Dear Pastor,

I am a very resilient young man who aims relentlessly towards excellence, but despite all of that, recently it was brought to my attention that the girl who I fell in love with two years ago wants to leave me because of distance. She lives in Portmore and I am living in Spanish Town. Because of her economic situation, we see each other like twice a month, and in addition to that, I try everything I can to keep our relationship strong, and yet she wants to leave.

The puzzling thing about it is that she is saying that she still loves me. Please advise me as to how I can make this relationship bloom.

Boyfriend

Dear Boyfriend,

I don't believe that you are serious about this girl. You are just chatting nonsense. What distance are you talking about? The young woman is living in Portmore and you are living in Spanish Town, it doesn't cost much for you to go and see her. What is it? Do you expect this woman to travel all the time to see you? And if it is that what you want, why can't you give her the money to travel?

You have an air about you. You think that you are a big guy in this relationship and this woman should follow you around like a little puppy. The days when a woman did that have long gone. A man has to work with his woman and his woman has to work with him. This woman has sensed that you are not willing to reach out to her so she wants to go, and she is quite correct.

Pastor