Do Not Marry A Man Who Regularly Turns Down Sex
More and more women I see are the higher-libido partner in their marriage. As discussed in this guest post, it feels hopeless and lonely for women with partners who don’t want sex. All of pop culture...
View ArticleWhen You And Your Spouse Meet While Partying
Many couples that I work with struggle with the same issues as couples who started in long distance relationships, but they were never long distance! I wondered what these other couples all have in...
View ArticleYou Cannot Make A Spouse More Romantic, BUT…
There are many types of couples where one is more romantic than the other. Some of these pairings work better than others. In a pursuer-distancer dynamic, one partner has a preoccupied attachment...
View ArticleDon’t Marry Someone Who Looks Down On You (Or Who You Look Down On)
Often, people come into counseling because they look down on their partner or feel their partner looks down on them. Some of the areas that meet with condescension are a partner’s looks, intelligence,...
View ArticleAsk Your Boyfriend To Do Stuff For You
As I’ve written and spoken about a lot lately, many women find it hard to find a man who wants to take care of them. However, they also don’t consciously search for a man who wants to do things for...
View ArticleWays To Tell A Man Will Take Care Of You
This podcast episode, When Men Don’t Take Care Of You, was so popular that I felt I should expand on it. Here I discuss how you need to look out for red flags that a man will never take of you; the...
View ArticleThe Gentleman Eunuch: How To Stop Attracting Women Who Aren’t Sexually Open
Listen to a podcast episode about this topic here! Many guys just blame their partner or fate for their sexless marriages, but this is intellectually lazy. The men who end up in better relationships,...
View ArticleWhy Do Some Women Get Treated “Like Princesses” And Others Don’t?
A lot of women believe that “all men are jerks,” which is as inaccurate as when men think that “all women are selfish” or any other broad generalization. (To men who believe the latter, I provide you...
View ArticleWhy To Ask Personal Questions On Your First Date
Many people advise to keep first dates light and carefree. This means not asking any “personal” questions, including about religion or politics. As a couples therapist, I believe exactly the opposite,...
View ArticleDo Not Marry An Emotionally Unavailable Man: He Won’t Get Better But You Will
Many young women marry guys who are emotionally unavailable because they have low self-esteem. Thankfully, in the future most of them develop higher self-esteem. But the downside to this is that when...
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