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- 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: 730(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: 727(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on Guidelines for Relating with Love - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2020 from Tina TessinaIf you're lucky enough to be living with someone else while you're isolating to avoid this virus, you may be having some difficulty with being alone together for more time than you're used to. The following guidelines will help you get along better and perhaps even improve your ...
Views: 723(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I think I have a tendency to lose myself in a relationship - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I was wondering if I could ask you for some advice. I'm feeling so troubled. I got divorced a few years ago. Since then, I became involved with a man more than ten years older than me. I got a work assignment out of town, and he was adamant about keeping a ...
Views: 722(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: She started pushing me away and becoming distant - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I've been dating my girlfriend for 5 almost 6 months now. We hit it off from the very beginning and fell in love a couple months into the relationship. Both of us are independent people and level headed, but there's a deep connection between the two ...
Views: 722(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on How Can You Improve Your Sex Life In Marriage? - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2020 from Tina TessinaAfter years together, is there a lack of sex in your marriage? Is this negatively impacting your relationship? Have no fear -- it is easy to reboot your sex life at any age. I recommend that couples follow five easy steps to get things going again: First of all, you have to find out what’s going ...
Views: 710(1 vote) - Dear Dr.Romance: No One I Meet Online Wants To Have a Serious Relationship - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I have not had a relationship in 8 years because of a bad relationship. I needed time to heal. My favorite discussion board has closed, and I miss my friends! Emailing is nice but I miss the discussions and topics of the day. I have gone back to school and I'm much ...
Views: 709 - Dear Dr.Romance: I am on MAJOR pain pills - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am a 49 year old disabled vet, chest injury in pain 24/7. I am on MAJOR pain pills. Have not had sex with wife since one day I pulled her pants down and found a river of a substance that looked like human ejaculate but smelt like beer. Six months later she said it was ...
Views: 699(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: he can't forgive me because I did it first. - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm in high school and going through a rough patch in my relationship I have been with my boyfriend For 17 months, sort of on an off, but 5 months ago we broke up and I slept with another male and yesterday he told me he had sex with another female after I told him about ...
Views: 697(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: twice I have been let down by this man I so love - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance:My partner whom I have been in a relationship with for the past year has changed and let me down twice. We were first friends for several years & became a couple for the last year. We both fell in love instantly and desire to live together to build towards a good ...
Views: 697(1 vote) - Dr. Romance Happiness Tip: 11 Things Married Women Want - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2020 from Tina TessinaFor you men who ask, "What Do Women Want?" Here are Dr. Romance's 10 Things Married Women Want: Women value intimacy, safety for themselves and their children, and emotional connection. Therefore, they long for the following qualities in a man: 1. Good Judgment Good ...
Views: 696(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I am the one who becomes unbalanced - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am married 19 years and my husband and I have two children. We have a good marriage in so many ways yet we continuously cycle to a low point every couple of months primarily due to my change in mood and feelings about the relationship. A bad case of ambivalence on my part. ...
Views: 692 - Dr. Romance: On Having a New Baby When You Have Stepchildren - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2020 from Tina TessinaYou and your new spouse are over the moon about having a baby, but the children from your previous marriage are acting strange and upset or distant. What's wrong, and how do you fix it? Tina B. Tessina, PhD, "Dr. Romance" licensed psychotherapist and author, gives you steps ...
Views: 692 - 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: 690(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: at funerals, how do you comfort families in morning? - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: What suggestions can you offer for guests at funerals in regards to comforting families in morning? Thanks! Dear Reader: Your presence at the memorial or funeral, honoring their loved one who passed, is the most comfort, so go if you can. When you are greeting the family ...
Views: 690 - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm really confused about a guy - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm really confused about a guy I know online from a social site, he's ten years older than I am. We've been in contact for several months. We now live in different countries. Recently, our chatting got intense and he told me that he likes me. ...
Views: 687(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How do we reorder our brain for positive motivation? - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I read your article "Motivation And How to Create It (Good Boss/Bad Boss)" and found it very interesting. I understand your point about celebrating and appreciating yourself to motivate your inner potential. However I am confused about how to order my brain for ...
Views: 686(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: We just had a small fight, but she doesn't want to talk - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My best friend isn't talking with me since 2 months now. I'm frustrated. We are best friends since 3 yrs now. In Feb suddenly she stopped talking. We just had a small fight as in regular nothing serious. When i asked she said she doesn't want to talk anything for ...
Views: 686(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I think I'll be eternally grateful - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2019 from Tina TessinaThank you Dear Dr Romance: I've stumbled across your website, and think I'm going to be eternally grateful for having done so. Your advice is a pleasure to read, with helpful action-plans for effecting change. I love your articles on relationships with parents/children, being one's own ...
Views: 685(1 vote) - Dr. Romance On Spreading Kindness - by Submitted on May 08, 2020 from Tina TessinaKindness is the lubrication for life, love and relationships. When you spread kindness, it comes back in many ways, and it’s the foundation of happiness. "Dr. Romance" shows how kindness works and why it’s important to learn to live kindly, even in today’s cynical ...
Views: 685(1 vote) - Dr. Romance: Dating after Widowhood - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2020 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance's 3 Tips for Finding New Love For a while after a relationship ends, you may not feel like considering a new relationship, which is probably good. Jumping right from one relationship to another usually doesn't work. A relationship that follows too quickly is called a ...
Views: 685(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I am allowing my narcissistic ex to run circles around me - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance I am mindful that I am allowing my soon to be controlling, narcissist ex (civil law attorney) to run circles around me, just as we did when we were married. After attending a divorce group session at my local church, they recommend that I set up some specific boundaries and ...
Views: 684(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: It left me feeling like a loveless phony - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I just found your article "Without Ego" OMG you are just who I've been looking for. For the past two years I've been reading articles about dissolving the ego and all this hubbub. For those two years I was told that I have an ego that is all ...
Views: 684(1 vote) - Dear Dr.Romance: What do I need to do to become a therapist? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaI am a 25 year old M.A. student from the Middle East. This year is my final year to have my M.A. degree as a Family specialist to become a family counselor. I saw many things you wrote online as a family and couple therapists and i Loved them all! I was wondering if you could direct me and hear ...
Views: 684(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How do I convince my family I'm serious about him? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm 17 years old and I have been with my boyfriend for 6 years. We have grown up together and he is all I know. We are very mature when it comes to our relationship and our sex life. I want to spend the rest of my life with him but there's a problem. I have made many ...
Views: 682(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm having major anxiety about the guy I'm dating - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm having major anxiety about the guy I'm dating. I wanted to talk with him, but I lost my strength when I asked about his ex and he gave me an answer like, "There are things you need to know and things you don't need to know and when things don't affect ...
Views: 682(1 vote) - Dear Dr Romance: he said I was expecting too much from this relationship - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr.Romance: I can't get over this man, he is 61, I'm in my mid thirties, he is Europe and I'm in North America, we started corresponding and we stopped. I was suffering but time healed me after a year. This year we re started talking back, by Facebook, and when ...
Views: 680(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on: Am I too old to date again? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: In today's world, people don't often realize the importance of companionship until later in life. Staying fit and physically and socially active increases your odds of finding someone to date, and also increases your libido and your chances of successful sex. But, ...
Views: 679 - Dear Dr. Romance: From a phone call every day to a dead end. - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am new to the entire single scene. Recently I met someone and after a couple of dates, he started to email me with a lot of sexual inquires. I ignored some of it and sometimes I would put a little tease in the reply. When he started getting more vulgar I want this and I ...
Views: 678(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: she wanted to still be friends - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I knew a girl for a long time and had a huge crush on her. I'm in my twenties, and she is a year younger than me. I am a very shy person and would freeze up whenever I tried to tell her. We knew each other for more than a year and were good friends, so I told her, trying ...
Views: 678 - Dear Dr. Romance: I have never met him and he lives in another country - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I stumbled upon your article ...
Views: 677(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: They say I am a diamond as a man - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Thanks for sharing the great article "A Good Cry" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I have a question about it: "....If you're trying to help someone cope with a loss, don't try to make the bereaved person feel better. It just ...
Views: 677(1 vote) - Dr. Romance: How to Create a Good Roommate Situation - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2020 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance: More and more people are sharing quarters since the pandemic. Being social distanced all alone is difficult, and financial problems are making roommates seem more desirable. Here's how to set up a situation you'll be glad about. The best way to have a good ...
Views: 676(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Should a grad student in her 20s date a man who's 70? - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: We are co-workers and I've know him for about two years. He's very nice, funny and in very good shape. We've built a pretty solid friendship. We hang out a couple times a month (when I'm home from school). But, lately he's been pushing for a ...
Views: 673 - Dr. Romance: Reluctant to Marry Again - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2020 from Tina TessinaWhen a relationship that probably began in hope and joy has ended in failure, grief and pain, It's very understandable to be concerned about repeating an action that was so hurtful. Here are some Happiness Tips for recovering from divorce. Dr. Romance’s 3 tips for letting go of the ...
Views: 673(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How can I let go of a toxic relationship? - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I wonder if you have an article that you've written that you can point me too on how to let go of a toxic relationship. I've been involved for 7 months with a man who is continually evasive, avoidant-attachment, manipulative and I need to figure out ...
Views: 672(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Our sex life has been very bad - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance My husband of almost 9 years just told me about 2 months ago that he is in love with someone else. About 5 years ago I caught him cheating on me with this girl and he told me that it was over and it was just for the sex. Then 2 years later I found out that he was ...
Views: 672(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: My ex is a great person, but a spoiled brat. - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I saw your website and decided to write you via e-mail. The reason being is that my lover for the past three years has left me and I now am trying to afford the house and dogs and everything else we bought together with one income. My ex is a great person, but a spoiled brat. ...
Views: 670(1 vote) - Dr. Romance: How to Decide Whether or Not to End Your Marriage - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2020 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance: Should you stay in your marriage? Marriage can be frustrating and disappointing, especially if you don't have the skills to fix it. But giving in to the frustration and leaving may turn out to be the worst thing you ever did. Consider these reasons to stay: 1. ...
Views: 670(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I realize that jealousy may be the main culprit - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance Your website impressed me and prompted this note, and I'd appreciate your thoughts.I am a reasonably well-educated individual which includes a couple of degrees in psychology and have been quite successful in my career. My wife who is also well-educated and our ...
Views: 669(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I attract young boys - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am from Iran .Right now I read "Age Differences in Dating" your nice article about different ages in couples. I am in my 40s but nobody can guess my age, and because of my appearance I attract young boys, they think I am in my 30s. I ...
Views: 658 - Dear Dr. Romance: I am not sure there's any turning back - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My wife and I have been married for 5 years. We got married quickly - after only 9 months due to a couple of reasons. We have been fighting fairly regularly for several years -- and I think it comes down to: us not having much in common, which I ultimately resent her ...
Views: 656(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on: Should I Start a Family? - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2020 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: The skills couples need to keep intimacy alive in a long-term relationship differ from new relationship intimacy skills, and they're not obvious because people don't talk about them. Most couples need to lower their expectations of romance and glamour and raise the ...
Views: 656(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Am I Strange? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am a university student majoring in English Translation in a Mid Eastern country. I find it difficult to attract other people's attention and it makes friendship nearly impossible. I love loneliness in a way that most of my friends don't ...
Views: 652 - Dear Dr. Romance: It's tuff on me waiting for her to get it together. - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: How can I sign up for your Happiness Tips newsletter? I want to read "The One Who Got Away." Also which article would you recommend reading in my case? I met a wonderful lady who loves dancing like I do, and for almost 8 months she has been getting her house ...
Views: 650(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He isn't shy about holding hands with a black girl - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I started dating a man 2 years younger than me, who is from another country. I thought he was very sweet and gentlemanly and of course I'm really attracted to him, and he eventually asked me on a date. We've had several dates, and he's very considerate, very ...
Views: 649(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How can I move forward when I hit a setback? - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: When one hits a setback in life what are some healthy ways to keep moving forward? How can one build a healthy mental outlook when things go wrong? Dear Reader: The most important and uplifting thing you can do is look for what you can learn from the problem. ...
Views: 649 - Dear Dr. Romance: I want to find myself - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I was married at the age of 21, was married for 7 years, separated from my spouse a little over a year ago, and I'm in the process of divorce. I dated various people shortly after separation, but I was lost, broke some hearts, and simply didn't know ...
Views: 649 - Dear Dr. Romance: Am I wrong for asking for more time for us? - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance, I've been in a relationship for 6 1/2 years with a man I can see myself marrying and growing old. The first 4 years we were on our long distance relationship because I was in college in another state. We then lived together for a year to realize we could work out in ...
Views: 646(1 vote) - Dear Dr.Romance: Can you program the subconsious? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I saw the articles on your site and I would like to know if you can ´´program´´ the subconscious mind to win a X salary per month, even if the subconscious mind is programmed to attract money. Dear Reader: We have a brain mechanism psychologists call ...
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