Relationships
Confessions
Comment of the Week: Communication Is Overrated

photo by david.nikonvscanon Johnny, commenting in the post “Your Call: BF Used to Have Sex on Table Where We Eat”: No good comes of “telling each other everything.” That’s’ a recipe for past-sex-life-resentment (unless, like me, you’re a perv who gets off on hearing these things; most people…aren’t that way). Some things are best kept […]

Books
The 10 Types of Sex Dreams

available on Amazon Freud, Schmroid. If you’re looking for a good book on the interpretation of dreams, check out the brand new one by our very own Lauri Loewenberg, dream interpreter extraordinaire! Dream On It: Unlock Your Dreams, Change Your Life (published by St. Martin’s Press) features hundreds of real dream interpretations and a comprehensive […]

How To
The 5 Rules of Making a Move on Someone Who’s Taken

photo by pasakaru So you’ve met that perfect someone, the man or woman you suspect could be the illustrious “One” — but they’re inconveniently dating someone else. How do you plead your case? First, are you absolutely convinced this person is your soul mate? Because if you’re just in it for the sex, then stealing […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: What Would You Think of a Woman Proposing?

Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “Would most men be cool with a woman proposing marriage to them? (assuming they’re in a serious committed relationship where marriage has become an unspoken expectation for both parties).” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Straight Married Guy (Figleaf): […]

How To
How to Bench a Boyfriend or Girlfriend

photo via UCLA’s bench tales To “bench” someone, romantically speaking, is to put them in relationship limbo without telling them. Let’s say you have a sneaky feeling that you might want to break up with your partner soon, but you’re not 100 percent sure, and in the meantime you don’t want to screw things up […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I’m Date-Raped By My Boyfriend

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 woke up at 3AM and had a little trouble falling back asleep. When I finally fell asleep, I woke up in my […]

Websites
I Love You But…

Girlfriend & boyfriend Alex Holder and Ross Neil are both artists and creatives in advertising. Last year, they launched their online picture book about relationships, LoveYouBut.com. It focuses on “the moment in a relationship when you realise you don’t love someone completely, because there is one little thing that keeps bothering you. When it bothers […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretaion: My Real-Life, One-Time Girl Crush Eggs Me On

photo by marcogomes 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: Ok, in real life several years ago I fell for my friend who is the same sex. We almost acted […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: Kissing an Ex I Was Never Into

photo by rileyroxx 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: Before I went to sleep, I’d just had a disagreement with my boyfriend and we settled it. It was something […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: He Tells Me He Loves Me

photo by holisticmonkey 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’m currently seeing a guy, X, for the past month and a half and things have been amazing! Chemistry is […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: How to Make Role-Playing Less Renn Fair?

photo by h.koppdelaney We get a lot of advice questions coming in at EMandLO.com, but sadly, we just can’t answer them all. Which is why, once a week, we turn to you to decide how best to advise a reader. Make your call by leaving your advice in the comments section below: Dear Em & […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys – What’s the #1 Relationship Deal-Breaker for Men?

photo by B_Rosen Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What is the number one deal-breaker for guys in relationships?” To ask the guys your own question, click here. Gay Single Guy (Daniel): Sexual compatibility, which could include chemistry, quantity, styles, kink-acceptance, and/or willingness to explore, monogamy versus polyamory. […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: An Officer and a Gentlewoman

photo by maureen lunn 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: The man I have feelings for is an officer; I am enlisted in the military, so a relationship is […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: How Many Times Can She Take Him Back?

photo by ken ratcliff We get a lot of advice questions coming in at EMandLO.com, but sadly, we just can’t answer them all. Which is why, once a week, we turn to you to decide how best to advise a reader. Make your call by leaving your advice in the comments section below: Dear Em […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: Two Exes, My Dad and a Dog

photo by Orin Zebest 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 dreamed I was with my ex from many years ago, whom I had a hard time getting over. […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: What Should He Do for Valentine’s Day?

We get a lot of advice questions coming in at EMandLO.com, but sadly, we just can’t answer them all. Which is why, once a week, we turn to you to decide how best to advise a reader. Make your call by leaving your advice in the comments section below: Dear Em & Lo, I’ve been […]