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Mominatrix Kickin' It Old School. By Kristen Chase For many expectant mothers, the 2nd trimester does indeed bring with it a joyous and blissful renewal of body and spirit. Clearly it’s still not all puppy dogs and rose petals. But if you’ve been puking your guts out, or like me, suffering...read more |
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Mominatrix Touch Me, Baby By Kristen Chase When you’ve been stuck for however many hours a day being bugged, badgered, and bothered by little hands grabbing at you from every direction, chances are the last thing that you want is to be groped by your well-meaning spouse. I’m not quite...read more |
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Mominatrix Sweet, Sweet Fantasy, Baby By Kristen Chase If you ask any mother about her sexual fantasies, chances are they’d probably have more to do with sleep than any specific sexual act.
Is my husband masturbating in the shower while I sleep soundly for the entire night still considered a sexual...read more |
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Mominatrix It's the Final Countdown. By Kristen Chase I’m not sure I remember exactly when my husband and I had the dreaded sexual history conversation. It’s not like one of us kept count of our past conquests in some spiral bound Garfield notebook or anything.
Who does that?
And while...read more |
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Growing Pains Our Dirty Little Secret By Elizabeth Thompson My husband and I have been together for a long time (we’ll be married 18 years, this summer) and -- though, I refuse to believe that we look anything alike -- Garth (not his real name) and I have grown comfortable with each other and often times...read more |
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Mominatrix Blow Off Your Duty By Kristen Chase I recently likened giving fellatio to making brown-bag lunches for your spouse. It starts out as this beautiful gesture that you offer to him, and then becomes an obligation. And when it’s expected, it’s not so beautiful anymore but instead...read more |
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Scientific Studies from the Male Point of View What's behind door number two? By Karen Laven Men are warped in their own, unique way.
That is not a newsflash.
What never ceases to amaze me, however, is just how vast the crevasse that separates the sexes can be. Take monkeys for example. My husband, and father of our two children, couldn’t...read more |
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Mama and More Mama The only thing that matters is love and respect. By Gabriel Constans On a network show about gay parenting and during her fight in Florida over gay adoption, former talk show host, comedian and actress Rosie O’Donnell talked about her and her partner raising their adopted children. When she was asked how the youngest...read more |
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Supermarket Epiphany Revelation on aisle six. By Amy Nathan Everyone was right. My kids did deserve to grow up with a mother who was happy. And I was. I was happy with my wonderful kids and my circle of French-manicured girlfriends, latte clutches, wine times and PTO. Who wouldn't be? Our newly decorated four-bedroom...read more |
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Mominatrix Love in an Elevator? Try Skipping the Bed for Once By Kristen Chase As a college student, the bed was the last place I thought about using for sexual purposes. It cradled my body after a few drunken escapades, but as far as the horizontal mambo, the bed equated old married people with kids. So I saw my fair share of interesting...read more |
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The Warp Speed Of Sexuality Sometimes living in the age of sexuality is tiring. By Lauri Kubuitsile Sometimes living in the age of sexuality is tiring. Don’t get me wrong; I like sex despite the rumors that my husband may be spreading. There’s just so much of it around. We are swimming in it. And frankly, some of us are drowning. The ubiquitousness...read more |
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Mominatrix What lies beneath. By Kristen Chase I’ve often wondered what goes on behind the bedroom doors in suburban America. Is the frustrated mom of two who drags her son out of the mall by his backpack a swinger by night? Does the clean cut mother of four who plants her flowers in obsessive...read more |
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Mominatrix The Taboo of Sex By Kristen Chase If you’ve got at least one little mini-me running around after you, it’s fairly obvious that you’re getting some. I liken it to wearing your heart on your sleeve; a pregnant belly practically screams sex. Everybody knows you’re...read more |
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