Are you guilty of using sex as a weapon? You might not think so or even admit it. But withholding sex as a weapon to make your partner do something is actually a mean manipulation tactic, and it’s pretty toxic. Have you ever used sex to get your partner to do the dishes, clean the…
The marriage between twenty-nine year old social influencer Julia Zelg and Eileen de Freest (sixty-six) is going through challenges. Julia admitted that after four years of marriage the two have run into differences caused by the thirty-seven year age gap. The development has forced them to agree to start dating independent partners outside their relationship…
Recently my wife became polyamorous. My wife and I have been married for 15 years, raising two kids together for 12. We’ve had the usual challenges with boredom and intimacy over the years, but nothing I would call out of the ordinary. Then, about a year ago, my wife confided that she’d been having an…
Here are 5 brutal truths about being the ‘other woman’ in affairs with married men: 1. Sometimes, people lie to get what they want. Before being ‘the Other Woman’ know that no matter how sincere your married lover seems, you must double-check what you are being told. Don’t discount this distinct and ugly possibility. Find…
Tennessee Grade 4 teacher Alissa McCommon has been arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year-old boy and trying to lure others into her web. Cops say McCommon, 38, was arrested outside her home by the Covington Police Department. She is accused of sexually assaulting her young former student inside her home in 2021. She allegedly admitted…
As the lines between casual hookups and long-term commitment become increasingly blurry, new data shows that more hearts are being broken as the result of situationships — romantic relationships that lack a clear definition or commitment — than committed relationships. Last week, eharmony released their annual Dating Diaries report which revealed that more than three-quarters…
Have you ever fantasized about having a threesome? Having good sex with one person is hard enough (no pun intended), but adding a third person into the mix can double the pleasure or double the pressure. So how do you know if having a threesome is right for you? Threesomes may be a bucket list…
In our open marriage my husband and I have been together for 12 years. After we met in college and became fast friends, our relationship grew quickly and easily. I trusted him implicitly; he was open, cared deeply about doing the right thing, and listened to me when I expressed my thoughts and feelings. We…
A recent sexual relationship study of 2,000 men and women, conducted by the UK dating website Illicit Encounters, looked at the top 10 things that men and women say they enjoy most about sex. It found that women listed experiencing greater bonding with their partner, reduced stress, and increased self-confidence. In contrast, men said what…
Talk about Sex therapist, Ruth Westheimer, once said, when asked about the possibility of a “sex recession”: “Here is an activity that is free, here … is an activity that makes people happy, and what’s the matter with all of you not to engage in it?” Like Dr. Ruth’s dozens of books, most literature on…
Have you heard of the term ‘wet lettuce men?’ I hadn’t either, and now that I have, I can’t stop thinking about how hot I find them. According to Urban Dictionary, a wet lettuce man is someone that is betraying his male gender. The dictionary’s example of what it means for a man to be…
High school students are having less sexual intercourse. That’s what the studies say. But that doesn’t mean they’re having less sex. The language of young love and lust, and the actions behind it, are evolving. And the shift is not being adequately captured in national studies, experts say. For years, studies have shown a decline…
What can make two healthy twenty-somethings turn to a sex therapist because, despite their desire, they have not had sex in months? What strange cosmic force impedes them from wearing out their mattresses? The answer is probably in the mind: in mistaken beliefs and ideologies that become chastity belts. Religions have demonized sex, pleasure and…
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it turns out that women are having grey affairs and are more sexually liberated than ever before – and that, perhaps surprisingly, older women are leading the revolution. New York-based author and relationship expert Susan Shapiro Barash has been researching extramarital affairs for more than three decades, releasing a…
People stay in an unhappy marriage for a lot of reasons. You may be in one yourself. But when an unhappy marriage leads to cheating and infidelity, it’s time to lift the veil of denial and take a good hard look at what’s going on. It’s important to understand why people cheat before learning how…
Let’s talk about why wives cheat. We’ve all seen people cheating on social media and heard the gossip around the neighborhood — the stereotypical cheating husband, philandering with other women, while the emotionally neglected wife cries at home. Well, what happens when these roles are reversed? Is there a reason why some wives cheat on…
To create this mature throuple, a happily married couple accepted a widow into their relationship and the three lovers are about to move in together. Trey and Salina, who have kids in college, have been married for 22 years but they are now in a throuple with another woman. New member Ruth had been hitched…
What if your partner isn’t interested in sex with you? Or what if you are the one who wants to say no? What if you find yourself in a sexless marriage? According to Dr. David Schnarch, author of “Intimacy & Desire”, all couples have an “LDP” (low desire partner) and an “HDP” (high desire partner)….
Perhaps your sex life is lacking spontaneous sex. Sex is great, we can all agree with that. And if you don’t, then you’re not having the right kind of sex. While planning your sex life may be the most realistic option for many of you out there, it’s even better when it’s spontaneous sex. When…
My virgin confession hurts. I’m A 32-Year-Old Female Virgin (but not by choice). How I ended up in this condition – alone. Missing out. A 32-year-old virgin. By accident. No grand pacts with deities were made. No overly sentimental illusions of saving myself for that one special person who would sweep me off my feet…
Infidelity in romantic relationships is surprisingly common as is hiding the affair. Within the last year alone, 2-4% of partners in highly-committed relationships had an affair, and across the lifetime, about a quarter of marriages include infidelity (as discussed in Fincham & May, 2017). Would you know if your partner was unfaithful? Unfaithful partners take…
A polyamorous mother-of-two has revealed how she betrayed her husband of 28 years with another woman she met at work, and why she cheated on him for 12 months without him finding out. Danielle, from Sydney, had been with her partner and the father of her two children for nearly three decades when she met…
Here is our case for sex with socks on. We’re all for getting 100% naked and having a good time with someone you like. But if there’s a way to make the sex better by keeping just one article of clothing on, then we’d definitely refuse to take it off. This just so happens to…
If you want to learn how to flirt with a guy or pick up men with self-confidence, you may want to think outside the box. The thought of picking up a total stranger can cause sheer panic among some people. Having someone reject you is never fun, but if you have your eye on someone,…
Women like me who have been cheated on, get a shiver of pain down our spines even years after the affair, the betrayal. The lies, the little clues to his infidelity we only ever saw looking back, the suspicion, the gaslighting, the shame, but most of all the self-recrimination. Yes, the eternal questions — how…
A study that surveyed 2,000 people has revealed what is the most popular month in the year for having an affair. Affairs happen for a range of reasons — some justified, some not — but who knew that the time of year could be encouraging people to step outside of their traditional marriages? While there…
One of the first instances of ghosting I can recall took place in the early 2010s. A friend had gone on a few great dates with a boy she met on Tinder, after which they exchanged a steady stream of communication. Soon, her messages were met with long silences, “yep,” or “lol.” We speculated on…
If it seems that you are more like roommates than lovers you can start enjoying sex again simply by following some easy steps. When you are married or coupled, over time it is easy for the relationship to become one of utility instead of sensuality, magic and love. Each person has their part in the…
On average, women are less interested in sex than men. This is a consistent finding in psychology. Women express lower sexual desire, want fewer lifetime sex partners, and are less open to casual sex compared to men. The reason for this gender difference in sexuality constitutes one of the great debates in psychology. Nature Versus…
Five types of romantic relationships serve to categorize most romantic unions. When you look back at your relationship history, you may have what feels like a wide range of different experiences. Some romances are short. Some are boring. Some are defined by strong attraction and big conflicts. Some are warm and stable. All of these…
Was I wrong to use my former affair partner as a yardstick? At the time of this post, I’ve been on 57 first dates. Some of the guys I met for second and third dates. Some I dated for several months. With a few, we parted as friends, but over time the relationships dwindled. Needless…
They say the key to a man’s heart is through his stomach but for women, it’s through Making a Woman Feel Special – making HER, the one, feel special. That’s really the main thing you have to remember with girls. If you want her to like you, make her feel unique and special to you…
Relationships are complicated and difficult things. You think you’re in love, that you’ll never do anything to hurt your partner. It’s all going well and then for some reason, you make a mistake. You cheat on your partner. It’s a one-off and you have no intention of repeating it. What do you do? Do you…
Love triangles are complicated dating scenarios where there’s love in the air, but there are more than two people secretly involved. When love is mutual and shared between two people, everything is perfect, simple, and easy. BUT …. Have you ever been in love with someone who’s already in love with someone else? Or are…
Waiting for sex is a big deal for some, but not so much so for others. And you are 100% entitled to your opinions and feelings. As long as you’re being safe, you do you. Many people wonder how long you should be waiting for sex and it’s a long-debated subject. The truth? It’s a…
Non-monogamy is an umbrella term that covers a wide range of non-traditional relationship styles – all the way from “monogamish” to polyamory, relationship anarchy and everything in between. It isn’t superior to monogamy, or necessarily practiced by people who are more enlightened or well-rounded. It’s just a different way of approaching love and romance, that…
You’ve broken up and it’s time to say goodbye for good. Should you have breakup sex one last time, for old times’ sake? Here’s how to decide if it’s okay. You’ve broken up, but sometimes, that doesn’t stop you from staring at your hot ex, and imagining one last romp in the sack. Is it…
Sex with a narcissist enlightened me. It’s far too easy to throw around labels these days for any little problem. For instance, we are quick to label men as narcissists when they show a little selfishness. The problem? Narcissism isn’t something to joke about. It’s not a word to call someone just because they don’t…
Although vaxxed and waxed it has been a long lockdown on love for Emma Sykora. But as temperatures climb and more Canadians roll up their sleeves for the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Sykora is starting to think she has a shot at something special this summer. The 33-year-old in Toronto became single near…
Allosexual versus Asexual can be very confusing. You’ve had a lot of time to reflect on you, yourself, and you over the past year or so — and some of that introspection may have included thinking about your sexuality. Maybe you want to text your latest Bumble match 24/7, but don’t feel the same urgency…
In the year before I split up with my ex-partner, several things changed. I started to spend more time with new friends, stay out later on weekends and began treating myself to fancy pedicures on a bi-weekly basis. Most importantly, I stopped writing about my then-partner. Our relationship was already on the rocks and I…
While it’s very exciting that you and your significant other have agreed that you want to start as open relationship newbies, it can also be pretty intimidating, and the stakes are high. That’s why we spoke to some experts about how to best go about opening your relationship up for the first time. For starters,…
Whenever I hear someone openly admit they are in an open relationship or marriage, they are met with accusations of cheating or not being in a “real” relationship. Their relationships are not taken seriously, and sometimes even laughed or scoffed at. But actually, open and poly relationships can be some of the healthiest and most…
Thirty or so years had passed when Jan started waking up in the middle of the night trying to control the incessant shaking from her core as she tried to sleep. Initially she did not realize it but by the end of the first week, Jan’s middle of the night episodes would reveal a motive….
