On The League of Ordinary Ladies: Oh, Water Polo
Pedantry: the only thing that will dissuade me from an Englishman.
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On Sex Diaries: The Results
so relieved to read so many pinners are like me! i'm not alone!
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On Mini Ask a Lady: Teenage Tattoos
@Hellcat Well, I don't think you've been thinking about it looooong enough, sweetheart. Here, let me give you a paternalistic pat on the head about it and tell you you'll hate it someday.
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On Mini Ask a Lady: Teenage Tattoos
Just get the tattoo. Get whatever speaks to you most. Even if it's hideous, it's a part of you and it's a learning experience. YOLO and all that.
I don't really like them my ink much, but they're part of my body now, you know? I don't like my teeth either but I wouldn't go back in time and extend my sentence of orthodontia. I can get braces if I want, but it doesn't really matter that much. A better artist could have made my tattoos less ugly, but they're still a part of me. Just don't get it on your face or hands and it'll remain a silly yet completely genuine reminder of what you were like in youth.
But seriously, it's just your skin. Do what pleases you. You're gonna be dead someday after all.
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On The Perks of Herpes
I recently realized that herpes and HPV are just things we all seem to pick up with age and experience. It won't kill you and it certainly won't make you unfuckable (because if it did... it would stop spreading.) Don't panic when you wind up with one, but take precautions anyway! American sex ed clearly did a number on many of our panic meters.
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On Ask a Non-Monogamous Couple
I'm so happy to see this on the Hairpin. Past discussions of non-monogamy on this site end with me mashing my face into the desk.
To the defensively monogamous: I don't care who you sleep with, or how many. Generally other peoples' sexual relationships do not register on my giveafuckometer. Everyone has their favorite flavor but I'm too focused on my butterscotch ice cream to bitch about how much vanilla sucks.
To the defensively monogamous who want to pathologize my life: I wasn't judging you for your monogamy, but now I'm judging you for your apparent lack of tact. When did it start being okay to ascribe characteristics to a person based on who they sleep with?
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On Ask a Non-Monogamous Couple
@MalPal "I have never met anyone who was in a mutually non-monogamous, loving relationship."
That you know of. ;)
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On Ask a Non-Monogamous Couple
@hotdog Well if anecdotal evidence helps you change that (rather icky) opinion on poly-love, I'm a huge introvert, not at all a party girl (or whatever quantifies someone as a narcissistic attention whore) and only keep a few close friends. When it comes to sex, it takes all kinds.
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On Ask a Non-Monogamous Couple
@parallel-lines We do what single people do (hell, we do more than most single people). We get tested, only have safe sex with other people and put the kibosh on sex with each other and go in for a checkup if something looks weird. We don't use condoms with each other, though. Our partners know exactly what's up with our arrangement and are free to walk out the door if it's not safe enough for them. I pretty much assume that we both carry at least one strain of HPV, but then again, so does most of the population by our age. Life goes on.
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
I haven't owned an iron since ever. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOTHING
I love the act of it, but it's a waste of time to look 90% instead of 80% awesome, and all of the equipment required to participate in such an act takes up valuable space!