Holiday de-stressors your therapist won’t recommend

I say it every year but I’ll say it again for my newbies: There’s a reason why therapists are annually swamped between late October and January 1, and it’s got nothing to do with the weather. It’s the holidays. 

For some, the holiday season represents the warm cozy feeling I get when I’m wrapped in my electric blanket on a snowy day. 

This blog isn’t for those people. 

It’s for you. 

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The enemy of your orgasm

Dear Dr. Darcy:

I’m going to start by saying that if I could be a lesbian, I would be. I am so tired of the guys I date giving up on me if I don’t come within 5 minutes of oral. Do girls really orgasm that fast?

My last boyfriend had a scruff and when I asked him to be careful (because his stubble was HURTING ME), he told me that he’s never had complaints before and that I was the only girl he’s ever been with who didn’t orgasm through sex.

Is there something wrong with me? Are all men like this?

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Is He Cheating?

Dear Darcy, my husband has a best friend and in the last 6-months he’s been spending more and more time with her. I’m not a jealous person by nature but I feel like my understanding is being taken advantage of.

They’ve started going away one weekend a month, alone. When she’s at our place, they cuddle on the couch under the blanket. Last month, they got matching tattoos.

Even if he’s not physically cheating on me, I feel emotionally cheated on. And I don’t know if it’s reasonable to set a boundary around that.

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