Forks In The Road

Hello Dr. Darcy, I really, really need some help/guidance.  I am a 27 year old male and my girlfriend is a faithful follower to your blog.  After 4.5 years and on the brink of us moving in together, she just revealed to me in a very difficult conversation that she’s mostly only attracted to women.…

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It Gets Better

Dear Dr. Darcy: I’m really struggling with my sexual orientation.  I’m 20 years old and I’ve known that I’m not attracted to men and attracted to women since high school.  But I’m really uncomfortable with it.  I mean, REALLY uncomfortable with it. I come from Connecticut and it’s not even that conservative a town, meaning,…

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California Closets

Dear Dr. Darcy: I’ve been dating a man for almost a year.  We both live in the California Bay area, we have great jobs and I’d really like to move in with him.  The problem is that he used to be married to a woman and his entire family knows him as straight (though I…

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Pulling Her Hair Out

Dear Dr. Darcy: My friend is very anxious and she behaves in some pretty strange ways.  For starters, she doesn’t really like to leave her house.  And she comes up with many reasons for why she can’t leave the house.  One of the things she does is pull her hair out of her head.  Over…

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The Ex Files

Dear Dr. Darcy: I am bi [sexual] and dating a woman.  The issue though is that my ex boyfriend is still very much in my life and my girlfriend is not feeling tolerant of it anymore.  My family still invites him to holidays (which means that I don’t take her) and I guess her patience…

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What’s A Guy To Do?

Dear Dr. Darcy: I have been with my wife for 5 years and the sex is mundane to put it mildly.  In an effort to spice things up, I’ve asked her if we can invite a 3rd person into the bedroom for just one time.  I don’t care if it’s a man (though he won’t…

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Lonely Boy

Dear Dr. Darcy: I’m a gay male in my early 20’s and I just moved to NY a few months ago.  I have a great job, I live in Chelsea, but I’m just not finding compatible men.  I’ve been shocked to learn that men in my community seem disinterested in relationships and more interested in…

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WebMD says I Have OCD!

Dear Dr. Darcy: I’m writing to you because think I might have OCD [obsessive compulsive disorder].  I was just on WebMD and I seem to have a lot of the symptoms.  I do things repeatedly, like checking my schedule, highlighting the most important things I have to do each day (those get highlighted in red)…

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