Relationships

You know, while five years isn’t a big age difference between people who are, say 35 and 40, it can be a lot bigger between people who are 15 and 20. Think abut it like this: at 20, your boyfriend has literally already lived 25% longer than you have, just a little less than you’ve outlived someone…

We don’t condemn or dismiss any kind of relationship model around here. What model is right for any given person or couple is highly individual, and depends on what the people involve want and need. There’s no one right kind of relationship for everyone, and we’ve talked about casual sexual…

Virginity, in and of itself, is a societal concept not a medical one. Certainly there used to be the thought that as long as a woman had a hymen, she was a virgin (and unfortunately some people still subscribe to this belief). However, a hymen is just thin, flexible folds of mucous tissue that…

It seems to me that you’re dismissing the fact that your girlfriend may have her own sexual desires, too. Now, whether or not you’re who she wants to explore them with, or whether or not she feels like it’s the right time in your relationship to do that is something else, but if you two like each…

Looking at what you’ve posted, and given he knows that not only does anal sex not feel good for you, it causes you pain, I’d be inclined to agree that there’s probably something very unhealthy going on here interpersonally. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to give someone tips on how to do something…

In a lot of ways, people are like puzzle pieces, emotionally, intellectually and physically. Any two different pieces don’t always fit together, or fit together in the same way. Not all of our bodies and genitals are made alike. With penises, for instance, you not only have differences in size, you…

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…

What I don’t know is how strongly attracted you’ve felt to your boyfriend over the years, well before now. I bring that up because loving someone doesn’t always mean we want to have sex with that person, or that we’re sexually attracted to them. In some ways, sexual chemistry is something separate…

Well, it’s important to remember that bodies are not machines and they’re not exactly the same all the time. Just like many other things in our lives, our desire for sexual activity can wax and wane over time. In other words, everybody goes through periods where they may be interested in sex (of any…

Open, honest communication with your partners is key to healthy, beneficial and satisfying sexual experiences. Need some help learning how to make it happen and keep it flowing?