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"Someone I know has got herself into quite the pickle. It&amp;#x27;s one of those stories that you can&amp;#x27;t quite believe is actually happening because it seems like a clich&amp;amp;eacute; out of The Young and The Restless. The thing is she could stop it, and it would all go away&amp;amp;#8212;if she just quit being so darn nice. My friend (let&amp;#x27;s call her Pam) and her husband are friends with another couple (let&amp;#x27;s call them Liz and Jack), and over the last few years, the four of them have become close, hanging every weekend and spending holidays together. Pam considers Liz to be one of her best friends, and she&amp;#x27;s happy to have another couple to do things with. But in the last month or so, Jack has been texting Pam weird, suggestive things like, &amp;quot;We should hang out this weekend without our significant others,&amp;quot; and not-so-subtle innuendos like, &amp;quot;I can&amp;#x27;t stop thinking about you.&amp;quot; Pam will text back, &amp;quot;You&amp;#x27;re crazy. We&amp;#x27;re just friends, and nothing will ever happen,&amp;quot; but he&amp;#x27;s not getting it. And now I&amp;#x27;m starting to get pissed. Out of respect to Pam&amp;#x27;s husband, her best friend and her, Jack needs to step off, and he&amp;#x27;s obviously not too good with hints. People, this is not The Ice Storm. No one is having relations with anyone else&amp;#x27;s wife. I get that he&amp;#x27;s attracted to her&amp;amp;#8212;she&amp;#x27;s a beautiful woman&amp;amp;#8212;but he&amp;#x27;s a grown-ass man with a wife of his own and he needs to chill. Pam reached out to me about it, and I told her that she has to put the kabosh on this. He can&amp;#x27;t be texting her and bringing her into his fantasies. It&amp;#x27;s not fair. She&amp;#x27;s been nice to him, and it&amp;#x27;s not working. I recommended she text him, &amp;quot;Please effing stop. Do not text me again.&amp;quot; She has to end it, even if it means being a little mean. What do you guys think? What advice would you give her? Would you advise her to tell Liz or her husband and risk the friendships, or do you think a little bitchiness could nip this thing? Has anyone ever accused you of being too nice? More relationship and dating advice: * 3 Ways to Avoid Breaking Up Before the First Date * Bringing Sexy Back: The Valentine&amp;#x27;s Edition * The Secret to Finding a Good Relationship Might Be NOT Committing. Trust Me, This Actually Makes Sense. Photo: Thinkstock "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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