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Missing sofia
Read moreRight now, Sofia’s far away. Not in miles – she’s always far away in miles – but in every other way.
Decriminalizing sex work
Read moreAmnesty International moves toward supporting decriminalization, and the opponents tell you everything you need to know about why it’s the right call.
More thoughts about rejection, and the porcelain doll
Read moreRejection stings worst when it echoes old wounds. My readers let me know I had my head up my ass, and they weren’t wrong.
Porcelain doll
Read moreShe looked like a porcelain doll — red lips, red hair, pale skin. I thought we’d become friends. Turns out I’d only ever been a customer.
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.