News
My Husband Knows What He Needs to Do to Secure Our Future. He Seems Incapable of Doing It.
22+ hour, 30+ min ago (314+ words) I'm married to a sweet, supportive, wonderful husband (I know, clich" start) who has atrocious credit and seems intent on doing nothing about it. We're working on having kids and potentially need to buy a bigger house (and a bigger…...
I Want to Have a Baby With My Wife. She Has Some Upsetting Rules for the Process.
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (285+ words) This is a newsletter bonus question. Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. My wife "Nadia" and I have been married for six years, together for 10. Our marriage is…...
I Just Found Out What My New Lover Used to Do With Her Husband. I Could Never Compare.
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (376+ words) Our sex life is better than good. I have learned throughout our relationship that she and her husband used to swing, and beyond that, she is way more "experienced" than me. My concern is that she may. .. How to Do…...
My New Boyfriend and I Had the Absolute Best Sex. Then I Got Hit by a Car'and It Turned Pretty Weird.
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (723+ words) My now-boyfriend and I were hooking up with intense physical and emotional chemistry and no commitment for about six weeks. Then I was hit by a car, and we made our relationship official literally in my hospital room. When I…...
My Former Student Fell Hard for Me. Now Our Relationship Feels Like a Minefield.
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (203+ words) Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years'so we're diving into the How to Do It archives to share classic letters with our readers. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It's anonymous! All of…...
My Husband Associated a Very Strange Thing With Sex When He Was Young. He Still Can't Shake It.
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (387+ words) Going to Taco Bell Is Out of the Question Dear Going to Taco Bell, I'm a woman who just turned 30, and I have had terrible periods all my life. I've just accepted that this is the way it is and…...
My Husband and I Had a Harrowing Encounter With a Bear. I Never Imagined the Way It Would Transform My Sex Life.
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (397+ words) I'm a 49-year-old widow, and I've started dating again. This man I've been seeing, "George," is very nice and stable, and I am ready to go forward with him. But there's something I maybe should bring up from my last…...
My Husband Doesn't Exactly "Measure Up." A Group of Women Has Made Him Acutely Aware of That.
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (645+ words) Man putting his face in his hands. How to Do It is Slate's sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It's anonymous! Dear How to Do It, My husband, "Ron," and I just attended…...
My In-Laws Pulled a Cruel and Devastating Stunt at Our Wedding. I'm Not Sure I Can Ever Let It Go.
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (182+ words) Still Smarting in the Sunny South If you're going to address this, I wouldn't try to do so in the runup to another wedding. Everyone will be focused on and probably stressing about that if/when it happens, and it's…...
I'm a 40-Year-Old Woman in My First Serious Relationship. I Think I've Found the Ideal Man, But I Can't Shake an Unsettling Feeling.
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (241+ words) I'm a 40-year-old straight woman, and I've never been in a serious romantic relationship. I have plenty of wonderful people in my life, but I've been a particularly late bloomer. I've recently begun dating a 47-year-old man who is lovely;…...