
But, always one for delusions of maturity, I am writing this now, at 20, having been a teenager roughly one second ago (and still carrying the teenage trait of finding exaggeration pretty damn amusing).īut this is because, even with the very little distance I have from my teenage self, I still feel I’ve gained enough perspective to tell her where she was going wrong.

It is, admittedly, the case that most people write these sort of pieces in their forties, with two or three decades of wisdom separating them from the confusion of their adolescence. Today, she gives us a little glimpse into how she became the woman she is now, revealing the love and sex-related tips she’d dispense to her teenage self if she ever got the chance. Her writing is distinctly frank and candid, which is refreshing when it comes to the tabooed topic of sex. But that’s not to say it hasn’t been a learning curve. Taking the blogosphere by storm with a no-bullshit attitude to sex, love and womanhood, Biba Kang has written about everything from role-play, to lube, to the importance of having pubes. ᐧHere are some tips to try if you and your partner want to keep your sex life alive, even though you're apart.CN: Sex, weight, mention of specific dress size, porn, relationships, age gaps Second, it can provide needed stress relief to help with the difficulties that can occur during physical separation." "Maintaining some kind of sexual contact is important for two reasons," Jonathan Bennett, a certified counselor and dating expert with Double Trust Dating, tells Bustle, "First, it can keep the romantic side of your relationship alive while separated.

In fact, it might even make it stronger, Hodder says, because you have to work extra hard to stay connected. "LDRs can feel more challenging because you don’t have the luxury or convenience of being side by side or a quick Lyft ride away from one another, but that doesn’t have to be detrimental to your bond," sex educator Anne Hodder tells Bustle. So, if you aren't currently near each other, for any reason, rest assured there are ways to remain close.

Fortunately, thanks largely to technology, physical distance doesn't have to make you sexually distant. While there are many untold upsides to being in a long-distance relationship, like the ability to choose where you live and have a place to yourself, one challenge that comes with the territory is maintaining your sex life when you and your partner are apart.
