Hey Dr. Nerdlove. I have a question for you. I’m a kinda short, black teenager in high school and this year (junior year) I decided I want to dress in matching clothing and have some style as much as possible. So basically I’m not a “socially-inept nerd” but I am a sports playing nerd. I…
Archives for October 2012
Doing The Work
I’ve been getting into running lately. I signed up to run in the Run for Your Life Zombie 5k on a lark and over the course of training for it, I discovered that I really enjoy running. When I started talking to my brother – who races in triathalons for fun – about this, he started telling…
Can Men And Women Be “Just” Friends?
One of the longest running debates amongst men and women is the question of whether or not straight men and women1 can ever be “just” friends – that is to say, can a friendship exist without sexual or romantic attraction “ruining” the relationship. A recent article in Scientific American drew the conclusion that no, no…
Ask Dr. NerdLove: Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
Dr NerdLove Hi, I have a problem. I was dating for nine months with a girlfriend who was negative. I broke it off but felt bad about it. When dating she would say I was lazy, she didn’t date fat guys. In order to get me healthy, she called me pathetic man cause I couldn’t…
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Paging Dr. NerdLove Episode #11: Are Your Friends Holding You Back?
This week has been crazy busy and there wasn’t time to record a full-length episode. But rather than leave you guys hanging, Dr. NerdLove dipped into the mail bag to answer a couple of your questions: what do you do when your friends are holding you back from dating success? And where does a woman…
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This Is Why You Fail (Or: What’s Holding You Back In Dating)
Let me paint a common story for you: It’s been a while since you’ve started trying to get better at dating and it seems like you’re no further along than you have been before. If anything, you’re actually getting worse. The more posts you read, the more approaches you make… none of it seems to…
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