Savage Love

1. @ strappy strappy – Thanks for the info on condom breakage. We’ve got the birth control covered with an IUD and we’re in a long term monogamous relationship so STDs aren’t a concern.

   We’re really going for the psychological effect of not being able to feel which wouldn’t be as intense if he were using a strap-on with me.

2. .re the podcast. My husband and I have been using the withdrawal method of birth control for 7 plus years. It’s not for anyone who doesn’t mind getting pregnant (ie, I’m in my 30s and married) but it definitely does work.

3. NAGL, you’re an idiot. What a stupid question. No one else, much less the government, is gonna want the fucking collar. Get a grip. When people write wills, do you think they endow every one of their possessions to someone? This fork goes to uncle Frank and my alarm clock to aunt Judy. No. The family will take what they want and leave the will to actual significant items such as a car or house…you know, the kind of things people fight over. Besides, the last thing your family wants to hear about is who you left your sex toys to. Christ.

4. Just FYI:

   In some jurisdictions (notably MA and CT), same-sex marriages are legally treated identically to heterosexual marriages. In other jurisdictions (such as NJ, MD, NH, and VT), civil unions are granted which provide, among other things, the right to inherit from spouses who die intestate and the right to leave items to partners in a will.

   NAGL may be writing from such a jurisdiction.

5. Now taking bets on how long it takes horny nerds to hack the RealTouch and make their own open-source haptic feedback controls.

6. Two condoms at once will rub against each other and break. Every sex ed class I’ve taken/book I’ve read has implored us to never use two condoms. Unless STIs and pregnancy aren’t an issue, obviously.

7. I have no idea what the hell “haptic” is supposed to mean in terms of that porn-activated fake vagina thingie, but I’m doubtful that any stream so information-dense that it takes eight hours to encode fifteen minutes of content could possibly be sent over even high-speed Internet connections in real time. My consumer-grade laptop can turn an MPEG into a DVD in about two or three times that it takes to watch it, by comparsion. I smell bullshit.

8. Somebody wants attention. (PS: Its NAGL).

9. Actually, Mr McAnally’s last name could easily be legitimate. I worked with someone with the same last name, very handsome and with the NICEST happy trail….

10. This is “Not Buying One”.

    Dan made a few edits to my email; that’s mostly for the better, but I’d prefer he’d left in the last sentence, as it explains *why* I think it’s a scam:

    [original] Scam, IMO. Sex toys should be bought, not bought-but-actually-just-rented. [/original]

    I’m not accusing them of fraud, as the edited version implies, but rather of deliberate deception and unethical lock-in. They should sell the physical toy as an independently usable product that’s just as useful as any other sex toy (e.g. with dial control like on vibrators), and the videos that sync with it separately.

    If the video sync really is as awesome an experience as they claim, then the free 30 minutes should be enough to sell that. If not, then at least they just sold a $150 sex toy (presumably at a healthy profit).

11. @My Name Here – Dan definitely reads the comments at least sometimes. A couple times in the column he’s made passing references to commenters. No way to know how much or how often he reads, though (hey Dan, tell us in the column if you do :-P), and he never responds here AFAIK.

    @jfruh – What they mean is that it takes them a while to code the video. Same as e.g. with adding closed captioning; they have to make everything sync up on timing and degree of stimulation yada yada. I can believe 8h/vid to do that, especially in early stages.

    The bullshit is that he tries to imply that this precludes manual control. Most likely the ‘haptic data’ that results is simply a continuous input of a two variables: how fast the drive spins and how tight the sphincter clenches.

    Both of those could be manually controlled just like any vibe, eg with a dial or slide control.

12. @My Name Here – Dan definitely reads the comments at least sometimes. A couple times in the column he’s made passing references to commenters. No way to know how much or how often he reads, though (hey Dan, tell us in the column if you do :-P), and he never responds here AFAIK.

    @jfruh – What they mean is that it takes them a while to code the video. Same as e.g. with adding closed captioning; they have to make everything sync up on timing and degree of stimulation yada yada. I can believe 8h/vid to do that, especially in early stages.

    The bullshit is that he tries to imply that this precludes manual control. Most likely the ‘haptic data’ that results is simply a continuous input of a two variables: how fast the drive spins and how tight the sphincter clenches.

    Both of those could be manually controlled just like any vibe, eg with a dial or slide control.

13. Re: S&M’s legality: In MA it is impossible to consent to physical assault. That means anyone engaging in even light spanking could be prosecuted. We in MA need to go to CT to attend a legal kinky/percussive event. It’s not hard to imagine a situation in which someone with an axe to grind reports the goings on of a kinky couple as abuse. Isn’t that what happened in the Texas case?

    Psilly Cybin: The upper layers of the skin are dead. If he’s looking at his dick, he’s seeing dead skin. That said, applying something meant for a small area (your gums) to a large area (a dick) is probably not great for absorption. I’m wondering what sort of toxicity is building up down there.

14. IMHO the best thing for NDD to try would be to abandon the chemical route and work on controlling himself via breathing, sending the energy up his spine, and having his partner work with him on pacing…condoms are very useful, tho, especially since partner is likely to be horniest when she’s fertile…but there are times in her cycle when it’s safe to ride bareback–and it’s a great way to surf…that’s what this is like, is surfing, really…the object is to ride in to shore w/o wiping out…enjoy!

15. Orajel and Org. Denial:

    http://www.orgasmdenial.com/forums/showt…

16. Advice to NAGL on transferring your collar: It can be done without triggering federal gift taxes or federal estate taxes, AND the transfer could be done in a manner that maintains privacy.

    First of all, I wouldn’t sweat estate taxes. If you died this year, you would not owe estate taxes unless your estate is valued at over $3.5M (adjusted for taxable gifts made during life).

    It is true (as commented by another poster) that property transferred by will must pass through probate, which is a public process. If privacy is a concern, you should transfer the collar during your life either to your partner, or to a trust where your partner is a named beneficiary.

    While lifetime transfers can trigger gift tax, you can transfer up to $13,000 to your partner every year without triggering gift tax consequences. If you go over your $13k annual exclusion in a given year, then there is a $1M lifetime exemption to soak up the excess. I’m guessing that the collar is worth less than $13k, so you can give the collar to your gal without having to eat into your $1M lifetime exemption.

    In a nutshell, if you are willing to transfer the collar during your lifetime, you can achieve both of your goals, privacy and tax avoidance. And, think about it, if you give the collar to your partner during your lifetime, you could still make her ask for your permission to wear it. /whispers *sizzzzleeerrrrr*

17. Lament For Lost Femininity.

    I have a gripe which I thought perhaps shoul be highlighted to best advantage on ‘Savage Love’. I have a certain Morbid fascination for your column and never miss an opportunity to turn without preamble to the last pages of Georgia Straight where the latest weekly exposes lurks. It does seem to be a sounding board in which Mr and Mrs Average, whatever their pursuasion might air their objectionable neuroses without fear of rebuke. I am a little shocked that humanity has once more fallen into an abyss of self indulgence if not self abuse. I fully expect that Nero is poised with his fiddle awaiting another opportunity to dance and play as the west burns in homage to sublime decadence. My fear is that humanity has lost the power to imagine and to create and has instead chosen to devour stimulus regardless of its origin or nature but with little satisfactory result- but this is another gripe. I greatly mourn the loss of feminity. I recently returned to Vancouver and was greeted by an immigration official who was young and blond and quite comely but determined to be abrasive and horribly masculine. Why is it that women in this day and age of equality feel that they might achieve equality by selling out to the opposition-this is a tactic that will inevitably end in failure as women are not men and cannot compete in this regard. If only women realised that there is such supreme power in femininity. The pragmatism of masculinity cannot compare with the guile and enchantment of feminity and I am at a loss to know why women feel the need to throw such a gift away. I recently spent some time in Europe, a lot of time in Britain and was bewitched by femininity. I was enchanted by long flowing hair, bewitching cosmetic applications, flattering blouses, dresses and skirts, shapely figures, pretty legs and thrusting breasts. Women proud to be feminine and alluring and with no hint of self consciousness. Why do Canadian women who are, in many cases, exquisitely beautiful, exhibit such a lacklustre appreciation of themselves? Why do they look slovenly and unappetising, baggy sweat pants and T shirts or sweaters?, Conversely why do they dress alternately like hookers, tight jeans and high heels, underwear that looks tortuous. Am I the only male that loath;s and detests thong underwear or lycra shorts worn under short skirts. What is so magical about going out on a shopping spree and buying a new T shirt and/pr jeans? It seems to me that in this new world of female emancipation that women have actually sold out wholesale to the masculine element.They are either afraid to be themselves or are lulled into a false contemplation that to outwit a male is in fact a tactic that panders to the male expectation by attempting to become male thereby banishing all of those delicious feminine attributes. This becomes a conflict in foreign territory while quite disarmed in effect-why does there need to be conflict?. Whatever happened to individuality and feminity? Whatever happened to characters like Elizabeth Montgomery, Yvonne de Carlo, Sleeping Beauty, Grace Kelly, Jane Seymour, Marilyn Monro and so many others. Come on girls, be empowered, be sexy, be chique, be mysterious, be feline, be potent, let your skirts blow up in the wind, fizzle with artifice, crackle with conjuration and mystery but most of all be yourselves.

    I am, like my name, attempting to be Frank

18. you should change your name to idiot.

19. Lament for lost paragraphs

    O, to be legible!

    To have clear spacing between ideas; to end questions with ?s; to be kind to one’s reader.

    Alas, this loss – these poor dead newlines!

    *swoon*

20. Femininity is not lost. Where have you been? Oh right, you’ve been busy touching yourself while thinking of all those naughty thongs and staring at the tits of security professionals instead of giving them their due respect.

    Women are not feline. They are WOMEN.

    Why don’t you meditate on ways for men to get their house in order before you go telling off women for dressing comfortably.

    And as for women abroad, where they are oh so enlightened, does that include Spanish “women” where the age of consent is 13?

21. piggybacking on what daigaku said, BDSM activities are generally felt not to fall under the scope of lawrence v texas (sodomy laws ruling) because they are thought to violate a law that exists for a broader purpose than legislating sexual behavior. many (most) states view BDSM as illegal when there is “actual bodily harm”, and no one specifies what that means, exactly. since assault is in their view inherently bad and destructive to the social fabric, it remains illegal to participate in consensual assault. however, with acts like assault, there generally has to be some kind of evidence – physical or testimony – to prosecute. furthermore, NAGL’s sub wouldn’t be the one on the hook, since she didn’t assault anybody. the BDSM relationship isn’t illegal, the more violent acts in BDSM are. be careful out there.
    and to think things are even stricter in the rest of the world…

22. As an alternative opinion to Diva with Cleavage I’ve had a good experience with alt dot com and with fetlife dot com .

23. I’m an attorney licensed to practice in Virginia, where the law making consensual sodomy a felony is still on the books. After Lawrence v. Texas, the only convictions under it have generally been plea deals to lesser included offenses on charges of forcible sodomy, but it’s still there. (For comparison, fornication, i.e., vanilla sex between a man and a woman not married to one another, is a misdemeanor.)

    Anyway, as Rob above stated, once a will is “admitted to probate” (recognized as legally valid), it enters public record. At least in Virginia, there are a few ways to get around this, some better than others:

    1) Crudest version: Make your fiancee the residuary beneficiary in your will, i.e., the person who gets everything whose disposition is not specifically provided for in your will. This can be regarding your property in general or regarding a particular class of property (here, chattel property, i.e., tangible property other than real estate, money or other financial instruments, stock certificates, etc.). The point is that by describing a class of property she gets, you don’t have to specify every particular thing she gets.

    With this approach, there are a few catches: a) She has to be the only residuary beneficiary; otherwise — for example, if you leave half of the residuum to her and half to someone else — your estate’s executor (or court-appointed administrator if you don’t name an executor) will have to go through the property and divide everything up, and the executor will see your “gear” in the process. b) If the executor is someone other than your fiancee, s/he may see everything anyway while inventorying the property for distribution. There are advantages to just making your fiancee your executor in the first place, privacy of this distribution being among them, but if she’s also the residuary beneficiary, she’ll have a conflict of interest in distributing your estate and might get sued by named beneficiaries, relatives, and/or creditors, and a suit might require publicizing an inventory of your estate. c) Naming her as a beneficiary will raise the question of why you named her, putting on the public record the fact that the two of you had some kind of relationship that inspired you to leave a lot of stuff to her.

    2) Next crudest version: In your will, create a “testamentary trust” via which you leave the residuum (see above) of your estate in general or of your persnal property to an attorney or trusted friend as trustee for the benefit of your fiancee. This isn’t much better in terms of keeping your fiancee’s name off the public record, but it makes the accounting a bit easier.

    3) Best idea: Before you die, contact an attorney and establish a trust for the benefit of your fiancee. This trust’s terms, which will be private, can be relatively simple and state that all property governed by the trust instrument is to be distributed to her upon your death. (You can also make the trust revocable during your lifetime in case the two of you break up and you want to give the collar, or anything else, to someone else later on.)

    For the time being, put in a token amount of money (as little as a dollar) just so the trust will stay in existence.

    In your will, include a clause known as a “pour-over” provision, in which you leave the residuum of your estate to the attorney as trustee with instructions to distribute it in accordance with the terms of the trust established on X date (whenever the initial trust was formed). This way, both the terms of distribution and, more importantly, the name of the beneficiary will remain private. Be sure not to explicitly incorporate the trust instrument by reference, or else it will become part of the will and enter the public record; consult an attorney in your jurisdiction to get just the right words for a pour-over clause that maintains sufficient privacy.

    Again, this is how it works in Virginia; I’m not sure how it works elsewhere, and since I don’t know where NAGL lives, this post shouldn’t be construed as legal advice specific to her jurisdiction.

24. oh christ- the podcast. Yes, shut up, you who are too hot for the BDSM clubs. Vain, vapid, childish. Dan, you should have slammed her a bit more.
    Creepy old guys? Seriously? Welcome to dating, honey! All women, and a fair number of gay boys, not just kinky ones, have this issue, some throughout their lives- men like sex. They persue it religiousl, even up the wrong tree. It’s the way the world works. Does this make these men icky? dirty? nasty? No. So stop opening the gates for the lines! Free them to find the woman/en that wants them too, but quit whining that you “have them lined up around the block.” Be clear about what you want- to yourself and others. Understand that some things are trade offs- your kink is gold, but you cant find the right person because you are too needy and judgemental- Narcissistic might be the right word. And many, hordes even, kinky people don’t make it to the clubs for a wide variety of reasons- there are LOTS of kinky hot folk here- I would venture more than in the regular dating scene, IMHO. But they , for the most part, are picky and thoughtful. And until you grow up a bit, you will not find them. Your whole attitude screams that you really can’t be trusted to be sensitive when necessary. At 22YO you are just finding yourself- give it a little space and time, and leave the denegration of people brave enough to be themselves out of it. It is very difficult to be a middle aged guy of modest looks who is intelligent, thoughtful and sexually aware of himself and society. I have dated a few of these men, and they have a tendency to make up for their deficiencies in excellent ways. Be very careful about what you say- one day you will wake up at 47YO, still kinky, still feeling young and hot, and the words some 22YO has for you will be thoughtless and painful, and for what? So don’t be such a twat.

25. anybody know any good male orgasm denial sites?

26. To FEDEX, I am frequently in Chicago on business, and I myself am a 25 y/o uber-kinky guy. I happen to know literally *dozens* of hot young kinky guys in Chicago. In fact, it is pretty much a hub for 20-something kinksters.

    Check our recon.com. There are tons of hot young guys on there looking to meet new guys.

    Also, a bar called The Hole (downstairs in Jackhammer at Clark and Devon) tends to attract a pretty happening young kink crowd, and has an awesome… ambiance.

27. FOR THE DUDE WHO USES ORAGEL FOR ANAL!!!!

    Don’t!! Those tissues are delicate, and pain is a sign that you need to slow down and lube up. If you numb it, you could end up doing damage. Anal fissures: no fun, long term suffering.

28. Hey, Frank? I don’t wear jeans and tee-shirts because I secretly desire to be a man. I wear jeans and tees to be comfortable, and because doing my job every day in skirts and heels is just ridiculous. (Not to mention bad for my feet.) And it’s not a woman’s duty to dress like a fashion model just because you want eye-candy. Feminism is about the right for a woman to decide whatever the hell she wants to wear/do/be/think, so kindly stop thinking you’re entitled to ogle.

29. Hi Frank! Sorry you think we all dress like slobs or hookers. Also sorry that I need to give you a reality pill: none of the women you see are dressing for you, and with an attitude like that, I hope none ever do!

    Isn’t life easier now?

30. I can’t believe no one’s mentioned this, but NDD should also realize that using TWO condoms increases the chance of breakage due to the latex surfaces rubbing on each other.

31. Someone has mentioned it. Two or three times. Try reading before speaking, Steven. She has already replied that it isn’t an issue if breakage occurs.

32. DS, I worked for a company that made various creams, ointments and lubes, including ANAL EASE, and ANAL BLUE and a generic form of ORAJEL. The active ingredient in our oral jel and anal lubes was the same (BENZOCAINE). Assuming anal lube is going to get on a penis at some point or another (by barebacking or curious safer couples), and has not been a problem after over 40 years on the market, I would suggest any orajel where the destimulating agent is BENZOCAINE, would be safe for your readers’ equipment.

33. Check out the video on YouTube:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EoZ7ZmTk…

34. I see a lot of broke assed McDonalds employees doing a lot of cyberboasting.

35. wtf mate?

36. Teddy Ruxpin was a bear. Titty 1

37. In response to NDD. I read that double bagging your dick with 2 condoms isn’t a good idea because latex against latex increases the risk of the condoms tearing.

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