This morning, I woke up to a text from one of my best friends. She was laughing at how uncomfortable she had just made her mother feel. Somehow, they had gotten into the topic of trimming their hair down there. (My friend and her mother have a very open relationship.) Her mom asked if she trimmed. My friend replied that she had ever since her boyfriend told her to sophomore year of high school. Continue reading
Initially I was very excited to go on my study abroad program this summer. I knew learning about art history and taking an art class in Italy would be the perfect setting for me, given I am an art major. I had no idea that other things would be involved that weren't written on the class agenda, however.
About a month ago, several friends and I went to our friend's beach house. At around four in the morning a couple of us were feeling restless, so we decided to go skinny dipping. (It can feel quite liberating for those who haven't tried it.) After chatting and swimming around for a while, we started to head back inside. We only had one towel, so we had to get out of the pool one by one to dry off and get dressed. As my friend, Tina*, dried off my other friend commented, "Tina, you are all types of landscaped down there." Tina looked down, giggled and replied, "and that's how I get what I want so often." Continue reading
Kyle is a great guy, I will say that, but he does not want a serious relationship. He's the sort of guy who likes to always keep his options open. He's had some bad experiences with getting his heart broken so now he is a bit more careful in life and love. He really likes this girl, but he "doesn't want the responsibility of being someone's first" (his words, not mine). He said being someone's first bonds two people in a way he wasn't ready to take on. One of my other guy friends put it more bluntly, "Being a girl's first is only an option if you're planning on being with her long term. Girls get attached after you take their virginity, really anyone would."
The other day, I was talking to my friend, Tori*, about her on-again off-again long-distance relationship. Her boyfriend was getting ready to leave to go study abroad for the fall semester, and she admitted she was sad and scared. For the entirety of freshman year of college, they did the long-distance thing as they went to school in different states. The following summer, they realized that neither of them was able to fully immerse themselves into college life because they were thinking about their SO. They decided on a new arrangement: when they were at school or in different places they would be broken up and when they were in the same place they would be together. Continue reading
Banging is relatively easy. You (re)move some clothing, align a few body parts, and you’re good to go. It’s finding someone to bang with that might present a challenge. Now, there’s a new app for Facebook and smartphones that is marketing itself as “the anonymous, simple, fun way to find friends who are down for the night.” Continue reading
So, I was at a party last week for all the people at this summer program I'm currently doing. At one point when I was wandering around between conversations with particular groups of people, this girl walks up to me. She was kind of tipsy and told me she wanted to find some guy to make out with that night. I casually hinted that I would be willing, but she pointed out this one guy she had her eye on and asked me if I would fix her up with him. Since she seemed to already have hopes for one particular guy, I figured it would have been nice to help her out. Continue reading
A friend of mine, Jay, was just complaining the other day about the small things his girlfriend does that annoys him. He hates PDA, and more than PDA, he hates taking pictures of PDA. His girlfriend really likes to take pictures of them kissing and put them on Facebook as her profile picture, or just on Facebook in general. He couldn't really explain why it annoyed him so much, but he just thought it was tacky and unnecessary. Continue reading
Once upon a Cosmo, I read that I should eat pineapple. This advice did not appear in the health and fitness section of the magazine, though – it was included in the sex tips. According to the all-knowing mag, pineapple doesn’t just taste sweet, but it makes you taste sweet, too. Today, as I sit in my apartment listening to my upstairs neighbors blast Katy Perry, I wonder: is there any truth to the pineapple theory? Continue reading
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