There is no magic number of dates before a relationship. I explain what actually decides it, why you want to rush or stall, and the exact words for asking to be exclusive.

The stares and constant texts can be limerence or love bombing. The real sign a man is falling in love with you is that he becomes reliably there, and lets you see the man behind the performance.

You cannot make someone fall in love with you, and every trick that promises it is a polished way of chasing. Here is what actually lets love grow, and the one line to say to yourself before the next date.

It was never official, so why does it hurt this much? I explain why your body grieves a situationship like a real bond, and how to get over it even when you never got closure.

No contact as a trick, jealousy plays and grand gestures are all the same chase, and the chase lands on the person who left as pressure. A couples therapist on what can actually bring someone back, and when not to try.

He keeps saying someday, and you are lying awake wondering if you are wasting your life. A couples therapist on how to tell a frightened man from a man who simply does not want this, and what to say to him tonight.

It is one in the morning and the message is already written. You have rewritten

Nothing happened. That is what makes it so hard to explain. There was no fight,

You have drafted the message about nine times. Every version sounds either too casual, which

A couples therapist on why the spark fades even when love is real, the test for whether it is actually over, and what to do tonight before you decide anything.