Love & Sex

How much sex should you really be having?
01:51 2017-08-26

GETTY IMAGES This article originally appeared on dailystar Whether you’re going through a dry spell or on a lucky streak, most people wonder how their sex life compares to other peoples’. Whether you’re going through a dry spell or on a lucky streak, most people wonder how their sex life compares to other peoples’. To find out what’s “normal” in …

How to decide who should pay on a first date
11:43 2017-08-25

Boy meets girl, boy asks girl out, boy pays. It’s a well known narrative. However, this narrative that was once seen as chivalrous and gentlemanly is now seen as patronising and out of date. Today, gender norms and traditional dynamics, such as the idea that the man should pay, are facing constant challenges. To suggest that …

Anorexic teen starved herself and dropped to 7-stone because she thought ex-boyfriend ‘didn’t like her body’
06:48 2017-08-25

An anorexic teen dumped on Christmas Eve claims she starved herself because she thought her ex-boyfriend ‘didn’t like her body’. Alexis Paulson, 19, began feeling self-conscious about her body in the last years of school – but she says getting a boyfriend helped her accept herself. However, when they broke up on Christmas Eve 2015, she starved herself for days and …

1 In 4 Men don’t uuse condoms during one night stands
02:07 2017-08-25

Casual hookups aren’t all that taboo anymore—in fact, 35 percent of Americans have had a one-night stand, according to new YouGov survey of more than 2,000 men and women.While there are countless things running through your mind during a random romp, using a condom should top that list—but according to the survey, 1 in 4 men have …

Why you shouldn’t stay friends with an ex
10:25 2017-08-22

This article originally appeared on Business Insider Most people in life fall into one of two categories: those who stay friends with exes, and those who do not. Business Insider asked Matthew Hussey, the “love life and dating strategist” behind the blog howtogettheguy.com, if staying close to a former flame can ever actually work. “If the romance is visibly …