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15 Pieces Of Tough Love Every Early 20-Something Needs To Hear Right Now
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is absolutely nothing at all.
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I Quit Tinder And My Self-Esteem Skyrocketed
Although Tinder is right there on your phone, it can be draining thinking of that perfect response, waiting hours for a reply, going through that endless back and forth without…
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Self-Love Should Come First
Your 20s are the greatest time to love yourself tenderly anyway.
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29 Life Lessons I’ve Learned In 29 Years
Your life is yours. You’re responsible for yourself and living and expressing your most beautiful dreams. No one can find happiness by living dreams of someone else.
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This Is How You Ruin Your Own Happiness, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
As a Capricorn, you’re sabotaging your happiness by constantly being too hard on yourself.
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A Series Of People I Had To Learn To Let Go
The best-friend who stopped talking to me after her cooler friends who taught her how to straighten her hair deemed me unworthy to sit in the back five seats of…
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This Time I Didn’t Tell You Goodbye
You never wanted to live in Los Angeles. I never wanted to live in New York. There we were, standing on two different ends of the country unwilling to find…
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I Hope You Find What You Are Looking For Out There
I hope you forgive yourself for the mistakes you have made, for the past you keep alive inside of you. I hope you learn to let go — of the…
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7 Overwhelming Emotions You’ve Probably Felt Before But Couldn’t Put In To Words
Keyframe: The feeling of remember a specific moment from the past that seemed to be insignificant at the time, but suddenly emerges as an epiphany.
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8 Things Outgoing Introverts Need In Order To Thrive
Outgoing Introverts can be the most open and fun people to be around, but they need certain things to help them thrive and recharge their batteries.
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I Will Never Be Friends With My Exes (And This Is Why)
I’m ready for you to be my past. Not my now. Not my future. Not my present.
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A Poet Explains What’s Going On With Your Emotions This September, According To Your Zodiac Sign
VIRGO: I can’t promise that you won’t find yourself faced with broken things in need of fixing again, but I can promise that you’ll be able to put it back…
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8 Reasons Why People Who Grew Up With An Addict Parent Will Never Feel ‘Normal’
Would it be chaos? Would it be silence? Would mom or dad be high or drunk? Would they even be home?
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This Is What It’s Like To Date You, Based On Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type
ENFJ: You want a relationship that is going to last. And you want to share everything and everything with that person.
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Zodiac Signs Ranked From Angels To Devils
LIBRA: You are the purest and most beautiful of angels. You’re so pure, sometimes God asks you for advice. Even God says, “OK, I get it—you’re good—but maybe take it…
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Date Someone Who Loves You Exactly Like This
Date someone who loves you enough to answer your questions, to open up when you ask, and to give you a little extra assurance when you’re feeling slightly insecure. No…
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Seeing The Best In Someone Takes Time
You only see it when they step away from the crowd and become who they really are; away from everyone, away from the appearances, away from the pretenses and away…
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Some Psycho On Facebook Copied My Exact Profile And Is Pretending To Be Me
I clicked on the most recent photo album to scroll through, wondering where she found certain snapshots I swore I’d never took in places I swore I’d never been.
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This Is What Happens When A Forever Alone Girl Finds Her Forever Person
With this person, everything is different. With this person, everything comes easy.
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Hate To Break It To You, But There’s No Such Thing As ‘Soulmates’
You cannot build a lasting foundation with someone who is unkind, unfaithful, or just not interested.
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I Gave You A Million Chances And You Screwed Up Every Single One
Every time you disappointed me, I gave you another chance. Every time you made me cry, I gave you another chance.
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15 Signs Your Boyfriend Is A Good Guy But Not The Right Guy
You have seriously considered breaking up with him — but then you felt like an asshole because he’s so nice and technically hasn’t done anything to warrant a breakup. Technically…
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I Will Choose You
I will choose you, even in the doubt. Even in the moments we both hesitate, wondering whether this is love. I will accept that we are flawed and imperfect, and…
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Here’s Why No One Should Ever Get On Your Bad Side, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
CANCER: Everyone better duck when your crab claws come out! If you feel you’ve been wronged, you won’t go in for the kill. You’ll just pick and poke and nag…
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Why It’s Impossible To Get Over You (In 5 Words), Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Scorpio: You never stopped being fascinating.
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How Each Zodiac Sign Absolutely Knows They’re With The Wrong Person (In 5 Words)
Scorpio: You refuse to ‘need’ them.
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Everyone Is Getting Married, But At Least I Have Pasta
I’d rather have a muffin top than to go on a awful date that makes me want to throw up. I’d rather gain a few pounds than be with someone…
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What Loneliness Means Because It’s More Than Not Having Someone To Cuddle
You feel lonely whenever you hear a song that reminds you of your ex. Whenever a character on TV shares their name.
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It’s Okay, I’m A Pisces
Maybe I’ll fail to show up for our coffee date and then go weeks without answering a single one of your texts before I hit you up with a “Oh,…
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How To Be The ‘Chill Girl’ Who Has Absolutely Everything Figured Out
Spend too much money on sparkly things that promise to make you feel beautiful. Buy red lipstick even thought it doesn’t make you look like Marilyn Monroe. Buy more highlighters…
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What Losing My Dad Taught Me About Life
Accompanying someone as they slowly succumb to death, watching their last breath, feeling their hands go cold in yours – changes you right down to your soul.
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This Is The Whole Truth About Why She Keeps Her Heart Guarded
She keeps her heart guarded because she feels broken inside. Her past romances have screwed her up, they have given her baggage too heavy to carry.
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This Is What Fixing Someone Really Means Because It’s More Than Just Trying To Change Them
Fixing someone means staying when they’re used to people leaving.
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You Can’t Erase The Memory Of A Person You Used To Love
There’s no way you can erase the image of someone who was once special to you. There’s no way you can totally forget your past. And there’s no way that…
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I’m Slowly Learning How To Wait
I’m slowly learning that there are no timelines in life; just learning, living and evolving.
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You Taught Me That Effort Matters More Than Sexual Tension
You put in effort to flirt with me. But you never put in effort to keep me.
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Stay Single Until You Find Someone Who Texts You Like This
Date someone who wakes you up with the sweetest texts — even when you’re in a sour mood.
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Sometimes The Reason Why You Can’t Let Go Is Because You’ve Lost Sight Of Who You Are
You’ve created a world where your happiness depends on other people and without realizing it, you’ve let go of yourself in the process. You’ve forgotten the person you were before…
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This Is What Makes You Seem So Clingy, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Aries: Even though you are as independent as they come, some people mistake you as being clingy, because you aren’t afraid to make the first move.
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What Each Myers-Briggs Type Needs For The New School Season
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator sorts people into sixteen distinct personality ‘types’ that share common patterns of processing information. And each type needs something a little different when it comes to…
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What It Feels Like To Have Separation Anxiety Disorder
Even in a crowded place, you feel lonely just because you are not anywhere near the person or the place you are strongly attached with. You feel alone. You feel…
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It’s Not About Finding Someone Who Makes Love ‘Easy,’ It’s About Finding Someone Challenging And Real
Love is not searching for a flawless person, but embracing your mess, another’s mess, and the beautiful mess you can make together.
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The Kind Of Love You Need To Wait For
The love you need to wait for will never knock you down. It may bend from time to time and crack when the wind picks up, but it will never…
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You’re Going To Lose People (And It Won’t Be The End Of The World)
Because you are not for everyone.
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Screw Taylor Swift’s Self-Serving Feminism
Now, let’s talk about the ridiculousness of her diss track. It’s called “Look What You Made Me Do”. Umm… you literally did this to yourself, Taylor???? As a rich adult…
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90 Things Girls Are Sick And Tired Of Hearing
Feminazis are scum! Women have too much power already and we don’t need feminism anymore.
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Here Are People’s Brutally Honest Concerns About Dating Each Zodiac Sign
Aries: “I once dated a textbook Aries – adventurous, exciting, passionate, thirsty for the world, etc. But I felt like he was never happy to just sometimes stay home and…
