Advice
Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: Should I Give My BF a 2nd Chance?

photo by batega Dear Em & Lo, I am 26 and have been dating my boyfriend, who is 23, for almost 3 years now. About 6 months after we first started dating, he got drunk and naked with a girl but told me he realized what he was about to do and stopped. Although I […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate: Is My BF Too Big for Intercourse?

Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here every few weeks. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, I’ve started seeing this new guy who has a very wide, very long penis. The first time we […]

How To
How to Buy (or Accept) a Drink

photo by Southern_Foodways_Alliance Sending a hottie a drink is an old stand-by among pick-up artists. However, this move may be interpreted as “cheesy” rather than “kitschy” in certain irony-free zones — Idaho, perhaps, or Long Island — or by women who are frequently sent “Slippery Nipples.” Thus, we can only recommend this maneuver in good […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: Why Am I Obsessed with My Ex?

photo by hyperscholar Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. This week, a reader asks Lauri: I’ve been with my boyfriend for two months. We’re very happy, he’s my best friend, and I’m head over heels […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: I Love Sex! Does That Make Me a Slut?

Dear Em & Lo, Lately, my need for sex has been UNQUENCHABLE. It’s reached the point where I’ve roped two booty calls into alternating nights. Am I a slut for doing this? I’m worried that I’m becoming addicted to sex — and I’m only 23! I’ve always had a high sex drive but I’ve never […]

Your Call
Your Call on Spank Tuesday: How Do I Get My Guy to Spank Me?

photo via Rachel_Kramer_Bussel “Spank Tuesday” continues with this question from a reader: Dear Em & Lo, How do I ask my husband to spank me? It is many years since I was spanked. Do I just ask him or buy a paddle as a Valentine’s gift or what? — Red-Cheeked Wannabe What should Red-Cheeked Wannabe […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Cheated on My Boyf with My Boyf

photo by e.esders Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. This week, a reader asks Lauri: Recently, I had a very strange dream: I was making out with a guy, when suddenly, my boyfriend walks in, […]

Research
Top 10 Science-Based New Year’s Resolutions

We’ll be the first to admit that “science” is a generous word to use when it comes to some of the sex research out there — and that if a sex study sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t kernels of truth to be found in […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: He Looks at Other Women But Gets Jealous If I Ogle Men

photo by makelessnoise Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “My boyfriend claims it means nothing when he looks at other women, and yet he gets jealous when I look at other men. Why is that?“ Gay Engaged Guy (Joel Derfner, author of Swish): It’s a combination of insecurity […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I Watch Strangers Having Sex

photo by pedrosimoes7 Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. This week, a reader asks Lauri: Last couple of weeks I have been having dreams about strangers having sex, or about to have sex. I am […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Sex-Related New Year’s Resolutions

Who said that a new year’s resolution had to involve giving up something you enjoy? Rehab is for quitters! Here’s a novel idea: take on some booty-related resolutions instead. We’ve compiled two lists of resolutions, depending on whether you’re single or loved-up. Learn them, live them, love them… If you’re in a LTR (or monogamish)… No […]

How To
Top 10 Skills You (Should Have) Learned from Us in 2009

photo by sinabeet Ladies and gentlemen, have you been taking notes? We didn’t think so. Well, you’re in luck, because we have a very organized archive and you can find all our how-to columns at the click of a link. If you were student of the year and showed up to every single day, here […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: Is a Striptease a Good Last-Minute Gift?

Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the question, “If your partner gave you a serious striptease with a serious striptease face and cheesy music, would it really be the best present ever or would it be kinda weird and uncomfortable?”: Straight Single Guy (Max): A serious striptease requires two things. […]

How To
10 Worst Things to Say at Your Partner’s Family Holiday Dinner

photo by Average Jane Forget charades, let’s debate the Stupak Amendment! So what made you guys decide not to circumcise your son? No Brussels sprouts for me, thanks — we’re planning on anal tonight and I don’t want to be gassy. Hoo-boy, anyone got a box of matches I could borrow for the bathroom? I […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate: What Can I Do About My Body Hair?

photo by Tatters:) Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here every few weeks. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, I’m a light skinned woman who’s pretty hairy all over, including hairs on my chin […]