Advice Goddess | Thursday, February 16,2012

Dim and her

I’m having a whirlwind romance with a man I met online on Thanksgiving. I moved across the country to live with him on Dec. 20, and we’re now building a life together. The problem is I hav

Advice Goddess | Thursday, February 9,2012

World Wide Web of lies

By Amy Alkon

Why do men OFFER (as in, announce unasked) that they aren’t dating anyone when that’s a lie? I’m a busy 30-something woman, meeting men almost exclusively online. A guy will often te

Advice Goddess | Thursday, February 9,2012

Baby, I need your oven

By Amy Alkon

I love good food and wine, but I hate cooking and I’m bad at it. When you’re dating, it seems like you’re supposed to cook your partner dinner at a certain point, especially if you&r

Advice Goddess | Thursday, January 26,2012

Code Goo

By Amy Alkon

I’m a 33-year-old nurse in a five-month “friends with benefits” thing with a doctor co-worker. I am only 18 months out of an abusive 10-year relationship and wanted something fun and

Advice Goddess | Thursday, January 19,2012

Witchful Witchful thinking

By Amy Alkon

I’m a retired pastor in my 50s. A nearby church wanted my help with their Christmas musical, and I asked my wife of five years, who played bass at my church, to join me. She became angry at this

Advice Goddess | Thursday, January 5,2012

I smell a rut

By Amy Alkon

I just got dumped by a guy who swore he was ready to settle down (after years of serial monogamy). His relationship history reminded me of the man you wrote about recently who had been married and div

Advice Goddess | Thursday, December 29,2011

Brief-stricken

By Amy Alkon

A divorced male friend and I recently became “friends with benefits.” However, I’m not receiving the same, uh, level of benefits as he is. He isn’t giving me orgasms from inter

Advice Goddess | Thursday, December 22,2011

The cad catalogue

By Amy Alkon

Three years ago, I was divorced six weeks from a 22-year marriage when I got involved with a married co-worker and persuaded him to divorce his wife for me. He has been married five times and cheated

Advice Goddess | Thursday, December 15,2011

Blister wonderful

By Amy Alkon

I’m starting to have feelings for this guy friend I’ve been fooling around with, but I’m worried he isn’t feeling the same way. He’s stopped short of having full-blown in

Advice Goddess | Thursday, December 8,2011

Her best friend’s waiting

By Amy Alkon

My girlfriend’s best friend is her ex. They broke up six years ago (upon mutual agreement). She swears she’s much happier being his friend and says they both feel they weren’t meant