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The Art of the “Half-Clean”: 21 Rituals of a Neurotic Guy Preparing for a Date

The great thing about the Half-Clean is that it suggests that my apartment (upon my date’s entrance) is existing in its natural state; it conveys that I am a fairly well-kept person ALL THE TIME, when in reality I am anything but.

That Time I Just Listened to Breakup Songs a Lot

Sometimes I like to give in to my feelings and be a little self-indulgent. I can sob to Jewel and I don’t have to answer to anyone about that, okay?

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. Thanks For Cock-Blocking Me. Twice.

Upon meeting girls, they’d wince as they went back through their minds: “I feel like I’ve met you before.” Then it would hit them: “oh yes, the Freshman book. The picture. You like animals.” Game over.

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Twinkies au Chocolat: Surviving The First Year Of Marriage

Imagine waking up every day next to a man who has never eaten a Twinkie.

Everything We Know About Dating We Learned From Our Moms

Everybody give it up for your mama — the weekend belongs to her.

How “Reality Bites” Completely Screwed Up My Perception of Dating and Relationships

In the angst that was my early twenties, I saw a guy who could say all the things I longed to hear one moment only to take it all away the next as the most powerful, seductive man alive.

Poll: Is Not Kissing on a First Date Weird?

Do all good first dates end with a kiss?

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Turns Out, Dating Feels Like A Lot Of Work

Are we having fun yet?

So I Went to a Pheromone Party (and Almost Didn’t Get My T-Shirt Back)

Did I think that smelling a strange man’s dirty laundry would unleash heretofore hidden feelings of desire? No. But I did think fondly of an ex’s scent and the way I would bury my nostrils in his shirts whenever he left them around — almost as if the aroma itself had super powers.

How to Get Your Mother-in-Law To Stop Asking When You’ll Have Kids

I thought she understood that that’s something you never ask a woman of child-bearing age — if she does have pregnancy news, she’ll share it when she’s ready.

Wake Me Up When The Breakup Is Over, Please

I think the sixth stage of grief is “feeling like a wrung out dish towel.” The psychologists forgot about that one.

Sucks To Be The Guy Who Got a 2-Year Boner From His Motorcycle

That is like 4,380 times longer than the four hours that commercials for erectile dysfunction consider a problem.

18 Things Every Man Should Know Before Getting a Bikini Wax

If one of the red-flags holding you back from a manscaping trial is your fear of the NARB (No Apparent Reason Boner), you should know you’re not alone.

The Male Bikini Wax Diaries: In Which Kevin Gets Laid Way Too Soon

We asked three of our male contributors to get bro-zillian bikini waxes and write about it — and they actually did it. One of them, Kevin, didn’t quite follow post-op directions to the T.

The Male Bikini Wax Diaries: In Which Eric Gets Made Fun of By His Boyfriend

Almost immediately I felt like some sort of He-God who could take any amount of pain. Fight club? I’m in. Childbirth? Puh-lease. And then I remembered that I looked like my 11-year-old self with a groin-specific sunburn, and my ego deflated somewhat.

The Great Manscape: In Which We Make 3 Men Get Bikini Waxes and Tell All

The NYT said everyone else was doing it, so we sent 3 men out to get bikini waxes. One of them made a video set to music. One of them got dissed by his boyfriend. And one of them got laid immediately. Here are their stories.

The 4 Weirdest Places I’ve Ever Had Sex

“So. Are you still in that phase where you’re, like, doing weird guys in random locations?”

Is It True That Men “Don’t Know How To Feel”?

I want him to call me his girlfriend because it means that I can count on him to be there…until I can’t. The label doesn’t prevent him or anyone, really, from walking out on me any day, but it just feels safer.

I Did It All for the Nook-y: How An E-reader Saved My Relationship

“Who just razed a skyscraper?!?!” I’ve been known to shout, while bolting upright in bed and removing my biteguard. “Did the hand of Goliath just scrape away the crust of the earth?!?!”