February 2, 2012
During a couple’s “honeymoon phase” usually the only thing on the menu is sex. But once this phase is over and your crotch is burning from over-stimulation, perhaps you start to focus on other parts of your relationship. Maybe you even find lame excuses to say no to sex. Supposedly, this is a phenomenon unique to ...
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relationships,
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sex drive,
sex poll,
sexual appetite,
sexual desire,
stimulation,
study,
viagra,
women
January 29, 2012
We know that a lot of women love cats. And we know that a lot of single women supposedly have far too many cats to replace the children and husbands they don’t have. But did you ever stop to wonder if it’s not singleness that causes cats, but cats that cause singleness?
January 26, 2012
For better or for worse, the popular franchise The Bachelor will come to Canada in the fall of 2012. Although it was only announced this past Monday, casting begins now. Let’s hope the one hunky man and his Canadian pick really fall in love and make it work — which would be contrary to the ...
Tags: bachelor pad,
beautiful women,
bikini,
comedy,
dating,
entertainment,
eye candy,
fairytale,
hot men,
landscapes,
love,
Popping Culture,
reality tv,
relationships,
representation,
romance,
scenery,
sex,
spin-offs,
stereotypes,
The Bachelor,
The Bachelor Canada,
The Bachelorette,
Twitter,
unrealistic,
vacation
January 21, 2012
This weekend, Mrs Lobster and I take to the seas, in a (probably ill-advised) jaunt on the car ferry to the UK from our island home for a family wedding. When we get to the “mainland,” we’ll have a bit of a drive, cross-country, to the town where the wedding is to be held. I, ...
January 11, 2012
Dear Madame X, I have been with my boyfriend for two years and a problem has entered our relationship. He has always been into fantasy. He has pictures of dragons all over his apartment and has friends over to play Dungeons and Dragons. This has been slightly embarrassing in the past, but has not been ...
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Dungeons and Dragons,
embarrassment,
fantasy,
friendship,
games,
geek,
LARP,
live action role-play,
nerd,
relationships,
Sex With Madame X
January 9, 2012
A single male friend of mine told me that when men are having sex they think about one of three things – the person they’re having sex with, someone they had sex with in the past or someone they would like to have sex with in the future. That’s a pretty good answer and probably ...
January 5, 2012
Is romance dead? You would think so from seeing the prolific over-sexualization of women in music videos and gratuitous sex scenes on television and film. Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez are only a few artists out of many that come to mind when I think of songstresses whose fashion motto is “barely ...
Tags: Angelina Jolie,
Antonio Banderas,
Beyonce,
Billy Bob Thornton,
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fashion,
Gone With the Wind,
Gossip Girl,
gratuitous sex,
Halle Berry,
Jennifer Lopez,
Joan Bakewell,
kinky sex,
Lady Gaga,
love,
Madonna,
media,
Monster's Ball,
movies,
music,
music videos,
Original Sin,
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pop culture,
Popping Culture,
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relationships,
Rihanna,
romance,
sex,
sex scenes,
sex sells,
television,
The Notebook,
Wild Things
January 4, 2012
Fall in love in 2012? More like fall out of love and screw other people. Today is the worst day of the year for cheating, according to experts. Illicit Encounters, the “UK’s largest dating website for married people,” welcomes an astonishing 450 members each day, but yesterday, 994 people signed up. Quite the dramatic spike. ...
Tags: cabin fever,
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Christmas,
dating,
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dating sites for married people,
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holidays,
Illicit Encounters,
infidelity,
love,
marriage,
morality,
New Year,
new year's resolutions,
relationships,
revenge,
sexual dissatisfaction
December 30, 2011
Being single around the holidays opens people up to an interrogation about their sex life from bothersome relatives. There is also pressure at office parties, potluck dinners, and New Year’s Eve parties. But alone no longer translates into lonely. People are slower to pair off than ever before because, quite honestly, being single is fun! ...
Tags: dating,
engagement ring,
family,
fuming feminist,
invasion of privacy,
marriage,
privacy,
relationships,
single at Christmas,
singleton,
smug marrieds
December 29, 2011
Having a good relationship with your mom may benefit more than your emotional health. Bonding with your mom could actually keep you thin, according to a new study. After tracking 977 children, researchers found that toddlers who lacked strong emotional bonds with their mothers were twice as likely to become obese by the age of ...
Tags: bonding,
brain,
bullying,
emotional health,
emotional support,
feelings,
happiness,
motherhood,
obese,
obesity,
parenting,
physical health,
preventative measures,
relationships,
security,
self-esteem,
sensitive parenting,
sleep patterns,
stability,
stress response,
study,
teenagers,
weight