Things we rarely say out loud.

The second invitation is the difficult one.

Once can be an experiment. Twice makes everyone ask what this is becoming.

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Regret is not a simple yes-or-no box

Regret shows up in 497 of the 8,813 archived threads by our keyword search. That's 5.6% of threads where the word appears somewhere, including replies. Someone saying "no regrets" is counted too. So that figure does NOT tell us how many peo…

What would you rather not know?

Some people want a full account of an experience. Others are comfortable with an outline. There are details that create trust, and details that simply replay an image in someone's head. Where is the line for you? If you don't know, that's u…

Before sunrise

Fiction. The city was quiet enough to hear a tram turning a corner. They hadn't slept much. The conversation had wandered through old memories, embarrassing questions and an idea neither quite knew what to do with. "Well," she said. "That's…

"We are that kind of couple" is not an answer

A label can be helpful. Hotwife, stag, cuckold, open, curious, monogamish. It's nice to discover vocabulary for something you've been trying to explain. But two people who use the same word can mean very different things. Do they want to me…

Keep the photograph with the scissors in it

There's a temptation to clear a workbench before taking a picture. Move the offcuts. Hide the thread. Put the scissors somewhere pretty. Make it look as though the finished garment appeared from nowhere. Sometimes that's exactly the wrong e…