Cuddling on Shine

Do Men Like to Just Cuddle?

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Advice from three of Em & Lo's guy friends. This week a straight woman asks, "What do you guys think of a new date…

I Like Kissing and Cuddling Better Than Sex

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I've been wondering whether I'd choose kissing, cuddling, or sex if I had the luxury of choosing with a particular girl. Before deciding, I figured I'd take a quick look at the pros and cons of each: Kissing Pros:

College confessional: Do you suffer from "couple's stamina"?

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I was first introduced to the term during an episode of How I Met Your Mother. It refers to how couples drastically differ from single people at parties. You can always tell who's single at a soiree: they drink like it's an Olympic sport, mingle like the Ebola virus, and dance like they're on MTV's Spring Break coverage. Couples, on the other hand, arrive at a party and immediately look for somewhere to sit. They relax for a while, talk mostly to each other or other couples, yawn occasionally, and then leave the party pretty early to go home and watch TV, have sex and/or sleep. Thus the term "couple's stamina."

Advice from our guy friends: My boyfriend won't cuddle. Help!

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Q: Why doesn't my boyfriend like to cuddle? Gay Committed Guy (Terence): Boys don't like to cuddle 'cause it rarely means foreplay. Cuddling is an end to itself. You cuddle, and that's it. No climax. And half the time you wind up with a kink...

Question of the day: Are there guys you'd rather cuddle than hook up with?

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Our Sex + Love editor Erin Flaherty wrote earlier this week about "cuddle parties," an increasingly-popular non-sexual slumber party where you and a bunch of folks who you may or may not know lay around snuggle each other. It's intended to be a way to get a little quality affection...