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hersband and wife Awesome Advice, Way to Go! Calling out the weeks worst advice columns. This week: dont lecture the strippers.The Source: Hersband & Wife, a “whimsical duo of lesbian advice columnists” on HersbandAndWife.com

The Dilemma: Worried’s girlfriend is being hit on by another woman. The other woman happens to be the girlfriend’s sister’s ex-girlfriend. (Go ahead. Give yourself a second to sort through it, it’s okay.) When Worried complains, she’s called “controlling and jealous.”

The Advice: Hersband says, “When a woman is attracted to you she is going to be disrespectful to your girlfriend, wife or anyone around you… More relationships split up this way and the one that leaves is usually the innocent one.”

The Rebuttal: Incestuous pairings aside, let’s not demonize this other woman. Worried’s girlfriend has a brain and a mouth. She can set boundaries. Let’s leave the Eve complexes for the Adams.


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The Dilemma: No Way I’m Leaving My Name is in charge of planning his best friend’s bachelor party. Best friend wants adult entertainment; best friend’s fiancé has already gone out of her way to give NWILMN the “no strippers” talk. Should he give his friend a lame night or risk post-marriage banning?

The Advice: “Is there not some middle ground here? What if you told the hired professional entertainment ladies in no uncertain terms — sternly, in fact — that there are to be no shenanigans… You don’t hire these entertainers to come to some hotel room, where any number of dubious scenarios could unfold, but you take the party to their place of employment, where they have rules about things like touching the help.”

The Rebuttal: Fuck middle ground and fuck solving your friends’ relationship problems, NWILMN. (That’s MY job.) Oh, and while we’re fucking things, fuck grooms who make their best men hold the Blame Stick. You should tell the happy couple they have one week to come to a mutual decision before bachelor party planning will commence. If not, fuck not having strippers, there won’t even be a party.


large penis support group Awesome Advice, Way to Go! Calling out the weeks worst advice columns. This week: dont lecture the strippers.The Source: Sex With a Large Penis Forum, Large Penis Support Group

The Dilemma: “My wife says her pussy stings every time we have sex these days (which isn’t all that often — maybe once a month now),” says LPSG member Schisse. “Trying to figure out what it is, don’t want her to hurt.”

The Advice: “Try the butt; it’s just as flexible and with lots of Gun Oil lube and patience, it might make a good substitute,” advises ChadStallion, a fellow LPSG sufferer.

The Rebuttal: Call me Cathy Contrary, but I’m going to say she’s not an anal girl if they’re only doing it once a month. Asking for anal in this situation is like asking someone at a bar for their number, getting shot down, and then saying, “Fine. What about a handjob?” A stinging vagina should be addressed by a medical professional, not alternate penetration.


cosmogirl logo Awesome Advice, Way to Go! Calling out the weeks worst advice columns. This week: dont lecture the strippers.The Source: Tameka, writing for “Expert Advice”, CosmoGirl

The Dilemma: A “Do-Good Girl” with a declared age of twenty-nine-to-thirty-five bans her husband from his “BFF” because he does drugs. Then her dog goes missing. She accuses BFF, who says husband is cheating on her with multiple women. Do-Good Girl wonders if “he’s tryn to get back @at me” or is being truthful.

The Advice: Tameka says, “Sometimes the truth is the very thing you don’t want to accept… Just take some alone time and observe.”

The Rebuttal: Not bad, Tameka. My problem is with Do-Good Girl, who’s well past the Bonne Belle demographic and still using phrases like BFF and @ signs in her public correspondence. Not to mention seeking advice in CosmoGirl. What, did you try Highlights first, but Goofus & Gallant had a restraining order?


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Comments ( 13 )

Stinging vagina could indicate an allergy to latex, lube, spermicide, whatever they’re using. But pins and needles sort of numbness stinging might mean constriction of vessels, possibly solved by changing positions, but should be mentioned to the doctor.

Kate commented on Jul 02 09 at 4:19 am

I think this is a funny concept, because i think Erin Bradley gives really mediocre advice. I don’t mean to attack her as a person, I don’t mean that she has to be replaced, i just think she needs to get better at it. I feel like she frequently makes arbitrary decisions based on her oen ability or inability to empathize with the folks in ned of help or their partners and she doesn’t have a consistent, clear framework for her opinions that justifies them. I thin k she would be better at it if she took like 5 womens studies classes, a logic and debate class, and put more effort into explaining the values and rules that underpin what seem to me to be simple selfish emotional responses.

gleffhoff commented on Jul 02 09 at 11:16 am

I love this feature. Gleff - why do I suspect you are one of these bad advice columnists feeling defensive right now.

jHarrySchwartz commented on Jul 02 09 at 11:39 am

I love Erin’s writing, and her opinions and advice are full of humor and wisdom. I have read many other sex and relationship columns, and none come close.

Gleff does make a valid point about a logical inconsistency that Erin shares with most other columnists, though. This is the “sex is just a physical and physiologic need, like eating, and so anonymous/random/casual sex is nothing”, while at the same time elevating sex in a relationship to near Augustinian levels of sanctity. At the same time, all the other elements of how people behave are forgivable “that’s just him/her” character flaws. She will address these inconsistencies in time.

Michael commented on Jul 02 09 at 12:50 pm

I would be scared in a world where we all followed advice columnists’ advice. Erin’s is thoughtful and entertaining, and it won’t always be right for everyone. Thank god for that!

goinggoinggone commented on Jul 02 09 at 2:15 pm

Stinging vagina can also be caused by the Pill, or other hormone-based contraceptives which can lead to thin, irritated female parts.

As for Erin, she does OK, but like many advice columnists occasionally shows her biases. Every so often it seems like she’ll get a question that touches a nerve, and she’ll go off on the person (I’m thinking of the one about borderline personality disorder). Like many other columnists, she tends to go easier on LGBT folks than straight folks, especially straight men. And like Dr. Phil, she sometimes goes for snappy-sounding, simplistic solutions to complicated problems. But most of the time, her suggestions are thoughtful, and usually not destructive, which is more than I can say for a lot of others.

S.F. commented on Jul 02 09 at 3:01 pm

Miss Info is one of my favourite advice columns, and I’m a bit of aan advice-column junkie. And I love this feature.

kari commented on Jul 02 09 at 4:38 pm

fuck gleffhoff. just because he is articulate and thoughtful dosent mean he is not a douch

dj commented on Jul 02 09 at 6:01 pm

If all advice columnists wrote like Gleffhoff is suggesting then they’d be…BORING AS HELL. The personal spin and yes opinionatedness (sp?) are what makes Savage and ms. Info so interesting. Gleff seems to play off the assumption that human interactions are like math equations. There’s no correct way to go about them.

LP commented on Jul 02 09 at 8:43 pm

I actually think Gleffhoff is making a valid and well reasoned opinion. If you disagree with his opinion it does not make him a douch (sic). I have been a fan of Erin since she started but I agree with Gleff concerning some of the arbitrary advice Erin gives which seems to be dependant on empathy. It feels at times she is still finding her voice. You can be a fan and can still be objectively critical. In my opinion, it might be a bit premature for her to be criticizing others in her field. However, I do like the premise…advice columns are like assholes, everyone wants to bugger one…but no one wants shit on their dick…erm…uh…or something like that….maybe I need some work on my metaphors…

godlikemonolith commented on Jul 03 09 at 11:22 am

stinging vagina: usually lack of natural lubrication, and the friction causes discomfort. gotta heat the oven before you put the bun in. foreplay, man.

M commented on Jul 06 09 at 7:17 am

Wait, if it’s a support group for men with (apparently) extra large wangs why would the columnist recommend anal sex? Unless you’re very used to it, anal sex is the last thing you should be doing with a horse cock.

Caitlin commented on Jul 07 09 at 3:16 am

stinging vagina: +1 on seeking a doctor.
But the anal advice isn’t completely off base either. (Speaking from experience.) The comment about not being into anal and only having sex once a month is making some assumptions. They may only be having sex once a month ’cause _he_ has a low libido. And what does libido/time/energy have to do with whether you want to have anal sex or not? Certainly, if they don’t have a history of anal sex, (and also given that it’s a large penis support group we’re talking about) he should probably bring it up in a context of “what other things can we do to be intimate while we’re waiting for Dr. Gyn to come up with something?”

Oh, and FWIW, I love Erin’s columns.

Lulu commented on Jul 07 09 at 8:48 pm

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