Group Therapy: Everything Is Good When We're Not Between the Sheets


Updated 05/03/11 4:55 PM · Posted by · 12 comments

Bad Sex in Relationship Advice

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I have been dating my boyfriend for seven months now, known him for nine. He's truly a great guy — one in a million. I've never been able to relate to someone as much as I've had with him. I love him very much, but there's only one problem: the sex isn't good. We've talked about the Read more

"I Snooped and Found Something . . . Now What?"


Updated 05/27/12 1:58 AM · Posted by · 30 comments

I Snooped My Boyfriend's Phone

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I'll try my best to make this short. I really appreciate any and all advice here, I am so stumped on what to do. My boyfriend and I have been together for about three months now. I'm 24 he is 28. We met at work, and were not really friends before we started dating. So basically I have some Read more

5 Reasons Being a Single Man is Kind of Overrated


Updated 05/11/12 2:04 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Single Overrated

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Damon Young names five reasons being a single man is overrated. While most will probably remember 2012 as the "Year Of The YOLO" (and by "most" I mean "like seven people"), it holds special significance for me because it’ll likely be the first year since 2002 where I spent the entire year single. I Read more

Why Pixar's First Leading Lady Merida Is the Bravest Princess of Them All


Updated 04/25/12 2:26 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Brave Interview With Producer Katherine Sarafian

I recently attended a Pixar event at the animation film company's HQ for its upcoming Summer flick Brave. I was able to watch the first 30 minutes of the film, interview the director Mark Andrews and producer Katherine Sarafian, learn all about Scottish traditions, and even channel my inner Merida with archery lessons. Not only am I hooked on archery (pretty proud of my bull's-eye), I'm also Read more

Five Reasons Ian Somerhalder Is Perfect For Fifty Shades of Grey


Updated 05/26/12 12:06 PM · Posted by · 85 comments

Ian Somerhalder 50 Shades of Grey Casting Rumor

Though it came as no surprise to me that Fifty Shades of Grey will be coming to the big screen, I'll admit that I was blanking on the perfect casting. That is, until Ian Somerhalder expressed interest in playing Christian Grey. The sensational erotic novel revolves around the S&M relationship between 27-year-old-billionaire Christian Grey and naive college student Anastasia Steele, and the Read more

Femmephobia: "Girls Are Gross" Writ Large


Updated 04/20/12 7:38 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

What Is Femmephobia?

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Ozy Frantz explains the difference between fear and hatred of women, and the more common fear and hatred of anything feminine. When I was a freshman in high school, I and my friends were Cool Chicks. We weren't like those other girls, the ones who were passive and weak and giggled and watched romantic Read more

What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Sex and Feminism


Updated 04/14/12 4:53 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Modern Feminism

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Lisa Solod, who came of age during the sexual revolution, explores what feminism means to this generation. My mother married my father because, she told me in a rare moment of candor, she wanted to have sex with him. She was 25 and tired of pre-sex fumbling and stolen kisses. My father was, of course, far Read more

Link Time — The Link Between Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce


Updated 03/29/12 2:52 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Link Between Cohabitation and Divorce

Does living together before marriage predict divorce? — YourTango Rihanna says get naked if you want to feel good about your body — The Frisky Why you should stop having bad casual sex — CollegeCandy Ice T's wife, Coco, answers relationship questions — BuzzFeed 10 things you need to know about the IUD — Huffington Post A new study uncovers men's surprising sexual position preference Read more

"I Can't Find the Strength to Leave My Terrible Boyfriend"


Updated 04/09/12 1:46 AM · Posted by · 10 comments

I Can't Find the Strength to Leave My Boyfriend

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I've been in this spiraling relationship for a year and a half. I moved away from home at 17 to go to a really good music school. When I moved here a year and a half ago I was almost desperate to finally have the chance to date and have a boyfriend. My current boyfriend was not my first but Read more

Talk Your Way To Better Sex


Updated 03/12/12 4:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Better Sex

We're happy to present this excerpt from one of our favorite sites, YourTango. It's considered common knowledge that the things people fight over the most are sex and money. Did you know that it's not true? A recent survey conducted by YourTango revealed that the number one reason people fight is because they don't feel appreciated by their partner. Communication issues ranked second. Read more