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Dear Breakup Girl,

My sister (who is my identical twin) just recently broke up with her boyfriend of 10 months. He dumped her because he thought that he could get me instead. I would never do anything to hurt my sister, even though I like this guy. No one knew about my crush on her boyfriend. I only wrote it in my diary. Well, one day she found this "confession" and got mad. Then, on top of it all, she found out that he dumped her to get to me. She won't even talk to me now. ADVICE PLEASE!

--Anonymous

Dear Anonymous,

This sitch would be rough enough if you two were just acquaintances with, like, completely different hair. But identical twins? Double your torture.

Which means: yes, you've got to handle this pretty much yesterday; it could morph into the kind of issue you'll still be hashing out eighty years later as you rock back and forth in matching chairs, both of you -- just to prove a point -- never having married.

One twin's gotta start the talking; looks like it's gotta be you. Don't bother denying the crush; just point out where it lived (never mind how she discovered it!): in your diary. Journals are for thoughts, not actions. They're where you can put all the stuff you wish you could do and have without ever having to do it with anyone. That's why you put him in your diary, not your ... balcony. And as you told her -- and must tell her again -- maybe you couldn't have helped the crush, but you can help yourself: you would, repeat, never, ever do anything to hurt her. Give her some time to believe you, along with some proof: starting yesterday, continue to be the best sister ever. Like, if this boy has an identical twin brother, don't even think -- or write -- about dating him.

Love,
Breakup Girl

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