Hey Doc, I have been happily married for 14 years now and we have two beautiful children. I absolutely love my wonderful bride and she earns the bulk of our income, allowing me to be a stay-at-home parent and pursue my career as a writer. My question pertains to our sex life. Since the birth of our youngest, 6 years ago we have been less and less intimate. The few times we do have sex (about 4-6 times a month) are often lackluster and leave me unfulfilled as she is distant and more or less just allowing me to relieve myself rather

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His relationships follow a consistent pattern: his exes either turn toxic or dump him after saying he was the best boyfriend ever. What's he doing wrong?

His relationships follow a consistent pattern: his exes either turn toxic or dump him after saying he was the best boyfriend ever. What's he doing wrong?

Hey Doc, I've been with my girlfriend for 6 Years now, through a lot.  But something changed recently and I can't tell whether I should be worried or not. A few weeks ago, she seemed to completely shut down on me.  We went from daily cuddling and laughter and intimacy to...nothing.  She wouldn't talk to me, she just sat on the couch with her phone and her tablet.  When I would ask if everything was ok, she would say she was just in a weird mood and needed some space.  So I obliged. Since then, things have moved slightly back

His relationships follow a consistent pattern: his exes either turn toxic or dump him after saying he was the best boyfriend ever. What's he doing wrong?

His relationships follow a consistent pattern: his exes either turn toxic or dump him after saying he was the best boyfriend ever. What's he doing wrong?

Hey Doc, Last year I separated from my wife. It was the first long term relationship I had ever been in, we were together for 10 years, and married for 8. We'd been living like we were married for almost the entire time we were together. Problems at her home when we first started going out spurred me to invite her to move in with me very early on in the relationship. Probably a bit too early, but that's neither here nor there. As the relationship progressed we Tic'd and Tock'd back and forth between an extremely loving and caring

Hello Doc, Unfortunately, I think I need to talk to my father about porn. I'd really rather not, but I think this might be a real problem. I both live and work with my dad because I am a loser. My dad runs his own business and is well known for giving losers second chances. Our workforce consists mostly of people who stay on because there's literally nowhere else they could get a job that would pay them as much as we do (not much but better than minimum wage) and my younger brother. My brother is great and probably

When his ex broke up with him, she left him with literally nothing - no friends, no place to live, not even his sense of self. How can he recover from this?

Hi Doc! First of all, thank you for all your work, it's really interesting and I've been kind of addicted to reading your articles since I found out about them! I'm a 21 year old Computer Science student from Portugal and I don't really have a specific question, but my romantic and sex life is pretty null right now, so I tought you could help. I had my first relationship at my senior year at high-school four years ago and we broke up two years ago, and ever since, I haven't had any romantic or physical connection with a woman.

When his ex broke up with him, she left him with literally nothing - no friends, no place to live, not even his sense of self. How can he recover from this?

Hey Dr. NerdLove, I’m writing to you anyways because I really need your help. I’m actually pretty ashamed of my problems too. I despise the way I think and feel, yet no matter how hard I try to repress them, they just keep resurfacing. I feel like I have to repress them because if I try to express my thoughts and feelings to another person, I’ll most likely be vilified. Hell, even I would shun me. But you seem like a very intelligent individual with an open mind, so maybe you can help. So just a little information about me

When his ex broke up with him, she left him with literally nothing - no friends, no place to live, not even his sense of self. How can he recover from this?

When his ex broke up with him, she left him with literally nothing - no friends, no place to live, not even his sense of self. How can he recover from this?

Hello, Doc, So, I think I have a problem that quite a few people also experience--dealing with kink, especially one that's rare, particularly strange by 'normal' standards, or one that many people find outright disgusting. In my case, I'm a vorarephiliac. It's not something I'm particularly proud of, and I don't think any amount of sex-positivity or rationalizing is going to change that, because my kink is, to speak perfectly frankly, more than a bit disturbing. In my case, though, it's contributing to my already-poor self esteem, and it's become something of a barrier to my efforts--not because I've told

He wants to ask out one of the popular girls at his school, but he's afraid of becoming someone's TikTok content. How can he avoid becoming cringe content?

He wants to ask out one of the popular girls at his school, but he's afraid of becoming someone's TikTok content. How can he avoid becoming cringe content?