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This Is What Happens When You Fall In Love With A Writer
Don’t fall in love with a writer because when we love, we love hard.
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40 Words For Emotions You’ve Felt, But Couldn’t Explain
Heartworm: a relationship or friendship that you can’t get out of your head, which you thought had faded long ago but is still somehow alive and unfinished, like an abandoned…
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21 Ways Self-Aware People Interact With The World Differently
They don’t expect to feel “good” all of the time.
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I Was Born For Leaving
It’s the desperate dream of faraway places that I don’t even know exist. I was born for leaving and I can’t stop.
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You Don’t Have To Go Back To The Past To Change Your Future
The events that happened in the past are irrelevant, because as long as you are still living, you can change your life. All we really have is the present.
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10 Things To Remember When You Love A Person Who Has Anxiety
While their sex drive may be low due to the anxiety and possible self-consciousness, they do find you sexy and do want you. It just might not be as often…
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10 Critical Pieces Of Advice For All Our Future Sons And Daughters
Be your own best friend. Go places alone. Get to know yourself.
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Read This If You’re Tired Of Waiting For Love
I’m here to tell you to keep waiting. When you think you can’t, just wait one more day. And then the next. And the next.
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10 Reasons Why The Funny Guy Will Always Steal Your Heart
He will allow you to be completely yourself. You will never have to worry about being on your “best behavior” around him and you will definitely not be embarrassed to…
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Ranking The Women On ‘The Bachelor’: One Of The Girls Makes Ben’s Mom Cry Using Only Her Vapidness
Here is a list of things that are wrong with Emily’s personality.
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I Spent The Entire Valentine’s Day Weekend With My Family And It Was A Major Wake Up Call
I was terrified about going home for Valentine’s Day weekend. This trip had the potential of getting my mind (and body) out of awkward, what-am-I-going-to-do-with-my-life situations. But it could also…
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What ‘Being Considerate’ Really Means
We can only understand what being considerate really means, for ourselves and how our actions will affect others, when we define it for ourselves. It will depend on our personalities,…
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Kanye West Is Wrong But Taylor Swift Isn’t Right
And not just because she’s a subpar singer who is making loads of money from the occupation of being a pretty white girl in America.
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19 People On Their Life’s Biggest Blessing In Disguise That They’re Now Actually Thankful For
“My uncle was suppose to be in the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 for a job interview, but he didn’t get the call back. He was so upset he…
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Don’t Get Your Hopes Up: Why Expecting The Worst Is The Most Positive And Hopeful Way To Live
Getting your hopes up helps nothing. If you always expect the best to happen, what you’re really saying is, “I want to never get excited again.”
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4 Reasons Why I’ll Miss our Friendship, And The 1 Reason Why I Won’t
You have seen some real shit. After nine years, you have witnessed so many ups and downs.
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17 Smart Ways Happy Couples Do Love Differently
They value experiences over expensive gifts, choosing to spend time together over spending money on each other.
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9 Toxic Beliefs That Could Potentially Ruin Your Relationship
Love is not a curse, love sets us free, the curse is to believe that we are doomed forever because our hearts made a few wrong choices.
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The 14 Most Badass Female Con Artists Of All Time
Kari Ferrell gained brief fame in 2009 when the press christened her the “Hipster Grifter” for her tendency to befriend young skinny bearded males in Williamsburg and take them for…
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I Don’t Know How To Do The Forever Kind Of Love
I have never understood, in my honest heart of hearts, why we have to measure love in longevity at all.
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Here’s How Your Favorite Celebrities Looked At The Grammys
In case you missed it — the fabulous outfits from these fabulous celebrities!
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What It’s Like To Be Addicted To The Chase
And I think that’s the case with so many of us who grow so addicted to the chase – we are the people who’ve been fighting with those shadows for…
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Why I’m Not Interested In A Relationship In My Twenties
I want to actively work to know myself and understand what my soul wants so that when I turn fifty, I don’t suddenly freak out and think I’ve lost an…
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I Don’t Believe In God And I Don’t Need Your Help
For a while, I used to hope something would change my mind. I’ve fantasized about finding religion in some romanticized way, like those washed up actors who suddenly have a…
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22 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Failing, And Having The Courage To Try Again
Asking for help is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength and humility.
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I’ve Been In The Hospital For Days, But The Doctors Don’t Know What’s Wrong With Me Or My Momma
Before momma let them take me away, I started getting sick. Sometimes, I can’t stop from shaking. I get bad headaches and soreness all over my body. Sometimes, my arms…
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Why Every College Girl Should Join A Sorority (Because I Didn’t And Regret It)
Most people who know me would probably be shocked that one of my larger regrets from Undergrad was not pledging.
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You Have Bigger Things To Become Than Someone’s Girlfriend
Sometimes, I start to wonder that maybe I should try a little harder to be dateable and be more inclined to find a boyfriend. But I’ve also realized this: I…
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28 Signs You’ve Finally Reached The Comfortably In Love Stage Of Your Relationship
They know what you look like without makeup—blemishes, stray chin hairs, and all. You’re long past constantly beautifying yourself for them, and they love that.
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Love Won’t Fix Your Life, So Stop Expecting It To
The life you lead is determined by the sum of the choices you make. Some of those choices relate to the people you decide to love. But so many others…
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Read This If You Thought You’d Be Further Along In Life By Now
You think that if you haven’t found your exact passions, your perfect career, or your clear-cut path you’re not doing life correctly? Who says such a thing even exists?
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I Never Want To Learn Her Real Name
The new girl looks nothing like me. She probably tastes like stability and clean laundry. I bet she’s never forgotten to take her Zoloft in the morning, or cried at…
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10 ESFJs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“Be selfless – offer your help to the people around me who I already care deeply for.”
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10 ENTJs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“The most impressive/attractive thing is someone who makes plans and executes them. No matter how simple the plans are.”
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23 INFJs Explain Exactly How To Win Their Type Over
“A person who really tries to understand me is someone I would go to war for. It’s rare when someone tries.”
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24 INTJs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“Being honest and straightforward are your best bets. I can’t read your mind and my mind isn’t capable of being laid back and just going with the flow.”
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Traveling For Work Is Absolutely Not As Glamorous As You Think
I very rarely see the ocean, even when I travel to the coasts. Because “free time” is never truly “free” when you travel for work.
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Thank You For How You Love Me
Thank you for inspiring me to be a better person. For seeing gardens within me when I saw cemeteries.
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27 Quotes About Love You Can Share With Your Philosophical Sweetheart This Valentine’s Day
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.”
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10 Things Women Learn Being Raised By An Emotionally Available Father
Women who grew up with fathers who listened to them are much less likely to put up with, for a lack of better word, f*ckboys.
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If You Had Let Me, I Could Have Loved You
When you showed me where it still hurt, the wounds in your soul that ran too deep, I wanted to look to you and say, “Then that is where will…
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15 Things You Need To Give Yourself A Permission Slip To Do Sometimes
You’re allowed to fall out of love with someone. You’re allowed to leave. You’re allowed to move on.
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30 Crucial Yet Simple Tips For Making Love Last
Don’t expect perfection and don’t try to be perfect. Embrace each other for who you truly are and focus on the good qualities you both admire about each other.
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What Different Cultures Can Teach Us About Modern Love
In many cultures, including the ones noted here, we see that time is of the essence.
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7 Fears That Are 100% Holding You Back From Achieving Your Dreams
Change can be uncomfortable, but it also means that you are growing. It’s important to acknowledge the discomfort you feel as part of the process, rather than ignore it.
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Read This If You Love Someone Who Doesn’t Trust You
Sure, you can comfort this person and teach them what real love is, but you cannot change their mindset.
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50 One-Sentence Reminders Every College Girl Needs To Hear Right Now
Those worries keeping you up at night—the ones where you picture yourself jobless and loveless at 25—they’re normal.
