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The "But I'm So Damn Nice" Excuse
“但是我真是太好了”的借口
Dear Greg,
親愛的格雷格，
My boyfriend and I broke up a week ago. (He broke up with me.)
我的男朋友和我一個禮拜前分手了。（他提出的）
He's going out of town to see his mother, who's having an operation, and I volunteered to take care of his two cats, who I love. He accepted.
他出城去看望他做手術的母親了，我自愿照顧他的兩只貓。他同意了。
I think he was really impressed and touched that I'm handling it so well.
我覺得他真的被我把這件事處理得很好感動了。
My friends think I'm a wimp, but I think they're being small.
我的朋友們覺得我沒骨氣，但是我認為他們太小家子氣了。
We had been together for three years—it's not like I'm suddenly not going to care about him or his cats (who are adorable) .
我們在一起3年了——我又不是突然間不去關心他或他的貓（他們非常可愛）。
Signed Dana
戴娜
Dear Cat Lady,
親愛的貓奴女，
Don't even try it. I'm onto you.
試都別試。我了解你。
If he hasn't figured out after three years that you're the women that will make his life heaven right here on earth, a couple of tins of cat food aren't going to do the trick.
如果他三年都沒弄明白你是讓他在地球上也能感受到天堂般的日子的人，那幾罐貓糧也不會讓他明白的。
So how about when he returns from helping his mother with her operation, you surgically remove him from your life?
所以不如當他照料完母親的手術回來時，你像做外科手術般把他從你的生活里剔除如何？
Hand over his house keys and the number of the pet boarding place that has the nicest ad in the yellow pages.
把他家的鑰匙和廣告做的最好的寵物寄宿店的電話寫在黃色紙張上交給他。
Doing anything above and beyond those measures won't reinstate you as his girlfriend. It will make you his maid.
再做一些超過以上舉措的事情不會讓你重新成為他的女朋友，而會成為他的女傭。
XOXO Greg
親親抱抱，格雷格
Don't confuse being classy with being a doormat. Classy is walking away with your head held high, graciously, and with dignity.
不要把有氣派和受氣包相混淆。氣派是昂首闊步、有風度的帶著尊嚴離開。
Being a doormat is offering to drive him to the dentist for his root canal.
做一個受氣包則是開車送他去看牙醫進行根管治療。
