opposites
A non-dancing writer takes a Salsa class with his wife and lives to tell the tale.
The whole Salsa thing started with my wife's friend, Autumn. Autumn is a Salsa-dancing junkie. She Salsas the way most of us brush our teeth, which is to say, pretty frequently. Recently, Autumn got Tara all fired up about how much fun Salsa dancing is, how sexy it is. Soon, Tara wanted us to go, despite the fact that I cannot dance, that I do not understand dancing.
Dancing, I am the title character in a short film called White Man in Terrible, Self-Conscious Pain. My wife, by contrast, doesn't do self-consciousness. Which I admire, no end. Preferably from the … Read More
Researchers find evidence we instinctively sniff out our opposite when looking for sex.
Words may fail us when attempting to explain away the intense carnal pull you feel for some but not others. Sure, it could be a whip-smart sense of humor, stunning penthouse apartment or even more jaw-dropping physique (all viable options), but perhaps (just perhaps) you two have such drastically different genetic backgrounds that your bodies just ache to reproduce. Pregnancy Rates For Lesbians And Bisexuals On Rise
Scary as it sounds, a group of Brazilian researchers certainly think this may be the case and claim their latest work will prove this theory even more so. Professor Maria … Read More
"My boyfriend and I are not on the same page, intellectually speaking. Are we doomed?" Alexis, New York
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Money fights are common in marriage. Here's how one couple managed their financial differences.
My husband loves to play the stock market. He picks what he considers to be up-and-coming companies that few people have heard of yet, or undervalued blue chips, and buys up their shares. As he puts it, he likes feeling like he has an "ownership stake" in companies. Sometimes, his strategy pays off. His initial investment of $5,900 more than doubled between 2005 and 2007. He bought Apple at $65 a share and watched it climb to $190. The start-up 24/7 RealMedia doubled and he sold it before it plunged. His oil companies enjoyed record profits. But he often loses … Read More
Author Karen Karbo learns that you truly can't change your partner.
My second marriage was spectacular in its disastrousness: a ten-car pile-up of misjudgment, duplicity, and, in the end, terrible behavior verging on the felonious.
For literary purposes, I'm going to the ex-husband in question as CB, which stands for cuddle bum (cuddling being the only thing at which he truly excelled, aside from lying). As the breakup fades mercifully into the distance, the reasons why our union failed so dismally become increasingly clear.
What I know now, but didn't then, is this: it's not enough for a couple to share sizzling chemistry, or a passion … Read More
