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4 Reasons A Relationship Won’t Make You Happier
A relationship isn’t meant to fill the voids others have left. It isn’t meant to replace or forget anyone.
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10 Uncomfortable Signs You Are Ready To Meet Your Forever Person
You don’t have a fixed idea of who your forever person is.
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What It Means To Love A Girl Without A Mother
Her mother has taught her how to love, how to hate, how to fight, and since losing the most influential person in her life; how to survive.
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What Disney Taught Me About Unrealistic Expectations In Love
A man does not have to be a prince for him to treat a woman like a princess.
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Why We Need To Stop Shaming People For Buying Their Dogs Instead Of Adopting
Let’s not shame people for spending a thousand dollars on a puppy. It’s their choice, their life, and just because they don’t make the same choice you would doesn’t mean…
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Missing You Doesn’t Just Come In Waves, It Feels Like I’m Drowning
It doesn’t just come in waves it comes in tsunamis that never seems to let me catch my breath.
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That One Summer Filled With Whiskey
Maybe it was the whiskey talking.
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You Owe It To Yourself To Move On And Forgive People
Maybe now is the right time for you to completely open a different chapter of your life.
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How To Know If It’s Time To Give Up On Him
If you are genuinely in two minds as to whether you should give up on a guy or not and not sure what to do, it’s important to understand the…
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How To Know If He Really Likes You (But He’s Just Too Scared To Tell You)
Sometimes, the nicest guys are the shyest. They don’t see themselves as being the aggressive type, so they have a difficult time doing things outside their comfort zones.
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15 Red Flags She Is Absolutely NOT The Woman For You
When the two of you discuss your future plans she always gleefully suggests cutting off all ties with friends and family.
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You Deserve To Be More Than Someone’s ‘Almost’
Every single day you’re wearing your heart down because all you want is to have them hold you and tell you that you’re exactly what they want, but they never…
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11 Things People Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because You Have Both Anxiety And Depression
Your bed is your safe haven. No one can hurt you there. No one can bother you. No one has to see if you’re in a terrible state or mood.…
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This Is How Toxic Relationships Ruin The Loveliest Girls
You took a good girl and you put her through hell.
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This Is When You Say Goodbye
You say goodbye when they say it first whether silently or out loud. You see it in their eyes, in their actions, you hear it, even in their most loving…
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3 Ways To Deal When Your Ex Starts Dating Someone New Right After You Breakup
When an ex-beau starts to date someone else, it’s not about yourself nor your past relationship.
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I Get Tired Of Almosts
I get tired of being let down and disappointed because we aren’t dating and you don’t have any obligation to me.
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8 Uncomfortable Signs You’re Growing Apart From Your Best Friend
Growing apart from your best friend is painful as hell. It’s basically a breakup on steroids.
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You’re Hurting Now, But Someday You’ll Be Okay
The wounds will heal, the tears will stop, and the pain will disappear.
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You Made Her Think She Had A Shot With You
But you played games and every move you made you had her on her toes.
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The Reason You Suck At Being A Girl, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Leo: You secretly hate women’s clothes. They’re expensive. They’re uncomfortable. And there’s never any pockets. You love being in a relationship, because you get to steal your boyfriend’s hoodies.
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23 People Describe The Horror Of Watching Someone Die Violently
“His intestines just fell out everywhere like if you had a bag of spaghetti and cut the side open.”
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Date The Girl Who Was There For You Through It All
You can’t date someone who only wants to be around when you’re in a good mood, who stays when you want kisses and leaves as soon as you want to…
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This Is Why I Believe In Destiny
Not only did you save me from the demons in my head, but you also changed the way I think. You showed me that there’s a beauty in uncertainty. You…
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My Anxiety Makes Me Do The Dumbest Things
My anxiety makes me hide in my own house whenever I hear a knock at the door.
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To The Ones Who Feel Like They’re Always ‘Too Much’
You’re the ones who don’t always look good ‘on paper’ because you’re out there chasing happiness. You’re out there trying to write your own story. You’re out there choosing life.
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Michelle Carter This Is What You Don’t Do When Someone Confides In You About Suicide
My only wish was he never met you because maybe then he’d still be alive.
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The Truth About Missing Someone You Never Actually Dated
You can love someone you never dated, you can miss someone you never dated, and you can get over someone you never dated.
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Of All The Things I Love About You, It’s Your Openness I Value The Most
I love that you’re not afraid to let me in, to talk to me, to be emotional and vulnerable and raw and real. I love that you put aside your…
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If You Love Her, Keep Her Wild
If you love her, let her be. Let her be as she is—strong and soft, gentle and passionate.
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Having Sex With A Teacher Isn’t At All Like What You See On TV
Sex on their desk isn’t a thing.
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7 Signs You’ve Found A True Forever Friend
You don’t even have to call for a back-up. They’re just there, waiting for you to spill it.
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27 Things Parents Do To Their Kids That Mess With Their Heads Into Adulthood
“Badmouthing the other parent. I understand you might lose your sh*t during a divorce, but keep your kids out of it.”
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50 Possible Signs You May Have Colonial Mentality
Not liking or consuming literally any Filipino media. Seriously, you don’t like ONE Filipino song or band?
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Strong Girls Are Comfortable Spending Time Alone
She has never been the kind of girl to hop from bar to bar, to party until two in the morning and wake up each day with a hangover. She…
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11 Single Millennial Men Explain What Love Means To Them In The World Of Modern Dating
“We’re not the generation of commitment phobes, we’re the generation that is distracted by all of these obstacles that define what modern dating is.”
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15 Stupid Mistakes That Smart People Don’t Realize They’re Making
Smart people give up easily when they fail. They are used to solving problems very quickly compared to others. When they fail at something, they think that something is wrong…
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11 Uncomfortable Signs Your ‘Shyness’ Is Actually Social Anxiety
You could be out with your girls for happy hour, or kicking back on a Sunday watching football with your best friends, when suddenly your heart beats at a scary…
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Stay Single Until You Find Someone You Can Sit Comfortably In Silence With
There’s something ultimately so comforting and refreshing about shared silences.
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You Are Only Single Because You Are Smart Enough To Know What You Deserve
You are careful with your heart. You don’t hand it over to anyone who gives you a little bit of attention. You are selective about who gets to stay in…
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10 Common Sense Dating Rules We Could All Use A Reminder About
Don’t change who you are to impress someone. It’s not worth it. You aren’t going to be for everyone and that is okay, just like everyone isn’t for you. That…
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This Is Why You’re A Catch (In One Sentence), Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Cancer: You have the biggest heart.
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Dear God, Thank You For All The Bad Things That Happened To Me
Dear God, thank you for the grief I experienced too young because it made me resilient. I am not destroyed by the people who leave me because the ones who…
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10 Reasons Why INFPs Have Such A Hard Time Finding Love
INFPs are feelers so they feel everything so deeply. It takes them a while to bounce back from criticism or rejection, they can’t just ‘get over their feelings,’ they need…
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You Almost Dated Her, But Shattered Her Heart Instead
You might not have used your words to tell her you were interested, but you silently said it. You said it every time you reached out to grab her hand…
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I Wish I Could Stop Pushing You Away But I’m So Used To People Leaving
I push you away because I can’t see how someone like you could love someone like me. I don’t believe it. I see my flaws like a neon sign in…
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11 Things People Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because You’re An All-Or-Nothing Person
If you feel something, whether it’s joy or deep depression, you feel it to a really powerful extent. You feel deeply and so incredibly, that sometimes it can overwhelming for…
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10 Ways To Truly Love Your Body (Even When You’re Entirely Too Hard On Yourself)
Constantly remind yourself that changing your body will not change your life. Changing your body will not change you. Your body is just one small detail.
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How ‘Almost Relationships’ Are Messing Up The True Meaning Of Love
We want love so badly, that we have turned it into something less. Something laughable. Something temporary. Something dull.
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This Is The Way Alpha Girls Pick Their Person
Alpha girls pick their person by looking beneath the surface. By seeing how a boy treats them, by seeing what his values are, by seeing the way he handles himself…










































































