<em>I actually hate the word striptease. It brings up so many tacky images for me so I almost titled this how to undress, but then this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLKaQnvs9Bg">very weird video from 1937 popped up</a>. So! for simplicity's sake, I'll call it strip tease.</em>

First, forget all the nonsense floating around about specific "moves" or costumes or stripper poles. You are not a hooker (probably, or you wouldn't even bother reading this) -- so forget all about tacky sequined crap and painful-looking acrobatics and for the love of Love, do not let anyone stuff a dollar bill down your pants.

Forget that.

Now think about having fun. Yes, fun. This is essentially playtime for grownups.

Stripping for your lover is very easy and very fun. Just watch Sophia and Marcelo:

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Isn't that refreshing? There's no need to memorize crazy dance routines or offer yourself up as if you were submitting to a gynecological exam. And if you watch closely, you will see that while Sophia doesn't have a perfectly airbrushed body you don't even notice because her confidence and fun is so damn contagious.

All you have to do is maintain eye contact, take your time, and lose yourself in the moment. A little music in the background helps, but you are not performing a broadway show. So keep the volume low and just sway to the music as you undress.

If you do it right, you can keep playing this game for thirty years and it will never get old.

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Well, mostly.