Best Friend Betrayal

 Dear Bitter Single Guy: My girlfriend and I split up after 8 months. I was pretty upset, but knew it was for the best, and we have remained friendly. Then I found out that my friend had started dating her 2 weeks after we split up! I'm pissed. Should I be? Is he a friend worth keeping? -- Betrayed But Not by Her

Dear B.B.N.H.: The Bitter Single Guy knows that there are some of his readers out there who are shaking their heads in sympathy for you, but they are thinking "well, they were broken up; there is really no foul play here." These are the letter-of-the-law folks and they try to live in a world with clear boundaries. The BSG will go out on a limb and guess that some of these folks are actual lawyers…sworn keepers of the letter-of-the-law. The spirit-of-the-law folks, who know that nothing is ever as clear as it seems, are as appalled as you are, B.B.N.H. The BSG is in this latter group.

Yes, you should be pissed and no, this is not a friend worth keeping. This is a friend who would apply for a job you were just fired from, or would sign a lease on an apartment from which you were evicted. It's not technically wrong but it's tacky as hell.