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Dear Breakup Girl,

My boyfriend is having a pretty hard time understanding why I want to become a cheerleader. He wants me to choose between him and the cheerleading squad. He says cheerleading is for "tramps," and he doesn't like the fact that other men will be looking at his girl -- specifically "my butt."

What should I do? Should I break up with him because he is trying to control this part of my life, or should I not become a cheerleader because what he says and thinks is more important than cheerleading?

-- Big Eb

Dear Big Eb,

I got news for your boyfriend -- "other men" can look at your butt whether or not you happen to be using it to do, like, backflips. Which reminds me: last time I checked, cheerleading was for athletes. And for young women whose boyfriends (if any) are cheerleaders for them. What does that spell? "BYE!"

Love,
Breakup Girl

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