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How Can I Get My Girlfriend Back?
Reader Ignoring Signals writes, I’m in a long distance relationship. Our main fights have been caused by my insecurities about the relationship. I was a secure partner, but ever since we made the...
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I Need Space From My Boyfriend But I Feel Guilty (PS I Have An Abuse History)
Reader Needs Space writes, I’m really hurt and lost and I hope you can contribute to clearing my mind. I have been with my boyfriend since I was 20. it’s now 7 years together, although we were a bit on...
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Why Your Partner Doesn’t Understand Your Hints
Many times in therapy, I see couples where one partner drops hints for the other, in terms of what s/he would like for a birthday gift, or during sex, or just in the course of a normal day. The...
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How Do I Start My Life As a Single Mom?
Reader Starting Over writes, My husband cheated on me while we were engaged (with a married woman at his work), then he cheated again while I was pregnant with my son last year. I’m still living under...
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My Boyfriend Wants To Have Multiple Wives
Reader Second Wife Prospect writes, I’m from Egypt and my boyfriend and I have a good relationship. For the first two months, it was great, however he started to reveal that he is not into monogamy....
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Boyfriend Won’t Initiate Plans
Reader Is He Passive Or Not writes, I read your blog about the passive husband and I realized that my boyfriend is not passive in that way. He is very assertive about his routine, but very passive...
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Are Boyfriends Who Are “Too Charming” Going To Turn Into Narcissists After...
Reader Suspicious writes, I know someone who met a wonderful and charming man who swept her off her feet and treated her like a princess. He’s turned into a monster, 15 years and 4 kids later. It got...
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When Women Want More “Alpha” Husbands
Recently, or maybe not so recently, the terms “alpha” and “beta” to describe men and women have hit the mainstream (for more on this idea, read The Alpha Woman Meets Her Match), and I have had...
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My Boyfriend Is Overly Attached To His Parents
Reader Left Out writes, My boyfriend and I have been together for just about 6 months. I turned 24 in May and he’ll be 30 in September. We started talking online when I was 20 and we met two weeks...
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When One Partner Is More Mature Than The Other
Many times, couples come to me in crisis, because one partner feels that they have “grown up,” while the other partner “acts like a child.” (One version of this is what I call the Man-Child and His...
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Girlfriend Wants a Baby Or She’ll Leave Me
Reader Doesn’t Want Baby writes, I’m a self-made man in therapy who is currently in the throes of attachment panic due to being forced to confront the decision to have children! I have a lot of faith...
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My Boyfriend Doesn’t Want Kids But Maybe He Will One Day
Reader Wants To Be Mom writes, My boyfriend of ten years and I have a great relationship. We are intellectually and emotionally compatible and have a lot of similar interests. We even love each...
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My Boyfriend Won’t Get A Better Job
Reader Frustrated Girlfriend writes, I’ve been with my boyfriend for 3 years. I’m 26, he’s 24. He’s stuck in a job he hates (and that job is also not a good long term solution for our future...
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My Boyfriend Didn’t Want Our Child And Now She’s 7 And We Still Fight About It
Reader Miserable writes, Hi, I am in hell. This is the short version of my story: I cheated, then while trying to fix the relationship I got pregnant, and my boyfriend asked me to get an abortion...
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I’m 21 And Can’t Keep Men’s Interest
Reader Can’t Keep a Man writes, I’m just about to turn 21, and I’ve yet to have a successful relationship with a man. I’ve dated two men semi-long term in the past, with the longest relationship...
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Recently Divorced And Attracted To Mentor
Reader Back On The Market writes, I’m recently divorced (after 8 years together). I’m 28 and I’ve never really dated around. During our marriage while meeting new people we acted like a couple...
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What Is Sexy To A Woman?
I just had a male reader share his thoughts on what men think makes women sexy, and it was spot on according to what I hear from my male clients. You guys know that I love companion pieces, so here...
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My Boyfriend Won’t Take Me To Work Events
Reader Staying At Home writes, I am 27 and have been seeing my boyfriend (28) for 6 months. We have a great relationship and he has alluded to being with me forever. We have a lot in common and many...
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The Fun Guy And His Responsible Wife: When Does This Dynamic Work?
If you’re a fan of this blog, you know that I like to categorize couples into different dynamics, which is why I’ve written about five types of couples you meet in counseling. Although those five...
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The Fun Wife And Her Responsible Husband: When Does This Dynamic Work?
After writing a post on the dynamic of The Fun Guy And His Responsible Wife, I got requests to write about the gender inverse of this pairing. The idea of a guy who is the life of the party tethered...
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