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Dear Breakup Girl,

I am dating the guy next door (literally) and am not sure how to play it, as my usual hard-to-get, mysterious approach is obviously not going to work. How can I stop him from getting over-familiar and bored with the relationship?

--Katy

Dear Katy,

Just because you live next door doesn't mean you have to live together, if you know what I mean. Consider the proximity to be not only a cliche, but simply a convenience -- not a perma-visit mandate. I mean, when people "practically move in together" it's often because they live far apart and commuting's a pain. They'd kill to have your "problem" -- and the time apart it actually affords you. So I don't know, sometimes, instead of sleeping over, undress in front of the window. Oh, and -- no matter who lives where -- make sure you've got enough going on in the rest of your life in the first place that you're not the girl who's always home.

Love,
Breakup Girl

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