I’m sure I’m not shocking anyone when I say that dating can be frustrating. One of the hardest parts of dating is that, more often than not, you’re doing it in a vacuum. It’s not exactly as though you can hand out comment cards to your dates and ex-girlfriends and get some constructive criticism. First,…
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How To Survive Valentine’s Day (When You’re Single)
Valentine’s Day is one of the most despised holidays you can imagine… particularly when you’re single. It’s already a fake holiday – the “Saint Valentine was martyred in Rome for secretly marrying slaves and Christians” story is as fake as Kanye West’s insistence that he’s not into butt stuff. Valentine’s Day is a commercial holiday that was…
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Avoid These 5 Dating Deal Breakers
Sometimes dating success is less about what you do and more about what you don’t do. Deal breakers are the bane of dating, and everybody has them. In fact, deal breakers have a greater impact in terms of attraction than what any one particular woman is looking for in a partner. It doesn’t matter how attractive you may be,…
Ask Dr. NerdLove: Is It Wrong To Indulge My Fetish?
Hey there Doc. I read your article on ‘What Do Your Secret Sexual Desires Say About You‘ and was genuinely impressed by the quality of your analyzation and effective translation of the psychology behind it into clear examples. I actually came across your article as I was looking at the rational of whether it was healthy…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Make Her See I’m Not Leaving?
Hey Doc, Long time lurker, first time writer here. I’m a college boy dating a fellow student that we’ll call Jackie. I’ve dated only a few times in the past, mostly out of shyness, but never consistently until I met her. We’ve been going out for a bit more than a year now, and I’ve…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Fix My Sexist Boyfriend?
Hello, Doc, I’m an asexual woman in her early twenties. As much as I sometimes detest it, I really feel no sexual attraction at all, and I don’t think I ever will. Before I became familiar with the idea of asexuality, I assumed I was heterosexual with a low sex drive… but even back then…
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