Relationships

Are you willing to date someone who smokes or vapes or are those deal breakers? I hate being around smokers but somehow, I always end up dating guys who smoke.

I feel like I want to want a relationship but all I ever seem to dream about is lying on a beach drinking rum.

🚩Biggest red flags you ignore at the beginning of a relationship when you really like someone?

How old do you want your kids to be before you let them stay home alone for long periods of time? We have a 9 and 13 year old and my husband thinks the 13 year old could stay home on his own while we&… more

Hey everyone - not a relationship question but more of a advice for wedding venues in either Georgia or NYC. What is the best wedding venue and hotel in those areas? Budget is $150K-$200K. Thanks

As a woman, is it hard to date in tech?

I feel the tech environment is a mine field with rise of AI.

But even so, I feel it's getting harder to find a connection.

Would be curious your insights.

Ladies (or gentlemen, don't want to exclude anyone), when your partner sends you flowers to your office, do you love the attention or do you get embarrassed?

Any tips on how I can get ahead of the toxic influence my husband's new coworkers are having on him? We've always split household and parenting tasks, but I am the breadwinner. So, you can say… more

Found out my husband is seeing someone from his work. Would I be in the wrong if I emptied out our joint accounts before confronting him? I know that sounds petty but I feel like he should experience … more

Would you dump someone for this situation? I was very hungry in the morning and we had drank the evening before. He didn’t want to eat and suggested we take a shower. I fainted in his arms. He gets me… more

It’s my bf’s birthday tomorrow, but we can’t spend the day together. I want to send him something to his apartment, but it’s in a gated community and requires a door code. Do you think he’ll mind that… more

One thing that helps me when I am feeling down about my lack of partnership is remembering how much pain and grief exist in the world., then I don’t feel so alone in my grief. It’s a shared human expe… more

I’m attracted to Indian American women. For context, I’m 29 and moved to the US at 18 for college from the Middle East. I’ve been in the States for close to 11 years and have tried my best to assimila… more

Is it body shaming to have a weight preference for your partner, or is it just a health standard?

Need to remain strong and remember that the relationship didn’t work for reason and that neither of us wanted to put in the work to make it work. We’re too different and love is not enough. It hurts m… more

I get dating someone you work with is not always the best idea. But how else are we supposed to meet people? I spend 45 to 60 hours a week working with these people. Who knows me better at this point?

Is it weird if your boyfriend doesn’t introduce you to others as his girlfriend, or am I reading too much into it?

Recently moved to a new city and trying to make friends. There are some people around I used to know and so have been reconnecting with them. There’s one person I really like talking to, but how do I … more

A relationship seems good on paper, but I just don't think I have the chops for it.

For the Christian community, how do you actually date? How does the process look like? The routine and interactions as boyfriend/girlfriend (with no sex or avoiding temptation). What’s your average timeline for t… more

Why do people rush to make things official and pretend like it’s a perfect match when it takes time to really get to know someone and see if things truly work?

30M, looking to connect with female 🐟 over here - DM if keen!

My 10-month relationship ended three weeks ago. My ex and I still communicated since, but we went hard no contact this past Tuesday. Then on Friday night, she messaged me “I miss you. I love you. I’m … more

Since I moved out of my boyfriend's place & got my own apartment last month, we have been distant. he has texted me a few times every week asking me "how's work?" but nothing els… more

I’m so sick of opening up getting on the dating apps match with someone and the first thing they say is I’m not actually from here

Sometimes I feel like people do more of what makes me avoid them in order to convince me not to avoid them.

Have you ever taken back someone who ghosted you or given them a second chance? How did it go?

Maybe dating causes stage fright and then the mistakes made because of stage fright makes dating even more avoidable.

For almost a year my boyfriend has been in survival mode as he was placed on unpaid leave at work and is caretaking for his aging parents. I’ve tried to be patient over the past several months but am … more

I used to think that they crash because they are single, but now I can see that the same reason they crash is the same reason why they are single.

Divorced 🐟 do you ever reach out to your ex just to see how they are (no kids, on good terms, moved on, but sometimes just wonder how they are and hope they are well)

In NYC for work, anyone want to meet up for food or drinks? Single 30s M here

Prt 2. I took it upon myself to delete all the single female contacts he had and blocked a few, but somehow, he still contacts these people and claim they did first. The thing is this guy is nice to m… more

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It's a fool's errand, any sort of relationship is a big responsibility.

I’ve been dating this guy for the last couple of months. We’re long distance. We see each other almost every weekend and talk every day on the phone. Is it too soon to ask where he sees this going? If… more

My fiancé has anxiety issues, relating to career but also relationships (us, friends, etc.). I try to talk to her through them, but I feel like I am hitting a threshold. I have asked her to take baby … more

People scare me in such a way that all I ever think of is that prison movie where he punches the guard on the way out of solitary confinement and goes right back in and shuts the door.