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Shallow Gal
U-G-L-Y, her boyfriend's got no alibi.
4/10/2003
Past Tense, Part Two
Turns out, "Runaround Sue's" boyfriend isn't the only one who can't deal with her sexual history.
4/3/2003
Past Tense
When your partner can't deal with your sexual history.
3/27/2003
A Sore Subject
When you're horny with herpes.
3/20/2003
Cockzilla
"I've got a monster in my pants and it's scaring away all the ladies."
3/13/2003
More Matter, Less Art: Part II
Drive-by Q and As for people living in the fast lane.
3/6/2003
More Matter, Less Art
The lightning round: 17 answers to 17 questions.
2/27/2003
Accessory to Infidelity
Can you blame The Other Woman for an extramarital affair?
2/20/2003
Sexually Challenged
When your boyfriend's got the equipment, but doesn't know how to use it.
2/13/2003
The Impossible Dream
How to have hot sex for the rest of your marriage, end world hunger, and scientifically determine whether Tom Cruise is gay.
2/6/2003
Confessions of a Suspicious Mind
Is it okay to break into your partner's email? Only if they're cheating on you.
1/30/2003
A Very Personal Makeover: The Sequel
Another brutal review of one poor soul's personal ad.
1/23/2003
"Gotta Go, My Dog Just Died"
And other things not to say to your blind date.
1/16/2003
Entry-Level Sex
My girlfriend's a virgin. How can I make a good first impression?
1/9/2003
Can't Touch This
Do I have to masturbate?
1/2/2003
Spread the Love
Ten resolutions for making sure everyone gets a little something in 2003.
12/26/2002
Advanced Casual Sex
When your booty call wants to spoon.
12/19/2002
Merry F*cking Christmas
Good gift givers get better head.
12/12/2002
Won't You Take Me to Urinetown?
Getting your girlfriend to let her love flow.
12/5/2002
How to Date Your Wife
After seven years of marriage, sex isn't the problem getting to it is.
11/28/2002
Alt.relationship
When someone you love is polyamorous.
11/21/2002
Ps & Qs for 2002
Keeping the sex dirty and the table manners clean.
11/14/2002
Must Be the Money Shot
How to give your girlfriend an at-home facial.
11/7/2002
Classic EmLo: STD Sucker Punch
When he gives you the gift that keeps on giving.
10/31/2002
Love, Honor, and Anal Play
Should I strap one on to save my marriage?
10/24/2002
Do I Make You Weary, Baby?
Why do my wife and my advice columnists yawn when it comes to sex with me?
10/17/2002
Dirty Harriets
Go ahead, make our advice column.
10/10/2002
Some Kind of Fabulous
Does my high school crush play on my team?
10/3/2002
The Double Whammy (9.26)
When your boyfriend cheats on you . . . with your best friend!
9/26/2002
Classic: Ch-Ch-Change
How to get unstuck without dumping your girlfriend.
9/19/2002
Everybody Says I Love You
But is everyone just a big fat liar?
9/12/2002
I'm Scared, Hold Me
Tell me there's more to sex than strangers in fur suits.
9/5/2002
The Rules Girls Are the Devil!
The inherent evil in The Rules for Online Dating.
8/29/2002
About Last Night
How to make a graceful exit from a one-night stand.
8/22/2002
Two More Thumbs Up (8.15)
More movie recommendations for every occasion.
8/15/2002
Bad Vibes (8.8)
How to deal with a woman who's got more tools than Home Depot.
8/8/2002
Love at First Bite (8.1)
What's the harm of hickeys?
8/1/2002
Questions That Answer Themselves, Part II (7.25)
These people need a lot more than advice.
7/25/2002
BDSM: It's What's for Dinner!
How to be the boss in the bedroom.
7/18/2002
Dating a Jerk-Off
Should I be jealous of my boyfriend's right hand?
7/11/2002
How to Get Over a Breakup (7.4)
There's more to it than eating ice cream (although that has been shown to help in some cases).
7/4/2002
The Obnoxious English Dicktionary (6.27)
What's your name, handsome?
6/27/2002
The Pu**y Monologues, Redux
The revolution of sexual linguistics has begun.
6/13/2002
Classic Personals Etiquette (6.7)
The nice person's guide to dating and dumping online.
6/7/2002
The Pu**y Monologues (5.30)
Reader alternatives to our least favorite word.
5/30/2002
How to Be a Better Lover, Part III: An Addendum (5.24)
Advice about our advice.
5/23/2002
How to Be a Better Lover, Part II (5.16)
Eat kiwi, and other unsexy tips to make you sexier.
5/16/2002
The Do's and Don'ts of Sex
How to be a better "lover" in twenty easy steps.
5/9/2002
Good Touch/Bad Touch
I masturbate differently from all the other kids. Will they laugh at me?
5/2/2002
One-Word Advice (4.25)
Brevity is the soul of wit.
4/25/2002
Thrill of the Chase (4.18)
Why do men hound you down, then disappear — poof!
4/18/2002
Dating Definitions for Dummies (4.11)
When does "dating" become a "serious relationship"?
4/11/2002
Potty Mouth (4.4)
How to talk dirty without cracking up.
4/4/2002
Ricki Lake, Eat Your Heart Out (3.28)
How do I tell a casual acquaintance that his fiancee's boinking his best friend?
3/28/2002
Clothed Female, Naked Male (3.21)
Equal opportunity objectification or just more porn for dudes? 
3/21/2002
Bachelor Party Booty? (3.14)
Hey, the promise of a promise is still a promise.
3/14/2002
It's a Date! Part II (3.7)
Stating the obvious when it comes to first date etiquette for women.
3/7/2002
"Help, No One Will Meet Me in Person!" (2.28)
When your personal ad is awesome, and everyone else is an idiot.
2/28/2002
Flying the Kinky Skies
How to explain your "toys" to airport security.
2/21/2002
Questions That Answer Themselves (2.15)
These people need a lot more than advice.
2/15/2002
Bloody Valentine's Day (2.7)
V-Day ideas for the broke and/or anti-consumerist.
2/7/2002
It's a Date! (1.31)
Stating the obvious when it comes to first date etiquette for men.
1/31/2002
How to Give Good Party (1.24)
Tips and tricks to make your next soiree saucier than late-night HBO.
1/24/2002
Tooty-Fruity Coochy (1.17)
What to do when your rosebush wilts.
1/17/2002
Self-Help for Your Peter, Part III (1.10)
Still more stuff you wanted to know about your penis and weren't afraid to ask.
1/10/2002
Self-Help for Your Peter , Part II (1.4)
Everything else you wanted to know about your penis and weren't afraid to ask.
1/4/2002
Self-Help for Your Peter (12.27)
Everything you wanted to know about penises and weren't afraid to ask.
12/27/2001
Going Down (12.20)
The importance of a good toe-job.
12/20/2001
We Hate Em & Lo Week (12.13)
You can't please all the people all the time.
12/13/2001
Waxing Is So Nineties (12.6)
How to make your pubic hair soft and fluffy.
12/6/2001
Old Habits Die Hard (11.29)
How to spice up your tired old masturbation routine.
11/29/2001
Happy Thanksgiving (11.22)
There's a cornucopia of sex to be thankful for . . .
11/22/2001
STD Sucker Punch (11.15)
When he gives the gift that keeps on giving.
11/15/2001
"Free to Be You and Me" Week (11.10)
Em and Lo love you just the way you are, you little tree-humper, you.
11/9/2001
Change Her Mind and Change the World (11.02)
How to keep your wife from wearing Wonder Woman body paint (and nothing else) to your company costume party.
11/2/2001
Helpful Hints (10.25)
How to make the Personals system work for you.
10/25/2001
Personals Safety Tips (10.18)
The stop-drop-and-rolls of online dating.
10/18/2001
Your Cheatin' Heart (10.11)
Should you tell your current partner about your past indiscretions?
10/11/2001
To Be Single or Not to Be Single (10.4)
How to have your cake and eat it too.
10/4/2001
A Very Personal Make-Over (9.27)
Learn from one man's mistakes.
9/27/2001
Posting Personals (9.6)
All the cool kids are doing it!
9/6/2001
Treasure Chains and Funeral Pains (8.30)
An eclectic mix of Q and A's.
8/30/2001
How to Get Over a Breakup
There's more to it than eating ice cream (although that has been shown to help in some cases).
8/23/2001
Personals Etiquette (8.17)
The nice person's guide to dating and dumping online.
8/17/2001
Common Ground (8.2)
There is none when you've moved to Planet Dickhead.
8/2/2001
Dating Don'ts (7.26)
Don't stare at her crotch on the subway and other useful dating tips.
7/26/2001
C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-E
"Just Talk to Your Partner" is our middle name.
7/19/2001
Nice Shoes, Wanna Fuck? (7.12)
The gentleman's guide to closing the deal.
7/12/2001
Advice from a Relief Pitcher (7.6)
He's got two balls and a bat, plus a whole new perspective.
7/6/2001
Stranger Than Fiction (6.28)
Questions and answers for a mixed-up world.
6/28/2001
Bad Advice (6.21)
Don't listen to us — we don't know what we're talking about!
6/21/2001
The Art of Cunnilingus, Part Two (6.11)
More tips for advanced divers.
6/11/2001
Head 102: The Art of Cunnilingus (5.31)
How to think outside the box.
5/31/2001
The Truth Hurts (5.24)
Cheaters never win; winners never cheat.
5/24/2001
The Truth Hurts (5.24)
Cheaters never win; winners never cheat.
5/23/2001
Head 101 (5.18)
The basics of the blowjob for the uninitiated.
5/18/2001
Tainted Love Toys (5.11)
Do I have to buy a new vibrator for each woman I sleep with? And is there such a thing as casual sex?
5/11/2001
An Open Letter (5.3)
I've fallen for one half of Em & Lo and I can't get up!
5/3/2001
Dating Karma
To call or not to call, that is the question.
4/26/2001
She's the One
But what if she's already somebody else's "One"?
4/19/2001
The Old College Try
On frat boys and fuck-me boots.
4/12/2001
Baby Gap
When is the age difference too much?
4/6/2001
Too Shy Shy (3.22)
How to win friends and influence beautiful people.
3/22/2001
Stuck in a Single Rut
Q: Is there any good reason why I'm all alone? A: No . . . more>>>
3/15/2001
You Really Like Us (3.2)
Switcheroo: Members tell Em and Lo a thing or two.
3/2/2001
Ch-Ch-Change (2.22)
How to get unstuck without dumping your girlfriend.
2/22/2001
The Long and the Short of It (2.15)
Simple answers to four complicated questions.
2/15/2001
Bloody Valentine's Day
This week's advice: V-Day ideas for the broke and/or anti-consumerist.
2/9/2001
Office Politics
Didn't you get the memo? I'm not into you.
2/2/2001
Advice from Near-Experts
Dream interpretation, sleepytime tease, sexual terrorists and the backdoor blues.
1/26/2001
Let's Just Be Friends
Q: Why do nice guys finish last? A: Because they care about their partner's satisfaction.
1/19/2001
Hot for Teacher II
Loving your aerobics instructor for her mind (it can happen!).
1/11/2001
Get Shorty (1.4)
This Week's Advice: How to put your best five feet forward.
1/4/2001
Tough Love Week (12.21.00)
How to dump your midlife crisis; plus, getting over the loser who dumped you.
12/21/2000
Losing It
This week's advice: How to tell your boyfriend you're still, like, a virgin at twenty-eight.
12/7/2000
Risky Business
This week's advice: My girlfriend keeps pulling down my pants in public — help!
11/29/2000
Hot for Teacher
This week's advice: Will I pass the sex test with my first Internet fling?
11/22/2000
Am I a Lesbian?
This week's advice: When psychotic, alcoholic pimp-employees make you wonder . . .
11/9/2000
Back on That Horse
Getting it on/getting on with it.
11/2/2000
Sixty-Second Advice
This week's advice: If a man you've never met before suddenly gives you flowers, that could be "Stalking."
10/19/2000
Bust a Move
This week's advice: How not to be a "nasty ho."
10/5/2000
Personal Hell
This week's advice: If your wit and charm aren't getting you anywhere on the Personals, why not date us?
9/26/2000
Seeing Red
Write to your HooksexupCenter cruise directors for advice, tips, words of wisdom, recipes we'll post our answers here. New this week: Getting busy when Aunt Flow's in town.
9/20/2000
Sensitive Guy and Not-So-Sensitive Guy
Write to your HooksexupCenter cruise directors for advice, tips, words of wisdom, recipes — we'll post our answers here. New: Long-distance cyber-cheating and the Dumb Question of the Week.
9/12/2000
Tough Love Week
Write to your HooksexupCenter cruise directors for advice, tips, words of wisdom, recipes we'll post our answers here. This week: Em & Lo dish out some of Dr. Laura's medicine.
9/6/2000
Dry Spell
Write to your HooksexupCenter cruise directors for advice, tips, words of wisdom, recipes we'll post our answers here. This week: Does the pity angle work?
8/29/2000
Kissing Cousins
Write to your HooksexupCenter cruise directors for advice, tips, words of wisdom, recipes — we'll post our answers here. This week: If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right.
8/23/2000
Boyfriends Have Feelings Too
Write to your HooksexupCenter cruise directors for advice, tips, words of wisdom, recipes — we'll post our answers here. This week: What to do when your girlfriend acts like a construction worker.
8/15/2000
The Closed Case of the Open Relationship
Write to your HooksexupCenter cruise directors for advice, tips, words of wisdom, recipes we'll post our answers here. This week: Making rules for relationships that have no rules.
8/2/2000
Makeover Madness
Sprite's wrong: image is everything
7/26/2000
Eat Me
It's just a recipe for a summer dessert. No, really.
7/19/2000
Friendly Get-Together
Help! I just slept with my B.F.F.!
7/11/2000
Thrill of the Chase
Why do men hound you down, then disappear- poof!
6/26/2000
Tongue-Tied
Libido stimulation, company courtesy, and kissing etiquette.
6/20/2000
Rubber Love
That old woman smell, condom training, and baby talk.
6/13/2000
Breakfast of Champions
Dirty sheats, anal persuasion, and more nipple talk.
6/6/2000
I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Male nipples, club tactics, and threeways.
5/30/2000
Pot Luck Advice
Unrequited lust, indecision, and a great tuna recipe.
5/23/2000
Two Thumbs Up
Em & Lo's movie recommendations for every occaision.
5/16/2000
I Dream of Weenies
Straight man wonders: Am I Getting Gay?
5/9/2000
Rub Us the Right Way
The importance of a helping hand.
5/1/2000
Cybercrushing
Those double-digit nose pickers on the subway.
4/24/2000

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