Dear Lauren,
Me and my boyfriend have just recently moved in together. I feel like I have been putting everything I have into our relationship and he is just along for the ride. I feel like he has fallen out of love with me. What can I do to get the TRUTH out of him? How [...]
Dear Lauren, I try to make it work, he doesn’t.
Dear Lauren, should I take his calls?
Dear Lauren,
I put an ultimatum on my boyfriend that I wanted 100% from him or nothing at all. He pulled away and finally told me he’s been confused about whether he wants a relationship at all. He says he’s overworked, stressed, and doesn’t feel he’s able to make me happy. I told him to not [...]
Dear Lauren, I need a Saturday night man
Dear Lauren,
I am 27 and have been single for 3 years. I go between wanting to be in a relationship but not finding a good guy to not wanting a relationship at all. But every time Saturday night rolls around I think about my lack of a date and it bums me out. I don’t [...]
Dear Lauren, does Mr. Right really exist?
Dear Lauren,
I am a victim of huge expectations. So, lately I’ve been thinking…is there really a Mr. Right out there for everyone? And if there is, how can I change this fear of mine that he is impossible to find?
-Alicia from Mexico City
Hi Alicia,
I believe in Mr. Right and I believe that there is at [...]
Dear Lauren, I got the “lets just be friends” axe.
Dear Lauren,
I’ve been dating this guy for 4 months. Then he got very busy at work and after 6 weeks of spotty contact I told him my feelings were hurt. I emailed/texted him multiple times a day asking what had happened and when could we talk? He sent an angry email saying he was working 14-hour [...]
Dear Lauren, I want more than friends with benefits
Dear Lauren,
I’ve been hanging out with this guy for 4 months. He’s a fashion designer and writer so he’s always busy. Everything’s great when we spend time with each other. We do get intimate when we see each other and at other times we just hang out. About a month ago I asked him if [...]
Why Men are Like Rubber Bands
It is natural that when a man loves a woman, and has been intimate with her for some time, he periodically feels the need to pull away. When this happens, more often than not, women don’t understand why their relationship has been put on hold. “One moment he was very close, and then for no [...]
Full Story »Urban Legend: Your Marriage Will Likely End in Divorce.
Mark Twain famously said that “a lie makes it half-way around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on.” It appears that this is the case when it comes to that often cited fact that one out of every two marriages in America ends in divorce.
In her new book, For [...]
Trust Is Key to Great Sex
In his new book, Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice, now available in bookstores everywhere, John Gray explains that if you want to build a better marriage a couple needs to be sexually active. And to be sexually active, trust between partners is key.
As John explains, “An active sex life is really good for you. [...]
Making a Better Marriage
Recently a woman wrote Mars Venus Living to ask, “How can I deal with the ups and downs of living with my guy? One day, he is the wonderful, sensitive man I married. The next day, he is uncommunicative, forgetful, or downright rude. Don’t get me wrong: I love him very much, but there are [...]
Full Story »







