Faye Flam’s Mail: Almost As Weird As Dan Savage’s

Last week, Faye Flam began her column on nudity with an anecdote about a reader, Bob, who called her a second time to insist she take a trip to the nude beach in Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

This is kind of an odd way to start a column — oh, here’s a little story about a reader who said, “Hey, you must go to this nude beach!” — and it also might encourage him to come back for more.

But the lead apparently was a crowd pleaser, as Faye Flam does a redux today with her lead on dominance and submission:

July is dominance/submission month, or so it would seem from the strange confluence of e-mail that readers sent. First came a couple of e-mails from “Brian.” Brian is looking for a woman to dominate him, but until he finds his dream dominatrix, he said he’d like me to help him practice by occasionally telling him to go to bed. He usually retires about 11, but said it would be really fun if I ordered him to bed at, say, 10.

That’s funny. I sent the same email to Stu Bykofsky last week. Didn’t hear back, though.

Who has the upper hand in your twosome? [Inky]
Savage Love [PW]
July 17: What About Bob (And Nude Beaches)?