Month: December 2023

Many people will have slept with someone they don’t have romantic feelings for, whether it was a drunken hook-up, a fling with a friend-with-benefits or even just a casual romp with a stranger. Those situations are not the same as making love, which involves emotional and sexual intimacy between two people who know and care about each other. It’s important to be clear with your partner about what you want and what you don’t. If you don’t agree about where your relationship is going, then there is no point in trying to take it to the next level – that…

Love can be confusing, exciting, complicated, and unpredictable. It can also be beautiful, sweet, pure, and painful all at once. While love is hard to pin down, scientists have been working on it for years. They know that it’s a complex emotion and that there are different types of love, such as romantic, familial, platonic, and sexual love. They have studied how it develops and what makes people fall in and out of love. They have found that the most important factor for falling in love is whether or not the potential union satisfies one’s social needs for companionship, sex,…

Whether the subject is romance, friendship or family, love you is one of the most powerful words in the English language. Yet it's also one of the most misunderstood. It's a word that has been a favored topic for philosophers, poets and writers, but there is still no consensus about its meaning. In fact, if you ask 10 people what it means to love someone, you'll likely get ten different answers. One of the challenges is that people use love to describe everything from feelings of affection to a deep-seated commitment, and each person's definition of love will probably be…

Making love is a way of showcasing your feelings for someone in a tangible, physical manner. It can happen in the bedroom, on the couch, or anywhere else you can find comfort and closeness. Making love provides feelings that are incredibly based on the whole person you’re with, not just their body. Fucking is a part of making love, but it can also be something entirely separate and more focused on sex alone. When you’re in a sexual setting with your partner, it’s important to think about whether or not you’re making love or just fucking. It is possible to…

Love is one of the most important, complex, and emotional things we can experience. It’s the subject of countless philosophers, poets, and songwriters, and it’s also a topic that scientists study — and they’re learning a lot about what happens in your brain when you fall in love. When you first meet someone who catches your eye, key parts of your brain light up and an avalanche of chemicals rushes through your system. Your heart races, your palms sweat, and you may stammer when you try to say hello. That’s because the brain releases a jumble of hormones — including…