If you’re still looking for a Valentine’s Day gift for your partner, you can always steal an idea from one of these folks. Asked to share your favourite gifts from lovers, readers of our Sex+Dating survey wrote in about both tangible and intangible presents. Judging from the answers, it looks like Haligonians are pretty good […]
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How did you meet your current partner?
Does it come down to fate, Tinder or a combination of the two? When we asked readers “What’s the best way to meet people?” 41 percent of Sex+Dating survey respondents said “through friends,” followed by mutual hobbies/interests and dating apps/sites. In true Halifax fashion, some of you found love at a bar or a music festival. […]
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When did you know it was over?
Relationships sometimes last forever, but, let’s be honest, they usually do not. How does one tell if it’s time to move on? “Every single time my bf starts fucking other girls is a good sign it’s over,” advises one Coast reader. When they cheated was a very common answer for when this year’s Sex + […]
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How Halifax spends its Valentine’s Day
You party animals! Most of you are…not doing a damn thing for Valentine’s Day. Zip, zilch, zero, according to Sex + Dating survey-takers. Maybe V-Day isn’t a big deal for most folks these days. Alternatively, perhaps you’re all losers. Who’s to say? Not us, we who will be spending Valentine’s Day queuing up outside the […]
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Halifax’s sexual soundtrack
This year’s Sex+Dating survey respondents had a variety of musical tastes (to say the least) to get down and dirty to, but some of you don’t enjoy rocking out during the deed at all. “I don’t listen to music when I have sex,” writes one reader. “You miss the signs and sounds your partner makes. That’s […]
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Halifax’s weirdest sex dreams
You all have terribly dirty minds and we love you for it. Here’s what readers of our Sex+Dating survey told us were their weirdest sex dreams. No judgement here. OK—maybe a little judgement, but we still love you. ——— “I was having sex with my roommate/best friend’s new boyfriend while she watched. I do not […]
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Soulmates don’t have to be romantic partners
Conversations about soulmates bring up a lot of questions. Are soulmates even a thing? Do you get more than one soulmate? What if you live on opposite sides of the world? What if they die before you meet them? Most readers seem to believe in the concept, but those who responded to this year’s Sex […]
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Confess a sexual secret that you’ve never told anyone else
[Image-12] The beautiful folks that took our annual Sex + Dating survey had been bottling some deep secrets, and all we had to do was ask nicely in order to get them to spill. From solo fun to infidelity, to beautiful dark twisted fantasies, these are Halifax’s sexual confessions, now try and keep them to […]
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What’s the biggest question you have about sex and dating?
[Image-10] After asking you a bazillion nosy questions about your wants, needs, parts and partners, it was only fair that we opened the floor for questions from the Sex + Dating survey-takers. But because we’re not Dan Savage, we don’t have the answers to these questions (except for the herpes one, the answer is NOW). […]
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What does your partner do during sex that drives you wild?
[Image-11] So how does Halifax get its jollies? In this year’s Sex + Dating survey, our readers kindly peeled back the covers and anonymously revealed all the juicy (sometimes literally juicy) details—the grabbing, moaning, nibbling and sucking—that make them weak in the knees. Take a gander and maybe add a few moves to your own […]
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How to find a date on New Year’s Eve
If 200 Cigarettes taught us anything—and it taught us everything—it’s that you better know where your date is on New Year’s Eve. It’s the most important night of the year, and not just for Kathy Griffin. There’s a predetermination of romance. That kiss at midnight will crystalize your love life for the next 365 days […]
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The New Year’s Eve single’s drinking game
Being single for the holidays can feel lonely, especially at a New Year’s Eve party when the clock strikes 12 and you’re watching all the couples kiss and celebrate another year of love. Sure, you can blow one of those noisemakers and pretend it doesn’t bother you, or you can turn your desperate loneliness into […]