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In addition to the good advice in the other answers, I'd suggest that you not treat "how was your day?" as a throwaway formality. I find with my girlfriend that if I really listen and then ask a few …

Just a day or two ago I was late to a dinner with a friend. I had forgotten that traffic would be heavier than it usually was and my wife and I ended up 15 minutes late. Fortunately, it wasn't a big …

It sounds like what you are saying is that you want a feeling that you two are working together. It's very difficult when you feel like you are expected to be doing most of the work, and that work is …

Perhaps she's only disturbed by comparisons with past girlfriends, but there is a strong possibility that she's going to be upset by friendly relationships with other women in the present. …

I've gone through this "from the other side" as the person who was very, very attached to my dog. My fiance liked my dog, but wasn't nearly as attached. I understand where your girlfriend is coming …

The item that jumped out at me was no more time alone in my apartment Almost anything else can be dealt with by drawing up rules (take out the trash, no showering at time X, etc). But if you a …

What you've laid out in your question sounds perfectly reasonable to say to your date. You aren't into clubbing, you'd like to have a some more time one on one getting to know her, and you don't want …

This is a really, really tough issue, because people tend to be pretty vague and indirect when they want to have their date spend the night for sex. If you bring it up at the end of an evening when y …

When your boyfriend says we would likely break up in a few years if we did not have a baby he's saying that you need to have a baby to preserve your relationship. That is a really, really, real …

Given what you describe, your partner is at least somewhat correct. You need to narrow your focus. A lot of the things that a financial advisor can help with in terms of investments are currently me …

I am an introvert and need "me time" but when I first started dating my girlfriend, I was disconcerted by her being fine doing her own thing. In fact, she's like you, and needs time to do her own thi …

Is it possible bring in a third party like a financial or relationship counselor that can help you work through and document the expectations for finances? You could tell your SO that the two of you a …

Given that the lady you are interested in apparently has been seriously ill, surgery, struggling with work due to health issues etc, you probably need to back off. I know because I went through a sim …

Based on my own experience with a father who was loving but didn't appreciate what I did as a software developer (I think he thought I was a keypunch operator) I'd take a two pronged approach. First, …

Make it about you and not about her. In other words, tell her that you want to go to the gym more often but have trouble getting the motivation, and it would really help you get there and work out if …