Relationships & Desire

Sometimes an ex remains someone you like and understand. Sometimes continued contact keeps an argument or an attachment alive long after the…

Returning to dating after a long relationship can feel oddly familiar and entirely new. You know more about yourself, yet may be out of practice with…

If every attempt to meet someone feels like a cold approach or an endless series of swipes, it may help to pay attention to the social life around…

Wanting more sex and feeling pressured to have sex are different experiences, and a couple can find themselves trapped between them. One person…

After more than thirty years together, I expected divorce to change my home and my routines. I was less prepared for how many friendships would become…

A friend can be important to you and still ask for more attention than your life can accommodate. The difficulty is often not deciding whether you…

Emma was studying for a medical license in a new country while managing a small apartment and daily family care. Her husband, Ben, had stalled in his…

Sharing a home does not always mean feeling accompanied. You can coordinate bills, meals, and errands competently while missing the sense that your…

A bisexual person does not become straight when dating someone of a different gender, or gay when dating someone of the same gender. The relationship…

A first date is a meeting, not a demonstration that you have mastered modern romance. For a man returning after a long relationship, the most useful…

After a decade together, our intimate life had become difficult to talk about. Fertility treatment, family responsibilities, and exhaustion had crowded…

I had a full life in Manhattan: friends, work, places I liked, and enough independence to know I enjoyed it. At forty-eight, I also wanted a partner…