January is National Breakup Month for a reason: it's believed to have more breakups than any other month. Wedged between the holidays and Valentine's Day, it's a good time sneak away without turning the knife further by leaving during family-centric December or the love fest that is February. But it also seems kind of cruel to go through the motions of the holidays while knowing you're going to leave. So indecision aside, is it better or worse to wait until after the holidays to break up? Take our poll here.
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A Do or a Don't? Waiting Until After the Holidays to Break Up
By TresSugar | Love + Sex – Mon, Dec 13, 2010 11:01 PM EST
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Ellen DeGeneres got Anna Faris to open up about her sext life this week. Anna explained that she and her husband designated one day a week they would send a steamy text to each other. But one week it went horribly wrong when she accidentally sent her dad this text: "I can't wait to see you in bed tonight." She must not have been ovulating.
I have a reversed but equally embarrassing story. After going on a great first date, I wanted to tell my sister all about it when I got home. She wouldn't answer her phone so I jokingly texted her: "Call me now butt face." Unfortunately, I had a Freudian text slip and sent it to the guy I had just gone on a date with! Thanks to the urgency of my text, I had about 45 seconds before the guy called me. I was mortified and had to explain that I actually just refer to my sister with juvenile nicknames.
Do you have any embarrassing stories to share? Tell us in our comments section and don't forget to take our poll.
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We showed you some of our favorite sexy gift ideas this holiday season, but there may have been one thing missing from that list: actual sex. Charity sex, to be exact. According to The Naughty Mommy author Heidi Raykeil, initiating sex with your partner even if you're not all that into it at first can be a nice - and sometimes relationship-strengthening - gift.
If you think about it, giving the gift of sex pretty closely follows our tips for being a great gift-giver (think about what he loves! Get experiential!). But there also seems to be a fine line between charity sex ("checking in with your partner") and pity sex ("checking sex off your to-do list"), and that's an uncomfortable line to cross.
Do you ever do a good deed by doing the deed? Take our poll here.
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By TresSugar | Love + Sex – Tue, Dec 7, 2010 9:58 PM EST
Next to hectic traveling woes and last-minute shopping, spending an extended amount of time with family may be one of the top three biggest holiday stresses. Luckily we have silver screen examples - both naughty and nice - to glean advice in this area. We've rounded up 10 survival tips from holiday flicks for spending this most wonderful time of the year with your family.Related Content:
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The steamy days of Summer are long over, and Autumn gave us a chance to fall in love with crisp cozy weather. With the holiday season in full force, Winter is unofficially under way. Take a virtual walk through various Winter wonderlands with these seasonably appropriate romantic photos.Related Content:
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Considering everyday needs, getting experimental, or thinking hard about what someone really enjoys can help you find an excellent gift. These gift-giving tips might help you discover that something sexy will make the perfect holiday present for your significant other. Just in time for Black Friday, we've rounded up five suggestions for those feeling like a naughty Santa this season.Related Content:
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Read More »from Très Gift Guide: Sexy IdeasWhy the Dutch Sex-Ed System Wouldn't Translate in the US
By TresSugar | Love + Sex – Wed, Dec 1, 2010 10:49 PM EST
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The Netherlands has the lowest teen birth rate in the Western world. Teens wait longer to have sex (average age to lose virginity is 17.7 compared to 17.0 in the US), are more likely to use contraception, and aren't likely to lose their virginity spontaneously, since the majority of teens say "love and commitment" is the reason to do it.
The UK is trying to reform its own inadequate sex education by introducing Dutch sex-ed principles to its schools. The main tenet? Start young. Its government-subsidized sex-ed program was created in the '80s by a graduate of the International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, which suggests teen pregnancies can be reduced by exposing children to sex ed between ages 4 and 7.
Even if, by some sort of political amnesia, Congress made sex ed mandatory from kindergarten up, could the US go Dutch? I doubt it, because it's a cultural thing. The Netherlands can cite its sex-ed program for commendably low STD and teen pregnancy rates, but it's a
Like most things, all you need to know to be an amazing gift giver can be found in the words of 30 Rock's Jack Donaghy. "Gift giving is the purest expression of friendship," he tells Liz Lemon. "I'm going to think about what I know and like about you and that will lead me to the perfect gift. And you do the same." The problem is we don't always know the people we're buying gifts for as much as we'd like, so I've rounded up some advice that will make you the best gift giver under the tree. After all, competition is what the holidays are all about. Get the tips below.
- Do online research: Does she have any wish lists on Amazon, ShopStyle, or elsewhere? If not, consider her favorite shops and start there. A little Internet stalking in the name of gift giving never hurt anyone. Probably.
- What life changes happened in 2010? Graduation, move, marriage, baby? These all create new wants and needs, so consider what's going on in her life and how you can help.
- Think about what she
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Oh, I know we're so dirty! We can't help that little Harry Potter is a man wizard now. He's enchanted us for nearly 10 years, but now 21-year-old Daniel Radcliffe is adorable in a whole new way. As critics question what will happen to his acting career post-Potter, we're questioning his sex appeal. And let's face it, that's important to his career, too. Since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out today (read Buzz's review), tell us if you see him as doable, dumpable, or straight-up marriage material. Take our poll here.
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By TresSugar | Work + Money – Tue, Nov 23, 2010 2:05 AM ESTBased on the interest in Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement last week, I'd say royalty is having a moment. But Disney, the peddler of princess dreams, thinks fairy tale movies are no longer relevant and it's shelving them for the foreseeable future. Explaining that films and genres run their course, Disney's animation group has killed two fairy tale movies in development and says Tangled will be its last.
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It's no longer financially feasible for studios to market some movies to girls and some movies to boys, which is bad news for narrow gender roles. The hope of appealing to a larger audience motivated Disney to give Tangled a gender-neutral name and we can expect more movies like Toy Story, which will have broad themes that appeal to boys or girls (and men or women) alike. But a shift in what little girls want might have prompted the decision, too. The LA Times explains:
Among girls, princesses and the romanticized ideal they represent - revolving around finding the man
