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standard prison set-up: t
^ within a cramped room.
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good friend. He met a
Halloween, and he went
dating to being married. ]
ed her place at the sorori
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got old, Chad said.
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your door and night.
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they are with months then, "everything boiled ov<
id day, like a 1x1 February," he said.
blanket.They "We were screaming at each otl
te. er! He thought he wasn't doing an;
)us breathing thinS wrong," he said.
00m and even "Basically, it almost split up
ile, temporar- friendship. I was mad all summer
iur room dur- Chad and his old roommate sti
ments when ^ friends. But this year Chad is ha]
x- pily rooming alone.
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!had did. For talked about how he was feeling 1
diana senior, his roommate right away. It could ha\
en he was liv- saved them both some hard feeling
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is room to the when she was freshman St. Cloud Stal
wo bunk beds University last year.
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ith a really major, moved in with Anne (not her r<
girl around al name), she knew Anne had
from like no boyfriend that lived in the same dorn
Plus, she hat- so Jessie negotiated a deal with he
Ity." roomie."
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nights a week,' but then they'd be hei
practically every night!" said Jessi<
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itionships prove frustratir
l I "It was a room with two beds? roommate, Ernestine, has a b
ly one was a loft ? it wasn't big enough Adam, who still is in high scl
a for two people let alone three. If I want- the past three weekends, Ai
ly ed to change my clothes I had to go down come to see Ernestine, and al
at tne nail to me Datnroom to change, They its were "surprises," said Hea
knew it bugged me and once in awhile can't do anything wh
ie stay m ^ room> or they'd ask if here? said Heather. "I can't c
3r it was OK if they stayed here." my own room after I take a s
But, Jessie said, "What am I going have to bring all of my clothi
^ to say? So I said, 'I don't care. bathroom and change in the:
y- For Jessie, it wasn't just that her hke a prisoner in my own roo
roommate's boyfriend was hanging Well, last weekend, Adam
a around so much that bugged her. It was a few friends along for the1
? his dependency on her friend that she course, Ernestine, had no idea t
jj found most annoying. going to be there and had tl
y. "If he wasn't with her, he was call- do.
ing her," she said, "I just thought, Jjeave So Adam and company s
her alone."' weekend in the room?and ]
;o And then, of course, his friends spent the weekend in the loui
re started calling for him at their room, "I got so fed up, I finally hf
s sometimes in the middle of the night, to her. I just told her that I did
Come spring, Jessie fled the situation guests more than two weeke
? as soon as possible. row. Also, if she has guests, si
fe This year Anne's boyfriend lives entertain them.
with three other guys. Now "she's al- Sure, negotiating groui
ways over, there so they're getting re- about the amount of time a b
ally irritated," Jessie said. or girlfriend spends in your r
a While it can be irritating when maJ?r step.
1 your roomie's significant other is a stu- But how do you work out i
!r dent on campus, there are a whole when it comes to the?uh?lovi
different set of problems when he or "0^ i opened the door to
(e she is involved with a H.T.H. (home- and Ernestine and Adam were
e town ney)- the act," said Heather. "I shut
a Heather, a freshman psychology as fast as I could. I couldn't b<
major at Syracuse University, says her They didn't even lock the dooi
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iam has Dear Alice,
1 the vis- I recently had sex with my j
ither. friend. It w^s the first time for hot
ien he is us. Her hymen broke & she bled a
hange in He, & even cried, but she said
hower. I LOVED it. Me, on the other hand,
es in the "no pam, but, at the same time, I
re. I feel n?t have a lot of pleasured expec
m.B the first time to be much better,
11. her vagina seemed to be too relai
visitOf I did not feel a lot of pressure
hev were my penis. Virgins are supposed to h
bines to Hght vaginas to make sex more
joyable.
. .1 My girlfriend used to go to ba
Heather f?r 10 years, and she always does
splits and squats. Do you think t
made her vaginal muscles relaxed
id to talk is it just that she did not know hot
In t want please me? I am really frustrate!
nds in a ]jed her, telling her I love<
tie needs too.Please help me out.? Disappoir
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a system fear por SOme, it is important to
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my room pressure is a greater factor than pi
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the door People become good lovers v
alieve it! practice and sensitivity. Sex is.soi
* " thing that is learned, and each per
ivice to is unique. The tightness of the v<
iituation na, or of the vaginal "grip," varies fi
tofasig- woman to woman. The hymer
or some- thin piece of skin at the opening i
le board woman's vagina, may be broker
stretched through intercourse, pe
rf on the tration, horseback riding, bicycling
works ballet, etc. The hymen does not imi
b will be on tightness of her vagina,
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inter disappoints
If you place your finger just inside
your girlfriend's vagina and ask
her to squeeze, you will probably feel
her vaginal muscles tighten. It is not
^rj. clear to Alice if her vagina could be
h of lighter, or if you have an unrealistic
| expectation. For example, how do you
ske masturbate? Few vaginas are able to
felt grasp a penis as strongly as one's own
^ hand can.
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ced, turbate loosening your grip, or using
?on a different technique. Try using the
iave left hand if you are right-handed, or
en- the right hand if you are left-handed.
A water-based lubricant available
in drug stores, such as Aqualube or
tke Astroglide, along with a looser grip,
can help you change your pattern.^
- Changing your pattern can help you
^ ^ respond to different stimuli, so that
^ ^ you increase your own opportunities
j for pleasure.
ited Being a good lover takes time, patience,
trust, talking, listening, andpractice.
Truthfulness and authentice
ity also play an important part, since
^ sexuality and intimacy involve more
)ec" than gymnastics. Along these lines,
111 Alice suggests that you do not tell some&et
one that you love the sex, if you do not.
j^n' It is not fair to her/him, and it is not
ea" fair to yourself. Furthermore, it interferes
with "continuous improvedth
ment!"
Perhaps you could relax a bit;
son build confidence in yourself, in your
iEL~ body, in hers; and, bask in the chal~?m
lenge and opportunity to leam together.
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i or Go Ask Alice! is written by the health
ine- educators at Columbia University's
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harms liqueur fan
The drink, a favorite of Van Gogh
and other luminaries, was banned in
i an France in 1915, and later throughout
eur most of the world, because it causes
Var insanity. But eight decades later,
rly- the recipe appears on a Web site entitled,
"What is Absinthe?"
ier- The doctors, from George Washith.
ington University Medical Center, in
[ed- Washington, D.C., say the patient got
nan the recipe, then purchased the worm!
af- wood ingredient through a Web site
[ant that sells aromatherapies.
ue~ Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Kimmel
says the case shows that the Internet
can be a medical minefield.
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