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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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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

STILL IN LOVE BUT V'CONFUSED!

posted Mon 20, May 2013 at 3:06pm

Hi there, I have posted on here a few times before - this post is very relevant to my other called - 'overcoming the Mistake' (Please have a look if you can) My confusion is based very much...

Tags: VERY grateful of your time! Please let me know what you think,thank you!
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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

What to do now! im going Crazy!

posted Mon 20, May 2013 at 11:55am

in my past relationships i have always been walked over and cheated on. this has always left me feeling paranoid and found it hard to trust anybody. until nearly 2 years ago i met a guy ( who i am ...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy

Need Guidance...fast

posted Mon 20, May 2013 at 1:39am

Me and my ex gf have been off and on for about 4 years now, and usually after we break up i never want her back and i dont care if we are friends or not. But for some odd reason this time is diffre...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

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Urgent Advice please

posted Sat 4, Jun 2011 at 9:45pm

I am 29, I have been with my boyfriend for 3 and a half years. We got together soon after I broke up with a former fiance who I had been with for 5 years. This was following persistant attention fr...

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Making a Commitment

Trying to work out if my relationship can be saved

posted Mon 6, Jun 2011 at 2:45pm

I've been with my bf for almost 7 years and we have a 7 month old girl who we both absolutely adore. For the past few years I have been feeling that my bf is only with me becase it would be really ...

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Becoming a Parent, Finding Time for Each Other, Sex/Intimacy & romance

The past becomes present

posted Mon 6, Jun 2011 at 8:04pm

I am seeing an ex boyfriend, whom I have dated twice before. We had the same problems within the relationship both times, and it was promptly ended. We have recently started seeing each other aga...

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Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

7 year itch??? Or Something More??

posted Tue 7, Jun 2011 at 10:04am

I have been with my boyfriend for going on 7 years now. We have been living together for the past 10 months. Within the past three months we have been engagement ring shopping... So we are close to...

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Affairs & Jealousy, Friends & Family, Getting on Better with my Partner, Making a Commitment

Help asap!

posted Wed 8, Jun 2011 at 12:20pm

Okay so a few weeks ago I wrote a post about how I suspected something was going on with my fiancee and her best friend ... Brief catch up - she went on a night out with him, they were out hour...

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

Do i leave?

posted Wed 8, Jun 2011 at 8:30pm

I am in a tricky situation and am unsure what to do. My partner Simon* (34) and I (25) have been together 5 years and have lived together for the past three. He has a son (Josh*) from a previou...

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Sex/Intimacy & romance, Affairs & Jealousy, Bringing up Children Together

was it cheating or not?

posted Thu 9, Jun 2011 at 9:57am

sorry in advance for my language mistakes....English is not my mother tongue. I met my boyfriend last summer while i was living in Canada and he was in holidays visiting his brother, since then ...

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Affairs & Jealousy

Ill health is driving us apart

posted Fri 10, Jun 2011 at 12:49pm

We both were delighted when we discovered I was having twins and were a really loving close couple. Nothing went right I got very ill, eclampsia, emergency C section, ..basically nearly lost my ...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Having a Child with Additional Needs, Getting on Better with my Partner, Bringing up Children Together

Girlfriend pushing me away/strained relationship

posted Fri 10, Jun 2011 at 4:39pm

As suggested by Lucy, I've posted this as a new post (It was originally a reply to another thread titled: My girlfriend keeps pushing me away). I'm just looking for people's thoughts on my situatio...

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Finding Time for Each Other, Sex/Intimacy & romance, Getting on Better with my Partner

My partner talks so much that it's really getting me down

posted Sat 11, Jun 2011 at 8:11pm

This is probably going to sound strange coming from a woman, but my partner can talk at me for three hours at a time. I understand that most women would like their partners to talk more, but this ...

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Finding Time for Each Other, 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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