In the past few months your sex life has all but dried up. You’re always trying to initiate things, and you’ve even gone so far as to buy
sexy new lingerie, but nothing seems to get your boyfriend interested. When you ask him about it, he says he’s sleep deprived and stressed out.
Dear Sugar,
My boyfriend is about to own a bar, but we have different views about what that entails. He thinks it's just a place to hang out and de-stress, and he is spending a lot of time trying to plan events. I think owning a bar is providing people with alcohol and taking their money without giving them something good in return.
One of the hardest, but most important parts of a relationship is learning how to communicate effectively when the going gets tough. It’s easy to talk when it’s all sunshine and rainbows, but communicating your feelings to someone else when you’re not even sure what you’re feeling can seem impossible. Ideally, once you're settled into a relationship, you’ve figured out the best way to talk to one another, but the truth is, even people who’ve been happily married for decades can be terrible at effective communication.
Many women take great pride in making themselves look good. They eat right, exercise, spend money on makeup, manicures, and highlights, and they're always up to date on the latest fashion. We want to look good for our own self-confidence, but we also do it for the men in our lives.
Dear Sugar,
I am currently dating my daughter's father. We had a lot of new-couple issues at first, but just as soon as I was sure we had worked through the kinks, I found out that he is going to move overseas for a year. I wanted to spend as much time as possible with him before he left, but it seems like he doesn't have the same desire.
Dear Sugar,
My old boyfriend from five years ago and I began speaking again a year ago, after both of us got out of really unhealthy relationships. At the time he was living across the country, but we developed a relationship and he decided to move back. At first our relationship was a dream.
Dear Sugar,
I wasn't looking for love, but it found me, and I've now been dating my boyfriend for five months. We've been so happy and spend every moment together, but out of the blue, he asked me for some time to think — he doesn't even want us to see each other. I asked him if he wanted to break up or see other people, and he said no.
Dear Sugar,
My fiancé and I moved really fast in our relationship, which is great! Everything has worked out really well. The first few months that we dated we made out a lot, but we didn't have sex.
Unless you’re ready to have children, thinking about a possible pregnancy can be pretty terrifying. But if you’re having sex, there’s always a chance, no matter how slim. And there's no doubt that for better or worse, a pregnancy can drastically alter a relationship.
Do you ever notice that gorgeous women are always getting hit on by not-so-gorgeous guys? In the movie
Knocked Up, this point is illustrated to a T when Ben says, "You're prettier than I am," right before pouncing on Alison.
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Although these characters are fictional, this happens all the time, and now there's a
study to prove it.
