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I'm glad I'm not married. It's bad enough when anyone tries to give you sex advice, but listening to it from your parents' or his? Intolerable. But it happens to married couples, both sexually satisfied and dissatisfied, more often than never. From sharing porn preferences to (if you can believe there's something worse) sharing cleanup stories, The Stir rounded up some truly worst-case advice Read more
This post comes from Group Therapy in our TrèsSugar Community. Feel free to add your advice in the comments! I have a friend who is in college and really likes to go out drinking and partying every weekend. She actually parties so much that she has failed some courses as a result. I am the exact opposite. I like to stay in more and I study a lot and try to get straight As in school. Typical Read more
Going to the gym is more than just walking in and jumping on a treadmill: there's etiquette to follow. With so many of you making good on your New Year's resolutions and hitting the gym this month, make sure these gym-going tips are fresh in your mind. Gyms are ridiculously busy in January. Check out our tips for navigating when yours is overcrowded. No one wants to get sick from exercising. Read more
I have never written on a bathroom wall. I have never thought to write on a bathroom wall. Though it's probably just a handful of prolific scribblers, I feel like the minority. I'm practically immune to it at this point and rarely bother to read the unsolicited advice and conversations found on public's most private walls. But a few watchful Flickr users have taken the time to read — and Read more
Who knew there was a consolation prize for being the other Middleton girl? Pippa Middleton may just be the most famous nonfamous person in the world right now. People snicker at sister Kate's fame, saying she's done nothing but tie the golden knot, but what has Pippa done besides look lovely for the camera at the royal wedding? Fortunately, that is all you need to get your foot in the Read more
Kate Hudson playfully poses inside Elle's September issue wearing only her new jewelry collection, CH+KH, a collaboration with Chrome Hearts designer and co-owner Laurie Lynn Stark. Check out more pieces from Kate Hudson's Chrome Hearts collection and hear what Kate has to say about Ryder's music career on Elle.com. Kate recently gave birth to her second child, Bingham "Bing" Bellamy, and since Read more
Wedding dress shopping when you're the bride is definitely stressful (thankfully I recently found mine without any major blood, sweat, and tears!), but being the friend that accompanies the bride-to-be carries its own stresses and responsibilities. If you're a bridesmaid or just close friend of the bride this wedding season, I've got some helpful tips for surviving dress shopping. And be sure to Read more
Say you're eating lunch with a friend who's overweight. She's sipping a Diet Coke while dousing her salad in gobs of Ranch dressing, croutons, and shredded cheese. Would you politely offer some tips about how to make her meal lower in calories or would you keep your mouth closed? Offering health and fitness advice is a tricky thing. There's a fine line you can cross over, where you end up hurting Read more
Longer days plus warmer weather equals longer runs, especially if you're training for an endurance race. While you can often feel that your muscles have taken a beating, the IT band, the fascia that lines the outside of your quad, takes a beating too. Often you don't feel how tight the IT band is until it interferes with your knee joint function and you end up with the Iliotibial Band Syndrome. Read more
