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Too Late For Love – Part 1 What Is The Right Age To Start Having Sex? How To Sleep Alone A Gay Male’s Take on Dating a Person with HIV Single Mom Dating: When To Tell Him You Have Kids
 
Too Late For Love – Part 1

Too Late For Love – Part 1

by Simon Cole The woman I love is marrying another man this weekend. I met Mariska at the start of our final semester in college. I’d made a mistake on my schedule and showed up for the wrong class. I walked through the lecture room door, surprised to see about 20 chairs arranged in a circle. She sat [...]

What Is The Right Age To Start Having Sex?

What Is The Right Age To Start Having Sex?

by Amelia Holzapfel My 13 year-old cousin recently asked me what I thought to be the right age for her to start having sex. Cousin: What’s the right age to start having sex? Me: What’s the right age to start having babies? Cousin: Um, probably 20 years old. At least not until you have a job you like.

How To Sleep Alone

How To Sleep Alone

Sleeping alone is nothing more than a necessary evil. There are few things more comforting in life than surrendering yourself to sleep in the arms of someone who loves you. If you’ve suddenly found yourself alone after being used to sharing your bed, the simple act of falling asleep can become a dreaded affair. Still, [...]

A Gay Male’s Take on Dating a Person with HIV

A Gay Male’s Take on Dating a Person with HIV

by Zeke Hillyard A lot of people think HIV is simply a “gay thing.” Therefore, a quick bit of mind candy: Over half the world’s HIV/AIDS cases are women. A simple math deduction demonstrates that there are a lot more heterosexual people with HIV than not. Because of that, this topic needs a more universal treatment. A [...]

Single Mom Dating: When To Tell Him You Have Kids

Single Mom Dating: When To Tell Him You Have Kids

By Simon Cole It was our fourth date when Coleen popped the question. She was smart, funny, beautiful, and confident of her talents. We’d had a lot of fun hanging out and I, classy dude that I am, hadn’t pushed for anything physical… yet. Coleen just had something about her that said, “don’t touch me quite yet” [...]

Advice: A Stupid Thing Many Pretty Ladies Do

Advice: A Stupid Thing Many Pretty Ladies Do

28 February 2010

One of my pet peeves. #justsaying

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Simon Says | Just Friends And Aggressive Exes

Simon Says | Just Friends And Aggressive Exes

27 February 2010

Note: Have a question about romance, love, sex, or relationships that you’d like to have answered in an upcoming article? Click here to submit your question. Waiting Longingly wrote in with this question. Well, a story and a question: There is this girl i met last semester. I saw her while we were in a study room [...]

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The Sex Checklist

The Sex Checklist

24 January 2010

by Emma Frisoni The rain hitting the windows softly glowed as he lit each candle and placed it in its sconce. The mustardy gold walls gave off an amber hue in the candlelight and his brown eyes were deep with desire. I sipped prosecco as I leaned against the pillows, seductively arranged in only my bra, [...]

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12 Signs You’ve Found A Real Man

12 Signs You’ve Found A Real Man

13 December 2009

by Amelia Holzapfel “There just aren’t any good men in this town.” Pouted my friend Ashley as we waited for our food to arrive. My response? The trick isn’t to find a “good man” but to find one who is real and figure out if you can learn to deal with his imperfections. Ashley needs a [...]

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Posted in Mixed Bag, The Scoop17 Comments

An Open Letter To Men

An Open Letter To Men

05 December 2009

By Amelia Holzapfel Dear Men, Every month (when I’m not super-lean from running) my body realizes I foiled its attempt at reproduction and gives up in a stream of blood. I wish you could understand how unsettling it is to have my body constantly changing. Some women are on steady cycles. Their body never surprises them. I’m not like [...]

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7 Reasons It’s Your Fault When He Cheats

7 Reasons It’s Your Fault When He Cheats

02 December 2009

by Simon Cole Cheaters aren’t born, they’re made. Are you making one out of your man? He may not be cheating. He might never cheat (some are better at committing than others). But that doesn’t mean he won’t resent you and look for love in other places. Here are 7 reasons you might be pushing your man [...]

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Posted in Breaking Up, For Girls, Sex21 Comments

The Four Seasons of a Relationship

The Four Seasons of a Relationship

19 November 2009

Do you have a favorite season? Most people experience seasons in a romantic relationship. In New England (the northeastern part of the United States) we have four seasons. Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. In relationships, especially long-term ones, we can observe similar seasons. The Four Seasons of a Relationship Spring - In the spring of a relationship, we [...]

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Your Insight Please: What Does This Mean?

17 November 2009

I just received an email containing a link to this video: The email contained only these words: Let me know if you’d like to talk. The email address had the first and last name of a woman I haven’t seen or heard from in more than two years.

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So there IS such a thing as a stupid question: Are You Gay?

11 November 2009

Facebook is a great place to be reminded of people you had happily forgotten. For example, I recently received a message from this girl I’d known years and years ago. (Like, when I was 8 years old) She’d apparently gone on a friend-anybody-I-remember-talking-to rampage and had decided to “reconnect” with me. Fair enough. She asks me [...]

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Posted in Communication, Mixed Bag, Sex12 Comments

How To Have Safe Sex

01 October 2009

Not in the US? Try the YouTube version! This highly amusing (we thought so, at least) video gives all the advice you need about how to have safe sex. Most of us learned this information in high school and are regularly bombarded with reminders to “use protection” and practice safe sex. If the information has been spread [...]

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Posted in Mixed Bag, Sex4 Comments