Orange juice with pulp December 23, 2022 at 01:39AM

I (24F) am dating again for the first time in a long time. My prior experiences with sex are all from when I was 18/19 years old, and were pretty casual. It was basically just me mindlessly or drunkenly hooking up with people from parties, and I never saw any of them more than once. It was fun, but I pretty much just rushed through it and followed the man’s lead. I have in the past year been exploring my own sexuality and can bring myself to orgasm easily, and overall I feel much more comfortable with my body. I just started seeing someone new and for the first time I am being faced with potential intimacy with someone who I care about. I am having a whole lot of trouble getting out of my head and enjoying the experience. We haven’t had sex yet but it’s gotten close, and I feel almost a sense of dread and panic about it, even though I’m very attracted to him and really enjoying our time together. I am realizing that I don’t truly feel sexy or lovable. Any advice for how to become more...

The Big Short is a fantastic biopic about the 2007-09 housing market crash and what caused the recession. Sure, it does have Margot Robbie naked in a bubble bath, but she's explaining how the housing bubble formed. Sure, there is a scene with a stripper in a strip club, but the guy she's with is only paying her to tell him about her mortgage and is complaining about the loud music and trying to get her stop dancing. But there's no sex. December 23, 2022 at 12:32AM

I’m 28F, he’s 28M. We started off as friends and became really close. Three years ago, his fiancé, unfortunately took her own life. (Do not ask why). But I know he carries that guilt with him and he has ever since. He hasn’t had anyone in his life romantically ever since because he feels shame & that it’s like cheating on her in a way. He’s battling the need to move on and move forward, but his habits keep him back. We started to bloom into more than friends, somehow, for about a month. I am a lover of all things beautiful in the world, I love poetry and romcoms. I’m very compassionate, and I try to find the beauty in everyone. He makes fun of me for loving fairytales and romcoms. But he was that guy before… he did have it in him. As things started to progress between us, he gets very uncomfortable talking about real feelings. If I try to jokingly make any kind of moment that would resemble a romcom at all, or any kind of sappy romance, he gets irritated. I’m not trying to upse...

Hey I just got off the phone for the first time with a girl I’ve been talking to for a few weeks over texting. We would’ve talked sooner but have both been busy. Anyways during the call, she seemed very interested and friendly and I could sense that she was also nervous. I noticed 2 big things. She worked my name in occasionally to the conversation. She didn’t ask any questions really. For number 1, I felt bad because not once did I say her name at all and I feel like she was showing interest here and I unintentionally didn’t reciprocate . For number 2, I did the majority of the talking. I asked her questions and would listen keenly. Sometimes when I thought she was done (long pause), I’d talk but she would start at the same time. Whoops! Also I’d comment on her responses and she would respond to my responses and it flowed but during any pauses she didn’t initiate a new topic or didn’t ask questions back. I even joked about hoping I didn’t talk her ear off and she said I wa...