Q I’m an otherwise healthy male of 54. When I was a teen, my cock measured about six and a half inches. Not small, not huge, pretty average. I never kept track of the situation down south, but suddenly I find my junk reports in at just over four inches. WTF? Is this normal? Do […]
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Do I forgive him or do I forget him?
Q I’m a 42-year-old single, straight female who recently started dating a 36-year-old man in a somewhat exclusive, long-distance relationship. We have known each other for a short time, but have clocked hours upon hours on the phone. I have specifically stated many times I don’t want kids of my own (he does), am extremely […]
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Fingering it out
QI’m a 36-year-old straight guy, happily married for more than 10 years and a longtime reader. My wife and I are monogamous. We’re good communicators, well matched in terms of libido and slightly kinky (light bondage, Dom/sub play in the bedroom). For the last few months, I’ve been thinking about trying prostate play, and I […]
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Sex and the curious shopper
Q I’m a straight cis woman in my early 40s and a single mother. I have not dated or hooked up with anyone in years. While I miss dating, the biggest issue right now is that my sex drive is off the charts. While watching porn and masturbating once my child goes to sleep helps, […]
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Support the artists that create your fantasies
You’re probably a thief. If you’re not a thief, you have knowingly benefited from the work of another thief. Watch porn much? Maybe you aren’t a thief and you do buy your porn. Maybe you do support the creators whose content you’ve long enjoyed on Tumblr for free. Excellent! Keep paying for your smut. Changes […]
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Après pill, the storm
Q I’m a 27-year-old woman living on the east coast. I’ve been sexually active and on birth control since I was 16—almost always on the pill. I recently switched to the NuvaRing, which I had a bad reaction to: I had no libido at all and extreme mood swings/bouts of depression I could not live […]
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Hardcore research: Results from our annual Sex + Dating survey
As Carly Rae Jepsen commanded, let’s cut to the feelings. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s The Coast’s annual Sex + Dating Survey. Over 1,200 of you took the time to spill all your romantic fantasies and sexy secrets in this year’s results. Nearly half of those respondents were women, between the ages of […]
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What inaccurate sex myth did you believe for far too long?
Between public health education in schools and Google Dot Com it’s a wonder anyone these days could grow up believing old wive’s tales or playground gossip about sex. But that wasn’t always the case, as these answers to our annual Sex + Dating survey reveal. “People didn’t have sex after 50.” “Oh man, up until […]
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Halifax’s ultimate slow dance playlist
Ahhh, the awkward slow dance: a staple for just about anyone who has gone to public school. That being said, they were pretty serious business in junior high. Remember when you had to console your friend in the bathroom stall after they saw their crush dancing with someone else? Yeah, us too. When we asked […]
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Welcome to the dungeon
In the absence of the Everything To Do With Sex Show this year, the Society of Bastet is opening its dungeon’s doors to the public. The alternative lifestyles community is inviting anyone interested in kink and community building to check out their Dartmouth play-space on February 17, with hopes that a strong public showing can […]
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Dating while trans
I’m transgender, which is to say I’ve had my sex misidentified at birth. There are a lot of stereotypes about trans people, especially trans women and girls. People will say we’re “a male that becomes female,” or a “crossdressing male,” which makes dating a bit difficult. Trans women are often seen in the dating world […]
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What’s the most cringe-worthy thing someone’s said to you during sex?
This year’s Sex + Dating survey asked readers what was the worst thing someone ever uttered to them in bed. Unfortunately, you all had plenty of answers. But fortunately for the rest of the city reading this post, you all had plenty of answers. we’ve collected the best responses below. “Would you mind if I […]
