Kiss-N-Tell? How to time telling our (Sexual & Other) Secrets to a new partner

Dear Cleo,In your letter, you want to tell your new date about your permanent but non-life-threatening STI*. You’re just leery of the timing. Many of us also have Secrets, parts of our health or history we know we’d need to tell any new partner…someday. But what day? Thanks to our survey respondents and empirical help, here are some guidelines that should stand all of us in good stead:

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Q&A from "Sex & The (Happily) Single Girl"

Friends With Benefits—why does that so often fail in practice—and why don’t honest discussions prevent the train wreck? Can condoms harm emotional attachment in a long-term relationship? Does social science affirm many religions’ sexual teachings—or not? Was virginity ‘til marriage ever the norm? Read on!

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Q&A from "How To Be Your Mate's Best Friend"

Wise Readers, what happens if your mate tells you Everything—and it’s a sexual turn-off? Does better Friendship actually *cause* passion to exit the building? Why do men resist asking their guy friends for help? Why do a lot of women object when men actually have friends? Read on!

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Absence & Illness: Making the heart grow fonder?

Dear Duana, Doctors told me I had terminal cancer at age 22, and my boyfriend bolted….Will anyone ever be willing to look beyond my diagnosis and love me? Or will the cancer scare everyone off?

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Q&A from “Young Love—Young Marriage?”

Wise Readers, Some young lovers can marry and thrive—and others, not so much. What’s the difference? What’s our broader culture got to do with that? Who makes it—who doesn’t—and why? And should Grant and Audrey—the couple from the original article—tell their parents of their plans at all? Read on!

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