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Dear Cupid: Relationship help and advice

"This song is not about you" ?!

This question has 13 answers - newest was posted 4499 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 51-59 - Ive been dating this guy for about three years last night he turned on some music. He was particulalry playing songs from a personal play list. After hearing several songs. he search for a particular one and before the song came on he said, now this is not about you, it ab... (403 words)

Feel like my insecurity is getting the better of me in my relationship!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Hello! I am going out with someone for about 6 months, but we have known each other for about 2 years. Things are not going to so well at the moment... I've become very paranoid and having a go at him a lot. I think it's because I have been cheated on in previous relations... (282 words)

Have I lost her?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4499 days ago

26 August 2012 (M)

age 51-59 - I have recently been dumped by my girlfriend of 6 years. I love her dearly and believe she loved me but we stopped communicating in the right way. We have been falling out over silly things and not speaking for weeks in the end. We once split up for 6 month without speaking... (527 words)

How can I be less lonely?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4499 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - I have a serious problem of loneliness for two years,maybe more.I am 24 years old,all my friends (and old boyfriend)went to study abroad and gradually forgot about me.With my best friend haven't talked for a year since our vacation together,1 year ago when we had a terrible ... (128 words)

Is he starting to realize what hes missing?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4498 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - My ex and I just started being friends again after two months of not talking after he ended our complicated relationship for another girl. We've hung out three times this week. We're both graffiti artists so the other two days we'd paint and he'd walk me to work. Today we went ... (208 words)

How long should a girl wait after giving a guy her phone number?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - How long should I wait for a guy to call or contact me after giving him my number. There was a guy at work who I thought was cute we had been flirting and my friend told me he was interested. I gave him my number but I'm not sure if I scared him away because I had it ready to ... (80 words)

Thin line between real and imaginary.

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 4499 days ago

26 August 2012 (M)

age 26-29 - Hello cupids. I felt like writing this question, well more like an asking for help about a stupidity of mine that I did. So after I broke up with my real girlfriend because she was seeing a friend of mine, I was starting to become sentimentalist on blogs or whatever. Then I met ... (329 words)

I asked girl to a casual bbq but she never responded back. Do I try again to contact her?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (M)

age 30-35 - I took this girl out on a casual lunch date 3 days ago. Everything went pretty well, she's really sweet and we got along nicely.. at least I thought so. Yesterday my friend had a barbeque at his house, and I invited her to come along. Nothing too crazy, just threw the idea out ... (145 words)

Does anyone have any good job ideas for me?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4498 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - im 18 years old and im starting college tomorrow, im excited but also kinda nervous because i dont know im going to do, i always hated school and hated studying but im pushing myself to go to college to make something of my life. I didnt pick my major yet either there are a few ... (90 words)

My mom says boyfriend is using me and I'm too good for him. Is she right?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Hi, I have been dating my boyfriend for almost a year and a half now. Like most couples, we have been up and down. But our main issues are his laziness, selfishness, the fact I have to prompt him to do/help me out in life and the way he deals with my side of the family (which ... (533 words)

The things he does make me feel unattractive, unsexy and like I'm not good enough. Help!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3146 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - About a month ago I was laying naked in bed with my boyfriend and my breasts were exposed and I saw him looking towards that direction. I saw that and started teasing him about staring at them and he told me he was used to seeing my body so it's no surprise anymore so he wasn't ... (561 words)

My husband and his family do not believe I was a virgin because I didn't bleed after our first night together. Why did I not bleed?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 3416 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Hola I am from Mexico . Please forgive my English it is second language to me. I am originally from Mexico but live here in the united states. I am 21 years old and recently got married . I was a virgin when I married . I didn't bleed . My husband is 30 years old an angry he ... (210 words)

Don't want to be in this relationship anymore, but I've lost all my friends and I'm scared to break up with him!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I'm starting to feel "off" with my boyfriend and just generally doubting my relationship. This will probably be a pretty long question because I kind of want to get as much detail in what the relationship is like so I can get the best possible answer so I appreciate it to any ... (865 words)

How do you "fight in a loving way" with your significant other?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4484 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Hi, I have a burning question that I am starting to think that sabotages my relationships. How do you fight with your significant other? I'm trying to learn from the past and some advice that I read in the past as well but I don't think I'm doing it effectively... I... (718 words)

Dating a guy who says he loves me but he is divorced with a child, so will I always be the second choice? Should I continue seeing him?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4499 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Hi dearcupid I need some advice before moving further with the man I'm dating. He's really nice and we get on so well, he has already told me he loves me after 6 months. It was a meeting through friends, but not planned or anything. I am worried that he is divorced with a c... (175 words)

Boyfriend and I drifting apart? Our differences are becoming very frustrating.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4499 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Hi Everyone, I might need some advice here.. I have a relationship with a young man since november 2010. He is one year younger and of Canadian origin, myself I am Swedish. We are in our twenties. We met in Sweden and have because of the whole travel situation b... (748 words)

Husband's comments about my breasts have left me feeling self-conscious. Am I being too sensitive?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4481 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - My husband has on occasion said some things without thinking them through. Years ago, he told me the space between my breasts was too big and that a cosmetic surgery could fix it. Never thinking there was anything wrong, I became self conscious about it. I actually went to a ... (253 words)

It turns out the girl that my boyfriend hooked up with whilst we were on a break is my sister! We've only just realised this, what next?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4495 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - When I was 18 I moved from my city to move to newyork to join university I have been here for 5 years now,and I'm done with education and I got a job back home and I decided to move back to my family..I love them way too much to live separately..I met my boyfriend in new york ... (262 words)

Taking care of my boyfriend's sick mother and he doesn't appreciate it

This question has 17 answers - newest was posted 4497 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - My boyfriend's mother who lived in new jersey fell really sick,she fell of the stairs,broke her back literally couldn't move,nor eat or go to the toilet..my boyfriend who was in spain at the time could not make it to her at the earlierst so I decided to go to new jersey and ... (282 words)

Very Mixed Messages

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (M)

age - I am very confused. I met a girl at work recently and we started to get on really well. At work I have helped her out as she is new and this extended to showing her round the area at lunchtime, walking and talking. Then we started texting and flirting and eventually went ... (233 words)

Fallen out of love with my girlfriend and don't know how to tell her

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (M)

age 30-35 - Hi and help. I have been with my girlfriend for 3 years now and a wonderful three years we do not live together but it is getting to that stage that she wants to. We spent last week on holiday together and although it was good i think i have started to lose my feelings for ... (201 words)

He treats me like a girlfriend, but doesn't want anyone to know we're dating

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4475 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I am so confused. I have been seeing someone who I am very infatuated with for about 2 weeks. He told me in the beginning not to fall for him and that he didn't want to put a label on our relationship. He wants to keep quiet about it at school although they already know about ... (465 words)

What should I have said?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (?) age 30-35 - There is a new guy at my job and at first I thought he was nice, but then he spent about 30 minutes trying to convince me that my 3 year relationship is a lie and that it'll end anyway. He has cheated before and is a hardcore clubbing junkie. He's only 2 years older than me. He ... (179 words)

I love kids but I don't want to give birth because I'm just terrified of the pain of delivery!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I am 23 years old..I have always loved kids,I see them around I make it a point to go to them,play with them..I would do anything to have one..and I used to always tell my friends that I would want to adopt a baby.. Now fast forward to my current situation..my fiance wants to... (173 words)

Do you think our relationship could work?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - Hi! so just going through a break up and some advice would really be appreciated :) so I split with my long distance boyfriend a couple of days ago. we met online. he couldnt handle the distance anymore and said he needed to cool down even though he still liked me. we'... (143 words)

My boyfriend is into hentai porn and other disgusting stuff!! Help!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4469 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - I used my boyfriend's computer the other day and he has a folder open, I closed the browser and it was there and I notice there was porn in there. I thought, ''oh well, it's normal'' but I kept looking out of curiosity and found some pretty gross stuff as well as hentai, stuff ... (195 words)

Can I be in love with two people at the same time?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 30-35 - i have been in a relationship with this guy(a) for 3 years,but last year he had to move out of town so we r in a long distance relationship now.we have problems(a lot sometimes) but we get bk together.i love him and he loves me too.now there is another guy(b) whom i met a yr ... (188 words)

My husband never wanted me to have an identity and now I'm left wondering if its wrong of me to want more out of life...

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - I dont know where to begin but here it goes . My husband and I have been married for 14 years . We met when I was 18 and he was 20 years old . We dated for 4 years and then we got married . When we met I was already in college and he told me that I didn't need to go to school ... (544 words)

How do I avoid becoming pregnant by my husband who won't allow me to use birth control?

This question has 19 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - My husband of 6 years won't pull out during sex. We are catholic so he refuses for me to use any birth control. I do not want to get pregnant. Please give me advice... (36 words)

Will he grow to love our child?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - Dear Cupid I am separated from my husband for a year. Had an affair meanwhile and now I'm pregnant. My bf doesnt want anything to do with me or my pregnancy now. Will he ever love my child if I go on with my pregnancy, I don't want my child to be deprived of father's love. E... (97 words)

How to I tactfully establish boundaries with my in laws?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (?) age 41-50 - Hi guys. I have really been hurt by my in laws, especially my husband's sister. She called me recently and shouted at me that i should give my mother in law money and also my other husband's sister who is in school. I have always been doing my best as a daughter in law ... (242 words)

My husband is very disrespectful

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 51-59 - I feel so low! My husband is so disrespectful to me! We had a wedding to go to today at 4 pm that was 70 miles away. I asked my husband what time he wanted to get on the road? 2:30 he said. So we got up early to get some things done before we left. We both had things to do... (517 words)

Does my long distance lover really love me or is she just playing around?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4501 days ago

26 August 2012 (M)

age 41-50 - I have a LDR and I love her, but Im not sure if she loves me as I do. She is cold, doesnt show emotions, doesnt say any sweet words, doesnt call me, sometimes txts and usually never asks about how my day was... However when we are together she is very sweet, she laughs a... (226 words)

He hasn't been in touch since our holiday romance

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4500 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 26-29 - So I met this boy on holiday (we are both 16) we had about 4 days together and I would sneak out of our house to go see him. we really bonded and it was sweet, we both made the effort etc... When we had to part ways, trust it was emotional. We added each other on Skype, t... (305 words)

I can't forget my ex even though I'm the one who ended the relationship

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4501 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 51-59 - Hi, I was involved in a relationship for almost two years. In time I felt like I am not free, felt suffocated and eventually we were seperated. My girlfriend seemed devastated. did not want this seperation etc. I felt sorry and unhappy but was ready to give myself a chance ... (158 words)

How do I learn to love myself with a body that still hasn't recovered from having a baby?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4501 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 36-40 - Don't know how to love myself anymore. I have a 3 year old daughter and have been really struggling with the weight ever since I had her. My stomach is COVERED with stretch marks still. And I feel as if my body is ruined. I hate this feeling of hating myself. Today at the b... (185 words)

She's married and we talk about sex, a lot. Are our talks: Just Friendship,a Green Light or just conversation?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4499 days ago

26 August 2012 (M)

age - I have a female friend, who was married a few months ago. We spend a lot of time together: grocery shopping, errands, etc. When we are talking about other women in my life, she seems to get jealous and threatening(verbally) toward them. She has revealed much of her personal... (251 words)

How should or can I tell my husband I want to try swinging, without him doubting my assertion that I am satisfied with him sexually?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4471 days ago

26 August 2012 (F)

age 41-50 - Over the last few years my sex drive has increased and I've been a bit more wilder in the bedroom with my husband. We have done some role playing, taken a few photos, and a video. I know my husband dose not mind at all but there are some nights I need more then he can give me,... (145 words)