Relationships
Pop Culture
Kermit the Frog Is a Terrible Boyfriend

Julie Klausner’s new memoir, I Don’t Care About Your Band, is one of the funniest books about dating we’ve ever read. And this is coming from two women who are kind of sick of (a) memoirs and (b) books about dating. Her book will remind you that dating can always get worse — but fortunately, […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My Boyfriend Loses His Head

photo by Fireflies604 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: In real life, my wonderful relationship with my boyfriend will be ending in about two weeks due to him permanently […]

Dear Em & Lo
How to Get Over a Break Up (in 10 Easy Steps)

Dear Em & Lo, My boyfriend of 2 years just broke up with me. It came out of the blue, to me at least, and I am devastated. I thought he was going to propose and instead he told me he didn’t want to be with me anymore. Didn’t give “specific” reasons, just that he […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My Coworker Crush Juggles Eggs

photo by woodleywonderworks 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 have had a crush on a co-worker for months, but I’ve been in a monogamous relationship this whole time.  […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: Awake I'm Female, Asleep I'm Male

photo by grandcamel 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: My boyfriend and I broke up recently because of trust issues I have, but a couple days ago we decided […]

Pop Culture
A Little Bit Married

We recently spoke with Hannah Seligson about her new book “A Little Bit Married: How to Know When It’s Time to Walk Down the Aisle or Out the Door”: Why did you write this book? Personal experience? Of course! I’m my own guinea pig. After my first round of being A Little Bit Married, I […]

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 […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Dug-Up Dirt Is Inadmissible Evidence

Sometimes our comments of the week are really funny, sometimes they’re extremely informative. This week, we thought this one would be good fodder for debate: Bit of a broad question… it’s like asking “Do men cheat?” Some men do, some men don’t, some women do, some women don’t. I dumped my GF hard and fast for […]

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 […]

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 […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: When Is It Okay for a Woman to Fart?

photo by ab9kt Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “When is it okay for a woman to fart in front of her partner?“ Straight Single Guy (Colin Adamo): Your five-year wedding anniversary. Some rather liberal couples will try to tell you they really don’t care about their partner’s […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: What Does a Long Embrace Mean?

photo by psd 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: This really isn’t a sex dream at all, but I have dreamt twice this week of hugging (very long embrace) […]

How To
10 Ways to Win Over Your Partner’s Parents This Thanksgiving

Image via IMDB You know the relationship is serious when you’re spending any major holiday with your significant other’s family. Sure, you may have met them briefly once or twice before, but something like Thanksgiving is the battleground where approval can be won or lost forever. So follow these ten simple rules to ensure your […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: Am I a Commitment-Phobe?

photo by kabils Dear Em and Lo, As a guy, I’ve always felt a little distrustful about my sense of commitment. I know that I can sometimes get freaked out a little too easily over long-term plans, even if just talking about it. Throughout the few romantic entanglements I’ve been in, I’ve never had a […]

Your Call
Your Call:Why Didn’t He Invite Me to Thanksgiving?

photo by tuchodi Dear Em & Lo, My boyfriend and I have been seriously dating for a few months now, although over the course of the past eight months we’ve gone from buddies, to friends with benefits, to best friends with benefits, to head-over-heels in love. Since we’re fairly serious about each other, and since […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretaion: My Wife Keeps Dreaming About a Cop

photo by conner395 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: My wife and I were having a small rough patch months and months ago and she went out with some […]