Make Me Cry So I Know It’s Real
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

Make Me Cry So I Know It’s Real

If a man can evoke tears from me, he’s onto something. It’s not always symbolic of mistreatment. Sometimes we’re just not seeing eye to eye or it feels like the odds are stacked against us.

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Career>Love
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

Career>Love

Some people choose to fill their lives with service or work. They’re hard-wired to produce and earn. They’re business-driven and emotions are secondary. Then there are people like me—people who put relationships over almost everything in their lives.

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Miami Vice
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

Miami Vice

I was getting ready for a date when my phone vibrated with a message from E. It said, “We should go to Miami tonight.” Was I really about to fly across the country with a guy I met just six days ago? Yes.

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Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

Dating Divorced Dudes

Divorced men are exceptional at stepping up to the plate. They plan more thoroughly. They’re better communicators. It even feels like they know themselves better. Dating a man who’s been married (& divorced) is great because I know he’s already excelled in a romantic relationship.

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Respective Addictions
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

Respective Addictions

The night I met Cole he was definitely high. He came into my job late and asked where the most private area was. As we were talking his eyes shifted around the club, like he was trying to familiarize himself with the place as quickly as possible.

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A Week in My Life
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

A Week in My Life

My life in Los Angeles as the city slowly reopens amid the coronavirus pandemic. Inspired by The Cut’s “Sex Diaries” series.

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A Conversation with QThree on International Fetish Day
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

A Conversation with QThree on International Fetish Day

Most people have a fetish of some sort. Although fetishism includes a range of preferences, the most prevailing is sexual attraction to feet. I asked artist QThree, who has an unabashed foot fetish, some questions pertaining to the sometimes misunderstood fixation.

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Sad Sex
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

Sad Sex

Having sad sex with a stranger didn’t heal my heartbreak, but it was the first step in my journey to recovery.

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Heartbreak in Hindsight
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

Heartbreak in Hindsight

When Jake “broke up” with me I was crushed because it was the first time I felt so close to someone of the opposite sex. He made me feel more at ease than any other person I’d dated at the time. He was funny, charming and grounded in who he was, even as a teenager

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Take Me to Church
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

Take Me to Church

Can sex bring us to enlightenment or godliness? In pondering this thought I did some research to see if others had the same idea.

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I Am My Mother
Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

I Am My Mother

Like so many awesome mothers do, my mom put herself last and her kids and husband first. I may have taken her for granted in the past but I certainly don’t now.

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Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

Brexit

There was about an hour left until close when Blake arrived at my club. I was twirling around the pole when I saw him approaching. He had a beard and tousled, ear-length brown hair that hung underneath a baseball cap.“Hi, I’m Melody,” I said.

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Ashleigh Gray Ashleigh Gray

A Tinder Gem

I was inspired to reactivate my Tinder account. I’d been seeing an elusive guy and needed to get him off my brain. I wanted to remind myself that there are more guys out there. What I found was even better, a Tinder treasure.

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