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Feels like my Gf does not trust me. How can I cheer her up?

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23 May 2013 (M - "Dear Cupid", I just got a girlfriend about 2 weeks ago. We get along really well and we love being around each other because we can almost predict what the other one is thnkng, which I think is a massive improvement on how we acted around each ote...

He wants to get married and have children and I'm not sure yet. Do I stay and have kids or do I let him go?

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22 May 2013 (F - I have been together with a guy for two years. We live together and for the most part, things are fine. We come from different cultures and are quite different as people, but we get on well in many respects. I'm happy enough with him but he doesn't ...

My Wedding. Does any one have any solutions? I'm just terrified of everything and everything revolving around me

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22 May 2013 (F - Hi! So I dont really know what to do for this, but I'm afraid of my wedding. I'm not afraid of commitment or anything and Im not afraid to go to other peoples weddings- just afraid of my own. I start looking at venues or dresses and just panic. ...

Is there a lie I can make up to get myself out of this awkward situation or do I have to tell the truth?

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22 May 2013 (F - I recently meet a guy online and we've been on a few dates. I really like him and I see a future there and so does he. But I'm constantly sneaking behind my families back because I'm too ashamed to tell them I met someone online. I've met peo...

What should I do? But I have never felt so lonely in my entire life

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22 May 2013 (F - In Janurary I moved interstate to try something new, and to live with my mum for awhile. I left a few extremely close friends, a boyfriend, and a part-time promotions/modelling job to come up here and give it a try. I've found a full-time job, w...

Should I act on this. I can't get him out of my mind. It's been three years since we've seen or spoken to each other.

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22 May 2013 (F - Greetings everyone, I am unsure as to whether or not I should get back in contact with an old high school teacher. I truly enjoyed his class and his passion for teaching emitted in the classroom. He was attractive, and well respected by his coll...

What can I do, to stay strong, and stop myself texting him hurtful things?

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22 May 2013 (F - my boyfriend keeps leaving the house when we start arguing and saying its over. I struggled a lot just before we met with money being on my own working mininum wage and having two kids. He has helped me out but now throws it in my face. I've gone...

I feel like I ruined a good relationship between my family and boyfriend!

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21 May 2013 (F - hi, well i'm in this great mess. THe thing is I tend to fight and argue a lot with my family, so most of the time I'M angry with them and my dad used to allways talk shit and say really mean yhings about my boyfriend. SO yeah i ended up saying and ...

She's pregnant with the other guy's child, says she doesn't want him anymore but then why does she still have his photos, help!

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21 May 2013 (M - Please help me i had been dating for 9years with my girlfriend, I find out she was seeing someone else then i move out of our apartment i still love her a lot we even have a child together i find out she is pregnant with that guys child she told she ...

This girl seems a bit too interested in my fiance so after she hung up on me repeatedly I told my fiance he couldnt drive 5 hours to pick her up from the rodeo. Did I over-react?

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21 May 2013 (F - I have been living together with my boyfriend for 7 years now, we are engaged, he's very naive and always try to cheer people up if they look upset especially his female friends.. One of them is his step cousin, his step Dad brother's wife niece ...

It upsets me that my son won't speak to me. Should my parents be offering him special treats, even though he disrespects me?

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21 May 2013 (M - I've fallen out with my son, about 6 months ago. I'm perfectly willing to discuss whatever's bothering him, and try and resolve it. He's 20 ,and a very strong character. He simply won't speak to me. He sees my parents about once a week, and I...

Brothers girlfriend spreading rumours?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3 days ago

20 May 2013 (F - My brothers girlfriend has really started to annoy me. She previously went out with my fiancee's best friend, but they were only together for a week and he even said that he barely counts it as a relationship. She has told my brother that he has ...

My sister in laws children never listen to anything their told?

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

20 May 2013 (F - Dear Cupid, I am 18 weeks pregnant and experiencing LOADS of hormones. Please no judging on this questions because I know that if I wasn't pregnant and feeling all of these emotions that I would never be feeling like this. In every article I'...

Her family doesn't approve of us dating and its bleeding into our relationship

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

20 May 2013 (M - I'm really concerned about my girlfriend and the future of our relationship. The background is this: Her family has never approved of her very much. If she didn't get perfect grades, it was reason to ground her - and by that I mean confined to...

Mother in law blamed me for her son's change of behavior.

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3 days ago

20 May 2013 (F - My husband is a grown man he's 33years old 4 years older than me He was 30 when he join the Army and I was pregnant with our twins while he was gone. He's always a Momma's boy for the last 6 years we dated ( joint bank account with mom) his whole ...

I really love him but feel like running away. I can't cope with the fact that he had a daughter from a one night stand

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2 days ago

20 May 2013 (F - My boyfriend and I have been together since June 2012. He had a one night stand with a friend before we ever got together. Turns out she got pregnant. When she found out he he had denied being the father because she had slept with other guys too. ...

My only problem with him is his parents!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4 days ago

19 May 2013 (F - Let me start by saying my partner and I are 27 and 28. We have pretty much the perfect relationship. We never argue, fight, lie or hide anything from eachother. We are so happy together. We have had problems in the past from outside influences but ...

My boyfriend has a one way ticket and is trying to sell all his stuff!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4 days ago

19 May 2013 (F - My boyfriend and i have been together for 5 years and have for the last 6 months or so been having some issues, out of frustrationa and feeling hurt from all his bullying antics i told him i wanted him leave. We spoke about it again after and i topd ...

I need help chatting up this girl!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4 days ago

19 May 2013 (M - Whats the best way to get the attention of a girl I really like? I like this one girl who everyone of my close friends says I should be with because ot "seems right". We have been friends since the age of 5. Our parents are close friends. She is ...

Should I confront my ex-bestfriend who is now sleeping with my soon to be ex-husband?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2 days ago

19 May 2013 (F - My best friend and my husband are now lovers. She left her husband, he left me. She has two kids and we have one. She and he have discussed kicking me out of our family home and them moving in. I suspected something was going on for so long...

My mother in law expects me to wait on her hand and foot just because I'm married to her son

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 5 days ago

18 May 2013 (F - Dear Cupids I am a troubled woman. I am staying with my mother in law but I have so much bitterness and unresolved issues with her. I decided to stop calling my mum in law last month because she would harass me each time I called her and made lif...

My ex is trying to change, should I get back together with him? How do I tell my mom?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4 days ago

18 May 2013 (F - I broke up with my fiancé in late January this year. I loved and still do love him dearly. I left him because I was unhappy about many things about how he chose to live his life. he chose to hang out with loser drug addicts and got himself ...

I yelled at her and due to her past it's left her feeling traumatized. Now she's ignored me for 2 days. How can I make things right?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 5 days ago

18 May 2013 (M - in need of help... two nights ago, out of frustration and in the heat of the moment, i slightly raised my voice at my girlfriend of 6 months. this was the first time I ever did that. I simply got upset over something involving us. later on i...

Should I be worried that she is cheating on me? Or am I just being insecure?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

18 May 2013 (M - I have been hurt in the past by women and 3 months ago I met this girl who I think is the most amazing girl I've ever met in my entire life, she is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the out. I want to spend the rest of my life with her. s...

My husband is very controlling and dismissive

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4 days ago

18 May 2013 (F - Hello, I was was wondering if I could get some help here. My husband is very controlling. He refuses to listen to any ideas I have, and plans our weeks the ways he wants them. He will not see movies I want to see, or go to any social events I ...

She is too scared of her parents to be more than friends

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6 days ago

17 May 2013 (M - Hello all. I'm in need for some relationship advice as I'm here stuck an don't know what to do. I've been dating this one girl for 7 months now an its a long distance relationship. The reason why we never met is because she's to afraid to tell h...

Am I demasculated pushover?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

17 May 2013 (M - Hey everyone, this is something that plaeged me growing up and especially in my teen and college years. Despite the fact that I love him to death, my Father seems to fit the bill for the "Nice Guy" profile while I grew up in the far more than sim...

My boyfriend and I want different things from life.

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

17 May 2013 (F - I am totally and utterly confused. I have been with my boyfriend 6 years. Things in the beginning were up and down. It wasn't perfect. He was very selfish, put his friends first, went out a lot, twice i found dirty messages on his phone an...

How do you cope with not having a proper family?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

17 May 2013 (F - To cut a long story short, I grew up with an abusive single mother (I never knew my dad) and the few extended family members I have always took my mother's side on everything. My siblings are extremely toxic and have done everything possible (even ...

How do I ask my parents permission to stay over at my Bf's house so I can meet his parents?

This question has 19 answers - newest was posted yesterday

17 May 2013 (F - Me and my boyfriend have been together for nearly three months. We met through my friend going out with his friend (kinda complicated but that's the basics). I'm 17 and he's 19. He's met my parents and he wants me to meet his, and they're really ...

How does one overcome an awful childhood and the lack of a loving homelife?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

17 May 2013 (F - I grew up with a single mother (my dad left when I was very little) and two sisters who dropped out of school due to getting pregnant. I was raised on a council estate, but it was in a really nice little town down South (leaving out the name so ...

I feel unwanted and unworthy of being in my family. What can I do to distance myself as much as possible and not just revert back to "forgiving" them and letting them continue it?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 4 days ago

17 May 2013 (F - My parents are ALWAYS on my case and never follow through when telling my 14yo brother to do something. It sounds petty, but it's constant and my brother takes advantage of it and shoves it in my face. If I could afford to move out, I would, but I'm ...

What age do most guys start thinking about a commitment to one person?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

17 May 2013 (F - Is it wrong that I don't feel like its problem that I don't have a relationship at 23? I feel pressured by my family to find a man that I can get serious with. They see hanging out with random guys as a waste of time unless they have long term ...

Girlfriend's mom had a health scare and now she drops everything for mom!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2 days ago

17 May 2013 (M - My GF needs some help and I'm not sure what I can do. I've been with her 4 years and everything has been good. We're compatible, we resolve disagreements quick, etc. I'm not going to bore you with a list of how great things usually are... ...

My husband doesn't understand his ex-wife and her daughter are manipulating him

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 7 days ago

16 May 2013 (? - hi,im 34 myparthners 52. we have 3 kids together. i love him but for some strange reason he thinks I don't love him but I love his money or etc. hes terribly wrong! he lived with his ex for 20 years.they have no kids together.we would have a har...

Does my child's father have any rights? Hasn't paid support and his name isn't on the birth certificate

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

16 May 2013 (F - Hi i have a son who is nearly 5 his dad has never seen him he told me to have a abortion or he was going to get someone to make me miscarry i had my son and brought him up alone but his dad has tried to get in contact with me he has nit paid a penny ...

How can I help my grandad fulfill his dreams when my family is standing in the way?

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16 May 2013 (F - My grandad is 86. He has prostate cancer, dementia, severe arthritis, can barely walk or sit up on his own and has been in and out of hospital recently for traces of pneumonia in his lungs which are now (fingers crossed) gone. I would like to cr...

Do you think parents who do not want to take responsibility for their children should be let scot free for the sake of peace?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 8 days ago

15 May 2013 (F - I have a 10 year old daughter with my ex. My ex has not been seeing the child nor supporting her financially. I took him to court for child maintenance, and he was ordered. He only paid few times and has completely stopped. I work and can somehow ...

I think my Sis FWB guy likes me!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 8 days ago

15 May 2013 (F - Help aunts! Ok so my sis is in a FWB with this guy. Hes telling her he loves her and that they should become a couple. She sayin she likes him and that she cares. Now the problem is, about 1 month and a half ago my sis FWB guy text me. Hes say...

Is this how brother in laws are? I don't like mine!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 8 days ago

15 May 2013 (F - Hello this isn't a relationship question but I need advice because I really dislike my brother in law who is married to my sister, I just want to slowly cut all contact with them. I know this doesn't make much sense but he treats her very badly, she ...

My Mother, Computer, And I. Do I have a computer addiction forming?

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15 May 2013 (M - modnote: if anyone can suggest what "regetong"? means then please post the word. Neglecting perhaps? Hey i need help again. Lately ive been obsessed with my computer and ive been regetong? my mom and my chores lately. I usually spend my time on...

Is the way I'm treated by my father control or abuse?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 9 days ago

14 May 2013 (F - Hello i have a difficult father i found out from the a young age that i could not trust him as he used to twist my words just to be always right. It broke me to have a father i cant trust so i limited my conversations with him but he would create ...

I should be happy I've been dumped by my abusive ex but I don't know how to stop wanting him back! Help!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 8 days ago

14 May 2013 (F - Dear Cupid My verbally and emotionally abusive bf of 3 years dumped me yesterday. I know i should be relieved that i wont be abused anymore. I dont need to walk on egg shells around him anymore and i dont have to scared everytime he calls me or i...

I feel trapped in our relationship and his porn addiction is just breaking my heart!

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14 May 2013 (F - I would really love some advice from men and women. I have been with my boyfriend for 8 years. He is my 1st true relationship I'm 27 an he is 26. We got together when we were 18. I told him from the beginning that i was not okay with porn. He always ...

Do you stay out of the financial decisions your fiance makes with his children from another marriage?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

13 May 2013 (F - We live together. My fiance has two adult children from his first marriage. His son has a nice job and a new girlfriend. His son moved out of his apartment with his last girlfriend...he broke it off with her. His son is now moving into an ...

There were five condoms in the drawer and now there are none!

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13 May 2013 (F - Hello my question is my baby father had like 5 condoms for one we don't use them I check his draw beside every time and seen he had them now its empty my suggest to any women what would you but he doesn't know that I even know about. I've worried ...

Sister and husband had an affair, and I am expected to act all happy at family gatherings!

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

13 May 2013 (F - Dear Cupid, I'd married my first love for more than 10 years. we have one college daughter. Few years ago, I found out he cheated with my younger sister. I filed for a divorce, but never left our house beacause he was begging, crying ...

He's a bit eccentric, can't take him home to meet my parents, there isn't much sexual attraction. But he's lovely and everything I want. What to do?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 10 days ago

13 May 2013 (F - What would people do in this situation? I met this guy he is everything I want but.. there isn't much sexual attraction and the other thing is he is way too eccentric to take home to my parents. I'd be embarassed. He says things loudly which he sho...

My husband tried to hook up with my sister!

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12 May 2013 (F - My husband and I have been married for 2 years. We aslo have to kids. Recently I found out that he has been talking to my sister. He told her that he doesnt love me anymore. He loves her. That he wanted to be with her if she would give him a chance ...

My baby daddy has a new girlfriend but wont let me live my own life!

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12 May 2013 (F - I have kids with a guy. And he has a new girlfriend but he still sends me flowers. And cards, still texts me he misses me. And I have started dating someone new. I have told my boyfriend and he is mad. I can't stop talking to him or cut him out of ...

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