I numbed my feelings with booze, my dear, that is how I did it. I pretended to be a really tough chick who could do anything. In fact, at one point he wrote me a lovely letter about what happened to the sweet, sensitive gal he had courted.

I am sure, too, Sidony, that you can "pull it off." You may even feel a little proud of yourself for being able to do it. I certainly did.

But I suspect that there is an inner price to be paid.