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5 Recurring Dreams of Women In Long-Term Relationships (And What They Mean)


Check out this post relationship dream analysis by Kelly Sullivan Walden on Lemondrop.

For most of us women, relationships take up the lion’s share of our lives, so it would stand to reason that our conscious, as well as our subconscious, minds are absorbed with relationship thoughts, strategies, tools to hook him, understand him — sometimes even make him over.

Most of our nocturnal sojourns are a constant stream of subtle (or blatant as a foghorn) clues to navigate the sea of love in the most opportune way. The following are the five most common dreams among committed women and how they might assist you in making your relationship more sea-worthy:

Driving in a Car Together

What it means: Time to make plans for the next leg of your journey … More »

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5 Recurring Dreams of Women In Long-Term Relationships (And What They Mean)

Ask Victor the Cat for Relationship Advice: Thanksgiving With Annoying Relatives Edition


Dear Victor the Cat:

My long-term boyfriend and I are going to his family’s house for Thanksgiving (that entire weekend, actually…they live out of state). We’ve been together for eight years, so we know each other’s family really well. In my experience, it’s impossible for his family to get together for any occasion without there being some kind of major dramatic blow-up — always about something stupid and trivial, of course. There are scenes, loud arguments, tears, people slamming doors, and storming out of houses. (My boyfriend doesn’t do any of this…he tries to be the mediator and the voice of reason.) What’s worse, his family never apologizes (to us or to each other), and nothing ever changes — they just act the same ridiculous way during the next holiday. I’m sure we can’t be the only people who see this kind of dysfunctional family behavior around the holidays, can we?) It’s gotten so bad that I’ve told my boyfriend that if it happens one more time, I won’t be able to accompany him to his family’s house for holidays anymore. … More »

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Ask Victor the Cat for Relationship Advice: Thanksgiving With Annoying Relatives Edition

“People ask me if spanking is painful,” says Babeland sex educator Cristen Kennedy, who recently started teaching a class on spanking at one of Babeland’s New York City locations. “Everyone processes pain differently. The goal is not to beat the crap out of someone.”


– Blisstree contributor Helen “Girly” Brown interviewing Babeland’s Cristen Kennedy about consensual adult spanking in the bedroom, from her post: Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Blisstree’s Guide to Sensation Play During Sex
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“People ask me if spanking is painful,” says Babeland sex educator Cristen Kennedy, who recently started teaching a class on spanking at one of Babeland’s New York City locations. “Everyone processes pain differently. The goal is not to beat the crap out of someone.”

There are times after dinner when my husband retires to our small den to work on his laptop or mess around with his iPad. It’s during that time that I’ll often receive an email. (Yes, I’m on my laptop. What else would I be doing?) “Hi there!” it might read. Or, “Whatcha doin’?” Or maybe: “Look at this camp in Maine that’s for sale.” (We can’t afford to buy a camp in Maine, but that’s beside the point.) Or perhaps: “In 15 minutes I’m going to come out there and have a piece of apple pie.” Cute. The only potential problem? These emails are from my husband, who’s sitting in the den, a mere 25 feet away from me.


– Blisstree Editor-in-Chief Christine Egan on how not to communicate with your partner, from her post: Mènage à Trois Marriage: Me, My Husband, and Our Laptops
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There are times after dinner when my husband retires to our small den to work on his laptop or mess around with his iPad. It’s during that time that I’ll often receive an email. (Yes, I’m on my laptop. What else would I be doing?) “Hi there!” it might read. Or, “Whatcha doin’?” Or maybe: “Look at this camp in Maine that’s for sale.” (We can’t afford to buy a camp in Maine, but that’s beside the point.) Or perhaps: “In 15 minutes I’m going to come out there and have a piece of apple pie.” Cute. The only potential problem? These emails are from my husband, who’s sitting in the den, a mere 25 feet away from me.

My Wife and I Always Spend the Holidays Apart (And We Like It That Way)


Last Christmas Eve, my wife Kim and I performed our annual holiday ritual.

No stockings were hung, no champagne was toasted, no duet of “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays was sung,” no gifts were exchanged. Just a couple of simple ‘I love yous” before drifting off to sleep.

270 miles apart.

For ten years running, we’ve spent the holidays apart. And it’s not just Christmas. We usually go our separate ways for Thanksgiving, too.

Kim heads north to join her family in suburban Boston; I go south to sit on my Mom’s couch in her urban Philadelphia neighborhood.

Why, you ask?

Isn’t it obvious?

We adhere to a foolproof system for reducing the holiday-related torture known as in-laws. … More »

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My Wife and I Always Spend the Holidays Apart (And We Like It That Way)