Sex & Relationships

Whether you chose to live with your partner before you were married or not, you likely know a lot of people who did. While it used to be extremely taboo or even not allowed, now many couples choose to move in together before making the commitment to…

When a spouse strays, both parties in the relationship are likely to feel like their world has been shattered. An affair — whether emotional, physical, or any other variation on "cheating" — is a betrayal to your relationship. But that doesn't…

Anyone who's ever tried to obtain birth control knows it's not always as simple or convenient as it may seem. Between finding a clinic, dealing with insurance, or a lack thereof, scheduling an appointment, and then taking time off work for the…

Birth control options have come a long way in the past several years. There are many different types of pills, as well as the more set-it-and-forget-it alternatives like the patch, the shot, the ring, IUDs, and even the arm implant. But the only…

When it comes to modern day slang I can hardly keep up with all the new terms. It seems like every day there's a new expression for something that I have no clue how to translate. One thing I've always been particularly proud of, however, is my…

When schools and daycares closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world divided into two camps, or so it felt to many parents: those with small children at home and those rewatching Mad Men. What parents are being asked to do in quarantine is not…

There are so many movies out there that examine the important but occasionally fraught relationships that moms have with their daughters. And these seven mother-daughter movies on Netflix are just a few, though they'll all be readily available to…

If you and your partner are trying to conceive, what haven’t you Googled to try and figure out what helps and what hurts your chances? If online forums are any indication, many people are curious about how female masturbation affects ovulation. With…

Although many people associate Mother's Day with feelings of love and appreciation, the day isn't so sentimental for everyone. If you and your mom have an especially rocky relationship (or no relationship at all), it can be difficult to know exactly…

Even if you’ve happily lived with your partner for years, you probably never imagined you'd spend quite this much time together. Quarantine is a unique situation (to put it mildly), as you and your partner become each other’s unofficial office…

Mother's Day is about one thing, and one thing only: celebrating moms, and all that they do for their kids. That includes pregnant mamas, too, because the work of raising children begins with those nine long months. Moms-to-be absolutely deserve to…

Without a doubt, one of the hardest things about quarantine is not being able to visit and spend time with family. This can feel especially hard for grandparents, who are used to those precious moments with little ones, and for the grandkids who…

Like many parents of only children, I am feeling both stressed and sad that my kid can't play with buddies in this time of social distancing. It's heartbreaking to take a walk and have your kid look longingly at other children, knowing they can't go…

As you progress through your pregnancy, your body will change a great deal. To accommodate those changes, your sex life may have to adjust, too. As your belly expands and your joints begin to ache, your favorite positions may no longer be feasible.…

Masturbation has long been seen as an immoral vice. By the late 1700s it was even considered a means of causing mental illness. The concept of “self-love,” as the Victorians called it, has always been tied up in taboos and some of those myths still…

If life post-pandemic promises one thing, it’s this: We’re either going to see a whole lotta babies being born in about nine months from now — or everyone and their mother is going to be getting divorced. Because even though you promised to love,…

As an expectant mother, your appetite for food isn't the only thing going into overdrive. It’s possible you’ll want to get it on — like, all the time — and there's a biological reason why women get horny during pregnancy. “Women may find that their…

By all definitions, Terry Donahue's life was nothing short of inspiring. In the mid to late 1940s she played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which later inspired the 1992 film A League Of Their Own. Now, it's the life Donahue…