Don’t stir up brother’s biz over lusty crush

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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I just met my match, only he’s so hot he’s taken — for now. His girlfriend is working for my brother.

I stopped into my brother’s business to say hello, just as this hunk was picking up his girlfriend, the new secretary. He came in the front door, stomping the snow off his boots, and pulled back his parka hood. It was love at first sight — that full head of curly black hair, big brown eyes and a killer smile! I showed up two nights later at exactly the same time, saw him again, and talked to him for all of five minutes. Then his girlfriend glared at me and whisked him out the door.

My brother came up and said, “Keep your hands off my secretary’s guy. She’s the best employee I’ve ever had.”

What’s wrong with a little flirting? I didn’t see any ring. It’s my own business anyway, isn’t it?

— 21 and Free, North End

Dear 21 and Free: Most people recognize blatant flirting when they see it. Obviously, your brother caught your act the first time. Just two days later, you’re back at pick-up time for Round 2 with this hottie. Now, three people are uncomfortable when you come around.

Don’t mess with your brother’s staff anymore, or you may alienate him, and new brothers are hard to come by.

Winnipeg is full of good-looking young men. Pick on one who’s actually free to go out with you and have some real fun. Or would that be too easy?

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I’m very pregnant. My husband and I are happy, but we’re having a problem choosing names. I want a unique name made up by us. My husband wants the baby to be named after his parents in the old country.

Please, anything but those long, old-fashioned religious names for our little baby! I know my husband feels guilty for having left his mother and father, but making our baby suffer with unpopular names no one wants in Canada makes no sense to me. What can I do?

— Expecting Mommy, The Maples

Dear Mommy: Would you and your husband be OK with choosing modern first names and letting the middle names refer to a grandparent? Then the child is not saddled with a first name no one can relate to, and the grandparents may feel happy. That’s unless they always hated their old-fashioned names. Better ask them now how they feel about it. You may be off the hook, if they also like newer names.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My wife is given to exaggeration and loves to entertain people with her stories. The thing is, she deviates from the truth and expects me to play along. She always says, “Isn’t that right?” to me after she’s told a whopper, and winks at me.

I know couples are supposed to be loyal to each other, but I don’t know how to deal with this. I’ve had it with being her backup liar. What’s a halfway decent reply when she throws one of her curve balls to me?

— Tired of Backing Up Her Nonsense, Silver Heights

Dear Tired: You could smile, shake your head and say, “You’re on your own with this story, dear!” That way you’re not being mean, but you don’t have to pretend it’s the truth either. You may find she tones her stories down when she no longer has a partner in crime.

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