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I Don’t Know Who The Woman In My House Is, But She Is Not My Wife
My head had bumped into a grate – more so like a cage rather than just a grate. And inside the cage, in a small dirt and concrete cell, sat…
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Everyone In Howeville, Virginia Will Tell You My Family Is Cursed — But The Truth Is Way Darker Than Any Urban Legend
Everyone in Howeville, Virginia knew about the Barnes Family Curse, but no one knew more about it than me.
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Ranking The Women On This Season Of ‘The Bachelor’: Is Taylor *Actually* The Villain?
This week’s episode was truly the icing on my existential dread cupcake!!!!
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Here’s What Kind Of Significant Other You Need (In 5 Words), Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Aquarius: Someone who’s not easily deterred.
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Everything About Our Family Farm Is Lovely…Except For What Lives In The Basement
Out of anywhere on the acres and acres of property, the only place I wasn’t allowed to be was that basement.
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What People Notice About You On The First Date (In 5 Words), Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Gemini: You ask really unique questions.
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Date The Girl Who Loves Too Hard
Girls who love too hard, lead a life following their heart and ignoring logic.
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This Is What You Need In A Romantic Partner, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Gemini: Your ideal match is someone witty and with a thirst for exploring. You’re excited by the thought of someone you can have unlimited adventures with.
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11 Things To Know Before Dating The Girl Who Is Close To Her Dad
She might be yours and she might even love you but remember she loved him first.
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I Found The Footage From My First And Last Session With A Hypnotherapist, And What It Revealed Will Haunt Me For Years
For someone who has spent over a decade honing their lucid dreaming skills, suddenly not being able to remember a nightmare can be even more disturbing than the nightmare itself.
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10 Things You Should Never Say To A Loved One With Anxiety
Don’t be stupid. If a loved one asks for reassurance and help with a fear that they have, don’t act like their question isn’t important. Please do not undermine the…
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It’s Time To Let Him Go Because You’ve Tried For Long Enough
You are not hard to love. You are worthy of love. A love harder than he can give you. A love that doesn’t make you question whether you matter. A…
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When You Finally Meet The Right Person, The Timing Won’t Matter At All
The only people who don’t have time for others are those that don’t want to make time for them.
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What It Feels Like To Be In Love When You Question Your Own Self-Worth
How can this person ever truly love me when I can’t even love myself?
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What It Means To Love Yourself After Surviving Trauma
Loving yourself after trauma is committing to yourself. It is committing to your background, knowing where you’ve been and how you will move on.
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13 Men On The Woman They Thought They Loved, And How They Knew She Wasn’t The One
“I think the hardest part of recognizing that it’s not really ‘meant to be,’ is admitting it to yourself, and then the harder part is admitting it to them. It…
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She’s Skeptical Because She’s Been Hurt So Badly In The Past
She can’t blindly believe that you aren’t going to hurt her. Because she’s believed before. And she’s been hurt before.
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This Is What Anxiety Actually Feels Like (Because It’s Not Being ‘Over Dramatic’)
Anxiety is not just you being lazy or having a poor work ethic. It’s feeling like a fire is burning in your heart as soon as people ask you what…
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25 Men And Women Confess To The Darkest, Most Absurd Secrets They’ve Never Told Anyone Before
I once talked a dude I had never met out of suicide via a phone call. After what happened next, I regret it.
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You Will Love Again
You will love again, despite the holes inside your heart that haven’t healed yet.
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13 Signs You’re Highly Susceptible To Settling For Less Than You Deserve
You get attached easily. As soon as someone gives you a little bit of attention, you’re hooked on them.
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For Every Strong, But Sensitive Woman Still Learning To Love
In a world where people are so damn scared to love, you never change.
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In A World Where Everyone Leaves, I Will Be The One Who Stays
I promise that in a world where people leave, where marriages fail, where relationships break, where love fades—I’m not going anywhere.
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I Went To A Health Spa Last Week And Had A Horrifyingly Paranormal Encounter
It would’ve been relaxing – except there were those chants again. Coming from the speakers in the wall.
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To The People Who Love Me Through My Anxiety
It comes in me being my own worst critic and you having to be my number one fan.
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When Love Leaves
When love leaves, let it go. Find the inner faith inside of your bones that ache to become hope.
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20 Things You Should Stop Wasting Your Time Doing In Your 20s
You don’t need to justify your choices or decisions to anyone. If you want to do something, do it. If you fail that’s great, at least you tried to go…
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To The Friends Who Love Us, No Matter How Crazy We Are
Thank you for teaching me how to stand up for myself. Thank you for making me feel like I’m worth something more.
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Anxiety Is Not A Choice (So Please Stop Telling Us To ‘Chill’)
Would you tell someone with a broken leg, to stop overreacting and to ‘just keep walking’? Would you tell someone with cancer to ‘just smile’ and to ‘let it go’?…
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This Is What You’re Really Asking, When You Say Can We Be ‘Just Friends’
You’re asking me to look at someone I love every single day and deny what my heart knows to be true.
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This Couple Found A Flirty Note On Their Car And What They Did Will Make You Laugh Your Ass Off
This is flirting gone wrong and then gone right again.
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When You Start To Miss Me, Remember I Didn’t Have To Lose You To Realize Your Worth
And there’s nothing anyone can say or do to fix it because the only person that can change the way you feel is the one who made you feel these…
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Stop Worrying – Where You Are Right Now Is Where You’re Supposed To Be
Right where you are in this moment—even in all this imperfection and mess and steps still left to take—is exactly where you’re supposed to be.
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Don’t Fall In Love When You’re Lonely
A love that is born in loneliness is not a love that is destined for growth – the roots are weak and longevity is hopeless.
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25 People Give Details About The Time They Were Brutally Tortured
“I was kidnapped with my mother in our car. I was burnt by cigarettes, cut on my face and genitals, and was stomped and punched in the head.”
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12 Things I’ll Never Understand About Modern Dating
What social media ‘likes’ really mean. Does it mean they’re interested? Does it mean they’re trying to grab our attention? Does it even mean anything at all?
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How To Date The Girl With Standards
When you date a girl who knows how precious she is, please do not stomp on her heart. She trusts you. She hears your words and believes them. She feels…
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10 Famous People Who Attempted Suicide But Lived To Achieve Amazing Success
“What doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.”
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28 Average People Share The Most Sickening Thing To Happen In Their Hometown
“We had a middle school teacher murder his wife, his wife’s lover, and the two children of the lover. When I was in his class years before, he would do…
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13 Men Share The Little Things They Do When They’re Really Serious About You (That You Probably Don’t Notice)
I actually call her instead of texting. When I’m serious about her, I want to hear her voice, I want to hear her laugh.
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It Is Not Your Partner’s Responsibility To Fix What’s Broken Inside Of You
Saving yourself is your own job. Full stop.
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15 Things The Girl With An Eggshell Heart Needs, But Will Never Ask For
Reassurance. She wants to know that you haven’t grown bored of her. Haven’t lost interest in her. That you’re still as in love with her now as you were when…
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Social Media Is Running And Ruining My Life
Be honest, you’re not really putting your volunteer work on social media to show people that you care, you’re putting it up there so people can comment and talk about…
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Reminder: You Are Not An Option
You my friend, are a one of a kind package. A literal 1 in a 7.5 billion shot. So start acting like it.
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14 Things You Should Thank The Aquarius In Your Life For
For seeing the best in you. For appreciating your bizarre talent, for seeing your hidden potential, for noticing the little details about you that everyone else fails to see. For…
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Why We All Need To Find Love In Ourselves Before We Find Love In Other People
Everyone’s right order starts with loving yourself completely, truly and fully.
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You Are Always On My Mind And Forever In My Heart
I’m sorry if I left you helpless and didn’t give you a chance to stay.
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20 Things You’re Officially Too Old To Be Doing In Your 20s
Hiding your emotions. It’s okay to be angry. Annoyed. Upset. In love. Don’t hide your emotions to seem like you have it all together. Nobody does.
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Stay Away From Anyone Who Makes You Feel Like You’re Hard To Love
Stay away from anyone that makes you feel like you’re hard to love. Like it’s an effort to make time for you. An effort to text you back. An effort…
