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- Bet You Don't Know How To Apologize - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2016 from Tina TessinaAre you and your partner having a tough time getting over an argument? Here are some tips to help. 1. Surrender to your responsibility. When you become aware that you have made a mistake, admit it and apologize. Use it as an opportunity to learn and grow. You don’t have to be afraid of ...
Views: 1813(1 vote) - Coping with Critics - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2014 from Tina TessinaNo one likes to be criticized, fairly or not. It’s always difficult to deal with, and it can hurt. Because I’m a writer of books and columns, and because I’ve lectured, appeared on radio and TV, I am sometimes recognized in public. I’m glad I’m not more ...
Views: 1467(1 vote) - Coping with Critics - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2015 from Tina TessinaNo one likes to be criticized, fairly or not. It’s always difficult to deal with, and it can hurt. Because I’m a writer of books and columns, and because I’ve lectured, appeared on radio and TV, I am sometimes recognized in public. I’m glad I’m not more ...
Views: 1289(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) - Dear Dr Romance: How do you dump someone without hurting them? - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2019 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am in a bit of a weird situation... I'm 16 and I am engaged to a guy I only met 2 months ago. I thought he was joking so I just went along with it, and it was only when he gave me a ring and started talking about venues and dates that I realized he was serious. I only ...
Views: 978(1 vote) - Dear Dr Romance: I need a good self-help book - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I congratulate you for your many helpful articles on the internet. I would like to have your advice. I am male and in the last 25 years I had a therapy experience which lasted 3 1/2 years and left me with unresolved issues; shorter therapy experiences with different ...
Views: 1259(1 vote) - Dear Dr Romance: My Girlfriend Doesn't Like Phone Sex - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2012 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My girlfriend does not like phone sex. When ever I bring up 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 ...
Views: 3501(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) - Dear Dr. Romance: "Love advice would be greatly appreciated!" - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance, I am in my late 20's and single. My problem is that I am in love with a man (who is the same age as I am) who reciprocates my feelings, but when we start getting close he backs completely off. When we run into one another while we are out with friends we talk and it is like we ...
Views: 1225(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: "that fantasy thing is right on the money for me" - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I read "Surviving Loss & Thriving Again" and it helped me a lot. I find the older I get the more I can understand why I do what I do. But, of course, we hope things will be different (see 'Insanity' in the dictionary)! lol Anyway, that fantasy ...
Views: 1015(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: 803(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: AA only goes so far - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2015 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance I am 13 years sober through the 12 steps of AA, but I haven't been to more than one meeting in the last 2 years, after making 3 a day for the 1st yr. and averaging 5 a week for the next 4 years! AA only goes so far. They do not tell you that. If you are ...
Views: 2199(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Age-Gap in Gay Relationship - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2016 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Thank you for such a wonderfully positive article on "generation-gap" relationships. I just finished reading "What's Behind the Trend of Women Dating Younger Men?". Although I am in a gay-relationship, I read the article with ...
Views: 1592(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: 789(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) - 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: 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 first I was hurt, but now I'm irritated. - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I do not like my job, I have two more classes before I complete my masters in HR to move to a better position and recently passed the PHR certification. I was talking with my boyfriend about the environment at the company and how they are always threatening to fire people as ...
Views: 619(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Can I ask her to give up her job? - by Submitted on May 21, 2016 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My wife has developed a connection with someone at work. Can I ask her to give up her job? If the guy she works with is the source of her attention, would it not be better to ...
Views: 1281(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: 775(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Can you help me save my relationship ? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance:I am having trouble in my relationship. My biggest problems are fibbing and patience. Fibbing is what my fiancee calls it, I call it extending the truth a little further than it really is. But, Patience is the thing I've really having trouble with and that I need your help ...
Views: 1066(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Can you refer me? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2015 from Tina TessinaI read your book How To Be a Couple and Still Be Free several months ago and re-read it recently. I would love to receive more one on one help. Do you have anyone you could refer me to? Thank you for your help! Dr. Romance ...
Views: 1198(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Dating a Younger Woman - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2020 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance:I read your article on the Age Differences in Dating and found it to absolutely be brilliant. I'm wondering though since I'm dating a younger woman, what tips you have on dealing with that. Thanks. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Dr. Romance ...
Views: 857(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: 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: Does Friends with Benefits Work? - by Submitted on May 29, 2015 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I was browsing the net and came across one of your articles "No Strings Attached Sex" which I found very interesting as it relates to a situation I am facing currently. I am a young male and I cannot handle having sex for a while with a person ...
Views: 1376(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Does Viagra give him Insomnia? - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2015 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am 39 & my boyfriend is 51. He takes Viagra & Cialis (on an as needed basis). We have a terrific relationship. We seem to have no problem lying there & falling asleep for a short time after making love. I have a really comfortable bed, ...
Views: 1716(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Everyone has been trying to reunite me with my exes. - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: EVERYONE, yes EVERYONE has been TRYING and FAILING at having me reunite with one of my exes…or Something like that. My asinine brother took out pictures of my ex-husband of 9 years and started guilt-tripping me. The funny thing is this: I remained on good terms with ALL of my ...
Views: 608(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Everyone Thinks all truck drivers are perverts - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2021 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I'm in my forties, divorced, and debt free. I have a great credit score. My favorite hobby is Amateur Radio. Other hobbies are listening to shortwave radio programs and studying maps. The down side is that I'm currently a truckdriver. Naturally, everyone thinks that ...
Views: 594(1 vote) - 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: 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: 798(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: 743(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He can't forgive me - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2015 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance : I am a 20 year old college student. I have been going out with a man for almost 2 years, I feel he is the one I want to marry but now we are having problems and I don't know how we are going to stay together. I made the mistake of telling him about my ...
Views: 1153(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: He Does Holidays with His Ex and Kids - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2017 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I found one your article "Dr. Romance: Setting Boundaries with Your Ex" on SelfGrowth.com and wanted to reach out to a professional that is an expert with Divorce, families and integrating a new partner. I am single, 30, never been married, no ...
Views: 1120(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He gave me a major concussion - by Submitted on May 18, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance:I found your site on an internet search. I am in an abusive relationship and am financially dependent on him. I have made him leave several times, only to take him back because of monies. He is an ex cop. I have phoned the authorities many times, they ...
Views: 1127(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He had to hurt me to pull away so he could start this new relationship. - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2017 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I met a guy at the end of my marriage, I started to have a relationship with him. the marriage ended and my husband moved out. My new relationship grew stronger and he had hope for a future with me. I was not ready to let people know I was in a new relationship so ...
Views: 1258(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He has PTSD and I'm going crazy - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2015 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I have been married for about four years now and my husband and I got married at 18 we have 3 kids all under the age of four and it gets stressful sometimes for both of us. He is in the army, he's been a soldier for almost 3 years now he was deployed ...
Views: 1562(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: he is even a few years younger than my daughter - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance:I am going crazy. I am attracted to a young man who is young enough to be my son, he is even a few years younger than my daughter. He has shown interest in me as well and I think this is absurd and yet I can't help the way I feel. He talks to me and shows an interest when I ...
Views: 1220(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He is selfish and controlling - by Submitted on May 04, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I heard you on the radio and I thought of writing to you. This is about my daughter. She has been married for a couple of years. They are both professionals. Since you listen to many cases and have a vast experience on divorce cases, I would like to ask you based on the ...
Views: 975(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: He pushed me to tears - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2016 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Thank you for the Fair Fight Guidelines. I found a lot of wisdom and thoughtfulness in them. I hope my husband will agree. That said, I don't know what you mean by "rage is phony; it's drama created by not taking care of yourself." If a ...
Views: 1298(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: 732(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He spends more time with his friends than me - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My boyfriend spends more time with his friends than me by a long shot. My boyfriend and I have been together for 9 months now and he all of a sudden started spending way more time with them than me. I've tried talking to him about it and he said "i need two days per week ...
Views: 898(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: he thinks I am neglecting him - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I have been "dating" someone for a year to this day. We get along great and enjoy spending time together. He is very romantic. We are both full time teachers and students. We do work in separate schools. I enjoy sleeping over. However, recently I have decided that I need to ...
Views: 911(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He wants me to wait on him hand and foot. - by Submitted on May 29, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I heard you on the radio today and I think that this is my last hope. My dad told me to listen to you this afternoon, since I have been having problems with my marriage. I am in my late twenties and I have 3 children under four years old. My husband is two years ...
Views: 1006(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He Was Never That Into Me - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2015 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I divorced my best friend of 13 years this past January. I'm having a hard time moving on... Let me very clear...over the past 13 years of our marriage..we were never sexually compatible...he was never that into me...I had an affair and I am still seeing that ...
Views: 1619(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: he's a drug dealer and she says that's why she loves him. - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2017 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: My wife and I have been married for 17 yrs and we have a 14 yr old daughter. My wife has stated to me that she is unhappily married and wants her own place. I recently found hotel receipts, 1 day vacation cruise receipt, and FaceBook ...
Views: 1706(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: He's simply taking advantage of my affections for him - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I don't want to be here anymore. Be here on this earth that is, be here in this ole' body of mine. Perhaps you can help. I think I'm simply looking for some inspiration. Also, when I think about no longer being "alive"... I am comforted. This feeling of calm comes over ...
Views: 1013(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: Help me find Mr. Right - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr Romance, I am hard of hearing, and I have hard time finding Mr. Right. I grew up around hearing guys but I haven't often dated. My first marriage was to a hearing guy and I taught him sign language so we did fine for a short time; but he didn't ...
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