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added by jmort253 Sep 28 '12 at 6:39

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added by ROFLwTIME Oct 1 '12 at 18:43

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added by phwd Oct 2 '12 at 2:12

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added by Guy Coder Sep 29 '12 at 1:35

I really like this question because the answers would give you the skills to evaluate any service, not just provide a list of things. +1 – jmort253 Sep 29 '12 at 21:16

@Guy - Actually, this is a form of gaming the system and simply opens the door for people to vote down good questions and bring them below 10. Please see this Stack Exchange answer for more details. If Stack Exchange wanted questions to be capped at 10, they would have implemented this feature instead of declining it. Hope this helps! – jmort253 Feb 3 '13 at 18:52

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added by jmort253 Sep 28 '12 at 6:42

This one really needs more detail to be answered properly-- do you guys talk about your relationship already, what are his/her expectations, etc. – PixelDirigible Dec 6 '12 at 1:34

@Pixel - This is just an example question to help define the site topic, and I'm quite the opposite of being in a long term relationship. I also have 65 characters left to work with in the example, which isn't much room. On the actual launched beta, I'd expect to see more detail in the question in order for it to be useful, and the question box would have lots of room to expand. Hope this helps! :) – jmort253 Dec 6 '12 at 3:55

Makes sense-- I was a bit confused when I first joined and was actually answering instead of talking about the questions >< It's clearer now. – PixelDirigible Dec 6 '12 at 5:13

up vote 14 down vote

added by phwd Oct 2 '12 at 2:17

Good question, although you are leading with a pre-conceived notion of what all women want. Perhaps this could be edited, "Girls SAY that they want to be desired..." – maple_shaft Oct 2 '12 at 13:15

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added by phwd Oct 2 '12 at 2:16

Why would you ever want to intimidate your partner? – maple_shaft Oct 2 '12 at 13:12

@maple_shaft i.imgur.com/315j1.png – phwd Oct 2 '12 at 13:43

Eye contact has very different meanings in different cultures, so this one should be appropriately scoped by country/region/something. – TRiG is Timothy Richard Green Nov 23 '12 at 21:40

is this for someone you just met? maybe we need to add that to the question – EdmundYeung99 Feb 19 '13 at 19:55

@EdmundYeung99 just met – phwd Feb 20 '13 at 13:24

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added by Jeffrey Lin Nov 6 '12 at 20:56

<comments removed> Please do not use comments to answer these questions. Comments are here to help improve the questions. This proposal is not part of the Q&A site, and the task at hand is to help define a future site. Thank you. – Robert Cartaino♦ Jan 21 '13 at 17:02

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added by Cole Johnson Dec 27 '12 at 2:15

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added by jmort253 Sep 28 '12 at 6:43

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added by maple_shaft, edited by jmort253 Sep 29 '12 at 21:17

the answer will vary depending on opinion. Its doesnt fit Q&A format – Xitcod13 Oct 16 '12 at 14:14

@Xitcod13 not necessarily. If the OP provides enough background, it could narrow it down. I.E. how close you are to the friend, how "bad" the guy is, etc. – Cole Johnson Dec 27 '12 at 2:18

@Cole: if your [sic] a guy, then, according to your description of her, she's more likely to hook up with you. I was just being facetious though. – Gerrat Dec 27 '12 at 15:30

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added by maple_shaft Sep 28 '12 at 11:35

Ew. Ew. Ew. Can we stamp hard on "friend zone" nonsense? – TRiG is Timothy Richard Green Nov 23 '12 at 21:38

Yeah seriously. If people want a place to bitch and moan about the "friend zone" they should probably just stay on reddit and/or the rest of the internet – PixelDirigible Dec 6 '12 at 1:38

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added by maple_shaft Sep 28 '12 at 11:50

We don't know the boyfriend's family. It's impossible to answer this question. – EpsilonVector Nov 7 '12 at 14:01

Consider providing details about the boyfriends family. Was the dinner their idea? Do they just accept him, or do they support him? How much displays of affection are provided by heterosexual couples within that family? – Danimal Nov 15 '12 at 20:30

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added by phwd Oct 2 '12 at 2:20

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added by drN Oct 12 '12 at 17:43

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added by mauris Nov 8 '12 at 14:20

I don't understand the question. – gerrit Jan 13 '13 at 15:55

why not? are you expected to wait earlier for ladies? updated question. @gerrit – mauris Jan 14 '13 at 11:13

Aren't you supposed to pick them up, not meet somewhere? – Cole Johnson Apr 12 '13 at 7:21

This is a very culturally-dependent question. In many cities/countries where many people don't drive cars, picking up your date is often not expected, so meeting somewhere would be appropriate (@ColeJohnson). – Flimzy May 28 '13 at 20:15

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added by chaosys Dec 7 '12 at 1:02

I'm not sure if "Relationships" includes friends (notably in a non-romantic context, unlike the question about telling a friend you "like" them), so this seemed like a good way to bring it up. – chaosys Dec 7 '12 at 1:05

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added by chaosys Dec 10 '12 at 22:37

Seems like a list question, unless you can provide more specific guidelines. I'm thinking, for instance "Marriage is not possible/desirable for me because of X. What legal/social/etc alternatives exist for me and my partner to formalize our relationship in our situation?" – Flimzy May 28 '13 at 20:00

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added by Cole Johnson Dec 27 '12 at 2:15

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added by chaosys Dec 28 '12 at 22:47

	Probably better as a community wiki question. – chaosys Dec 28 '12 at 22:48
	This is more of an opinion question. – Jeffrey Lin Jan 17 '13 at 23:16
	Fair point. How about "What are some effective ways..." instead? Do we have guidelines on subjectivity levels yet? – chaosys Jan 25 '13 at 1:05

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added by neo Jan 15 '13 at 5:39

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added by Washu Mar 21 '13 at 16:44

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added by Beofett Apr 1 '13 at 19:27

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added by Beofett Apr 1 '13 at 19:30

In my opinion that question doesn't fit this size since it isn't about Relationships and Dating but about friendship to your close friend and his relationship. – danijar Apr 4 '13 at 18:24

The subject of the proposal is relationships, not relationships I'm in. I think excluding discussion directly relevant to relationships because they're about other people's relationships will cut out a significant amount of quality content, for what seems a rather arbitrary reason. – Beofett Apr 4 '13 at 18:27

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added by Beofett Apr 1 '13 at 19:31

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added by Beofett Apr 1 '13 at 19:36

been there, done that.... ;-) – Chris Travers May 27 '13 at 5:59

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added by djc391 Apr 2 '13 at 23:12

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added by Washu, edited by Flimzy May 28 '13 at 20:14

This question is unclear to me. I feel like there's a bit of grammar missing. Did you mean "What should I tell my girlfriend if I'm jealous of the time she spends with a male friend?" – nzifnab May 29 '13 at 23:38

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added by Washu, edited by phwd May 28 '13 at 15:09

This sounds like its asking for discussion and opinions. – Flimzy May 28 '13 at 20:04

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added by Beofett Apr 8 '13 at 19:24

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added by jmort253 Sep 28 '12 at 6:46

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added by maple_shaft Sep 28 '12 at 12:06

It's impossible to answer this question. We don't know the OP, his wife, nor their situation. This has potential but should be made more specific in order to be considered a good question. – EpsilonVector Nov 7 '12 at 14:00

It is also impossible to fully define a question within the scope of Area 51 character limit. @EpsilonVector – phwd Feb 1 '13 at 21:01

@phwd Good point. I wasn't aware there was a limit. – EpsilonVector Feb 2 '13 at 22:28

Perhaps the question would be more effective -- and more positive -- if it ended "What can I try? What has worked for you?" Otherwise the answer is an all too-easy yes, you're presuming anyone is doing anything wrong. – BobStein-VisiBone Mar 1 '13 at 13:50

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added by chaosys Nov 29 '12 at 0:52

Isn't this a JFGI question? I mean, is stack exchange usually in the business of providing answers one could find on wikipedia? – PixelDirigible Dec 6 '12 at 1:36

Yeah, actually, in that it also allows deeper discussion. Also, where do you think Google gets its answers? :-p – chaosys Dec 6 '12 at 5:20