Dear Dr. NerdLove: I need help with a tricky situation. We’re going to call my best friend Noel. Noel is a heterosexual woman, and I’m a heterosexual man, and we’re roommates. People think we’re a couple, and they have good reason to. We do everything together–dinner every night, coffee in the morning, tennis lessons, walking…
can men and women be just friends
Help, I’m Attracted to My Best Friend And I Don’t Know What To Do
Hello Doc You could very well say that I (21m straight) am in a bit of a friendship problem type situation. I find myself to be incredibly physically (but not romantically) attracted to my best friend of 14 years (21f straight) and it’s making me incredibly uncomfortable. She and I became best friends in year…
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How Can I Avoid Falling In Love With My Friend?
Heya Doc. This letter was spurred by your recent column about letting folks down gently. My question is related but separate: how do I keep a relationship platonic when the romantic interest is mutual? For some context: I’ve recently met this lovely person with whom I have a great deal in common, including stated romantic…
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ASK DR. NERDLOVE: How To Handle “Let’s Just Be Friends”
I’m answering your most important dating questions! If you have a question about love, sex or dating, then be sure to leave a comment. Maybe the next question I answer will be yours! This week: Everyone’s heard the “let’s just be friends” speech from someone they’ve been attracted to. But how do you make a…
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I Can’t Bring Myself To Have Sex and I Don’t Know What To Do…
Hello Doctor, Recently I have been frustrated, solely with myself. Because in the last few years I’ve lost 40 pounds, made impressive strides in my career for a man my age, and went from not being able to talk to anyone to making classes/groups of people screech in laughter. I say I’m proud of myself…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Keep The “Friend” In The FWB?
Dear Dr. NerdLove: I am a 33 year old single, heterosexual female living in a large metropolitan area nearish the east coast. There’s a man who’s been in my life on and off for the past ~6 years, but in the last 3 years we’ve spent more time together, including in a romantic, sexual capacity,…
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