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Home » friends with benefits

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Posted inColumns & Opinion

‘Help, I’m a real-life 47-year-old virgin!’

by Dan Savage October 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Dan offers advice for losing it in middle age, handling potentially destructive secrets, and more.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Sixty-two and wondering what to settle for sexually after a new partner turns out to prefer his own hand

by Dan Savage September 26, 2018August 18, 2021

Is it so wrong to want to be desired? Plus: yes, women can be cuckolds, and more

Posted inColumns & Opinion

‘Why is this woman giving me blow jobs?’ and more from the mailbag

by Dan Savage August 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Dan Savage weighs in on a friend with benefits giving them without getting them, and more.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How to get laid without freaking out

by Dan Savage April 11, 2018August 18, 2021

Advice for a victim of sexual abuse and rape. Plus: Help, I snooped and discovered what I most feared!

Posted inColumns & Opinion

When ‘slaves’ rebel

by Dan Savage April 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Is “I’m overwhelmed” the new “It’s not me, it’s you”? Plus: bragging rights, a bad night for BDSM, and more

Posted inColumns & Opinion

What to do when the friend with benefits sleeps with the BFF

by Dan Savage September 25, 2015August 18, 2021

Roommate + longtime drunken lay = trouble. Plus: What does it mean when you find a pair of tit clamps in a dresser?

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Do I qualify as asexual?

by Dan Savage May 28, 2015August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a woman who wonders whether she’s asexual, and more

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Savage guide to taking a man’s virginity

by Dan Savage April 23, 2015August 18, 2021

Dan Savage’s advice on taking the virginity of a 25-year-old Muslim virgin, coping with a BDSM master who thinks he owns you, and more

"The criminal-justice system is rough on sex workers generally, and it’s absolutely brutal to trans women who do sex work."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Just make the call

by Dan Savage June 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan on being an unwilling receptionist for a trans sex worker, showing some patience before jumping into anal sex, and retraining a dick.

"Friends-with-benefits arrangements may not be committed relationships, but they are relationships."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Boundary disputes

by Dan Savage May 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan on navigating the precarious friends-with-benefits boundaries, getting off without having to get on top, and compromising with your wife about your lingerie fetish.

Not the kind of banging you want to be doing
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Text me maybe

by Dan Savage June 13, 2012August 19, 2021

Dan on text-message-dumping etiquette, abusive friends, and friends with benefits.

Posted inBlogs

Stylish things to do

by Heather Kenny June 7, 2012August 19, 2021

Clever Alice returns, a party to benefit fashion students, and more

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones July 22, 2011August 19, 2021

This week’s movie action: the Music Box’s Chicago French Film Festival and Summer Music Film Festival, Terri, and more

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Savage Love: February 10, 2011

by Dan Savage February 10, 2011August 19, 2021

A serial cheater looks for help; is it cool to keep hooking up with my ex?

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