Maggie writes: My boyfriend, Jake, has been learning to juggle, and he insists on juggling in public places when we are together. These places include concerts and highway rest stops. This is both incredibly embarrassing and a logistical nightmare, because he is still learning and often drops his juggling implements. Please order Jake to cease juggling in public while I am present.

Sometimes it is the court’s responsibility to issue a harsh verdict, and here it comes: You have fallen in love with a street performer. You may have missed some warning signs (does Jake own a leather vest? a top hat?), but no one takes up juggling unless he is going to foist it on others. I will not ban juggling; it’s an expression of Jake’s natural, intrusive extroversion. You must choose whether you can live with it. Bear in mind: It could have been the pan flute.