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We've had some brave readers share their awkward sexual experiences, including "My guy ended up in my roommate's bed" and "He said the wrong girl's name during sex."

Well, today, a reader tells us how a sexy email to her boyfriend accidentally went to her dad...

Here's our poor reader's story...

My dad was moving from Germany to Michigan, so he emailed me to see if he could fly me from New York to Michigan for the weekend to help him find a house. I love house-hunting so I was happy to say yes. And I was extra excited because my boyfriend lived in Michigan, so now I'd get a free weekend to see him!

After I emailed my dad back to say yes, I then forwarded my dad's email to my boyfriend. "Look!" I wrote. "My dad's going to fly me to Michigan for the weekend. I'll help him house-hunt during the day, and we can have raucous sex at night!"

I smiled, excited at the prospect of a long romantic night with my man. I was just about to shut off my computer when a new email

Times are tough! But love prevails, right? So here are four gorgeous--and reasonably priced--engagement rings. Tell me which one is your favorite...

This rose gold and diamond ring is cool but timeless. $460, Steven Alan.

Feel like a old-time movie star in this vintage 1940's diamond ring. $275, Affordable Vintage Jewelry.

This gold stardust cluster ring will reflect the stars in your eyes. $193.50, Auto.

Forget the diamond and go for a stunning ruby. $510, Melissa Joy Manning.

Which would you choose? Which suits your style best? And check out thenew engagement ring styles.

P.S. Three more inexpensive engagement rings, and four cute proposal stories...

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Here, on Smitten, we're always trying to discover the secret to happy relationships. So we talked to blissfully married couple Kami and Kyle (even their names are cute!), and asked them to spill their relationship secrets...

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Here's what Kami revealed:

Our relationship is like any other...we have our similarities and differences, our good times and our struggles. Like other successful relationships, our relationship works because we work at it. Specifically, there are four areas that have made a difference:

What Kyle does:
* He makes sure we stay in 'touch'. Not a day goes by without hugs and back rubs. Kyle will pull me out of whatever I'm doing to 'hug it out'. It doesn't matter if it's laundry, cooking, etc...there's never a bad time to hug. He also takes time to give me mini-shoulder massages throughout the day. Sometimes they are 10 seconds, sometimes they are 10 minutes…either way, they are always welcome. Also, the genius of tummy rubs.

What I do:

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After breaking up, when you find your ex-boyfriend's CDs and T-shirts around your house, do you give them back? And how do you retrieve your things now held captive at his house?

See one reader's genius solution after the jump....

"I took this photo after a pretty significant breakup," says Smitten reader Brooke. "He'd left one of his favorite T-shirts at my house, and I realized that he had one of mine." What happened next? "I sent him his shirt eventually, but I never got mine back."

Brooke, bravo! What about you guys--do you give your boyfriend his stuff back, or do you figure it's all fair in love and war?

P.S. Do you stay friends with your ex-boyfriends? How about their families? Do you keep photos of your exes? Plus, a girl who went back for her missing socks after a one-night stand, and a fabulous slideshow on how to help a friend through a bad breakup...

Photo: Brooke

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Today, one of our Smitten readers has a controversial question: Should she cheat on her boyfriend? Hear her reasoning, and weigh in, after the jump...

Here's our reader's story...

I've now been with my boyfriend for six years. We bought a house together and got engaged this fall, and we're happy and in love.

But here's the catch: Back in college, I met Jim. We had intense chemistry, but we were both in relationships. We stayed friends, and we still talk all the time. Honestly, we're still hung up on each other, even though we're both in serious relationships and live in different cities. I think we both want to know what might happen. I KNOW that sleeping with him is a selfish and horrible thing to even consider. But he wants to meet up soon and it's implied that we'll be doing more than having dinner.

Go inside the guilty mind of the other woman.

I've been thinking about this for years. I know what I would like to do. I know what I should not do. But I don't

A few brave readers have shared their true dating confessions, including "I'm embarrassed by my boyfriend," "I'm worried that I'll never get married" and "I'm a really chatty girlfriend."

Well, today, a reader tells us about how she's never waxed...

Here's our reader's story:

"It's true: I've never waxed down there. I'm as hairy as a, well, bush. My co-workers think I'm crazy--they wax ALL the time, even when they're not dating anyone. Waxing sounds painful, and I can't afford to spend tons of money at a salon. Luckily, the guys I date never seem to care that I'm natural. Sometime I get nervous before hooking up with a new guy, since I wonder if he's going to be shocked by my natural look, but then I figure that if he's excited enough to be rolling around in bed with me, I doubt that a little extra hair will ruin the moment. And I'm pretty tomboy-ish anyway, so it kind of suits my look. So, until I see the light, I doubt I'll ever wax!"

I read about this kissing trick years ago and, whenever I've done it with guys, they go absolutely crazy. Here it is...

Lie down next to (or straddle) your boyfriend. Face each other and put your mouths very very close, so your lips are touching. Open your mouths, but don't kiss each other. Instead, breath in and out at opposite times, so you're "trading" breaths -- so you're breathing out when he's breathing in, and you're breathing in when he's breathing out. Do it for about a minute--or as long as you can without ripping each other's clothes off!

Also, behold the genius of tummy rubs

I swear, it sounds really simple, but it's AMAZINGLY on-fire-burning hot. You almost start to feel like you're the same person and you just want to crawl inside their mouth.

What do you think? Have you ever tried this breathing tip? What other kissing tricks make your man melt?

P.S. How to have a foolproof first kiss, even on a boyfriend who doesn't really like kissing...

Last week, I got this sweet note from a Smitten reader: "Joanna, can you give us advice on how to embrace our 'singleness' during this holiday season? I find myself getting so jealous of my friends in relationships. This is my favorite time of year to be in love, but love is nowhere to be found!"

Here's my advice (and add yours!) after the jump...

My doll, I have felt the same way in the past. Sometimes it's fabulously fun to be single, but other times it can feel really lonely. Here are two tricks for embracing singleness that have worked for me...

Focus on things you love: Get into an amazing book (The History of Love and The Glass Castle are both awesome), cover your house with white fairy lights, rent all the Hitchcock movies, learn how to perfect roast chicken, go cross-country skiing, knit a scarf...Not only will doing your favorite things (and learning a few others) make you feel happier and more stimulated, but you'll also have tons to talk about if you do happen to