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I’m a 22 year old full time student and full time worker. I work hard to pay my way through school and also manage to sustain my self. I live at home though, given that my very conservative Christian parents expect me to live with them until I get married. I’ve been dating my boyfriend for a year and half now and he recently told me that he wants to go to Las Vegas for his birthday with our group of friends and of course take me along. I’ve never asked to go on a trip with a boy before and the minute I asked I got a definite no. I asked…

I recently ended a relationship, and shortly after that, was set with a friend of a friend. The friend and I have never met, however we have had a lot of contact: texting, phone calls, skyping, gaming, emailing. It’s been about a month of constant communication! I have never felt so connected to someone. It is the total opposite of my previous relationship. We share so many interests and beliefs, and I’ve never been so attracted to someone. We just “click”! That said, this weekend we have plans to meet up and finally get things started (we aren’t from the same place which is why it has taken so long). However, last…

I have been dating my boyfriend for nearly four and a half years. We both know we want to get married, and he has talked to his parents about it as well. Although his family is strictly against us living together before we’re married, my parents are all for it. The problem is that I might finish college a semester or two after him, while he continues on to graduate school. I’d love to get married before he pursues his PhD, mostly because of the fact that if he moves states away, I’d love for his family to be okay with me tagging along. But he thinks I need to worry about…

I am a mother of a 14 month-old, and married for seven months to her dad. We didn’t live together until after we got married. In the seven months, we have had sex only 10 times, the last time being three months ago. Anytime I try to initiate it, he refuses and says that he’s tired, or that we’ll wake the baby and our live-in nanny, or that he’s just too stressed wondering how to provide for us. To add to this, he has never held a job, but does odd jobs now and then. I have a full time job that is physically and mentally exhausting, but not too exhausting to…

I’m 30 years old and I had my first and only boyfriend when I was 19. He and I had a good relationship, but we weren’t in love and I haven’t had a boyfriend since. My excuse is I used my twenties to go to college, work and become as successful as possible. I met a great guy in college who became one of my best friends, but he’s married now. I’m ready to get back into the swing of things and start dating again, but for some reason I compare men to him. He made me laugh, he was incredibly sweet, we were buds… Over the years, I’ve just met jerk…

There’s a guy I have been sorta dating for several weeks, but recently, things have changed between us because he’ll be gone for the rest of the year soon and he’s not ready to start anything with me now. After having strange symptoms for over a week, I went to a doctor which confirmed my suspicions that I was having a miscarriage. I never had a positive pregnancy test, because I probably took it too early. I was not looking to get pregnant at all, so I am obviously happy that I am not pregnant. But at the same time, I’m not sure what to feel about having a miscarriage. While this…

I’m 32 and have never had a girlfriend. I’m not a touchy-feely person, and this coupled with being really shy around women who I’m interested in, isn’t making my life easy. I’ve only been on about four dates since high school, and none of them worked out. I feel all I need is practice, but I get so nervous on a date, that rather than confronting my fears, I’ve been avoiding them. Even something as simple as kissing is foreign and scary for me, as I’ve never kissed a girl. The guy is supposed to take the lead, but this guy hasn’t got a clue! I was a big teenager, so I…