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Balls of Steel: The Bunny Boiler

There's a post on Datingish from a girl who is (understandably) pissed about somebody hitting on her boyfriend in front of her. It reminded me of the "Bunny Boiler" episodes from the TV show, Balls of Steel. I don'…
Would You Play Matchmaker For Your Crush?

We want to be good friends. We want our friends to be happy, we want the best for them --but sometimes, this leads us to constantly set aside our own wants and needs in our attempts to ensure the happiness of our f…
It's Okay to Try And Change Your SO

There's a lot of talk about how you should accept your partner exactly as he is and not try to change him. How you should love him flaws and all, and if you try to change him you're being selfish and/or should just f…
Friends of The Opposite Sex - What's Okay And What Isn't

Note: For the sake of avoiding annoying pronoun confusion, I'm going to write this as if it's about a straight male, his long-term girlfriend, and his female friends. Feel free to change it to girl/boyfriend/guy friends…
Hair Me Out

My boyfriend likes long hair. It's not a fetish certainly, he just thinks waist-length hair is hot. He would never demand that I grow my hair out that long, but he does occasionally plead with me to consider it. My mu…