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Gary Domasin

Gary Domasin

Honolulu, Los Angeles, Uzès, Cape Town

Gary Domasin has been an adjunct faculty member at the USC School of Dramatic Arts since 2016 and a hairstylist at Salon Aguayo since 2014. In 2025, he began writing for SoCalMag, where Ask Uncle Gary delivers sharp insight grounded in experience.

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I recently started dating a guy...

Dear Uncle Gary, I recently started dating a guy who’s sweet, smart, and has the kind of jawline that could slice deli meat. But here’s the thing: he claps when the plane lands. Every time. Loudly. With enthusiasm. I tried to ignore it, but last week he stood

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I just started an amazing job...

Dear Uncle Gary, I just started an amazing job as an assistant to a very successful hairstylist in Newport Beach. He’s super busy, well-known, and I was thrilled to be hired. About a month in, he asked me out. I froze. A few days earlier, he’d asked

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Dear Uncle Gary, I met my wife when I was 18....

Dear Uncle Gary, I met my wife when I was 18, married her at 24, and we had our daughter at 25. Life felt full, with good careers, a happy kid, and what I thought was a strong marriage. But at 35, my wife told me she wasn’t happy.

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I'm recently out of a twelve-year relationship.

I'm recently out of a twelve-year relationship. I'm a fifty-five-year-old gay man, and I don't know where to start. I used to have a nice body. I think I'm still good-looking, but when I go out with friends, I never meet anyone. Everybody is so young.

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I'm 23, still living at home

Dear Uncle Gary, I'm 23, still living at home and going to school, taking a full load and working part-time. Is it selfish to want space from my own family? - Leave Me Alone Dear Leave Me Alone, You’re not selfish. You’re human. You’re juggling

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How do I forgive someone who isn’t sorry?

Dear Uncle Gary, How do I forgive someone who isn’t sorry? Sincerely, Disappointed Dear Disappointed, Let me start here. Forgiveness is not a performance. It’s not a handshake a ceremony, or a public declaration. It’s not about letting someone off the hook. It’s about letting yourself

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If nothing changes today, where will you be in ten years?

The words that follow are meant to be a wake-up call. You can either read them and be motivated to act, or you can scroll on and spend the next decade repeating the same year, over and over again.