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Dear Cupid: Relationship help and advice

Met him in March, moved in with him in May, we aren't officially boyfriend-girlfriend, , now confined to bed following surgery, I've grown obsessed and jealous! Help!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - So here's my story. I got a surgery last week and I'm in my sort-of-a-boyfriend's place and he's taking care of me. I'm 20 yrs old college girl and he's 33 and he finishes his masters dgr this semester. Anyways, so all day long I just lay in his bed by myself, and seriously, ... (455 words)

My wife said she had to do many things for money after her father died but now I find she worked in a massage parlor!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 51-59 - my wife is 31years old. We are married 5years. We have a daughter, age 3years, staying with my mother in different place. I am working in a privet company as a clerk. My wife is a privet nurse in a nursing home. We know each other two years before marriage. She lived in so far ... (614 words)

His girlfriend is a big secret! Why?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4277 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - Please, please, can anyone tell me why my male friend never, ever talks about his girlfriend with me? We have been good friends for 2 years. He started seeing her in April. He did not tell me about it. I had to pull it out of him otherwise he was never going to tell me. He ... (447 words)

I'm too embarrassed to tell my friend I don't know how to swim!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 26-29 - Long story short me and my friend bought a gym membership and as part of it you can go swimming for free, my friend keeps suggesting that we do it seen as though its free but i cant swim and don't know how to tell her because its embarrassing and i don't know how she will ... (59 words)

Masturbation seems to be the only solution for me. Any advice?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 36-40 - Hi guys .. Here is my problem .. I am 28 and I am still masturbating until now ... like 4 times a week.. I started masturbating like about 12 years ago. I had many girlfriends but now I am single for about 6 years. My problems are: 1- I think I am a highly sex active. ... (180 words)

He clearly cares about me, but why doesn't he want me to be his girlfriend?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - My name is Natalie, I am 21 years old and have been seeing this guy for almost 7 months now. When we first started dating, he made it very clear that he only wanted 'fun' and didn't want anything too serious. My initial thought was that it was going to be a '2 weeks of nothing ... (709 words)

I want to be good friends with my brother-in-law, how do I express this?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4277 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - u may think it may wrong , im 29 years old and i got married ihave a kid, my question is about my relationship with my brother inlaw who is elder brother of my husband he is really a nice man who 'slikes and dislikes are as like as me, we are same in most of our taste, but ... (131 words)

After being with someone for nearly a year, are these thoughts normal?

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2 August 2012 (F)

age 26-29 - So, to just jump right in, I have been in a relationship for eleven months. This is the longest relationship I have ever been in and the same goes for my boyfriend. I'm about to start my senior year and he graduated in May. Our schedules conflict all the time and we only get... (314 words)

I can't say "I love you" out loud!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4277 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - I have been with my bf for a year, and I havent said ' i love you' ITs now becoming an issue...and he seems to be getting upset by it. What should I do. I just dont feel the need to say it, never said it before to a man, I just show love by treating them well, and ... (93 words)

Do you think she's being vain?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 30-35 - In all honesty guys, when you see a girls profile and she has quite a lot of pictures on her Facebook profiles of just her. Do you not think that the girl must know she's beautiful, or be quite vain? I met this girl on a night out, beautiful and funny didn't talk much becaus... (151 words)

Do you think it's a little wrong for my sister to treat our Mum this way?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Long story cut short - try to anyway. My sister is 35 years old and I am 19 years old. When I was 16, I fell pregnant. I decided to keep my baby and she didn't want me to. My mum and dad supported me thankfully and I had a daughter who is now almost 3. I fell pregnant again a... (254 words)

Should I give him a taste of his own medicine and not call or should I call anyway because I don't normally say things and not follow through?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 26-29 - I am conflicted. One of my best friends is a boy and he has been lacking in effort for quite a while which I'm now fed up with but I accepted because he's different from my best friend that's a girl probably because he's a boy. That said I really am tired of it. I have told him ... (230 words)

I want to leave my daughters father but I am scared he will take our daughter!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I feel completely lost. I want to leave my daughters father, and take my daughter with me and move back home. Bit of a background story I moved here to Louisiana from California to be with him, its been 3 years now and I am miserable. I hate my life here, I wake up and look... (324 words)

I would like to work things out and be a proper couple, what do you suggest?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4277 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Hi everyone I have liked this man for 18 months now it has just been sex but I really like him we haven't spoken for three months yesterday we bumped into one another and got talking he said he would come around to see me but he didn't turn up I miss him n would like us to sort ... (85 words)

Do most people view threesomes like this?

This question has 15 answers - newest was posted 4276 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - dear cupid, in the past, my guy has hinted around about wanting to have a threesome (with him being the only male involved). coincidentally, this has actually happened three times...hahaa. he did it once last year and twice last month. each time, he sounds like he's joking... (262 words)

My girlfriend is acting differently, and I can't seem to talk to her about it!

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

2 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - I started seeing this girl about two months ago. We met online. She lives about two hours away. The first moment we physically met, there was chemistry. It was immediate, and we got along incredibly well. Better than I even knew was possible. I asked her to be my girlfriend ... (404 words)

I think I'm falling for my friend, how should I go about this without making it weird?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I think I'm falling for this boy who I know from when we were 5 years old. But we never really clicked in that way, or never really thought about eachother in that way. And now it seems like we are getting along so well, we chat every day, see eachother a lot and always flirt ... (198 words)

B/f & I are not on the same page about things that are important to me!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Hi I would just like to check with you guys, I have been with my boyfriend for a year, and we enjoy being together but you get to know a bit more about a person as time passes and I have found some areas where we are not on the same page like buying property, work ethic, ... (217 words)

What's wrong with me? I masturbate watching painful anal sex!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 4273 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - Hi! I'm a 32-year-old female, married. I love my sex life with my husband, yet sometimes I feel the urge to masturbate watching porn, especially porn where girls have painful anal sex (which is something I'd never dream of doing) but that turns me on like you have no idea. I... (89 words)

Is this a FWB or an actual relationship?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4267 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Hi,this could be confusing, but im confused too, sooo here it goes ive been seeing this guy as a friends with benefits since may 26th 2012, its now august 2nd, and were still seing eachother as that. I am falling for him and im not sure what i should do, i really would like to ... (165 words)

Getting the passion back in my marriage after affair

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4277 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - I'm 30 years old, married for little over a year and I'm really struggling in my relationship with my husband. To paint a bit of background: shortly after we got married (a few months) my husband suffered from his first manic/bipolar episode. During that time, he started having ... (794 words)

Going out on 1st date for a drink. What should I talk about?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 4267 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 41-50 - As you all know, my last girfriend was Hungarian, but tomorrow night I am going on a date with an English girl. She likes my sense of humour (by text), likes my picture. Its been a while since I've dated (in English!) We are going for a drink, what should I do and ask?... (57 words)

How can I settle down with him knowing that he has feelings of wanting to be a female?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - I need some help and other opinions as i am so confused at to what to do at the moment. I will explain briefly the situation. I have been with my partner now for 3 years. When we met for the first couple of years the relationship was great! until he told me something about ... (717 words)

He says he's never felt like this. Was he being territorial with the love bite? Jealous of my friend? Or moving too soon to make it official?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I've been seeing a guy for a couple of weeks. We've seen each other most days... been on dates, I've been to his, met his parents. He goes out of his way to see me, treats me respectfully. We were in his bedroom, things were getting heated. He said If he touched somewher... (201 words)

How can I forget him? He lied to his ex, lied to me, cheated on me too.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 26-29 - I'm dating this guy who is three years older than me. He has broken my heart several times buh he comes back apologising. Yet lately i was told he was using me to forget his previous girl and he lied about everything and all the promises he made to me. Im really hurt, i ... (103 words)

She broke up because she says she needs to be alone. Will she come back? What if she doesn't want to come back?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I've been with this wonderful and amazing girl for 4 months and it was 100% happiness for both of us, she wanted to see me, I missed her, she missed me, it was passionate and there was soooo much love! It was perfect. I met her when we were both attending different High S... (396 words)

I love her but our attitudes to our children differ. She resents the time I spend with my sons. Can we make this relationship work?

This question has 14 answers - newest was posted 4275 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 51-59 - I have this dilemma. I think I know the answer, I think I know what's right. But, damn. I really need some some brutal honesty. I have been dating this 45 year old woman for over 18 months. She has 3 boys, I have 2 boys. Started as long distance, I moved to another state wi... (724 words)

We've been together a month. No sex yet. But why did he stop at the first try? What gives?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - I need advice on why a man I've been dating would start to have sex and stop - saying he is tired and then the next morning not take me up on my advances. We've been dating for just over three and 1/2 weeks - fairly intense - and we both agreed that we are not serial dater... (194 words)

My Ex Fiance, who also has Trust issues: Should I Leave her alone or try to contact her? She started showing interest again and then nothing.

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 36-40 - I have a situation going on currently at this time.. I started talking to my ex-fiance about about a month and a half ago, and everything was going fine we talked and went out a couple of times made out and everything seemed fine. Then all of a sudden she started to seem dis... (248 words)

Does it mean he's started taking me seriously? What are my feelings for him?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4279 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - Hi, So i have a best friend who lives in a different city. She has a very close friend (collegue) and i got introduced to him about 5 yrs ago by her. All these years i have met him only in a group and in the presence of my friend. I know everthing about hom and he knows ev... (375 words)

My girlfriend's dad walked in on us!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 26-29 - im 16, my girlfriend is also 16, she is 7 months older than me. i was at her house today in the garage and her dad walked in on us going at it and our pants had just pulled up before he could see anything and said to his daughter, "what are you doing?!" and she said, ... (142 words)

He left to do drugs while I was making him dinner. Am I wrong for being mad?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Okay so today I was hanging out with my boyfriend like normal, (we usually hang everyday) and hes a sweet heart. I really like him and maybe love him. But see the thing is he smokes weed, I don't really care about that but while I was making him dinner he got a phone call from ... (268 words)

How do I help my girlfriend with her self-esteem problem?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 36-40 - Hi agony aunts, I never know how to start these so I think I'll just go right into the problem. My girlfriend seems to have a self-esteem problem when it comes to being my girlfriend and doing the right thing for me and for us. It's starting to affect our relationship and... (1111 words)

How do I re-initiate contact with my old high school crush?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4261 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - a few months back i ran into an old high school crush. he was quite friendly, and gave me sight reason to believe he had been creeping my facebook profile. we had a short, but great conversation considering we hadn't seen each other since high school. we've been out for 2 ... (266 words)

My wife gives BJs instead of sex but I'm missing the "connection" between us both!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4279 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 51-59 - My wife is not interested in sex that much anymore. Maybe 1-2 times per month. However, her "easy way out" is to just give me a BJ once per week/every ten days or so. Is this normal? Although I love the BJ's, I feel I am missing the "connection" between us both. Thought... (63 words)

I'm feeling a bit rejected sexually, how do I find out what's going on?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4278 days ago

2 August 2012 (M)

age 41-50 - Hey Guys, i have been dating a girl i met online i'm 33 she is 26. we have been communicating for 2 months, had our first date about 6 weeks ago. We had sex on the 3rd and 4th date where she stayed over both times. It's now 3 weeks later and we had a 5th date ( took 2 week... (439 words)

Should I send him an email to tell him how I feel?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4279 days ago

2 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Hey everyone :) Just looking for some advice.......... Have been seeing a guy for about 2 months now and I really like him :) However he has gone away for work for about 3 months. Before he left it was still not clear to me where I stood with him and I hadn't told him how I ... (207 words)