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A quick thought on ashley madison
Read moreMonogamy is hard. Ashley Madison is easy.
Paean
Read moreI wish she’d look up.
Paean, from a friend
Read moreA friend’s writing about a woman on a bus, an impossibly large iced coffee, and the thrill of summer.
Paean
Read moreA woman on a train, maybe. Or in a meeting. Dressed to disappear, and failing.
Paean
Read moreA woman, described.
Dates vs. sure things
Read moreMost of my dates are sure things. This one won’t be, and that means something much scarier than not getting laid: the possibility of being rejected not for my looks, but for *me*.
Bad dates (2)
Read moreIt started badly — standoffish, defensive, closed. But her pussy was wet, and my cock was hard, and the evening improved from there.
A late-night rendez-vous
Read moreCoffee, months of tension, and then, finally, a late night in which she did everything I asked and I disappeared into the dark.
Dispassionate
Read moreTwo sexy women, two great dates, and two write-ups that made the sex sound less hot than it was. I’m better at desire than satisfaction — on the page, at least.
Esther perel nails it
Read moreEsther Perel talks about infidelity without demonizing anyone, and gets it exactly right.
Bad dates and compulsion
Read moreI can predict the outcome of a date with near-perfect accuracy, which only raises the question of why I sometimes go on the ones I know will be bad.
Getting to know you
Read moreThe things I tend to do, and ask for, as I get to know a woman — and why they matter to me even if they’re not exactly new.
Entertaining okc exchange
Read moreA promising OKCupid exchange gets right to the point.
Paean
Read moreThe flesh visible through her sweater captures my attention and won’t let go.
Paean
Read moreA woman on the train, so pretty I become a 17-year-old boy.
Personal ads
Read moreBefore the internet, there were personal ads — and a horny teenage SWNRJM, 17, spent hours poring over them, hunting for evidence that some woman, somewhere, might want him.
On being used
Read moreShe used me to come, and then she vanished. I knew she would — there were tells — but I kept the screenshots anyway.
Question time
Read moreA reader asks how I do it. The answer, in part: it’s not nearly as effortless as it looks.
Sofia is driving me crazy
Read moreSofia’s less available to me lately, for good reasons — reasons that include not knowing whose fingers first touched her pussy.
Paean
Read moreA woman on the street, described in the detail she deserves.