Advice
There are friendships with undercurrents of attraction all the time, and not all of them require direct action, but if the issue becomes too intense or lingers for too long, both parties owe it to themselves and to each other to work things out.
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We all have our insecurities. That’s why it may boggle some of us when a love interest spends the majority of a date sending text messages, while we do all the talking. However, there is likely no need to worry.
In addition to non-stop texting, these are just some of the dating behaviours I have experienced [...]
It’s important to keep yourself positive when things aren’t going well. This doesn’t mean ignoring the bad things, but rather keeping them in context.
Birthdays. Anniversaries. Christmas.
These are Hallmark days we’re living in; there’s an occasion for everything.
I don’t care if you’ve been with her for ten weeks or ten years:
When one of those occasions rolls around, it’s on you to find the right gift.
Not necessarily the prettiest, shiniest, or most expensive gift.
The right gift.
To a man, we’re still [...]
What do you do if someone you really care about is mired in a terrible relationship?
You can’t stand it when she leaves her makeup on the counter.
When she overcooks the lasagna.
When she lets the dog on your Grandmother’s couch; when she wakes up on the wrong side of the bed.
When she looks at you cock-eyed.
Hell, you’re frustrated by just about everything.
What you fail to realize—what you so very desperately need [...]
You spend more time in front of the mirror than your girl does.
It’s okay to admit it; she’s known for a while, and she still puts up with you. Really, it’s just one of your many shortcomings, right fellas? You leave dishes out, you’re chronically late (–or obsessively early–) you tend to miss days between [...]
It’s the most terrifying thing you’ll ever do.
For real this time.
Because this time, you’re not meeting her mother.
No, Romeo; you’re meeting her Daddy.
Here’s how to survive.
First of all, realize that, yes, it’s Daddy. Not ‘Father,’ not ‘Sir (–well, to you, he’s sir, but to her–)
Yeah.
Daddy.
Which means she’s Daddy’s Little Girl—which means you’re the guy who’s [...]
You love her, right?
Not just the way she makes you feel—
–or the things she does for you—
you genuinely, deeply, really-really love the girl.
You’re just not in love anymore, and that’s okay.
There are ways to let her go, without losing her forever—ways to give you both the space you probably need (–probably, because, if she’s a [...]
Continue reading about How to Let Her Go (–without losing her forever.)
