What Marijuana Means to Me

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For Grace, marijuana represents the destruction of her family.

I Will No Longer Profit From Other People’s Infidelity

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After years of owning a website that catered to people who were committing adultery, a man decides to no longer enable these affairs, and closes down his discussion boards.

I Had an Affair with a Married Man (and I Don’t Regret It)

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Sandra Cliff thought of their affair as “big love and big lies,” but her old lover seems to make his open marriage work—only with more orgasms.

I Like That My Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend Is Hairy

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Why another man’s back hair makes me happy.

I’d Rather Risk Rape Than Quit Partying

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Alcohol and drugs dissolve clear boundaries of consent. Mostly that works out okay. Sometimes it doesn’t.

My Struggle With Sex Addiction

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A raw, nakedly honest account of one man’s years-long struggle with compulsive, self-destructive sexual behavior.

Is My Friend a Rapist?

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A text from an ex accusing a friend of rape has left me completely confused. The issues seem clear-cut but they’re not. Have I done all I can?

The Childfree Life

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I could have been a decent, if reluctant, father, just like my own father was. I’ve made a different choice.

Thankfully, My Wife had the Courage to Leave Me

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A man considers the social pressures that led to a bad marriage and, ultimately, divorce.

Why I Purchased My First Hand Gun

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One man from an anti-gun culture comes to embrace firearms and the responsibility and freedom they embody.

Fear of Heights

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Each city offers visitors a custom solution for managing high anxiety.

The Best Don’t Ask For Help (and Other Lies)

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John Jones thought he wouldn’t be much if he didn’t become a father. Without his daughter, he might not be here at all.

Odd Jobbing

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There’s a reason they call Economics “the dismal science.”

He Cheated on His Kid With Me

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One woman learns through experience how men deceive themselves when they have affairs.

Empowered: The Undocumented Immigrant

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Powerlessness is being an undocumented immigrant.

Not All Narcissists Love What They See in the Mirror

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A man diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder explains how living with NPD is very different from what one might expect.