Charlotte Green

7 Things To Do Before You Settle Down

Throw yourself into the degree, the promotion, the internship, or the backpacking tour of Asia that you have always dreamed of doing but knew that you couldn’t do if anyone else was depending on you.

My Home Is Your Body

I would lay down in the crook of your arm and feel like I was finally somewhere that wanted to have me. I never felt more beautiful, more desired, more comfortable in my environment.

When He Left Me

My apartment had never seemed more cold. It had never felt less like the place I actually lived, or more like a vague insult to my current state of aloneness.

19 Ways Your First Love Changes You

You become part of a team and can understand disagreeing about something even though, at the end of the day, you both just want what the other one wants.

I Want To Be A Pretty Girl

Maybe they don’t even realize it. They have grown up for so long in the cage of their beauty and have come to imagine that everyone is afforded their treatment.

21 Ways To Ruin A One Night Stand

Answering a phone call while still in their bed and telling your friend “I can’t talk right now, I’ll tell you about it later.”

The Problem With Having Sex

There’s nothing dirty about it, no, but there is something complicated. There is something which demands more of you, which implicates you, which makes extricating yourself a more involved ordeal than slipping on your tennis shoes and catching the train.

When You Get Back Together With Your Ex

Things didn’t work out a first time, why in the world would they work out a second? You both say that you are different, but do we ever really have enough perspective to say such a thing about ourselves?

When You’re The Only Single Friend

The idea is that, whether or not you want to be in a couple, everyone around you is going to be increasingly centered around their partnered status.