Friday, August 3rd - Dear Miss Pearl...

Dear Miss Pearl,

My son Bernard is 19 years old, handsome, great student and a wonderful all around person. The problem I have is that his girlfriend is a disrespectful slut and I hate her. She is only 18 years old and has told me that Bernard is her FIFTH boyfriend!

This girl is from the wrong side of the tracks and I keep telling my son that he needs to concentrate on college and leave this burgundy haired little girl alone, but he won't listen to me. I found out that my son had sex with his last girlfriend (the only other one he's ever had) because I found a condom in his pocket and he broke down and confessed that they had been having sex.

The problem I have is that I find it hard to believe that this girl has had five boyfriends and hasn't had sex with all of them. I have tried to warn my son about women and how they try to trap young men with potential by getting pregnant, but he doesn't listen to a word I say.

I don't want my son ending up with a girl who has had five men at 18 and she's not even in college, she works in a call center! What can I do to convince my son that he should find a nice girl in college and leave this girl alone because my husband won't help me?

Mom in Hell
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Dear Mom in hell,

Girl go to hell! Just what makes you so sure that a girl who has had five boyfriends has had sex with all five of them? She's 18, I'm surprised that she hasn't had more than five.

Do you know how many boyfriend's I'd had by the time I turned 18? Do you know how many, "I like you, do you like me? Please circle yes or no" notes I passed around class? Girl please, I would have a boyfriend and quit his ass because another boy had a cuter lunch box.

You need to mind your own damned business, what's the problem with this girl working in a call center? I'm sure plenty of Pearl's readers work in call centers and I hope they rip you a new ass - everybody isn't college material, and not everyone has the means to attend college. I commend her for getting up and going to work every day. You don't know what her future plans are, do you?

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you can't call this girl a slut because you think she's had sex with a bunch of men while you're looking at your son as if he's an angel! You said yourself that you only found out that St. Bernard had sex after you found a condom and confronted him - so, it's not like you have this open, honest relationship where he came to you to talk about his sex life. You know about that one girl because you ran up on a condom, Missy!

Your boy has probably had sex with more than his girlfriend - you just don't know it. I say mind your own business. If you've raised your son to be a good person who uses common sense, then you've equipped him with the tools he'll need to make wise, conscious decisions - back the hell up!

When do you have time to worry about your own husband? In the real world, your son will probably go through five more women before he decides to settle down and that's how it's supposed to be. You're supposed to date to decide who you want to be with and not get with one person and marry them because someone else thinks you should - that's how people get married and divorced so quickly.

Your son is a young man, let him enjoy that. Just teach him to be safe and don't interrupt unless you honestly believe that he's making some bad decisions.

If you want advice from Miss Pearl, send me an email to: misspearlswindow@yahoo.com