Dating
- Jul 22
- 2009
Editor’s Web Note: Breaking up is one of the hardest things we all go through—regardless of which end you’re on. Summertime comes with a lot of breakups for young people and though there are “50 ways to leave your lover”, most of them are pretty flakey! I hope today’s column inspires more people to learn how to face a difficult truth compassionately and see it as part of growing up.—Lauren
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’ve been going out with my boyfriend since last September. But recently I’ve met someone at work who I like better and we have been flirting. The problem is I do not know how to break up with my boyfriend. He thinks we are “very much in love” even though I’m not anymore.…
- May 27
- 2009
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: This girl at my school added me as a friend on Facebook and we started talking online and texting and passed a lot of personal information back and forth. The thing is, we had only talked in person twice, and now we knew so much about each other from talking online that…
- Apr 8
- 2009
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: There’s this guy from another school that I want to ask to prom. Some of my girlfriends say it’s okay for the girl to ask, others say to always wait for the guy to ask. But how can he ask me when the prom is at my school? The problem is, I don’t know if he likes me and if…
- Feb 4
- 2009
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: Why do girls always fall for bad boys? I’m a nice guy, decent looking, and lots of girls are my friends. They hang out with me between recurring episodes of being treated like dirt by one of these so-called “bad boys”. How does a nice guy like me get some of what these…
- Aug 27
- 2008
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: We’re 16 and we have a complaint. Since the age of chivalry there were rules and rituals around romance, but now girls are flirtatious all the time — even when they want nothing. While girls dress and act provocatively nonstop, they don’t actually make the move. The guy…
- Aug 13
- 2008
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I am a sophomore in high school and am really good friends with this boy I’ll call “Nick.” We hang in the same crowd and do all kinds of things together: stay the night, go to parties, talk on the phone. He’s been like my brother, but now I’m going crazy because I have a…
- Mar 26
- 2008
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m 17 and it’s embarrassing, but I’ve never had a boyfriend, kissed a guy, or been on a date. I’m just not a flirty girl; I can’t stand girls who act all giddy around guys. I know I’m not ugly, but I have no self-confidence and no clue how to tell when a guy is…