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5 unique ways to be romantic

5 unique ways to be romantic

Kay Marie

Let’s be straight: we all know how to be romantic….or we think we do. We all know how to act out the obvious clichés of romance. We can all buy flowers and chocolates for our significant others on Valentine’s day. We can take our date out to a candlelit dinner at a restaurant way above our pay rate and take them home for passionate, romance novel-esque sex. But that isn’t real romance; what everyone believes to be “romantic” are cliché constructs of a consumer-driven society. So, I am here to tell you 5 ways you can skip the flowers and chocolates and still be wholeheartedly romantic.

How I stay close, intimate with my sweetheart

How I stay close, intimate with my sweetheart

L A Grace

I’m willing to wager the word “intimacy,” when considered, often leaves a sweet gumdrop trail of images: holding hands, sharing secrets or making love. However, I tend to translate “intimacy” in a stranger but more exciting way. 

There are some specific things my girlfriend and I engage in to stay close. These things may not be orthodox but they work, and the two of us are extremely happy.

10 (non-sexual) ways to be intimate with your partner

10 (non-sexual) ways to be intimate with your partner

Kytara Epps

When most people think of intimacy, they think only of sex. Really, intimacy is “a close, familiar, and affectionate personal relationship.” It’s connection and energy that create intimacy.

Even the most mundane activities can be intimate when you’re with the right person. These non-sexual activities will make you laugh and feel sexy but most of all bring you closer as a couple.

Choosing non-monogamy, avoiding the sarlacc pit of monogamy

Choosing non-monogamy, avoiding the sarlacc pit of monogamy

Jerome Stuart Nichols
Personal Stories

When it comes to relationships, most of the time, people simply fall into the Sarlacc pit of monogamy by default. As a proud whore, the happily (monogamous) ever after ideal has never been my romantic goal.  In my eyes, the best part of sex – and life, in general – is getting to experience all the variety it has to offer and it’d be stupid for me choose to love in any other way.

How Different Are Gay People?

Jerome Stuart Nichols
Photos, Sexual Studies & Research

Ok Cupid has a ton of users and those users come with a ton of data. Realizing the potential for all this data, they have started compiling it for easy consumption. Their most recent one features a comparison between 3.2 million gay and straight OK Cupid users.

*Spoiler Alert* gay people are just like everyone else.

First off, gays are not vampires waiting to suck the blood of their straight counter parts.

Male Nudity shouldn't be funny

Male Nudity shouldn't be funny

Jerome Stuart Nichols

Because of their self-imposed guilt, men see this as a necessary evil to atone for their sins. They are willingly conceding the rights to proudly wield their sword and they are missing out. Sexual exploration in the modern age is something that has to be experienced firsthand. Technology and cultural progression have opened an unfathomable amount of doors for people wishing to explore and define their sexuality.

Is your relationship about to end? Look for these signs.

Is your relationship about to end? Look for these signs.

Jerome Stuart Nichols
Sexpert Wisdom (Advice),

All relationships will end. They meet their demise with a bang or whisper. I would like to think that people know and can accept the approaching end of a relationship. However, we all know that saying goodbye is hard. Because of this, many people end up coasting in crumbling relationships until something, such as a spectacular blow up, forces them apart. Your relationship does not have to end like that.

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