Sir Issac Newton was onto something deeper than physics when he came up with his Third Law, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” I lacked self-confidence. I moved around a lot as a kid. I found it hard to make friends. I was lonely, an outcast. I hated myself. I was … More Men and Confidence: One Woman’s Story
The saying is, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”, but it’s not always the case. Distance also helps people grow apart. Long distance relationships or LDRs are notoriously difficult to navigate, yet I’ve put myself through two of them. Some might call me a glutton for punishment but I think I learnt enough from the … More Why My LDR was DNR
FEATURE Ed Jaimes is a Sydneysider with a secret You know that thing where you’re supposed to date for a while, settle down, have 2.5 children, and spend the rest of your life in marital bliss? Does that sound like you? Funny. It doesn’t sound like too many people I know these days. It certainly … More Share Your Sexual Desires
FEATURE – THEATRE REVIEW Editor’s Pick It sounds like a risky concept: asking people to share their stories on how they lost their virginity. However, over 53,700 stories have been shared on MyFirstTime.com, the inspiration for the stage production written by Ken Davenport, which has been running in New York for over two-and-a-half years. The … More My First Time: Review
As I get older I notice myself doing things my father does, and I hate it. Whether it be my speech, the way I eat my meal, or my complete lack of tolerance for bad drivers: I’m him. It’s unconscious. I don’t try to be like him, I just am. I have a particularly authoritarian … More Just Like My Father
FEMALE FEATURE Hayley Ford writes exclusively for Snafued Try, try, and try again until you succeed. We’ve all heard the saying but when it comes to never-ending relationships is it that we give up trying, don’t try hard enough, or try too hard? A shy girl at heart and heavily into competitive sport, I didn’t care … More The Never-ending Relationship
Women have subscribed to an objective checklist mentality to dating. It’s no longer enough for a relationship to grow organically. Men are judged by a set of intangible attributes – a mental code of must haves – before a single glance or word has been exchanged. Admit it, you’ve heard that cringeworthy phrase, “He ticked … More He Ticks All the Boxes
Confidence is everything in the dating game. It’s everything in courting a woman. As a good friend once said, “No chick likes a soft cock.” And that’s true. We spend way too much time strategising, contemplating, then regretting lost opportunities. The guy who gets the girl is the one who asks. Just like the salesperson who gets the order … More Let Go of Your Introversion
FEMALE FEATURE Carrie Vallentine is a young writer from Sydney’s East The girls in the office usually chat about their love lives in the kitchen on a Monday morning. I try to stay away, as I’m currently single, and they ask way too many personal questions. Evelyn, a lovely but overly inquisitive accountant, asked me … More Don’t Be a Cheap Bastard
If you’ve been dating recently, you’d have met a British bachelorette. I’ve dated a few in my time, and all seemed lovely on the first date. For them, we’re a novelty. British gals have flooded Sydney; all of our major cities. Promised a better life in Australia, they’ve set their expectations of Australian men very … More The New Ten-pound Pom
Blow jobs are rarely performed well. We put up with biting, pulling, bending and stretching. Our instincts tell us that we should, for a few seconds at least, dread whether it’s going to be a painful experience – especially with a new partner. Grateful for the sucking, licking and deep-throating, we are not always satisfied. … More The Dying Art of Fellatio
Women are struggling to find good men. I work with a dozen women in my department. The majority are over 35 and single. At best, a couple of them have a boyfriend but one who just won’t commit. To their credit, they’re not players nor do they suffer misandria. They search, they date, they try. … More Are There Any Good Men Left in Sydney?
