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First times: "we ended up kissing"

First time lesbian experience: "we ended up kissing"“I had always been attracted to women, but I never thought I was a lesbian,” says Avni.

At school she had always thought being a lesbian meant “having short hair, wearing oversized boyish clothes, being unusually enthusiastic about the English Premier League and generally being a social outcast”. Part four in our first times series.


Relationships

Commitment: what’s so scary about it?

Commitment: what's so scary about it?Why do we find it so hard these days to keep up a steady relationship with a partner? 

It’s not so hard to find couples who fell in love at a very young age, got married, had children and grandchildren, and have grown old together. They make sticking together for a 60 years of marriage look easy. But times have changed and so have people.


Flirting for sex will get you nowhere

Coming on strong might not be the best approach to flirting. Girls find dominant guys to be less attractive and poor conversationalists, a British study found.

Leaving a good impression on the person you’re flirting with has more to do with your motives for flirting, say the researchers.


Bling equals fling

Bling equals fling!Will an expensive sports car impress your date? Yes, according to a recent study which seems to prove that men use bling to attract mates in the same way a peacock uses his feathers.

It seems like a no-brainer that men with fast cars attract women who are interested in luxury. However it turns out things are not that simple.


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