THE GETAUVE JOURNAL

2026-10-05 15:22:33

A Pick for a College Senior

The relationship ended in March, and for the first time in two years nobody else...
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2026-10-05 15:22:29

A Pick for a Frequent Traveler

You wanted to meet your body again. Nobody said the reset would happen four time...
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2026-10-05 15:22:25

A Pick for Someone With Aching Hands

Three weeks into the new apartment, the quiet finally belongs to you. Then your hands...
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2026-10-05 15:22:22

A First toy After Menopause

The kids are grown, the house is finally quiet in the afternoons, and for the...
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2026-10-05 15:22:18

A First Toy in Your Forties

Nobody tells you this part: your body is not the one you had at 32,...
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2026-10-05 15:22:14

Keeping It From Becoming a Joke

Weirdly, the talking made things better. Six weeks after the awkward conversation, both of us...
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2026-10-05 15:22:11

When a Partner Feels Replaced

Before you open your mouth, write down three things a person does that nothing with...
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2026-10-05 15:22:06

Talking After the First Try

You said it felt nice. He heard "it's fine, I suppose," and spent the next...
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2026-10-05 15:22:02

A Plain Script for the First Ask

"I've been thinking about getting something for us" sat in your mouth for four months...
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2026-10-05 15:21:59

Saying What You Actually Want

You said the thing, he blinked, and then you spent the next 10 minutes softening...
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2026-10-05 15:21:50

A Night-Shift Sleep Schedule

People describe this whole thing as a slow weekend ritual, and it isn't that for...
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2026-10-05 15:21:46

A Shared Bathroom With No Storage

You don't want anything elaborate. You want 20 minutes alone, and right now the bathroom...
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