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- Dear Dr. Romance: Should I give up on his love? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: We'd been really close and intimate. I thought we were going to be in a special relationship soon because he told me we were having something special. No matter how tired he was, he'd had his dinner with me. He got paranoid everytime I threatened to stop talking to ...
Views: 910 - 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: 761(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Why do I not care that my girlfriend broke up with me? - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: This girl wasn't really my girlfriend but we pretty much were dating. I was thinking of asking her out in a few days. We talked today and she said she would rather be friends. I thought I should be mad or sad but the weird thing is I don't really care. Why? Is this normal? Is ...
Views: 786(1 vote) - Dr. Romance On Infidelity -- Stay or Go? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2019 from Tina TessinaDiscovering your partner has been unfaithful is a shock. Your first instinct may be to run, but if you have a shared history, children and finances, you may wonder – should you stay or go? Dr. Romance shows you how to decide. When you get the devastating news that your spouse has had an ...
Views: 952(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How do I flirt to grab a guy's attention? - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'd like to learn something flirty and funny that will grab a guys attention!? I am going bowling with my crush and a group of friends (I never talk to my crush so this is huge!) and I am trying to think of some cute flirty things to say! Any suggestions? Examples please ...
Views: 915(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I regret not telling her how I felt - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I was very attracted to a lady and I did things for her with out asking for any thing in return. She was single and I fixed her jeep, I put down new linoleum in her kitchen for her, we did go out together for drinks, dinner, dancing, movies as ...
Views: 1026(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Do I surprise her with a gift? - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I know I feel strongly about a certain someone. Do I surprise her with a gift or e-mail her with my recent feelings through a tough time? Dear Reader: It sounds like you're way ahead of yourself and her. I think a gift would be completely out of line at this point. If she's ...
Views: 805(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: My son is having a substance abuse problem - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My son is having a substance abuse problem. It surfaced a few months ago, he promised to stop, and I just caught him using it again. He just turned 18. What can I do to help him? Dear Reader: I'm so sorry you're going through this with your son. ...
Views: 1174(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Is it more important to be balanced or compatible? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance:What is more important in a relationship: being balanced or compatible? Dear Reader: Compatibility trumps balance, but balance may be an important component of compatibility. Compatibility means having similar core values, living together well and comfortably, and ...
Views: 849(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on How Not to be Shy at a Party - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2019 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: Happy New Year! Are you dreading all the social occasions this time of year? If you're an introvert, you can enjoy parties, too, when you learn to respect who you are and don’t let negative fantasies take over. Limit your social engagements to those that ...
Views: 923(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Is it possible to love someone without ever dating them? - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Is it possible to love someone without ever dating them? If so, how can you tell that you are in love? Dear Reader: Yes, it's possible to fall in love without dating. For example, if you have a close friend, classmate, work associate, neighbor or friend of a friend ...
Views: 1038(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I had to pay for everything - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr Romance: I recently met a divorced Russian woman with her teenage old son while on vacation, we spent a lot of time together. I enjoyed their company very much. We keep seeing each other and I recently spent 4 days at her lavish home in the United States. I was really suprised to see ...
Views: 957(1 vote) - Dr. Romance: Peace Begins at Home - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: This is often called the Season of Peace, as in "Peace on Earth; Good Will to Men" Yet there is so much unrest in the world today: the world is still involved in wars, terrorism seems to be endemic worldwide, and domestic violence and hatred still dominate the news. ...
Views: 1225(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I am so sad because I don't see this marriage working - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My husband complains that life is a habitrail that he has to get on everyday and he is not being reloaded. I have tried everything I know how to make things better for him. I don't know how to reply anymore, and honestly I am not sure there is ...
Views: 1060(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: They said "Go help somebody, you selfish jerk." - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am an addict. long term. I've had some time in NA running what I thought, and what others even so much reinforced, that when I began to feel like I needed to "leave the nest" a little (at about five years sobriety), I copped all kinds of flack from ...
Views: 1173(1 vote) - Dear Dr Romance: Should I date my girlfriend's best friend? - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I need relationship advice!!!? I have been with my girlfriend for 4 months now and her best friend who's a girl is also my best friend and I'm very close with the best friend. me and my girlfriend do fight a lot but there are times where I'm in love with her. and me and the ...
Views: 1075(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on Handling The Green-eyed Monster - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance says: I can’t escape it, it’s in the news every day, and it fills my counseling office. Recently, the news told of a four-year-old who was shot to death by his own father, because the father was jealous of his divorced wife’s new relationship. "O, beware... of jealousy; ...
Views: 992(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Do I tell him I can't be his friend or let silence speak for itself? - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm in need of some serious advice, and I hope you can help. I've been in an extremely long distance relationship with someone for the past year and a half off and on. I live in the US, he lives in Central America. I am 6 years older than he is. I'm ...
Views: 946(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: My sisters are now calling me 'The Black Widow' - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr Romance:Thank you for your article "Age Differences in Dating". I am a fortysomething woman whose fiance' died in my arms of heart failure three years ago. He was in his late sixties. Then I dated an ex-pro athlete who had a stroke and lost the use of his left ...
Views: 816(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Why does he want a relationship? - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I met this guy through a phone call, but he contacted or got my profile through a friend of mine and he is satisfied through that, and he is convinced that he could have a relationship with me, he needs my affection, fear of God, caring, true feeling of sharing, happiness, ...
Views: 954(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on: How to Have Happier Holidays! - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: No matter what you observe: Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Solstice or Christmas, this is a celebratory time of year. For some it's a joy, for others a nightmare and pressure to spend too much, eat too much, and socialize in ways you don't like. If your holiday expectations ...
Views: 930(1 vote) - 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: 779(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: she slapped my face and departed - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I recently moved here from the British Isles. I discovered your Dr. Romance blog and thought you might have some good insight on an experience I had involving an American woman's image of her body. I met a really attractive and intelligent woman at a ...
Views: 957(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I feel almost embarrassed about being a virgin at my age - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I came across your blog while searching the internet for help for women In dysfunctional relationships. . Your language and spiritual, yet non judgmental approach really resonated with me. I am an ethnically mixed woman in my thirties. My parents ...
Views: 986(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on Giving Thanks - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving! A lot of people aren’t very good at looking at the positive. I hear a lot of negativity, blaming and complaining daily in my counseling office, and I find the more negative people are, the worse their lives work. Talking about how bad it all is seems ...
Views: 1067(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm afraid the age difference means our relationship won't work - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance; I read your article "Age Differences in Dating" I am dating a man who is 22 yrs, younger than myself. He appeared older and I appeared younger to him. Now I'm afraid the age difference means our relationship won't work. Would you be ...
Views: 868(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I am not sure what the dating customs of this country are - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I read your monthly "Happiness Tips" newsletter and thank you your advice. However, I noticed that you try to help resolve or forestall relationship problems. My problem is still meeting a man that I like. When I go out and see a guy I am attracted to, I do look ...
Views: 932(1 vote) - Dr. Romance: "Don't Call Your Ex!" - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance "Don't Call Your Ex" Dr. Romance’s How to handle being dumped DO put it in perspective If you're dumped, it hurts, but count your lucky stars. You don’t have a relationship if the other person's not really interested. DO understand that there were problems already ...
Views: 1877(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How can I make my family understand I love him? - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Ok so I am 19 and am kinda falling for a guy who is 20 years old than me. I am not asking your opinion on if it's wrong and nor do I want to hear "that's disgusting" my mother and father were 23 years apart in age. I like older guys cause I can relate to them better than guys ...
Views: 1521(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: 826(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: How Can I stop a stalker? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Are you familiar with men who won't leave women alone? I'm just trying to understand why someone would STALK me for well over a decade and, during that time, systematically destroy my life because I refused to be in an abusive relationship with him. He didn't seem to ...
Views: 915(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on dealing with disappointment - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: OK, so you're disappointed. Your dream has ended in the trash. So, after you get finished with laying on the floor, kicking your heels, and screaming; or going on a drunken binge, or beating someone up, you find you're still disappointed, and all ...
Views: 1040(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: 736(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Why am I assumed to be a cougar good for only one thing? - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am a single woman in my late 40's. I've had several serious relationships, but unfortunately, although I lived with a couple of them, I've never been married. I have a minor physical disability, a stomach condition, but I am attractive, I look younger than I am, I'm well ...
Views: 3823(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: What can an older man do to win a younger woman? - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I enjoyed your article: Age Differences in Dating? Do you have any articles about younger women dating older men? I'm interested in the younger woman's motivations, and what the older man can say and do to will her affections. Have you ...
Views: 3784(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on The Importance of Humor - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: We are such an inventive species. We are also a species with a sense of humor. I think the two are connected. It takes a sense of humor to be able to stumble around in an unfamiliar situation until you figure it out. Current research has ...
Views: 912(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I have been hurt by every guy I have dated - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am in a new relationship for a few months. I haven't dated for a couple of years on the advice of my therapist. I met a really nice guy on an online dating service which was totally out of my character. He is a really nice guy (Thank God) He lives in a different state ...
Views: 1047(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Should I go where she is? - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My ex and I lived in the UK. She dumped me a few months ago and she went to France as an exchange student. She will be back next year, but at that time I will have graduated and left school here, and she will be doing her final year here. so as you ...
Views: 876(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Should I try to fuel the desires or calm them? - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I saw your article "Age Differences in Dating " I'm single, in my early thirties. for the last, i'd say 6 years, i have been extremely attracted to women in their forties. it's both a physical and mental attraction. i live in an upscale part of the ...
Views: 1029(1 vote) - Dr. Romance: Make your love life sparkle! - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance's Top 5 ways to take your marriage from good to great. 1. Talk frequently and honestly to each other about your frustrations, about sex, about anger, about disappointment, about your appreciation of each other, about the meaning of life, about everything. No topic should be ...
Views: 964(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: "My Girl's younger sister proposed to me" - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm in college in another country. I have relation with my girl friend since last 3 and half years ago. We have done sexual job in 4 times. She is very honest and easy going girl. But she stopped her study. I have a good relationship with her still today, As ...
Views: 999 - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm lonely and hate it!! - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Almost all of my friends have boyfriends, (we're 22, turning 23) and i don't. i never have. i feel really alone during the wk bc all my friends are with their boyfriends. i basically work, take class, and that's it. i either need a boyfriend, or more friends, bc i'm lonely and ...
Views: 1007 - Dear Dr. Romance: I just don't understand men - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'll admit, I just don't understand men. Do they want us to be perfect all the time? I mean, I think I'm a pretty okay person. I honestly like myself for who I am. It took me a long time to get to this point. I'm not a model, but reasonably attractive for a woman in her 40s. ...
Views: 1082 - Dr. Romance on: Kindness and Happiness - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: Recently, I went through very unpleasant and difficult dental work, and the outpouring of kindness I received -- from my husband, who held onto my ankle all through the two and a half hours (and had nightmares that night about it) to my dear friends, who offered me support ...
Views: 963 - Dear Dr. Romance: Why am i intimidating? - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Why am i intimidating? after i start talking to guys and i've hooked up with them, some have told me i am intimidating and they become shy in person. I'm not like scary or creepy or anything. (i'm tall skinny, blonde hair n blue eyes.) but is there anything i can do to fix ...
Views: 863 - Dear Dr. Romance: I don't like this game - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I have a problem with this girl I like who's four years younger, we've been friends for a year. She recently broke up with her boyfriend. One week after they broke up, I went out with her. We had some drinks, and started making out. I asked her how long she had ...
Views: 998(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Am I Single? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr.Romance: My friends were joking that I have never been single, and I argued that I have - but they said my definition of being single was wrong! true, I tend to have long term relationships, but before I met my last boyfriend I was "single" for nearly a year. I define this as ...
Views: 1036(1 vote) - Dr. Romance on Dating: The Fine Art of "Squirrel Hunting" - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2018 from Tina TessinaDr. Romance writes: The most frequent problem I hear from single clients is that of how and where to search for a partner. Other clients are searching for friends. Many of them have been searching for a long time, without success; others have been afraid to go out and search at all. Most ...
Views: 1018(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: It really makes sense to me - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I have been reading your advice at your website. I like what you have to say, and it really makes sense to me. I would like to tell you that you have helped me without even meeting. I have been thinking about meeting with a therapist for a while, and have tried in the past, ...
Views: 940(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I'm sick of waiting and feeling I'm not good enough - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance, I am a young adult male who has always had some sort of complication in relationships. I need help on deciding what I should do from the point at where I’m at now. The situation is that I have been talking to this girl. She first started talking to me but I didn't really ...
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