You’re sitting on your favorite park bench and enjoying the beautiful weather while snacking on your sandwich while suddenly, somebody sits down next to you. After suppressing your first instinct of running away in panic at the thought of another … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Flirting (08/26/2020)

Yes, I know. Long title. Not apologizing for that! You’re casually enjoying dinner with your date and are chitchatting about the various random things about which one chitchats on a date when they suddenly take out their typewriter and ask … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Weird Shit Your Date Has Done, Asked You or Said to You (08/19/2020)

I was talking with a friend recently and we got to the topic of when and how we first noticed sexual feelings/arousal of any sort within us, and how that affected us going forward in life. When and how did … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Awakening (08/12/2020)

Finally you have the house to yourself. You settle down with a nice drink of your choice, load Netflix and are looking forward to finally watching that show your partner hates so much. Only … something doesn’t quite feel right. … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Independence (08/05/2020)

I’m sure a more capable writer than I could come up with a snippy and amusing header for this, but I’m honestly not feeling very snarky today, and I’m not sure I’m talented enough to pull this one off anyway, … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Mental Health (07/29/2020)

So, yeah. Being friends. And having the sex. Simple, right? Ever done it? If so, was it more of just a sex buddy, or an actual friend you just happened to be having sex with? Did you stay in touch … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Friends with Benefits (07/22/2020)

Finally, the day has come: You’re going to have the sex! But wait: What is this … sex? You have no idea, because nobody has ever told you! But surely your partner in horniness will know! Or … they will … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Sex Ed (07/15/2020)

You’re happily miserably chugging along through college, dealing with all the usual nonsense and stress which make college life the fucking worst period in somebody’s life (not enough money for the good drugs, indentured servitude no spare time because exams … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Unrequited Feelings (07/08/2020)

Wait, July already?! Anyway, I’m super sleep-deprived (again … ) and we haven’t done an open discussion since my power grab I took over thread responsibilities, so today’s the day: OPEN THREAD! Anything related to dating, relationships, intimacy and so … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex (07/01/2020)

So you have four friends with benefits, two boyfriends, a boyfriend and a wife and it’s all just getting a tiny bit much. You decide to focus on your boyfriend wife and end things with everyone else since you can’t … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Breaking Things Off (06/24/2020)

Time to get out that badly-lit selfie from the company Christmas party a few years ago with the ugly sweater and that silly face you make when you’re half-drunk, grab some pseudo-inspirational quote and voilà, you have a dating profile! … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Dating Profiles (06/17/2020)

I apologize in advance for not being around in the comments today — have some stuff going on and don’t have the bandwidth for really being around at the moment. But of course I didn’t want to neglect my posting … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Clothing to Make You Feel Good (06/10/2020)

Dread it. Run from it. The first date still arrives. Well, unless it doesn’t, but that’s not today’s topic. Most of us who date will probably at some point be on a first date. Or at least that’s what I’ve … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: First Dates (06/03/2020)

She looked at him with that odd mix of confusion and desire which he’d come to know so well over the last few days. Desire for his flawless mind which could conjure up the most profound of thoughts in a … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Erotic Literature (05/27/2020)

I was trying to type up some amusing scenario of hilarious hijinx for the header, but then my brain borked because I’m too exhausted today. Many apologies. But since people probably skip most of the header anyway, that’s hopefully not … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Mishaps (05/20/2020)

So you’ve found your soulmate sexmate, and you’re both horny and have time, but can’t actually manage to arrange to physically get together. Well then, fear not, because apparently one can also have sexytimes via electronic communication! Or, well, I … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Sexting (05/13/2020)

Apparently, before you can get down to intimacy — be that emotional and/or physical — you have to meet people. I know, I was as shocked as you are to find this out! Once I had, I started to investigate … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Meeting People (05/06/2020)

Figured I’d pick an easy topic for today. Wait, it’s not that easy? Oh no, silly me. But complicated or not, I expect we all agree trust is crucial when it comes to all three of the thread’s topics. Of … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Trust (04/29/2020)

So you swipe right, and they swipe right, and somebody sends a first message, and the other person responds, you get to talking, and then suddenly out of nowhere, they turn out to have an absolutely heretical preference in pizza … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex: Dealbreakers (04/22/2020)