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5 Reasons to Answer that Booty Call

5 Reasons to Answer that Booty Call

Late night casual sex may be just what you need.

By Tyger Danger for GalTime   is casual sex for you? It’s 2 a.m., and you still haven’t heard from him. You wait to wash the makeup from your face hoping to see your phone light up with a text from him, begging you to come over. You want to look hot, like you’ve had the night of your life.

Oh the Joys of Dating How We Love Thee

Oh the Joys of Dating How We Love Thee

How long distance relationships are for the strong willed and how some are looking for a quick fix.

Something is definitely in the water! The past few months my guy friends have become more needy and my girlfriends have become more feisty and more about the "booty call". It seems men have decided, at least this month, that they are looking for love and some are definitely looking in the wrong places. 

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The guys from 'This Means War' are definitely spies, not boyfriend material.

007 Signs He Doesn't Want A Relationship (Or He's A Spy)

Sometimes a bad boy is keeping the free world safe for democracy, and sometimes he's just a jerk.

According to films, television programs, comic books, daguerreotypes, cave drawings and divinations from wishing wells, your next door neighbor, coworker or even husband could very well be a SECRET AGENT. Spies are many things, charming, capable, physically adept, but mostly they're terrific liars. The same penchant for misdirection that makes a guy top-notch in the espionage game makes him absolutely horse plop in the awesome boyfriend department.

What Does Taking A Break Really Mean?

What Does Taking A Break Really Mean?

Taking a break in a relationship has become the easy way out of an inevitable break up.

  What the heck does “We are taking a break in our relationship” really mean? So many people are doing it today & how do they get away with it? It is the same as having your cake & eating it too ~ you may as well cut off a big piece & spoon feed it to them!

What To Do When You See A Friend Self-Destructing

What To Do When You See A Friend Self-Destructing

How can you help a friend who you think is self-destructing? Can your friendship & respect save her?

Here's a listener question I received. Dear Maryanne, One of my best friends has been unhealthily obsessed with the same guy for almost four years (we're now seniors in college). They have hooked up intermittently over this time but have never been on a date or spent any platonic time together. He has never displayed any actual interest in her or her feelings despite it being incredibly obvious that she is very attached. She refuses to show interest in any other person.

Your Ex Wants Sex...Is A Booty Call Ever Ok?

Your Ex Wants Sex...Is A Booty Call Ever Ok?

The temptation to hook up can do you in. Is sex with an ex ever a good idea? 3 Ways To Know for Sure

"I am going to be in town for a couple of days and I would love to see you." the familiar voice said hopefully. Instantly I am flooded with emotions both good and bad. We had been broken up for a few months and I had been trying to evict him from my mind ever since. Unbidden, thoughts about him and how hot the sex was, how beautiful I felt when I was with him, how romantic it was to sip wine at sunset, had been running through my mind for weeks. My brief fling with him had been the most fun I'd had in years!

Are your bags too heavy?

Are your bags too heavy?

If you don't stop carrying all those bags, you will miss the bus!

Baggage “Bag lady you gone miss your bus, You can’t hurry up, Cause you got too much stuff, When they see you comin, They take off running, From you, it’s true oh yes they do” Erykah Badu Bag Lady

What Men Really Think About You in the Club

What Men Really Think About You in the Club

Men will consider sleeping with the trashy looking girl, but will never bring her home to mama.

Men and women usually go to the club for vastly different reasons. Men go to the club to find women, find women, and to find women. Women go to the club to sometimes find a man, but also to enjoy themselves by dancing and drinking the night away with friends. Men are reactionary creatures. If you want to know what we think about you at the club, all you need to do is evaluate one thing: Your activity at the club. Men read what women give us to read. It’s as simple as that.

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Are you hanging out under the mistletoe this holiday season?

The 3 Types Of Holiday Hookups, Defined

Are you a booty call, friend with benefits or one-night stand? New study defines hookup types.

Holiday hookups may be all the rage this season — you know, right alongside temporary boyfriends and desperate attempts to hang out under the mistletoe.

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3 Ways To Avoid Being A Booty Call

Is your relationship based on love and trust—or just lust?

No one wants to be considered as a "sex buddy" or be placed in a friend with benefits category without their permission. Being treated like a "sex buddy" can have a demeaning and emotional effect on someone's image or self worth. You think it is love, but you are still unsure about your partner's position? How can you determine if it is true love or just sex? Here are 3 simple tips on how to avoid being labeled as a "booty call." Sound Off: A Friends With Benefits Relationship Is...