Is it love or is it not?

Hey

All is good in Thunderland. And sorry for not having been in touch for so long. I have had a crazy couple of weeks with a great number of projects going on all at once. And I am still working for the school! After a weekend in Denver with Dave, I have returned back to the safe world of Thunderbird, where the grass is always green and the sun shines non stop. All seems perfect and yet something is stirring behind the serene facade.

So what is it that keeps these beautiful minds restless? Like in the rest of the world, it is love (or sex) that seems to keep everyone buzzing.

An example?

A friend has asked me to go out for coffee today. Her dilemma? How to keep a relationship going, that it just is not going the way it is supposed to. She is concerned that he might lie to her and that he is not really committed. A big dilemma, especially since the two seems just made for each other from the outside. So, we are having a quick coffee between classes and she asks - is it love or is it not? And how do you get out of a relationship that on the surface is just perfect, but that behind the scenes could hide some murky secrets? Especially if you feel that the other party is not telling you really what is going on in his head? He surely is reassuring her that all is fine, but she is just not convinced...

And there I am having to work out how best to respond to the question. She wants an answer from me. One that I don't seem to have! I took time and told her that I needed to think about it. Difficult to be objective when you know very well both parties!

So what do you say? Do you have an answer to this dilemma?