Advice Column

Can you keep a secret? Well, of course you can! Even though I'm the fashion editor at Ciao Bella, I'm also the advice columnist. I write the column under a pen name; very few people know this - even at the magazine it's a big secret. At first, I was just filling in as a temporary replacement for the last advice columnist, but I did so well, that the publisher asked me to continue doing the column.

Here's a sample from the upcoming issue:

Dear Bella,

I'm about to be married next month, but I can't stop thinking about my ex-boyfriend, Mark. Even though the man I'm marrying is wonderful and I love him dearly, I beginning to think that I should call Mark just to see if I still love him or if it's just cold feet. We originally broke up because I caught him cheating on me with someone from my office. He tried to get back with me for months, kept saying it was a mistake, that it was a one-time thing. I ran into Mark two weeks ago and he told me that he still loves me. What should I do? I'm so confused.

Signed,
In a Spot

Dear In a Spot,

Hello? Are you kidding me? He already cheated on you once; he'll cheat on you again. What's more he did it with someone you worked with! How low - he's such a creep! Speaking of cheating - don't you think calling Mark would be devastatingly painful to your fiance? You need to decide if you are ready to get married; chances are you are not! Sometimes we get so caught up in planning a wedding that we lose sight of the meaning. Marriage is a life-long commitment - make sure you are ready to make this step. I suspect that you're not and you are using Mark as an excuse to get of a marriage.