Imagine that you are now an advice columnist. You were hired because you have an education in interpersonal communication concepts and theories that you can draw upon in order to provide informed advice to the people who write to you. Rather than giving unsubstantiated advice, you can give people advice based on research. Choose your letter from the list below, analyze the situation, and respond to the letter writer. Based on your interpretation of the letter and your knowledge of interpersonal communication, use course concepts such as identity, perception, emotion, language, and non-verbals that will best help the letter writer understand their problem and your advice.

Dear Prudence, My boyfriend and I have been together for five years. We live very close to each other, less than a 20-minute drive. For the past year, I've barely gotten to see himmaybe once a month. He constantly cancels plans citing his health (which really isn't great), appointments He forgot about family obligations. I also have to remind him multiple times, every week, to get him to tell me his work schedule. I've made multiple requests for us to use a shared calendar app so that we can schedule better, but it never happens. He also never initiates calling or skyping me. And on days we are supposed to see each other, I will go for hours without contact with him, repeatedly having to ask him if he's there and if I can see him, only for him to invariably tell me no, never taking the initiative to tell me he can't see me without

me prompting him. Despite him continuing to profess his love for me, I can't help but feel like he's really not that into me anymore and is trying to get me to break up with him so he doesn't have to do it himself. Despite all this, I still love him, but can this relationship be salvaged? Distant Boyfriend