Derek never saw it coming.

Money's tight everywhere these days, but that doesn't mean romance and seduction have to suffer a write-down.

Are you the last person who gets noticed at a party, gathering or club?

In the world of dating there are no regulations that help us single folk make sure we are getting it right.

I had thought that by the grand old age of 31 relationships would get somehow easier. But alas no.

In a lot of ways, a first date is like a job interview.

My first five years in New York, I led a good single life.

Think throwing out a bag of Doritos and a keg of beer constitutes elegant entertaining?

Though she has never lived with a man, Michelle is on her second marriage.

If you're anything like my friends, your eyebrows almost flew off your forehead in surprise when you first saw the title of this story.

We've all got a teeny bit of psycho in us.

Do you feel depressed for no reason? Have you lost your "zest" for life?

Who's on your vision board? The brooding, bat-eared Christian Bale?

When Martin met Marie, he thought he'd died and gone to Heaven.

You've heard of Feng Shui, right?

Aside from the obvious clues of being pepper-sprayed or hearing your companion whisper "Kill me now" to the waiter, it's not always obvious when your date isn't having a good time.

Modern life is a litany of passive-aggressive actions.

Raise your hand if you're insecure about your body, particularly your naked body.

On a plane from New York, I gave some dating advice to the attractive single woman sitting next to me.

When it comes to stressful situations, nothing is more fraught with danger than dismantling a bomb.

Men who know how to go south with style are a rare breed, but thankfully dedicated pupils can master the fine art of giving head.

Dating two people at once can be tricky.

Dear Sting, Thanks for ruining my life. I'm not an international rock star that makes women swoon.

How far will we go in the quest for the perfect body?

Homophobes worry that anal sex will make them gay. Froufrou females assume it's just a painful form of male domination.

It's time to check your ideas of morality and emotional involvement at the door because today we're talking about a little thing called the Booty Call.

When it comes to sex education, the last class you probably took was in high school.

In Lost Girls, an erotic graphic novel by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie, three women meet in a hotel in Austria on the eve of the First World War.

I have a friend, Leila, who swears there's a correlation between bad dancing and good lovin'.

Erotica is a type of literature that is written in order to arouse the reader. It's not smut and it's not pornography.