Ask Dr. NerdLove: I Need A Hero

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Doc, I have a question about whether men need to be ‘able to protect their women. Quick backstory first – I was recently attending a wedding reception with a (fully platonic) female acquaintance when we stopped off at a nearby shop to get some supplies. I was already preoccupied with the prospect of seeing a [...]

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Best Frenemies

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Hi Doctor Nerdlove, I have something that I need to get off of my chest: I dislike one of my girlfriend’s guy friends. Let’s call him Q to protect the names of the innocent and not so innocent, as you say.  Whenever someone mentions Q my girlfriend lights up and says how much she loves [...]

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Trigger Warnings

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Once again, we have a fairly sensitive topic for Ask Dr. NerdLove. I’m going to warn everyone now: I’m going to ride hard on the comments section. The rule is simple: Don’t be an asshole about this. Otherwise I drop the hammer. Hello Dr. NerdLove! I have kind of a sensitive issue to talk about. [...]

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Hostage Situations

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Hey Doc! My friends and I need your help.  Our friend is in a super toxic relationship and Tuesday night he finally escaped the relationship. She then sent him around 80 calls, found his mom’s number, home number, and sister’s number and sent him text saying that she was going to kill him. Then on [...]

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Creeper No Creeping!

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It’s Creep Week on Paging Dr. NerdLove – we’re talking about reforming creepers, how to handle them when you’re confronted by them and how to not be that guy at popular nerd gatherings. Today we have the letter that kicked things off: a reader who wants to know how to handle a creeper in the fringes [...]