Having Trouble Finding Casual Sex

Over on the Good Vibrations Magazine, I received a comment from a woman whose husband travels a lot. The two of them have a non-monogamous relationship and she’s had some difficulty finding casual partners:

I wanted to address your concept of having casual sex in a positive fashion, and how difficult that seems to be, especially for men. It’s a paradox…most men seem to choose casual sex because they don’t want to have to deal with “relationship” stuff, but if you’re sleeping with someone on a regular basis, you’re having a relationship, albeit one that leads to the bedroom and not the altar. It’s much more difficult to have casual sex than a committed relationship: it takes honesty, openness, integrity and an extremely high degree

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Keeping Your Online Photos Private


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I have to admit that I wouldn’t have thought of this if I hadn’t read about it, although if you’re a techie, this probably won’t surprise you.

According to a blog post at Come As You Are, there’s a potential privacy issue that results from something called EXIF data being added to your photos. Most digital cameras add information about the photo, such as the date and time it was taken, as well as camera settings, and a thumbnail of the photo. A few phones also add geotagging to photos, which is when the latitude and longitude of the location where the photo was taken is added.As phones get smarter, I expect to see this more and more often.

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poly speed dating

I’m sure you’ve seen all the speed dating events out there in the world, but if you haven’t, here’s how they work. For a short time (2-5 minutes), you chat with your “speed date.” If you like the person, you generally mark that on a card provided by the organizer. If both people indicate a wish to continue the conversation, you’re given each other’s contact info and you can take it from there. It’s a fun way to meet lots of people, although you don’t get much chance to get beyond first impressions.

Ever since I first heard about speed dating, I noticed that the events are mostly for heterosexual folks and I wondered if anyone was going to try to create something similar for …

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