Caroline, 17, from Miami, Florida asks: My boyfriend and I have been together for about 7 months. We've broken up twice but we've gotten back together and know this is the last time. Our homecoming dance got cancelled because of a hurricane and now there is a new dance. He asked me to the old one when we weren't going out and I accepted. But now he has not asked me to this new dance. Because he is my boyfriend, should I assume that we are just going together? Does he think the invite to the old dance has just extended into this one and that I've still already accepted? What should I do to confront this problem in a way that won't make him uncomfortable?

VictorM's advice: I think it should go without saying that he thinks the invite is on. If you said yes to him when he wasn't your boyfriend, why would there be any question about it now that you two are a couple? I bet he hasn't brought it up because it didn't even cross his mind to question it.

I suggest that you don't even ask, but do verify just to make sure. Don't ask him IF you two are going. That sounds too weak and like you have no confidence in this relationship (by the way, that's exactly what it means). Just bring up the subject in terms of something like transportation, or the colors you'll both be wearing, or something like that. You can gauge from there where he stands on the issue.

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