So what could be the problem here? Is there a way to learn how to boost a wife’s libido without going to a sex therapist and without embarrassing her? Vomzi Yes, there are actually a few different ways you can politely broach the subject. The first and most obvious way is to romance the woman you married. The is the easy way and it doesn’t require a lot of awkward conversation....
Growing up as a shy, quiet, and introverted child, loud noise felt like abuse to me. I would freeze up anytime I heard any. Early on, I learned that people laughing loudly could turn into yelling in an instant. I did not understand the difference between hateful arguments and healthy debates. To the child in me, conflict always was and has been, a precursor of something violent, whether it was verbal, physical, or emotional....
It’s not always easy to tell everyday kindliness and sociability from flirting, so sometimes those relationship advice columns that offer the “undeniable signs he likes you” are actually just signs that he’s a genuinely friendly guy. Most of the uncertainty comes from the stakes — it’s not the sort of thing that you want to wrong about, after all. If you are wrong about his intentions, then the situation could get awkward or possibly even damage friendships....
As bad as it is to acknowledge, I’m very well aware that I live in one of the most open-minded parts of the country, despite how often I still hear homophobic and transphobic comments on a near-daily basis. As a nonbinary person, I can’t imagine what it must be like to be gay in other parts of the United States. Considering the stories I’ve heard about men being beaten for being gay, I can definitely understand why gay men would want to marry women for appearances’ sake in other regions....
Hermeticism is a philosophical system based on the teachings of the ancient god Hermes Trismegistus. According to Hermeticism, the wisdom of the whole universe can be accessed independently of religion through alchemy, astrology, and theurgy. And while this may sound a bit like something related to ancient times, even TikTokers are catching on to just how practical and useful it can be to apply the Hermetic laws in your daily life....
For those who are not sure what reality shifting is, it’s pretty self-explanatory. The concept revolves around how you shift your reality to a parallel timeline to the one we live in now. Essentially, you’re moving yourself to a different life where you have what you desire most. One reality shifting method that is great for music lovers (or anyone, really) is the piano method. RELATED: 13 Signs You’re Experiencing A Vibrational Shift — & What It Means For Your Future...
I have shared many things about being a survivor of rape, but have never shared much of my story. I will always have a little fear of opening up about it. It’s such a hard part of my life, and some days I wish I could just forget. I fought so hard to be where I am today. My voice still shakes saying I was raped. Carrying the title of rape survivor will never be something I ever fully accept or understand....
“Hey! I haven’t heard from you in forever!” “Why don’t we text anymore?” These are just some of the messages I have gotten from people I’ve lost touch with over the years. It’s as if our friendship just died. And the only answer that I have for them is: You. It’s all about you, babe. RELATED: My Best Friend Got Engaged (And It Destroyed Our Friendship) I am always the person who reaches out first....
Yes, I get it, you probably think hickeys are creepy or gross or white-trashy. They’re forbidden fruit, and as far as I can tell, pretty much the only Red Badge of Sexual Conquest you can wear at the mall or shootin’ back shots at the bar. But I still feel robbed that I’ve never had one. I’ve managed to live a pretty damn sexual life for decades now, engaging in pretty exotic exploits/flirting with space-age experimental positions/utilizing extreme voltage electricity and homemade lasers in the bedroom to kinky effect, but STILL....
After that, everything seemed to continue downhill. After countless doctor appointments, a few procedures, sitting in the fertility clinic by myself, and lots of tears, we had a new reality to accept. I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism as well as an autoimmune disease called Graves, and my tubes were completely closed due to scar tissue from the D&C. There was no way we would ever conceive naturally again. RELATED: I Did Fertility Treatments For A Decade....
The modern dating world I have voluntarily entered is confusing. It’s filled with guys and girls who actively project arrogant, “I don’t give a damn” vibes — and these inattentive vibes are meant to attract those they do care for. Let’s face it, the person who seemingly cares less, wins. What kind of f***ed up logic is this? If I like you, I will tell you, and probably get heartbroken when you give me some BS excuse for why you don’t feel the same....
I cut myself. I burned my arms with cigarettes. I dyed my hair black. I was a picture of the artsy suicide girl. And you loved it. We were in class together, the class with the Big Novelist, and we were her darlings. Me, because I could write and breathed crazy, and you, because I suppose you could write, but she always did like a sensitive Southern boy. On the last day of class, you asked if you could take my picture....
The reception room is covered in plush blue. An admissions office spurs off to one side, and two corridors, blocked by glass doors, lurch off at right angles. We sat in leather chairs and waited. “I don’t want to do this,” I said shakily. RELATED: What Life Inside The Psych Ward Is Really Like “You have to do this. For the kids,” my husband Bear told me. “You’re not OK....
The emotional abuse started with me as far back as I can remember. In grade 4, I experienced my first sexual abuse by a janitor at my public school. It was the summer, and I was waiting for the camp bus. I needed to use the bathroom but I knew if I went home my father would hurt me. RELATED: A Step-By-Step Plan For Fleeing Domestic Violence During Coronavirus I knocked on the school door praying that the janitor would let me in, and he did....
Allen was right. I needed to break off my internet friendship with Frank*. Allen administrated a Cambodia ex-pat group I belonged to. RELATED: 10 Signs A Master Manipulator Is Trying To Control You He’d “got to the bottom of things,” he said. Apparently, the bottom of things was murky. He sent me newspaper clippings of the court hearings and the crime. I had to agree that Frank had engaged in horribly inappropriate behavior online....
I’ve betrayed myself many times when I chose to stay in a toxic relationship or when I decided to leave a place so memorable to me. I stop caring when I let sadness ruin my favorite day and when I should have loved myself, but instead I offered my whole life trying to please someone else. I made plans just for someone to cancel it right away. I tried to make an effort to reach out only to be rejected in the end....
I was standing outside the back of the office building where I worked in Buckhead, Atlanta. I was waiting for him to pick me up from work. He had my car; it was our only car left after the other one had been repossessed. I had lost everything, including but not limited to my self-esteem. That had gone long ago. Yes, it was the day I would end a seven-year relationship filled with lies, betrayal, deceit, and verbal and physical violence....
Let me explain. Up until I downloaded the popular dating app on my phone a year and a half ago, I hadn’t been on a date in five years. During that time, I did what every leading lady in a romantic comedy who hasn’t dated in a while does: I sacrificed my love life so I could focus on building my career. RELATED: How Does Tinder Work + How To Use Tinder Successfully Unlike other leading ladies, I didn’t become the legal guardian of two elementary school-aged children after my sibling died in a tragic accident or try to take care of a “love fern....
It’s almost impossible to not be wearing rose-colored glasses. You’re in love! Or, at least, deeply in like, and all of your parts become attracted to all of their parts. RELATED: Man Scores Wedding Date By Asking For Video Submissions Via TikTok While there’s no way of knowing how the relationship will go, there are some definite red flags that show up if you’re headed to dealing with heartbreak. It can be hard to see the signs he wants to break up, however obvious they might be, especially if you’re dating someone new and in that first butterfly stage....
In most cases, misogynists do not even know that they hate women. Misogyny is typically an unconscious hatred that men form early in life, often as a result of a trauma involving a female figure they trusted. An abusive or negligent mother, sister, teacher, or girlfriend can plant a seed deep down in their brain’s subcortical matter. Once planted, this seed will germinate and begin to grow, the tiny root working its way into the fear processing and memory areas of the brain as its tiny stem works its way into frontal areas of the brain, affecting emotion and rational decision-making....
