Am I Wrong For Being Frustrated With My Fiancée? - Paging Dr. NerdLove
His fiancee's stayed in the same dead-end job for years and there's no change in sight. Is it bad that he's frustrated by her inaction?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
His fiancee's stayed in the same dead-end job for years and there's no change in sight. Is it bad that he's frustrated by her inaction?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
One of the hardest things that people face over the course of a long-term relationship is that the initial spark - what many in the polyamory community call 'new relationship energy' - fades. It's an entirely natural part of settling into a relationship; the initial honeymoon period fades and what was intense and exciting becomes calmer and placid. That initial rush of passion that had you banging out on every flat surface in the house and made every vaguely empty space a potential fuckstop...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Hi, Doc, I'm a chronically single bisexual dude. I spent my 20s pursuing my passions, and I honestly wasn't thinking about dating! Then I hit 30 and started to worry I'd missed the opportunity to find someone. I decided it was time to put effort into trying to date since it clearly wasn't happening on its own, but I wasn't in a good place mentally to start. It took a year of working on myself after that to get to a place where I finally feel confident and capable enough to actually put myself...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
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
One of the hardest things to keep in mind when it comes to dating is that the work doesn't end just because you're in a relationship. It's easy to get tunnel vision, especially when you've been working so hard at the early stages - developing your approach, learning how to generate attraction, etc. - that once you start having some successes... you don't know quite what to do next. We're taught to have unrealistic expectations about relationships; even when we understand intellectually that ...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Hi Doc, This isn’t really a relationship question but if anyone would know how to advise a socially awkward introvert, it’s you! Let’s start with some background on me. I’m a 26 year old woman with social anxiety and depression (currently in therapy and on pills) and suspected Aspergers or ADHD too (awaiting an assessment). I’m an only child, and I grew up with parents who weren’t close to their own families, so Christmas was usually just the three of us and I didn’t see much of...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
