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SAVAGE LOVE: The Reveal

Exposing a cheating ex on social media: DO or DON’T DO?

Are there rules to revealing a cheating ex on social media? Three weeks ago, I confronted my boyfriend about his repeated requests that we โ€œfind a time to talk.โ€ These requests were never followed by any actual talk. Weโ€™d been together for three years by then. After his third futile attempt (โ€œWe still need to have […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Outward Bound

He wants to be tied up, his partner thinks it’s “a chore.” Can this relationship be saved?

Iโ€™m a 26-year-old cis gay boy. I met my 28-year-old boyfriend in an actual bar and not an app โ€” like it was 1978 or something โ€” so we didnโ€™t share our sexual interests before we met. We hooked up that night and things got serious pretty quick. He was the first guy I met in […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Show and Tell

To confess (a sexual dalliance) or not to confess: That is (as usual) the question.

Iโ€™ve been married to my wife for nine years and we share a beautiful life together with our two young children. I came out to her as bi late last year after working through some major intimacy issues that are still ongoing. She accepts me and the issues are getting better. We are monogamous and I […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

Get your sex advice lickety-split with this edition of Savage Love quickies!

1. Which brand makes the best glass dildos? Asking for a friend! โ€œGlass toys are not only gorgeous, but also provide an amazing experience thanks to their weight, smooth surface, temperature-play options, and compatibility with any kind of lubricant,โ€ said Jeneen Doumitt, the owner of SheBop, a Portland-based sex toy shop. โ€œOne of our favorite […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Much Obliged

She’s pregnant and feeling hypersexual—but can’t get over being mad at her partner. What to do?

Iโ€™m a happily married pregnant woman. My wife and I have had a bit of a slowdown in the sex department, but nothing too worrying considering my โ€œcondition.โ€ During this pregnancy Iโ€™ve had an increase in libido, but I havenโ€™t shared that with her. We were having some conflict when I started to experience this […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Homework

Is being queer a test you can pass/fail? And how much studying should one do to be poly?

Iโ€™m a 50-year-old married bisexual American man living in Europe with my wife and kids. The โ€œbiโ€ part of me is still extremely new. Two years ago, I started seeing a sex-positive therapist to address my significant interest (and feelings of guilt about) kink and BDSM. Long story short, I admitted to myself that I […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Poly Under Duress

Some of us start out poly, some of us achieve poly—others have poly thrust upon ’em. 

Dear Readers: Iโ€™m off this week. To tide you over until Iโ€™m back, the tech-savvy, at-risk youth pulled some classic โ€œPUDโ€ questions from the archives. A PUD, of course, is someone who is โ€œpoly under duress.โ€ Because while some of us start out poly and some of us achieve poly, others have poly thrust upon […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

Questionable circumcisions, X-rated Instagram, and meet your brand new AI boyfriend! ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ˜

1. My boyfriend swears heโ€™s cut. I say heโ€™s totally uncut. He insists he was circumcised as an infant. How do I convince him? Some circumcisions are โ€œtightโ€ (all of the foreskin removed) and others are โ€œlooseโ€ (most of the foreskin left intact). The looser the circumcision, the more โ€œuncutโ€ a manโ€™s cock might appear. […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Out With It

“I had an affair with our mutual boss a long time ago… does my hubby need to know?”

I have a complicated question. Iโ€™m a woman in my 30s who has been married for a few years to my husband. We are very much in love and have a wonderful relationship. We met when I was in college, and worked at the same place together. Eventually, we became friends. We maintained a long-distance […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Thirds

Dan tackles the eternal question: Open up a relationship, or slam that door shut forever?

My partner and I are both AFAB nonbinary queers in our mid-30s and have been together a long time. We donโ€™t believe lifelong monogamy is realistic. We even started our relationship practicing ethical non-monogamy, then defaulted to monogamy for many years. We now have two very young children and are planning a third in the […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

Sexy gardeners, bend-over boyfriends, poly jealousy, and more in this quick ‘n’ nasty edition of Quickies!

1. Iโ€™m an 81-year-old heterosexual woman whose husband died last May. I have found that my 56-year-old gardener of fifteen years can make me sexually happy. But now after four months he says heโ€™s not respecting his wife by having sex with me. He relates this to going to a Catholic priest for confession. He […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: The Roomies

A nosy roommate, sexy nurses, and the need for “less exciteable” genitals.

About a year ago I moved in with childhood best friend and his husband. Weโ€™re all in our mid-thirties. Itโ€™s been going great, and I consider the three of us to be fairly close. About a month ago, the husband and I stopped at the local pharmacy on the way home, which is how our […]

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