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10 Reasons Why You Should Never Date Your Ex-Fiancé Once The Wedding’s Been Called Off
You’re much too awesome, smart and civilized to sit around waiting for someone to suddenly realize that their current ex-fiancé is really their best future spouse. That’s just nonsense.
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All Of The Teams That Banned Sex Have Been Eliminated From The World Cup
Do you know which countries have banned sex at the World Cup?
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18 Things Every Dance Choreographer Knows To Be True
After saying, “Just mark it, don’t go full out”, there will always be at least one dancer who continues to do it full out. Someone’s going to be exhausted.
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41 People Share The Worst Thing Ever Revealed On A First Date
Mid makeout the words slip from his lips as his arms are wrapped around my body holding me to him. “I want to slice you open and feel the warmth…
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19 Pictures Of Baby Pigs That Will Make You Squeal With Delight
Did you know piglets grow up to be pigs?
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35 Married People Share Their Craziest ‘What Went Wrong’ Story From Their Wedding
My dad accidentally said “I take you Helen Keller…” instead of “Helen” when he married my mom. He was nervous and it just popped out.
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21 Signs The Woman You’re Dating Is A Keeper
She is mature enough to talk about awkward and even difficult things with tact, and look you in the eye as you’re having these conversations. You should do the same…
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What Happens When You Actually Respond To That Random Facebook Message From A Complete Stranger?
A few days ago a guy friended me and posted a few questionable things on my wall that I quickly deleted. I didn’t think much about it until the next…
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32 Managers Share The Most Ridiculous-Sounding Excuses Employees Gave That Turned Out To Be True
“I can’t come in because my dad hasn’t washed my uniform.” He came in the next day with a note from his dad. He was 21. Then fired.
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Why You Need To Stop Posting #100HappyDays Updates
There’s nothing inherently wrong with the premise of 100 Happy Days — maybe you feel like you don’t focus on your own happiness enough in life. The sentiment is laudable…
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8 Unique Things You Feel When You’re 24, 25, Or 26
Your short-term plans always take significantly longer than anticipated. Going to nap for 45 minutes? Instead you sleep for five hours and waste the entire day. Skipping today’s workout? Suddenly…
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The Makeup Tutorial Women Should Watch Before They Leave The House
Where can I find that eyeliner?
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It’s Less About Growing Up, And More About Growing Into Yourself
We grow out of wonder in so many ways, and it’s such a shame because it is wonder and wanderlust that most often lead us down the path of an…
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How To Get Laid In 27 Easy Steps
Once you get the phone number, it’s time to start sexting.
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5 Ways To Be Awesomely Single
3. Learn to be comfortable and actually enjoy doing things on your own.
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10 Reasons Why You Should Move To Another City (Or Country) In Your 20s
Moving to another city teaches you to be mentally strong, resilient at times, and be careful and cautious with every step you take because if something happens, you might be…
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14 Things That Happen When You Put Way Too Much Pressure On Yourself
At least once a week, you’re like, what’s the point of all of this and can I just live in a yurt somewhere?
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Love Someone The Way You Want To Be Loved
When love becomes about what we can get out of it, we’ve already lost.
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28 People Reveal The One Incredibly Creepy Thing Their Pets Have Done
“My cocker spaniel has one particular snore that sounds like a little demon child laughing.”
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Our Mountains, Our Struggles: Mt. Kiliminjaro
But life shows us the light in the most interesting of ways. Circumstances conspire to tell us that we are not alone.
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5 Reasons Why Someone Isn’t Out Of Your League (And Why Leagues Don’t Exist)
What you find to be attractive is different from what I find to be attractive.
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7 Recommendations For Those Who Still Aren’t Over Pride and Prejudice
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you consider Jane Austen to be mere chick lit, then you haven’t really read Austen.
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16 Women Reveal Their Best “Girly” Life Hacks For You To Try Out
“Use coconut oil for everything you could ever need.”
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13 Women With Short Haircuts Reveal How Differently They’re Treated From When They Had Long Hair
“It’s a very polarizing cut. ”
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30 Construction Workers Of Reddit Share Their Stories Of Building Secret Rooms And Hidden Compartments For Clients
Never built one, but I did find one in a house I was doing some plumbing work in once. This was an expensive condo, and they had a secret office…
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7 Eye-Opening Poems Everyone Should Read At Least Once
If everyone tried to exhibit a little “peculiar grace” during the “mild concerns of ordinary life,” wouldn’t the world be a significantly kinder place?
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The One European City Everyone Should Visit, But Always Forgets About
As I made my way up to my friend’s apartment on that initial walk, I couldn’t help but notice the graffiti, and the abandoned buildings everywhere. Half the buildings are…
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I Fell For A Girl, But Her Best Friend Fell For Me
A few minutes after I got home, I got a text from her, saying that it was nice meeting me. I responded, “The pleasure was all mine.” I thought that…
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The “Friendzone” Doesn’t Exist
Being “nice” doesn’t mean girls want to date you. Being “nice” doesn’t mean girls should date you. Girls shouldn’t have to do anything because you’re “nice” to them.
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5 Ways To Know You’ve Found Someone Amazing
It really takes you a different echelon in a relationship when someone would rather hear the sounds of coughing and dry heaving than Jack Johnson live.
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10 Ways You’re Making Your Life Harder Than It Has To Be
Two words: Live boldly. Every single time you are offered a choice that involves greater risk, take it. You will lose on many of them but when you add them…
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24 Things We Unexpectedly Become Obsessed With In Our Late 20s
When the historians look back on our generation they will be like, “They had a lot of brunch.”
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Why I Hate Skinny Girls
Sure, they might see a snide comment on Instagram about how no one eats donuts and maintains a thigh gap, but at the end of the day, every cultural object…
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I Believe Love Should Be Indefinite
If I know I am loved no matter what I do, where is the actual challenge or authenticity?
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8 Gorgeous Travel Photos That Will Make You Want To Be On Vacation Right Now
It’s not all 4-star hotels and luxury accommodations while traveling in search of the perfect wave. But these moments are what we live for, and they keep us going.
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13 Things That Everyone Pretends To Enjoy In Their Mid-20s
This stuff is gross and people drink it so that passerby will think that they are healthy and fit and trim.
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30 People Share Their Childhood Teacher Horror Stories
My second grade teacher told me I was adopted. I was and did not know it up until then.
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Are We Alone In The Universe?
The most disruptive event in human history hasn’t happened yet.
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33 People On The Human Behavior That They Find Absolutely Disgusting
How will those kids not blame her for that for the rest of their lives? It is one of the worst things I’ve ever heard, even though I didn’t actually…
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How To Get A Guy To Like You
Be crazy. Guys love it when your hair is long and wild, and you swear at them in Spanish and shoot a gun at them like Penelope Cruz in Vicky…
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5 Reasons Women Can’t Stand Passive Men
1. Women know that men don’t respect anything easily attained.
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23 Things It’s Important To Know By 23
Accept people for who they are, and not who you want them to be. That’s a one-way ticket to Disappointment Land.
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10 Reasons Going To The Club Is The Worst Decision Ever
Most clubs are crammed so tight that you can’t move, be it to dance or just navigate to the bar or restroom. Everyone is bumping into everyone, drinking are spilling…
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To The Girls Who Are “Emotionally High-Maintenance”
I do not text you to keep tabs on you – I want the meat, the depth, the every detail of your day.