Gina

We’ve all been there: you get into an exciting new relationship, and over time the sparkly, wonderful honeymoon phase starts to wane. There comes a point where you realize that her proximity, her habits, and her emotions aren’t necessarily as cute as they first appeared. In some cases, it’s because she’s attached herself so firmly to your hip that when you find yourself looking at a wonderful girl that you care about, you end up only seeing the worst about her; her neediness has become a glaring issue in your relationship and you’re considering trying to pry her off with a complex system of levers and wedges. How can you work on avoiding this emotional disaster, be it in an established relationship or with a girl you’ve just met? We’re here with a guide to the two most common types of clingy girlfriend behavior – if you can understand the psychology behind your girl’s style of attachment, you can decide the course that your relationship will follow.

Dear Gina, I’ve got a problem, and I think I need some advice. There’s this girl I love- we’ve tried dating but its never worked out. It was good but there were problems, and when I went back to NYC for the summer, she stayed in Buffalo where she’s from. The distance got to us, fights occurred a lot and we broke up. But we ended up talking, and almost trying to work out the problems; my stuff wasn’t the only thing keeping her from a relationship, life just handed her too many lemons. So we would kiss, hold hands in public, cuddle, no sex and it was ok, but there were still fights…Now we just decided maybe it won’t work. I don’t know what to do. Do I move on?

It’s hard to believe that there’s anything worse than being friend zoned by a woman you want to be with, but the sad reality is that there is an even worse state…and most men will experience it at least once in their lives. I was talking with one of the other unfinished men this week about being on the hook, and I decided it was time