When you're growing up, it's easy to assume that everyone experiences life the way you do. All families have the same idiosyncrasies yours does, and all schools are very similar to the one you attend. Once you start visiting friends' houses or move to a different school, some of those assumptions start to fall away... Continue Reading →
I often see articles on how to have successful relationships, but these are almost always focused on romantic and/or sexual relationships, which is odd because we have so many other relationships in our lives. We have relationships with family, friends and colleagues, but there is nowhere near as much general advice out there on how... Continue Reading →
I should have known that getting older would bring wisdom. I guess it just didn't quite manifest in the way I thought it would, so I never saw it coming. People a lot younger than me are still better at putting so much of it into words though. I should have known that she'd dump... Continue Reading →
When I decided to stop updating this blog back in February, it was because I was feeling thoroughly uninspired. I didn't know what I wanted to write about any more and the (entirely self imposed) pressure of updating the site on a regular basis had become an added worry that I didn't need. After a... Continue Reading →
A few conversations I've had in the last couple of months have made me realise that it's been a while since I last wrote about my relationship(s), or discussed the topic with anyone I'm not already close to. Friends and long-time readers of this blog will already know that I'm not straight and I'm not... Continue Reading →
Jealousy and envy are a bit like Kendall and Kylie Jenner: they look so similar (to the uninitiated) that it's easy to get them confused; they're everywhere (often cropping up when you least expect it); and they are perceived by many as a bad influence. I've written about jealousy many times for this blog and... Continue Reading →
I know that you shouldn't regret anything in life. We all make mistakes from time to time, but then we learn from them which is how we grow emotionally. If that one awful thing hadn't happened, it wouldn't have led to those other much better things. If it hadn't been for some of those decisions... Continue Reading →
Inspired by the anonymous messages that used to be such a large part of Valentine's Day - from the notes we sent each other in school, to the short newspaper ads that were mini declarations of love - Rarely Wears Lipstick's Seekrit Valentine feature aims to refresh the parts that overpriced tat and expensive candlelit... Continue Reading →
The winners of the Sexual Freedom Awards were announced last night - including the wonderful Summer House Weekend, Mistress Tytania and Pandora Blake - which got me thinking back to when I was nominated in the Writer category of its previous incarnation, the Erotic Awards. A lot has changed in my life since then, and... Continue Reading →
A couple of years ago, I started a feature on Rarely Wears Lipstick called Seekrit Valentine, and it's back for 2015. Inspired by the anonymous messages that used to be such a large part of Valentine's Day - from the notes we sent each other in school, to the short newspaper ads that were mini... Continue Reading →