How Do I Hold On And Not Give In To Despair? - Paging Dr. NerdLove
Two readers are wrestling with feeling lost and facing unending despair. How can they learn to hold on to hope and pull out of the spiral?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
When it comes to dating, is flirting intentional or does it just happen? Should he just wait until it comes naturally, or should he be practicing? The post Do I Need To Learn How To Flirt, Or Does It Happen Naturally? appeared first on Paging Dr. NerdLove.| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Years of bad dates and worse relationships made him give up dating for half a decade. Now he wants to start again... so how does he get it right this time? The post I Want To Get Back on The Dating Scene, But I Don’t Know How! appeared first on Paging Dr. NerdLove.| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Years of bad sex has lead her to opening up her marriage. But how does someone date successfully when they're still married? The post How Do I Date While I’m Still Married? appeared first on Paging Dr. NerdLove.| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He keeps falling for his close female friends and he keeps getting rejected. How can he get over the pain and how can he stop this from happening again? The post How Do I Get Over The Pain of Unrequited Love? appeared first on Paging Dr. NerdLove.| Paging Dr. NerdLove
An acquaintance asked for an introduction into the kink scene. He thinks it's a bad idea; his friends are accusing him of "leaving him behind". Who's right? The post My Friends Want Me To Introduce Someone New To My Community. I Think He’s A “Missing Stair!” appeared first on Paging Dr. NerdLove.| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Two readers are wrestling with feeling lost and facing unending despair. How can they learn to hold on to hope and pull out of the spiral?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's a decent looking guy , but he wants to be SEXY. How can he be the hot, desirable man of his wife's Bridgerton-esque dreams?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Her partner asked how many people she'd slept with... and now he can't stop being upset about her answer. How should she handle his jealousy?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
She's made huge strides in her life, but intrusive, negative thoughts keep coming back. How can she shut down those voices and be kinder to herself?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
People talk about the dating 'market', so he wants to know: how can he be a more effective at finding leads and advertising himself to women?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Their casual, FWB arrangement was getting less casual, so they broke up. He wants to stay friends; she wants to cut ties. Should he just let her go?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He hates himself for being an older virgin almost as much as he hates other virgins. How can he let go of the hate and negativity and be a better person?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
After nearly giving up on love, she has met an incredible guy. Except he's much younger. And lives in a foreign country. Can they make this work?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's aromantic, abrosexual and has the attachment style of a feral cat. How can he navigate the dating world and find a relationship?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Estimated reading time: 15 minutes Dear Dr. NerdLove,I'm in my thirties now and haven't dated since my early twenties. Some of that has just been life circumstances, some of it has been excuses using those life circumstances, but I've finally 'got' to the place I want to be, and now I just have to face the naked truth: I'm fucking terrified of relationships.It dates back to my main long-term relationship from my twenties. In retrospect, it basically followed a pattern of me trying to get her ...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's an average guy, who doesn't stand out in any way. How is he supposed to find love if women only look for the hottest of the hot?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He was doing ok with dating until COVID happened. After the lockdown lifted, his love life fell off a cliff and never recovered. What should he do?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Whenever she gets a crush on her friends, the friendship suffers. How can she avoid hopeless crushes when ALL her crushes are hopeless?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
His relationship was great at first. But most of her exes are still around and now he can't stop imagining her in bed with them. What can he do?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Two queer men are at their wits' end trying to find people to date and the apps are of no use. Where should they be looking for love?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Her boyfriend's bros were always a bad influence, but now they're trying to break them up! How can she ask her boyfriend to choose: her, or his friends?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Estimated reading time: 17 minutes Hi Dr. NerdLove. I’ve been an enormous fan of yours for a while. From my perspective, your works (online dating books in particular) make it easier to navigate the material barriers to say the technologically not savvy. I bring up barriers for a specific reason, as you shall read. I met a woman at my best friend’s wedding. It’s his step-sister and we felt a connection pretty quickly. After giving me her number, three weeks passed and we went on an intr...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
She left an abusive and intimacy-free relationship only to end up in another relationship where the sex has died. What happened here?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Estimated reading time: 12 minutes Hi Doc, I’ve been reading this blog for years, and I have some questions.See, I’m an autistic 27 year old virgin university dropout (Years ago by this time) that worked a string of crappy jobs, with my most recent being not-so-crappy, so an advancement.I work from home, and am terribly lonely in my personal life.I have good friends, and different circles of friends but this post isn’t about that.I keep sabotaging any chance of a relationship, even a da...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
An abusive childhood has left him afraid to let people in, so he rejects them first. How can he learn to stop running from the people who want to love him?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Years of romantic failure have made him want to give up. How is someone supposed to feel desirable when all evidence says they aren't?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He wants to develop an abundance mentality for his love life, but how can you do that when you never find anyone who wants to date you?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He wants to find love, but he's at the mercy of his treatment-resistant depression. How can he date when being depressed will always get in the way?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
She's getting ready to move to another country to be with her boyfriend. Will the stress end their relationship before it can even start?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's an aspiring wife-guy looking for the muscle-mommy of his dreams. What's the best way for a less-masculine man to meet an amazon?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Estimated reading time: 14 minutes Ello Doc I've seem to have a very toxic relationship with my own virginity especially my mid 20s. I hate it, I despise it and I distain and frankly honestly want to get rid of this burden that's crushing me like a ton of bricks. Let's be honest it's 2024 and well it's trendy, sex positive (thank you Bumble) and feminist shame, degrade and mock men for being virgins (and their penis size) and kinda understandably so because frankly lotta of male virgins (or i...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's told he's a catch and women like him, yet he's sitting by himself while other men are getting approached. What is he doing wrong?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's made a lot of improvements to his life but he's still getting rejected. How can he stop letting the frustration get to him?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Every woman he meets on dating apps ghosts him after he tells them what he does for work. Does he need to find a better job or is there another option?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's pretty happy with the progress he's made. But is it enough? What should he do about the nagging voice that says he needs to be the 'ideal' man to date?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's always heard that women don't want to have to 'teach' men when it comes to sex and dating. Should he hide that he's never had a girlfriend?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
