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Post Mortem – Will We Ever Be More Than Friends?

December 25, 2017 by Dr. NerdLove

Post Mortem – Will We Ever Be More Than Friends?

On occasion, I’ll get a request for advice on a situation that’s more layered and complex than a typical Ask Dr. NerdLove question. These questions typically need a deeper dive into just what went wrong – a dating Post-Mortem if you will. So come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab. It’s […]

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Filed Under: Advice, Ask Dr. NerdLove, Emotional Intelligence, Friendship, Uncategorized Tagged With: ask dr. nerdlove, dating, friend zone, gay dating advice, nice guys, post-mortem, the friend zone

Why “Men And Women Can Never Be ‘Just Friends’ ” is Bullshit

April 7, 2017 by Dr. NerdLove

Why “Men And Women Can Never Be ‘Just Friends’ ” is Bullshit

One of the joys – and I use the term loosely – of my job is finding the many, many ways that people try to turn romance, sexual attraction and the lack thereof into something that it’s not. The greatest example, of course, is The Friend Zone: the phantom prison that women exile good, wholesome men into because […]

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Filed Under: Friendship, Men Behaving Badly, Society, wtf Tagged With: can men and women be friends, friendship, society, the friend zone

Why We All Feel So Lonely (And How To Overcome It)

August 1, 2016 by Dr. NerdLove

Why We All Feel So Lonely (And How To Overcome It)

A serious question for you: how often do you feel lonely? Not spending time alone but actually feeling lonely and isolated. It happens to all of us from time to time – we find ourselves on our own at a time when we’re craving a connection with someone. We feel lonely when we move to a […]

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Filed Under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Friendship Tagged With: emotional intelligence, emotional intimacy, friendship, loneliness

Building A Closer Friendship With Other Men

April 11, 2016 by Dr. NerdLove

Building A Closer Friendship With Other Men

Making friends is hard. Making close friendships among men is even harder… and yet as we get older, it’s something we need more of. As we get older, men tend to have fewer and fewer close male friendships, even as we crave it more. While it’s taboo to say out loud – it tends too close […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Friendship, Masculinity Tagged With: emotional intelligence, emotional intimacy, friendship, relationships

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  • The Mikey Yeah, you’re not wrong. I’ve developed multiple crushes on various people over the years for sure and acted upon a few of them. Right now though, I’m having a really hard time since the crushes...

    Episode #74 – How To Escape The Friend Zone ·  April 27, 2018

  • Robert Grumpypants The dead bird bit was pretty good.

    Episode #74 – How To Escape The Friend Zone ·  April 27, 2018

  • Robert Grumpypants A male friend once observed that the reason the "friendship zone" is bullshit is because men put women they regard as unattractive into the same zone, then bitch about the zone. That said, trying to...

    Episode #74 – How To Escape The Friend Zone ·  April 27, 2018

  • The Mikey Yeah little social snafus like that happen all the time. It’s typically not a big deal, I’m awkward, clumsy and as you say, human. Silly little snafus where I flub a word or two aren’t a big...

    Episode #74 – How To Escape The Friend Zone ·  April 26, 2018

  • Ney For what it's worth, I think crushes are a good driving force for introspection and getting off our backsides (or just taking showers). Oneitis is a crush that became toxic. Slow progress is still...

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