Sex With Emily - Breakups, Bondage, And Bisexuality

Episode Date: June 23, 2017

Sex is a journey–a path to eroticism if you will. On today’s show, Emily acts as your very own compass to keep you on the most pleasurable path possible! Are you looking for some beginner bondage tips? Wondering if your weight gain is affecting your sex life? You had a threesome with your BFF, now you’re falling for her… should you tell your boyfriend? Emily doles out her best advice on these sexual quandaries and more. Plus she discusses why Facebook and texts with the opposite sex might be a downfall in your marriage. Start your sexual path and tune in! Thank you for supporting our sponsors who help keep this podcast FREE: Magic Wand, FT London, Adam & Eve, Jo Lube  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey everyone, thanks for listening to Sex with Emily on today's show of how to navigate your sex, dating and relationship questions. Topics include, Woman wants to know why she's experiencing pain during orgasm. How much you should reveal about why you're actually breaking up with someone, bisexuality and marriage, the impact of waking on your boner, and some tips for beginner bondage. All this and more, thanks for listening. Because my man E here, he just got his heart broken, he thinks you're kind of cute. The girls got to understand. Oh my! The women know about shrinkage. Isn't it common all the way?

What do you mean like laundry? It's shrink? Can we not talk about sex so much? Are you kidding me? Oh my god, I'm off here. So, I'm going. Being bad feels pretty good. You know, Emily's not the kind of girl you just play with.

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And they're all on the website. So some of them aren't even available out in the world, but you can find them on the website if you really want to go do a deep dive on Sex Family, which I love. And I'm just been great hearing from all of you, and I'm excited for today's show. I love getting your emails, and we're gonna do a little sex in the news,

and it's going to be awesome. Hey guys, a listener emailed me, and there's something that he wrote in here that I kind of stuck out to me and I wanted to talk to you about it. So he listens to the show regularly and he likes the tolerant sex positive attitude by podcasts. And this was in response to a recent show where I answered an email from married woman

with children who was willing to explore her bisexuality. And he said that being open, communicative, and supportive to each other on the path of eroticism and sexual exploration in a couple is a key to long-term success and loss. So he also says that he's in a happy relationship for 20 years, has four children, and I just thought it was really interesting that the way that he wrote this is concept of it being a path of eroticism and sexual exploration. And that is the key to long-term success. And you know I'm not gonna say there's one thing

that is the key, but it is true that your sex life is constantly changing and your desires change over time. If you're with someone for 20 years, hopefully you wanna put your sex life up there with other things that you're working on, like being great parents and being good at your job and having a healthy life and a healthy sex life goes along with supporting each other on your path

to a radishes and think about it. Think about the different things that, you know, we're always talking about tips on the show that you can do to really enhance intimacy with your partner and try new things because it is a path, you guys. It is a journey and it will keep your sex life interesting to keep trying new things

and to stay connected and to figure out like, where are we at now? What do we like today? It might not be what you like 20 years from now, but the more that you guys really talk and explore, the couples that I know that have opened up their relationship and I don't just mean sexually with other partners, but open it up to this kind of discussion of I don't know the answers, but I don't know what Nestor is gonna work for me or you,

but let's figure it out together, really does work for a lot of couples. And I love it, I love that this is work for him. And the other thing that he ends with is that a long-term commuter relationship is not necessarily a place of taboos and forbidden as long as consented. So I feel like couples, a lot of you,

when I say you guys gonna talk and like communication is a lubrication. So I feel like couples, a lot of you, when I say you guys are gonna talk and like communication is a lubrication. What I mean by that is if you're in this relationship right now and you're thinking yourself, I really wanna try something new with my partner. I've really been thinking about role playing or tying my partner up or talking dirty, but I don't really know how my partner's gonna feel about.

And that's really taboo, or I feel badly about it, and I'm just not gonna talk about it. That's gonna have long long-term repercussions on your relationship, because anytime that we are secretly harboring these feelings of things that we want sexually and we don't share it with our partner, that's when we start having problems, because we'll start to resent them,

or we'll start to look elsewhere for that kind of pleasure. Because you guys, a lot of you just think, and I hope this is going to trigger some things for you guys in a good way, where you're like, you know what Emily, you're right. I even told my partner that I really want him to spank me. And we've been together for six years, and all I want him to do is spank my ass.

And the reason why I'm not asking him is, because I'm afraid that he's going to judge me, or he's gonna think that I'm a slut, or he's gonna think that it's really wrong. But I want to say how much, like what have you got to lose at this point? If you're a whizzing buddy and you're committed and you're married or you're just committed, it doesn't matter how you label your relationship, why not go after the things that really

it's speak to you and that you think about when you're masturbating and that you just think about, that you want sexually because I think a lot of times when people do talk about the stuff, they're really surprised that their partners are open and they are receptive. You only miss 100% of the shots that you don't take, okay? So really, if you don't just learn how to open up about these things or even to figure out what they are with your partner, you can't expect to have the most amazing expansive sex life that you can possibly have. So take those shots, talk to your partner, okay?

It's a different way of saying it there, but I want you all to know that this is part of your job of being in a committed relationship is to make your sex life a priority. And this leads me to my sex in the news, which is sort of tied into this, and I thought, oh, I gotta talk to you guys about this. Here's the headline, Internet Infidelity. Today's blind spot threat to marriage. So a growing body of research suggests texts with the opposite sex can hurt marriages. Now, we all know that if we're having an emotional affair, there's been a lot of discussion,

you know, I don't know, in the last 10 years about what is an emotional affair and is that really cheating if you don't have sex with somebody, but I think that these emotional fairs can be super damaging to our relationship, to the honesty and the trust that we built with our partner, and a lot of it can come out through social media. Okay, so this article explores some things, and what they found in this study was that there's a sense of false security that exists when a married man or married woman communicate through text with the opposite sex. In this false sense of security, there's a moral willingness to divulge and share

personal and vulnerable information to someone of the opposite sex when we're texting. That we wouldn't otherwise reveal. So we think we're like really safe and secure and we feel like we really know this person which is an emotional attachment, but really it can wreak havoc on the relationship. And there's kind of this sense that we text someone

and we reach out to them that it won't really have consequences in our current, in our marriage or in our relationship. And there's like this illusion that everything digital, just an illusion, or it's not really like a real thing, like there won't really be consequences for it. And so I think that this is really, you know,

taking a toll on its relationship and relationships because people think, well, I'm not getting what I want from my partner, but on Facebook, my ex from high school, you know, she and I have been talking again, and I'm really able to confide in her about what I want. And a lot of these things you guys just end up blowing up in your face.

I'm here to tell you that, I've had this with a lot of friends lately too. A lot of my married friends have these like secret texting things or Facebook affairs, if you will. They're just emotional. They're like, oh, well, we're just talking and reminiscing about the past or they're just sharing things that you wouldn't share with other people. And if you are in a committed relationship with your partner, I believe that it is disrespectful

and it is cheating on your partner. And it can sort of give you the sense of someone else has your partner. I believe that it is disrespectful and it is cheating on your partner and it can sort of give you the sense of someone else has your back and you can really people they tend to see in these relationships that you tend to like withdraw from your partner because you're like well someone else has my emotional back. Somebody else is going to be able to talk to me about what I'm missing in the bedroom and what's going on because my partner can't really hear me. What I found really interesting was that divorce courts, they provided raw evidence of Facebook's impact on marital relationships and they found in many countries

upwards of 75% of divorce papers, report the words Facebook and opposite sex in the proceeding. And what they found was that people were just kind of contacting old friends or lovers and they were talking about, you know, their children's activities and what we're going on and what we're going on in their lives. And that eventually, it devolved into marital woes and hardships and problems they were

having in their current relationships. Because I think what this really says is that we're all seeking some kind of connection intimacy from people other than our partners because we just don't feel like we can get it anymore. And also, we have no impulse control. It's always there. We always have our Facebook. We always have social media. We always have our phones with us. And so, I think that there's a sense of we're not even going to try anymore in our relationships because we can just read out to these people so easily and get the support that we think that we need, which isn't really real

support because it's not even the person you're in a relationship with. And it's really not increasing intimacy in your relationship. And it's probably just pulling it apart. And there are some tips in here, you know, establish guidelines with your partner. Now this might seem like, you know, God, but it's really fun texting with this person I haven't seen or this new person I just met on Facebook. But the truth is, if you have guidelines with your partner and you talk to your partner about it, you say, you know what? I, let's talk about the fact that it's not okay for you to be contacting people from the opposite sex. It would really offend me if you did it,

and I don't want you to do it. And so if you're worried that your partner's doing it, are you even find yourself doing it? I'm not saying you need to come clean and say, you know what, I've been texting a few guys lately, and I feel bad about it. Not necessarily, but you could say, let's talk about it.

I heard it on this podcast, sex with Emily that it's really common. Let's talk about some guidelines. Let's agree that we're not going to do that. We're not going to reach out to people. And I think just by saying that, it might kind of help you stop if you find yourself impulsively reaching out to people,

it might help you stop doing that. Also, you guys, stop following the people that are making you feel bad about yourself. Okay, we are all putting up these images on social media and on Facebook that painting this perfect picture and I'm telling you a lot of what we see, most of what we see, but we don't see what goes on behind closed doors. It's not really an accurate portrayal of what's actually going on in people's lives. To avoid the pitfalls and avoid the situation happening, just don't be friends with X's. Don't follow people who are tempting, people that you've dated, people that you've slept with.

And you really do need excellent self-control, which I think again is really hard. Just don't be friends with access. Don't follow people who are attempting, people that you've dated, people that you've slept with. And you really do need excellent self-control, which I think again is really hard. I think all of our impulse controls have gone down the drain with social media, but again, that's another thing you can do. And just be honest with your partner. If you feel like it's really getting out of hand, you can't kind of roll back on this and say,

you know what, I am missing something in my relationship. I am spending a lot of time staring at my phone, waiting for messages to pop up from people that I'm not married to or I'm not committed to. And I can take all that energy and put it back into my relationship and focus on my partner and growing our relationship and working on our intimacy and sexual boundaries and having amazing sex. So that's what I got for you guys today. Check your hearts, check your apps, talk to your partner, check your apps, talk to your partner, have amazing sex. I love you all.

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and how you listen to the show. Hi, I'm Malay. I'm a late bloomer when it comes to masturbation and orgasming. I had Texas Sex Ed which really only teaches STDs and the purity of having only one partner. I didn't even know that women could masturbate until I was in my 20s. The first time I came I used an electronic toothbrush. I was 23. Needless to say, I'm late to the game. I'm figuring out what turns me on, what movements I like, and what doesn't

work. I even have a wonderful partner who's totally on board to help me figure it out. Sometimes when I masturbate, or when my partner fingers me to climax, this weird thing happens. My body spasms, and it kind of hurts, usually in just the pelvic area. I can't hold my vibrator to my clit any longer or I push my partner's hand away even though I feel that I could have gone deeper into the orgasm. It totally keeps me from just melting into the experience. I'm wondering if I'm pushing myself to climax before I'm fully warmed up? Is that a thing or is this serious issue that I might have to get looked at since early late bloomer 27 Brooklyn, New York? Okay late bloomer. Here's the deal. From one

late bloomer to another late bloomer, please don't stress about it. I was just like you. I was like 20 something and I was having sex. I'm like, ah, what's the hype? I don't get it. And my friends are like, don't you have an orgasm? And I was like, what the hell's that? Don't you masturbate? Never occurred to be a masturbate. I had a Michigan education, and it was the same thing. So I'm just glad right now you're having a healthy sex life and you're communicating with your partner.

And I think it's funny about the electronic toothbrush. It's really common that people use these electronic toothbrushes or orgasm. But you guys, it's not really the most sanitary thing. So I'm just telling you, there's a lot of great sex toys that I talk about on the show. But I love that you're figuring out what turns you on and that you're communicating with your partner and that you're able to have orgasms during finger, you know, using his fingers and all that stuff. But I am the pain thing, you guys. So here's a thing.

Pain is really common. And Indiana University, which is home of the Kinsey Institute, like the last five to seven years, I think, have done a lot of studies about women in pain and sex, and it's very, very common in women. I think 80% of women have experienced some kind of pain during orgasm or during intercourse, and so, and they don't report it. They don't realize that it's a normal thing. I think women think, well, you know what?

I'm just going to suffer through it, or I'm not going to say anything, and I don't know what it is. So, I'm really happy that you, I'm not happy you're having pain. I'm happy you say anything, and I don't know what it is. So I'm really happy that you, I'm not happy you're having pain, I'm happy you emailed me this question because it absolutely is something that you should get checked out by your doctor anytime you're having pain.

I mean, go to your vinaigologists, you should be going once a year. So I would check it out. And from what you're describing here, it could be vaginismus, which the very common condition that it involves like involuntary spasms in the vaginal muscles.

What they say about it is that it could be linked to anxiety and the fear of having sex, but sometimes it's unclear what came first, like if it's the vaginismus or if it's the anxiety, and it could be like you have it with one partner and now with other partners or it could be that you've had it, so you've had it, you know, a lot lately and so now you have the anxiety or maybe you're just an anxious person and then it comes from that So they don't really know but you should definitely get checked out by your doctor and the treatment is you know exercises You guys I know you know I love keglexer sizes and they're so helpful for women of all ages So she might recommend your doctor might recommend that you do the keglexer sizes and work towards that

Definitely use you know always be using lube and stuff like that. So yeah, I think you're totally fine here. Get checked out, see what she says, and then she's probably gonna give you some great recommendations and just know that it is normal after you've orgasmed to be like,

I don't want anything right now. And the good news is if you recognize that, doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong with you. In fact, it's more common than not. The women are like, don't touch me. Just like men think. Just like men men are like I have an orgasm I just want to roll over and not be touched so a lot of women experience it. You're totally fine Thank you for emailing me and just remember guys if you're experiencing any pain or women pain during and of course get it checked out

Hi there, Emily I recently googled how to break up a relationship and found some websites that had shared views on one particular point, a point that I do not agree with and I'd love your perspective. The websites promote the idea of telling your current girlfriend the truth if you're breaking up because you started seeing someone else. Do you think it's a good idea to tell your girlfriend you're breaking up with her for another woman? My opinion. I think this scenario depends on the relationship where a longer term partner deserves to know the truth, especially if she's likely to see you with another person. Short-term relationships on the

other hand don't necessarily deserve this type of harsh reality, especially when you're interested in protecting the person you've been very intimate with both emotionally and physically. What's your opinion? Thank you for helping me get in touch with my better, more sexy self Sexes paramount to understand ourselves and you give a voice to many people who want to better understand our bodies sincerely DJ 31 Portland. Hey DJ. Okay, so thank you for you mind this question I love the things that people Google but you're right. You're going through break up You're like does she need to know that I met someone else? And I think it's a case by case basis. So kind of like you said here,

but I don't think it's, I actually think if you're in a longer term relationship, true, you know, they might see you out with somebody else, but if you, I mean, if you've been cheating on her and you've started to see somebody else, it kind of depends, I mean, if you've been cheating on her and you've started to see somebody else, it kind of depends. I mean, I don't think that she necessarily needs to know that if there's been other issues going on in your relationship. I feel like in a longer term relationship, I'm sure that perhaps seeing the other woman was a symptom of other things happening and that it's not just because of the other another woman while you're leaving her.

And so I think that you know your partner best. And if there truly is because essentially you've been cheating, sometimes I think it's not best to them. I'm against this website that says anything that there is like one way to answer this question because it depends on your current situation. Now I have to say about the shorter term relationships. I'm not sure how you define shorter term, but I didn't experience where I went out with a guy, met him on a dating app. We had like three dates, and I liked him. We had a little mini hookup. We didn't have sex, but I thought he was cute, and I was kind of into it. And he actually called me after a third date, and I thought this was very, very mature. And he said,

you know what? I think you're awesome. I really like seeing you. I've had a good time. You're an amazing woman and I, he called me on the phone, you guys, and said this. But he said, but I want you to know that I started seeing somebody a few weeks before you and we, it was just casual and I saw this weekend and we're gonna take it to the next level. So I think you're awesome. I think you're great and I just want to let you know. And I thought that that was a really mature thing to say. And I thanked him. I said, thank you for your maturity and your honesty. And I thought that that was a really mature thing to say. And I thanked him. I said thank you for your maturity and your honesty.

And I really enjoyed meeting you and best of luck. I mean, I hadn't fallen in love with the guy. I didn't, you know, it had been three dates, but I was like, wow, that's a stand up guy. So to me, I appreciate it. I think the other option, these shorter term things is when someone just ghosts you. And that feels really bad.

I mean, that feels bad for the person being ghosted, but I also think it kind of leaves this thing out in the universe with you're the one doing the ghosting that you've kind of been an asshole, men and women do this. So I don't know. I think that you just have to suss out the situation of the person that you're with and make your decision, but I don't believe in any universal cases here where you should always tell or not tell. If you're in a relationship and you have a one-off cheating situation too and you really

want to be with your partner, that's one area where I think, you know what? You probably shouldn't tell your partner. I've talked about that before, but it's just in this case, I think that you have to decide DJ if this is actually what you're talking about with your girlfriend and you met somebody else. I think that you just have to respect her feelings and see what you know her better than I do and what she can handle. If you think you're going to run into her, if you work in the same job, you have the same

friends, yeah, you might have to let her know. But, you know, if you've been cheating, I mean, I just think you've got to break this down for yourself. I'm not going to tell you exactly what to do, but you know what's going to make you feel best and what's going to make your partner feel best. So DJ, best of luck to you with a scenario. Let me know what you decide. Dear Emily, I love your show so much.

I've always been hesitant to talk about sex and sometimes ashamed of how I've felt about being aroused by certain things. Your show has helped me become more comfortable with myself, knowing that everything I'm into is normal and there's nothing to be ashamed of. My question for you is this. I've been with my boyfriend now for over six years.

We understand each other and love to be adventurous with all aspects of our lives. This past year, we've been experimenting and incorporating other women into our sex life. I've always been a little bicarious, but I've never had an opportunity to fully experiment and have sex with a woman until this last year. I loved it so much.

After some deep thinking and more experimenting, I can happily now confirm what I have suspected for a long time, I'm bisexual. However, I'm now facing a bit of a pickle. A few months ago, my boyfriend had the most amazing, beautiful, and sexy threesome with my best friend. It was amazing. It's time goes on, and I see her regularly, I catch myself looking at her body and lips and wanting her, without my boyfriend in the mix. I don't want to leave my boyfriend of six years, but I'm finding my sexual and romantic interest and I'm dwindling as I continue thinking about my best friend. I don't know what's tell either of them.

Can you provide some advice since you're the Abbey 25 California? Okay, Abbey, that's awesome. You figured out you might be your bisexual and, you know, however you wanted to find it and you're into your girlfriend. You guys have been together six years, so you're bisexual and you know however you wanted to find it and you're into your girlfriend. You guys have been together six years or 25. You've been together since you were 19 years old and it seems to me like you really just have to be, you have to be honest with him. I'm sure he already can tell that you're into it and he's happy for you.

But I don't know that you need to break up with your boyfriend because you still want to sexually your best friend because being, you Because having sex with a woman is very different than being in a relationship with a woman. So are you thinking that you want to have a full-on relationship with her? Do you picture your guys committing? You guys have been together for six years and so you're also haven't been single. You haven't had time to really figure out who you are and what you want without a guy in your life. I always think that's just really figure out who you are and what you want without a guy in your life. And I always think that just really important

in your 20s. And so I know you still really love your boyfriend and I am not gonna tell you to break up with him. I'm just saying that right now you have nothing to lose but to be super honest, like I would tell him exactly what you told me, that you love him, you don't wanna lose him, but you find yourself thinking about your best friend. And you know, this is one case where I think like there's this is a situation where you just have to be honest.

You love him. You want him in your life. If it doesn't work, you know, maybe as friends one day and I just think you have to see maybe he'd be cool. What if he said to you? You know what, Abby, I see the connection you have with your best friend and I'm cool if you guys have sex and you hang out and I'm really busy right now with work. And I think that's cool. So you really don't know because I really busy right now with work, and I think that's cool. So you really don't know, because I think you're looking for this black and white answer, and I can't tell you because only you know about your relationship and what's going on there.

Now, after you're with your best friend, you might think, God, I'm going to try to do other women, and that could definitely be a problem. You might decide, I only want to see women, so I don't really know where you're at, but I can't tell you what to do other than that you have to be honest with him. And then really think about what you want right now, because you don't really know yourself. I think as 25, we're still figuring ourselves out. I mean, believe me, it's a lifelong process of figuring yourself out. But right now, I think I think he's an amazing boyfriend that he's been patient and caring, and you had a great threesome. But again, talk to him, be honest, and then really take some time

to decide what you want. You know, maybe it's a little break. And I think if you're, you should also talk to your best friend about this. But in respect to your boyfriend, talk to him first and then talk to your best friend and see what happens because I don't want you to lose that friendship either. Okay, good luck to you Abby. Hello, Emily. I'm Willie. I'm 25 and I'm engaged to my beautiful fiance. We've been together for five years and I proposed last year. When I first met my fiance, I was really in shape and I love taking care of my body. We had a lot of sex and experimented about two to three times a week. Fast forward to today, four years later. I'm overweight and we have

sex once every two months. I'm trying to get back into shape, but life has kept me busy. I'm starting to do things that you've talked about in your podcast like going down to my fiance. She's really into it, but when it came time for intercourse, let's just say my soldier wasn't standing in attention. So I just finished by pleasing her. I felt left out of sex and my confidence is definitely dwindling. Does being overweight mess with your sex drive isn't normal for an overweight person to have challenges with getting hard and staying hard. Thank you, Emily. I love the show.

I'm a big fan, and you really make a difference in people's lives. Thanks, Willie, 25 Odessa, Texas. Okay, Willie, I wish I could tell you that, no, it's fine. Just keep eating, not working out, and doing what you're doing, but it's true. Just keep eating, not working out, and doing what you're doing. But it's true that you're being healthy really does have an impact on your sex drive and

your desire. So if you're overweight, it can certainly mess with your sex drive. And when you're overweight, what happens is for men like you have a derop and testosterone, which directly will affect your sex drive. And overweight men are 2 and a half more times likely to have a rectal dysfunction, which is what you're experiencing right now. So diet and exercise are so important.

I mean, I can't tell you and you know this, okay? So I know you're really busy and I know that life's gotten in the way and this probably is compounding. You're probably thinking, oh my God, I'm not having sex, it's stressing you out. You're feeling less like a less of a man. And then you're like, and that's depressing you,

and probably the last thing you want to do is go to the gym, and it makes you want to order some Kentucky fried chicken. So I get that, I totally get that vicious loop. But even if you start small and you're like, you know what, I'm gonna get summer right now. If you can go out, I'm gonna go for a walk after dinner. Or I'm just gonna go to the gym for 15 minutes. I had a friend who was going through the same thing

as you, a woman actually, who was feeling that she, her sex drive had taken a nose dive. She had a baby like two years ago, hadn't lost the way, and I said to her, I said, just go for 15 minutes of the gym. Just 15 minutes, just go and do it, and she took her like a month, and I kept saying, just go now, and she went, and she ended up staying for half hour, and now she's going for like an hour every day.

And so I think that it's kind of overwhelming to get your health on board and your sex life on board, but it absolutely will affect it for men and for women because think about it. When we feel good about our bodies and we're putting good things in our bodies, we don't have to be perfect. But when we're on this track,

we are just gonna feel better. We're gonna feel sexier. We're gonna want sex more in everything in our life. It really doesn't prove. Our body image improves our self-esteem. So, Willie, that is the deal. I'm telling you, I'm sorry, I can't tell you that yeah, that's not going to do anything for you by staying overweight. You actually have to get this under control. So, don't worry about it. You can reverse it. It won't take you a lot of time in the sense of just to get started. I think that even just the effort of getting started and knowing

that you're taking steps towards losing the weight and getting in shape, you're going to start to feel better in no time. I know this. Okay, Willie. Good luck to you. I'm glad your girlfriend's being cool. I love that you're going down in her, but you got to do you. Okay?

Thanks, Willie. Hi, I'm Malene Kru. I'm Stefan. I'm a 29 year old male from Berlin, Germany. I recently started listening to your podcast during my work commute. You and your team are doing great work. I've been with my girlfriend for about nine months. Our sex life is awesome, and we often try new things. We talk about our sex life, enjoy our intimacy, and we have no issues climaxing with one another. We also have a great collection of toys and enjoy the bondage ones.

We'd like to get more into bondage. Can you recommend some reading or DVDs we could watch together? We'd like some inspiration and guidance. Thanks to advance and key up the great work. Stefan 29 Berlin Hey Stefan, thanks for this question. I realize it's been a while since we've like talked about BDSM or had a show about it and you remind me that maybe you guys are ready for some more uh... some bondage talk. Put Steph and let me first answer your question. So first of all, I love your relationship.

I love that you've been together nine months and you guys are having awesome sex and you're like, let's keep trying new things. Because that would be my advice for so many couples that you know sex is great at the beginning but it's never too soon to keep working on it and trying things that you both find interesting. So as far as bondage and DVDs, okay, so Medore's expert guide to sensual bondage is a DVD that I recommend, and it's Medore M-I-D-O-R-I-S.

We can also put this in the show notes. And if you could find it, I would Google it so if you can get it sent to you. I'm also thinking that in Berlin, you must have a lot of great sex shops, sex toy stores that you could find it, I would Google it, see if you can get it sent to you. I'm also thinking that in Berlin, you must have a lot of great sex shops, sex toy stores that you could go into, and you could ask the people there. I'm sure they've got like books,

and they've got DVDs, or maybe they even have a website where you can stream some of them. So find, you know, can kind of find what you're looking for to move it along for you. And then books, 50 Shades of Kink, by Tristan Tero Mino, T-A-R-O-M-I-N-O,

and then, okay, I do not recommend porn sites as a way to learn about anything sexual, to be honest, right? I mean, they can definitely porn serve the purpose in your life, but it's not technically how to learn how to sex, however, kink.com. Kink.com's pretty amazing, because when it started, like, I don't know, like 17 years ago,

I mean, they've pretty much stuck true to their mission that it is a BDSM kink porn site, but the way they do it just feels like there's a lot you could learn from watching it because they have all different kinds of porn, like a BDSM extreme, to the little less extreme, the women there are all consent to everything that's happening unlike a lot of porn that you see in the tube sites where you're like, is she really enjoying

that? I don't understand the pleasure in paying things. So I might recommend watching some stuff on Kink. We also have a blog post on our site called The Inns and Out of Rope Bondage by Stella Harris. So check that out. And I would say that you guys have some fun with it. If you're looking in fearlessly to this, you're like, what is BDSM? What do you mean about it? You know, what do you mean about BDSM and bondage and kink and all this stuff? It really can

be just as much as like getting a blindfold and taking away your partner's eyesight because whenever you remove one sense, all the other senses become more heightened. So even if you're just doing that, doesn't have to be like some fancy knots and ties and all that stuff. It can just be a silk tie or you can buy something from sports sheets If you click on the sports sheets banner on our website. They've got a oh my god They've got bondage carrots like literally everything that you ever wanted. They've got velcro cuffs and they've got sheets You can put on your bed that have like you always have your you know underbed restraints and they have ticklers And they have vloggers and stuff like that

So I think there's a lot of things you can do and you can get, and really it's a matter of playing with your partner. It also is a way of enhancing intimacy with your partner, believe it or not, people might think it's kind of like this active violence, but really, you both have to consent to it. So Stefan, you both are consenting, it sounds like.

Having a safe for it, no, I don't know how far you're gonna take it, but it does help to have a safe word. A lot of people recommend using the traffic signal. So red is like stop, that's really painful. Yellow is like caution, like it's good, but just you know, proceed with caution and green is like, go, that's so hot. So that could be your safe words.

And that's kind of like a guideline for a lot of couples to kind of let their partner know what feels good. And I think that that's some good ways to go, you guys. That's some things check them all out, books, blog posts and enjoy it Stefan. Let me know how it goes And you're lucky you're in Berlin because I think you're gonna find some good mentors there Okay, everyone. Thank you so much for sending in your emails and hanging out listening to the show and for telling your friends You guys are awesome really I love hearing from you and I love hearing from all couples lately. You've all told me that you're listening with, you know, you're listening with your partner. And I think that that can really help enhance

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