Melissa Petro
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Melissa Petro Articles
For someone like me — someone with difficulty forming and maintaining relationships, who has struggled with commitment, and who’s got intimacy issues galore — surely, you can see the appeal. You don’t need to be Freud to figure out why, at a disturbingly young age, I looked forward to the day a man would commit.
Read...You may have heard the old joke that 98% of people masturbate, and the other two percent are lying.
Read...Use insect repellent, sleep under a mosquito net, and just don’t get pregnant — is this the best we can do for Latin American women?
Read...“If you believe in the decriminalisation of sex work,” Ian Dunt rightfully points out, “you will instantly come under a sustained and highly emotive attack on your morality and your identity.” In this vein, when a man comes out in favor of sex worker’s rights, he becomes “a betrayer of women, a gender Judas encouraging violence against them.”
Read...When I first got sober, I started to accept that the “happy” occasions in life — holidays, birthdays and other special events — might not only feel happy. When I’m “supposed” to feel good, I feel nervous, anxious, and embarrassed. The center of attention, I feel vulnerable and on display.
Read...If you missed my weekly column this summer all about getting engaged and planning a wedding, here’s the highlight reel: after doing
Read...Sure, "friends forever" sounds nice. In theory. But sometimes it's better that two people just not be friends.
Read...We’ve all been in a situation where we've thought NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME.
Read...No exaggeration, when I close my eyes— even for a second— I see white dresses.
Read...A couple months before our official engagement, Arran and I had an uncomfortable conversation about getting married. Specifically, my dear boyfriend of two years chose a quiet brunch on one unassuming Sunday to bring up the fact that he was reluctant to propose.
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