Q - Dear Annabelle, Lately, I seem to be competing with my boyfriend's friends, which really consist of one person. He comes to pick me up with this friend and it's really bothersome. He drinks only with this person and this friend puts bad influences on him. I try to talk to him but he doesn't seem to listen to what I have to say. I deserve quality time ALONE with him. What should I do? A - Dear Jessie, Your boyfriend prefers his friends...and drinking ...to you. (Hint: heās an incipient alcoholic.......stay away). YOU are not put on this earth to be a nice Īnurse personā and reform him or make him Īall betterā. You ARE put on this earth to be the very best person YOU can be...........and THIS guy needs to spend his life away from a young lady with high principles. You have a choice to make and Iām being a nag.....(and you thought your PARENTS were bad??) Develop yourself into such a good student, and such a fascinating young lady, that other young men, of higher quality, are attracted to you. Look, Jessie......Iām a good deal older than you and have a VERY good memory of what all my friends in high school were like, (and what they were REALLY up to.) I have now gone to my umpteenth reunion and seen where Īallā the kids ended up......trust me. Point your life on a higher path.....youāll be very glad you did. The Īquality time aloneā of which you speak will be yours.....at a more appropriate time and with a higher quality person who truly values a fine young woman like you are.......or are, very shortly, going to be. - Annabelle