Dear Queenie,
My former boyfriend used to give me jewelery on my birthday and Christmas and other special occasions. We broke up a while ago and now he has a new girlfriend and occasionally I see them together when I go out somewhere.
Sometimes when I am getting dressed to go out I wonder if it would be okay for me to wear something he gave me if I think I am going to be seeing the two of them.
And if I do, Queenie, what should I say if someone asks me where I got that thing? I don’t want to embarrass him or his new girlfriend.—Uncertain
Dear Uncertain,
It might be best if you do not wear one of your ex’s gifts when you think you will be seeing him and his new girlfriend. But if you do, and anyone asks you about it, just tell them it was a gift from a friend without specifying who that friend was.
