Dear Miss Emily:

Hey there, so about a month ago, my good friend and his girlfriend broke up. She and I were good friends as well. When i told him i was going to hang out with her, at first he lost it, then he said he over reacted and that it was fine. He knew we were friends. Now, a month later, she told him we had kissed last time we hung out, and he was pissed. --since then they have talked it out. But i haven't talked to him about it. I just have no idea what to say, and he hasn't tried to talk to me. What should i do or say?

---------------------------Miss Emily's advice-----------------

Classic triangle -- but in this case, this girl happened to go unscathed, and you bear the brunt of that kiss. Now you know how dangerous this sort of thing can be. I am one who firmly believes that the rule to never go where your friend has tread is often unrealistic, and possessive beyond rational thought, yet each situation has to be judged on its own merits. He got jealous, his attraction to her was too great not to forgive her, and you got burned. Chances are, their relationship will not last. That's when he will probably make an overture to be friends with you, again. But if she comes your way, were they to break-up, you're going to have to decide which relationship is more important. Sexual attraction is often more powerful than anything else we humans experience, but it can also lead us into trouble. Look, it happened, there's no denying it -- but don't apologize to him, given the chance, unless you mean it.