I often get questions from people who have found themselves trying to save relationships that have gone awry. Often it’s a case where one individual isn’t getting everything that they are seeking in a relationship and they end up banging their head up against the wall constantly trying to change the other person to be [...]

Situation: The person you have been dating for 1.5 years is organizing a “Girls Only” (or substitute “Boys Only”) trip to an exotic land, and obviously since you are a member of the opposite sex, you are not invited. What do you do?
Answer: If you are in a committed relationship, i.e. one that has lasted [...]

I’m sure a lot of guys reading this site are familiar with what’s called the “pick up” community. Basically this is an informal scene, mostly organized over the net of “experienced” guys (i.e. experienced with women) instructing less experienced guys how to pick up and have sex with the hottest models on the planet, but [...]

Q: I have been in a relationship for almost a year. To give you a little background, we met and shortly after we started dating, and shortly after that she moved in with me. That was probably 8 or 9 months ago.
Now my problem is that for the past couple of months I have felt [...]

Recently I had a few questions asking whether it was worthwhile to open up an online dating account. Is it possible to meet some decent people or is it all just a scam and waste of time and money? Personally, I have experimented with online sites a bit and honestly, it’s a mixed bag and [...]

We just came out of the holiday time of year, where unless you are a hermit living in a cave somewhere, there is probably someone to whom you had to give a gift. Coupled with a terrible economy, it might be tough to find a very nice gift that doesn’t cost a lot, especially if [...]

One of the strongest undercurrents in any relationship, whether it is personal, familial, social, or systemic is the interplay of power and control within that relationship. Many people instinctively think about such words as compromise, sharing, and understanding when thinking about what comprises a good relationship, and they would be absolutely right, but somehow the [...]

As any avid reader of this site knows, I am a big advocate of keeping spontaneity and unpredictability as a staple of any successful relationship. The problem, of course, in this economy is how to keep things exciting with a lack of funds. The good news is that doing something special with your honey doesn’t [...]

I often get questions from readers about how to keep excitement burning in a long-term relationship that has gotten a little stale over the years. Each situation is different, but there are certain key reasons why all relationships can grow stale- predictability, routine, and sameness. And the only ways to combat these dire enemies of [...]

Q: Hi, thanks for your time.
A girl I have been seeing for about three months now has all of a sudden decided that she wants to take a break from me. Here’s my story:
I’ve known of this beautiful and intelligent girl for years but never made any attempt at meeting her. Three months ago we [...]