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I can't get my girlfriend to be sexually active

posted Fri 24, May 2013 at 10:38am

Hi, I'm a 25 year old man with some issues with my girlfriend. I'm posting here because I don't know if I'm crazy or if my girlfriend is. Or maybe we both are. I'm a deployed vet of 2011 and be...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Sex/Intimacy & romance

Struggling to get over a break up

posted Fri 24, May 2013 at 9:55am

I was hoping somebody could help me, I am only 18, I'm different to most 18 year olds in the fact that i have just wanted to settle down. I have been with my girlfriend for the past year its the ha...

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I think I like another guy.

posted Thu 23, May 2013 at 7:19pm

Hi, I've been with my boyfriend for over two years now, but before we even start dating I was madly in love with that other guy. We were what people call ''f*ck buddies'', but as time pass we f...

Tags: love,triangle,complicated,first,buddies,friend,feeling,for,another,guy,boyfriend
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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner

I love my gf so much but she can't trust me

posted Thu 23, May 2013 at 1:07am

I love my gf and I admit sometimes I can be annoying I have a bad habit of staring at every single girl especially if she is blonde I don't realise I am doing it but I will stare at a girl for a wh...

Tags: love,ex,relationship,marriage
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Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

My girlfreind recently dumped me and I dont know why.

posted Wed 22, May 2013 at 9:03pm

I'm 15 and my girlfriend and I had been going out for a few months when one day she dumped me, we got back together the next week but she was acting differently, recently she started running away f...

Tags: school,need help,young,first love
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Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner

My Fiancé wants me to sell my home because he now hates it.

posted Wed 22, May 2013 at 3:24pm

Hello There, I need help. I have been with this man for 2 1/2 years, we had always planned to live in my house and eventually buy something else in about 5 years interstate when my 16 and 14 ye...

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Money, Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

Advice...marriage stuck in a rut

posted Wed 22, May 2013 at 11:28am

Hello First time Ive ever done anything like this so hoping someone can help me as I feel terrible. Ive been married 6years, have a 21 month old daughter. Husband and I have been a tad unhappy l...

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trust

posted Wed 22, May 2013 at 1:08am

hi there i met my partner on fb on jan this year and we kept seeing each other like she came up to me from wales because i live in halifax west yorkshire and we were all lovey and that and on the ...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner

Going round in circles

posted Tue 21, May 2013 at 7:37pm

I met my boyfriend when we were both 15 and just finishing school. We have been together for 6 years this year and during this time we have had no serious breaks from eachother. About 3 years...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Friends & Family, Making a Commitment

Married, 3 kids, another interest?!

posted Mon 20, May 2013 at 3:24pm

So, long story short, I've been married for 9 years and have 3 children. My husband is amazing and seriously the guy I always dreamed of having. HOWEVER...that spark...not sure where it is, or for ...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

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Just in need of some quick advice!

posted Wed 7, Jul 2010 at 10:44am

Hey, me and my partner are both 20, and have been together just over 2.5 years, 6 months of those we have been living together. Around 10 weeks ago we found out she was pregnant, and were both e...

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Housework, Getting on Better with my Partner

Deciding whether we have a future or not - all or nothing

posted Wed 7, Jul 2010 at 2:54pm

To start I will give some background information on the history of my ex-bf and I. We met when we were 16 and started dating when we were 18 right before I headed to university. We dated for a year...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Making a Commitment

Ok, here goes....

posted Mon 12, Jul 2010 at 6:38pm

ok, here goes. My fiance and I have been together for 18 years and we have 2 children. A teen and a 22 month old (yes, a 13 year age gap between the 2) We love our children dearly. Our problem...

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Affairs & Jealousy

Nervous about being engaged why now?

posted Tue 13, Jul 2010 at 7:52am

I am looking for advice on being nervous after getting engaged. First some background. I am 49 this year and have been in a live in relationship with my partner for the last 12 years. I have a w...

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Making a Commitment

lost, not sure which way to go

posted Wed 14, Jul 2010 at 5:17pm

I recently reconnected with an old school friend on facebook. We talked a lot, laughed and reminisced about old times. Things started taking a turn and I asked if he was happy in his marriage. H...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

Is it time to call it a day?

posted Wed 14, Jul 2010 at 9:20pm

Okay here goes...I've been with my boyfriend for over 2 years and have had many happy and wonderful times together. For the first year of our relationship we lived in seperate houses but still saw ...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

If we cant do it now, whats the chance when im sent to Afgan?

posted Thu 15, Jul 2010 at 3:40pm

I met my Girlfriend on match.com nearly 2 years ago. Everything went better and better, but 9 months in, temptation got to me from a ex she txted me when i was in scotland on a battle camp in the c...

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Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner

Is my perspective all skewed??

posted Thu 15, Jul 2010 at 8:52pm

I am living with and have a 3 yr old with my partner of 8 yrs. One of the big issues which causes problems in our relationship is the fact that I feel hurt/disappointed by the fact that he prefers ...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

cheated on by girlfriend behind back help please

posted Fri 16, Jul 2010 at 9:16am

I had been going out with my girl friend as of yesterday for 13months and i love her still. a month ago i thought she cheated on my and there was evidence to suggest it. but she swore to me that no...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Making a Commitment

i love my wife but!

posted Fri 16, Jul 2010 at 9:18am

I love my wife but, i feel we are about to seperate, I know this has been said alot . But i would like help good or bad. i work 5 days ,pay the bills etc ,my wife runs homme cooks etc. been to...

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Getting on Better with my Partner

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Having an affair but can't leave marriage

posted Sat 31, Jan 2009 at 9:57am

I really need someone to put my life back on track, to turn me back into the mother and wife I once was... a year ago, all that matters to me was my family whom I took pride in and would do a lot f...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

What do I do now?

posted Wed 21, Apr 2010 at 4:17pm

I have just recently split up with my husband of 10 years, we have been together for 13 years in total. We are very lucky and have 2 wonderful children together. Throughout our married life we re...

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Affairs & Jealousy

7 months on and don't feel any better after betrayal....

posted Mon 16, Mar 2009 at 10:07am

.....if anything I feel worse as the more I think about it, the more deception I see! My husband had been seeing a friend of mine behind my back for months and he was also e-mailing a woman off ...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner

Is sexual attraction and friendship enough?

posted Sat 15, Sep 2012 at 1:17pm

Hi everybody, ive been on here before in search of advice....im back again lol So im 23 male, and have been seeing/sleeping with a girl who i have alot of history with, we go back along way lots...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Making a Commitment

My boyfriend doesn't initiate or want sex.

posted Wed 11, Mar 2009 at 6:19pm

I've been with my boyfriend for almost 7 months now. We love each other and get on amazingly well. However...he doesn't initiate sex with me. In the day he can be all over me, hugging and kissing m...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Getting on Better with my Partner

Found my boyfriend wanking

posted Mon 8, Dec 2008 at 10:18pm

<p>Help - I don;t know what to do.&nbsp; I just found my boyfriend wanking over a girl online.&nbsp; He was using his webcam and it eas obvious they were both at it.</p> <p>Please help, I feel so ...

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Affairs & Jealousy

My Wife's secret affair with her boss!!

posted Mon 10, Aug 2009 at 11:46am

Hi all..Ive just discovered my wife is having a sexual relationship with with her Ex boss, this has torn my world apart completely. When she started working for this company 5 years ago she was war...

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Affairs & Jealousy

I have a boyfriend but can't stop thinking about someone else. Help.

posted Fri 6, Feb 2009 at 8:32pm

Hi there. I have been with my boyfriend on and off for almost 6 years. He is my first love and i care greatly for him. The problem is someone ive known for many years also, we have always had a spa...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Getting on Better with my Partner

Fancying someone else

posted Tue 9, Sep 2008 at 2:15pm

<p>I'm married and want to keep my relationship going but there is someone who I fancy. I havent done nothing with her but we do flirt and I do enjoy her company. Sometimes i find it difficult to n...

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Affairs & Jealousy

Life after an affair.... help needed...

posted Sun 24, May 2009 at 10:14pm

2 years ago I got involved with a married man (dont judge me!) We both fell 'in love' deeply... anyway LONG STORY cut short, his job role changed within work and became more demanding, she found ou...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy
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