Dating

Whether you call it dating, hanging out or hooking up, here’s information about the ways we can intentionally seek to get to know each other, particularly with an eye towards sexual or romantic connections.

Articles and Advice in this area:

Advice
  • Heather Corinna

(Michelle’s second post:) I previously sent you a question on what to do with my ex-boyfriend. Now it’s even worse. I don’t know if he’s being truthful or not, and I don’t know how to move on. He’s hurting me in every possible way. He had a pool party yesterday and my my best friend was there. My…

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  • Heather Corinna

We have a good piece on safety when it comes to online relationships and meeting up here, but let’s review the basics and talk about you and this situation specifically. Meeting someone who you don’t know in person and haven’t met before alone, especially if and when they may feel you agreed to be…

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  • Heather Corinna

Feeling unhappy in or unsure about your relationship? Having problems you don’t know how to work through, or don’t even know if you should? We’ll talk you through making these choices, including how-to’s on conflict resolution and doing breakups better.

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  • Heather Corinna

I thought you might appreciate hearing from another guy on this one more than from me, so I asked one of our favorite sex educating dudes, Justin from Bish Training, who has been a youth worker for 15 years, who’s been working in sexual health and advice for nearly 10 years and who, from what I can…

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  • Heather Corinna

Long story short? You asked her. She says she doesn’t. So, you either believe her or you don’t, ultimately. She also seems to be expressing great frustration and distress that you’re not extending trust to her and believing what she tells you. We can trust someone whether they’re right next to us or…

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  • Heather Corinna
  • Karyn Fulcher

Are you at a point in your life and relationship where you’re considering moving in with a partner? We’ve got the scoop on some things to consider, talk through and get going in advance to be sure that if you make the move to shack up, it’s a good one.

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  • Heather Corinna

Does your relationship need a basic checkup to be sure it’s healthy and well? Here’s a list for doing just that.

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  • Heather Corinna

You probably hear the term “healthy relationship” a lot. But what does that mean, and how do you create – and keep building – one of those?

Advice
  • Lena

Hi aroplane, I’m sorry to hear that your long-distance relationship is causing you so much pain. It sounds like the two of you both really love and just downright like one another, and time has told you that those feelings are really strong. The one and only but huge challenge is the distance…

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  • TheTasteOfPurple

One teen’s experience with loving in plural.