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Why Ghosting Hurts — and How POPCORN’s "No-Thanks" Helps You Date Better

You open your inbox. A mix of flirty messages, sweet attempts, and maybe one from that crush who makes your stomach flip. This is where the real

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Sex Advice | My Girlfriend Wants a MMF Threesome

Curious about MMF threeways? POPCORN's sex columnist Molly Moore gives her best advice to a guy whose girlfriend wants a MMF threesome. Plus,

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Solo Date Ideas: How to Treat Yourself to a Perfect Day

Who says dates need a plus-one? Solo dates are the ultimate act of self-care—boosting confidence, sparking joy, and letting you embrace your own

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Why rebound sex is so important

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Is rebound sex ever cool? Breaking up is no joke, but getting laid without making a commitment might just take the sting out of

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Ask Abi: Happy threesomes, finding a unicorn, and the awkward one night stand

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Dear Abi,

I'm gay and in my early 20's, in a large American city. I've been dating a guy for the last eight months. It's not quite casual but not super

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Ask Abi: Spanking, fisting, and really guys, why so many dick pics?

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 Dear Abi,

What's the deal with fisting? Is it a real thing that real people actually do, or is it just something that happens in porn films?

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Ask Abi: Talking dirty, newly poly and dating through a transition

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Dear Abi,

My wife and I have been happily married for fifteen years, and we have two children. Even at the beginning her sex drive was much lower than mine, but over time it’s dwindled

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An Open Relationship After 10 Years of Marriage

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I was an adventurous teenager. I was lucky to have sought out good information about sex and to have connected with some great communities of people. At 17 years old I was already involved

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Ask Abi: Online dating, the Mile High Club and best practices for fucking your boss

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Dear Abi,

I'm straight-ish woman in her early thirties, and I live in a large European capital. I’m newly out of a terribly codependent LTR, and I want to start dating again. I’ve

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Ask Abi: Public kink, open relationship etiquette and proposing a threesome

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Dear Abi,

I'm a lesbian in my early thirties. I've known for a long time that I'm kinky, but all of my experience has been in the bedroom with long term partners. I'd like to start

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Ask Abi: Sex Advice With A Difference

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One of my most recent articles here at Popcorn.dating was entitled Bad Advice and This Month in Glamour: ‘Let The Sex Games Begin’. I had a good old rant about how terrible the sex

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5 Ways to be a great secondary partner

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There are no set rules for polyamory, and that's one of the best things about it. One of the more common models, though, is for an established couple to continue being each other's

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Make your own rules: 4 tips for better relationships

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Relationships are complicated. They are made especially complicated because media and society portray a certain kind of relationship—generally a monogamous, heterosexual,

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Five mistakes most polyamorous people make

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I was sixteen years old the first time I got involved in a polyamorous relationship, and I haven’t gone back to monogamy since. One of the things I've noticed, over the years, is

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The Bisexual Women's Guide to Dating Women

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If you get a group of bisexual women together to chat about dating women and what their sexuality is like for them in practice, there’s one thing you’ll hear over and over again: that however

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What I look for in an online dating site

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What I look for in an online dating site

It's estimated that there are over 8,000 online dating sites worldwide, so in such a competitive market it's

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11 Types of people you'll meet on Tinder

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1. The complete bullshitter

His profile says he’s 27, but that’s probably more relevant to the amount of hair on his head.

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7 Things to consider before going polyamorous

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Sexual incompatibility, boredom, or the urge to explore another gender can be reasons to break up, but they can also be the grounds for opening up a relationship. Here's a list of things to

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8 Ways to Fuck Up a First Date

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Ways to fuck up a first date

I’ve done the whole Internet dating thing, I’ve met people in bars and I’ve had relationships with my friends. I understand that dating can be fucking

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10 reasons why you should fuck on the first date!

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When I posted this question on the Gays.com Facebook page a while back, I was more than a tad surprised by the overwhelming response from our followers: the poll was about 90/10 in favour of

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Why we cheat: The case for non-monogamy

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He cheated on me. The word has this resonance of betrayal, of lies and of heartbreak. We imagine furtive texts, secretive rendezvous, hot sex and mixed emotions. And the culture reinforces

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Bisexual and poly: a winning combination?

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Subverting categories

Bisexuality is, surprisingly, still a problematic category for some in an era when we like to classify people. Calling people

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Non-monogamy: How to come clean about it

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Everywhere we look in society we see monogamy as being promoted as the best way to live. Celebrity couples, expensive marriages, the church and television all seem to preach a message that is

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Polyamory: My personal definition

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The very personal definition and everyday experience of Polyamory from our guest author, Vivian

I'm a woman who has been in a polyamorous relationship

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The differences between polyamorous and open relationships

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Open relationship or Poly?

The media, and people in general, tend to get polyamorous and open relationships confused in their minds. They tend to

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Online dating precautions: How to stay safe on your first date

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Don't be Shy. Agree to that first online date but learn how to handle it safely.

It can be a nerve-wracking experience when you meet someone for the

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Communication is the key ...

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Yep, communication is key, it's the answer to learning, growing, dating, relationships, everything! It's that simple, but that's what makes it so hard. We're victims of our fear of speaking

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