Dear E. Jean: My boyfriend's ex-fiancée is an overbearing, success-starved lunatic who dresses like a grandma and listens to Celine Dion. She's 31 and has slept with two men in her entire life, one of whom was my boyfriend. Recently he compared me to her by telling me I am too sexually "easy." And last night he went so far as to call me a slut, even stating that I "may not be the girl for him."
This sent me into a fit of hysteria for the rest of the evening. I've never had a one-night stand in my life! I barely enjoyed a boob-grope till college. I'm 24, and I've dealt with my fair share of men—but don't worry, I can still count the guys I've had sex with on one hand. His comparing me to her cut deeper than any of his absurd accusations and insults. Can I write this off to his being intoxicated? Or to his being 10 years older? I don't want to lose him! He's the best man I've ever known, and I don't know what to do. —Easy A