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16 People Share The One Thing They Love Most About Their Significant Other
“Her smile. I swear to God it stops me in my tracks.”
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11 Things Every Girl Needs From Her BF In The Age Of Tinder
Laughter. Which is often overlooked, but so very essential for a strong relationship. There needs to be moments of silliness, of finding joy in the simple things, of teasing one…
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15 Brutally Honest Answers To Questions We’ve All Definitely Asked About Dating
If someone thinks caring makes you clingy, dump their ass and find someone who appreciates your rare and beautiful soul.
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#RelationshipGoals Is Not A Goal: About The Couples Who Post Everything They Do Online
Your relationship is not a joke and it should not be a source of entertainment for the people in your Friends List, unless you let it.
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I Don’t Want To Just Be ‘Talking’, I Want To Be Loving
We like “talking” because it’s casual. It means no commitments. It means we can get dinner three days in a row and then ignore each other’s texts for the next…
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Dating Taught Me A Lot Of Things, But It Didn’t Teach Me Anything About Love
Dating casually wasn’t trying to teach me about love: it was trying to teach me about fun, about confidence, about endless choices. It did its job, because I did have…
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This Is For The Girls Who Believe There Are No Good Guys Left
We send meaningless over-thought-out texts, instead of picking up the phone and speaking spontaneously. We endlessly ‘hang out’ with a bunch of potentials, and are scared to put labels on…
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10 Reasons Modern Dating Is The Actual Worst For Over-thinkers
The, ‘Oh, we’re just talking’ phase. This phase is the overthinker’s kryptonite. Like, what does that even mean? Are you dating? Are you literally just talking — like having very…
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Look For The One You Want To Spend Every Second With, Not ‘The One’ You’re Fated To Be With
It’s not that you don’t believe in romance. It’s just that you’re too sensible or too experienced to romanticize relationships.
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I Will Never Understand ‘Casual Dating’
How does one even casually date another? Like, what are the rules? Are there any? Or do you just emptily fuck them and take them to dinner, ask them questions…
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101 Tinder Pick Up Lines That Are Way Better Than Just Saying ‘Hi’
I think you’re attractive and would love to get to know you without a screen involved.
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10 Pieces Of Dating Advice Our Parents Wish They Could Give Us If We Just Shut Up And Listen
You will never be satisfied with what you have if all you do is keep swiping. You will never get to know someone when you’re already looking for the next…
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7 Positive Things To Embrace About Modern Dating That Will Make It A Little Less Painful
More sex. Luckily, modern dating has taught us there’s an app for that, or a simple three letter text message, ‘U up?’
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You Have To Experience The Wrong Kind Of Love, In Order To Appreciate It When It’s Right
Suddenly, love was mornings spent laughing until I cried. It was having someone make time for me. Love was airport gates, until it turned into “I am moving across the…
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3 Major Differences Between Being In Love And Loving Someone
True love is wanting the absolute best for someone, even if what is best for them is to not be in a relationship with you. True love wants them to…
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19 Lyrics From Drake’s New Album ‘Views’ That You Can Drunkenly Text Your Ex Tonight
Yes, it’s finally here. 6 God officially dropped “Views” which means one thing – YA’LL GETTING DRUNK AND MARVIN’S ROOMING TONIIIIIGHT.
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This Is Me Asking To Be Something More Than Just a Friend
I love you are three words that just don’t seem to captivate what it is I feel. Because you’re more than just someone who makes me feel safe. You’re this…
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Things Will Only Get Better If You Stick Around For It
I know things have been extra hard for you lately. There’s a heaviness that weighs on your chest when you wake up. You feel like Atlas, holding up a sky…
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24 Simple Life Lessons That Are Extremely Important But Too Often Forgotten
People tend to be pretty self-absorbed, which means that a) you shouldn’t put all your faith in them and b) you don’t have to worry so much about what other…
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We Could Have Been So Good For Each Other
You know when they say that some relationships are just meant to teach us a lesson? Maybe we’re one of those.
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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.
