In a recent conversation, the topic of male strippers came up (actually, this topic comes up in more conversations of mine than you’d think). Being the kind of girl who’s seen Chippendales a few times, I didn’t see anything wrong with hot guys dancing (kind of laughably) in almost no clothing. To me, it’s just one of God’s many gifts.

A friend of mine, however, saw it as the exact opposite. In her opinion, male strippers not only emasculated themselves, but ruined their attractiveness level by attempting to attain the ideal hot guy persona: shaved chest, oiled body, and perfectly manicured hair.

I was shocked and horrified. Male strippers may be hilarious, but denying their hotness seems like a sin. Besides, most people don’t bat an eyelash when it comes to chicks taking off their clothes.

What do YOU think?

She’s just too clingy.

Did you shudder? It seems like every time a guy utters that sentence, girls everywhere tremble a little inside.

It’s one of our biggest fears in a relationship. Are we hanging on too tightly? Are we calling too much? Should we pull back?

I could ask a thousand of those questions, but I won’t, because you’ve probably already heard them echoing in your head. Let’s just say clinginess tends to be a girl hang-up.

Knowing this and wanting to help (or just wanting to pretend he’s an expert on something) David Zinczenko, the editor in chief of Men’s Heath, recently wrote an article all about this relationship snafu, and how women can avoid it. While some people might think he’s finally cracked the code on relating, it seems to me that he’s just dolling out common sense.

The first thing Zinczenko urges women to do is not call their guy more than twice a day.

“You make more calls than that? The unspoken message is that maybe you don’t trust him, or don’t have enough to do yourself, or are relying too much on him for everyday satisfaction”.

Unfortunately, he has no advice for a situation I was recently in: a guy text messaging 7 times in one night.

The second thing us females should avoid? Joint email accounts. Um. Of course. Who in their right mind would force their significant other to share an email? Unless you’ve been married for ten years, this is the creepiest thing I’ve ever heard. Email is free, people. No need to be frugal. Read More »

Why, hello there.

Consider me your newest best friend. The kind of friend who always tells it to you straight (that new hair color? Kinda makes your eyebrows stick out like giant wooly caterpillars. That skirt? Fabulous. Legs up to here, mama!) has your best intentions at heart, believes in your smarts so much she’ll copy your homework, and always has an extra condom…should you need it, you vixen, you!

I got sex on the brain. But there’s tons of other amazingly interesting things in my bag of tricks, lest you think I’m a vapid sexaholic. Most importantly, I’m here to reassure you that you are not a freak. You are not alone. You are not stupid. You are not a nerd.

We’re all going through the same things.

I swear it and I promise. Let my one pair of designer jeans come apart at the seams if I lie.

So, as an initial token of our beautiful friendship, I would like to send you HERE:

WWW.CHIPPENDALES.COM

Much like their shows (of which I have been to twice, and of which we will discuss at length soon), this website is both hilarious and hot. I cannot think of a better combination.

Jess