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8 Signs The Guy You’re Dating Is A Douche Bag
2. Liking pictures of scantily-clad women on social media.
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22 Cheaters Explain “What Drove Me To Cheat”
“Because I thought I was bored. Because I thought there might be something better. Because I thought I could get away with it.
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10 People You Shouldn’t Let Define You
A classic characteristic of unhappy people is that they’d rather defeat the spirit of a happy person than attempt to understand why they’re so unhappy.
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15 Things You Should Absolutely Avoid Doing When You Visit Japan
Producer’s note: Someone on Quora asked: What should I absolutely not do when visiting your country? Here is one of the best answers that’s been pulled from the thread.
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Questions To Ask Yourself When You’re Too Scared To Do Something
I’m haunted by the memory of my 5-year-old cousin on the catwalk of a kids modelling show.
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20 Guilty Pleasure Songs From The 2000s You Secretly Know All The Lyrics To
You know you had an Evanescence CD.
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Owning A Gun Seems Absolutely Moronic. Why Do Americans Love Guns So Much?
Should there be stricter gun control?
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30 Lyrics That Are Good For The Soul
“The greatest thing you will ever learn is just to love and to be loved in return”
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80 Memorable Passages From The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath
“Then the worst happened, that big, dark, hunky boy, the only one there huge enough for me, who had been hunching around over women, and whose name I had asked…
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25 Things Guys Need To Stop Doing On Tinder (And 16 Things They Get Right)
If you have a photo with what looks to be your ex-girlfriend, What. Are. You. Thinking?
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21 Signs You’re From San Antonio
1. When requesting vacation days off from work, planning around Fiesta San Antonio takes precedence over any other holidays.
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10 Things You Need To Stop Doing If You Want To Be Happy
Stop stressing yourself out by putting too much on your plate. Stressed people aren’t happy people, and no one wants to be around a crabby, stressed out person.
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The 11 Best Relationship Moments That Happen When You’re With The Right Person
That moment when one of you blurts out “I love you” as if it’s a time bomb that had to go off at that exact moment.
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7 Outfit Ideas To Make Your Most Boring Clothes Feel New Again
3. Wear a shirt under your boring black dress.
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I Found One Of My Psychiatric Patient’s Journals, What I Read Made Me Quit My Whole Career
I quit way before I would have reaped any benefits for retirement, before official job security took care of me for the rest of my life.
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Taking Pictures Of The Dead Shopping Malls Of Our Youth: Images From Suburban America
We didn’t just shop there. We communicated with people there. Before there was social media you actually went out and talked to people. The mall played an intricate part of…
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9 Incredibly Lovely Things You Can Say To Your Significant Other (So They’ll Love You Even More)
5. You have the most attractive mind I’ve ever known.
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When It’s Time To Let Him Go
It’s time to let him go because whatever this is, it is not love and it is not even care.
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This Is About Love, But This Is Not A Love Story
And he tells you about her. You knew about her, of course, but you were hoping it was choice, not circumstance that made him leave. He tells you otherwise.
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Dear Heather: My Straight Boyfriend Wants Me To Use A Strap-On
My boyfriend recently told me he wants me to do him with a strap on. In general I’m a pretty open-minded person, but I’ve never had a guy ask for…
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27 Parents Explain Why They Regret The Names They Gave Their Children
The dads had to fight to stop the mother from naming their child a mistake.
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23 Little-Known Travel Secrets That Every Wanderer Should Know
Always give directions to a taxi driver as if you’re bored and have done this 5,000 times.
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20 Things You Shouldn’t Do In Life
Don’t allow anyone else to define what success means for you. Not everyone is interested in starting their own company or working for some powerful corporation. Success is what you…
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40 Awesome Websites That Will Totally Ruin Your Productivity
Producer’s note: Someone on Quora asked: What are the most productive ways to spend time on the Internet? Here is one of the best answers that’s been pulled from the…
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13 Reasons Why Online Dating Is The Worst
7. The more times you repeat that you are a “good guy,” the more I will doubt you. The man doth protest too much…who is questioning you and why?
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6 Things You Suddenly Stop Wanting In Your Mid 20s
Everyone’s talking about the McConaissance, but nobody’s talking about the mid-20s bar-aissance — the incredible phase in which you go to a bar and not have your shoes stick to…
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9 Things Good Men Look For In A Woman
We don’t want a girl who’s essentially been sitting on her hands waiting for a guy to come along and make her stable.
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The Night My Neighbor’s Fighting Became Creepy (And What It Did To My Life)
I was sitting in my bed at 2:00 AM, morose and contemplating my station in life, when, big surprise, the shouting started.
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5 Setbacks You’ll Encounter In Your 20s (And How To Get Over Them)
A relationship is more than just a sum of all the rights — right chemistry, right timing, right wallet-size, etc.
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What You Will Never Have With The Person You Love
There is so much that you will not know about the person you love; there is so much that you will not experience with them.
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20 Daily Battles Only People Who Work From Home Have To Deal With
Any clothing that is not stretchy is not welcomed on your person.
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Are You Ready For The Kitten Version Of Turn Down For What?
If you needed any other reason to adopt an adorable kitten, then you just found it.
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I’m Sorry You’re Not The One
I feel so ungrateful for throwing this thing we had away. The adventures, the road trips, the holiday memories, it all gets filed into some part of my brain designated…
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5 Reasons Why Every Girl Should Want To Be Like Blair Waldorf
“If you really want something, you don’t stop for anyone or anything until you get it.” Well put, Queen B. Take notes, girls.
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23 Reasons Why We Can Never Stop Being Friends
All of my best photos involve both you and me, because you actually make me laugh while we’re taking it.
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9 Qualities You Suddenly Find Attractive In Your Mid 20s
I’m not saying these things weren’t attractive to you before, but they’ve definitely been bumped to the top of your list now that you’re becoming a more fully formed adult…
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13 Tips On Starting And Surviving Your First Year Of College
Most professors actually enjoy when students show interest in their well being and grades. Don’t be afraid of them, even if it’s just to stop in and say hello, they…
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13 Ways You Know You’re Dating A Youngest Child
They may be a tad overcompetitive (okay extremely overcompetitive).
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8 Alter Egos Every Girl Has While Drunk
You turn into this panty-showing, floor-touching, bent-over-at-the-waist grind monster, and everything is a blur of rubbing body parts and pulling up on your strapless dress.
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Something Fought My Grandparents’ Dogs At Night, And What We Saw In The Morning Terrified Us
My mother was raised on the Navajo reservation by her grandfather (a Navajo medicine man) and would always tell me stories about her childhood. However, most fascinating to me were…
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24 Garbage Men Reveal The Ridiculous Things They’ve Found While Working
Garbage men (and women) have it rough.
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10 Amazing Tricks To Get Your Online Dating Profile To Stand Out Against The Crowd
Let’s get one thing straight… you aren’t looking to become an expert online dater!
