Depth doesn’t depend on constant physical closeness. Disclaimer: This post is for dedicated single women who aren’t into long-term, live-in relationships. I by no means want to offend those in happily monogamous relationships, and this is based on where I am right now in my relationships and sex life. So please, no “well that isn’t […]
You said I was crazy to sign up for an extreme long-distance relationship. You were wrong. I live in Orlando. He lives in Australia. At any given moment, there are 9,349 miles (plus, one hell of an expensive airplane ticket) separating me from my boyfriend. In fact, our time zones are so far apart that […]
Dear Dana is a bi-weekly advice column for humans who engage in romantic relationships. Please send your dilemmas, issues, conundrums, assumptions, conflicts, anxieties, worriments, obstacles, complications, predicaments, queries, questions, and any other synonyms for “problems” to deardana@rolereboot.org. Dear Dana, My partner and I have been together for almost nine years. We are in love, are deeply […]
We’ve been together for over 14 years, and have never gotten married. We’re deeply committed to each other, but sometimes the belief in a relationship can be tested when you least expect it. Andy and I stay seated watching the names scroll down the screen. We left early once, missing the teaser scene at the […]
Dear Dana is a bi-weekly advice column for humans who engage in romantic relationships. Please send your dilemmas, issues, conundrums, assumptions, conflicts, anxieties, worriments, obstacles, complications, predicaments, queries, questions, and any other synonyms for “problems” to deardana@rolereboot.org. Dear Dana, My girlfriend wants to get married, but I don’t see the point. We’ve been together for four […]
I say it’s time we do away with the “thrill of the chase” narrative. Men go out on the town “hunting” for women to win over, while we women are taught to play coy and hard-to-get for fear of coming off as “easy.” It seems like every day there’s a new app, site, or trend […]
This originally appeared on The Daily Life. Republished here with permission. As with romantic relationships, some friendships have a time limit on them. In addition to warding off flu, bladder infections, and the death penalty (don’t ask), one of the very sound pieces of advice my mother used to give me was in regards to […]
Breakups are even worse when you don’t know what happens next. 1. You will engage in small acts of self-destruction. I once did not eat a single morsel of food for days, so despondent I was at the loss of a man I loved. He did not love me in the least. I told him (nine or […]
Some of the world’s most insulting—to women and men—dating “advice” is currently gaining steam online. Who, exactly, does this guy think he is? What should Every Woman know about sleeping with an Every Man? Well, Chuck Henderson of Wall Street Insanity is an Every Man, or at least he thinks he is, and probably most […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia. Republished here with permission. In a cruel twist of fate, just as my contract with Harper Collins to write my latest book on dating and relationships was finalized, so too was I finalizing the end of what had been an incredibly important partnership with a man I deeply loved. Although I had […]
