DEAR DEIDRE: EVEN though my girlfriend is the best thing that’s happened to me I’m constantly tempted to text other girls. I don’t know why I do it except that it makes me feel good.
My girlfriend and I went through a stressful time last year when I lost my job and she was unwell. She’s 28 and I’m 29.
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We’ve been together for three years. All through that difficult time I was drinking too much and messaging girls I met online. I’ve now got a new job and my girlfriend is over her health problems. I know I’m not going to cheat but I’m struggling with commitment.
DEIDRE SAYS: It sounds like you’re suffering from stress and using texting to escape the pressures of the real world.
Look at making changes that make you happier, perhaps take up running and look for instant distractions that will help prevent you texting other girls, like playing with a stress ball.
