tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-635062 2009-12-03T09:09:00-08:00 Dr. Romance's musings on love, relationships, celebrities, culture and life in general. In top 10 Sexperts! Redbook.com's Blog of the Month: 'If anyone can call herself "DR. Romance," it's REDBOOK Love Expert Tina Tessina. With a Ph.D., eight books and 30 years counseling experiencing under her belt, Tina has a lot to say about the everydays of life and love. Get to know the Doc. " TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e20120a5dd8e34970b 2009-12-03T09:09:00-08:00 2009-12-03T09:09:00-08:00

Dear Dr. Romance I am 36 and a single dad. For the first time I have met someone who I feel I could spend the rest of my life with. We were together for two months and I know she...

Tina Tessina tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e20120a63416fd970c 2009-11-30T09:54:00-08:00 2009-11-30T09:54:00-08:00

Dear Dr. Romance: I hope you can be of help to me. My husband and I will be celebrating our 23rd anniversary next week - this is a 2nd marriage for both of us. I was widowed after 10 yrs...

Tina Tessina tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e20120a5da57b7970b 2009-11-26T09:51:00-08:00 2009-11-26T09:51:00-08:00

In this month of giving thanks, I am grateful for the lessons of my life. Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve learned is that a meaningful life is about growing your soul, and it happens slowly, in the process of...

Tina Tessina tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e20120a631cb47970c 2009-11-23T09:49:00-08:00 2009-11-23T09:49:00-08:00

Dear Dr. Romance: My male friend likes to look at good looking women a second time and more and if the woman is looking at him, he will stare at her. I have a friend that is nine years younger...

Tina Tessina tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e20120a6310bdf970c 2009-11-19T09:06:00-08:00 2009-11-19T09:06:00-08:00

I have a friend, Maggie, who has been my friend since 1968, and she calls me her “bestest”friend as a way of appreciating our connection. It always makes me smile, and I feel the same about her. Often, my clients...

Tina Tessina tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e20120a631c7f3970c 2009-11-16T09:29:00-08:00 2009-11-16T09:29:00-08:00

Dear Dr. Romance: I saw your responses from divorce 360 web site and was really impressed with your thoughts on relationships! I've been married for 18 years with 3 children. I am a very active Dad (Basketball/baseball coach for all...

Tina Tessina tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e20120a5db220a970b 2009-11-12T09:18:00-08:00 2009-11-12T09:18:00-08:00

Dear Dr. Romance, I'm in my early twenties, and I've read a couple of your books and think they are awesome, but I'm just writing to you today because I'm getting frustrated and fed up with dating and don't really...

Tina Tessina tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e20120a63106c9970c 2009-11-09T09:30:00-08:00 2009-11-09T11:05:27-08:00

Thirty years of counseling couples and twenty-seven years of my second marriage have convinced me that fights are not necessary in a marriage. Married couples need to have discussions, they need to solve problems, and sometimes they need to disagree,...

Tina Tessina tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e201287564af76970c 2009-11-08T16:14:14-08:00 2009-11-12T00:46:46-08:00

This week, I was asked the following question by a journalist, and thought I'd invited Charles J. Orlando, author of The Problem with Women is...Men to dialogue about it. Journalist: Does it make a man less masculine if he’s too...

Tina Tessina tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83453056d69e20120a5db1aab970b 2009-11-05T09:20:00-08:00 2009-11-05T09:20:00-08:00

Dear Dr. Romance: Yesterday I purchased your book It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction I plan to read it intently and to complete the exercises with self-honesty and motivation. I have a few questions, though, which...

Tina Tessina