The people on that show have an incredibly childish view of sex. They're irresponsible when it comes to their sexual health, and giggle about it like twelve year old boys in health class. "OMG SHE SQUIRTS EEWWWW" Please don't take their point of view into consideration.

Female ejaculation is totally normal, and a lot of women who haven't figured out how to do it wish they could. Guys with a maturity level higher than your average 7th grader tend to love it, too. So don't worry! I'm pretty sure that sex with the Situation would be way more repulsive than anything else you could think of ;)

Take a look at things from his perspective. You would rather have him spout off a bunch of mushy romantic comedy nonsense against his will than be content with a great guy who's willing to last the distance with you from 10 000 km away, but doesn't like to sound like a valentine. You have to admit, that is pretty stupid.

Now, wanting a guy who says sweet, romantic things isn't stupid. That's not what I'm saying. Trying to force another person into a mold that you've prepared for them is, though. If you really love this guy, you'll love him for who he is. I'm not those ladies who likes to spout (or receive) cheesy compliments, but my husband loves to lay it on. We've had to just come to terms with our differences. He knows that I love him, but in my own way. I laugh when he calls me Snugglemuffin, and try not to barf when he acts all soppy-sweet.

If you really can't deal, then you should be breaking free to find that Prince Charming you're looking for, because even if you do get this guy to start talking like him it won't be sincere.

His unprotected sex analogy (that's what it was, not a demand that you actually have unprotected sex) wasn't too far misplaced. Him talking you into having unprotected sex in the name of love would make you extremely uncomfortable. It wouldn't be you. You'd be unhappy and feel put upon and wouldn't enjoy it a bit. So when you try to force a torrent of Taylor Swift lyrics out of this guy, he's feeling like it's a bastardization of the real, beautiful relationship that you two could be enjoying. He just didn't word it very well.

Remember that while he's not respecting this one wish of yours, you're not respecting his wishes either by making these demands. You two have to compromise between the two of you if you want to make it work.

You can't live for your mother. It's extremely unfair of her to put her happiness in your hands like this. Good parents don't have children so they can keep them at home forever. Good parents have children so they can send them off into the world to become their own people, and enjoy them as fellow adults, not as overgrown babies.

You need to start making a plan for yourself. It may be worth it to talk to a career counselor (the YMCA/YWCA sometimes offers this service, or talk to your old high school to find one in your area) to help with this. Take real steps towards breaking away and being your own person. Look into college options, or start applying to jobs in other cities. Heck, you don't even have to move out town. There's no law that says that as long as you're in the same city, you have to live with your parents. Check out apartment listings, or see if anyone in your area is looking for a roommate.

Your mother will resist. She might cry. She might threaten you. She might try to bribe you or beg you to stay. You've got to stick up for yourself and your future, and tell her in no uncertain terms that you can't be responsible for her happiness forever. As long as you're living under her roof, she's going to put you in that role. Time to break away and be your own person.

Until you can move yourself out, is there another way to get around? With spring coming on, cycling could be an option. Or there's always public transit. Try getting involved with a new hobby that takes you out of the house. Jogging, joining a gym or a yoga class, taking a pottery seminar, volunteering... they're all great ways to keep busy and keep your own life going outside the house.

I'm all for helping people through the rough patches, but there comes a point where you need to put your own health and safety above rescuing others.

By accepting his abuse over and over but still coming back to save him, you're telling him that that is acceptable behaviour. It isn't. He has no incentive to change right now. What he needs is a reason to change, and he's not going to get it as long as he has you saving his butt.

He knows that you're willing to help. What he needs to know is that as long as he's abusive towards you, that help is not forthcoming. You stay away until you see some real, quantifiable effort on his part. Name your terms. Do you want him to start seeing a counselor? Then tell him you won't so much as take a phone call until he shows you he's maintaining a treatment regimen for an amount of time that you're comfortable with. He abandons that after you come back? You're out. Or tell him that next time he hits you, you're calling the police and pressing charges. And mean it. That's the most important part: following through. Meaningless threats won't do anything. He has to know that you're going to be firm.

I've been in your boyfriend's position (minus the physical abuse part). I've been not mentally all there and had someone hauling my arse through it all. The only reason that someone and I are married today is because he gave me the ultimatum that I had to start taking some responsibility for my own health and actions, or else he was going to leave, no matter how much it hurt either of us. I threatened, I cried, I begged, I pleaded, I manipulated. Then I got off my butt and accepted the help that was being offered, which was the beginning of my journey into figuring out how to control my mental illness.

I know it hurts to think of leaving someone you've put so much time and effort into, especially when you know they can be a really good person. The problem is that by rescuing him over and over again and accepting all of his problems as they are, you're telling him that he doesn't need to improve. He is capable of getting better, but he won't do it while you're carrying him. Make him do the work, and he'll be more likely to stick with it. Support him in what he does, but don't force him. He has to want it for himself.

The best way to get him interested in you is to not play stupid head games. Be interesting. Be funny.
Be anything but that girl who resorts to playing games to manipulate people.

A relationship based on head games is doomed. A relationship based on mutual enjoyment of each other's company is off to a much better start. So be the awesome person I'm sure you are, and if he's too stupid to see that he's not worth your time, at least for now.

It's a fantastic sign. If you two were to live out your lives wrapped up in each other with little to no interaction with friends, you would go crazy. It might not seem like it now, but give it a year or so. Trust me, you won't want to be attached at the hip any more.

Even though my husband and I live together, we make sure that each has some time in the house on their own every week to enjoy being on their own or to hang out with friends. It keeps us sane.

You should only be concerned if he keeps blowing off plans with you to hang out with them.

Over time, you fall out of that fluttery, sensational, exciting feeling. That's not necessarily falling out of love. It happens to everyone. Most call it "leaving the honeymoon period".

The great thing about losing the flutters is that it allows you to take a step back from the hormones and take a real look at the relationship without all that background noise. Sometimes you look at the other person with your newly discovered clarity and realize that you could spend the rest of your life with them. Other times you realize that even though the infatuation ride was fun, the other person just isn't the one for you. Either way, it's an important step in the relationship.

If you're not feeling anything for him, you're not. He could be a perfectly nice guy, funny, smart and attractive, but not be the forever guy. Don't beat yourself up for not wanting to marry him. Sometimes it just happens that way! So rather than wasting your time and his leading him on, move along and leave yourself open to the next fantastic guy, who could be Mr. Right.

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: everyone's hymen is different. You can break yours at all sorts of times in your life. You can break it while using tampons, from insertion of fingers, from riding a bike or falling on a fence. Or you might have a partial hymen that won't ever break, but still allows things to go through it.

Masturbation isn't shallow: it's sex with someone you love!

It's not the technique that's setting you back. It's the mindset. Women are complicated in that we need to be in the zone for orgasm to happen. Mind wanders to the wrong place and bam, it's gone.

Next time, rather than shooting directly for orgasm, try just enjoying the moment. If you need dim lights, music or a bubble bath, do it. You've been aiming for a quickie every time... try a romantic evening with yourself. Think sexy thoughts and take your time.

You get a puppy. Or a kitten. Or a fish that you can make kissy noises at. You do anything except bring another human into a situation that won't be able to support it. Get a creature that will thrive on the baby affection you lavish on it, and pour all of your baby urges into it.

Talk through your baby plan with yourself. Are you going to drop out of school,because you can't go to school full-time with a baby. Daycare for newborns is insanely expensive. The chances of going back to school after having kids is insanely low. So you'd be pretty much stuck in stay-at-home mom mode for the rest of your life.

How are you going to feed the baby? Buy a crib and stroller? DIAPERS? How are you going to put a roof over his little head if nobody is bringing in any income? Heck, how are you going to get to the hospital to deliver if you don't have a car? Planning on taking the bus? And I don't know what country you live in, but if you live in the States, how will you afford the hospital bills?

Look, I get the baby instinct. I get baby fever every once in a while. I live in a house that my husband and I own, he's employed full-time and we STILL aren't having children yet because we know it isn't the right time, since I have to get out of school first. So we call our dog our fur-child and baby him to death. Part of being ready to be a parent is knowing when it's best not to be one.

Turn that question around, and you'll have your answer: do men enjoy being on the receiving end of anal sex?

Some do. Some don't. Some love it. The real person you should be asking is the lady you're planning on doing it with. Only she can tell you whether it's something she's into or not.

Your best bet is a beige bra. They're far more invisible under white tops than a white bra is.

Depending on where you're wearing the outfit, a black bra could be okay. If you're going for a professional look at work or school, it wouldn't be appropriate. Going out for dinner with friends, you might be able to get away with it.

You're not going to like my answer.

When you got involved with this man, you knew that he carried a certain amount of baggage. He needs to maintain a relationship with his ex because of the custody issue, and he's a very devoted father who cares about his daughter before anything else.

If you can't handle being second to his daughter, you'll have to move on. Right now you're asking him to choose between her and you, and I can guarantee that he will pick her every time. That should be an admirable quality in your eyes, really. I think it's pretty disgusting when a person lets their relationship with their child take the back burner for a new partner. For the sake of this girl and her father, move on if that's not the sort of life you want. There are other guys out there who can devote themselves to you entirely. This guy just can't, and he's right in saying so.

It's great to ask for advice, but you know who you should really be telling all of this to? Your boyfriend, that's who.

There are three separate issues here. One is that your boyfriend doesn't cuddle after sex, and you want to. Another is that you have a huge problem with his ex, and another that you don't trust him. Try to keep them mutual, or else when you do discuss this with him, it'll end up being an attack, not a conversation.

Cuddling first: I can tell you that I hate cuddling after sex. My husband is a cuddler, and I'm the sort who wants to get up, get a drink of water, then do something. It's all about how your body reacts to the chemical rush. I get hyper, and being cuddled makes me claustrophobic and cranky. Everyone has their preferences. That's why you need to talk to your boyfriend about this and find out how you two can compromise. Maybe you alternate. Maybe he stays for 2 minutes, then he can go do what he wants. He needs to know that this is a really important issue to you because you feel like he's just using your body, with no real intimacy. Find out why he feels the need to get up and run after. Don't attack, discuss.

The ex: There's really no reason for you to be as worked up as you are over her. You need to understand that for 7 years, this woman was a big part of your boyfriend's life. He can't just burn all the pictures from that time period and forget she exists. When you're in a really serious relationship with someone, you never fully "get over" them. He ended things. Clearly he knew that she wasn't the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. So no reason for you to worry, right? Now, the naked pictures should have been ditched. I will give you that. It's not cool to keep stuff like that after you start dating someone new. That said, expecting him to get rid of all pictures (PROM pictures??? You only get one!) is pretty cruel. Did it ever occur to you that he might be hiding all of this from you and lying because you're freaking out every time you so much as get a hint of this other woman? My advice to you on this front is to calm down and trust him to love you more than her.

Speaking of trust... this is the big one. In your question, I see a serious lack of trust. You and he need to talk about this. It's not something I can help you with. Schedule a time when you two can sit down without interruptions, and bring up your trust concerns in a calm, non-offensive way. Own your distrust. Instead of "You made me distrust you because..." try "I'm having some problems trusting you because...". It's a subtle difference, but once you can own your feelings, you can work with them. When you put responsibility on him for how you feel, you lose control. If he cares about you and the future of your relationship, he'll talk to you. He might get upset. You might get upset. Trust me when I say that this is normal, and sometimes you need to have a full-day conversation about problems that arise in a long-term relationship.

This advice applies to any age, sexual orientation or gender.

If you're in a relationship where you're already sexually active, there are lots of safe ways to step up the activity without having more sex. Mutual masturbation, oral sex and toys are all fun and carry low or no risk if you use protection (or are in a single partner relationship and have both been tested already).

If you're single, don't go rushing out to find someone to enjoy yourself with! Sexual activity comes with emotional baggage, no matter whether it's a man or a woman you're sharing it with. Your best sexual partner at this time is yourself. Masturbation is extremely healthy and fun, carries zero risk of pregnancy or STI, and requires nothing but your own two hands at a minimum. I can't tell you how, because it's different for every lady. Just try stuff until you find something that works. You can masturbate till the cows come home and no harm will come to you so long as you don't end up missing school or family meals.

It's normal to feel pretty much constant arousal as a teenager, or even at any age. There's this idea that women don't want sex, and it's totally wrong. The key is to do it at the right time, with the right person, under the right conditions. Until you're ready, just take matters into your own hands.

You need to see a doctor. You might have a urinary tract infection. Vagisil is used to treat infection, but if you're using it constantly you'll make things worse in the end.

When you go to the doctor's, they'll have you do a pee test. From that they'll be able to tell lots. Chances are that they won't need to do a physical examination.

As for your sweat glands being hyperactive, your best bet is to go with a medicated powder. They're super cheap at the drug store. After you shower and dry off, pat a little bit on your nethers, making sure not to get any on the inside. It will help keep you dry for the rest of the day, and as a bonus it's super refreshing in the summer.

Before you see the doctor, it might not be a bad idea to step up your water intake. That can help flush you out, but keep in mind that no home remedy that you'll read about is a proper substitute for real medical care.

As someone who has touched an awful lot of dead fish (I used to work at fishing lodges), I can tell you there's nothing to worry about.

Wash the tank with dish soap, rinse it with vinegar and again a few times with water, and you should be more than fine, as will any future fishy inhabitants. As long as you're not licking the dirty tank, you should suffer no ill effects.

Have you considered engineering?

It's heavy on math and science. It doesn't involve blood and guts. It tends to pay pretty well, and you don't need a Master's to get a good job.

Depending on your focus, you don't need to be particularly interested in computers, just able to use them. Engineering is different from science in that you're designing rather than researching. There are a lot of different focuses, so you can pick and choose according to your interests.

You've got civil, which focuses on structures or on things like wastewater removal. There's mechanical, which deals with anything that moves; cars, robots, stuff like that. Chemical engineers work with pharmaceuticals, the oil industry and a million other places. Computer engineering is all about the hardware, while software engineering deals with the programs (or game design!). Electrical engineers can work with power or with control systems. Biomedical engineers combine medical knowledge with engineering knowledge to do things like design prosthetics. There really is something for everyone.

He might be head over heels for you. He might be single. But none of that matters, because as long as you're his student, you can't date him. Well, you could, but there would be several serious repercussions.

Let's say you date him and it goes wrong. You have a bad breakup. Then you risk him taking it out on you when he's marking your work. Then you'd have to raise the issue with his superiors, there would be an investigation, and he would be fired, because it's against the rules of just about every school out there to date your students, even if they're over the age of majority.

Let's say you date him and it goes great. Then you're stuck hiding your relationship, which nobody is good at, and you run the risk of someone finding out and complaining, and him being fired.

There is no pretty way that it could go. You would need to wait until after you're out of his class (and after you know you won't have him as a prof ever again) to then see if there's something there. School is more important than a potential boyfriend, no matter how perfect he is.

Jelly doesn't look slippery at first, but as it warms up from the friction it maintains its glide. With liquid it tends to either absorb or evaporate with a lot of friction.

Trust me on this one. If you take a jelly lube and a liquid lube, put a spot on each index finger and then rub vigorously with your thumb, the jelly will last longer.

There's a good reason why they use watery lube in porn. Actually, several. It's cheaper. It's more attractive. Most of all, the women who are in pornography featuring anal sex tend to have had a lot of it and are, well, stretched out. Porn is never a good basis for sexual knowledge, because it's all based on aesthetics, not comfort, consent and respect. Just like you wouldn't take lessons on life from Jersey Shore, you don't take lessons on sex from porn, no matter how entertaining they are.

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My name is Amanda and I'm 26 years old. I'm currently studying electrical engineering. Armed with a fairly odd sense of humour and a sunny outlook on life, I'll take on just about anything. I'm also cussedly stubborn, which has its ups and downs. Things get tough sometimes, and I've never been one to run from it.

In my last 8 years with Advicenators, I've gone from honours student to failing out of university (and getting back on top again!), from single to married, from tenant to homeowner.

Until lately, I have been struggling with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and OCD, which had basically ruined my life and taken just about everything from me. I'm thankful every day for every experience I've had because of this ordeal, because it's helped to make me who I am today. Things like that really make you appreciate what you do have. Now that I'm back in work and school and starting to become myself again, I couldn't be happier. I credit Advicenators with saving my life back when I was a teenager, which is a big part of why I'm still here.

I won't necessarily give you the answers you want to hear, but I'll always be honest and do my best to help.

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