Debra Fileta: The Problem With ‘On-Again, Off-Again’ Dating

“How long have you been dating?”“Two years … well, that’s if you don’t count the three months we broke up in the fall, and then the month we broke up again the following Christmas … and the two months we ‘took a break’ last summer.”In my years as a professional counselor, I’ve had many conversations with people whose relationship statuses seemed more like a roller coaster ride than a dating relationship.But what do you make of these on-again, off-again relationships, and what do you do if you fi