7 HOME • CULTURE • SEX
Looking for an older gentleman
8/17/2007 | Q: I am looking for an older gentleman but don't know where to look. I know you have a younger audience, but believe me, you don't die just because you are a divorced female in her early 60s (see Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Fonda) like I am.
Steamy invite: Nude hot tub
8/3/2007 | One of my wife's insurance company co-workers and her husband just installed a new, eight-person hot tub in their backyard. We have been invited to a small potluck party with some co-workers and spouses a month from now.
When there's a problem, he goes mum
7/20/2007 | QI have been with my boyfriend for about three years. He's in his 40s and I'm in my 20s, and we love each other very much.
Too bad she can't read him like a book
7/6/2007 | QI met a man who joined my book club, and we began dating about two months ago. He's as nice as he can be and there's a great physical attraction, but he isn't very open.
Reader tells Mia she's nursing a grudge
6/29/2007 | Q: Mia, as a registered nurse working the weekend shift at our local hospital, I thought your comment in a recent column was insensitive, stereotypical and thoughtless.
How do you tell catty fatty she's all wet?
6/22/2007 | QMy husband and I are in our 40s. We often socialize with another couple our age. In the summer we frequently have barbecues at our swimming pools.
Is her technique a bore?
6/8/2007 | QMy boyfriend fell asleep during sex the other night! I was horrified and then really embarrassed. I must be terrible in bed. He says he was just really tired, but is there something I can do to better hold his attention?
Should he shoot blanks but not reveal he's changed ammo?
6/1/2007 | QMy wife and I have four kids, ages 4 to 16. I love them, but already the thought of paying college tuition for them terrifies me.
His passing game deserves to be blitzed
5/25/2007 | QMy wife told me that at a family party last weekend that my sister's husband made a pass at her. I was never wild about this guy – he's an egomaniac – but my sister loves him like crazy, so we've gotten along.
Tips on breaking up without cracking up
5/11/2007 | QI'm in my late 20s. I've had a couple of serious relationships that ended badly for me. To get over it, I drank too much, which just made things worse.
Baby! Don't kid about changing your mind
5/4/2007 | QI was rather disappointed with your advice about the new wife who changed her mind about not having children. Your bland acceptance of this change of heart disturbs me.
Wife strayed; now he wants to watch
4/20/2007 | QMy wife and I are in our 40s and have a pretty good sex life. One of my fantasies is imagining my wife with another man.
Main squeeze has no-hugs-for-him policy
4/13/2007 | QI have a friend whose relationship recently hit a snag. His girlfriend is the type who believes in hugging everyone she meets. This didn't matter to him, though he told her that from time to time girls might want to hug him, too.
Wife now wants kids; he still does not
4/6/2007 | Q: My wife of three months has always said that she didn't want children. During the three years we dated, she repeatedly told me that she wanted to focus on her career and didn't want to get on the mommy track.
Sally may have a soft spot, and ex marks it
3/30/2007 | QI've been dating a woman I'll call Sally for six months. Things have been great, and I think we are really getting serious. Last week, she told me her ex-fiance was moving back to our city.
For her, dating again is a whole new ball game
3/23/2007 | QI'm a divorced 51-year-old woman. I'm attractive for my age and dress nicely. I'm happy, well-adjusted, don't carry a lot of baggage. Lately I've wanted to date again.
She's very forward when it comes to background
3/16/2007 | QI am a firm believer in doing background checks on men I date. I have been burned too many times, especially by guys I met online.
She's very forward about background
3/14/2007 | Q: I am a firm believer in doing background checks on men I date. I have been burned too many times, especially by guys I met online.
She's ticking, he ought to be talking
3/9/2007 | Q: My girlfriend is obsessed with having a baby. She's 35 and I'm 29. She says her clock is ticking fast. In fact, she wants to have the baby before we get married.
He's not big on having sex ...
3/2/2007 | QI recently told my boyfriend that we needed to take time apart. He never wants to have sex (twice in two months), and he is constantly trying to get me to eat fattening foods whenever we go out.
Sex at the zoo: Do it like an animal (but watch your brain)
2/23/2007 | As Cole Porter once wrote: Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Romance columnists Steve and Mia visited the Philadelphia Zoo for a preview of an annual February event called "Lovin' on the Wild Side.
Four words: Run away! Run away!
2/13/2007 | Q: I'm a young male who has been in and out of crappy relationships for the past few months. I recently started to see a girl just a little younger than I am.
He's just not himself when he drinks
2/9/2007 | QMy husband is wonderful to me most of the time – kind, generous, loving. But whenever he has more than a few drinks he grows belligerent, cruel and dismissive.
There's no shame in one-night stands
2/2/2007 | These days, girls in bars shoot down every guy right away – like they're sitting really close to the screen and playing Duck Hunt. This has made the already elusive one-night stand even more difficult to pull off.
He's 0 for 4 in relationship game
2/1/2007 | QOK, up front on this – I'm gay, but I believe that, regardless of gay/straight, all relationships have certain common traits. To wit, they all require honesty, open communication, integrity, respect and a healthy dose of work by both participants.
