My girlfriend of 4 years and I are on the verge of breaking up. She says I’m not as funny or as fun as I used to be and that I treat her more as a friend than as a girlfriend. I honestly don’t see it. I admit that recently I’ve been feeling generally bored…
Archives for August 2011
Surviving High School: A Primer
It’s back to school season again, a time that – for me – means it’s a sales-tax holiday on clothes and another sign that it’s time to flog my leftover crap on Craigslist and unload it on to some poor, unsuspecting worthy soul who really needs it. For a not-insignificant portion of my readers, it means…
Decode Her Online Dating Profile
I have lost track of how many guys I have known who have said “Do you know how much goddamn easier dating would be if we could just read women’s minds?” My other favorite is: “I just wish women would tell us what they want. Like, straight up, you know?” Ever since online dating took off,…
Post Mortem: What Not To Do
Today on Ask Dr. NerdLove, we’re going to do things a little differently. This particular writer wrote a long and detailed report, wanting to know what he could have done better. So instead of just the usual ask-and-answer routine, I’m going to break down exactly what he did right… and what he did critically wrong. I…
Men’s Common Fashion Mistakes
“Clothes make the man; naked have little or no influence on society. ” – Mark Twain I’ll be the first to admit it: once I started wearing clothes that properly, I made a classic nerd mistake: I started to over-correct in the other direction. I started getting a little style obsessed. I started dumping a…
Ask Dr. NerdLove: Baby Come Back…
Dear Dr. Nerd Love, I know your slogan says, “helping nerds get the girls” but I’m bi and this particular question pertains to a guy. My issue is that last year I dumped him; after he moved in with his mother I basically felt extremely emotionally separated from him. We had been semi-long distance ever…