Dear Mike Cares, how would you answer this Dear Abby? *case of the tool bearing fool

DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend is the loveliest, smartest, most compassionate and supportive person I know. We have been together for a year and a half. When we first met, we hung out a few times. When I told her my feelings toward her, she responded that she was in an open relationship, so I backed away.

Months later, we met up again. I helped her with a carpentry project, and she said she was done with the open relationship stuff and wanted a monogamous relationship. I agreed. We have a caring, supportive relationship that means the world to me.

Multiple ex-boyfriends call her and want to hang out, and she wants that, too. What bothers me is worrying the exes' intentions may not be good, yet she feeds into it and tells me I need to trust her. I struggle with jealousy, anger and distrust when this happens, and I have shared those feelings with her, but she can't let these folks move on. She says I'm stealing her freedom and controlling her by asking her to ignore them. This is the biggest problem in our relationship, but everything else is great. Are my emotions wrong? -- INSECURE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

DEAR INSECURE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Your emotions are spot on, your loveliest, smartest, compassionate, and supportive girlfriend is still mentally in an open relationship, as-in she is opening her legs for the multiple ex-boyfriends.  The best advice I have for you is to break up with her, and then you can just call her up if you want to get laid, it works for everyone else!  If she doesn’t pick up or call you back, it’s you dude.  Insecurity is for girly-men anyway, why don’t you start posting your availability for carpentry projects, you’ll have all the beaver in town calling you for help, and then start over with a nice girl who appreciates all of your tools, especially the one in your pants.  Good Luck and Keep in Touch! Dear Mike Cares is also on X, Instagram and Facebook (whatever they are.) Email me your stupid questions at DearMikeCares@gmail.com