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Archived questions from: April, 2008 (see latest in The ex-factor category)

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I now have to work with two people I have previously slept with, how do I keep it cool?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 253 days ago

30 April 2008 (F - I'll probably get judged as a complete slapper here (understandable)....but please give me some good advice before judgement. I know, i know....it's my own fault. I'm a student, and done temping work last summer for a great firm. I loved it, and ...

When do you give up? Am I over-reacting?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 252 days ago

30 April 2008 (F - Help! I take psych medications for depression and anxiety so I dont always know if I am overreacting to something or getting being too nice and always question myself. So I am please asking for advice I am so angry and hurt! My bf of almost three ...


   

I needed time to heal, so I cut all contact. Could she be the one who calls and hangs up without a word?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 253 days ago

30 April 2008 (M - Hi, About 3 months ago, I recently parted from a long distance relationship of 4 months. I reluctantly agreed to friendship as my partner didn't want a relationship at the time. We sent a "hello" text once a week from then on and a few emails a...

My ex broke up with me when I revealed my secret, I'm not handling it very well, help!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 209 days ago

30 April 2008 (F - i dont want to stop loving my ex. we broke up a month ago i really believed we were perfect together, best friends but i kept a secret from him for a year. last year his friend tried it on with me but i said no. i knew this would hurt my bf so i ...

How can I get out of this secret affair without hurting people? I

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 253 days ago

30 April 2008 (F - Hi, I already posted this question once and only got two responses-please help!!!! I have a partner of two years and we recently split (about six months ago) for a short period of time. During this time, I was really low on confidence and s...

   

I don't love my cheating hubby but my secret relationship with my ex is going nowhere!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 253 days ago

30 April 2008 (F - I was blissfully married until last year when i bumped into my ex boyfriend who i had left 20years ago when i went to study abroad. He was my first love and his also married but when we meet we get very intimate. He says we are only friends and that ...

What can I do to stop these dreams about my ex and just move on?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 253 days ago

30 April 2008 (F - I broke up with my ex about 6 months ago. I've been having "nightmares" about him lately, despite not being n contact with him for 5 months. Summary: Together 3 years, 2 of which he was a homeless and jobless and various friends and family (incl...

My ex is text-pesting me what do I do?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 254 days ago

30 April 2008 (F - My boyfriend broke up with me about three years ago and he has been somewhat of an annoyance for about two years. Initially when he broke up with me he said that he has changed and did not feel the same way he once did about me. That was really hard ...

I have mixed feelings about this, will my feelings change if he chooses me?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 253 days ago

30 April 2008 (F - Hi I am a young 22 yr old single mom. I am very scared because I met a married man who is ten yrs older than I am. I'm not scared because I met him but because when we talked for the first time it was for hours. We have so much in common and he is ...

Why doesn't he call me his girlfriend? Is he ashamed of me?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 244 days ago

29 April 2008 (F - I've been dating a guy for a year and 7 months. We have the same interests (but not too many as to keep the relationship intersting), we talk for hours on the phone, he takes me to special places I've never been before, etc. I've hung out with his ...

What is a reasonable deadline to set for him to file for divorce?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 252 days ago

29 April 2008 (F - Last year I got involved with a man - a good friend of many of my close friends. I didn't date him for several months after I met him because he is still married. His wife was serving a 3 year jail sentence. Eventually I got to know him more, and we ...

I would like to end my fixation on my ex and start dating again!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 233 days ago

29 April 2008 (M - My ex and I have a very long history (about six years) of on-off dating. For the last year she has been going out with someone else and seemed very happy. I have (or had) just gotten to the point of being over her and happy with my life, albeit ...

I cant seem to get over the fact that his last girlfriend was a stripper!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 254 days ago

29 April 2008 (F - My boyfriend and I have been together for over a year now but i cant seem to get over the fact that his last girlfriend was a stripper. Something about it always makes me sick to my stomach. Whenever i think about it or hear something about a ...

How can I miss someone who dumped me because I wasnt ready for sex with him?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 251 days ago

29 April 2008 (F - I know this may sound stupid but I'm not sure if what my now ex bf did to me was right or wrong. I am wondering if he was trying to pressure me into sex or not? Is it possible he didnt realise what he was doing was wrong or considered pressure? ...

He's back but acts like he doesn't want me anymore!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 254 days ago

29 April 2008 (F - please help, i work with this lad and we started going out, and it was great but i met another lad and we were together 10 months. But he became weird with me and after i fell pregnant and i wanted to keep it and he didn't so made me abort, i knew ...

I broke up with her, she found someone else, now I want her back , help me!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 255 days ago

29 April 2008 (M - Its been 4 months since me and my ex broke up, i broke up with her but i realized i made the worst mistake of my life but as soon as i went to get her back i found out she started a new relationship. I think about her day and night, and i don...

I feel like my boyfriend compares everything I do to all the other girls he's been with...?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 254 days ago

29 April 2008 (F - i feel like whenever i try to give my boyfriend a blowjob.. i cant live up to the other girls he's been with..considering he's my first i just always feel like im being compared... and i realzie it makes me feel insecure about myself expeciall...

We split up, and he wants to see me again,should I? I'm still in love with him

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 193 days ago

29 April 2008 (F - My ex and I broke up about 6 months ago. We were together about two years and things ended pretty rough. Anyhow now we are both dating other people and I haven't heard from him in about a month, but I got online tonight as he asked if I would like ...

I know it was wrong but I looked in my girlfriend's phone and I felt destroyed!!

This question has 19 answers - newest was posted 252 days ago

28 April 2008 (M - My girlfriend and I have have been having the time of our lives over the past 8 months. I'm 48 and she's 45. We're both very much in love, and then last week I saw a dramatic change in her. Even in the bedroom she was cold. Something she has alwa...

I'm trying to move on, but can't get my ex out of my mind. What do I do?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 255 days ago

28 April 2008 (F - I am insecure about a past relationship and am stuck in between the decision of getting back together with him. We dated for around a year and we're in love, still are even though we aren't together anymore. It was a pretty rocky relationship whic...

We had an affair while she was in a relationship, should I give her space after her recent break up?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 255 days ago

28 April 2008 (M - Just after some advice on a confusing situation! I'll try to keep it quick. I walked away from an affair i had with a girl who was in a relationship. It was very intense emotonally and physically but was a dirty secret. We both are good people but ...

Is it appropriate for a married man to be in touch with an ex from long before?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 255 days ago

28 April 2008 (F - is it appropriate for a married man to still be calling an ex from 15 years ago?...

There is life after ex's and I have got to go and make a life for myself!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 255 days ago

28 April 2008 (F - i feel so stupid, my partner (ex as from now) has been texting another woman for 2 weeks and i didnt know. when we got together she was just a friend and i didnt want to date him cause of this, then i did and i thought that whatever they had between ...

Should I ask him how things are going with his new girlfriend? I've heard they've not been getting along well...

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 255 days ago

28 April 2008 (F - Hi, my ex has been dating this other girl for a few months now, but recently they have been arguing a lot and last week he told one of my best friends that he didnt know what to do or how to feel, he said he didnt want to speak to me because he ...

My ex is now back with her ex and they may be getting married! What should I do?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 239 days ago

28 April 2008 (M - hi, my girlfriend broke up with some months back simply because she heard from people things we had together without confronting me to confirm if it was true or not (i got to know about this from her friend). now she's gone back to her ex, i heard ...

How could she be happy and having fun after completely breaking my heart?!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 255 days ago

28 April 2008 (M - Ok so I have a problem. I know its just stupid but I was dating this girl for about 6 months and she broke up with me over the phone right before I had to be at work and she never gave me a reason or anything like that. I never had any closure to ...

Is it ok to date your friends ex?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 256 days ago

27 April 2008 (? - I have a friend she went out with this guy somtime this year but it's been over for a while ok. Now I think I'm starting to like him a bit .... I want to know if it's ok to like your friends ex and if I do tell her about it how do I tell her .I do...

I think I could trust him but it seems like he brought up the sex topic too soon, especially that he still lives with his ex! Your advice?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 256 days ago

27 April 2008 (F - hey everybody! Thank you for taking to time to read my question. I met this guy about a month ago and he really likes me. I enjoy being around him and we have a lot in common. He enjoys being around me too. However yesterday he brought up the s...

I feel so guilty that I betrayed my girlfriend -how can I forgive myself?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 256 days ago

27 April 2008 (M - i am a betrayer.i betrayed my girlfriend somewhat 2 weeks back. Actually, i had a girlfriend in india some 7 years back.i came back to my country(nepal) to continue my college.We couldnot maintain regular communication in middle but got 2-3 letters ...

Found out my ex-girlfreind was a swinger and had an open marriage before me. Too much drama for me, what'd you do?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 188 days ago

27 April 2008 (M - First off my ex-wife and i both agreed that we would never bring any other person into our bedroom, no threesomes, foursomes, gangbangs or any other thing like that. We are both too jealous to do that I guess, but i know everybody on here has the ...

He has ne gf now so why is he still coming back to me?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 257 days ago

27 April 2008 (F - I need help figuring out my situation. My bf of 6 years and I broke up last summer. He began dating someone else and I know they met before he broke up with me. We didn't see each other for a month, then it was every once in a while and now for ...

What will he think of my new hairdo?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 257 days ago

26 April 2008 (F - I feel great!! Went to the hairdresser and got a new hairdo. I've always cut my hair in the past but just decided I wanted something different after all these years with the same look. Also, it's distracting me in a nice way from obsessing with my a...

I became closed after my first relationship (with a manipulator) and it's affecting my current relation. How do I learn to GIVE again?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 257 days ago

26 April 2008 (F - I need help learning to love and give again... When I was younger (18) I was involved in a relationship with someone much older. It took 3 years to figure out that he was someone with big issues and my continous pouring of love into the relatio...

I don't want to abandon him while he destroys himself, but at the same time I don't want to destroy myself!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 257 days ago

26 April 2008 (F - I'm having serious issues with my ex. He broke up with me because of his low self-esteem and his misplaced belief that I am too young for him. I was absolutely devastated, still am, because it was the last think I expected and I thought we were ...

What should I do to break the ice and get my ex to talk to me again?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 257 days ago

26 April 2008 (M - what should i do to break the ice and get her to talk to me again? Me and my ex have a complicated history, weve dated twice and it hasnt really worked out, i really care about her even now 9 months on.Shes my first and only real love. Anyhow...

I finished with him because he was mean so why am I bothered he is with some one else now?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 258 days ago

26 April 2008 (F - my ex, who i finished with 2 months ago because he was a bastard to me, slept wiv somone else lastnite and for sum reason I feel gutted. I feel like im gonna cry. I think that they are seeing each other as well. The thing that makes it worse is that ...

What does it mean when your ex calls you rather late at night after being out with another girl socially?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 240 days ago

26 April 2008 (F - My ex and I broke up about two months ago. We have known eachother for a year and dated for 9 months. He has been going out with or flirting with a couple of different girls, one in particular, and last night he called me late, after being out at a ...

I like my ex's best friend, should I tell him how I feel?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 258 days ago

25 April 2008 (F - I kinda like my ex-boyfriend's friend, what should i do? the one i like got me and my ex together. we are sort of friends, but he's in 8th grade. i need help! should i go up to him and tell him i like him or what? ...

How do I know if she had sex with him before we married?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 256 days ago

25 April 2008 (M - sir actaually i got married six months before.before to marriege my fiance told me one day that she was a relationship with a boy and they were only best friends not more then that.now their relation is broke up. i was not having any problem on this ...

I'm finding it impossible to move on given I mentally lived the dream!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 227 days ago

25 April 2008 (M - I got back in touch with my 'first love' after 26 years. She is divorced and I'm unhappily married. We had a wonderful time together and I decided that I'd leave my wife, however, a family tragedy occured and then I was taken very ill. To cut a ...

Why doesn't my husband's brother and wife invite us to their parties? Is it because of me??

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 258 days ago

25 April 2008 (F - My husband's brother and his wife never invite us anywhere. They have parties and get togethers and we aren't invited. I personally think it is because I used to date a guy that is in their "circle", but what is odd is that they were never frie...

I have arranged for my ex to sleep with my friend at my place, should I go out?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 258 days ago

25 April 2008 (M - Hey all, I'm in a situation where i don't know have much experience in. My ex g/f and I are on good terms, and we occasionally meet up and still have great sex! Although she has only had experience with a different guy before she dated me. She i...

I like this guy, but he reminds me of my abusive ex.

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 258 days ago

25 April 2008 (F - My ex bf was emotionally abusive and very narrcissistic. He was a very sarcastic person and would never show any sympathy, he would just be sarcastic. I have met a new guy and I like him but part of me feels like he reminds me of my abusive ex. He ...

BF in contact with ex-fiancee often and recent - What to do?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 258 days ago

25 April 2008 (F - Please Help! My BF of three years says he loves me but I think he loves the talents I have decorating and sex and such and he loves having me as a companion! He says he loves me but I just found out that he has been in touch with his ex-fiancee by ...

We're on a break but her nan just died, should I go to the funeral and comfort her?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 258 days ago

25 April 2008 (M - Hi back again..... "Hi My girlfriend of a year and a half just told me she wants to go on a break, she says she rushed into the relationship and had just finished a 6 month one and she says she now need time to think and be on her own,...

Is my sex problems wiuth curent boyfriend due to an abusive ex?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 258 days ago

25 April 2008 (F - I don't understand what is going on with my body. My boyfriend insists that it is him, I keep telling him that it isn't him. When I was with my ex-husband he wanted me to have sex with him every night or he wouldn't let me go to sleep until he got ...

How do I find the courage to tell my ex to stay away? He keeps contacting me!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 180 days ago

25 April 2008 (? - How do I find the courage to tell my ex to stay away? I was with my ex for 18 years, we lived together for 10 years and have been finished for the last 3 years. My ex was always unhappy with the relationship, (especially the sexual frequency...

My boyfriend is damaged by his ex and afraid to let me in. What can I do?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 256 days ago

25 April 2008 (F - Hi, My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost three months and the first month was absolutely perfect. He was very attentive, called and texted me often, and also did a lot of PDA. The first half of the second month went easily. Then as ...

Should I try to revive my relation with the ex, in spite of my friends and family that may disagree?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 259 days ago

24 April 2008 (M - I have become close again with my ex-girlfriend. I love her to bits and always have and i think she wants to start something up again as we kissed the other day. She broke up with me 6 months ago because we kept arguing. We now have different frie...

My partner cheated on his past girlfriends with one ex in particular. I keep thinking if he's changed since we are together!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 255 days ago

24 April 2008 (F - My boyfriend reassures me all the time that he loves me and i'm the one he wants to be with. He even talks about marriage already. But I still have doubts about his faithfulness. See, he had a lot of girlfriends before me but there is this on...

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