Today’s article is in response to a question from a reader (via Ask Melissa!) about how to figure out if this relationship is worth sticking it out, especially if there are issues in the relationship. In my response, I provide guidance on how to tackle that question and I also point out a big red […]
Dealing with Relationship Baggage: Four Steps for Effectively Overcoming Baggage in Your Relationship
Are you in a relationship with a divorced or separated man?Maybe he’s in the middle of a contentious divorce?Or he’s navigating the challenges of becoming a single parent?Or maybe he’s still healing from the failure of his marriage?Or maybe your own past and fears are holding you back in your current relationship?
How Can I Tell Him How I Feel Without Scaring Him Away?
Today’s article is in response to a question from a reader (via Ask Melissa!) about how to share your true feelings for him without scaring him away. In my response, I provide guidance on how to approach telling him how you really feel when you’re scared he might pull away:
Are We Together or Just Friends? How to Find Out
Today’s article is in response to a question from a reader (via Ask Melissa!) about how to tell if you’re actually together or “just friends.” In my response, I provide guidance on how to find out what he’s really thinking:
Is He Interested or Just Being Nice? What Mixed Messages Really Mean
This week’s article is in response to a question from a reader (via Ask Melissa!) about how to tell if he’s really interested or if he’s just being nice. The reader asks “I don’t know if he is actually just being polite and he really doesn’t want me anymore…Should I just let him go?” In […]
He Says He’s Not Ready for Relationship. Now What?
This week’s article is in response to a question from a reader (via Ask Melissa!) about what to do when he says he’s not ready for a relationship (yet still behaves as if he wants you in his life). The reader asks “Should I stick around and wait or leave him be?” I provide step-by-step […]
When Emotional Attachment Becomes Unhealthy
Have you ever been in a relationship, or are currently in one, that feels like an emotional rollercoaster? Did you find yourself so emotionally attached to him or to an outcome in the relationship that it nearly drove you crazy? (Or maybe it’s still driving you crazy?) It’s hard not to get emotionally enmeshed. When […]
Should You Wait for Him to Be Ready for a Relationship?
This week’s article is in response to a question from a reader (via Ask Melissa!) about what to do when we’re frustrated with the pace of our relationship and whether you should wait for him to come around:
How to Avoid Being the Rebound Woman
Maybe you met online…maybe through work. He’s very recently divorced. He’s going through a lot of emotional and legal stuff. Contentious litigation. Vindictive ex-wife (or soon-to-be ex-wife). His kids are unhappy. But then he met you. You’re a break in his storm clouds, a compassionate ear, a warm embrace, not to mention you’re hot, sexy […]
Is He Is Ready for a Relationship After Divorce?
One of the most common concerns women have when it comes to dating a divorced or separated man is whether or not he is over his previous relationship and ready for new love. We’ve all jumped into a new relationship before we were ready and most of us, at some point or another, have been […]
