Dear Doctor: I just started reading your column and I need advice on the following problem: I have an unrequited best friendship with someone (you could call her A). Like, I want to be best friends and she wants to be good friends or friends. And I don’t know how labels work. I just want…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: Is It Time To Abandon A Friendship?
Hi Doc, My question is about dealing with the aftermath of confessing romantic feelings to a close friend and dealing with his rejection while not losing that friend and going the nuclear option. Long story short, I’m a late bloomer in her early 30s with limited experience (had a first kiss and sexual experience when I…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: Should I Stop Waiting For Him To Change?
Hey Doc, So I’ve been off and on with someone who I’ve been in a long distance relationship with. We’ve known each other for four years going onto five and we haven’t seen each other. We’ve been on and off mainly because he was mentally unstable, depressed, and elusive. Fights would happen, then he would…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: Is This An Affair?
Hello Doc! I know you normally do dating advice, but I’ve seen you do marriage advice too. I have been married to my husband for 9 years. We have three kids together. Back when he and I were dating, I went to visit him out of town (same town where my parents lived) where he…
Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Find a Friend With Benefits?
Hey Doc, I’m in a position where at some point soon, I’m going have to move far away due to work. As a result, I can’t really be in a relationship. However, I still want to have sex, so I’m looking for friends with benefits arrangements. I have explicitly stated in my OKC and Tinder…
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