Hey Dr NerdLove, Is there ever a place for flat-out ignoring people? Long story short, I met a girl in AA, I was 9 months sober and she was 2 years in. I went through a situation where my girlfriend of six months 1) cheated on me with, and then 2) left me for her…
Escaping The Friend Zone
Ask Dr. NerdLove: Never Gonna Get It
Doc, I met one of my best friends in elementary school– he used to be my worst enemy, actually, in that I-will-hate-you-forever kind of way. However, during middle school, we started becoming more friends than enemies, and now we’re both in high school and we have a solid friendship. (We initially bonded over arguments about…
Anatomy Lesson: Escaping The Friend Zone
Over the last couple of years, we’ve been talking about how to improve your dating life, from making yourself look better, improving your ability to approach and charm friends and strangers, fixing the attitudes and self-limiting beliefs that hold you back and even how to find more sex. However, while it’s good to learn about…
Ask Dr. NerdLove: It’s Complicated
Dr. Nerdlove—all I can say is “Help, please!” I’m a 25-year-old geek girl who just left a very toxic (your tales of your college girlfriend are sort of the story of my life) and very long (10 years, beginning in 10th grade and ending one year after I got my Master’s degree) relationship and I…