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6 Fictional Characters I Was In Love With Who Would Actually Be Terrible Boyfriends
Ross would have been that guy who is so grateful to be with you…until you start growing or changing or just, you know, embracing who you are. Then Red Ross…
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There Is A Right Way (And A Wrong Way) To Be Selfish In Your Twenties
You owe people common decency, but you do not owe them your suffering.
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To The Girls Who Have Forgotten Their Strength
She only falls when she forgets her power, that she is the moon and stars and everything he wishes upon.
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I’m So Afraid That I’m Unworthy Of Your Love
Your past may have built you but it never reduced you, it never spoiled your potential — it only ever added to it, it only ever made you stronger, more…
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I Hope The Way They Treated Your Love Haunts Them Forever
Because that is the truth, darling. You deserve someone who treats your love like it is more precious than anything else in the world.
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8 Reasons Why I’ve Chosen To Rely On Only Myself For Happiness
Lift your head up, stay smiling and keep doing you for reasons that benefit you. People will generally appreciate you more for it, but most importantly, you’ll learn to appreciate…
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49 Real Nurses Share The Terrifying Hospital Ghost Stories That Scared Them To Death
Spirits and the paranormal abound at hospitals so what happens when these shrines to science and medicine come up against things that are entirely unexplainable?
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9 Things I’ve Learned From Constantly Striving To Be Better Than I Was Yesterday
Given the choice between judging someone and trying to be understanding, you should at least try to opt for the latter.
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19 Things Only People Who Are Very Organized But Surprisingly Chill Understand
People never seem to understand why you can be the person who sets the time everyone should meet at… and then simultaneously be the person who shows up 15 minutes…
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15 Perfectly Emotional Songs For When You Literally Can’t Stop Crying
Let’s face it, every now and then you just need a super solid cry. It’s healing! It’s therapeutic! It’s weirdly fun!
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One Of The Country’s Most Terrifying Urban Legends: The Goatman Of Maryland
The first violent encounter came in the 1960’s when a young couple went “parking” off of Flechertown Road. The couple was being harassed by something in the woods and the…
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18 Tragic Struggles Women Blessed With ‘Painless Periods’ Will Never Understand
Getting so irrationally emotional that losing your hairbrush might could legit make you weep.
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If You Hate Men, Read This
To truly hate means that you have truly loved, and is hate really any less emotional, less heart-gripping, and less passionate than love?
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22 Thought-Provoking Quotes For Future Leaders
“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.” —Tina Fey
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14 Celebrities Who Are Voting For Trump (And Why)
Will these celebrities convince you to vote 4 Trump??
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25 Exceptionally Romantic Song Lyrics That Will Make You Believe In Love Again
“Heaven is a place on earth with you.” ~Lana Del Rey
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30 Things I Wish I Could Say To My 18-Year-Old Self
Stop worrying so much about who likes you or doesn’t like you.
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This Is How I Promise To Love You
I will push you to grow and always be the better version of yourself. I will love you until you become the person you envisioned yourself to be and beyond.
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The Power Of Goodbyes (The Hidden Treasures In Pain)
Until I realized that goodbyes hold a powerful message. A message of transformation, a message of change, and a message of hope.
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11 Struggles Every Highly-Emotional Girl Who Doesn’t Know Why She’s Crying Can Relate To
When someone asks what’s wrong, you ask yourself the same question. You honestly don’t know.
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I Wish Society Would Stop Lying To Little Boys
I wish society would stop telling little boys that showing emotion is the same thing as being a girl. And being a girl is the same thing as being weak.
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The Difference Between Being Aggressive, And Being Assertive
Individuals who are assertive directly confront others with their concerns. They are not nasty or violent, but they do not apologize for their feelings.
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10 Ways Youngest Children Love Differently
We are going to fight for you. We are used to fighting for the things we want, and protecting our precious toys from our older siblings.
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10 Things Every Woman Living With Endometriosis Wants You To Know
Diagnosing endometriosis isn’t as easy as just getting a blood test.
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This Is The Problem With The ‘Uncertainty’ Stage Of Any Relationship
I started to wonder if I should even bother, after all, he had seemed so cold lately. I didn’t want to seem like I was the one who cared more……
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5 Ways To Get Over The Ex You Seemingly Can’t Let Go Of
If you ignore the frustration, anger, resentment, hurt, or pain that is present in your body, it will only get stronger and come back louder than before until you listen…
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Why It’s Okay To Be Scared Of Graduating From College
It’s okay to be scared, it’s okay to stress, and I’m definitely not the only one who feels like this.
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10 Steps To Being The Absolute Best Roommate Ever
Here is my guide to being a considerate roommate, in no particular order.
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Um Apparently Every Celebrity Can Somehow Be Traced Back To Spencer Pratt?
Is Spencer Pratt the Chosen One?
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How To Not Cry When He Dies
Tell Mom you don’t want to go inside the house yet. If you don’t go inside, you won’t see him. You won’t see the finality. The body. The team of…
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Why Searching For ‘The One’ Will Ruin You
There is not a single person out there that is perfect for you in every way, a person who will give you chills every second of the day, a person…
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This Is How You Let Them Go
Think of how good it was, how, in a different universe, that might’ve been it: then let it go. There will be bruises when you finally uncurl your fingers from…
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19 Tiny Moments Of Accidental Intimacy You Can Only Experience With A Total Stranger
When the person you’re admiring from a safe distance acknowledges, with one quick glance, that they totally know you’re staring at them but they seem totally okay with it so you just keep…
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This Is How I Promise To Love You
I will run my fingers through your hair and trace my fingertips across your skin as if I you are a map and I am a traveler eager to explore…
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The KKK vs. The Black Panthers
However “controversial” The BPP is perceived in history, they cannot occupy the same cultural memory as the Klan.
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9 Confessions From A Dance Club Door Man That Will Make You Rethink Most Of Your Clubbing Experiences
Celebrities can be assholes. Even if you see them on TV putting up some sort of good guy or good girl persona, they can be real pricks in person.
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15 Toxic People Living Inside You And How To Get Rid Of Them
The love repeller. The one who tells you that you have to find the one by a certain age and that you are a failure at love.
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30 Quotes From Stephen King To Inspire, Empower, And Terrify You
“God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.”
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It’s Not How You Are Broken, It’s How You Pick Up The Pieces
That’s the thing about toxic people, you don’t know they’re really that toxic until you come up for air.
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This Is How I Will Love You
I will commit myself to you even if it scares the hell out of me, even if I know it puts me in a vulnerable position where I can get…
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This Is How You Lie According To Your Zodiac Sign
It’s human nature, but the nature of lying isn’t the same for everyone.
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7 Tales From ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ You Totally Forgot About
THAT IS HORRIFYING. I READ THAT WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. No wonder I repressed it.
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14 Women Reveal The Most Surprising Trait That Gets Them To Swipe Right Every Single Time
“I know it’s a scam but I usually will swipe right on a guy with a puppy pic even if it’s just because I hope to one day play with…
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16 Signs You’re What’s Known As A ‘Binge Thinker’
You have a fascination with creepy, dark or bizarre things.
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10 Reasons Everyone Needs A Pisces Man In Their Life
The Pisces is the most giving of the signs. They are givers of gifts, of attention, of thoughts, and of love.
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10 Things You Learn From Being Raised By A Good Man
You learn that you’re beautiful, but that you are so much more than your looks.
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10 Mixed Signals Guys Send And What They Really Mean
Most of the time, mixed signals are really simple to understand if we just take off our blinders.
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100 Uplifting Moments That Remind You The World Isn’t So Bad
It’s so amazingly wonderful being told you’re good at doing something you love.
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9 Ways To Make Your (Really) Long-Term Relationship Feel New Again
Comfort turns into laziness and we begin to take each other for granted. Maybe those of us in long-term relationships need to remember what it is like to be a…
