Getting married at 20 was no walk in the park, but it was worth it
In July 2011, as my husband and I stood at the altar to vow “for better or worse,” I knew there were going to be challenges ahead. By August, when the honeymoon quite literally ended and I spent my...
View ArticleNewlyweds act like ungrateful jerks over wedding gift
Weddings are expensive — and not just for the bride and groom. As a guest of the happy couple you need to budget for travel, an outfit (fancy hat optional), spending money and, of course, the wedding...
View ArticleWhy my long-distance relationship worked when most don't
It’s safe to say most long-distance relationships don’t end well. My long-distance relationship started out reluctantly when my best friend Danielle kept pushing me to meet the man who would become my...
View ArticleVitamin E oil in your vagina? Let's talk about this for a second
After conquering the style frontiers of 1,000-count sheets and $700 pajamas, it's about time Goop started giving out sex advice. Maybe? "Lube is super toxic and we are putting it into the most...
View ArticleGwyneth recommends a $15K dildo made of actual gold and it's not a joke
Goop is at it again! Gwyneth Paltrow has combined her love of absurdly expensive gift lists with sex advice and the result is... interesting? Do you like sex? Do you hate your savings account? Do you...
View ArticleI'd rather hook up with my vibrator than have casual sex
Happy National Masturbation Month to all the single ladies! If you're anything like me, I prefer masturbation to having random, casual sex with a man with whom I cannot mesh outside of the bedroom. In...
View ArticleTwitter hashtag sheds light on the partner abuse that's often forgotten
If you're like many, you think of the physical violence that often occurs in toxic relationships. This, of course, is what we think of because the physical signs are there — the bruises, the broken...
View ArticleA five-pronged plan to rejecting a bride who asks you to be in her wedding
At the ripe age of 25, my close friends used to stop inviting me out to dinner just to ask why I was still single and inquire about whether I’d be up for going out on a first date with a friend of a...
View ArticleDrew Barrymore deserves mad respect for calling her marriage a failure
Drew Barrymore has used the F-word to describe the breakdown of her marriage to ex-husband Will Kopelman. No, she’s not cussing the father of her two children — she’s just being completely honest and...
View ArticleIt turns out we all have three soulmates (but tell that to your nagging mother)
If you think you only meet "the one" one time in your life, think again. A new British study shows that the word is a misnomer, as you actually meet "the one" three times in your life. To some, this...
View ArticleI'm anti-marriage and anti-kids and have no problem with it — but men do
When it comes to dating, I’m at a disadvantage — I don’t want to get married or have kids. I used to wait a few dates to drop the bomb, but I don’t like to waste anyone’s time, so now I’m upfront with...
View ArticleWe dare you to hate this video of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban
Disregard the fact that this is a total plug for Keith Urban's song "The Fighter." It's undeniably adorable. Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman I'll wait while you kiss all...
View ArticleThis is the key to maintaining the spark in an introvert-extrovert marriage
Marrying your antithesis can be compelling and exciting in the beginning. However, when the novelty fades away, you may begin to doubt why you were attracted to such an opposite personality from your...
View ArticleAre you really prepared for your fiancé to have a buck wild bachelor party?
We all love the bachelorette party tradition. Ladies love to get their friends together and have the perfect farewell to the single life party, complete with reminiscing, themed outfits and sometimes a...
View ArticleI came out as transgender, but still share a bed with my wife
I looked over at her and could see the tears forming at the corner of her eyes. The uncomfortable way that my wife folded her arms was another signal for how upset she was getting. Instinctively, I...
View ArticleWeekly love horoscopes: May 16 – May 21
Image: SheKnows A number of weeks ago you staged a major walkout with a loved one or BFF and your dramatic exit won the support of many friends. It felt good in the moment as this person was being so...
View ArticleThe percentage of our lives we spend having sex doesn't have to be depressing
As a culture, we spend an abysmally low amount of time engaged in the act of sex. A new survey from Reebok reveals that while we spend about 30 percent of our lives sitting and 41 percent of our lives...
View ArticleHorror of horrors — you actually can get pregnant from anal sex
You know how when you're first experimenting with sex, you go through the list of sexual things you can do that definitely won't get you pregnant? Anal sex was always on my list, along with fingering,...
View ArticleI loved porn until I had daughters
When my husband and I were in our early 20s, porn — and strip clubs in particular — were a huge part of our sex life. We went out to clubs with groups of friends on a weekly basis, sometimes even more....
View ArticleI was a 27-year-old virgin, and I don't regret a thing
I found my orgasm as an elementary school gymnast while climbing a rope. My aunt bought me my first vibrator at 18 because that's just what we do in my family. In college, I hosted Passion Parties, so...
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