Coupling: Dating, marriage and other relationships

Is my vibrator ruining my relationship?

I thought my boyfriend would be amused when I ordered another sex toy. Apparently, it was one too many

Rachel Kramer Bussel Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 11:00 PM UTC 92
Life Love and Sex, Sex toys, Vibrators

Curse of my birthing hips

My body promised warmth and maternal comfort, but I wanted nothing to do with a family

Laura Bogart Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 14
Life Body Issues, Body Wars

My skinny arm complex

As a gay man, big biceps seemed like the best way to attract a guy. Too bad I had the limbs of a 15-year-old girl

Thomas Rogers Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 11
Life Body Issues, Body Wars, LGBT

My husband’s secret gay life

I thought we were a happy couple. Then I discovered the website that proved everything was false

Lindsey Owens Monday, Dec 10, 2012 2:00 AM UTC 47
Life Searched and Destroyed

She’s fat, and I’m not

Last year, I lost 50 pounds. Now, I'm torn between accepting my girlfriend and wanting a better life for her

Mandy Landing Saturday, Dec 8, 2012 12:30 AM UTC 55
Life Body Image, Body Wars

My big, strong, manly hands

I wanted fingers that were girlish, but my body betrayed my true self: Hungry, wanting and grabby

Melissa Febos Friday, Dec 7, 2012 8:15 PM UTC
Life Body Issues, Life stories

Google broke my heart

For two decades, I couldn't stop thinking about my ex-boyfriend. Then I discovered he wasn't even alive

Shirley Vernick Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 11
Life Love and Sex, Internet Culture

Men who made my legs

Before I found intimacy with a boyfriend, I learned to be seen by the guys who built my artificial limb

Emily Rapp Monday, Dec 3, 2012 2:00 AM UTC 10
Life Body Issues, Body Wars

I was a “male spinster”

For 40 years, I was an incorrigible bachelor who didn't need marriage. But eventually, I wanted it

Tim Gihring Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 17
Life Love and Sex, Coupling

Small minds crimp my style

I'm a free woman now and I'm dating up a storm. Why is everybody so nervous?

Cary Tennis Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 24
Life Sex, Love and Sex

My sweet threesome

Sex was emotionally loaded territory for me. Until I found freedom in the arms of a couple

Kristine Shaw Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 32
Life Threesomes, relationships

Don’t touch my breasts, hon

When I met my husband, I knew my boobs would have to be removed. So I kept him at bay, but a new intimacy emerged

Kate Barasz Monday, Oct 8, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 58
Life mastectomy

Can I date a Republican?

I was attracted to the spark of our debates. But now, political differences are threatening to destroy the romance

Ashley Laub Friday, Oct 5, 2012 11:30 PM UTC 86
Life Love and Sex, Republican Party

Will marriage make me happy?

I had a rough few years and now I could marry this guy, but he has problems too

Cary Tennis Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 38
Life fatigue, hepatitis, depression

I broke up with my life coach

She was sweet and grandmotherly and told me I'd find love. Instead, I found myself in a dysfunctional relationship

Danielle Gelfand Saturday, Sep 29, 2012 10:00 PM UTC
Life Matchmaker, Romance, Judaism

My 20 minutes in fertility hell

When my wife had trouble conceiving, I had to stare down my fears in a room filled with porn DVDs and Hustlers

Greg Pollock Friday, Sep 21, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 20
Life Masturbation, Parenthood

Twitter is for lovers

I used my account to talk politics. Until I fell into an affair that was erotic, baffling and heartbreaking

Diana J. Wynne Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 20
Life Internet Culture, Love and Sex

Addicted to a younger man

I'm old enough to be his father. He's engaged to a woman. But once, we were intimate -- and now, we can't let go

David Masello Tuesday, Aug 28, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 32
Life Love and Sex, Life stories, Sex

Abortion, a love story

Our romance began on Passover and became a lesson in passion, creation and the freedom of choice

Gila Lyons Saturday, Aug 25, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 99
Life Love and Sex, Abortion

27 and never been kissed

I felt like the last woman in America to have virgin lips. How did this happen, and would it ever change?

Tiffany Haache Friday, Aug 17, 2012 11:30 PM UTC 23
Life Love and Sex, Life stories

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