• So, just picture it -- you've been out on a a few dates (or maybe just the one!), and you're finally ready to get truly down and dirty with your new special someone. And just when things get hot and heavy, boom, something horribly humiliating happens to one or both of you. Oy, and then all that romance goes up in smoke -- or maybe, if you've got a good enough sense of humor, up in laughter. Hey, it happens to all of us!

    The awesome ladies of Frangela -- Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton -- certainly have had their share of awkward moments in the sack, and they're here to share:





    We took a few minutes to reflect back on our own wild and weird sexual memories, and came up with a few mortifying events of our own. One involves having sex in a loft bed fitted with satin sheets, and sliding right off of it (luckily to another bed below). Another one happened when some overly-zealous nookie resulted in a chipped tooth on the headboard (ouch!). And finally, there's the good old tale of

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  • Dear men,

    Follow this advice: pick up lines are always iffy--so use them sparingly. Why? Because they backfire at an alarming rate. Sometimes they are so bad we remember them and discuss them with our friends. Yes we do. We here at Shine have heard some pretty sorry ones, ("Is that dress felt? Well it ought to be," etc) but the ladies from Frangela (Angela V. Shelton and Frances Callier) have a couple of doozies to share with you.




    In our first installment of the "Down-and-dirty guide to dating" we explore the slippery slope of questionable opening lines. Ladies, watch these two videos and let us know if you've heard worse. And to prove we can help a brother out please let us know which, if any, have worked on you and hopefully-maybe-just one guy will read this and put the good ones to use and the bad, beer-fueled, frat-boy lines to rest.

    Until then, men friends, why not just use the simple, direct and charming-enough: "Hi my name is...."?

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