I’ve been with my partner for over three years now, but every now and then I still catch myself looking up his old flings on social media. We’re each other’s first serious relationship; and yes, we’re both well aware that we both have had flings, situationships, FWBs—whatever you want to call it—in the past and it’s never been an issue in our relationship.
Growing up, I always brought my DVD copies of Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, Barbie: Fairytopia, and Barbie of Swan Lake to sleepovers (so 2000s, I know). What I loved about these movies was how magical they seemed. I was able to escape into the life of a fairy, or a princess, or a mermaid; all things that my inner child desired to be.
Many people thought that the Kardashians’ fame would not last, and eventually their reality show would fizzle out, making them irrelevant.
Looking back at my 11-year-old self, I wish I could tell her that she’s beautiful and doesn’t need makeup to fit in.
“Phone sex” can be traced back to the early 1980s, where people could dial a number and pay a fixed price per minute to play out their fantasies over the phone.