Ask Uncle Issa - Answer With a Pinch of Pepper

Disclaimer: The advice given here is for humour only. It is not supposed to replace an expert's advice. Prepare for some tough love, buttercup! If you're looking for coddling and validation for your… unique approach to relationships, you've come to the wrong watering hole. Uncle Issa calls it as he sees it, with a healthy dose of (perhaps uncomfortable) truth. Proceed with caution—and maybe a thick skin. The second part of this article will give you an expert’s take on the problem. Read to the end. Ask uncle Issa Question: I love being in a relationship. I have been in many of them. But there is a problem. They never last long enough. My first love, whom I had given my everything and I had so much hope in him, dumped me. Since then I find that I can’t trust any of my lovers. To avoid getting hurt after being dumped again, I usually end the relationship early. I am feeling the same about the current relationship – that I should end it before he leaves me and hurt me. If m...