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How to Build Trust With Your Boyfriend

Written by on April 15, 2013 in Communicating & Relating, Dating, Love, New Relationships with 1 Comment
How to Build Trust With Your Boyfriend

The foundation of a healthy relationship is trust, right? These tips will help you build a trusting relationship with your boyfriend…unless he has emotional health issues. Here’s what one reader says: “Please help me. My boyfriend has trust issues and is really depressed right now. I tell him I’m here for him and I care [...]

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How to Find the Answers to Your Relationship Questions

Written by on April 15, 2013 in Communicating & Relating, Dating, Love, New Relationships with 0 Comments
How to Find the Answers to Your Relationship Questions

Here’s the best list of relationship questions I’ve gotten from a reader – plus my tips on finding the answers. “Dear Laurie, I am in a long distance relationship, and we’ve been together for only 4 months…sometimes doesn’t reply to my messages (his mom died a few months ago), and he is supposed to visit [...]

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3 Steps to Take When You’re Confused About Your Relationship

Written by on March 20, 2013 in Dating, Love, New Relationships with 1 Comment
3 Steps to Take When You’re Confused About Your Relationship

Relationships are confusing at the best of times – but when your boyfriend is sending mixed signals, it can drive you crazy! These steps for women confused about their relationships are inspired by a reader’s comment and question… “I have a boyfriend who I love dearly. The problem is we get along great then out [...]

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How to Cope With a Moody and Unpredictable Boyfriend

Written by on March 12, 2013 in Communicating & Relating, Love with 0 Comments
How to Cope With a Moody and Unpredictable Boyfriend

Here are several tips for coping with a boyfriend who is moody, unpredictable, and unhappy. They’re based on a comment I recently received from a woman who loves her boyfriend, but can’t seem to him them happy. It’s important to remember that you aren’t the “problem” in your relationship. A moody, unpredictable boyfriend could be [...]

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How to Meet Someone When You’re Shy and Socially Awkward

Written by on January 31, 2013 in Dating, Meeting People with 0 Comments
How to Meet Someone When You’re Shy and Socially Awkward

Falling in love for shy people…these tips will help you – even if you’re the most socially awkward person in the room – meet someone and fall in love. Dating for shy singles is often intimidating because love relationships – especially new ones – often require huge amounts of energy, time, and a certain degree [...]

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Should You Date Someone Who Has Different Religious Beliefs?

Written by on December 15, 2012 in Dating, Love with 2 Comments
Should You Date Someone Who Has Different Religious Beliefs?

What if you’re Catholic and her boyfriend is Muslim – should you date a guy who follows a different religion? Interfaith relationships (and marriages) can be strong and happy, but they’re also a lot of work. Before I give you a few things to think about, I want to give you something to ponder: “I [...]

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How to Propose to Your Girlfriend at Christmas

Written by on December 10, 2012 in Dating, Engagements & Weddings, Marriage Proposals with 0 Comments
How to Propose to Your Girlfriend at Christmas

What better way to say “I love you” at Christmas than with a marriage proposal? These tips will help you propose to your girlfriend without freaking out. A Christmas marriage proposal is particularly romantic because of the warmth, joy, and love the holiday season brings. Plus, family and friends may have traveled far and wide [...]

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You Lied to Your Girlfriend and Now You Want Her Back

Written by on August 3, 2012 in Dating, Love, Reconnections with 0 Comments

A reader emailed me, describing how he lied to his girlfriend. She broke up with him, and now he wants her back. Here Here’s part of his email: “When I first started dating her, I told her I had about $10,000 in credit card debt and was addicted to smokeless tobacco.  These were two things [...]

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How to Attract the Man You Want – It’s Easier Than You Think!

Attracting the man you really want to be with is about being charming and irresistible – which is easier than you think, no matter what you look like! The first tip for being charming is to get on your own side. Why? Because… “We have to learn to be our own best friends because we [...]

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When Your Boyfriend’s Family is Ruining Your Relationship

Written by on May 19, 2012 in Love, New Relationships, Parents & Kids, Solving Problems with 8 Comments
When Your Boyfriend’s Family is Ruining Your Relationship

Here are a few ways to cope with your boyfriend’s family – whether they’re just annoying or truly toxic. “My boyfriend’s mother controls everything he does, and he does exactly what she says,” says Olerato. “His sisters and brothers are also controlling him, and he just sits back and follows orders. This has put a [...]

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