Platonic Friends?

Dear Madame Toujours,

My boyfriend and I are having an ongoing argument that I hope you can help us resolve. Rufus has many female friends who share his interest in aromatherapy and Tibetan chanting. He insists these are platonic friends and he has never had romantic feelings for any of them, but many of these friends are quite reasonably attractive, and I can't believe they really aren't interested in him. He says it is hard to find other men who share his interest in these areas and insists I am being unreasonably jealous.

Am I overreacting or is Rufus being naive to think these women are only interested in his chanting?

Sincerely,

Suspicious Nature

Chere Mlle. Nature,

Quelle domage. Always, it is difficult when you are having the beautiful young man and you are wishing to be locking him away and not sharing him with the greedy females who are wanting to steal him from you. Unfortunately, this is almost never the very good idea. Although M. Rufus may occasionally be liking to pretend he is your slave of love, the game, she is tiring if it is all of the time. In the long run, everybody is happier if you are resigning yourself to the friendships with the other female persons. After all, this is the charm of M. Rufus, that he is enjoying the conversations with the female persons as well as the sex, n'est pas?

Furthermore, although you are naturally regarding M. Rufus to be irresistible, it is being possible that the other female persons are not noticing this. Maybe they are finding him too short, or too blond, or too interested in their brains. If you are unsure whether this is the case, observe M. Rufus with his female friends. If les femmes are clearly attempting to entice M. Rufus, then you may wish to be very friendly to them while relating many amusing anecdotes about the mysterious disappearances of several women who were flirting with your last boyfriend.

Finally, I am observing that as long as everybody is thinking about the mutual interests, then it is the meeting of the minds, and the bodies, they are mostly going about their own businesses. For example, M. Rufus is saying, "I am meeting with Mlle. Marie, and possibly Mlle. Hortense will come also so that we can try out the new chants and smell the new herbs that Mlle. Marie is bringing. Are you wishing to be joining us?" Clearly, M. Rufus in being more interested in the chanting and the smelling than in the persons of the female persons. On the other hand, the time to be worrying is when M. Rufus is saying, "I am going to have the dinner with Mlle. Lisette because she is the wonderful charming individual." In this case, announce that you will be joining the party.

Bon Chance, Mlle. Suspicious. When you go to the dinner, order the steak. Toy with the steak knife with one hand while resting the other firmly on the thigh of M. Rufus and staring coldly at Mlle. Lisette. Everybody will be getting the point. Especially M. Rufus.