When you write a dating advice column, one of the inevitable questions that comes up is the idea of inexperience. For many men, especially as they get older, dating inexperience is a vicious catch-22. Women – supposedly – won’t date a man with little or no dating experience. Of course that then leads to the…
Archives for November 2015
Your Guide To New Relationship Gift Giving
(Doctor’s Note: It’s Black Friday and I’m on vacation. In the spirit of the season – and the shopping tradition – I’m re-running this article from 2013….) I’m going to be honest with you: I’m not a huge Christmas guy. Halloween’s more my holiday these days. It’s not a Grinch thing; I don’t have anything…
Wednesday Open Thread: Thanksgiving Edition
It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for the Doc to start heating the oven and preparing his top-secret turkey recipe. Meanwhile, the NerdLove interns and residents take over the comments section for their own nefarious purposes! This week’s suggested topic: it’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in the U.S. and the glorious tradition of overeating while…
5 Ways To Improve Your Communication Skills
Effective and clear communication is an absurdly important skill to develop. After all, we live in an age of unprecedented mass-communication, one where everybody’s talking. Like, all the fucking time; you can’t open Facebook or Twittergrams or Yik-Yak ((Ok, now you’re just making shit up)) and not be deluged by 40,000 of your closest friends, all of…
Ask Dr. NerdLove: Looking For Something Different
Dear Dr. NerdLove, I have re-written this letter a thousand times in my head and am still not sure it is one of the things that registers in the NerdLove realm, yet I feel you might be the only one who can help me with this… well, I hesitate to call it a problem as…
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Wednesday Open Thread: Cover Band Edition
It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for the Doc to lock his office and sneak off to do his set at The Elephant Room. Meanwhile, the NerdLove interns and residents take over the comments section for their own nefarious purposes! This week’s suggested topic: Covers of popular songs by other bands are almost always interesting…
