twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

  • Wine, Wine Everywhere….
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Wine, Wine Everywhere….

    Something makes them progress to using wine to self medicate. It is hard to say who is at risk because you don’t have to have alcoholics on your family tree to become one, yourself.

  • Oral Sex—With Pleasure Comes Risk
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Oral Sex—With Pleasure Comes Risk

    Though still regarded by some major religions as 'wrong', fellatio and cunnilingus are a frequent part of the sexual activities of couples worldwide.

  • Why Breaking Up Is Harder for Some
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Why Breaking Up Is Harder for Some

    If getting over a break-up is more difficult for you than your friends, the chances are good that you made the cardinal mistake of creating a life around one individual.

  • Feeling Guilty That You Cheated?
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Feeling Guilty That You Cheated?

    Even if he never knew what was happening, even when the cheating is over and you have sworn to yourself that it will never happen again, you still carry that guilt around with you.

  • Paid Companion and Sex Buddy
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Paid Companion and Sex Buddy

    How do you politely describe your relationship with someone whose salary is considerably less than yours, with whom you go out socially, and with whom you are having killer sex?

  • Mom and Dad Are Getting Divorced
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Mom and Dad Are Getting Divorced

    It is no longer uncommon for adult children to learn that their parents are getting a divorce. Your reactions to the unthinkable news are varied. All of a sudden you feel like an 8 year-old kid.

  • What Defines Marriage?
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    What Defines Marriage?

    When Shakespeare spoke about the “marriage of true minds,” he was not referring to the word marriage as we know it, but a coming together of like thinkers.

  • Pornography and Relationships
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Pornography and Relationships

    Pornography was thought to enhance the sexual act between partners who were literally taught techniques and “ways to pleasure” each other through the  observation of the prostitutes.

  • It’s Not You, It’s Him!
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    It’s Not You, It’s Him!

    A man is a complex creature who may not always think through what it means to commit to a relationship.

  • Sex On the Brain
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    Sex On the Brain

    A friend of mine gets turned on by her fiancé saying the word "quattordici". That’s the Italian word for the number 14, not exactly a hot button word. I guess it is in the way it is pronounced, quattordici or maybe just because it is a word in a romance language.