Posted AT 11:14 AM EDT on 27/03/08
Can my casual relationship work?
CLAUDIA DEY
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
Group Therapy is a relationship advice column that asks readers to contribute their wisdom. Each week, we offer up a problem for you to weigh in on, then publish the most lively responses, with a final word on the matter delivered by our columnist, Claudia Dey.
A reader writes: I am casually seeing someone I met a month ago while travelling. I have been honest with her about not wanting to be in a serious relationship, and she says she is okay with this.
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