Tuffy Luv Deals With Your Friend’s Breakup
A week or so ago, my friend’s boyfriend of three and a half years broke up with her citing that he “wanted to experience college and allow her to do the same.” Every day last week consisted of her crying.
On Calling It What It Is…And Finding Out What It Isn’t [Dear DBN]
Humans are a curious breed, always seeking explanations to questions that don’t have definitive answers: What’s the meaning of life? Is there life outside our universe? Are we exclusive, or what? This week, what role do labels play in relationships?

Popping the “What Are We?” Question [Diary of the Undateable]
Talking, courting and dating is all fine and dandy – until you try to put a label on whatever it is that you’re doing. In my limited scope of experience, I’ve found that the “What are we?” question can either make or break a relationship.
The Top Ten Signs that You are in Love
When it comes to love, I’d say that it’s a grey concept. In other words, love isn’t black and white. Yes, I suppose that you either love someone or not, but what’s important to remember is that love comes in many forms. While taking a sociology class, I studied Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of love, which posits that there are four main types of love: intimate, committed, and passionate, and consummate love.
Tuffy Luv Sez: One Little Lie Gets Big
When I first got together with my girlfriend, I told her I’d only slept with one other girl and one guy. When we first got together, I thought it would just be a short-term thing, because we’re in college and that’s what you do. Well it turns out she and I really love each other…
What’s The Big Deal With Relationship Labels? [He Said/She Said]
What’s the difference between long-term exclusive hooking up, and being in a relationship? No, that’s not a rhetorical question, I’m seriously asking, because it seems like the exact same thing.
10 Great Dates From Tuffy Luv
Dear Tuffy Luv, I’m supposed to plan a date for my new-ish boyfriend (2 months, holla!). Help!

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Tuffy Luv Sez: Blue Balls Are Real?!
Sometimes when I don’t want to have sex my boyfriend says we have to because he gets blue balls. I always go along with it but what is it exactly and how can I keep him from getting it in the first place?
I Hooked Up With My Best Friend’s Brother [Tuffy Luv]
So, I hooked up with my best friend’s little brother…
Tuffy Luv Sez: He’s SO Not Worth It
I have been friends with a guy for a while now, and we’ve always gotten along fine and hang out often with a bunch of other friends.
How To Be Friends With Your Ex
Is being friends with your ex even possible? I mean, you’ve seen each other naked many, many times. You’ve opened up to each other about some weird stuff. And you once didn’t know how you could live without him. I’m still pretty much trying to figure out the real answer to that question, but I’d like to think that, yeah, sometimes you can be friends with your ex.
Tuffy Luv Sez: Forget It
I find myself between a rock and a hard place. My ex-boyfriend and I have turned friends with benefits. Me and my ex had dated for a year and a half, about half of the time we were at college in different towns. We started dating right after I came out of a long-term relationship that ended badly. In hindsight it was too soon for me to date again, but I was just glad to be moving on.

Tuffy Luv Chooses Happiness
Every week, Tuffettes, I read your emails and I wish wish WISH people didn’t cheat. Sometimes, as in Angry Bitterness’s case, it’s the guy cheating, and sometimes it’s the girl cheating. Either way, I just want to scream–BREAK THE FLOOP UP!!! Wouldn’t that be easier than sneaking around behind each others’ backs?!