Lynda Carlyle Sex Therapist

27/04/2026

What’s the secret to making “friends with benefits” work? In my research on this subject, I’ve found that there are 3 key factors that predict positive outcomes. These include having a strong friendship base at the outset and a commitment to maintaining that friendship, communication in the early stages about rules and boundaries (what is and isn’t allowed), and having matching expectations for the relationship (you both want the same things).

Source: Machia, L. V., Proulx, M. L., Ioerger, M., & Lehmiller, J. J. (2020). A longitudinal study of friends with benefits relationships. Personal Relationships, 27(1), 47-60.

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27/04/2026

20/04/2026

Research has found that different people define s*x in radically different ways.Most research to date has focused on heteros*xual, college-age adults and their views of s*x, which reveals that penetrative in*******se (vaginal and a**l) is really the only activity that a majority definitively recogni...

16/04/2026

15/04/2026

14/04/2026

"Never in my wildest dreams did I think taking off my clothes and looking for an or**sm with a stranger in a costly hotel room would lead me into a new world." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/birthday-70-s*x-worker-aging_n_69bafd08e4b04fe25a48801e?ref=bffbhuffpost&ncid_tag=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=us_main

10/04/2026

08/04/2026

Fascinating article on squirting / female ej*******on

Some women release a little or a lot of fluid on or**sm. Many release nothing. Either way, many women and their partners feel distressed. Is it normal?

06/04/2026