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You’re Not Ready For A Future With Me
You’re not ready for adventures that keep you from sleep.
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Check Please! 25 Waiters And Customers Share Their Most Cringeworthy Public Breakup Stories
Well one thing led to another and then a woman screams out: “Oh yeah? WELL I F*CKED YOUR DAD!”
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My Best Friend’s Daughter Just Showed Up On My Doorstep, And I Don’t Know What To Do
My mind was racing. I wanted to run for the door that was swinging open on its hinges, but I couldn’t. Not with Tracy still in the apartment. The thought…
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20 Super Cheap Valentine’s Day Dates For Couples That Value Romance Over Money
For starters: How about Discount-Movie-Theater-And-Chill?
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How To Be Confident
Realize that the only person responsible for your own confidence, and your own self-love, is you.
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13 Awesome Things To Do When You’re Single AF On Valentine’s Day
1. Actually make plans.
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13 Men React To The Idea Of Giving Their Kids Their Wife’s Last Name
Real men tell us how they really feel about a tradition that’s rarely questioned.
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I Would Rather Wait An Eternity For You To Love Me Back Than Love Another
Would you listen if I explained that we are magic?
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Read This If You’re A 20-Something And Feeling Completely Lost
This is not a race. The more you try to catch up with others, the more you are going to see yourself left out. You only have one maze to…
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30 Quotes From Your Favorite Comedians That Will Crack You Up While Also Making You Think
“It’s work having a vagina. Guys don’t think that it’s work but it is. You think it shows up like that to the event? It doesn’t. Every night it’s like…
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Read This If You Feel Like You’ve Lost Yourself Because Of Heartbreak
You want to cry, but you suck it in, because this happened so many times before, you already know it won’t last. So you lay there, feeling nothing.
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6 Things You’re Doing That Are Basically Asking Your Partner To Dump You
Ever wondered if you were doing things to turn your partner off without even realizing it?
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This Is Why He Loses Interest As Soon As You Begin To Really Like Him
You meet a guy and everything seems like it’s going great. Then after what feels like a super intense connection, and you feel like a relationship might be on the…
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29 Tiny Goals To Set For Each Of The 29 Days Of February
Cuddle with someone under a fleece blanket whether it’s a significant other, a roommate, or a puppy. (I’m hoping for a puppy, personally.)
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Why We Really SHOULD Never Say Never
Saying “never” is like chaining yourself up and depriving yourself from something that you may change your mind about in the future.
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10 Everyday Things Only Extroverted Introverts Will Understand
When we have a conversation we want to get to know you, the real you. We want to have something engaging and meaningful to talk about. Deep conversation is what…
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8 Ways To Keep Love Alive In Your Long Distance Relationship No Matter How Far Away You Are
There is nothing quite like missing someone terribly and desperately trying to keep your connection fresh, when all you’re able to share are phone calls.
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5 Questions All Men Should Ask Their Girlfriends If They Want A Better Sex Life
Sex doesn’t get talked about enough. The word “communication” can be found in 99 percent of modern relationship advice/literature… but it’s rarely to do with our sex lives.
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20 People Share Blind Date Horror Stories With Total Creeps
“He was wearing an adult diaper and liked to be spanked.”
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What Major Life Lesson Each Character On ‘Friends’ Taught You
The life lessons with Joey are kind of few and far between, but he’s probably your resident cautionary tale. He taught you that you should practice safe sex, get tested,…
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I Stayed Overnight At A Haunted Prison And Here’s What Happened (Spoiler: I Believe In Ghosts Now)
Our mission? To find out whether to place is really as haunted as they say. Before this trip I considered myself a paranormal skeptic, but now I’d say otherwise.
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5 Signs You’ve Been Seriously Ignoring What Your Gut Is Telling You
You know when you’re about to go on a trip and have this panicky feeling that you’ve forgotten to pack something? It’s like having that uneasy feeling ALL THE TIME.
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10 People On The Sweetest Thing Their Significant Other Ever Did For Them
“I had been complaining a lot about being tired lately so one morning after he slept over I woke up (after he had left really early) and there was a…
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This Is How You Are Settling
You can’t just love someone simply because they are available and willing to love every single piece of you.
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‘The Bachelor’ Is The Most Offensive Show On TV
There isn’t a more misogynistic, racist or homophobic program on television … so why is the long-running ABC reality program still so popular after 14 years?
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The Three Men Every Woman Has Loved
He isn’t around to spend the night or sit listening to her stories at any dinner table but he’s always there on every puff of cigarettes she takes, every shot…
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20 Quotes From 20 Incredible Minds That Will Encourage You To Be Vulnerable
“Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment. It is the birthplace of everything we’re hungry for.” – Brené Brown
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14 Bernie Sanders-Themed Dank Memes That Will Have You LOLing (Whether You’re Super Political Or Not)
“You make me as hard as it is to live in this economy.”
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12 Things You Definitely Need To Know Before Dating A Scientist
They have the curiosity of a child and enjoy exploring the world around them.
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5 Judgements People Instantly Make About You Based On Your Profile Picture
It doesn’t take long for people to form an impression about you. One glance at a social media profile picture and they will jump to conclusions about who you are.
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13 Men Share Their Worst Boner Kill Experiences With Women During Foreplay
“She started talking about Hillary Clinton. Enough said.”
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The Truth About Being A Strong Woman
This is the misconception about strong women: that we are difficult to love.
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23 Times Instagram’s ‘Daddy Issues’ Inspired You To Be The Best Slut You Can Be
When she wisely reminded you that “life is to short to pretend u don’t like getting choked during sex.”
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10 Amazing Things That Start Happening When You Stop Giving A Sh*t About Being Weird
While a level of awareness is good, being too obsessed with if/how we might embarrass ourselves can keep us from so many experiences. If you accept that, sometimes, you’re going…
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25 Lessons About Beauty We Should Teach Girls When They’re Little
Your existence and worth as a human being is not attached to whether the world finds you beautiful.
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10 Absurd Misconceptions People Have About The Quintessential Nice Girl
Just because we go with the flow doesn’t mean we can’t change our course.
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50 One-Sentence Reminders Every 20-Something Needs To Hear Right Now
At the age of 23, Oprah was getting fired and Walt Disney was declaring bankruptcy.
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Here’s What To Get Your Significant Other For Valentine’s Day Based On Their Myers-Briggs Personality Type
Finding the perfect Valentine’s Day present is never an easy feat. Whether you’re shopping for a starry-eyed idealist or a down-to-earth realist, we’ve got you covered.
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12 Of The Most Romantic Gestures From History That Put Modern Romance To Shame
A dozen of the most elaborate, enduring, and heartwarming expressions of true love in world history.
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10 Brutally Honest Reasons Why Long-Term Couples Actually Stay Together
They’re terrified of breaking up—from a logistical standpoint.
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This Is How The Right Person Will Love You
Someone who wants to work out with you and eat a tub of Nutella with you on a Friday night.
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This Is How I Will Choose You
Meet someone who won’t make you question your thoughts and your feelings. Meet someone who makes you feel safe. Meet someone you are scared to lose every day, but someone…
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Everything I’ve Learned About Friendship From A Man Who Will Never Love Me
You see, we are more than our physical appearance or our sexual performance. And our ability to make the commitment to stay faithful, even in friendship, can be just as…
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20 Unexpected Ways Your Daily Life Changes When You’re Suddenly Single Again
Something relatively simple happens, like finding $20, or getting the best parking spot in the lot, or a 25 cent raise, and you can’t wait to share it…but you get…
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15 Surefire Ways To Make Your Morning Suck A Little Less
Pick out your outfit the night before. The less you have to think about when you wake up, the better. Plus, heading out the door feeling confident about what you’re…
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‘Making A Murderer’: Fake Alliances, Fake Allegiances, And Planted Evidence
“It is exhausting to tune into. I don’t know how these people lived life this way. More backstabbing and fake faces forward and lies and competition and cover-up than I…
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22 Times You Need To Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People And Live Your Own F*cking Life
Any time you talk yourself out of wearing a piece of clothing, dying your hair, or doing your makeup a certain way because you think it’s just “not you.” The…
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10 Signs That You’re In A Completely Toxic Friendship
Some friendships are so negative that they’re unhealthy for you. It doesn’t make you a bad person to want these friends gone from your life; it’s actually better to deal…
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When Your Parent Loses A Parent
You know that it’s “just what happens.” You know that it’s the “circle of life.” But those kinds of phrases and truths are so much harder to digest when they…









































































