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Archived questions from: 14 August, 2012 (see latest questions)

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Dear Cupid: Relationship help and advice

He wants to support me while I job search, Should I let him?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4266 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - My boyfriend and I lived together, then he got a better job across the country. We miss each other a lot and the distance has been rough. I have only been able to start my job search this month (we've been apart a year). We just signed a lease on an apartment together, so I'm ... (223 words)

He's acting more distant. But I can't see what I did wrong. What should I do?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - I have been seeing someone and we have been getting on so well he knows a lot of my friends too so it's not like I am any girl. He has just acted so distant and failed to make plans with me over the last few weeks! I have seen him as we have all been out as a group but it has ... (196 words)

Is he shying away? Or does he really not want to hookup again?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I started hooking up with this guy a little over a month ago. We were hanging out like 3 times a week then about a week ago we were together and he admitted that he liked me more than a friends with benefits. After that he didn't talk to me for a week, it was like he shyed aw... (184 words)

I want him to get a divorce so we can marry. Why does his wife keep trying to get his attention? I want her gone.

This question has 15 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - im living with a man twice my age. yes he could be my daddy. but i love him. he works hard, cooks for me, cleans. and i dont have to work. the problem is is that his wife is still in the picture. she just wont get the hint, that he loves me and not her. shes always liking th... (175 words)

We've been together a long time. But is the attraction waning?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4268 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 41-50 - Hi,I've been with my girlfriend for five years. We are engauged and due to get married next july.She dose not like going places as she is an extreme home bird. When we go for dinnar I find that there is poor conversation. Or if we go away on holiday I cant wait to get home... (162 words)

Without advertising how can my wife and I find another couple who might like to play? But not full sex.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 41-50 - My wife and I would like to experiment playing with another couple. Not ready for full blown sex, nor oral sex even. We have also talked about MFF like this, or her doing stuff w another guy, but again no penetration or oral. There is no way we would put out an add or inter... (88 words)

His wife is lovely but he is disgusting. How can this couples friendship be maintained?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Hello Having a bit of a problem which I don't know how to deal with. My partner and I are friends with a couple who live just up the road from us. Initially we were friends with the wife but through spending time with her have met the husband and now are good friends with the... (658 words)

I think he's the ONE. He's cheating on his Gf to be with me. But why the delay in breaking up with his GF?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - There's this guy. And he's cheating on his girlfriend.. with me. I'm the 'other girl.' I honestly love him and think he's the one. However, he told me he's thinking of breaking up with his girlfriend to be with me, but he hasn't. It kills me to see him with his girlfrie... (90 words)

Is there a possible future for us, to be together, or is it just wishful dreaming on my part?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - I like this guy very much, we're not dating, but have a good friendship; email very often, occasionally meet up for lunch during working hours, have chats at his home in the evening… we have similar interests, worldview, both academics. The background is he's 56, I'm 37. He i... (290 words)

I love my Gf not my ex. What can I say to my Gf when she objects to me talking to my ex?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 36-40 - Ok, a little back story of my ex and I. We practically grew up together starting from middle. We were best friends and soon gravitated to being something more. We've been through a lot together and could never really let eachother completely go. She was even my fiance at one ... (364 words)

So many years together. So how could my husband move on so quickly and easily to a new woman?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 51-59 - why did my husband who i have been with for 21years leave me and then started seeing someone weeks later.... (20 words)

Like her personality but not fully attracted to her physically. Do I stay or move on?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 36-40 - I've been dating this woman I met online now for about two months now and I'll be honest when it comes to the physical attraction I just don't find her as attractive as I want to find a girl I date to be. I find myself looking at other women when we go out together and I f... (216 words)

Is hubby into a threesome for us or for him?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Ok so I have been with my husband 6 yrs and loving it. Well our love got a lil boring and we spiced it a lil which worked btw. We had a lil fun with another couple and I think were both ready to just do it with a. Single girl (threesome). I like her she likes me and he is fine ... (102 words)

Should I ever bother? He doesn't believe that something damaged from the past can be fixed

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Is there any hope for the future? I was seeing this guy of whom ive loved ever since I met him, his actions shows he felt the same however was always shy. We ended but stayed friends. however even whilst he was with someone else he still thought about me a lot. As I sa... (345 words)

There's this guy. And he's cheating on his girlfriend.. with me!

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 4258 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - There's this guy. And he's cheating on his girlfriend.. with me. I'm the other girl. I honestly love him and think he's the one. However, he told me he's thinking of breaking up with his girlfriend to be with me, but he hasn't yet. and it's been over a month since it ... (101 words)

Shouldn't you see someone regularly for a relationship to work?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - It seems like the odds are stacked against me and my ex who have just got back together after a few years of being apart. We have been together again for 5 months, but I hardly get to see him and it's breaking my heart,because I love him so much but I don't know if its ... (467 words)

I'm feeling uncomfortable with my boyfriend's reaction to what I wear.

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - Hi guys So I'm feeling uncomfortable with my boyfriend's reaction to what I wear. I am a doctor and at work I wear scrubs. He came to see me at work the other day and then said he could see my bra (the strap was showing so I pulled my top back to the centre again). That ... (220 words)

I love my boyfriend but I cannot stand his personality any longer!!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I love my boyfriend so much but I cannot stand his personality anymore. When we first met, it was like a match made in heaven. We are so passionate with each other and I have never been in love with anyone else the way I am now with him. The problem is, now that we are on our ... (328 words)

I drunk texted my friend. Now what do I do?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Hey guys! So I was drunk last night and decided to text my ex best friend, who hates me because his crazy (ex) girlfriend told EVERYONE I know that I said " He threatened to kill me with a baseball bat then throw me out on the streets"... I swear I didn't do it but she ... (115 words)

I'm fed up with men!!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4270 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - I am seriously getting fed up now with men. I am 30, slim attractive and I do get a lot if male attention. Every guy I seem to meet it only seems to last a few months and then I think it's going well and they disappear. I don't chase after them but i don't really like to play ... (254 words)

I've been offered a much better job with more money but I'm scared of leaving what I have now because I have been here for a long time. Is it normal to feel this way?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 41-50 - Thanks for reading :) I have been working for a small but successful firm for 4 years - i was hired as a new business manager and was promised that i would spend a lot of my time out and about visiting clients. I am now 30 years old. I started off working over the pho... (304 words)

I'm angry that my partner was eyeing women in bikini's

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - hi i want some advise bout something just want to know is it me over reacting or would you not be happy what it is myself and my partner took the kids swimming and i hate my body i am size 14-16 and i feel massive and feel like i look disgusting in a swimsuit so i went in the ... (129 words)

I'm seriously falling for my boyfriend and show him tons of affection but I don't feel I'm getting any back.

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - I'm so confused and upset I would really love to hear others point of view I meet my boyfriend online 8 months ago and things are generally good I'm still yet to hear that he loved me. I fing his behaviour very confusing so to make it easier I will list the good things then... (336 words)

After many difficulties we broke up. Would I be right in suspecting he had this girl waiting in the wings all along?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 51-59 - hi readers. so my boyfriend of three years and i have split up again. we went through this circle of breaking up and getting back. he was a bit too possessive over my internet life and would not stop spying on me blah blah blah. now he has met someone else and refuses to l... (97 words)

Does her sexual past matter? Would I prefer this new friend over my GF just because of my Gf's sexual past?

This question has 21 answers - newest was posted 4262 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 30-35 - I have never been the jealous type and I am not sure I would define what I feel as jealousy. My new girlfriend sexual past is really affecting me. I have had quite a few girlfriends in my life and never felt anything like this before. Not even close. I think I just love he... (474 words)

When I think about having feelings for others I just feel numb. How can I overcome this situation?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Hi I find it very hard to have feelings for someone I just feel completely numb like I have no feelings at all its down to being treated so bad by my ex boyfriends I think I did meet someone nearly two years ago who only wanted a fwb but I started to get feelings for him so I... (104 words)

Sex every other day for 2 months, but I'm not pregnant yet!

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - Hi! I'm almost 32, my hubby is almost 34. We've been trying to have a baby for 2 months now, having sex every other day. We're both healthy and in good shape, don't smoke and don't drink alcohol. Unfortunately, after two months, I'm not pregnant and I'm starting to worry. ... (97 words)

One thing sober, another drunk! What gives?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Whilst seeing someone new my best friend made it clear he wanted to get with me. Let's call my friend P. P's best friend told me he was in tears when he found out I was with someone new. I stopped dating this guy in hopes of getting with my friend. We were both out on the week... (325 words)

Am I asking for too much in our sexual relationship?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - I'm not sure if I've just ruined our relationship or not. My partner and I have been together for 6 months and I love him completely. He has asked me to marry him and nothing would make me happier and I said yes. We have known each other for about 10 years and have always ... (538 words)

I thought it was a love marriage but my husband treats me badly and sometimes acts like an animal

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - I am 24 year, 1-1.5 year married girl with no child yet. It was a love mariage after 8 years relationship. My husband abuses and black mails me, he even call to my mother and tell her our before marige secrets. Sometime he behaves awsem and sometime like a animal. He dint alow ... (73 words)

Can't deal with her past - should I leave now or keep trying to deal with my issue?

This question has 17 answers - newest was posted 4269 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 41-50 - I used to roll my eyes when people say they had issues dealing with their partner's past; however, now I am unexpectedly on the receiving end as my partner's past is a bit beyond what I am used to, and I am at my wits end trying to stop dwelling on it and wondering what I ... (1004 words)

Should I be worried that b/f has stopped using pet names and just calls me by my name?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Dear all, Would you be concerned if your boyfriend stopped calling you pet names and replaced with using your first name instead? I noticed my bf of 8 months as started doing this. For example instead of hello or goodnight my darling/ angel/ sweetie etc he now will just sa... (65 words)

Is it fair to ask my boyfriend to pay the bills if he moves in and pay no rent?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F) age 36-40 - Would it be fair to ask for my boyfriend to pay all bills (electricity, gas and water) if he moved in with me? I have a house but have a mortgage. He is wanting us to live together but only gives me options of selling or renting mine out and get one together. This i... (209 words)

LDR--I'm not sure that I'm really in love with her

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 30-35 - okay, I'll try to make this as simple as possible I've been in a relationship with M for just over a year now but it really isn't a relationship everyone has. it's a long distance one where half a globe between us but even then, we have been working around that. now, wh... (180 words)

Married for less than 1 year and Super UnHappy!!!!!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - Hi guys. Thanks for reading my post. So...I've been married for 11 and a half months..Sept 4th is our 1 year anniversary. We were high school sweethearts then went our separate ways during college..but we stayed friends. We both moved away from our hometown...he mo... (652 words)

Am I a fool for staying with someone who still can tell their ex they love them too when they can't say that to me?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 51-59 - I have been with the same guy for a year and half. He has always said he had love for me but also has love for his ex. I recently discovered some text that I might not should have from his ex talking about their sexual past. They don't live in the same town anymore. The ex ... (134 words)

I'm thinking I'm in love with my coach

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4257 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I think I'm in love with my coach. every time I see him, I just get so.. excited.. my heart skips a beat. He is so attractive, and really nice. Everyone knows him, and everyone likes him too.. just not the way I do. And I can't tell anyone I feel this way because of that rea... (140 words)

Co-worker confessed to feelings for me that I don't share at all

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I'm 21 and my coworker is 18. I see him as a younger friend and coworker and we get along well (well as in normally). He has been texting randomly recently and I'll respond (not always respond though) naturally without leading him onto anything. The content is usually about ... (212 words)

How to include my father in my wedding plans without offending my mother

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4271 days ago

14 August 2012 (?) age 30-35 - Next May I am getting married. Sadly with all weddings come stress. My parents are divorced and have been since I was 2. I had no contact with my father till I was 16 (he abandoned us and never tried to get in contact). My mother is walking me down the aisle. She and I are very ... (299 words)

My 40 year old boyfriend still lives with his mother

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 51-59 - My BF is 40 and lives with his mom how do i get him to move foward with our relationship and move out from her?... (25 words)

How does the drug Ecstasy affect the body?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Hi, just curious... what exactly is ecstasy? I don't plan on taking it, but I'm just curious because I'll see commercials for Trojans Ecstasy condoms, and I want to know exactly what it does, not the condoms, but the actual drug. I've seen questions about it on here before. ... (112 words)

How can I let Charity know I really like her?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 30-35 - Alright, so a little back story then I'll get on with it. I don't get out on dates much (and before anyone says it's all in my head: it's not. Definitely got plenty of confidence in myself and adamant about what I want without being a total narcissistic jerk about it, but I do... (667 words)

Why can't I have a spine to leave him? Please help me!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Hi Why do women even the one who are financially way independent keep on stay in an abusive relationship. My bf for one always and keeps on abuses me emotionally, never show his affection, always makes me wonder whether im imagining things. Even after sex he says h... (184 words)

Tension caused by meddling, two faced mother in law and mercurial ex wife

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4272 days ago

14 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Long winded ex-wife question... Background... Husband divorced from ex-wife couple of years ago, they have a young son together who I treat as my own, we have joint custody, however, due to the distance (she lives 300 miles away) we only get to see him every other weekend an... (678 words)

We agreed to meet one last time at the airport, but she stood me up

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4269 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 30-35 - So this question is probably not gonna have an accurate answer but I would like to have some possibilities. So me and this girl been talking for a little over a month and we went out for 2 weeks because she was going to leave for a trip to Europe for 3 months. We had f... (301 words)

Should I tell her i'll still be her friend or should I tell her I want nothing to do with her?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4268 days ago

14 August 2012 (M)

age 30-35 - Very serious question. When I was dumped, I had a difficult time on focusing on my school work. Not only that, but, I was so hurt, I : nearly flunked a VERY important test (I didn't finish it. But, I had a second chance, and passed the test.), AND I NEARLY, and, I mean, NEA... (221 words)