“It’s definitely an irrational fear but the thought of even the briefest awkward interaction will keep me from buying condoms. Help!”
Dear Di
The Valentine’s Day formula is understood to be made up of three major components: flowers, chocolate and love.
If you are in need of a playlist to weep to, Di suggests some songs to get your heartbreak playlist started!
I know the first 20 minutes have to be entertaining enough for the dance of small talk, but it should also not be so entertaining that we genuinely get invested. Any recommendations?
I just watched ‘Love Actually’ for the first time and audibly scoffed at multiple scenes that made my girlfriend cry. She has watched the movie every December for years and I could tell that all of the tropes I found laughable were actually having a profound impact on the person I love.
If using their name in sex is going to take you out of the moment that is a valid reason not to want to use it. In the instance that their name holds more meaning to you than they realize it can be worth discussing if you find enough enjoyment from your time with them.
Am I too trusting and do I need to be more discerning? In the most unflattering terms: am I desperate?
If you think this halloween will be your last (with your current partner), here are 10 couples costumes that highlight the potential incompatibilities with your significant other.
I need more time to be a stupid-young-person before I start thinking about marriage.
If your boyfriend can’t let go of the habit and takes these responses as gospel, start making accounts to respond to his posts. “Yes you’re the ass hole and you should apologize by: *insert chore/sexual favours*.”
If you are looking for a life partner and are bored this early on, I’ll encourage you to stop wasting both your own time and the time of your current partner.
Di Daniels, the fulcrum’s resident sex and relationship expert advises on how/if to judge a relataionship while single.
It’s easy to get bored of the archetypal university student weekend. Everyone’s had to tap out of the golden triangle club rotation eventually, myself included. But how can you get back to enjoying the routine?
This is without a doubt a difficult situation to be in: everyone looking at you, repulsion in their eyes as they assume you’re publicly watching porn for all to hear, without a care in the world.
I ate tuna four days in a row this week, but that’s for my roommates to know, for people to read about only under the safety of a pseudonym, and for my crushes to be deliberately obstructed from discovering.
Disclose that which you have but don’t say, “Oh, god. Oh, god. It burns. It burns so bad, deep in the marrow of my bones.”
We barely broke double digits in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines and it was barely ten p.m. on New Year’s Eve when our neighbours knocked on our door complaining about the barely-there noise — have a heart, man.
The phrase, “if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all,” was first said to a political science student who had one too many controversial opinions in a crowded 8:30 a.m. Montpetit lecture hall
I will always pick the funny and sweet guy over the cool and interesting one.
If you’re playing “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke on the first date, there simply will not be a second.
Since leaving my high school, I’ve been startled by the middle-school-dance-style line in the sand between men and women.
How do I make the ick work for me?
The University of Ottawa is severely lacking a 1000-level course on the Sandy Hill housing market.
Most people’s totally put-together picture-perfect lives are just that: a picture.
Protect yourself from STIs, of course. Just make sure to do the same for heartbreak, as well.
