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Dear Poll: Have You Broken Your Resolution Yet?

DearSugar — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:00:00 -0800

Resolutions are hard to keep, and it's not uncommon to fall off the wagon just days after vowing to break a bad habit or pledging a healthier lifestyle. Since we're just two days into the New Year, be honest, have you already broken your New Year's resolution?

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Relationship Protocol: What New Interests Have You Adopted?

DearSugar — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:00:00 -0700

As a relationship develops and your life begins to blend more with your significant other's, it’s likely you'll find your interests expanding to include some of his. At first it might just be a matter of exposure, but after a while his hobby can turn into yours, and vice versa. But the same goes for habits. I’ve seen plenty of night owls turn into morning people when dating a morning person or a health nut start appreciating the junk foods that her significant other loves. Ladies, what about you and your man? Have you guys picked up any of the other's habits or interests?

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Relationship Protocol: Do His Spending Habits Affect Yours?

DearSugar — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:00:00 -0700

Even if you’re not married, a relationship requires certain financial negotiations: Who pays for what? And when? Often the lines are easily drawn, but sometimes things can get complicated, especially if your boyfriend likes to spend more money than you. It can be difficult to maintain a budget if your partner doesn’t, not to mention that it can often be stressful on a relationship. Is that true for you? Do you find that your boyfriend’s spending habits affect your own?

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Relationship Protocol: Have You Picked Up Any Bad Habits From Your Significant Other?

DearSugar — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:48:38 -0700

I'm a creature of habit, but the older I get, the more I realize how many habits of mine have been adopted from past boyfriends. Cracking my neck, the way I butter my corn, and having to close every closet door before going to bed are just a few. I think it's only natural to pick up such tendencies, but once you start to pick up the bad ones, it can be hard to let them go. Of course, bad habits are all a matter of opinion but tell me, have you picked up any from your significant other? If so, tell us about them below.

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Relationship Protocol: Do You Groom Each Other?

DearSugar — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0700

Couples are all about physical closeness, but somehow it's still strange to learn just how close some couples really are. Take their grooming habits for example. That particular kind of intimacy is one that I usually associate with alone time. Needless to say, I was surprised recently when this topic came up and many of my friends admitted to grooming their significant others - one said she plucks her boyfriend's eyebrows, and another says she has him paint her toenails! Of course when I pried, they admitted that some things they still kept to themselves. So spill it ladies, even if it might be strange: in your relationship, what grooming habits do you do for the other?

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Dear Poll: Are You a Pack Rat?

DearSugar — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0700

I decided to do a little Summer cleaning this weekend and I realized something about myself - I'm a pack rat! I have no idea why I was holding onto this stuff, but I finally gave away clothes I've had since high school, old receipts, even a few mix tapes! I guess I've always been too afraid to give anything away in case I'll want it months from now. Are you the same way? Do you tend to hold onto unnecessary clutter?

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Relationship Protocol: Have You Ever Embarrassed Each Other?

DearSugar — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:00:00 -0700

As your relationship develops and you grow closer together, eventually you begin to learn the more intimate details of your partner like his particular neuroses and even his bathroom habits. Being privy to so much private information about the other, it would be simple to break one of the good standby relationship rules - making the other person look good - by revealing one of those intimate details to others. Fortunately, most of us have enough commonsense to avoid such an indiscretion.

But sometimes, whether we're feeling particularly spiteful or simply suffering a slip of the tongue, certain bits of information, opinions, or behaviors, which you'd bother rather keep private, can make their way into a social setting and serious embarrassment can ensue. Hopefully this doesn't happen often, but ladies, have you and your man ever embarrassed each other? If so, was it intentional or totally accidental?

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Dear Poll: Do You Have Weekly Rituals?

DearSugar — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0700

Life is fairly routine, which is probably why we all spend so much time and effort trying to come up with ways to spice things up. But frankly, sometimes I take comfort in my weekly habits; it gives me something to look forward to and something to count on. In fact, my newest weekly ritual is dinner with my girlfriends on either Tuesday or Wednesday, and of course, before the season finale, The Bachelorette. I loved to just relax on the couch each week with some chocolate. So what about you? Do you tend to get into specific occasions that you look forward to during the week?

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This or That: Slovenly or Porn Habit?

DearSugar — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0700

After nearly two years of harmonious dating, you and your boyfriend have decided to move in together. You’re both extremely excited about the prospect, but after only a few weeks of living under the same roof, you’re learning a few things you never knew. You’re still compatible in most ways, but would it be worse if he . . .

This: Has no ability or desire to keep any portion of the place clean or tidy? You can take messy, but it’s the grime, filth, and caked on crumbs that are killing you.

Or . . .

That: Has a very persistent habit of watching porn until the wee hours of the morning? He only does it after you go to bed, but it stills feels too often to be healthy.

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Relationship Protocol: A History of Cheating

DearSugar — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0700

While the majority of you may be skilled at keeping history right where it belongs, there are certainly some things from the past that once known, require a lingering thought or two, like children from a previous relationship, a traumatic incident in childhood, or cheating.

Though I don’t think the familiar catch phrase “once a cheater always a cheater” is necessarily true, if I found out that a significant other had cheated in a previous relationship then I would be concerned. But perhaps I’m just paranoid, so what do you think? If you knew he had cheated before, would it make you think differently of him? Or would it have no bearing on your current relationship?

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