Dear Miss Information,
I'm not very sexually experienced. I've only slept with one person — more of a friend-with-benefits than a boyfriend. He bought me a vibrator right before we broke up. I never had the courage to break it out and neither did he, so we never actually got to use it. This is going to sound stupid, but I can't figure out how to get it in and make it stay there. Every time I try, my pussy just kind of pushes it out. What the fuck? Am I too loose? Ejected


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Dear Ejected,
On the contrary. You're probably too tight. You need to relax, Ejected. It sounds like your muscles are clenching up. Sometimes a lightweight piece of plastic is no match for an aperture capable of expelling nine-pound humans and ping-pong balls.

There's also the matter of lubrication. Are you using too little? Too much? You might want to try a vibe with a different size or shape, or the same one you're already using but on a lower setting. You ever see someone's cell buzz so hard it falls off the bar table? Same principle.

What about the way you're using it? Try sitting up vs. lying on your back, on your side, stomach, bathtub (if it's waterproof) and see if that makes a difference. Forgive me if this sounds rudimentary, but are you holding on to Buzz Lightyear with one or both hands? If not, grab on. Your little lady's strong, but C-cells have an unfair advantage.

Finally, just cause all that plastic's there doesn't mean you have to use it. I know a lot of females who only use the first inch of their vibe. Penetration, schmenetration. They just hold it against their clit. Same orgasm, and if you wear panties you can drastically cut down on the number of times you have to wash the freakin' thing. My dishwashing aversion extends to dildos, so it's great for lazy sluts like me.

Until Jobs and Gates come out with a self-cleaning sex toy, check out the Luxury Collection at GoodVibes.com as you're scoping out a replacement. I'm particularly in love with the YVA Steel. (Velvet rope and hunky museum guard sold separately).


 
Dear Miss Information,
I've been "dating" this guy for three months. We rarely see each other. We've only been out six or seven times. Last time we got together, I decided I didn't want to drink or fool around with a guy who calls me so sporadically. But I've caved in, because he's one of the few men I've met who's my age and doesn't seem ancient. I usually date men in their late twenties (my bad, and a subject for another letter) even though I'm forty-one. Recently he wrote me a short note, acting as if there hadn't been fifteen days of silence. I wrote him back telling him I didn't want to pursue this any further.

He wrote me back a long letter about his complicated work life and all the business trips he's taken recently. He says I should have pursued him more and he's very disappointed. Come on. He's spent hundreds of dollars taking me out those few times over the past three months. Does a man do all this just for sporadic sex? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes! He has never made any noise about wanting to be my boyfriend. He says if we get more intimate, I'll be on his mind more.
That's BS. This man literally forgets I exist for weeks at a time. This is not the first guy this has happened with. Is there a new trend toward men having a bullpen of women they "date" very sporadically over a few months, hoping that six or seven dinners will buy them intercourse? Wouldn't it be cheaper just to hire a prostitute? — The Ghost and Mrs. Demure



Dear Mrs. Demure,
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Demure. This guy's a john just because he doesn't call you enough? That's some pretty fucked-up reasoning. Yes, whether you're getting laid factors into anyone's motivations. But to use it as the be-all-end-all is over-simplifying. Your booty's good. But it's not that good, sweetie. "All cats are grey in the dark," says kite runner and cougar lover Ben Franklin.

Despite your sexist, one-size-fits-all explanations, I do think you're an emotionally perceptive person. You realized the impact Amnesia Man's actions were having on your feelings and set up protective boundaries. Then you went back and violated those boundaries. Bad, Demure, bad. Now you're blaming him. He's a jerk who just wants sex. All men just want sex. He just wanted to get me drunk on expensive Bourdeaux and out of my lobster bib.

I know a very cute, very cool guy named M. He always wants to spend more time together, I blow him off. Why? Because he's made it clear he doesn't want a relationship. I do. For that reason, I feel justified assigning him lower priority and acting kind of flaky. I tell him I'll hang out and then I cancel. One minute I'm flirting like a madwoman, the next I'm pulling away. Who's more of a sleaze? Me or your guy? I'd say it's about equal. We're both acting in line with our priorities.
Amnesia Man isn't necessarily wrong. He's just wrong for you. As hard as it is, you have to not try to form ideas and biases against entire genders and people you haven't even met yet. It doesn't guard against bad apples. It just repels nice folks, because you come off bitter and jaded.

 


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Commentarium (9 Comments)

Oct 25 07 - 4:03am
dd

Loved the Ben Franklin link, only you would have found that!

Oct 25 07 - 11:55am
R

Um, Amnesia Man sounds like Married Man.

Oct 26 07 - 12:04am
sd23

erin-
are you not with ewok anymore? what happened? did i miss that? i had a little crush on both of you, so...
i want to have that blogger/commentor slumber party!
xoxo,
d

Oct 25 07 - 7:59pm
gmr

One other point on this "flaky" guy. She's in her forties. So is he. He wants to have occasional casual sex BECAUSE HE CAN! I'm in this age group, and many women I meet are divorced, had and raised kids, and don't see any need to have a more formal relationship. If he's looking good in his forties, he's got lots of women who also want occasional and casual. If she wants a relationship, she needs to say so, and accept the end of the play dates if he says no.

Oct 26 07 - 1:38am
GS

" All men just want sex"

" I tell him I'll hang out and then I cancel. One minute I'm flirting like a madwoman, the next I'm pulling away. Who's more of a sleaze? "

Nice.

Well reasoned.

Thank you very much.

Gregory Sayles

mckernan@swbell.net

Oct 26 07 - 9:12am
REM

SD: I asked the same thing a couple of months back. Erin said it had come to an end (and I had the same reaction -- I was rooting for them both), but was too discreet to give details.

Oct 29 07 - 3:55am
SG

The Ben Franklin quote is a classic, I've never even heard of it before. Nice.

As for the guy disappearing on her for weeks at a time and then acting like they're still in the middle of the same conversation, I've had that exact same thing happen to me with one woman I was dating, and it's not cool, so I tend to sympathize with her. I think what it comes down to is just two people who want very different things out of each other, to the extent that it's probably irreconcilable.

Oct 31 07 - 5:48pm
br

Hi Miss Information.
I was reading your advice to Demure. At one point you said:

>>"All men just want sex."

And then at the very end you say:

>>"As hard as it is, you have to not try to form ideas and biases against entire genders and people you haven't even met yet...you come across bitter and jaded."

Tell me. Do you ever read your column once you finish writing it? You know, to make sure the message is coherent.
This is hypocritical misinformation, MISS INFORMATION.

Nov 07 07 - 3:39pm
am

Learn to read, br. She's paraphrasing the letter she was sent. Sheesh.

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