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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...

Why Booty Calls Keep True Love Away

Why Booty Calls Keep True Love Away

Does your ex still have a key to your apartment and your heart? Girl, this love sabotage has to go!

“He keeps coming back and I let him in every time.” “A part of me cannot let go.  I want it to work out between us even though I know he isn’t the one.” I heard the sound of quiet weeping on the other end of the phone. “Is there anything in you that whispers that he might truly change and that you would feel valued, respected and loved?” I asked gently. “No.” Sighed Sarah. “I'm afraid he is as good as it gets.”

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Casual Sex? I'm Worth More Than That

Giving up booze and booty calls helped her discover she deserved better from her relationships.

Sunday morning, at 2:30 AM, I was jostled from my deep slumber by the obnoxious trill of my cellphone alerting me to a new text message. I knew it had to be one of two people. Anyone else who would text at such a late hour would be being rude, but a booty call is just playing by the rules.

Emotional Vampire

Best Of The Web: Emotional Vampires & Hitting On Dudes

Plus why dudes don't initiate divorces and how not to hit on a man at a bar.

Why men don't initiate divorces. Put a little wiggle back in your relationship. How to get rid of an emotional vampire. How not to hit on a dude at a bar. When you realize your relationship is just an extended booty call. Eye-contact during sex? Can virgins date non-virgins. Sex And The City ruined everything. Did you know young dudes are more apt to settle down? Engagement ultimatums just don't work. What if your boyfriend still has a dating profile? Ten goofy Valentine's Day promotions. And how to make your V-Day not terrible.

You Know You Might Be a Booty Call If...

You Know You Might Be a Booty Call If...

How to tell if you have a real relationship that's going somewhere or if you are a booty call.

First of all, let me state for the record, I have no issue with the concept of booty call. If both partners are consenting, and know exactly what they’ve signed up for - great. However, it seems as though women can’t see the forest for the trees inside the booty call at times. Meaning, the man involved knows exactly what it is. He defines it by his unwillingness to take the relationship further. Her friends even know what it is. However, she wants to think there is something more serious going on, or at least hopes there might be someday if she hangs out long enough.

Casual Sex Study Finds Booty Calls Have Better Sex

Casual Sex Study Finds Booty Calls Have Better Sex

A sex study says that booty calls can boast better sex lives. Maybe casual sex isn't that bad...

Going through a dry spell? According to a recent sex study, people seeking better sex lives might consider becoming someone's booty call. That's right — science is endorsing casual sex, but moreso if you're a little bored, and if you're enjoying it in a friends-with-benefits arrangement rather than in the context of a one-night stand.