When Opposites Repel

 Dear Bitter Single Guy: I have been living with my boyfriend for almost a year. We rarely spend time together (unless I play video games with him), and haven't been intimate in months. We have nothing in common, but he refuses to see that. He won't hang out with my friends or family, and I thrive on community and social situations. He has gotten to the point that he doesn't even want to eat out at restaurants anymore. How do I break things off without breaking his heart? Tired Of Sitting At Home

Dear T.S.A.H.: One of the things the Bitter Single Guy thinks is nifty about love is that opposites sometimes attract and against all odds, wildly different people become deliriously happy. These plucky folks will find clever ways to accommodate their opposing personalities, making room for each other's idiosyncrasies because they know that Love Conquers All.

Sometimes however (or maybe often) that doesn't work and opposites just annoy each other. Clearly, you fall into this second category and the BSG feels your pain. He has tried to understand what motivates the introverted and has found himself similarly confounded. But the great news is that the very quality you abhor in this gentleman will shield him from the broken heart you're trying to spare him. It may actually take him a week or so to process the fact that he's being dumped. By then, you will have moved happily on to someone with a more detectable pulse. - BSG