It's very tempting when you really want to be with someone to settle for much, much less—even a vague, pathetic facsimile of less.

当你真正想跟某人在一起时会退而求其次——甚至是模糊的、可悲的摹本那么次都是有诱惑力的。

Ladies, please, keep your eye on the prize.

女士们，请紧盯着成功的奖励。

Remember always what you set out to get, and please don't settle for less.

记住自己一直想要的，请不要退而求其次。

If you can't do it for you, do it for everyone else: These guys are able to exist because there are a lot of women out there who allow them to.

如果你无法为自己做到，那就为其他所有人做到：这些人之所以存在是因为有很多女人允许他们这样。

The "But Everyone Is Doing It" Excuse

“但是所有人都在这么做”的借口

Dear Greg,

亲爱的格雷格，

Yes. Breakup sex. It's been hot. Emotional. Amazing. I'm tortured and I love him and I can't stop myself.

是的，分手做爱，这很性感，很冲动，很神奇。我很受折磨，但是我爱他，我停不下来。

I thought that you were allowed breakup sex, but now I'm in over my head. Help.

我以为你会允许分手做爱，但是现在我脑子里一团乱麻。帮帮我。

Signed Ileen

艾琳

Dear If You Know Better, Why Are You Still at His Apartment?

亲爱的既然你知道该怎么做，那你为什么还呆在他的公寓呢？

Hey, girl. Put down the penis, put your clothes back on, and go directly to your best friend's house.

嘿，姑娘。把jb放下，把衣服穿上，直接去朋友家。

Do not find an excuse to stay. Do not think that because of all the crazy hotness of it all, it now means that you're meant to be together.

别为自己找理由留下。不要认为由于所有这些疯狂的热情，现在就意味着你们应该在一起。

Yes, breakup sex does seem like a good idea, because, hey, it's nice to have sex with someone you know.

是的，分手做爱看起来像是个好主意，因为，嘿，跟熟人做爱很不错。

And it's nice to have sex with someone you have all these dramatic feelings about.

而且跟一个有着戏剧化感情的人做爱感觉很好。

It makes it all, well, dramatic. But now you know.

它让一切变得戏剧化。但是你现在知道。

It confuses everything and makes you feel like crap, because face it, you're a woman, and women can't separate sex and emotions.

这扰乱了一切，让你感觉自己像废物，因为面对吧，你是个女人，女人很难把性和感情分开。

How many times will you make me have to say that? I sound like such a jerk!

你想让我说多少次？我听起来像个混蛋！

So now you don't ever have to make that mistake again. Got it? He's not into you.

所以你再也不需要犯这个错误了。知道吗？他不喜欢你。

He's into the very-bad-idea-that- masquerades-as-a-good-idea, breakup sex. Over and out.

他很喜欢这个坏主意，认为化妆舞会是个好主意，分手做爱。完毕。

Greg

格雷格

Don't underestimate the power of sex, even with someone you've been doing it with for a very long time.

不要低估性爱的力量，甚至是和你在一起很久的性伴侣。

Especially with someone you've been doing it with for a very long time.

尤其是和你在一起很久的性伴侣。

Breaking up means not seeing them again, which also implies not seeing them naked again.

分手意味着不再见面，这也意味着不再看见对方的裸体。

It may be tempting to forget this pearl of wisdom, but just remember, it's still called breakup sex.

忘记这个至理名言很具诱惑力，但是记住，它依旧被称作分手做爱。

No one has yet to rename it oh-my-God-the-sex- was-so-good-we- got-back-together-again-and-lived-happily-ever-after sex.

目前为止没人给它更名为——我的天哪，性爱太好了，我们复合吧，从此快乐性福的生活在一起。