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Archived questions from: July, 2016 (see latest in Troubled relationships category)

Troubled relationships: Help and advice

How can I approach this guy at work to see if he's interested in dating me?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2802 days ago

31 July 2016 (F) - I've been working with this guy for a year now and I just recently connected with him because we work in a factory that's very loud and fast paced. He always said hi to me before we started talking because he thought I was cute and I never had a gu...

My girlfriend won't let me touch her. What do I do?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 2813 days ago

31 July 2016 (M) - Hi there. I'm looking for some guidance. I've been seeing a girl for a couple of months now and she barely touches me. I think I should maybe point out I am a very affectionate guy. I know I have a very high sex drive. My previous relation...

Will moving to another state bring me to a happier place than all the drama I've endure here?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2818 days ago

31 July 2016 (F) - Hey I need some advice Lately I've been going through alot of bad things. I know it's life and everyone goes through things some point. But I feel like it's only me at the moment. I'm extremely frustrated!!!! I've never been this frustrated bef...

He demonstrated flakiness in the past. Yet now he's given me his number? Can I trust him, this time?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2817 days ago

30 July 2016 (F) - The first time he was supposed to call me after he gets off work at 3pm to finalize our plans but I didn't hear from him untill 10:00pm, something had came up on his end. He apologize profusely and asked how he can make it up to me. Subsquently,he...

What's his problem? My father is rude and abrasive to me. Yet treats my sister with respect and helpfulness?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2819 days ago

29 July 2016 (F) - I am a young adult still living at home with my parents. I get along with my mother, she is like my best friend and a wonderful mother and she sees what my father has been doing to me and her. My father is just horrible to me for no reason. I ha...

My mother is abusive and makes things out to be my fault when its actually her!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2819 days ago

29 July 2016 (M) - I am a 22 year old male and I've had problems with my mother ever since I can remember. My mom is a very abusive person who yells and belittles me all the time, takes her anger out on me, etc. and then turns around and says I am the one with the ...

My boyfriend struggles with lusting after other women

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2820 days ago

28 July 2016 (F) - My boyfriend struggles a lot with lusting after other women. He sees beautiful women and wants to be with them and gets jealous of their partners if these women are with someone else. He then ends up feeling really terrible about lusting after other ...

Our relationship is falling apart ever since I lost the baby

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2818 days ago

28 July 2016 (F) - Hello all, I am looking for some non judgemental relationship advice. I am 16 my boyfriends 17. We've been together 9 months. 3 months ago I found out I was pregnant. It was a total accident I was actually on birth control at the time (before anyone ...

What are some good tips and ideas to help get started on repairing the trust I broke with my husband when I cheated?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2818 days ago

27 July 2016 (F) - I have cheated on my husband and I told him about it, it broke him completely and he is just hanging on by a thread with what little piece of heart he has left. He feels that our whole marriage of 2 years has been a lie because I broke that vow a...

Ignored at my best friends wedding and the year leading up to it.

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2818 days ago

27 July 2016 (F) - My friend of 20 years got married at the weekend. A year ago she got engaged and I was saddened that I read it on Facebook- she used to pick up the phone and tell me news visa versa. It has been a one sided friendship for many years- I'll invite her ...

My mother-in-law is terrible to my wife! Should I say something or stay out of it?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2821 days ago

27 July 2016 (M) - My 73 year old mother-in-law has always been manipulative. Back when I was dating my wife 20 years ago she would guilt trip her into coming to visit for months at a time and bribe her with gifts to stay if necessary. That really hurt our developi...

I just want to be happy for my sister, not jealous!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2819 days ago

27 July 2016 (F) - So this could end up making me seem like a mean person so if that happens I apologize in advance. So I got a text today from my older sister announcing that she is pregnant. We've had a rocky relationship for the past 8 years,she's made some pre...

I feel guilty that I got involved with him when all he wanted was to sleep with me

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2823 days ago

26 July 2016 (F) - Hi, I met a guy over a dating site and it was my first ever date , I always wanted a serious relationship and he said he wished for the same...he was really good to me and it was love at first sight for me, I was really serious about him,,as days ...

I'm worried about my son's safety while at his father's family homes

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2823 days ago

26 July 2016 (F) - Im a 26 year old single mother of a 8 month old beautiful baby boy. I have never been married. The father of my child and i have recently broken up which offically ended the relationship. I have a few concerns about coustaty. Mt sons father is c...

Why do men act the way they do ? Not replying? Changing plans at last minute?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2822 days ago

26 July 2016 (F) - Im hoping a few men will reply to this. I want to know why men do and say things the way they do . If a woman asks a basic question like how you doing fancy meeting up next week ? and the man has seen the message but doesnt reply and its been 5 d...

I want to make it work but he's not helping by being inconsiderate

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 2824 days ago

26 July 2016 (F) - I need help with a fairly new relationship that I really want to work long term. We've been together only 4 months but have known each other for over 10 years. We don't live close enough to each other to see each other on anything other than the w...

How do you look after and help the depressed love of your life?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2823 days ago

26 July 2016 (F) - My partner of two and a half years is severely depressed and struggling with day to day things. Our relationship is on its last legs, we're holding on to memories through this difficult stage. He is irritable and angry all the time and takes it...

I do love him, but was I right to break up with this man who is childish and one sided in his behaviour towards me?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2824 days ago

25 July 2016 (F) - I have been with my boyfriend for over 6 years and he recently broke up with me. He has a total of 6 kids and I have only 1, all of his kids are grown except for 2 whose ages are 16 and 9. He gets them every other weekend, so I thought I would ...

I feel we have a blessed life. Yet due to his responses I ask, am I married to a narcissist?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2823 days ago

25 July 2016 (F) - I am wondering if I am married to a narcissist? I have been with my husband for ten years and I have never cried so much in my life than I have in these ten years. When someone says you are lucky to have the wife you have or your wife is bea...

Porn and masturbation and the ex. How can I raise these issues with him with it escalating to his usual angry response of, none of your business?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2795 days ago

25 July 2016 (F) - My bf have been together for 4 years on and on, mostly just seeing each other on the weekends. With in those 4 years I have been on my edge with him knowing he Jacks off every morning watching porn or some sort activities with porn on his computer...

Does my obliging nature cause women to think I'm too boring a guy, for them?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2823 days ago

25 July 2016 (M) - Am I boring in relationships, I like going out dancing to live bands, taking walks in parks, going shopping,going to movies, holding hands, nice places to go eat, I like cooking, if a woman needs help at her place, I can do a lot when it comes to ...

I'm so sick of the games that my husband's ex has been playing. When will this stop?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2822 days ago

25 July 2016 (F) - When do the games stop?Do we have to grin and bear it? I have a situation where my husband and I have been married for twenty years. My whole marriage the ex has been in the picture with his family. I came along 2 years after they were divorced. ...

I dislike my boyfriend because he's low-income and I have to keep providing for him.

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2824 days ago

25 July 2016 (F) - Is it wrong for me to dislike my boyfriend because he is low income? I live with both parents who have good jobs and I get allowance. I should be getting a job at the age of 20 but I am in college. My boyfriend is 23 and in college as well but ...

If I can't control my moods I'll lose him

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2824 days ago

24 July 2016 (F) - I don't even know where to start, I lost my mum at the beginning of the year and ever since then I feel my life spiralling out of control. Especially my relationship, I have the best boyfriend in the world and I'm not 100 per cent sure why he's st...

I want to help my troubled lover

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2822 days ago

24 July 2016 (F) - I spilt with my husband 6 months ago and met a wonderful man online. We've been together 2 months but two very intense wonderful months and just click. He was in a 20 year relationship previously which ended very abruptly (not his choice) he was ...

Boyfriend of 10 years didn't bring me back a gift from his Usa vacation. Am I spoiled?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2825 days ago

24 July 2016 (F) - NB Previous question didn't go through I don't think. Boyfriend of ten yes ten years standing has just returned from USA and didn't bring me a single thing back! Don't get me wrong I wasn't expecting a side of American beef but just a tiny slice of ...

Should I text to ask where his head is at as I'm confused or just leave him to it?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2825 days ago

24 July 2016 (F) - Hi aunts. Am after a perspective as to weather I this situation is a waste of time and a dead loss. Been with a man for 18 months. LDR. We have a lot of problems but we have tried to talk them through and find a way forward. Most recently we were...

I was swept off my feet, then devalued and then discarded with no emotions

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2825 days ago

24 July 2016 (F) - Was I targeted by a sociopath? I met a 45 yr old guy online. It turned out we had many mutual fb friends. One of my exs was actually a friend of his. On our 2 nd date he'd told me he told him he'd met me. By our 3rd date he'd said he wanted more tha...

Did he really want to date me? Or is it the cable that he wanted to watch? How do I hint that I want to go out with him?

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 2823 days ago

24 July 2016 (F) - Help .... I'm dating a guy who only wants to sit on my sofa and watch tv... How do I hint to him that I want to go out ??? We have been dating a month I have known him for years he is a friend of a cousin , in one month we have only gone out 3 ...

Cheating. How do I respond to this? I really loved this girl, and was going to propose to her

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 2824 days ago

23 July 2016 (M) - Well me and my gf are both 26 years old and have been with each other for the past 4 years. Met her in my last year of College and have been with her since. We started living together about 3 months of getting together and everything was lovely, ...

How can I stop caring about what people say about me?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2824 days ago

23 July 2016 (F) - This is a tough question as I have spend most of my young and early adult life caring about what people think- my life revolves around other people's opinions and how to be a people pleaser - most recently I have gotten a great corporate job and it ...

I'm in a committed relationship, so how do I stop thinking about a past love?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2824 days ago

22 July 2016 (F) - Hello, I am at the age where everyone I know is getting engaged, married, having kids... I am in a serious relationship going on 3 years this September. I love him, I do, and we have talked about marriage. We live together, we have pets togeth...

Should I bale from this new relationship?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2827 days ago

22 July 2016 (F) - Hi, I am in a new relationship and my boyfriend has suddenly changed. He is not the sweet, caring guy that I got to know. He's become very withdrawn and hardly speaks to me via call or text, even in person! Though he is always on his phone when I...

Job centre compliance officer meeting. Has anyone else ever been in the same situation? Think the ex may have maliciously tried to undermine me

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2827 days ago

22 July 2016 (F) - hi everyone im a single parent to 2 young children i split up with there dad as he was useless and didnt bother with them i received a letter from the dwp to go for a meeting at the local jobcentre in 2 weeks time it was from a compliance office...

How many times can I keep bringing this to his attention before he gets that he's hurting me?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2733 days ago

22 July 2016 (F) - I've been going out with my b/f for 3 years. He makes plans to do things with me then changes the plans if something else comes up. He'll say I don't do it on purpose but I feel like i'm only good enough if something else doesn't come up. When I ...

Could this be the end of our marriage ?.

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2824 days ago

22 July 2016 (F) - I love my husband. We've been together for almost 15 years. We are in our late 30's now and don't have any kids (we both agree on that). We have weathered many storms (financial difficulties, moving away from our country of origin...) and s...

No longer feel any love from him

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2828 days ago

21 July 2016 (F) - I fear I have been deceived by my current partner who chops and changes his mind with the wind. Possibly he has been under the influence of another person but when he is near me he doesn't like anything about me and then he expects me to love him...

My partner lives in the old days!

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2829 days ago

20 July 2016 (F) - both me and my partner both work my partner thinks he lives in the old days thinks its down to the woman to do all the chores and dinner and gardening i feel this is very unfair he wants to get married and im undecided with way our relationship is ...

He likes rough sex, I don't! Am I being unreasonable or is he?

This question has 15 answers - newest was posted 2829 days ago

20 July 2016 (F) - I recently started a relationship with a guy I met 4 months ago. We went out a few times in the last 4 months before deciding we wanted to give a relationship a go. We recently started having sex and it turns out that he is really into rough sex and ...

Does he really not realize he was wrong to take off without coming over my house ? Does he believe his own lies?

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 2828 days ago

20 July 2016 (F) - I have been dating a guy for a month and 1/2 who told me right from the start he is bipolar. At least once a week he will do something such as make plans with me and then just go off with somebody else and not even call me to let me know. He wil...

Recently found out about a fling my Bf had. Is it wrong to want to know these things?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2830 days ago

20 July 2016 (F) - I recently found out my boyfriend had a fling with a girl on holiday not long after we started going out. We had been together for a couple of months, and we were still in the early stages of our relationship. We have been together for 3 y...

How can I find someone else at my age? Why is she ripping my family apart ?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2830 days ago

19 July 2016 (F) - I think my husband of 12 years is having an affair. Myself and my hubby are in the same job but work at different locations. One of our colleagues told me she was concerned about how much help and time he was spending with a client. Anytime s...

Ex girlfriend agreed to meet next month. Now what?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2826 days ago

19 July 2016 (M) - My ex and I dated for 2.5 years, where in the process I let myself go mentally to places I never should have, and I refused to seek help for my emotional issues until recently. I ended up breaking her heart by lying to her, throwing her und...

My boyfriend has ignored me for 3 days and blocked me from contacting him!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2830 days ago

19 July 2016 (F) - First of all a bit of background information. Me and my boyfriend have been together for nearly 2 years and our relationship is pretty serious. Recently we've both been happier and better than ever, and have even spoken about marriage. Overall our ...

Why am I such a loser at 41? Where have I gone wrong?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2828 days ago

19 July 2016 (F) - I have posted a few times about individual problems and worries and have always received help from this forum. Instead of going to a therapist - and I did it 2 years ago - I'm here to ask you what I'm doing wrong. I am of Asian origin and was r...

How do I overcome the tremendous sense of guilt I feel towards my ex husband?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2827 days ago

19 July 2016 (F) - I realize i was only infatuated with my ex husband. I never loved him. Being a college grad and coming out of my parental reclusiveness, i released myself to passionate moments. I knew i did wrong because my mother always imposed the rule of ...

How do I get him to move out? I feel trapped!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2830 days ago

19 July 2016 (F) - Hi. My boyfriend of 4 years lost his job and he had no money and nowhere to go so I said he could stay with me while he sorted himself out. He got a job a year ago and is still living with me and not paying for anything except food because he pays ...

Previously I messed up. What should I do differently this time?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2830 days ago

19 July 2016 (M) - Hello. My story is pretty simple. I messed up. Bad. I was with my woman for 6+ years, since we were sophomores in high school. Truth be told I cheated on her. Why? For the longest time I felt like I didn't matter. Like even the littlest things ...

What needs to be done? I am so ashamed. Should I hold back from going into detail about all the online sites I visited?

This question has 14 answers - newest was posted 2825 days ago

19 July 2016 (M) - Hello! so I have this problem. I've been with my girlfriend for going on 6 months, I really and truly care for her. I've gotten close to not only her but her family! She left for Costa Rica a month ago and since then we are alright but my t...

Were his family opposed to me? Or did he just want me for one thing? We broke up but he said we could still be FWB.

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2830 days ago

19 July 2016 (F) - Hi, I met this guy nearly 2 years ago, we were really good friends. He then became flirty with me and I had an attraction to him, but then he said we could just be fwb I guess I couldn't go through with this idea and we agreed to continue being fr...