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My age ? Let say that I am way past the stage when you cry if the boy you like takes your best friend to the prom, and young enough to remember how awful that feels.
What qualifies me to help people- well, let me show off just a bit and mention that I studied Psychology 4 years in college, and, even if then I graduated in a different subject, I never lost my interest in psychology and kept reading a lot about this subject. Yet that does not really qualify me for anything because intellectual knowledge is not the same as real life experience. So let's say I feel I can advice people because I have lived a lot, travelled a lot, met a lot of people from all backgrounds , races and religions- I have loved a lot, and I have also been dumped a lot :)
Plus, I am really fascinated with people and their stories. Not in a gossipy way. I just find that every person is a whole new world that I am excited to discover.
Right now I am single- and happily so. I realized- better late than never - that rather than waiting for Prince Charming I should first become a Princess myself. You can't love anybody unconditionally, if first you don't love yourself unconditionally, and this is what I am learning to do.
Looking forward to hear from all of you..
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A. 27 March 2011: Sorry I hit send by mistake.
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Should I make the first move ? or should I just leave things and see what happens?
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The guy may be a morally reproachable type, for going after married women, but the fact still remains that it was an act of consensual sex. Your wife was not raped, she gave her consent.
He may have tried hi... (read in full...)
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Is it weird that I don't like to kiss the guy I'm sleeping with unless we're in a relationship?
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Not to find a new guy ... (read in full...)
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A. 13 March 2011: Not tryng to be sarcastic, here- just honestly puzzled. Why, what options do you think you have ? I can't see any alternative, you should fight for full custody of your child. Would you rather have her growing up in care of the state, among... (read in full...)
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A. 13 March 2011: This is real advice but I don't think you will like it : it's easy to break the cycle. Stop calling him back. Why are you calling him at all ? This thing between you, it's born dead. You have been dating for a month... and in one month you have b... (read in full...)
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A. 12 March 2011: Precious advice from Cerberus. I see it differently from him under some aspects, ( I still think she should not have insisted to keep in touch with you ,knowing that you are crushing on her ) but I certainly agree about the "reading the signs " ... (read in full...)
How can I be just friends with her, as she wants, when I'm in love with her?
Q. So I've been talking to this girl since Christmas and felt very strong about her, we became really close, she'd call me almost every day and we'd sometimes talk for hours, she'd often constantly joke about us getting married, which any guy would ...
A. 12 March 2011: @ Shawncaff- sorry my friend I could not resist the temptation to pull your ear a bit.
True, some women are really close to sadistic. It's not sadism, it's selfishness, insecurity and a hungry ego. The more you are liked, the more you have powe... (read in full...)
It's not fair!! The woman who my fiance cheated with is happy with her own new family...while I am still suffering from his affair.
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A. 12 March 2011: Sorry ,false start :)
I think you may be transferring all your anger and resentment onto this woman because you are unwilling and unable to face the anger and resentment you feel against HIM, and if you'd admit it or let it all come out, that woul... (read in full...)
It's not fair!! The woman who my fiance cheated with is happy with her own new family...while I am still suffering from his affair.
Q. I don't think its fair how the woman who played a part in my relationship stresses, gets to have her happy relationship. She now has a partner and child and is getting married. I have my child and home but harbour the anger towards her and my fianc...
A. 12 March 2011: I ... (read in full...)
I am interested in him and have been so for a very long time; should I indicate to him the way I feel?
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A. 12 March 2011: Do you at least know if he is single ? Maybe he looks at you because he finds you attractive, but he is already "taken ".... (read in full...)
Are Asian women tighter?
Q. Do Asian Women have tighter Vagina's??? My friend said that asian women have tighter vaginas and are much better sexually for pleasure for men? is this true x...
A. 12 March 2011: I don't know the stats about female genitalia sizes in the different races- I don't even know if there are any studies about that .
But I do know that yes, statistically the average Asian penis is a few millimiters shorter than the Caucasian or ... (read in full...)
How can I be just friends with her, as she wants, when I'm in love with her?
Q. So I've been talking to this girl since Christmas and felt very strong about her, we became really close, she'd call me almost every day and we'd sometimes talk for hours, she'd often constantly joke about us getting married, which any guy would ...
A. 12 March 2011: You should stick to your guns and keep your distance. It's impossible to be just friends with soemone you are still so in love with, it's like self imposed torture . I think she is too self centered in asking you to,basically,suffer just because ... (read in full...)
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