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DEAR UNCLE MAT: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 11/18/2009

Types: Columns

I moved in with my boyfriend last year. I work in a nonprofit and he is a techy guy in a big company with a big paycheck. He has recently started to nag me about going back to grad school — something I want to do, but I have debts and expenses and love my job right now even though it doesn’t pay cra...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 11/11/2009

Types: Columns

Our circle of friends has suffered a very decisive split. Two guys who were in a long-term relationship since we have known them broke up. One of them had an affair with an acquaintance of mine who has recently been hanging out with all of us. He isn’t, or wasn’t, even gay. There are seven of us who...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 11/4/2009

Types: Columns

There is no other way to put this than I am lonely. The holidays are upon us, and I am single for the first time in more than seven years, and I do not know what to do. I broke up with my boyfriend last May because I felt we were not going anywhere. We were fighting over small things, and he had let...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 10/28/2009

Types: Columns

I’m obese. Well, I don’t think I am, but my doctor says that I am. I understand that I’m not the skinniest I’ve been; I’ll admit, I’ve let myself go. But obese?! Come on!  I weigh 157 pounds and I’m 5’ 3”.  I’ve told my friends that my doctor says I’m obese, and they can’t believ...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 10/21/2009

Types: Columns

Lately I’ve been so lost I have no idea what to do. I’m a college student with a baby boy and a baby’s daddy. But I’m still not happy. I want to do things for myself and not have to depend on him or anyone else. I have a great personality and I want to be a professional photographer, but I am not ou...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 10/14/2009

Types: Columns

What do you do if in the past you have received alcohol-related citations — as you will in your life here on planet earth unless you’re not human — and you stand in front of four tickets still pending and the judge comes up with 18 more? This is what happened to me in the recent past. The judge coul...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Matt: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 10/7/2009

Types: Columns

I was just wondering: I am tired of my job that I’ve been at for six years. Believe me, I’ve been trying to transfer out but with no progress. Why is it so hard to move up? I’ve even been taking courses for my bachelor’s degree in business administration. I’ve also been very interested in working on...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 9/30/2009

Types: Columns

I’m a 23-year-old male living in San Antonio. I’ve been in trouble in the past (law, drugs), but I’ve changed now. I work full-time for my family business and go directly home after work to avoid getting into trouble. I’ve started working out and going to my parents’ church regularly.   ...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 9/23/2009

Types: Columns

I am in need of advice, or a reality check. I am a recently out 22-year-old stud. I have been “doing it right” since JV football, though, so I am only new to the scene. I’m just a BooBoo looking for his Yogi. I am attracted to older guys, which only bothers my mom and some friends. I met this guy wh...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 9/16/2009

Types: Columns

I started dating my best friend two months ago, and it’s great! We hang out all the time, our friends are really supportive, and we just enjoy each other’s company. The problem is he’s looking at moving this winter to another city. He really hates the town we live in now (Lubbock, yuck!) and wants t...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 9/9/2009

Types: Columns

I’ve got two women in my life, one pt whether I like it or not who’s also bipolar by her own admission, and the other who I rarely see, who’s also w/ someone she’s not even interested in but hangs with him for security reasons ; (The one I’m really interested in, C. (the second of the two) came from...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 9/2/2009

Types: Columns

Here is a question for you: The guy you have been dating for over a month now invites you to join him at a nudist camp for the weekend. Do you go? I knew he was a nudist, but I didn’t realize that he would ask me to join him so soon, or ever, I suppose. Neither h...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 8/26/2009

Types: Columns

How do I know if my dog is pregnant? - Confused Dear Confused, After this little puppy-pregnancy debacle has passed, please have your dog fixed. If you want puppies, visit any of the local shelters and pick out a poor, homeless, sad, cute puppy who cries hi...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 8/19/2009

Types: Columns

I am dating two guys, and I really like them both. I want a boyfriend, but I’m not sure how to handle this situation. Each one has their good and bad points, but mostly great points. This would be a cool situation to follow through and discover which one develops into a relationship, but they both s...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 8/12/2009

Types: Columns

WTF do I do? Bexar County probation’s UA contractor is crooked, as we ALL know. Do I refuse 2 submit 2 drug tests now? Duh. HELP! Treatment Associates is obviously inept when sampling drug screens. — A Mad Probationer, Gettin’ Screwed by a Bexar Dear Screwed by a Bexar, Even with my o...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 8/5/2009

Types: Columns

One of my coworkers and her husband want to have sex with me. They are a little younger than me and newly married, but do this “all of the time” according to her. She told me that I’m the one they want, but I can bring another woman if I want, or they know another woman if that would be easier. This...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 7/29/2009

Types: Columns

I am a guy heading into my junior year of high school. I consider myself to be happy, although at times I tend to reflect on the fact that I haven’t been involved in an actual relationship. Although I realize the joy I derive from my experience in high school isn’t entirely dependent on being in a r...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 7/22/2009

Types: Columns

Something doesn’t feel right in my life right now, but everything seems to bother me so I can’t figure it out. Here are a few things that have happened; maybe you’ll see something: It started a few months ago when my boyfriend of five years started acting really different. He’s in the Army, and he’s...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 7/15/2009

Types: Columns

What follows is a brief introduction to the players in the narrative that is my personal life. I have recently gone through a few changes in the patterns of my life, including entering a new dating field. I am interested in finding a boyfriend, yet I’m a very sexually forward and liberal man. P...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 7/8/2009

Types: Columns

Things are pretty shitty for me right now. I was recently laid off from my job and have started bartending at a local hole in the wall to pay the rent. I had to sell my car and am barely making the ends meet. I am afraid I may have to break my lease because I can’t afford my apartment anymore. I hav...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 7/1/2009

Types: Columns

This spring I met a guy at Hooters. Yes, Hooters. He was totally hot and a big flirt. He asked me out and even though my friend warned me that he was a player, I said yes. The first date was great and the sex was right on par. We continued to hang out for the next three weeks. Then we went to a “mus...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 6/24/2009

Types: Columns

I wrote to you last year regarding my own personal problems involving women upon entering my senior year. Now a proud high-school graduate, I can say your advice helped to make my last year one not completely lacking female promiscuity. That said, I’m writing you with a new question, seeing as you w...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 6/17/2009

Types: Columns

Ever since I jumped in bed with my neighbor in reform school, I have pursued this kind of activity. I don’t go out of my way to look 4 gays, but I do run across them once in a while. Even though I have not been the receiver and am strictly a top person, would i still ...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

By dearunclemat@sacurrent.com

Published: 6/10/2009

Types: Columns

I use the internet to date and hook up on occasion. I make no secret of this, either. I am very respectful of the people I date and sleep with and don’t discuss my exploits in detail and never gossip about the men I meet and/or date. I have run into not one, not two, ...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 6/3/2009

Types: Columns

On Easter I started sleeping with a guy who is on the rebound. We were acquaintances before with a few mutual friends and found ourselves drunk and in the sack. He had just broken up with his boyfriend the week before. At the time he was still calling the guy and driving by his house and crying and ...[MORE]

Dear Uncle Mat: (like family, without the baggage)

Published: 5/27/2009

Types: Columns

I would like your take on this relationship: Married 6 years; the husband moved into his wife’s home. Husband’s language: “your house,” “your neighbors.” Wife’s: “our house,” “the neighbors.” Husband is 52. Third marriage with two adult children from a previous marriage. He enjoys sitting...[MORE]