Savage Love
De-kinked
Dear Dan: I know you and other sexperts say that kinks are ingrained and not something you can get rid of, but mine have...
Neurodiverse
Dear Dan: As a 36-year-old straight woman with autism, I am often misidentified as lesbian because my social signaling must read as masculine. I...
Consessions
Dear Dan: I’m a 29-year-old straight male. I’ve been with my 25-year-old partner for six years. I love her and think that we are...
Savage Love | Week of July 18, 2013
Dear Dan: I am a young gay man who has been so freaked out by the idea of catching an STI that I haven’t gotten with anyone for two years. But last night, I hooked up with a cute 21-year-old FTM trans boy, and maybe because it was a person with lady parts, I let ...
SAVAGE Love | Week of December 19
Dear Dan: I’ve talked to my girlfriends, my mom and his mom, but I need some unbiased advice. I’m a 28-year-old woman in a relationship for three-and-a-half years with a wonderful man, also 28...
Cheaters club
Dear Dan: I am a guy in my 40s, handsome, more financially successful than most, and a classic sexual scoundrel. I cheated on my...
Pride and preference
I’m taking a week off, so this week’s “Savage Love” is a reprint of a column that was originally published on January 13, 2016....
Panties; Jealous; Butt plugs; Porn
Dear Dan: A woman I follow on Instagram — whose account is open for all to follow — shares highly sexualized images of herself...
Sex while separated; Demisexuality?
Dear Dan: My husband and I are currently separated on a trial basis. He took all our condoms when he moved out, and I...
Open and shut
Dear Dan: Straight guy here in a one-sided open relationship. My wife and I opened our relationship just for her and to females only,...
SAVAGE LOVE
Dear Dan: Please do a public-service announcement about the Ashley Madison hack, and request that NO ONE look up information on ANYONE other than their own spouse. I’m a former AM user. I’ve been married to my wife for 20 years. We met when we were both 20 years old...
Improv classes, dating apps and navigating kinks
Dear Dan: I’m a 30-year-old woman, and about a year ago I started taking improv classes to help combat my social anxiety. I met...