Posted in dating on Jul 8th, 2008
I’ll admit that casual sex for me is a total defense mechanism in order to experience intimacy without risking emotional detriment. I’d so much rather be fucked than fucked with. So when some guy suggested to me last week that we merely make out all night instead of have sex, I was immediately cautious of [...]
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Posted in dating, sex, sexuality on May 7th, 2008
I feel my libido is too high. How can I normalize it healthily and deal with it?
D/s newbie seeking help
Peripatetic, endearingly-awkward geek seeks amazing advice for casual sex shenanigans
I have an STD and don’t know what time is the right time in terms of telling the partner. Please help, I’m scared out of [...]
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Posted in bisexual, dating on Jan 29th, 2008
Hello!
My name is Carmen Machado, and I’m a filmmaker in Washington, DC. I am currently producing a short segment of a documentary (working title: “AmBIguous Dating”) on bisexual dating. The segment is being directed by filmmaker Giovanna Chesler (her website can be found here).
As two bisexual women who are also navigating the world of dating, [...]
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Posted in dating, technology on Dec 15th, 2007
U R dumped–one in seven say they have suffered the same fate as Britney Spears’ ex-husband and been told it’s all over via text message or e-mail, a survey said on Friday.
While hiding behind technology might appear a cowardly way of splitting up, it contrasts with the 4 percent who simply drop all communication with [...]
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Posted in dating, internet sex on Dec 9th, 2007
It isn’t quite a match made in heaven, but a U.S.-based online dating company turned to ritual prayers and a Shinto priest to help boost its business in Japan.
It is common for busy singles and their relatives to visit shrines to pray for luck in finding love in a country where hectic lifestyles make it [...]
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Posted in dating on Oct 30th, 2007
Via Sex and the Ivy…
Because I don’t. I know it’s hard to believe. People like to declare that they’re type-less and then they tack on the criteria of “as long as he’s not a Republican.” Me? I’ve dated a Republican.
Republicanism might as well be the Christianity of a foreign land named Coulterville.
You would think that [...]
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Posted in bloggers, dating, men on Oct 30th, 2007
Hat tip to Jezebel for alerting me of the existence of Mike Cherico, a self-described “Edgy English Teacher” who blogs sex/dating for Glamour. Jezebel does a great job writing up his ignoramousness, so I’ll just copy-paste the highlights:
First off, he accepts and embraces the nickname “Edgy English Teacher,” which, ew. Also, he hints that [...]
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Posted in dating, safety on Sep 9th, 2007
Women who date online are likely to take precautions to protect their personal safety when first meeting a man face-to-face, but often are much less careful about protecting their sexual health once that encounter moves to the next level, a Houston-based study has found.
While the women who were surveyed went to great lengths to screen [...]
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Posted in dating, fleshbot, sex blog on Aug 31st, 2007
This week’s Sex Blog Roundup at Fleshbot stretches back for one last long summer weekend. Before we’re too fully buttoned up in back-to-school clothes, let’s wiggle our toes in the grass once more and let the sun shine where it soon won’t.
Those of you who enjoy stalking me will find that Wendy gets the warm [...]
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Posted in dating, online dating on Aug 22nd, 2007
Every morning of every weekday for 12 years, Thomas Montgomery punched in at the Dynabrade factory in Clarence, a small town in upstate New York. He strapped on his goggles and stood at his machine until the late afternoon, churning out components for power tools. After work, he walked the family dog, Shadow, and took [...]
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Posted in dating, events, lbgt, nyc on May 21st, 2007
Description: Join WNYC News’ Richard Hake for a Lesbian/ Gay/ Bisexual/ Transgender Singles Event. Richard will break the ice with a pop culture quiz, tossing out questions about Paris, France, and Paris Hilton. You can also enjoy the works of Japanese photographer Miwa Yanagi, in her first solo exhibit.
Date: [...]
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Posted in dating, relationships on May 20th, 2007
…In a Stiletto Relationship, what you feel is an addicting mix of love, lust, and pain.
Although you know on some level that “the mix” is toxic - and making you feel crazy - it’s incredibly hard to get that person, and the relationship, out of your system.
Why is that?
One of my favorite [...]
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Posted in dating, online dating on May 17th, 2007
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
AFTER more than two years of disheartening online dating, Charlotte Kullen resolved to spend less time pursuing men and more time pursuing her hobbies. She plunged into tennis, running, sailing, horseback riding, fitness boot camp and scuba diving classes, assuming that somewhere between the situps and the strapping on of fins she might [...]
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This week’s Sex Blog Roundup at Fleshbot finds us the third wheel as sex bloggers head out on dates. Things being what they are, you know they are scoring in ways we hadn’t quite anticipated.
Those of you who enjoy stalking me will find me losing track of Marcus at a sex conference. Swear to God, [...]
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Posted in dating, nyc, relationships on Mar 29th, 2007
….Spring is here and the restaurants will soon be filled with anxious and hopeful couples, ordering wine, dusting off their most luminous lies, thinking they might finally have found love. Then they will see their dates’ homes for the first time. And suddenly some of them will realize that they cannot be with this person [...]
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So I’m updating the Violent Acres post about Closing the Deal from the Female Perspective (the one right after this one). And I note she’s got two Google Adsense boxes. I click on one of the ads at the top of the page, How to Have a Discreet Affair, and it leads me to this:
I [...]
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Posted in dating, love, men, relationships on Mar 16th, 2007
…With full acknowledgement that men’s tastes in women are as unpredictable as the plotline of “24,” these are some of things that many men value in “the one.”
A Woman with a Passion in Something Other Than HimYes, it’s nice to be doted over. Yes, it’s nice to be pampered. Yes, it’s nice to be with [...]
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Posted in Flickr, dating, wired on Feb 14th, 2007
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Jessica Guynn, Chronicle Staff Writer
While it may be tough for the middle-aged of Silicon Valley to find a perfect partner, it’s never been easier for the young and the restless in the high-tech industry to make a love connection.
Members of this uninhibited generation can hit the launch-party circuit or hook up with the opposite sex [...]
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Posted in dating, relationships on Feb 14th, 2007
…No one knows for sure, of course, but I have a theory. I think it is the “Speed” factor.
No, I am not suggesting drugs were involved. I am talking about the Sandra Bullock/Keanu Reeves movie in which Bullock is a bus driver and Reeves is a police officer, and they are trying to prevent a [...]
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Posted in dating, love, relationships on Feb 13th, 2007
Do you have one of those relationship dealbreaker lists? You know, the list that describes the qualities you have to have in a man, along with the qualities you simply won’t tolerate?
If you’ve taken the time to write such a list, I’m impressed!
Now put it away.
Then, being as [...]
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Nearly one in four teens communicated hourly with his or her partner by cell phone or text messaging between midnight and 5 a.m., according to a survey conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, a research organization specializing in research on teens and young adults.
Shaina Weisbrot, now a sophomore at Rutgers University, says as a teenager she [...]
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Posted in advice, dating, marriage, relationships, sex on Feb 12th, 2007
1. How To Avoid Feeling Jealous Over Really Dumb Things
2. How To Remember That Wherever You Go, There You Are
3. How To Embrace The No-Fault Breakup
4. How To Have Sex If You’re A Sex Columnist
5. How To Find A Lasting Relationship For Yourself If You’re A Dating Coach
6. How To Get Married While Remaining Single
7. [...]
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Posted in dating on Feb 10th, 2007
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NOTE: This essay was written by a woman interviewed by The Washington Post whose mother helps her find dates on Match.com.
Jennifer Aniston. Christie Brinkley. Sheryl Crow. Teri Hatcher. Either dumped or cheated on in a most humiliating and public way.
Every woman in the dating world has thought, “If it can happen to her, it can [...]
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