Except maybe not here?

Wanting it all on January 9, 1998 …

Dear Breakup Girl,
My “friend” lives in Seattle, I live in St. Louis. I was dating another fellow here, but he broke up with me when I went to visit the guy in Seattle. Problem is, I see the Seattle one only about every six months. I don’t have any commitment from him. So how can I start dating someone in St. Louis and not have them break up with me when I want to see my friend in Seattle? It’s very lonely waiting and not knowing when I will see my Seattle friend.
— Becca

Dear Becca,
Lose Seattle Boy, pronto. All he has to offer you is sleeplessness, heartache, and a great cup of coffee once every six months. Right now you are trying to have two cakes and eat them both — but you’re really getting crumbs of dry, day-old biscotti that aren’t worth it the first place. You will be much less lonely without Seattle, because you will be free — actually and emotionally — to meet St. Louis.
Love,
Breakup Girl

Here, your weekly installment of Ask Lynn, BG’s alter ego’s column at MSN.com (powered by Match.com). Today, we meet “Curious George,” whose girlfriend apparently pals around a bit with one or two of her exes. Innocently, it seems, but still. “I’ve always believed that an ex is an ex no matter what,” he writes. “Are there any rules as to when it is OK to go out with exes by yourself?”

As a matter of fact, there are! Rule number one being, of course, that the whole point of “grabbing coffee” with an ex is to remind yourself how much happier you are now. Read the rest of the advice to George here — and then come back to comment!