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Stop Loving People You Feel You Need To Save
I’ve always tried to save people. I am not sure why I have always gravitated toward someone who would make my life messy
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10 People Share Their Eerie, Otherworldly Encounters With ‘Shadow People’
“My grandpa used to see shadow figures out of the corners of his eyes as a kid, while awake, and so did his little brother.”
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41 People Share The Most Outrageous And Hilarious Lies They Ever Told
At, work, for whatever reason, when I first started I told a girl that I was married…I was never married…It got so out of hand that I actually bought a…
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16 Women Describe What They Love About Themselves (Because It’s Okay To Be A Woman And Like Yourself)
“That I’m annoyingly curious. If I didn’t ask so many questions, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”
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11 Things You Need To Know Before Dating An Italian Girl
We love food. Honestly, eating is probably the highlight of our days.
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10 Reasons Why People Who Speak Their Minds Are The Happiest
They don’t worry about what people think. They don’t try to keep up appearances or try to please people. They don’t try to get everyone’s attention. They’re happy with a…
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This Is How You Find Your True Identity
True identity is formed through self-awareness, by letting go of conditioned thoughts and beliefs.
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11 Things I’ll Never Compromise On In A Relationship Ever Again
If I’m excited about something, if I accomplish something, I’m going to celebrate. I’m going to toast myself and if you can’t toast with me, no champagne for you.
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11 People Share Where And When They Met The Love Of Their Life
“This is going to sound terrible, but I met him at one of those traffic school things that you go to after you get too many speeding tickets.”
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Read This When You’re Wondering When Things Will Finally Get Better
As the sun sets upon each day, you will have learned, you will have grown, and you will have changed. Maybe not a lot, but at least a little.
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We Didn’t Just Have A Spark, We Had Fireworks
Our memories already make the future long for the past and our love already puts all other lovers to shame.
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10 Things PTSD Would Tell Us (If It Could)
PTSD isn’t that the person is refusing to let go of the past, but the past is refusing to let go of the person.
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14 Signs It’s Time To Let Your Relationship Go
When you feel lonely most of the time. If the relationship makes you feel lonely, then what’s the point? If you can’t share your life with the person you’re with,…
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Just So You Know, Money Doesn’t Define Your Happiness
In twenty years, you won’t remember that you drunkenly spent $50 on drinks on a Saturday night—you’ll remember the ugly bathroom selfies with your best friends and dancing until the…
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I Want To Love Myself, But I’m Too Busy Loving You
I should be focused on my career, on my schooling, and on my friends, so I can reach the place I want in life. But I have trouble concentrating on…
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For All 20-Somethings, It’s Okay To Not Know Who You Are, We’re Still Learning
We are still learning and we have to admit to ourselves that we don’t have all the answers yet.
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How Myers-Briggs Personality Types Are Portrayed Online Vs. How They Are In Real Life
Real ENFP: *Hides inside watching cat videos for literally days at a time.*
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Maybe Our Love Will Be Even Better The Second Time Around
You love with a gentleness. This time, you aren’t crossing the street with both eyes shut. This time, you are checking. This time, you are loving without being blind.
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I Would Rather Be Alone Than With The Wrong Person
We can love someone, and love the feeling of being with someone, and they can still be the wrong person.
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5 Celebrities Who Have Sexually Rejected Me
Harry and I met while I was on a poetry tour in London. There was this instant, palpable feeling that we already knew each other.
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This Is How I’m Going to Remember You
You’ll send me a happy birthday text and I won’t know whether to respond with a simple “thank you,” to talk about how much I miss you and want you…
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54 People Confess How They Learned About Sex For The First Time
“The ol’ fashioned way—I walked in on my parents.”
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Don’t ‘Fall’ In Love With Me: Choose To Love Me
I know you love me because you still look at me like I’m magic, even during the mundane moments of our togetherness.
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I Picked Up A Psycho Hitchhiker And Now I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Back Home
I need to do things right this time. That must be why time travel exists, why the hitchhiker showed up on my street and hopped into my car. To set…
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Here Is What Energizes Each Myers-Briggs Personality Type
ENFPs and ENTPs are energized by exploring and synthesising new ideas.
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21 True Police Stories Of Traffic Stops Gone Horribly Wrong And Hilariously Right
“I pulled over Chewbacca on his way to a convention.”
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7 Things You Absolutely Need To Do When Visiting A Foreign Country
Take pictures (and selfies!) of and with everything.
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What If I Told You That I Love You
What if we told each other how we feel and how we felt all along? What if we saw each other every day and held each other every night?
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12 Things You Need To Remember If You’re Struggling To Believe That You’ll Ever Find Love
If you look around at the people who have love, you’ll see that they’re all different. Your lack of love has nothing to do with your size, your quirks, your…
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10 Should-Be Dating Rules That Would Make Finding Love A Lot Easier
If you kiss someone and see fireworks, tell them that it meant something to you.
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5 Reasons Young People Need To STOP Supporting Bernie Sanders (Like, Right Now)
Bernie Sanders definitely does not fall short of wanting to make radical changes to society.
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The Most Important Part of The Creative Process That Everyone Misses: A Draw-Down Period
Because of course the idea is good. Of course there’s something here. Of course the audiences will love what we create. Of course our breakthrough is legitimate. Except that isn’t…
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Why You Need To Love Yourself First Before You Can Love Someone Else
Figure out who you are when you’re on your own. So when someone does come around, you can form a completely new world together, instead of simply falling into theirs.
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44 Simple But Meaningful Quotes That Will Make You Feel Happy In An Instant
“Better to be the one who smiled than the one who didn’t smile back.”
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The Real Reason He Didn’t Call You Back
The reasons women think a guy has flaked are rarely the reasons he did.
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The Only Drug I Needed Was You
To the boy who sat next to me on that airplane, thank you for restoring my faith in men.
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29 Harsh But True Life Lessons That Every 20 Something Will Eventually Learn
“You will start losing people.”
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Why It’s Totally Okay To Be Clingy In Relationships
Someone who complains you’re too clingy might well be just not that into you.
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The Truth Is, I’m Terrified Of One-Night Stands
I’m terrified of touching someone whose heart isn’t intertwined with mine.
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10 Things You Need To Remember If Your Life Isn’t Turning Out The Way You Thought It Would
You owe nothing to your younger self. You are not responsible for becoming the person you once thought you’d be.
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25 Important Reminders You Need To Hear When Your Heart Is Breaking
It’s better to be alone than with someone who doesn’t appreciate you or someone who makes you believe that loving you is hard.
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16 Signs You’re What’s Known As An ‘Intrinsically Motivated’ Person
You pursue what you love, even if not as your full-time job.
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This Is What Loving You Is Like
like lavender scented candles and string lights fastened to every corner of the universe.
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You Deserve A Love Just Like This
You deserve someone who never forces you to do things you do not want to; someone who trusts you; someone who acknowledges that you have dreams and aspirations, and stays…
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17 Qualities Your Conservative Mother Really Wishes You Would Look For In A Boyfriend
It would be “a plus” if he were a Kennedy. Didn’t Taylor Swift date one? Surely you can find one too?
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29 People Share The Creepiest Urban Legend From Their Hometown
“When we lived in western Pennsylvania my uncle would always tell me about Charlie No-Face.”
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22 People Describe Their Creepiest, Most Unexplainable Childhood Memories
“I saw our dog that had long been dead go to where his food bowl used to be to eat.”
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Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds, But It Does Teach You How To Survive
I mean, T. Swift has a point. Bandaids don’t fix bullet holes. And time, as forgiving as it can be, does not swoop in like a magical antidote and permanently…
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23 Times When You Really Need To Give Yourself A Break
It’s difficult to accept that someone can be attracted to you, and love you as a friend, but still not want to date you. And when you feel it for…
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31 Beautiful Book Quotes That Will Provide Comfort Whenever You Feel Lost
“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
