The expression of independence is a growing narrative within society, with more and more people owning their sexuality and pleasure. It’s liberating, but it also creates two poles of relationships: the casual and the serious.
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The first man I became romantically involved with was 19 years old when I met him. I had freshly turned 15 at the peak of our relationship, and to make matters worse, he was my theater camp counselor.
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Lots of people covet melding pain with pleasure by imprinting marks in this way. In fact, the close connection between pain and pleasure bases itself in science.
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After an uncomfortable, honest discussion, I told Rodgers that although I did like him, we were just too sexually incompatible and that I didn’t think we should continue seeing each other.
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I have plenty of my ex-boyfriends’ clothes. A navy reversible Lacoste coat, a vintage striped red knit Ralph Lauren sweater, a big gray T-shirt with the words “PEACE TAKES COURAGE” sprawled across the chest. I wear them all the time.
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Reuniting and settling down with the person on the receiving end of our first genuine “I love you” is a sweet thought. In the chaos that is one’s often lifelong experience with love, dating, and sometimes marriage, defaulting to the partner who introduced us to all these feelings may seem like a scenario straight out of a dream.
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All of our intentions are harmless. We don’t deliberately choose to introduce these falsehoods into the relationship. The problem really lies in the fact that we all adopt personas to please our partners, so we aren’t presenting our genuine selves.
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Dating as a bisexual is difficult. You’re figuring out your own sexuality, figuring out somebody else’s, figuring out who you are with a person, and figuring out what you really want
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It’s well known in the polyamorous and non-monogamous spheres, and has long been the key to keeping a balance, fighting off jealousy for those involved in multiple relationships.
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At the end of the day, someone’s sexuality, or any way they define themselves, is a part of who they are as a whole. To exclude it, or to initially misinterpret how they identify, is hurtful and discredits who they are.
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The straining pressure of dating has many of us feeling like we absolutely need to know or have done everything before arriving on campus.
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The scale of femininity and masculinity have always been closely tied with red, the pigment expressing power and dominance, but also menstruation and life.
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After all is said and done, you’re the one left continuing to grapple with a quasi-single identity while being committed to someone far away.
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They made me wonder if my number was too high. Did it make me a slut? Who would take me seriously, or even love me, with such a high number?
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Imagine Mac DeMarco playing in the background as you try to figure out the boy who does not want to be figured out.
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Sometimes… you wallow in that post-breakup mess for a little too long, turning into someone you never thought you could be.
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I asked Christie, a college student trying to make ends meet, what life is like for a stripper…
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You might not even realize you’re in a game until you’re too far in for things to end fairly.
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I was adamant that I would keep up the pictures of my old relationship. I felt like it was an important part of my life that had been generally good—why would I want to erase that?
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“I feel like we try to make first times so big and make them more important than they have to be…”
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