Dating

Navigating the minefield of CraigsList couples, where clarifying your sexual preferences can earn you a lecture on hetero-normativity from a former burlesque dancer.

We don’t know what we want nearly as well as we think we do.

She picks up where I left off — with all the details I left out.

Ice, wax, and a splayed 20-something — and then a pause to reckon with everything that means.

V tells her side of the story, starting with bourbon, buttons, and a text at 10:01.

I don’t just want you. I want you to want everything I want, for me — and to keep up as I ask for more.

A fantasy sketch I wrote the day of my date with Véronique — a little study in anticipation, control, and a blue Honda with the engine running.

Véronique tells her side of our second date – the power shifts, the pussy waterboarding, and the relentless finale against the desk.

Véronique tells her side of the story. The differences are as fun as the similarities.

Véronique tells her side of our second evening together.