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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.
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21 Instagrams That Are Perfect To Look At When You’re Single On Valentine’s Day
“It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and I don’t know what to get myself yet.”
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The Moment I Realized He’s Just Not There Anymore
I remember each time he’d take my picture when I wasn’t looking. I remember him spoiling me with things I sometimes didn’t deserve
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This Is How You Know If Dating Your Opposite Is Really Going To Work
What is it about our polar opposites that can be so irresistibly attractive? Why does it seem so often the laid-back, mellow guy goes for the loud, extroverted social butterfly?
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10 Ways To Open Up To Love Again After You’ve Been Hurt
Understand that closing your heart off is not going to make you any happier.
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6 Promises You Should Make To Yourself For A Love That Will Last
Love is not a guarantee, but a promise. A promise for an opportunity to create something no else will share.
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9 Problems With Being The Girl Who Constantly Over-Thinks Things That Aren’t Worth Over-Thinking
You wish texting didn’t exist. Was that period a passive-aggressive period? Or was it just him ending his sentence? It’s hard for an over-thinker to grasp this concept, but WHO…
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13 ENFJs Share Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“Listen to me and actually CARE about what I have to say. Because I’ll always do the same for you.”
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10 ISTJs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“Just come out and tell me what you are looking for. I appreciate the straightforwardness.”
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13 ISFJs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“Care for me and let me care for you. But also respect that I need my space.”
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The Truth About Why I Don’t Contact You Anymore
I’m no longer thrilled by the sign of danger and moments that give me instant gratification but would ultimately ruin me.
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10 ISFPs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“Be observant of my thoughts, feelings and actions. What I don’t say is much louder than what I do say.”
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17 INTPs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“Take the initiative, but don’t push too hard. Accept that sometimes I need space to be in my own head. ”
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11 Tips On Looking Devastatingly Sexy In Your Passport Picture (Or Other ID Photos)
Define your eyes naturally, using neutral colors. Apply matte eyeshadow in beige, followed by brown eyeliner and brown mascara.
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This Is Why You Always Deserve Love (Even When You Don’t Feel Lovable)
You deserve love on the days when you can’t get up in the morning and spend the day questioning your self-worth. You deserve love when you allow yourself to grieve…
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18 ENTPs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“You basically just need to stand out in something – be super smart, super nice, super hip, super down to earth, just something that makes me notice you as an…
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27 INFPs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
“My goal is to understand your core, true self and all that comes with it: fears, desires, ambitions, insecurities and passions.”
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25 ENFPs Explain Exactly How To Win Over Their Type
Be willing to be a little unconventional in order to get our attention and keep us interested. For ENFPs, the usual just won’t do.
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14 People Share Their Cringe-Worthy Valentine’s Day Stories (That Will Make You Feel Better About Your Own)
“We had tickets to a Broadway show. I ate something that disagreed with me and shit my pants while running to the bathroom. And to make matters worse, I was…
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I’m 25 And Completely Lost, And Here’s Why That’s Okay
For a long time I dreaded going anywhere I knew people would ask me the question “What are you up to?” A college friend’s engagement party surrounded by former classmates…
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You Need To Stop Worrying About Who To Love And Start Focusing On What You Love
We can’t spend our days obsessing over this future, hasn’t-even-happened-yet, somewhere-off-in-the-distance relationship because we won’t be present in the now.
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The Millennial Agenda: 10 Things Our Generation Needs Immediately
Change the minimum age for president from 35 to 25
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17 Sustainable Ways To Be A Better Person To Yourself And To Others
Focus on being completely present when you’re having a conversation with another person. You’re going to fail at it a million times, you’re going to be distracted a million times.…
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10 Things Your Relationship Needs In Order To Survive Long-Distance
Just because you trust someone doesn’t mean you won’t have very human moments of jealousy. Everyone does. Put miles between you and your honey? It’ll amplify that feeling from time…
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8 Major Myths About Love And Relationships, Debunked
What’s reality? What’s fantasy? Let’s get the facts straight in order to approach our current and future relationships in the healthiest way possible.
