Savage Love
Women and men
Dear Dan: I’m a woman in an open relationship of four years. I adore my partner. When we were first dating, it was casual...
Queer quickies
Dear Dan: I just attended the nauseating wedding of my 30-year-old niece to her boyfriend of several years. Both of them seem as gay as...
SAVAGE Love | Week of January 16
Dear Dan: I had an odd bit of awkwardness over the holidays. One of my wife’s nephews recently came out as gay, which is no problem at all for us, but it created friction in his immediate family. We were at a big extended-family dinner together, and after we sat ...
Savage Love: Nov. 09, 2023
Dear Dan: I have a question that is neither related to sex or relationships, but rather on the ethics of doing a theater project...
Kink monsters
Dear Dan: My husband and I (straight male/bi female couple) have been married 15 years. We are in our early 40s. When we met,...
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...
Down there
Dear Dan: Background: I, a 21-year-old male, enjoy receptive fisting. I’ve also had constipation problems all my life. Question: I saw my doctor recently,...
Quickies
Dear Dan: Can I still be considered sex-positive if I personally do not have sex? I’ve never had sex or masturbated—all my life, any...
Big moves
Dear Dan: I was raised in a religious home and didn’t lose my virginity until the embarrassing age of 26. I was told by...
SAVAGE Love
Dear Dan: I am a straight female who was a dominatrix for a while — and out of all the jobs I’ve had, I loved it the most. Working as a secretary — one with a master’s in writing — wasn’t that hard to beat, I guess. But professional dommes aren’t immune to workplace ...
Numb and numbered
Dear Dan: I'm a cis bi guy in my 40s who doesn’t have a lot of experience with other men. I'm happily married to...
Quickies
Dear Dan: My ex-girlfriend, who I dated for nine months, called me two months after we broke up and accused me of giving her...









