Zuzanna Kościuk Ask Agony Aunt

In this column, Agony Aunt provides advice for all sorts of personal problems. No matter if your problem is big or small, Agony Aunt will help you!

Dear Agony Aunt,

I need to ask you for advice.to ask for adviceto ask you for advice. My best friend, Tom, met a new person. She’s a new student in our class. She’s very nice, but I dislike her because my friend likes her so much! Tom and I used to do everything together. We sat at one desk, ate lunch together, and even walked home together. NowadaysnowadaysNowadays, Tom is always talking with the new student. Sometimes, he sits with her, too. The worst thing happened last Friday when I invited him to the cinema and he said that he’s meeting with the new student! I got very upsetupsetupset and I stopped talking to Tom. My mom told me to try and reach outreach outreach out, but against her adviceagainst her advice [against the advice of]against her advice, I stopped answering his calls. But I still like Tom and I don’t want to loselose lose him. Please, I need a  word of advicea word of adviceword of advice!

Emily

Dear Emily,

Keeping relationships with friends can be very hard. I think that you’re a little bit jealousjealousjealous of the new student, but you shouldn’t be. People can have more than one friend. Perhaps, you can all be friends! If I were youif I were you…If I were you, I’d call your friend and tell him how you feel. It seems that he doesn’t understand why you’re upset and he may want you to reach out, too. You can explain how you feel and ask him if the three of you can spend some time together. Take my advicetake my adviceTake my advice and I’m sure it will all work outit will all work outit will all work out!

Agony Aunt

Dear Agony Aunt,

I need advice onadvice onadvice on a situation with my parents. I’ve got a lot of house choreschores [chore]chores. I wash the dishes, set the table, vacuum and mop the floors, and do the dusting. And that’s only what I do during the weekdays! At weekends, I clean the entire kitchen and two bathrooms. I also do the washing and hang it in the garden. The problem is that I’ve also got a lot of homework. Sometimes, I have no time for myself. I get back home, do my homework, clean, and then it’s time for bed. At weekends, I can’t go out and meet my friends until I clean the house. My parents say that it’s normal and I shouldn’t complaincomplain complain. I disagreedisagree disagree. I want to help at home, but I’m also very tired. I think it’s unfairunfairunfair that I have to do so much and I have so little time to restrestrest. Pass on a piece of advicepiece of advicepiece of advice, please.

Jesse

Dear Jesse,

Conversations with parents can be very difficult. Especially, if they set their minds on somethingset their minds on something [set one’s mind on something]set their minds on something. I can see why you’re tired. You do a lot of work! Why don’t youwhy don’t you…Why don’t you try to talk with them again? Make sure that all of you are in a good mood. Then, you should tell them that you want to help with the house chores, but that you do too much. Suggest that you can still do things like washing the dishes or setting the table. You can tell them that too many chores affectaffect affect your school work, too. Follow my advicefollow my adviceFollow my advice and you’ll see that things can change.

Agony Aunt

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