Karley Sciortino

But be honest: Are you sleeping with your ex because you broke up amicably, are both happy, and think sex would be a fun way to reconnect? Lol, no.

In trying to better our boyfriends, are we being generous or taking on the world’s most Sisyphean task?

Revisiting the series 25 years on, I couldn’t help but wonder...

Love Stories is a series about love in all its forms, with new essays appearing until Valentine’s Day.

What are the “numbers” we’re supposed to hit in order to achieve sexual adequacy?

About a year ago, my boyfriend and I adopted a puppy named Romy. He hates when we have sex. Or, more specifically, he hates when we touch at all. This—according to a series of exorbitantly priced animal behaviorists—is called “possessive aggression.” Put simply, Romy is possessive of my boyfriend, so when I get physically close to him, the dog growls and snaps at me like I’m Yoko coming to break up the band. As you can imagine, this has done wonders for our sex life. Last week we were staying in…

Since turning 30, I’ve been in fake-orgasm recovery.

If the goal is to be truthful and vaguely sane, when is the right time to say “I love you”?

When relationships with significant age gaps work in your favor.

You can either smile uncomfortably and pretend to need the bathroom, or you can lean in so far that your nipple slips out and you pretend not to notice. Read each other right, and you get to enjoy the bizarre, dangerous, incredible intimacy of it all.