It has been a week and a couple of days since we broke up, well more like she broke up with me after about a year and a half relationship.. I contacted her during the first few days and spoke to her as I normally would, until about the middle of last week I decided I didn't want to be used anymore as her sidelined friend so I stopped contacting her altogether. We are both young adults.
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posted by YoungConfusedMan
on Apr 29, 2013 -
16 answers
I need a little bit of advice, I'm back again, this time in a different situation, as my girlfriend has become very upset with me and might break up with me. I don't know how to handle it, and I'm scared I'm going to lose her.
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posted by stonecutters88
on Apr 14, 2013 -
24 answers
I have been dating a man for just over a month that I met online. He is 41 and I am 33. He is simply lovely: kind, attentive, complimentary, generous, funny, smart, gainfully employed, family oriented and wants children, likes me a lot, socially/environmentally conscientious, cooks well, nice sense of style, has friends, etc. And, I'm not very physically attracted to him. I am 5'2" and his profile says he is 5'7" but I think he exaggerated ~two inches and has a slight frame. He is very fit, but the cave woman in me seeks a more commanding physical partner. There are other things about his physicality and bedside manner that don't "do it" for me, either, but the main thing is that I just prefer bigger men.
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posted by AlmondEyes
on Apr 1, 2013 -
35 answers
My fiance and I have recently parted ways after a near 9 year relationship and it seems as though I've forgotten how to function.
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posted by KnittingBer
on Mar 26, 2013 -
7 answers
Ok MeFites, help me. My best friend and her boyfriend just broke up, mostly his idea. But he says he wants to communicate still and "will always love her". She asked me what the hell this meant. I have no idea. So I'm posing the question to you relationship experts. What the hell does he want?
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posted by fresh-rn
on Mar 6, 2013 -
43 answers
My boyfriend and I have been dating for five months. After a big fight this weekend, we've decided to take a week off from seeing each other. Has this strategy EVER improved a relationship? &How do I best manage anxiety this week?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 3, 2013 -
21 answers
I will be visiting Austin, Texas for work in April. I'm thinking of taking a weekend break before I return to Europe. I'm looking for suggestions for somewhere relaxing to spend a few days near the city, preferably Texan in flavour.
posted by Grinder
on Feb 14, 2013 -
16 answers
I have written a ton of cover letters applying to tenure track jobs, but every adjunct class I ever taught I obtained through referrals and word of mouth. I now find myself wanting to ONLY adjunct after an extended break, and have no idea how to write an inquiry letter. And I know just the folks to ask. . .
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posted by dirtmonster
on Jan 7, 2013 -
4 answers
How do you fill the emptiness after a break up? Its now been two month since the break up and I feel like I have no interest anything anymore. I don't enjoy watching sports, my tv shows or movies like I use to. I still go to the gym and run but even time to time I am not motivated to do them. I use to complain about my job to friends and family (politics, unfairness, too much stress), but now I just go to work and I don't even complain about them anymore since all I think about is my personal stress life. I know I am depressed but do I have a bigger problem?
posted by kser333
on Jan 5, 2013 -
20 answers
Is it worth it to live in a city with too many bad memories? I love Los Angeles, but I feel that pieces of my heart are scattered all over it.
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posted by Cybria
on Dec 26, 2012 -
15 answers
My girlfriend broke up with me a couple weeks ago. I thought things were going well, I was even planning to propose to her. She broke it off by saying things weren't working out for her, even though she told me I was good to her. We kept in contact and still talked and texted almost everyday. Then she told me she met someone else. I was very hurt/angry when I heard this. I tried still talking but it hurt too much. I told her the other day that it was best of we didn't communicate for a while because it was hurting me. Now not talking to her for a few days only hurts me more. Should I try to contact her? What should I do? How do I deal with her knowing that she is with someone else? I'm more and more depressed everyday.
posted by kser333
on Dec 2, 2012 -
24 answers
Hi all,
I have been together with my girlfriend for almost 3 years.
It has probably been the loneliest three years of my life.
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posted by silvershadow
on Nov 26, 2012 -
70 answers
In Breaking Bad, Walter White is a genius chemist. In Prison Break, Michael Scofield is a genius structural engineer. What other shows use a main character's genius in a given field like these shows do?
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posted by dubadubowbow
on Sep 19, 2012 -
40 answers
Has anyone ever broken an olympic, or world record in a qualifying round of the olympics without winning the gold medal in the final?
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posted by crawltopslow
on Aug 4, 2012 -
12 answers
This question is part law, part human relations. I need to know how to handle a situation when only one person wants to break out of a lease. Are they allowed to break out without the consent of the other lessees? And if not, should we let her? Details inside.
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posted by anonymous
on May 24, 2012 -
11 answers
I've determined that I need to get out of my current live-in romantic relationship. How do I stick to my guns and break up?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 22, 2012 -
28 answers
Dilemma: I plan to break up with my boyfriend but we live together. Our lease is up at the end of May. I know that the right thing to do would be to tell him now so he has time to find an apartment (I've started looking for one). What is the right thing to do here?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 17, 2012 -
21 answers
how to get over a breakup when you don't want the person back, but feel no closure? (note:very long)
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posted by teaforone
on Feb 24, 2012 -
22 answers
Could an average person, sufficiently motivated, break through a wall built to current U.S. building code standards without the use of tools?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on Feb 14, 2012 -
38 answers
I have $500 in brand new, fresh-from-the-mint, sequential $1 bills. What is the fastest way to "break them in" so they don't stick together?
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posted by Hey Dean Yeager!
on Jan 14, 2012 -
17 answers
Wordpress is adding a secret break tag to my Google Button code, and it's driving me batty. No one on the Google forums helped with FIXING the problem, and the one suggestion I got on Facebook from a friend was bupkis. I turn to the hive mind so that I can fix this stupid problem.
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posted by Medieval Maven
on Jan 14, 2012 -
9 answers
My relationship broke down because of the distance. Can it be salvaged, or do I just let it be?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 25, 2011 -
15 answers
Can a 3 year relationship survive a break after trust is broken (not infidelity...but almost)?
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posted by fezzle
on Dec 8, 2011 -
38 answers
Help me end this toxic dating situation. Maybe even share stories about finally realizing you had to cut things off and how you actually went through with it.
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posted by patientpatient
on Dec 8, 2011 -
31 answers
I miss my ex-girlfriend when we break up, but I want to be single when we're together?
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posted by Snorlax
on Dec 3, 2011 -
20 answers
Long time, first time. Looking for travel ideas: want to take the kid (23) for a treat-holiday over Christmas break. Specs include a short-ish flight out of NY, cold weather, shopping and museums, coffee and cocktails, not too terribly expensive, two female travelers, maybe 5 days.
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posted by henry scobie
on Aug 16, 2011 -
9 answers
What is the kindest way to have "the talk" about needing a break from a friendship? Text, phone, IM, email, or face to face? The reason I need this break is because I am in love with him but he's not over his ex, and I've recently realized all this, and discovered it's too painful to keep hearing about her. We've been sleeping together, too, and I thought I would be able to keep it casual but I was wrong.
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posted by sucky_poppet
on Jul 26, 2011 -
22 answers
My problem is that I can't commit long term to romantic relationships. This commitment phobia automatically colors me as a bad person because the right thing to do in this society is to find that one special person and commit to them for the rest of your life. (ideally)
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posted by BettyBurnheart
on Jun 30, 2011 -
36 answers
I think my camera lens is broken. Is my camera lens broken? Image (and more information) within.
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posted by kbanas
on Jun 30, 2011 -
7 answers
I have some questions about my car/car repair, specifically about having driven without a cap on my break fluid and my cabin and engine filters. 2004 Hyundai Elantra.
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posted by andoatnp
on Jun 24, 2011 -
11 answers
The relationship is not looking good, I'm trying to figure out if I can save this thing and if I can't, how the heck to get back into my own head and get her out of mine.
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posted by Nighthawk3729
on Jun 18, 2011 -
30 answers
Please help me learn how to identify an emotionally/mentally abusive relationship. I am not sure if myne has always been one, or is slowly turning into one, or is not one.
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posted by amacph10
on Jun 15, 2011 -
137 answers
Am I in a good relationship, or is it time to move on? When do you let someone go, even though you love them? My S.O has chronic pain and I have helped him through alot, are things about to get better for us, or would you say this is a dead-end relationship that could go on like this forever?
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posted by amacph10
on Jun 8, 2011 -
32 answers
