Dirty thoughts in her head show on her face

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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I’ve got sex on the brain. It’s like a little porn movie running in the back of my mind and don’t know how to get rid of it. I’ve just started working in a bar and all kinds of men come here from different gyms in the area looking really hot. I look at a particularly cute guy and the tape starts to roll and I’m off fantasizing about him and what we are doing.

It must show on my face. I’ve been asked more than once, “I’d love to know what you’re thinking about right now.” I don’t know how they know I’m thinking about sex with them. I’m 21 and easing into my summer job.

— Too Hot For My Own Good, Winnipeg

Dear Too Hot For My Own Good: You need a sexually enthusiastic boyfriend this summer. Knowing you have someone to meet and make love to, before and after work, will get rid of your desperately searching look. It’s normal to be highly sexed at your age and there is nothing wrong with it. What can go wrong is not knowing you’ve been putting out the “I need-sex” vibes and how transparent you are.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: An old girlfriend of mine just arrived back in town with her new husband, The Hulk. I don’t mind her, but her husband is a huge, younger guy with a defensive-looking stance, like a guard dog. I was the love of her life until I broke up with her three years ago. Now she’s back.

This guy comes from a town not far away, and has gotten work there, so I don’t know why they didn’t rent or buy a house there. No, they bought a house in the town I live in and he looked at me in my hardware store like, if he had an excuse, he would pick a fight. I’m a little guy compared to him and like my nose right where it is. I nodded at him and he got out of the store.

Not 24 hours later she came into my store alone, all dressed up, acting all friendly. It would be impossibly weird to be friends with her. I was deliberately cold to her. How do I handle them?

— Uncomfortable Ex, Southern Manitoba

Dear Uncomfortable Ex: Since you have no interest in this ex-girlfriend, be very cool toward her — just civil — and she’ll get the message. As for The Hulk, he’s not going to assault you unless he wants to get into legal trouble. Just be civil and business-like with him and don’t play into his intimidation game. Sell him the things he needs from your store and act like you don’t know him very well, because you don’t.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I ate bad food from a restaurant in Winnipeg and was sick in the bathroom at home all night. I phoned them the next day to tell them I had gotten food poisoning. They acted as if I were lying. I asked for the manager and he said no one else had complained about the food and offered no apology. Now I don’t think it will be fixed, and it was serious, so I will tip off the health authorities.

Why can’t people just own up to their mistakes, apologize and promise it won’t happen again. I wasn’t looking for a gift certificate for more food there, I just wanted them to be aware what had happened and correct it, so nobody else got sick. Did I handle this the right way or not?

— Upset Customer, West End

Dear Upset Customer: The words you used may have been exactly right, but tone of voice makes all the difference to the reaction you’ll get back when you complain.

Were you calm, or angry and accusatory?

Next time, go in and speak to the manager face to face. That complaint is much more likely to be productive. You can show the manager on the menu exactly what you had before you got sick. Maybe there’s something you’re allergic to in the food.

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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