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Fantasising about my girlfriend’s best friend

Fantasising about my girlfriend's best friend“I’ve never felt so guilty in my life,” says Anmol. He’s been with his girlfriend for two years but lately he’s found himself fantasising about her best friend.

“I don’t want to mess up my relationship over something like this but I really don't know how to get her friend out of my mind,” says Anmol. “I’m turned on every time I’m around her.”


G-spot mystery sparks a row

G-spot orgasmDoes the G-spot exist? Women who enjoy intense, squirting orgasms say ‘Ooooh, yes!’

Yet up to now scientists have been baffled by this mysterious pleasure spot inside the vagina. No matter how they peer and probe, they can’t work out what it is exactly. Dozens of studies have tried and failed to find anatomical evidence for it. Now a US gynaecologist reckons he’s seen a G-spot with his own eyes.


Can gays turn straight?

Ask Auntyji AnythingQ: If a gay person decides to make a strong move to become straight, can he be successful?

A gay person has never tried the opposite sex, so he doesn’t know the pleasure of it. I believe that after trying various sex acts with different females, he could first become bisexual then slowly turn heterosexual. I’m sure at least some if not all gays would be cured. This would a great gift to society. Sumit, Gurgaon


Conservative parents: love and lies

Gayatri: a friend of mine said...Parents are parents for a reason. They’ll never completely agree with you. And that’s fine. But what do you do when your parents behave like puritans out of the past century?

A couple I know, who have been engaged for a year now, complained the other day about not being allowed to meet in private without their parents’ consent. So how do they cope? “We just lie to them.”


First times: “not like in the movies”

First time sex: "not like in the movies"“I was 22 the first time I had sex. I had been going out with Irfan for almost a year,” says Anjeli.

“He recited a poem for me before class over a breakfast of tea and biscuits. And just like that we became a couple.” Part three in our First Times series.


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.


More testosterone, safer sex?

More testosterone, safer sex?College men with more testosterone have safer sex. Surprised? 

Higher testosterone levels are usually linked to risky behaviour, not the other way around. But when it comes to sex, being risky could mean flaunting sexual prowess by being open about buying and using condoms, according to a recent US study.


I come when we kiss – what should I do?

Ask Auntyji AnythingQ: When I make out with my girlfriend, I end up ejaculating. What can I do about it?

I'm 22 years old, and I'm not interested in having sex until I'm married. Our making out doesn't really involve anything sexual, mostly just kissing. I don't want to not make out with her, but I don't like the coming part of it. Karan, Mumbai


Body hair on women: a big no

Gayatri: A friend of mine said...I get a feeling the hair removal industry has never seen more flourishing times.

Apart from all the services they offer at the ‘beauty parlours’ there’s a broad range of DIY products on the shelf. Why are women obsessive about removing body or facial hair? A friend said, “Because men don’t like hairy women.” Then, the question is, why do men find hair on women so unappealing?


Someone thinks you’re sexy however you look

Someone thinks you're sexy however you look“No matter where you are on the attractiveness scale, there’s always someone out there who finds you attractive,” says Danish researcher Gert Martin Hald.

He stumbled upon this finding in a study on how people respond when strangers chat them up. Hald told Love Matters about his surprising unpublished discoveries at the World Congress for Sexual Health.


Groom next door

Kuber: Guy Next DoorIs the number of guests at your wedding reception directly proportional to the longevity of your marriage – or inversely?

Hollywood and Hindi movies alike have taught me that most girls spend their youth planning their grand weddings. While the men are writing scripts on these cheesy events. So are weddings the actual battleground for the proverbial Mars-Venus war?


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