July 5, 2010

Mourning Our Sexual Youth? No Way

  My beloved friend Ann has a birthday coming up, and I’m determined to get her a good card, take her out to lunch and make much of her. We’ve known each other on and off since we were five, through separate classes and schools, then reuniting for good at University. She’s a keeper. We’ve [...]

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June 28, 2010

Do you have a sexual “bucket list”?

My friend Cheryl just completed her first -and potentially last- marathon. She gave me all the gory details post race, and then wearily said, “Now I can cross that off my bucket list.” The bucket list concept has become a touchstone for things we’d like to achieve before we die. Do you have a sexual bucket list? Things you may be curious about and never have shared?

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June 21, 2010

The Risks of Relationships

Kat Wilder posted a blog about dating someone with cancer and I was nodding along with her as I read it. She challenges her friend (and the rest of us) to consider “safety” in relationships. She asks whether knowing someone has cancer is a reason to avoid a relationship. I got to thinking beyond dating someone with cancer to dating someone with HIV. You can manage the physical risks of dating someone with HIV. Would you take the emotional risk?

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June 14, 2010

Timing Pleasure: Are You Ready?

  Since Dr. Debby posted about how the alarm clock changed sex, I’ve been thinking about timing. Do you judge your liaison by its duration? There are those that rejoice in the 3 minute vanilla quickie and those that exult in taking hours to tumble about. What connects you and your partner? What jives you when [...]

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