Melissa Petro
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Melissa Petro Articles
You may have heard the old joke that 98% of people masturbate, and the other two percent are lying.
Read...We’ve all been in a situation where we've thought NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME.
Read...When I first got sober, I started to accept that the “happy” occasions in life — holidays, birthdays and other special events — might not only feel happy. When I’m “supposed” to feel good, I feel nervous, anxious, and embarrassed. The center of attention, I feel vulnerable and on display.
Read...Teaching sex ed the right way doesn’t have to be weird or hard.
Read...Sometimes the fights I pick with my fiancé are really fights with myself.
Read...The other day on Facebook, one of my friends remarked that I was a “later-in-life” bride.
Read...Arran and I joke that no one wants to go to a wedding, not really— and maybe that’s true, but (perhaps naively) we had thought of the day as a gift to everyone involved, including ourselves.
Read...On FYI’s newest, Kiss Bang Love, the show sets one man or one woman up with ten strangers who the contestant will kiss, one after another, while blindfolded. From these ten hopeful suitors, the contestant chooses five and then two, with whom they go on “intimate 24-hour dates.” The producers ask: Can blind sexual chemistry lead to love? I say, probably not!
Read...After gaining as much as forty pounds and pushing a cantaloupe out my vagina, I wondered: will my body ever be the same?
Read...A couple months before our official engagement, Arran and I had an uncomfortable conversation about getting married. Specifically, my dear boyfriend of two years chose a quiet brunch on one unassuming Sunday to bring up the fact that he was reluctant to propose.
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