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Relationships

10 Challenges of a Long Distance Relationship That Have Nothing To Do With the Relationship

Here are the ten biggest challenges I’ve faced as someone who splits my time between two countries because an Instagram crush got out of hand and whoops I fell madly in love.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 29, 2024 10 Comments
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AF+ Relationships

I Hate That I Want My Girlfriend To Stop Posting Sexy Pics Of Herself On Social Media

A girlfriend’s sex-positivity is crossing a line — but it’s a line you don’t even want to have. Also, a reader outed a cheater and now it’s just Drama City!

the team June 28, 2024
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AF+ Dating

Am I Being Biphobic Or Just Setting Boundaries?

You bonded over a lesbian identity but now she’s exploring bisexuality, and you’re poly and you really don’t want a cis man in the mix. Plus advice for transitioning from LDR to IRL LIVING 2GETHER.

the team June 21, 2024 9 Comments
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Relationships

‘The Lack of Physical Affection From My Girlfriend Is Becoming Unbearable’

“I just feel like a huge 30-year-old crybaby thinking about asking for more physical affection and, on my worst days, starting to think ‘maybe moving in was a mistake.'”

Summer Tao June 18, 2024 7 Comments
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Friendship

Do I Have To Tell My Friend I Have a Crush On Her?

“She’s basically my dream girl. We’ve hit it off fast over the past few months, and she’s one of my closest friends here at this point, and I am so incredibly calm around her.”

Riese June 11, 2024
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Relationships

What My Queer Long Distance Relationship Taught Me About Trust

Dating as a lesbian has its own barriers even without an anxiety disorder.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan June 10, 2024 3 Comments
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Dating

4 Questions To Ask Yourself When Entering an Age Gap Relationship

People in age gap relationships often have to defend our relationships. But there are some questions we should ask heading into one.

Summer Tao June 7, 2024 4 Comments
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Dating

It Feels Especially Bad To Be Ghosted When You’re Neurodivergent

Here’s how to deal with it.

Summer Tao June 5, 2024
Dating

I’m a Hopeless Romantic Who Keeps Falling in Love With My Friends

“I have strong sexual feelings for another good friend of mine. They have a partner already and are poly.”

Summer Tao June 4, 2024 3 Comments
AF+ Relationships

My Girlfriend Has Been Lying to Me for Months About The Weirdest Thing

You don’t care if she graduated college or not, but either way she’s been lying about it to everyone! Plus advice on dealing with a couple’s fight when they’re also your roommates.

the team May 31, 2024 11 Comments
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Dating

How To Soothe the Sting of Romantic Rejection Real Quick

Get your quick hacks for fast-acting rejection relief!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 28, 2024
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Breakups

I Am Desperate for Closure From the Sudden End of a Seven-Month Relationship

Closure is alluring, but it’s not guaranteed in breakups. People don’t always owe us closure.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 28, 2024 3 Comments
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AF+ Sex

My Girlfriend Loves Period Sex and I Hate It

Advice for a person who really wants to get over being grossed out by periods, plus advice about friendship from three different askers.

the team May 24, 2024 1 Comment
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AF+ Sex

Days of Organizing, Nights of Bratting: A Femme Queer Spanks, Straps, Gets Toppy and Waxed

A writer reflects on accessing desire in trying times and the romance of collective liberation — playdates that range from toppy to bratty, a bottom with endearing nonverbal cues, a “hole-within-a-hole,” and a Zoom date with their girlfriend daddy.

Guest May 23, 2024
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Sex

I’ve Changed, But My Kinks Haven’t

It’s okay to live a life where your interests overlap with the result of trauma.

Summer Tao May 21, 2024 3 Comments
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Sex

Sensory Deprivation BDSM for Beginners

Adding sensory play to your repertoire opens a landscape of activities that combine seamlessly with everything already present.

Summer Tao May 19, 2024 1 Comment
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AF+ Sex

If I Didn’t Initiate Sex in My Marriage, We’d Never Have Sex — Is This Normal?

Advice for a reader who’s frustrated with initiating sex, plus upper lip hair removal, and tips for sharing an apartment with a partner queerly and successfully.

the team May 17, 2024 3 Comments
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Dating First Person

Untethered: Visiting Other Peoples’ Families and Unhinged Horse Lesbians

She grabbed my hand and smashed a tomato with her homemade caesar dressing into my palm.

Nico May 16, 2024 4 Comments
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Sex

I Immediately Feel Shame, Sadness After Masturbating

It’s 2024, am I the only one left on the planet who feels enormous shame after self-pleasure?

Em Win May 14, 2024 3 Comments
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AF+ Friendship

Is It Creepy That I’m So Much Older Than My Entire Queer Friend Group?

Advice for a 49-year-old who’s anxious that she may not be wanted in spaces and social circles where most people are younger than her.

the team May 13, 2024 3 Comments
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