I’m a 22-year-old woman with a 21-year-old live-in boyfriend of 11 months. My boyfriend loves eating my ass. He goes for my ass when I wake up, after I get out of the shower, when I get home from work. At first it felt good as hell, but now it’s too freaky–I can’t imagine that anyone’s ass tastes that good. We haven’t had vaginal sex or cunnilingus for a month! I made up every excuse possible for him not to do it, but he became violent and went into a rage, accusing me of infidelity. I love him, but the whole ass thing has completely freaked me out. Should I stay or should I go? –Grossed Out in Baltimore

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Butt first: There’s nothing wrong with a man who wants to eat a woman’s ass–or toss her salad, as the straight kids say. And no, ladies, there’s nothing gay about a boy sticking his tongue up a girl’s butt. Like most every sex act, eating ass carries health risks–all the usual STDs along with intestinal parasites. Tossers can minimize their risks by eating only freshly showered butt and by reserving rimming, as the gay kids call it, for regular partners they know to be in good sexual health.

Won’t Dump Her for Head asked you for a special blow-job dispensation for his girlfriend on the grounds that her uncle mouth fucked her in her formative years. As a straight woman who also got mouth raped by a family member and got past it, I think your advice was great. I also have a thought for the girlfriend in question: Blow away, tenderly and gingerly! Nibble, lick, and have fun! If you start to freak out, remember that this guy is not your uncle. Leave the lights on and look at him, from the cock up. See? If he reminds you of your uncle, DTMFA. But if he’s the caring, genuine sort of guy his letter makes him sound like, lick and slurp away–not as an obligation, but as an experiment in keeping your body, mind, and mouth fully in the present moment. –Converted Blow-Job Lover