beaten at 3 a.m. That’d be the opposite of a rekindled romance.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I gave my husband a deadline for us to start having sex again, or else I told him we’d have an “open marriage.” I didn’t say I’d leave him, as we own too much together. He just stared at me, as I’ve made this threat before.

My husband just loves the idea of me — a super-sexual woman. But, its reality intimidates the heck out of him.

I have an ex-boyfriend who’d like to fill my husband’s boots. His wife’s also not stepping up to the plate.

Last night, I found myself hoping my husband didn’t make the deadline. The only problem with my ex-boyfriend is he has difficulty being faithful and he wouldn’t last either.

— My Head’s in a Mess, Winnipeg

Dear Mess: The answer lies behind door No. 3 — someone completely different than these two. Luckily, there are more types of men in this world. Your husband isn’t a natural match for you, and neither is the old boyfriend whose nature is to cheat. But, there are highly sexed men in the world who can handle a sensual type like you, and be faithful, too. That’s who you need to go hunting for.

That will require untangling business and investments, so you might want to get started on that before — rather than after — you stop acting like you’re married.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I met a sweetheart of a lady at The Forks on a first date, or so I thought. I was tickled to meet her. We went for a walk and a bite to eat, and really got talking. But, at the 90-minute point she looked at her watch and she said, “Uh-oh, gotta go!”

I said, “Where to?” and she said, “Got another meet-and-greet!” Minutes later, as I was walking to my car, I saw her meet another guy in the exact same spot she first met me. I felt like walking over and warning the poor guy she had a lineup of men. Am I too sensitive, or was that rude on her part?

— Ticked Off, Downtown

Dear Ticked: Women meeting men through online dating often ask them to come to a safe, well-lit public place with people around — like The Forks — and you can’t blame them. However, most ladies are not so gauche as to be meeting dates one after the other, in the exact same spot.

On the plus side, it seems this “sweetheart of a lady” liked you well enough to keep chatting past the time limit for each of her “meet-and-greets.” Still, you’ll want someone with more sensitivity, so erase her from your list of possibilities.

Please send your questions and comments to lovecoach@hotmail.com or Miss Lonelyhearts c/o the Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6.

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