Dear Dailey,
I started talking to my ex-girlfriend the other day, and we ended up talking for hours. I'm starting to have second thoughts about our breakup, even through it's been a while. What should I do?
— Dateless Devon
Post relationship drama is always tricky. Often when you go a while without talking to your ex, you tend to romanticize all of the good things about your past relationship and block out the bad things that led to your breakup. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that applies in more ways than one. I’m not saying you should stop talking to your ex-girlfriend, but what I am saying is that you should take the time to reflect on what led to the two of you splitting up in the first place.
Dear Dailey,
I hate going to Strom. I want to work out but I feel like every time I go, all the cardio equipment is taken by an entire sorority or something. And don't even get me started on the straight up body builders downstairs with the weights. How is a girl who doesn't have time to live at the gym supposed to find room to fit in?
— Gym Jitters Julie
To be honest, if you're looking for a space at Strom, you're going to have to fight for it. Unless you have the time and energy to get to the gym when it's not populated (either very late at night or very early in the morning), it's going to be a struggle. It might require you to perform a few radical acts of gym socializing, like waiting for them to get off the cardio machines or politely asking them when they're going to be finished. If that seems impossible, it doesn't hurt to diversify your exercise regimen. There are usually spots on other machines somewhere. Take the less-used machines, then move on when others finish.