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Will I get addicted to a vibrator?

Ways to Make Love
If I use a vibrator, will I get addicted and not be able to have orgasms the normal way? I want to buy one for myself but I'm not sure. What will my husband think if he gets to know I have been using a vibrator to have orgasms? Namrata, Mumbai

First period: everyone knew I was bleeding

Female body
My mother invited all my relatives and neighbours to celebrate my first period. I was a shy 11-year-old when I had my first period. I didn’t want the world to know that I was bleeding. But everybody knew. I was confused and embarrassed.

Pregnant? Sex is better if you don’t know

Being Pregnant
The bad news: being pregnant puts you off sex – and not surprisingly gives you sore breasts, tiredness and nausea. But here’s the good news: it’s partly in the mind. Women who don’t realise they’re pregnant aren’t put off sex, a new study found.

RISUG, the reversible vasectomy

Birth Control
Could "reversible vasectomy" be the answer for male birth control? RISUG is a new Indian contraceptive method for men that lasts as long as you like.

My bi boyfriend might marry – should I leave him?

Sexual Orientation
I'm gay and my boyfriend is bisexual. He thinks he "might" marry a girl if his mom pressures him. We've been together for three years now. He still can't commit. Should I stay with him or break up with him now? Ankush, Bangalore

'My first kiss sucked'

Making Love
“I was 18 when I had my first kiss,” says Samanth. He was terrified about doing it right because she was his closest friend and he wanted to start dating her ‘officially’. “Like a total idiot I rushed. She pulled away and didn't say a thing.”

Oral sex does not cause cancer

Ways to Make Love
Oral sex has no links to cancer. Getting cancer from giving head shouldn’t be a worry for most healthy, monogamous couples.

Women's wet dreams: is that normal?

Orgasms
Q: I'm 33 and I regularly have wet dreams. The nights I have wet dreams I am more aroused the following day. I am happily married, but I seem to orgasm a lot easier in a wet dream than with my husband. Should I be worried? Sharmila, New Delhi