Confessions
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Confession: I Just Saw the Craziest PDA!

photo by The Prophet Yesterday’s Wise Guy PDA question reminded Chris DiClerico of something he saw this past summer. He swears on everything that is holy that this is true: I had to go to midtown for a business meeting in a building on 51st and 6th Ave. I arrived about 20 minutes early, so […]

Polls
Poll: What Do You Call a Female Cuckold?

photo by ian_ransley An article in last weekend’s NY Times Magazine about “cuckold wives” in politics notes, “I can find nothing in the dictionary that applies to sexually betrayed women, though you would think Webster would have added one by now.” Actually, according to Wikipedia, the female equivalent cuckquean first appeared in English literature in […]

Personal Essays
Confession: I Thought “Christian Sex Columnist” Was an Oxymoron

photo by kevindooley Our contributor Kristine deGuzman, a junior at UC Berkeley, has a confession to make: When I was a sophomore in college, I drooled over the idea of writing the “Sex On Tuesdays” column in the The Daily Cal, UC Berkeley’s main newspaper. I applied for the job at the end of my […]

Polls
Poll: Which Would You Rather Have on a Desert Island?

<a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1768489/” mce_href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1768489/”>If you were stuck on a deserted island, which would you rather have as potential “romantic” company?</a><span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”>(<a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” mce_href=”http://www.polldaddy.com”>poll</a>)</span> Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.

Personal Essays
Casual Sex Confessions in 5 Seconds Flat

In their hook up issue (Jul 2-8, 2009), Time Out New York launched a new sex and dating section. One fun feature you can access online is called “One-Night-Stand Confessions” where New Yorkers reveal one thing they’ve always wanted to tell a past fling. This being the age of Twitter, these revelations aren’t eloquent personal […]

Polls
Poll: Are You a Fan of the 69?

<br /> <a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1717818/” mce_href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1717818/”>What do you think of 69-ing?</a><span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”>(<a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” mce_href=”http://www.polldaddy.com”>poll</a>)</span><br /> Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.

Personal Essays
Confession: I’m Gonna Keep My (Hypothetical) Baby

Our contributor Abby Spector, who is double-majoring in English and Feminine/Gender/Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, has a confession to make: “If you got pregnant, you’d have an abortion — right?” Max asked during our customary post-coital cuddle a few months back. My mind began to spin. For the seventeen years I had been a virgin, […]

Personal Essays
Confession: Porn Makes My Heart Grow Colder

photo by TheNaughtyAmerican.com Our contributor, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make (in response to the recent confession by another contributor, “Porn Makes My Heart Grow Fonder“). I don’t like porn.  Which strikes me as strange since not only do I love sex, I study it. But there’s just something about porn […]

Personal Essays
Confession: Alcohol Saved My Sex Life…But Hurt It Too

photo via freeparking Our contributor Abby Spector, who is double-majoring in English and Feminine/Gender/Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, has a confession to make: All my sex life, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with alcohol. Not because it provokes the desire but takes away the performance, as Shakespeare once said. No, my problem is that it […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: Pick the Official Term for Those Who Date Much Older People

photo by rileyroxx A while back, in response to a sincere question from a 19-year-old vocab nerd who’s dating a 28 year old, we asked for your help in coming up with a term for her. We asked that it be something positive that suggested these women aren’t simply shallow gold diggers but may actually […]

Personal Essays
Confession: I Had a Friend with Benefits…and Drawbacks

photo by rileyroxx Our contributor Ryan, who blogs at Student Loans for Beer Money, has a confession to make: I learned a lot of tough lessons my first year of college. For instance, cucumbers aren’t the only things that can be pickled (thanks to maniacal levels of on-campus alcohol consumption). And, more importantly, having a […]

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Would You Dump Someone If They Didn't Like Your Friends?

&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1612833/” mce_href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1612833/”&gt;What would you do if the person you were seeing didn’t get on with your friends?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”&gt;(&lt;a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” mce_href=”http://www.polldaddy.com”&gt;poll&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.

Personal Essays
Confession: My Top 5 Pornos for Us Ladies

Comstock Films makes great couples’ porn A couple of weeks ago, our friend confessed that porn makes her heart grow fonder — especially when she watches it with her boyfriend. So we asked her to compile a list of her top favorite porn movies or genres for watching with a partner. We’re constantly hearing from […]