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- Dear Dr. Romance: I threw temper tantrums, broke things, yelled and demanded a divorce - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm a middle eastern single mother in my late twenties. suffering from depression and stress. As a child, I always wanted extra care and attention from my parents. I was closer to my father than my mother. When I was molested by an uncle, I complained to my parents ...
Views: 907(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I am worried about marrying him - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I was reading your article "When Love is Kind: Mutuality in Relationships" and need your advice. My boyfriend of 5 years is quite selfish and literally a narcissist. He never did anything as a gesture of love except for buying calling cards to call me from overseas. ...
Views: 905 - Dear Dr. Romance: I love a deaf girl with all my heart - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am confused I am dating a deaf girl and I love her with all my heart. The problem is she likes to party sleeping around and in the community they have noticed it. They keep complaining about deaf gals but sometimes I want to cry coz I love that girl so ...
Views: 904(1 vote) - Dr. Romance says: "Lighten Up - Cures for Marital Boredom" - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2019 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: The old folk songs say it: Oh, love is handsome, love is fineLove is a jewel when it is new; But when love's old, it waxes coldAnd fades away, like morning dew. Folk wisdom says it: If newlyweds put a penny in a jar for every time they make love in the first year, and ...
Views: 904(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm Desperate: What Else Can I Do? - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I suffer with sleeping alone in "our" bedroom while my wife of 14 years, sleeps in our two pre-teen sons' bedroom. I've tried to talk and reason with her about this important problem, only to fall on deaf ears. I'm desperate. What else can i do? How can i get ...
Views: 903(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm just wondering what I can do for him to like me - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr.Romance: i wear make up skinny jeans hollister shirts cardigans uggs and converse or just boots I love to act sing dance I'm a gr8t actress I'm always working out love to run I'm smart funny short brown hair sometimes jewlery now I have a crush on someone I always talk to him we ...
Views: 903(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I feel like such a fool - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance I read your article, Gentle Persistence, followed the instructions, and got the truth. You were right. You were sooooo right! I've finally come to the realization that the married man I've been having an affair with for almost two years now has been using me. ...
Views: 900(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Though we slept together while his wife was away, I regretted it - by Submitted on May 29, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am a woman in my mid-twenties from India and working in the middle east in a professional job. I had a brief arranged marriage and am now getting divorced. One of my business clients, who is an Arab and over forty has been married for many years but claims his ...
Views: 899(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He always calls, and we do the same thing over again. - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I've been with this man over thirty years back and forth. Something always seems to happen and we end up apart again. He ends up getting married and yet though living states apart he always ends up calling and we do the same thing all over again. This time we got closer ...
Views: 898(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: She cannot forgive all the hurt I have caused her - by Submitted on May 24, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance I came across your name in an article titled "How Not to Repeat Past Relationship Mistakes". My wife and I have been together since for over ten years, and have 3 children. and my wife has a daughter from a previous relationship. We have been seeing a marriage ...
Views: 897(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: 2 days later, he tells me he's working it out with his ex - by Submitted on May 19, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I met someone from online and we talked for a night and we met that night and one thing led to another and as it turns out he wanted to see me again.2 days later he tells me that hes trying to work this out with his ex wife. How do I not go into that situation? ...
Views: 896(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm a single father of a 6 year old daughter - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I hope you don't mind me writing you but I came across an article that you said: "The best interest of the child also could preclude a mom from gaining custody," says Dr. Tessina. "If a judge doesn't deem that the mother meets the ...
Views: 894(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: My parents are racists - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I've been in a relationship for almost 2 years with a great person whom I've known for the 5 years I've been in this country. We studied together, were genuine friends before feelings started to develop, and we decided to be together. He and I are from a different ...
Views: 891(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Should he rent a room in his ex's house? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance, Should a man expect a woman to want to become involved with him when he is still best friends with is ex-lover--and he is a renter in her house? He claims it is all over between them, but I don't see how he or the ex-lover should expect a woman to feel comfortable fitting ...
Views: 891 - Dear Dr. Romance: You're giving advice on what YOU consider normal - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance:Thank you for your free articles, you have a lot of good stuff in there. A couple of the girls at work and I read your articles and get a good laugh. You're giving advice assuming that our lives are what YOU consider normal. You have a good job, make good money, live in a ...
Views: 890(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I feel like we have to sneak around and hide - by Submitted on May 13, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am in a relationship with a man who twenty years younger. He is black, and I am white. We are very much in love. The problem is that my parents are very much against my dating a black man. They do not like the age difference either, but the being black is worse. This ...
Views: 889(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: My girlfriend does not like phone sex. - by Submitted on May 20, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My girlfriend does not like phone sex. When ever bring the topic she is always mad at me. I don't know maybe it's the way her ex treated her. Please help Dear Reader: You can't have phone sex with your girl if she doesn't like it, and you can't force her to like it. Instead, ...
Views: 889(1 vote) - Dr. Romance: How to Apologize - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaUh-oh. You messed up, and now your boyfriend, relative or best friend is really mad at you. Do you even know why? Dr. Romance explains how to figure out what's wrong and resolve the anger. Dr. Romance’s 4 Steps: How to apologize 1. Surrender to your responsibility. ...
Views: 889(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I need something to break the ice! - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance:What to say in this situation? OK so there's this girl in my art class that i really want to talk to and get to know! Problem is she sits at a different table then me and i just plain don't know what to say to her! I'm a senior and she's a sophomore! What should I say ...
Views: 886(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I've learned my lesson - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I saw your article: "Debunking Dating Myths" Great article, good advice. I couldn't agree with you more. It was a very timely message for me. Just recently, I decided to let go of my partner...for good...It's only been 2-1/2 months since ...
Views: 886(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Should a Mother Push Her Daughter to Contact Her Estranged Father? - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: If the child has not had a real relationship with her father for many years and does not see him more than 2 times per year, should a mother keep pushing a relationship with the father and child? Will it do more harm than good? Dear Reader: There is no way I can tell ...
Views: 884(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I would be honored and privileged if I could end up marrying her. - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I recently read your article "The Challenges of Blended Families" focused on interfaith couples and their impact on raising children. I wanted to reach out to you as a last resort to saving my relationship. My girlfriend and i have been together for three ...
Views: 883(1 vote) - My Newest Book Release - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2019 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance's NEW book! Find it on Amazon! This is a perfect book for any woman who wants to do more than talk about changing her life, it's a road map to her goal. The 10 Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make Before Forty 2nd ...
Views: 883(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Although I had to let go, I still care a lot. - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance Your articles are very helpful to me. Can you tell me what book of yours can help me heal from my last relatioship. The pain is still there and although I am sure I had to let go, I still care a lot. Dear Reader: I'm sorry you're hurting. I know how difficult it ...
Views: 880(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Can I have a life partner? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am living alone. I've been told I am sexually weak. Can I have a life partner? How long will it take? I need care and protection, and to know what my choices are. How can I be fruitful to society and mankind? Is my life worth anything? Tell ...
Views: 878(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I cannot compete with a dead man - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm a sixty something divorced man, I have not had a relationship for a long time. Last year, I met a wonderful lady from Colombia, who is a little bit younger, well educated and has a green card here. She has taken me out of my loneliness and made me feel alive again. ...
Views: 876 - Dear Dr. Romance: I can't find a way to talk to him - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: K so there is a guy in one of my classes that I kinda like but he doesn't know me. I can't find a way to talk to him cause I can't ask him to help me with a question cause he is in front and it would look obvious asking him when there are so many smart people around me. We are ...
Views: 873(1 vote) - Dear Dr.Romance: She doesn't believe that I'm trying to find a job - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My wife she wil get angry very easily. Even for simple things she gets very angry. She always tells me to leave her and she wants to live her family especially with her mother. She tells me she doesn't want to live and mostly she hurts her self. The biggest problem is my ...
Views: 873(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I keep telling him not to push me. - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I find your articles very interesting. I have a minor problem with my husband. he keeps telling me that I don't listen and that I am stubborn. I admit my mind goes blank sometimes because he expects a lot from me and treats me like a teenager. I keep telling him ...
Views: 872(1 vote) - Dear Dr.Romance: Is she bipolar or what? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm in need of some help. My partner has had some emotional problems and I don't know what they are. is she bipolar or what else? She gets angry about everything and is very negative, she is very incecure and thinks I dont love her even if I told her 10 mins ...
Views: 872(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: My son gets angry, throws things - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am writing to you for your professional opinion regarding my 15 year old son. His behavior overall is good but when he gets angry he throws things swears a lot and just a few minutes ago destroyed my vacuum cleaner in one blow to the floor. I am a single parent about ...
Views: 870(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He calls me names and puts me down - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance, I would like your advise in my relationship with my boyfriend. We have been living together for a year and a half and known each other for 3 years. He calls me names and puts me down when i try to communicate with him and every time i want to break it off he tells me we should ...
Views: 869(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How can we find low cost counseling? - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. RomanceI am in a relationship of a year and 3 months. My girlfriend Phyllis and I have a constant communication problem that we want to address.Neither of us are currently working. I do get unemployment but my bills out weigh my income. Do you know how we can find low cost ...
Views: 868(1 vote) - Dr. Romance Happiness Tip: Creating Connections: Draw Them In - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2019 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: Many years ago, an Edwin Markham poem inspired me, and I’ve tried to live by it: Outwitted He drew a circle that shut me out —Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.But Love and I had the wit to win:We drew a circle that took him in! As Markham says, we could see people ...
Views: 864(1 vote) - Dr. Romance : Do men have biological clocks? - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2020 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance on men and biological clocks: Yes, a man can feel the need to grow up and have a family, especially when he finds a woman who inspires those feelings in him. The problem is, how can you be sure the match is a good one? You’d think the positive signs in a date would be ...
Views: 861(1 vote) - Dear Dr.Romance: Every time I think about him it just hurts - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm hoping you can offer some advice. I recently fell in love with a guy going through a divorce. We weren't together for ages but I feel like it was. He was separated About 10 months when we started dating and he had confessed to having a crush on me for a really long ...
Views: 858(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I am feeling overwhelmed to the point I just want out - by Submitted on May 21, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I read some of the things you stated about marriage. Why people divorce. I am feeling overwhelmed lately. To the point I just want out. I have been married for over 17 years. We have 2 school-age children together. I am in school full time and work full time and still ...
Views: 855(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I find her volatile and aggressive - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance I came across your name and contact details on a web it whilst trying to find info' to help my relationship. I wonder if you might be able to offer me any advice please ? My girlfriend always wants to take control and the way she speaks to me at times is though I'm ...
Views: 854(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How do I handle jealousy? - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Just read a fine article of yours from a link off the internet, and was wondering your best recommendation of the books you've wrote for jealousy and suspicious minds in a marriage with no real proof? Dear Reader: "Handling the Green-Eyed Monster" ...
Views: 851(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I discovered he crossdressed - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance:When I was 20, I met a man of 37. For many reasons, including what I thought was love, moved in with him 3 weeks later. After getting engaged to my partner, I discovered he cross-dressed. I cried, but he said he did it cuz he was alone for so long before he met me. Flash forward ...
Views: 851(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on Emotional Hygiene - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2019 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: Life is frequently not easy, and we often encounter problems and difficulties that require us to pay attention to our own feelings. Relationships, whether with family, spouses and partners, friends or even colleagues, can create emotional fallout that we need to take care ...
Views: 850(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I can now free myself and enjoy helping people - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I came across your web site when I was desperately looking for motivation. I'm a salesman selling first class products but I couldn't get motivated and it's been a problem for months. It's been getting worse. I read "Motivation and How to ...
Views: 846(1 vote) - Happy Valentine's Day from Dr. Romance - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2019 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance's Guide to Finding Love Today "This book is all about preparing you -- not just for confident and competent dating -- but for a successful, loving, forever adult relationship. In today's world, most of us need some kind of guidance. If you're conflicted at all about dating...if ...
Views: 843(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Should I stay in this relationship? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I had a really bad ending on my last relationship we were engaged. I moved into another relationship a month after he ended it. I was very lonely and my new relationship seemed perfect. Now I'm starting to get mixed emotions about my man. We have been together now 1 year. ...
Views: 841(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Are there dating guidelines for single parents? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am an elementary school counselor. If you wouldn't mind, I would like to ask you a question that involves a child of a single parent. This 12 year old boy's father died less than a year ago. His mom has started dating again (I believe this to be too soon). I ...
Views: 839(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How should I tell her I have feelings for her - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm in my first year of high school, but I have no experience in relationships. I'm in contact with a friend who is a year younger than me, and I recently realized I have feelings for her. She's funny and playful, and I just can't help myself. What's your advice ...
Views: 838(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: What Causes One To Constantly Sabotage Oneself? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: What causes one to constantly sabotage oneself? Why would someone constantly put up their own roadblocks? Dear Reader: Being out of touch with one's own wants and needs is a primary way to self-sabotage. Getting in your own way is all about how you relate your yourself. ...
Views: 837(1 vote) - Dear Dr.Romance: Can you make your wife fall in love again? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I would like to know if it's possible to make your wife fall in love with you again? She just recently announced to me that she wanted to go our separate ways. I am devastated we have 2 kids together and she told me that she just grew apart from me. I'm madly in love ...
Views: 836(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He said I was a false friend. - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance, I love reading your articles here and on your website and I always look forward to the new ones. I have a long time online friend. We have been friends for about three-four years, and I even felt I was in love with him for a while - and told him so. He said he wasn't over ...
Views: 833(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm struggling with dismissing bad behavior - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: You state in the article "You Be the Judge": "Somehow, clients seem to have taken way too seriously the idea that we aren’t supposed to think badly of people. Instead of using good judgement about whether to allow someone in their lives, ...
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