intimacy

One of the biggest facets of a healthy sex life with someone is being sure that we respect when they do NOT want to have sex, and that they do the same with us. Healthy sex has a whole lot to do with both partners only having sex when that is what each truly wants to be doing. When it comes to...

The term "prude" is such a heavily loaded, judgmental term that I'd really encourage you not to apply it to yourself or anybody else. The implications that come along with that are just not very helpful, so I'd suggest removing that from the way you're thinking about your situation. There are lots...

Fantastic question! It's so important for people to remember that usually when we're looking to engage in activities of any kind where there are some risks of negative or unwanted outcomes, it's usually because we also want to take risks of discovering or getting some positive or wanted outcomes. If...

When someone asks me a sex readiness question, one of the big things I look for is that the onset of sex in a relationship is about more than one person mostly or solely initiating. In other words, I hear you telling me that he says you can stop if you want to, and that tells me he's probably the...

You know, partnered sex when everyone is fully present, and people start getting more and more emotionally close means that we're going to be more exposed -- emotionally speaking, as well as when it comes to our more authentic sexuality, and more vulnerable. It's understandably intimidating, and...

I tend to think the best way of saying I love you is...well, saying "I love you." But if you're asking if sex can express love? Sure it can. It doesn't always, but it absolutely always has that potential. People being mutually invested in each other's comfort and pleasure, each other's sexual growth...

You know, I always feel for heterosexual or bisexual folks when they clearly have paid attention to this stuff, done the reading or just talked to women, put it all together and have that "Whoah!" moment about this issue. With so many people reared to think that male-female vaginal intercourse is...

If you're uneasy about it, then I think it's pretty obvious that it's probably not the time to do it yet. We can like someone a lot and be intimate in ways with them that don't require sex or any given type of sex, and which also don't put us at risk of things we're not prepared to be at risk for...

You know, you're not obliged to use language that you -- or she -- aren't comfortable using, and which doesn't make you or both of you feel good. What phone sex is -- just like what other kinds of sex are -- can differ a whole lot from couple to couple. And how any two people talk sex with each...

In some ways, my answer to this one are going to be similar to an answer I gave earlier today, to a guy asking a very similar question here. Ultimately, this all really depends on the why of his reticence. Has he had any previous experience with another partner with cunnilingus? If so, I'd suggest...