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Dear Cupid: Relationship help and advice

We got close when she broke up with her boyfriend, but slept with him for "closure". Do I have a chance?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - I have very strong feelings for one of my friends and we have recently got very close, and she told me that she had feelings for me. The only problem is that she recently split up with her boyfriend because it wasn't working, although she said she still loved him but wasn't h... (179 words)

Can I help my 12-year-old sister with her love life?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 6412 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I have a problem with my little sister. She is 12 and is in sixth grade. She has this boyfriend who she has been going out with for 3 months now. The thing is they didn't even know each other when they met (guess their friends hooked them up). They don't talk or anything... (186 words)

It's even harder to tell my friend that I'm beginning to fancy her, because she works overseas so often!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - 18 months ago I met a girl who works abroad for 9 months of the year. We keep in touch and meet up when she is back but I'm unsure as to tell her just how I feel about her. I have tried in the past to show how I feel this and was met with the response that she thought the long ... (179 words)

I don't know how to handle my very jealous latino boyfriend.

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6880 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I have a number of platonic male friends - some whom I have known for years. I don't want to cut them out of my life - most of my friends happen to be male anyway which would mean leaving me with no-one to socialize with. This is mainly because I feel more confortable in ... (197 words)

Sex without feelings?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - can 2 people have a sexual relationship for 3 years and not have any emotional ties?... (17 words)

Put my mind at ease. Did my babysitter sexually abuse me, or not?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - This feels like a really stupid question, but I need to know what people make of it to put my mind at ease. When I was about 10 years old my next door neighbour used to babysit me. He was around 15 at the time, and he always used to play this 'game' where he would trap my ... (200 words)

I feel jealousy while my man is spending time with his wife (who he's divorcing). Any coping strategies?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6880 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - My boyfriend and I are very much in love with each other. It's one of those things when you know you know, but nobody else knows or understands. I've been told nasty things, like he will end up breaking my heart. But I've chosen not to listen. Even despite my being hurt so many ... (313 words)

We get on so well... Could this be love? I don't want to scare him off or get hurt.

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6880 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I'm have a difficult situation... About 3 months ago a friend that I have known for over 8 years got in touch with me and we started hanging out again, here is the catch...the friend was a mutual friend throughout my past relationship (which was seven years and ended in div... (1006 words)

My ICT teacher is so sexy... but his behaviours are confusing me!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6211 days ago

18 January 2006 (?) - I really fancy my ICT teacher; he is the sexiest loveliest man I have ever met and I want to be with him. But he confuses me. You see one minute he's tender and warm and he gets very close to me and touches me hesitantly and shyly and then another he is cold and tells me off as ... (84 words)

Does this guy want us to move beyond booty-call?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - i'm 37, he's 38. he chased me for 7 months. we hooked-up about 2 wks. he got mad i had a guys # and wouldn't talk to me for 6 mo. got hooked-up again he said just booty call. got back again mainly booty call but he was finally asking questions like how come i wouldn't dat him ... (140 words)

I still love him but he's distant and sex is a no-go. Is it time to end it, despite my love?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6859 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I've been with my boyfriend now for almost two years- he is 10 years older than me. Over the past month or so, he's been very distant with me, bringing his work home with him, having little digs at me and generally not the man i fell in love with. the sex is out of the ... (82 words)

Can I win back my pregnant girlfirend's heart?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6875 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - She is 26 and I am 31. When my girlfriend of 18 months found she was two months pregnant with our child I freaked out and finished the relationship. Shortly after this I realised what a wonderful gift this was, but she absolutely refuses to take me back. She has a 4 year old ... (154 words)

My wife was mortified when she found out what went on at batchelors' parties! Can she get over her stripper-phobia?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6517 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - my wife and I have talked about our sexual past, she has some real issues when it comes to strippers and the people shes with. it seems to all stem from her ex-husbands bacherlor parts at a strip club. she told me she had no problem at first with this tradition but when she ... (410 words)

My family just can't come to grips with my choice to use my maiden name, even though I'm married...

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 6879 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I've got a real problem with my family members. I got divorced some time ago and made sure the divorce judgement specified that I would return to using my maiden name. Again and again I've told my family members that I am using my maiden name and again and again they direct ... (178 words)

He broke up with me and said to cancel the counselling session. Can I do anything else, other than just deal?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6878 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - My bf broke up with me between Christmas and New Years, and I could tell something was wrong for a week beforehand, but he kept saying things were fine. We had bought committment rings for each other, promised each other we'd be together forever, and then out of the blue he ... (262 words)

Since he cheated and lied to me, I question my relationship with my boyfriend. Should I go back to my ex instead?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I've been in a long distance relationship with a guy for the last 9 months and we got engaged a few months ago. A few weeks after that he wanted to hang out with some friends and a girl who I knew was trouble. When I asked him not to go he got mad and even though I was sick... (519 words)

I need to cheat on my boyfriend. It gives me a thrill!

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 6620 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I have been with my boyfriend for 7 years. We started going out with each other when I was 13 and he was 16. We are very happy together. We moved in with each other when I was 16. In the first year of our relationship I cheated on him, because I didn't think it was going to... (156 words)

Out of four months, we've only be alone together for two hours! Does she really love me?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - I'm in a relationship with this girl, and at first things were going great! We are a young couple. I'm 18 and she's 17, but we both said we love each other and I would do anything for her. But out of a 4 month relationship we've only spent 2 hours alone together. To me it fe... (100 words)

My ex and I have a good thing going. We just keep it a secret behind her boyfriend's back...

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6880 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - I met up with my ex-girlfriend last August through a business colleague. She was a friend of my business colleague and I fell in love with her once I set my eyes on her. I found out that my business colleague also had feelings for me and felt a bit jealous that I was giving ... (804 words)

My ex's new boyfriend is violent and abusive. She got beaten up just because he saw me driving from her place!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - My ex-girlfriend is having problems with her current boyfriend. At the moment she is still having post coming to my house which I am relaying to her by meeting up with her. I have moved on since we split up and got a new girlfriend but her boyfriend is still suspicio... (136 words)

Wiithout thinking, I hurt my boyfriend's feelings by mentioning my good (male) friend. What can I do to fix things?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - Hi , I have had male friends sall my life. Just before my boyfriend and I got together I made a real good buddy. My boyfriend seems to have a problem with him. He is nice with my friend when he sees him, which is seldom, because I don't socialise with this friend anymore,... (258 words)

Never realised what I had until it was gone! Now I can't get used to being with any other girl. Do I try to get back with my ex?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - Hello there, I was hoping somebody out there could give me some advice. I finished my ex girlfriend of 3 years about 8 months ago due to a few problems we were having. Basicaly it got a bit tiring doing the same thing over and over every night. Since then we have both... (150 words)

My 19-year-old partner still sleeps with his mum and sister. Are they just a close family... or what?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - Hi, I'm 20 and have been with my partner just over 2 years. My partner's 19 and still lives with his mom and sister, 18. He has told me how sometimes they all sleep in the same bed because they get lonly it makes me sick at the thought. When I go over the mam and sister are v... (93 words)

Why do I have to explain my financial expenditures to my fiance, but he doesn't have to return the favour?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F)

- Hello... I've been with my fiancee for over a year now, We have a wonderful relationship, but money is a huge topic for us, and we always end up fighting about it. I have Cerebral Palsy and am on Supplemental Security Income. This pays half the rent, the cable bill, the food... (273 words)

She and her new boyfriend don't talk. They just ring up and sit there, not saying anything!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - My friend's boyfriend and her are all shy around each other. And it bothers me when she comes over and calls him on her cell phone and she just sits there with the phone on speaker. She just began talking to him at school yesterday after a 3 month relationship. He came ove... (115 words)

I think my friend is just being used by her younger, gay friend. Am I the only one who thinks the relationship is weird?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 6876 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - A close (intimate) female friend-53- has a relationship with a younger gay male- 40- which upsets me. She is in the US, he in Europe.They met on a trip a year ago at a resort and seem to have developed a relationship where they communicate almost every day. She apparently tells ... (319 words)

I fell in love with him first...then I found out he's married He's also underemployed and addicted!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - My heart is in turmoil because a few months ago I met a man I love very much, but the circumstances of our relationship are causing me great emotional pain. Before meeting him I had been alone for many years raising my son on my own. After falling in love with this man, I d... (266 words)

She is with someone else but should I take her back?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I was in a beautiful lesbian relationship (or so I thought so), then about a month ago she broke up with me. She is bipolar and currently not taking her meds. She says that she was unhappy for the past three months but i know that it is because we were having some financial ... (199 words)

Boyfriend took me to Italy... I now found he almost gave a "bella" Italian girl his card!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I have been with my boyfriend for 8 months and he took me away to Italy. When we were away we went to a nightclub. A few days after i found a card near his wallet with his contact details on it and saying on the card that "I am with my girlfriend so please be discreet if you ... (129 words)

He broke off a date with me after "commiting" to someone else. So why is he texting again?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - Hi, I went on a couple of dates with a guy and he made plans with me for another date. A few days before the date, he called to tell me he decided to make a commitment to someone else he was seeing. That was the last time we talked. Then a month later, he sent a text mess... (88 words)

Is my wife seeing someone else, and just using me as a "fix it man" when she needs something done?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - My wife and I separated 3 months ago and I think she is seeing someone else but am not sure. When I asked her about it she said they were mostly friends. I know she has known him for a long time because they work together. I still love her and the reason we split was beca... (116 words)

My 18-year old online "stalker" is bi-curious and attracted to me! Should we get physical?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6877 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - I'm a 26 year old guy coming to terms with my homosexuality. I had created an online journal where I expressed my personal, intimate thoughts about such matters as homosexuality. So, someone managed to find out who I was by finding my conventional blog. Which is fine I ... (395 words)

My husband still calls the mother of his adult children (I'm not talking about myself!), and they exchange "I love you's." Is this appropriate?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - Hello! I've been married just three years (2nd marriage), his first marriage. However, he has had numerous lovers before me. Those affairs produce 2 children by 1 woman. They are adult children. Every time he calls each one of them, they always ask, "have you talk to mom",... (134 words)

No matter how hard I try, I can't forget about him. The problem is, he's dating another one of my friends!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6882 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - my friend is dating my other friend but i really like him (love). we see eachoda and stuff but i cant stop thinking about him i no that friends are more important but he is my friend to and i really like him. i have tried so hard but i cant forget about him. i need help!!!... (57 words)

I'm extremely shy and just starting college. How can I make some friends?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6877 days ago

18 January 2006 (F)

- Im not sure if anyone can help here, its not really a problem I would just like suggestions. I am extremely shy and have a hard time making friends. I am starting out college this week and I want to know how I can make some friends? Since I am really shy, I give out a 'dont ... (90 words)

My ex can't decide what he wants. I'm afraid to date another bloke that I care for, in the event that my ex does decide he wants to be with me...

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - I'm a 24 year old and very confused girl. going back 7 years ago i was courting this bloke that i still love very much, we lost contact due to us splitting up and going our own ways, recently we have got back in touch and are supposed to be just friends but we sleep with eac... (163 words)

I got into my boyfriend's e-mail account and found that he was contacting girls on a personals website just a month after we got together!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6879 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - i recently got into my boyfriends email account and found his ad on the personals website where it showed he had contacted a few girls to get to know them better about a month after we got together ...i dont know how to approach him on this as he will know i was in his account ... (87 words)

I'm in love with my girlfriend's best friend. What should I do?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3905 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - ive got a huge problem please if you can help then do so. ive not long been dating my girlfriend but before, herself and a friend were just mates of mine and ive been trying to get with her friend for quite some time now and i think i have fallen in love with her best friend ... (67 words)

My friend wants to make her ex jealous by going out with another guy. I don't think that this is the best strategy. How can I get them back together?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6882 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - My friend was in a relashonship with this boy for about a year when one of her friends tells him she wants to break up{even though she really didn't}. Its been a few weeks since this happened and my friend still does like him but he won't listen to ... (152 words)

I feel so betrayed and hurt after my pregnant wife of 4 months left me on the day after Xmas...

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - Hi, I have been betrayed by my wife. I have only been married for 4 months, of which my wife left me the day after Christmas. The reason she give me was I was too affectionate and "in her face"; always wanting close intimate (you know what I mean) relationship encounte... (411 words)

I want my girlfriend to want me back. If she calls, do I come running, or act busy?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6878 days ago

18 January 2006 (M) - I read something online recently that made a lot of sense to me. I feel my ex girlfriend had lost her attraction to me because I had become a "wuss". I had recently quit my job and pretty much wasn't doing anything. I want to get her back but we aren't talking as of right no... (119 words)

I'm madly in love with the son of one of my first cousins. We're both adults, and we want to be together...

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6881 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - In October of 2005, I visited my parents' hometown to see relatives I haven't seen in several years. I met a cousin who I never knew before. He's actually the son of one of my first cousins, so that would make him my first cousin, once removed (kind of confusing). Anyway, we ... (180 words)

We've bought a house together and everything. He says we're in this relationship for life, but he won't marry me!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6882 days ago

18 January 2006 (F) - Paul makes statements about our relationship that contradict themselves. He said in the beginning that he wanted openness because we were in this relationship for life. Bought a house, gives me everything a woman could want, said we are growing old together. We agreed to try ... (76 words)