I need help.

For too long I've endangered my good name, made an idiot of myself and generally debased my own character on a daily basis.

Because of breasts.

No matter how many breasts I might see or how many I'm lucky enough to touch, the second they're gone, I forget what they looked like, felt like, and I become inexplicably, dark-magically obsessed with them again. It's like I have sensory amnesia. Oh, look at that woman's wonderful breasts! I wonder what they look like? Lemondrop: Sex Addiction—Medical Condition Or Convenient Excuse?

Because, really, they aren't impressionist art. They all have the same … Read More

So, we've discussed things of high import (same-sex marriage, heartbreak) and things that seemed to infuriate some of you (my apparently unwelcome apologies). Now the time is nigh to discuss a global epidemic, a scourge as unnatural as the acting in an Olive Garden commercial or the ending to "Shutter Island."

I'm talking about cockblockers.

I suppose, by dint of being female, that it's a bit easier for most of you to drum up action than it is for me—but by God, I know you have your own legion of clamjammers.

So, without further ado, I've compiled … Read More

We've all heard of the honeymoon period—that time of sweet relief and excitement just after the wedding when many folks are thrilled just to be newlyweds. But what is the term for the two-year, 11-month mark?

This point in a marriage (or, more specifically, two years, 11 months and eight days after having tied the knot) is reportedly when a couple's happiness reaches its peak. According to a recent survey, "Just under three years emerged as the point when couples feel completely comfortable with each other's bad habits and have a plan for their future." Lemondrop: Is "We" The Key … Read More

It's not news that sexual fluidity has been working its way into the mainstream. We all know the girl who experimented in college and then went back to guys, or the middle-aged woman who left her husband for some turquoise artisan in Taos named Deborah.

Both seem to be examples of the stronger sexual preference winning out in the end. But more and more, it's becoming acceptable for women to "hop the fence"—that is, to make the occasional gender switch-up in casual sex and in long-term relationships. I know, 'cause I'm one of 'em.

Although I'd always privately identified as bisexual, Read More

I'm a brand-spanking newlywed whose single biggest fear about marriage was the word wife.

For me, it conjures up centuries of well-worn stereotypes: Women in bonnets bent over hot stoves, and '60s Stepford-types handing over martinis with tight smiles—nothing resembling the thoroughly-2010 relationship I have with the guy I love. Lemondrop: The Obamas Prove What We Already Knew — Marriage Is Hard Work

I said "I do" to him because he's irreverent but responsible, scary-smart but socially graceful, and the person who never fails to make me guffaw. In fact, one fateful day after a bad breakup, before we were even … Read More

What's your type? Tall, dark and handsome, with a good sense of humor? Yeah, right. Lemondrop: Is Instant Lust a Dating Must?

According to a new poll, women may say that's what they want, but what they really get hot for is a slightly chunky, hairy guy with a propensity to cry during movies. Or so 2,500 women told one polling firm.

The data collected by onepoll.com found that "a little stubble" is women's number one turn-on, followed by a "geeky" personality and a hairy chest. (Gray hair and crying during movies were also among the secret peccadilloes.) Women … Read More

New relationships are always exciting. From the first kiss to the first time you go away together, everything he does always feels sweet and new—but the "honeymoon phase" can only last so long, right?

Not always! That's why we sought out advice from five couples who've definitely kept the flame alive.

On Feb. 12, Brooklyn celebrated New York City couples who have been married 50 years or more, and I dropped by the El Caribe restaurant, where the luncheon was held, to ask the celebrated sweethearts how they breathed life into a relationship after all these years. After all, we were always … Read More

A story of dubious legitimacy about a teenager without a vagina who became pregnant after swallowing semen and then getting knifed in the gut is making the rounds on the internet, after being scrounged up in a decades-old British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Lemondrop: The Scary New Depths of Cosmetic Surgery

Apparently the 15-year-old's ex came in and attacked the girl and her boyfriend at work shortly after the girl performed fellatio. Why was a 15-year-old giving her BF a BJ at her place of work? Because she didn't have a hoo-hoo—just a small dent … Read More

There are certain things you just shouldn't do on a first date, like attend a three-hour self-help seminar, enter a burrito-eating contest or get a tattoo with your date's name on it. Another item to add to the list? Talking about your ex. Lemondrop: How to Prevent a First-Date Trainwreck

As far as dating etiquette goes, chatting about your former flame ranks pretty high on the list of no-nos. In fact, doing so flies in the face of good manners, which, in a nutshell, require you to act in a respectful way toward others so that they, in turn, respect … Read More

If, like us, you're always looking for somebody else to blame for your loneliness and breadstick addiction, it's a good news day for you. Lemondrop: Stay Sane Staying Single When All Your Friends Are Married

Two new studies show that not only are parents responsible for how you look, they may have a hand in whether or not you ever find true love. Lemondrop: 4 Great Things About Being Single That I'd Forgotten

Recent research shows that we have less control over our tendency to overeat, our general body shape, and how much it "wants" to weigh—because those factors are heavily Read More