Dear Level

How to Role-Play in Bed Without Feeling Like a Clown

Just play your part and watch the magic happen

Aliya S. King
LEVEL
Published in
4 min readAug 21, 2020

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Illustration: Olivia Fields

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Every week that I write Dear Level, I usually ask my fiancé his thoughts. My partner is super open and has very few hang-ups about anything; if I want to talk about anything involving sex, he’s always game.

Until now.

Today’s topic, ladies and gentlemen, is role-play! Going all out. Getting into character — and sometimes costume — and putting on a performance worthy of a Pornhub Award. (Yes, there are really Pornhub Awards; no, you don’t want to be a judge.)

Feeling randy and have a little time to get creative? Boom. Grab one of your scenarios. Your partner will know something’s coming. But they won’t know what exactly.

In an episode of the sitcom The Good Place, after Eleanor reveals that she has a fantasy of being with a letter carrier, her partner, Chidi, indulges her by showing up in a postal uniform. Hat, shorts, the whole nine. The scenario was played up for laughs — well, kinda — but…

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Aliya S. King
Aliya S. King

Written by Aliya S. King

Aliya S. King is an author, freelance writer and editor.

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