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" Whenever I go out with a guy, I always end up ignoring him, and he breaks up with me in a week. My longest relationship was three weeks! How can I become a better girlfriend? Claire, 17, New York The question isn&amp;#039;t how you can become a better girlfriend \u2014 it&amp;#039;s, why do you ignore the guys you&amp;#039;re dating? It sounds to us like you&amp;#039;re not ready for a relationship. Maybe it&amp;#039;s because you haven&amp;#039;t found someone you truly want to be around, or perhaps it&amp;#039;s because you&amp;#039;d still like to be single and independent. The truth is, if you were truly into the guy you were dating, you&amp;#039;d want to be around him and pay attention to him practically all the time (at least in the beginning!). So take this as a sign that something&amp;#039;s not right. Don&amp;#039;t keep telling yourself that you&amp;#039;re a bad girlfriend or letting your previous dating style define the way you&amp;#039;ll be in the future. Take some time off from dating and focus on what you&amp;#039;re looking for in a guy. Write it down on paper if you have to! That way, when the right one for you comes along, you&amp;#039;ll be ready. And we promise you won&amp;#039;t want to ignore him! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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