Years of abuse have wrecked his confidence and ability to trust, but he still wants to find love. How can he learn to let people in again?
domestic abuse
Kanye West Is No Laughing Matter
It started – as it so often does – with a DM. “I’m assuming you’re already 15 paragraphs deep on an article Kanye’s behavior…” wrote my good friend Squirrel. Squirrel has long been a sounding board, supplier of memes, Reddit links for column material, and choice, sweet yet devastating dunks delivered in the way that…
Am I Just Not Rich Enough to Date?
Doctor’s Note: Today’s column includes a discussion of domestic violence and a brief description of physical abuse. Dear Dr. NerdLove: I had a normal love life until my early 30’s. Once I hit about age 32 (when women, I think, start evaluating dates more as potential long-term partners), all I got was first dates. After…
I Think My Friend Is Being Abused and I Don’t Know What To Do
Dear Dr. NerdLove: When my wife and I divorced a year ago, I very quickly began a long distance relationship with an old flame. We saw each other a few times, sexted, and stayed in touch, although there were plenty of fights that probably wouldn’t have happened if we were in the same city. You…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: What Does “Not Ready For A Relationship” REALLY Mean?
Dear Dr. NerdLove, I’ve been listening and reading your works for a while now, and I have found your insights and advice really helpful —and your obvert feminism and repudiation of pseudoscience wonderfully refreshing, considering what the standards of the industry sometimes seem to be. I am a 27 year-old straight male that, one year…
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Ask Dr. NerdLove: Is My Friend Being Abused?
(Doctor’s Note: today’s letter deals with abusive relationships.) Hello Doc, I would normally dispense with the niceties and whatnot, but I feel like I’m in the middle of a potential crisis. The long story made short is that I’m a 23 year old guy who had just graduated from college with a bachelor’s, and there’s…
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