Hi Dr. NerdLove, My partner (he/him) of five years violated the boundaries/understandings of our monogamous relationship by receiving a one-way sex act from a friend of his. While I’ve agreed to stay and try to move past it, I haven’t decided the long term and taken off the engagement ring. I’m having a having a…
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This is The Best Way To Meet Amazing Women
As more and more people get vaccinated, we’re starting to see the world take tentative steps toward returning to normal. This also means that people are taking equally tentative steps toward socializing and dating again… …and a lot of folks are looking forward to making up for lost time. But as various people are predicting…
Why Do I Keep Wanting My Toxic Ex?
Hi there Doc, First time writing. I like the way you think, so I’d like your take on a really annoying problem. To make a long story short, I met this guy online about 11-12 years ago in a chatroom. I was in the middle of a relationship with someone else at the time, it…
Am I An Asshole If I Don’t Want to Settle for Someone In My “League”?
Dear Dr. NerdLove, My entire family is dead, and I’ve been living with my only close and reasonably well-off friend and her husband since losing my job and housing in the summer of 2020. I have severe anxiety and a number of physical health issues that all together mean I am not capable of working…
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Why Don’t I Want To Sleep With My Girlfriend?
Hello Dr. NerdLove: I’m a man in my early thirties. Growing up throughout my adolescence and, until I was around 25, I didn’t had any kind of sexual or even a casual relationship with any woman. I didn’t go to parties or any kind of social events, my job was menial and going nowhere and…
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The 5 Common Mistakes That Ruin Dating For Men
Dating should be fun. Done right, it’s a blast. There’s a thrill in meeting someone awesome and getting to know them. There’s the excitement of discovering the fascinating side of a new person. And of course, there’s the exciting nervousness that comes as a relationship progresses and goes from “dates” to “this may be serious…”…
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