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You check your phone for the fifth time. Nothing. Yesterday the online dating conversation was flowing, today? You're being ghosted. Three days later it hits you: This isn't going anywhere.
Nadia Brandt
Tips
Bavaria alone: 450 cases, 5.3 million euros in damages. Those are the official romance scam numbers for 2023. One state. I've been there myself. Someone messaged me for weeks before I noticed: the photos were stolen.
Maren Holt
Tips
My friend Sarah told me about the first time her partner came home from a date with someone else. She sat on the couch, staring at the wall, thinking: What's wrong with me? We agreed to this. Why does it feel so awful?
Nadia Brandt
Tips
You've probably heard the word thrown around. Consent. But what does it actually mean when you're on a date? Or in bed with someone?
Elias Rook
Tips
Nearly half of all women experience anxiety or discomfort after sex. One simple practice can change that: sexual aftercare.
Maren Holt
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My friend Lisa told me a few months ago that she and her partner now have an FLR. I had no clue what that meant. So I googled it and found articles equating FLR with whips and leather. That had nothing to do with what Lisa had described.
Nadia Brandt
Three days before we met Max, I couldn't sleep. My brain kept running through scenarios I couldn't control. Excitement, fear, doubt. All at once.
Elias Rook
Before our first swinger club visit, we sat in the car. Engine running. Neither of us moved to get out. My heart was pounding like I'd downed three espressos. Sarah looked at me: "We can just drive home, you know." I nodded. We stayed put anyway. Ten minutes. Maybe fifteen. Then we finally...
Maren Holt
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Two out of three adults have had BDSM fantasies. That's not my opinion. A systematic review analyzing multiple population studies found that 65 to 69 percent of people have imagined bondage, being dominated, or taking control at some point.
Nadia Brandt
Guides
Two hours on the road. The address in your GPS. Your partner sits beside you, and neither of you is talking. You agreed to do it tonight: your first visit to a swingers club. But now, ten minutes from the parking lot, there's this question: "Do we even know how to behave there?"
Nadia Brandt
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I completely messed up my first BDSM attempt. Not because anything bad happened. But because we hadn't talked beforehand. My partner and I both assumed we knew what the other wanted. Spoiler: We didn't.
Nadia Brandt
Guides
I watched my partner get ready for a date with someone else. Nice shirt, cologne, that nervous-excited energy. My stomach twisted into a knot. Three years later? I genuinely smile when he comes home glowing from a good evening.
Maren Holt
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