Archive for October 2011

Dr. Darcy: My girlfriend is wonderful in so many ways but she has this one idiosyncrasy that drives me crazy: She doesn’t believe in tipping waiters.  I live in Manhattan and she lives within driving distance, so every weekend she comes into the city and we go out to eat at really high end places,…

Dr. Darcy: I have a financial question.  I’m a corporate attorney making double what my girlfriend makes.  She is in graduate school part-time and works full-time.  We’re moving in together in 2 weeks and I’m not sure how we should handle the finances.  I can easily cover our expenses myself, but I don’t want to…

Dear Dr. Darcy: My boyfriend doesn’t have sex with me…he stopped after 6 months.  We’ve now been together for over a year and I’m starting to go crazy. He tells me he’s just not very sexual and that most couples don’t have sex after a while.  My guy friends tell me he’s definitely cheating on…

Dear Dr. Darcy: I’m the youngest of 5 children, I’m a girl, and I’ve always been louder, more energetic, and more social than my siblings.  I’m referenced as the drama queen in my family.  This label was cute when I was growing up.  Now that I’m in my 20’s it’s less cute.  I feel like…

Welcome to Format Free Fridays at AskDrDarcy.com, the one day a week when I break the format of answering your questions and I dispense that which we rarely welcome in life: Unsolicited advice. Today I want to talk about money, materialism and our society’s endless quest for the acquisition thereof.  I know your finger wants…

Dear Dr. Darcy, I don’t know what’s happened to me lately.  I can’t seem to get it together and do what I need to do to manage my life.  I find myself overwhelmed by small things like the phone ringing or a knock at the door.  I’m not returning phone calls, I’m not opening mail,…