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The Vine: February 27, 2013
February 27, 2013 – 2:26 PM | 43 Comments
The Vine: February 27, 2013

I need some dating guidance. I recently opened an online dating profile and hit it off right away with one of my matches. We had been communicating on the site for about a week when …

The Vine: February 20, 2013
February 20, 2013 – 2:52 PM | 23 Comments
The Vine: February 20, 2013

If your new boyfriend tells you he’s taking an acne medication but you suspect for various reasons that it’s an antidepressant, but you don’t push it because you’ve only known each other a few weeks …

The Vine: January 9, 2013
January 9, 2013 – 1:16 PM | 23 Comments
The Vine: January 9, 2013

Guy and I are graduate students in the same program and have all the same friends. We’d been dating on-and-off for about a year and broke things off last week. If I’m honest, it was …

The Vine: November 14, 2012
November 14, 2012 – 12:46 PM | 39 Comments
The Vine: November 14, 2012

The good news first: I found out two days ago I will be offered my dream job. I have a boyfriend whom I’ve been dating for almost a decade and have lived together with for …

The Vine: September 26, 2012
September 26, 2012 – 11:56 AM | 8 Comments
The Vine: September 26, 2012

I have suddenly found myself in a situation that requires some objectivity from helpful outsiders. I live in a smallish town and, regardless of the city’s size, the lesbian community is always small and too …

The Vine: September 5, 2012
September 5, 2012 – 12:12 PM | 55 Comments
The Vine: September 5, 2012

I’ve been with my boyfriend for 5 years, living together for 2+ of those years. Near the beginning of our relationship I broke up with him over a differing opinion on the topic of parenthood …

The Vine: August 29, 2012
August 29, 2012 – 1:14 PM | 203 Comments
The Vine: August 29, 2012

I can’t decide if I should try for something, or just let it go and figure it wasn’t meant to be. And if I do try, how?
I have been on a team at work for …

The Vine: July 3, 2012
July 3, 2012 – 12:52 PM | 25 Comments
The Vine: July 3, 2012

I did something really stupid. Do you have any advice on how, or if, I should try to fix it?
I’ve been married for about 2 years. I knew going in that my husband is a …

The Vine: June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012 – 10:35 AM | 53 Comments
The Vine: June 20, 2012

I’m getting married to a hilarious, brilliant, gentle, just generally awesome guy. As the wedding approaches, my therapist has helped me prepare emotionally for obvious potential conflicts: what to say when religious family members notice …

The Vine: June 6, 2012
June 6, 2012 – 5:32 PM | 40 Comments
The Vine: June 6, 2012

It’s another one of those “what do I do with him” letters with probably way too much back story.
I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost 5 years. We started dating a year after I divorced. …