Dear Lauren, I am in a long distance relationship. Before he left we committed to spending our lives together. It was great! We emailed and web chated everyday; we even planned my visit to see him. But the lack of communication grew day by day. After about a month, I ended it through a breakup letter [...]

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Dear Lauren, I have been with my boyfriend for 3 years. We are juniors in high school and we have a great relationship. I can’t see myself living without him. I need some advice though, we are going to two different colleges and they are about 2 hours apart. Do you think we should break [...]

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Dear Lauren, I am 35 and a single mom of three. After a bad breakup and four years of being single, I am ready for a relationship! Our 24-year-old neighbor took my 10 year old under his wing at the skate park. I began feeling attracted to this younger man. I knew he lived with his [...]

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If my boyfriend and I get into a fight and he tells me he wants to drop it and not talk about it anymore, I do my best.  But, when he remains withdrawn for the rest of the day and isn’t as affectionate as he usually is, I can’t help but worry I’ve ruined things [...]

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Dear Lauren, I’m 32 and have been in love with the same man since I was 18! We broke up 4 years ago.  Since then we have remained close, at times intimate. When we do try our hand at other relationships we keep each other in the dark. A few months ago, however, he told me [...]

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Just two days ago we wrote a piece called Meeting A Great Mate Offline. In our conclusion we talked about the importance of flirting and having confidence in your ability to catch the interest and attention of someone you find attractive.
Let’s start with the issue of confidence. Obviously, it’s a pretty tricky and somewhat sensitive [...]

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As a society we have become so enamored with high tech that we have almost forgotten the many ways people met before anyone knew what a megabyte of memory was. For all the buzzing up, facebook and twittering going on, we should not forget as Valentine’s Day approaches that millions of us still meet eye [...]

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