He wants to meet and date women but he feels like their lives are so different from his that they can't understand him. How can he learn to relate to women?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Dear Dr. NerdLove: I just recently celebrated a three year anniversary. We've always gotten along really well, we have a good sex life, we have fun, we live together, and my partner is kind and attentive to my six year old daughter that lives with us part time. There's not a lot of intensity and depth but we're kind to each other and there for one another. There shouldn't be anything wrong, but yet... I find my mind straying. I have a really good friend. We've been friends for years, nothin...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He knows he has the skills to be more social, but he's still having a hard time connecting with people. How do you fix a problem you don't know you have?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Well, today was going to be a return to some practical topics. I'd been working on a column about approaching people and being able to talk to strangers. I had all my notes wrapped up, I had the rough outline ready to go… and then, well, you know how to make the gods laugh, right? I was somewhat amused when, as I was searching for one reference or another, I saw that Lifehacker ran a piece on talking to strangers. The timing was felicitous, the resources surprising and the comments… well ...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Dear Dr. NerdLove: A common truism you hear a lot about dating is 'You have to learn to love yourself before you can love anyone else'. I'm bringing that up so I can tie dating to something I want to pick your brain on, which is about self-love. I find the messaging around how one should feel about themselves to be confusing to navigate. One hand, it's generally understood one should learn to be humble and self-critical, because the mind is naturally biased towards itself and will resist he...| Paging Dr. NerdLove