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Tainted love: How not to be bitter
Here’s how it happens. You want something—or someone—and you go for it. Then something unwanted happens—failure, disappointment, a setback, or maybe a breakup—and you blame someone else for it. Like your ex. Or your parents. Or you just blame life because it temporarily sucks. First comes anger. Then anger turns to bitter. What is bitter? […]
Where’d you go? Falling in love and ignoring friends
Here’s how it happens: You fall in love. It consumes you. You want to be with this person 24/7. There will be a lot of time spent in the bedroom. There will be romantic one-on-one dates. You will separate only for critical things like school or work. Your friends will be happy for you, but […]
When you don’t want to: Dealing with sexual assault
Sultry lighting, candles, smooth jazz… above all, nothing is more important to setting the mood than everyone involved wanting to be there doing what they’re doing. Consent is the voluntary agreement to engage in any sexual act—from kissing to touching to intercourse or anything in between. Consent (or, even better, enthusiastic consent! ) needs to […]
Single no more? A fling with Invisible Boyfriend
Spending this Valentine’s Day all by your lonesome and wishing it weren’t so? Consider a tactic of the young: Create an imaginary friend—or in this case, an imaginary significant other with a bit of reality sprinkled on. Invisible Boyfriend and Invisible Girlfriend use your input to create an imaginary boyfriend or girlfriend who then communicates […]
Should I stay or should I go? What if only one of you wants to get married
It’s a classic deal breaker. Right up there with only one of us wants kids and we want/need to live in different places . Can a relationship survive when only one of you wants to get married? Maybe. A lot of magazine articles will flippantly say leave if one of you wants marriage and the […]
TMI: Can you really share too much?
You know how much we appreciate honest conversations about sexual health and birth control . And we love talking intimately about life and relationships. We also love it when you’re chatty, effusive, candid, and loquacious. Hell, we even like it when you’re mouthy, snarky, boisterous, and blunt. But can you go too far or reveal […]
Too cold to take it off? How to cozy up when there’s a chill in the air
When it comes to sex, most of us wouldn’t let a blizzard stop us from doing it. But it’s hard to get started when it’s freezing cold, so here are a few ways to warm up when things between you are heating up . Start with a warm shower (or bath if your tub big […]
How to be deliciously, luxuriously, and unapologetically single
Being in a relationship has its perks. So does being single. Why then do so many of us feel like something is wrong or missing when we’re not in a relationship? Maybe it’s because we equate relationships with being loved and valued, and without one we feel less loved and valued. (BTW, that’s totally effing […]
Feeling gifty: What to give when you’re getting it on
We like them naughty. We like them nice. We’re talking about gifts and we pretty much like them all, as long as they have our name on them. But we also like giving presents, so here’s a little guide just in case you need a few ideas for someone you love. Let the world know […]
Stop the presses: Hooking up in college is pretty common
College students hooking up: it’s been immortalized by too many movies to count . To learn more about what real college students are up to these days, researchers at New York University asked thousands of them at schools around the country about their experiences with dating, hooking up, and sex. The researchers found that : […]
