(Left to right) Neil Bollington, 42, from Springfield, Va.; Roger Fox, 26, from Rockville; Mark Smith, 21, in South Korea (via skype on laptop); and group organizer, Jessica Sawicki, 27, of Germantown meet at a Rockville restaurant for an Asexuals of the Mid-Atlantic meetup. {DAVID STUCK, SPECIAL TO B}

They said she was just a waste of life.

All because Lauren Pierce wasn’t showing interest in dating, in relationships, in kissing.

She heard this from classmates in middle school and high school. In eighth grade, it seemed everyone was dating. Pierce wasn’t, and that was strange and inexcusable. Such a waste.

“It really became a problem because people started making it a problem,” said Pierce, a 21-year-old junior at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Pierce just knew that she had no interest in dating or sex. She called herself “anti-sexual” until the 10th grade, when she first heard the word “asexual.”

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We’d rather look at a blank screen then go to sex.com {thanks, AP}

It should be one of the most popular spots on the Web.

Instead, sex.com’s mish-mash of blah links and boring essays (paired with a design our 10-year-old cousin could improve upon), makes it a what-could-have-been wasteland.

That could change, though. Cnet.com reports that the site, originally registered by the founder of match.com, will be put up for auction next month as part of a foreclosure (which, apparently, happens even in the Web world).

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It’s interesting that a lot of people demand music during sex.

We mean, occasional background noise — sure. But are there really people out there — besides those responsible for WB shows in the 1990s — who require a sex playlist?

Billboard thinks so. Reuters reports that the music mag recently compiled a list of the 50 most popular songs about sex, mostly based on chart performance.

Sadly, the majority of the top 10 aren’t sexy at all. We guess there’s a difference between being “about sex” and “sexy.”

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That’s one sexy T-Rex smile {thanks, The Baltimore Sun}

While you frantically found chairs to reserve your parking spot, we kept up with what was happening in the world of celebs not slammed with snow. Here’s your pop culture week in review

Sexy dinos: Discovery’s “Tyrannosaurus Sex.” From the press release: “It shows dinosaur sex in all its glory. How did a ferocious T-Rex woo his lady? How did a female Titanosaur support the weight of a male who was as long as a four-story building is high?” Uh, maybe Jurassic yoga helped? Tune in 10 p.m. Sunday.

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Canadian Deborah Whitten, a former field hockey goalkeeper, arrives with the Olympic torch at the biathlon track for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics {thanks, AP}

Easiest Olympic event to medal in: Vancouver sex.

With the Winter Olympics set to curl into our lives Friday, its Canadian host city is flush with Olympic sex fever to accommodate all the visitors.

Apparently, they won’t just be going to the Capilano Suspension Bridge (“Naturally Thrilling Since 1889,” apparently).

Canada.com (our one-stop source for all things Canuck) reports that Vancouver’s most prominent strip club is planning “Olympic-themed decorations” (?), one area escort service is hiring dozens of women across the country just for the Games, and hotel employees have told strip clubs to prepare for a huge influx of customers.

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So crazy in love {thanks, stock.xchng}

Good, bad, hilarious, heart breaking, embarrassing.

Everyone has a love story … and we want to hear yours.

Tell us your tales of REAL love.

Leave us your story in the comments or e-mail me at marissa@bthesite.com.

Maybe I’ll tell you one or two of my own …

Beyonce shows off her, uh, singing ability to Terrence Howard {thanks, AP}

We’re no longer shocked, surprised or scandalized by American Apparel’s sexually salacious advertisements (see how many “s” words we got in there!).

We have a feeling that if they did some kind of furries/S&M campaign in the spring we likely wouldn’t bat an eye.

But the clothing company got our attention with its search for its new butt model — basically it’s a “your butt can be the face of American Apparel” thing.

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“Prostidude” Markus strikes a hulking pose {thanks, AP}

There’s a lot we like about “Markus,” Nevada’s first legit “prostidude.”

First, there’s just the fact that the 25-year-old, hired by a Nevada brothel as the state’s first male legal sex worker, is being called “prostidude.” Kind of awesome on the business card.

“Markus” is also a good prostitute name. We would have chosen Peter Eveready, but that’s just us.

And he has a made-for-TV-movie backstory: beefy college dropout-turned-porn star and then homeless man, AP reports. But “Markus” has been having a rough time lately.

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We’re friends, right? So we can talk about sex and relationships honestly. b readers sound off on this week’s Bang Q&A. This week’s particpants are Jen Gaffney (Charles Village), Antonieo Barnes (Pigtown), Lindsay Wailes (Westminster) and Sarah Barnes (Pigtown).

After the jump, check out the questions and the readers’ answers.

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Dr. Ruth chuckles at our romantic pain. Laugh it up, Ruth. Laugh it up {thanks, The Baltimore Sun}

Unless you’re feeling extra amorous, you may want to avoid D.C. next month.

Things are about to get freak-ay down there.

Well, that is if Dr. Ruth Westheimer gets her way — and you know she always does. AFP reports that the wee sex therapist has been enlisted to promote a “28-day romance stimulus plan for the U.S. capital.”

Heh, stimulus. Get it? Washingtonians are so funny.

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