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Home » open relationship

Tag: open relationship

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Built for monogamy

by Dan Savage December 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Instead of opening your relationship, it might be time to end it.

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

‘Help, I WANT SEX all the time, with all sorts of people!’

by Dan Savage August 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Dan advises a woman whose libido has soared since she went off hormonal birth control, and more.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Can anal sex cause constipation? and other burning questions

by Dan Savage April 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Dan Savage enlists a doctor for advice on the nether regions, 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

‘Should I be worried about STDs from oral sex?’

by Dan Savage February 28, 2018August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a sixtysomething married man on safe sex in gay bathhouses, and more

Posted inColumns & Opinion

One nonbinary person, two girlfriends

by Dan Savage February 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a nonbinary person in a polyamorous relationship with two “wonderful” girlfriends who don’t like each other, and more.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

No sparks, no soap, no sex—what’s a nice guy to do?

by Dan Savage November 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan Savage on the rules of the game post Weinstein

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Can a cuckold fetishist find satisfaction in a two-daddy poly relationship?

by Dan Savage November 8, 2017August 18, 2021

Plus: When should I and my 34-years-older daddy come out as a couple? and more

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How do you deal with jealousy in an open relationship?

by Dan Savage December 31, 2015August 18, 2021

Plus: sharing a sub, playing safely on the road

Posted inColumns & Opinion

A cuckold’s dilemma

by Dan Savage March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a cuckold with a quandary, a girl in love but longing for an open relationship, and a married gay male with a dilemma of his own.

"Too many people stroll into their first sex club or kink party expecting to find a room full of human Fleshlights at their disposal."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Slutting it up for beginners

by Dan Savage September 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a pan-curious newbie, a monogamish man whose open marriage now seems threatening, and more

"It doesn't matter if you're gay or straight, male or female, puppy or guppy—when someone you've fallen for says "I'm not ready for a commitment," what they mean is "I have no interest in committing to you—not ever."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Unlucky in the other kind of puppy love

by Dan Savage August 14, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan advises a lovelorn aficionado of puppy play, a woman posthysterectomy, and more

You should definitely take the advice of the PUA ("pickup artist") blogger. But that's only if you wanna be a huge asshole who gets tons of pussy.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Do I take the advice of a ‘seduction blogger’?

by Dan Savage July 31, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan Savage countermands a pickup artist, offers advice on varying your sex life, and gives a pass to a young guy boning his best friend on the sly.

"I just want the rules to fit me so that I don't have to be considered a cheater."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Polyamory prep

by Dan Savage June 19, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan on educating yourself about polyamory, fucking your partner while fantasizing about someone else, and reconsidering the #NotAllMen hashtag.

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