We talk all day about romance, courtship, dating, marriage, and everything that implies a more sexual relationship, but are quick to gloss over everything that goes into a girl friendship. I sighed, "Well Destiny, if you had taken the liberty to look around, you'd realize there are no bathrooms here.

If you haven’t checked out dental dams recently, give them another look, there are now several styles that can be worn like panties, rather than just a square of material you need to hold in place by hand.Symptoms include a frothy discharge, pain when peeing, vulval soreness, and sometimes an unpleasant vaginal odour. My friend Joyce is a good person — great sense of humor, compassion that extends into forever, good storyteller, and a no-bullshit kind of woman. This is caused by a virus, which can spread if you have vaginal, anal or oral sex, or share sex toys. It’s not just your hands that should be clean — anything that’s going to touch your body (especially your genitals) needs to be freshly washed, including sex toys. A dental dam is a latex or polyurethane (very thin, soft plastic) square, of about 15cm by 15cm, which you can use to cover the anus or genitals during oral sex.

Still, you may never have heard of me before, since all I'm writing is published anonymously, or under a false name. Thrush can be treated with medicated cream, pessaries and tablets, which can be bought from a chemist. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It has recently dawned on me that we do not discuss the complex, wonderful displays of woman-on-woman platonic love in this world. If you are sexually active, have any of the symptoms above or are worried you may have an STI you should be tested regularly.You don’t want to date someone for a bit, get into their bedroom and for them to suddenly be all like, “Cover me in Lego and beat me with a copy of Roget’s Thesaurus. Although people regularly report enjoying how their partner smells or tastes, that doesn’t stop people from feeling self-conscious. Exchange your gossip, your confessions, and your unfiltered opinions (as can often only occur in the privacy of a pee zone), because you know that they will be safe. Symptoms may include vulval and vaginal itching, pain and soreness on penetration, burning when passing urine, and a thick, white discharge. The fact that the urethra is a separate opening from the vagina is such a well-kept secret that it’s common punch-line material on TV.