How can I get my boyfriend to be more emotionally intimate with me without prying or being annoying?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 29, 2008 -
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Depression has knocked my passion (for everything) out. Gwargh. What do I do while I get therapy sorted?
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posted by divabat
on Jul 21, 2008 -
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Conversation starters needed for married couple's date night. The wife is a bit introverted and needs some prodding to get a conversation started... if it doesn't include career, kids or family.
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 11, 2008 -
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Boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. Girl tells boy she has genital herpes (type 1). Boy says that's OK, I want to be with you. Now boy wants advice on safety.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 8, 2008 -
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For the past few years, physical intimacy with my wife creeps me out. I think I've figured out why. Now what? (long post follows, sorry!)
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 16, 2007 -
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I'm never 'in the mood' at the same time as my boyfriend and it's taken a serious toll on our intimate relationship. What can I/we do to get me in the mood? To help our sex life?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 5, 2007 -
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Why don't I like to be touched on certain parts of my body?
I'm a 38 year old male, and for as long as I can remember, there are places on my body I don't like to be touched. Some of them make sense, given certain events in my past, but most of them not so much.
To explain...
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 28, 2006 -
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MeFi Men of the Hetero Kind: Have you found a useful book to help you improve your
emotional intimacy and related communication skills? I'm looking for recommendations from guys who were told by their Significant Others that they don't get it about what women need, and now they do -- thanks to a book. There's so much dreck out there in Self-Help Land. I'm looking for that rare book that really made a difference in your relationship.
posted by nancoix
on Aug 28, 2006 -
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Olderwomenwholikeyoubutwon'thavesexwithyoufilter: There it is. 75% of the women I've dated in the last 8 months (and ALL of them have been older than me) have a strange issue, in that we can make out all night to the point of being naked, kissing, touching, but that final step of actively engaging an orgasm seems to be too much for them. So... what the... ?
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posted by saysthis
on May 25, 2006 -
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How can my girlfriend and I work past an aversion or barrier to intimacy that has come up in our relationship?
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posted by aussicht
on Oct 31, 2005 -
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A friend of mine is trying to identify a short story that she read in high school where conversation and sex have the opposite roles than they do in our society today.
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posted by Turd Ferguson
on Jul 30, 2005 -
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