Back when Relationships used to be known as Dating Dames, I used to post links to the games and quizzes they’ve got over at Cosmo online. These quizzes are just for fun, so don’t expect any real serious advice. If you are looking to kill a little time, take a look at one of these…….
*Quiz: Are You Way Too Obsessed With Your Ex?  Some guys (or girls) are hard to forget, but nobody wants to be stalkerish. See how you are doing with this quiz.
*Quiz: Are You Good-Girl Hot or Bad-Girl Hot? The quote with this game is “Are you so …read more

Yesterday I posted about a new product called Zestra that has had great success in increasing women’s sexual satisfaction.  You can read my interview with Dr. Krychman, an experienced medical professional who has been studying sexual dysfunction in cancer and non-cancer patients here: Zestra Helps Women Find Sexual Satisfaction.
I am excited to announce that Zestra is hosting a giveaway with Blisstree to offer readers the opportunity to try out this new product for free.  Zestra uses natural botanical oils and is applied to a woman’s body to increase sensitivity with a fabulous warming sensation called the Zestra Rush.  Clinical trials …read more

The Huffington Post has a nice little poll up about green birth control.  Actually, birth control is just not all that green. As the poll points out, no one is recycling condoms (obviously – and PS don’t try), the birth control pill may release excess estrogen into the water supply, and while copper IUDs may be the eco-friendliest of all, few women use them.

I’ve thought about this before because pill packets especially the heavier plastic ones have always bugged me. They seem like they’d make the pill the least eco-friendly birth control option, but the Huffington Post piece points out …read more

Shia Labeouf has told Parade magazine that he actually saw his parents having sex and believes it made him a better actor. Now, as far as I know, my children have never walked in or seen us having sex. I cannot say that about my own childhood and I think many others are in my shoes. How many of you can remember walking in on your parents? Something tells me it was a quick escape and something never mentioned right?
In Shia’s case he believes his humor came from his childhood:
“seeing my parents have sex, smoke weed, my mom being naked …read more

Wow, did you know that there is a “right” way to react when your partner calls you by another person’s name?
I’d react with a body slam, but in the book I am checking out, How to Instantly Connect with Anyone, Leil Lowndes offers tips and insight on how to respond without spewing suspicion-fueled obscenities because, after all, it might just be an innocent mistake.
(Not sure HOW. But whatev.)
But the issue existing made me curious – has it ever happened to any of you? How did YOU react?
I personally think at the point of that, there better be a GOOD reason, …read more

I found an interview withThomas Maier, the author of Masters of Sex, a book about legendary sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Masters, a gynecologist, and Johnson, a psychologist, observed an estimated 10,000 live sex acts in there Washington University research lab. In the process they discovered valuable insight into the “sexual response cycle” and sexual dysfunction. 
After talking to my female friends, I’ve come to the conclusion that women and their sexual selves are not always well understood. Apparently, that opinion is shared by many and I found this part of the interview interesting:

“…the biggest revolution of Masters and …read more

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Ph.D., has a new book out. It’s called “Top Ten Secrets for Great Sex: How to Enjoy It, Share It, and Love It Each and Every Time.” 
In the book, she mentions the importance of afterplay.  “Afterplay” is that time after orgasm, sometimes known as “after-glow.”  If handled correctly, afterplay actually works as a part of foreplay for the next encounter.
It’s particularly important for both men and women to realize that the curve of sexual arousal after orgasm is a much slower one for women than for men. That’s why it’s so important for women to teach …read more

So, yes, we’re nice girls, and nice girls aren’t supposed to do “that sort of thing”.  Whatev.
Some of us just aren’t prioritizing relationships right now – we have career and our own lives to work out. That doesn’t mean we don’t want some fun now and then.

And thus, we have the infamous booty call. We’ve all made them, we’ve all received them…and yet admitting to this is something of a taboo.
However, the numbers don’t lie – people’s dating patterns have changed and thousands are flocking daily for a casual, fun dating experience where they’re in control and expectations are set …read more

Believe it or not, sex can solve your problems.
At least the authors of Sex Comes First: 15 Ways to Help Your Relationship expect us to believe that.
In this book, Dr. Joel D. Block and Kimberly Dawn Neumann go through fifteen universal relationship roadblocks and offer sexual solutions to help you move beyond them.
Whether it’s work, money, jealousy, lack of communication – there’s lots of emotional issues that seem to cause rifts in couples. This book, though, maintains that we can use sex as the common denominator to bring us and our mate back together.
Do I agree? I’m not really sure …read more

This afternoon, I was reading the newspaper, and there was an article about parents talking to their kids about sex…which got me to thinking.
My parents NEVER talked to me about sex. Ever. My mom did, however, watch afternoon soaps with me from pretty much toddler-hood, and tell me constantly how eager she was to be a grandma.
Ultimately, I got my education from said soap operas, and later on, trashy romance novels – a reality based out of fantasy, with no basis in logistics.
I wonder, now, if that is the root of all my current problems? Of having nothing real, and …read more