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10 Traditional Dating Rituals The Tinder Generation Needs To Revisit
Look like a million bucks.
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This Is How You Talk To Your Little Sister About Her Body
You teach her that it is not her body that makes her who she is, but her mind, her soul, the way she carries herself, the way she laughs, the…
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7 Self-Improving Ways To Make Your Ex Wish They Never Broke Up With You
Become successful. They say success is the best revenge for anyone. Let your ex know that you became successful without them and how worthless they were in your world after…
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I Wonder If I’ll Ever Recover From The Way He Swallowed My Heart
There is a boy in San Francisco who flicked apart my flesh like I was nothing more than something you pass on the side of the road.
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8 Adult Dilemmas You’ll Face And How To Not Lose Your Shit About Them
There are spaces in one’s adult life that fill with problems, and apparently each problem area must be occupied. The sad thing about adulthood is that when you valiantly marshal…
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I Shared My Nudes With All My Friends (And You Should Too)
I’m chubby, have plenty of overriding stretchmarks, and probably haven’t shaved my pubes in over seven months. Who would really want to see any of this, anyways?
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Planting Seeds In Concrete
All we ever allowed ourselves to be were parallel lines, seeing each other, hurting each other, never crossing over to the other side, choosing distance over depth, resistance over understanding,…
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12 Ways Powerful Women Run Their Lives Differently
They treat everyone equally, and do not use someone’s attitude as an indicator of whether or not they should alter their behavior around them. After all: character is how you…
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11 Reasons Why Women Who Wear All Black Are Never To Be Messed With
They care more about being themselves than buying into trends.
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15 Ways Intelligent People Approach Love Differently
They differentiate choosing a feeling and choosing an action.
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All The Monsters This Cold Weather Brings Out
I don’t have anxiety, but I burn, and I burn hot and fast until I crumple down like my nails.
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17 Hilarious Tumblr Posts That’ll Have You Laughing All Through The Week
someone: what are your plans for the weekend me: who knows me: (i know) me: (i’m not leaving the house)
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18 Ways You Can Ruin Your Sex Life Without Even Realizing It
Convincing yourself that an orgasm is absolutely required for great sex. Rejecting any sex without the “big O” as a failure and total waste of time will wreck havoc on…
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26 Hilarious Tweets And Pictures From People Trapped In The #JonasBlizzard
“I don’t think storms come to punish humankind for some horrible sin. That said, #jonasblizzard did arrive the same weekend as Dirty Grandpa.”
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‘Rate My Professor’ Unrated: 11 Hilarious Reviews Of Teachers By Students
“Ehh… it would be better if she didn’t talk about how she pees on her husband.”
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I Can Never Say Your Name But I Will Always Wish I Could
She was never embarrassed to say your name or to hold your hand in public. She was never unsure of where she stood because the answer was always, “Right next…
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My Best Friend Has Been Gone For 15 Years And He Just Walked Through The Door Like Nothing Was Wrong
The day Bacon came back, he just walked through the door and said “Hello.” Like nothing had happened. As if he hadn’t been gone for 15 years.
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I’ll Always Be Sorry For Breaking Your Heart
I wanted to be a forever kind of girl. I wanted to be a girl who could promise you forever and mean it. I thought I’d changed but I discovered…
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‘Making A Murderer’: Did Ken Kratz Know The Evidence Was Planted?
“At first, when I looked at him I got that he was a on the ‘good side’… like that is literally what I heard it described as. But then I…
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23 Meaningful Relationship Goals That Have Zero To Do With Getting Engaged Or Married
Reaching the point where you know in your heart that you’re not going to break up, even during the nastiest fights.
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Read This If You’re In The Middle Of Mending Your Broken Heart
Every piece of your story molds you into the person you are meant to become. Without pain, we cannot appreciate joy. Without struggles, we cannot appreciate success.
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To The Girl That They Love After Your Break Up
Now time has passed. My wounds aren’t as deep; they’ve merely healed themselves completely over time. I don’t hate you anymore, I don’t think you’re ugly and I don’t think…
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25 Cheap, Fun Things To Do When You’re Stuck Inside On Cold Winter Days
Take online quizzes and personality tests. We all know that’s your guilty pleasure.
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8 Completely Ridiculous Superstitions Only Chinese Kids Will Understand
If we give a friend a watch or any device that has time on it, we are insinuating an early death for them. It’s only a matter of time before…
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23 Underrated Things That We Should Always Make Time For In Life
Life chats that drag on until the wee hours of the morning.
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7 Things You’ll Need In A Blizzard (Because #WinterIsComing)
Snuggies are also a great idea.
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Beyond Pick-Up Lines: 10 Dudes Reveal Their Go-To Story For Getting A Woman Into Bed
“I tell them that I like snuggling better than sex. It’s not true, but it always leads to sex.”
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13 Women Share Their Most Ridiculous Reasons For Breaking Up With A Partner
“His brother openly confessed that he was ‘in love’ with me, and they were really close so he was around ALL THE TIME. It was really awkward, and made me…
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10 Signs You Definitely Aren’t Cut Out For A Desk Job (Like, At all)
You can’t think inside the box, let alone sit inside one.
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17 Struggles Of Being The Girl Who Just Can’t Be Sexy
The downside of being cute? You’re never described as “hot.” In fact, when you’re trying to come off as sexy, even your best efforts are usually met with an “Awww.”
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This Is How You Know You Are In A Verbally Abusive Relationship, And How You Save Yourself
You are not the words this person says. Remind yourself of that daily, until you believe it.
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Just Say ‘No’ When Your Girlfriend Asks Any Of These 50 Questions
Was the sex this awesome for you with anyone else?
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Black Women Are More Than Their Strength
But we have not escaped this myth that we are neither less than or superhuman.
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Read This If You Are Fiercely Independent But Also Ridiculously Emotional
You are continually looking for ways to be even more self-sufficient, to carve your own life path, to do what you want. But you also love. And love terribly, beautifully,…
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19 Things All Northern Kids Who Grew Up In The South Understand
You wore flip flops until mid-November, which consistently confused your southern-born friends. In their world, fifty-five degrees was freezing.
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This Is What Your Soul Desperately Wants You To Know
Choose to see beauty when it’s hard to find. Choose to laugh. Choose to let things bounce off of you.
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9 Stupid Things I Believed Before I Got Out And Traveled The World
Travel has always taught me to be incredibly thankful for what I do have and to use these gifts, be they material or ethereal, to the best of my ability.
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17 Very Real Struggles Every Second Semester Senior In College Is Experiencing Right Now
You’re grappling with the idea that you can’t just like…skip work. Unlike class. Wtf.
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15 Panicked Questions Every 20-Something Girl Is Guilty Of Googling
This outfit is super cute, but will I look like an idiot in a pea coat when it’s 72 degrees or a dress when it’s 68?
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This Is How I Knew We Never Really Loved Each Other
I knew when you left and my shoulders relaxed; I could breathe again. When the once cursed miles apart became much-welcomed space.
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30 One-Sentence Improv Lessons Anybody Can Practice To Live A Happier Life
Nothing is as infectious as watching joyful people do what they love.
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Should We Allow Assisted Suicide For People With Disabilities?
People who are disabled are as capable of making choices as anyone else.
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Read This If You Are Feeling Overlooked And Under-Appreciated
Things that were indeed apart of my identity were things I tended to overlook constantly. Ironically by overlooking myself, I somehow emitted an energy that enabled others to overlook me…
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Why Love Alone Is Never Enough
Love can start to feel like hard work, work you just can’t put up with anymore even though you need it, even though you love it.
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It’s Time We Cut The Crap And Admitted That What We’re Doing Is Dating
We still like the idea of dates but we don’t like the word, and because we don’t like it everyone out there is getting really damn confused as to what…
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You May Feel Broken Right Now, But You Are Not Weak
But this is what you do when you are broken. You pick yourself up, piece by piece. You re-learn the strongest parts of yourself and fight until you break through.
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10 Steps I Will Take To Ensure That This Time I Finally Get Over You
I’m going to let that random guy at the bar buy me a drink and tell me how beautiful I am. I’m going to tell him that I think he’s…
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9 Unnecessary Fears That Are Holding You Back From Reaching Your Full Potential
The problem isn’t money, or know-how, or knowledge, and for most people, it also isn’t time. The problem is fear.