Relationships & Desire

I thought my roommate might like me back. Then a mutual friend told her how I felt, and our friendship became something neither of us knew how to handle.

I love my partner and want to be legally his family. But the word “wife” carries expectations I cannot quite make my own.

We reconciled after four weeks apart, and I booked a trip to Malaysia. Then she told me she’d slept with someone during the breakup.

Jane says we are just friends. I agreed to separate rooms and a vacation together, even though I am still in love with her.

After sex with a close friend, his joke about finding a girlfriend hurt. They still talk every day, but the night itself has gone unmentioned.

We kissed at the work Halloween party. Now she wants me to spend the weekend at her house on the shore, and I’m eager, inexperienced, and unsure what to say.

We agreed to keep things casual. Then he remembered one tiny detail for my birthday, and I had to face how much my feelings had changed.

She hadn’t cheated on me. But her past relationship with an older coworker changed how I saw our future, even after she quit her job.

I thought wishing her well meant accepting her decision. She thought I should have fought for another date.

I’ve told my husband for years that a simple bunch of flowers matters to me. He keeps promising, and I keep waiting.

At 35, I’ve found a man whose warmth draws me in. His financial fresh start makes the future I hoped for harder to picture.

After three dates, it was his quiet follow-through on my recommendations that made me look forward to the fourth.