Q / I’ VE BEEN

HOOKING UP

WITH THIS GUY

FOR A WHILE,

AND HE DOESN’ T

FROM LEFT: STEFAN SCHMID / GALLERY STOCK; GETTY IMAGES; MARLEY KATE.

Q / I’ ve always hated gifts from guys— inevitably, it’ s something lame. So I make sure to tell the person I’ m seeing that I’ d rather go out somewhere nice. But my current boyfriend is insisting on getting me a birthday gift. I know I’ ll hate it. What to do?

A Sounds like you have a stockpile of gawdy jewelry and

creepy stuffed animals— but not all guys are clueless about gifts, so give this one a chance. Since he clearly likes a challenge, he may go all out to make you happy— and that’ s not a bad quality in a boyfriend. And if he fails? Tell him you appreciate the effort— and then go out somewhere nice.

DUDE, YOU’ RE SO CLOSE, I CAN SMELL YOUR DINNER.

Q / One of my girlfriend’ s exes makes passiveaggressive comments online about how cute my girl and I are. She brushes it off, but should I tell her to block this chick?

A How dare she say you’ re cute? JK! If the ex isn’ t threatening, do your best to ignore it— and keep taking those adorable pics.

GROOM DOWN

THERE. NOR-

MALLY, I’ M NOT

PICKY, BUT WE’ RE

TALKING FULL-

BALL BUSH! I LIKE

HIM, BUT I NEED

HIM TO MAN-

SCAPE. IS THERE

A WAY TO ASK

HIM TO TRIM?

A Whether it’ s lumberjack beards, pornstaches, or back rugs, a lot of guys let their hair grow wild because they believe more hair is more manly, when it’ s often just more messy. But rather than tease(“ I need a machete to get through your crotch jungle”) or insult(“ I’ ve seen woolly mammoths with less fur”), explain that he’ d be more attractive to you if he groomed a bit. Tell him it’ ll turn you on if he tames his man mane, that he’ ll get more ass if there’ s less grass. You get the idea.

Q / I went on a fun date with a dude I liked. When he asked me out again, I was totally into it... until he asked his best friend and girlfriend to join us. Turns out, this couple was engaged, and in the middle of our dinner, my date invited me to go to their wedding with him, which is months away. What’ s a gentle way of saying this is too much too soon— without implying that I want to stop hanging out?

A Considering how overeager this dude is, you should be profoundly grateful that he didn’ t drop to his knee and propose a double wedding too! Seriously, he is probably just very anxious about showing up at the wedding solo, but that’ s not your problem. He needs to slow waaay down. Tell him:“ I like you a lot, but it’ s way too soon for us to start planning things months in advance. Instead, let’ s focus on planning our next date and we can take it from there.”

Hill is a contributing writer for Cosmopolitan and Cosmopolitan. com.