Here's something that most relationship coaches aren't going to tell you: fights are a part of relationships. The sooner you accept this, the sooner you can learn how to stop fighting. Doesn't seem like that makes sense, does it? Stick with me here for a second and you'll understand. Relationships are kind of like Fight Club: if you're you're dating someone, you're going to fight. There's no getting around it. It's the inevitable result of being in a relationship with another person - ther...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
It's been an interesting week for talking about masculinity. To start with, ABC's 20/20 aired a story about the Manosphere and the Men's Rights Movement (which, ironically enough seems to have touched off a weird Jay-Z/Nas-esque feud between two leading voices of the MRM). The Daily Beast provided a thoughtful, if somewhat flawed, report on the MRM, including some of the grievances and injustices it claims to be trying to remedy in today's society while Jaclyn Friedman wrote about her sit-do...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
I spend a lot of time working with men who want to get better at dating women. This ranges from guys who're trying to recover from a bad break-up, guys who spend so much time in the Friend Zone that they could run for political office there and even men who've never so much as held hands with someone, never mind asked a woman out on a date. In all that time I've noticed something important: The men who struggle the most with dating always — always — ask the wrong question. Every single t...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
