Pups

...ong with him, but I have tried to respect their connection. But now it seems like Fido is using this Dom the same way he used his past relationships—as a way to avoid dealing with his own stuff. Now he’s started pulling away from me, saying that certain things (sex and cuddles) with me feel too much like “boyfriends.” His Dom also doesn’t trust me because he thinks I have feelings for Fido. (I never said I didn’t.) To really make me feel like shit, Fido’s Scruff profile says he’s looking “ideally for a guy to cuddle with, laugh with, spend adventures with,” i.e., everything we used to do. Am I deluding myself? I thought this was a “not yet” situation. Pensive Upset Puppy P.S. I’ve included a pic of me in full pup gear in hopes it will bolster my chances of publication. Strip away the puppy masks, the alpha/beta pack dynamics, and the various Doms—pretty much everything that makes your question interesting—and what are we left with? Just another dumped motherfucker who doesn’t know that he’s been dumped. I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, PUP, but this isn’t a “not yet” situation. It’s a “not ever” situation. Because it doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight, male or female, puppy or guppy—when someone you’ve fallen for says, “I’m not ready for a commitment,” what they mean is “I have no interest in committing to you—not ever.” Fido gave you a standard-issue brush-off line, PUP, one that the hopeful, naive, and deluded frequently fail to recognize. Your ex-packmate should’ve had the balls and the decency to be direct and gone with something unambiguous like “We had some good times, but I’m not interested in pursuing anything further.” But he didn’t, and as an adult person/puppy on the dating/scritching scene, PUP, it’s your job to hear, “I’m not interested in you” whenever someone says, “I’m not ready for a commitment” or “It’s not you, it’s me” or “I’m not sure what I want” or “I have to focus on my studies/work/remodel right now.” The same goes anytime an “I love you” is followed by a “but.” When someone says, “I love you but,” it’s your job to hear, “I think you’re nice and I don’t want to hurt you, but I don’t feel about you the way you do about me.” Happily married straight woman here, just post-hysterectomy. No penis-in-vagina sex allowed for a few weeks. After years of reading Savage Love, we know this is a call for us to be creative, rather than the death knell for our sex life. (Thank you!) My question: Husband is well-endowed, and sex with him has often included deep thrusting and his cock touching my cervix. With no cervix anymore, though, I worry: Will there be enough room in my remodeled space for his whole cock? Once I’m fully healed from surgery, will the vaginal tissue, treated gently at first, stretch? Very Agitated Generally “When a person has a hysterectomy, the cervix is often removed and the end of the vagina is closed so it’s an internal pouch, essentially,” said Dr. Leah Torres, an ob-gyn practicing in Utah with a special interest in reproductive health. “The bottom line is this: Vaginas are elastic and should be able to accommodate a variety of things of all shapes and sizes, even after a hysterectomy. That said, people who are menopausal (no periods for 12 months or more) or who have had their ovaries removed (which may or may not happen during a hysterectomy) no longer have estrogen.” Estrogen, among other wonderful things, keeps vaginas elastic and lubricated. “Without estrogen, sometimes the vagina can feel dry and intercourse can be painful,” said Dr. Torres. “For someone without estrogen and also experiencing VAG’s concerns, I would recommend using lubrication with intercourse (when the time comes) and possibly vaginal estrogen cream while the vagina ‘readjusts.’ It’s also important for the partner to realize that the vagina may feel a bit different and there may be some adjustments to new sensations. Patience and a steady-as-she-goes attitude to postoperative vaginal intercourse are best.” Patience and a steady-as-she-goes attitude—two things we should all bring to any sexual encounter. Follow Dr. Torres on Twitter @LeahNTorres. Her website is LeahTorres.com. My boyfriend is turned on by CFNM—clothed female, naked male—and his “ultimate fantasy” is to be naked in a room of fully clothed women. So I asked four of my (adventurous) female friends if they would come to a small party at my apartment where my boyfriend would be naked. When I told him that his ultimate fantasy would be coming true—doesn’t he have the best girlfriend?!?—he got angry and said that he felt humiliated and exposed. (Humiliated and exposed—I thought that was the whole point?!?) He barely spoke to me for a week, which sucked, and then today asked me when the party is! Have a party?!? All I want to do now is slap him! Wants To Flip Tell him the party is off, WTF, absent an apology. But open with an apology of your own: Tell him you should’ve checked with him before setting up the party (“Do you want me to make this happen? Because I have some friends who might be into it”), apologize for freaking him out, and tell him you know now (because I’m telling you) that people into humiliation scenes want to be in control and in the loop until the scene starts. As a hetero man, I was disappointed by your response to DOMME last week. She was the woman whose husband wouldn’t go down on her. DOMME stated—or her friend suggested to her—that cunnilingus is something that “mostly submissive men enjoy.” I have no interest in domination/submission. Rather, sex for me is an improvisational dance, and mutual oral sex is a normal and lovely part of the choreography. The misconception that concern for women’s pleasure is “submissive” seems like part of DOMME’s problem, and you should have corrected her. Domination does not represent the only route to her gratification. Enjoys Oral, Not Submissive Thanks for writing, and you’re right: I should’ve slapped down the idea that only submissive men are into eating pussy. I rolled my eyes pretty hard when I read that line, EONS, but I really should’ve used my fingers to bang out a sentence or two refuting that notion instead. Mea culpa. On the Lovecast, sex at Burning Man: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter