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30 People Reveal Their Embarrassing Moments Because Of A Cultural Misunderstanding
When we travel (or have people over), it’s as if we’re asking to make a fool of ourselves.
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13 Tips For Ensuring That Your Platonic Friendship Survives The Friend Zone
Sometimes, if you are the one doing the yearning, it helps to remember that you are idealizing them. You’re their friend, so you’re letting proximity intoxicate you.
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10 Songs For Your Inevitable Summer Romance
This song is a good reminder that falling in love is a little bit like playing chicken in your dad’s sports car: the first one to flinch may be the…
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31 Men Share The One Thing They Want Women To Know
Just because we find other women attractive, it doesn’t mean we find you any less attractive or would leave you for a stranger that passes by.
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12 Honest Reasons Why Your Relationship Didn’t Work Out
Have you ever ended a relationship that you thought was miserable only to have the other person look at you completely shocked?
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10 Easy Ways To De-Stress
Although we can’t control the stress our lives bring upon us, we can control how we deal with it.
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30 Realities You Will Learn To Accept In Your Mid-20s
There’s more to life than finding somebody who wants you, or being sad over somebody who doesn’t. Spend time discovering yourself, and find a way to become whole on your…
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Date A Girl Who Dances
Because she’s unreal. The human equivalent of a black cat, with that same mesmerizing and vaguely alarming quality in the way she slinks toward you.
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Should I Drop Out Of College?
It’s the question you’re asking yourself…and now, pretty regularly, you’re asking me because my article on leaving school somehow became #1 Google result for “dropping out of college.”
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40 Things People Who Live In Small Towns Do
Have you ever driven through a small town (small being less than 10,000 people) and wondered to yourself, “What do people DO here?” I’ll tell you.
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The Email I Received That Every Girl Needs To Read
We are babies – infants really – when it comes to having to feel rushed to settle down. We are so young. And in 3 years, we will still be…
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16 Signs It’s Time To Leave A Place You Once Loved
When you wake up more days than not with the nagging, uncomfortable feeling that the life you should be living is happening somewhere else.
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I Had An Affair With My Hero, A Philosopher Who’s Famous For Being ‘Moral’
He is a old man, occupying a powerful place in academia, who has a penchant for young, inexperienced women.
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I Don’t Believe In Forgiveness (And Neither Should You)
I also don’t wait for “karma” to work some magic universal come-uppance.
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50 Fun Date Ideas (For When You’re Sick Of Just Going Out To Eat)
5. Read to Each Other: There’s a 90% chance your date is going to find this sexy.
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30 Things Only True Greeks Will Know
Being Greek is like harboring a very powerful virus. Once you get it, it’s yours forever and it inhabits all you do.
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101 Promises For Your Best Friend
I will celebrate every little happiness you experience, from finding five dollars on the street to getting a promotion to just having a really good hair day.
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10 Things That Happen When You’re ‘Just One Of The Guys’
5. In some ways (many ways maybe) you’d really rather not be ‘one of the guys.’
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21 Brutal Truths About The World That Might Make You Realign Your Priorities
Nobody knows when their last goodbye is…
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36 Hosts Reveal The Most Disrespectful Thing A Guest Has Done At Their Home
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been rather fortunate with having guests over.
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50 Things You Can Do Without Worrying When You Don’t Have A Boyfriend
Make chocolate milkshakes at 2 a.m. without worrying about waking someone up with the blender.
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An Open Letter To The Genius Jose Rizal, From An Average Student
Truth be told, my mind doesn’t function like your mind does. I’m an average, not a genius. You’re at the top of the stairs and I’m still at the bottom.…
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6 Things That I Understand About The Fat Acceptance Movement
The article “6 Things I Don’t Understand About the Fat Acceptance Movement” is an interesting read for several reasons…
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5 Things You Should Do When You’re In Love
I don’t know about you, but I don’t fall in love all that often.
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15 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Running
The world isn’t going to give you time to run. You have to make it.
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33 People Reveal The One Offensive Thing That A Mean-Spirited Stranger Said To Them
Is it even worth going outside now?
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The Reasons You Can’t Date In Your Twenties Are Actually The Reasons You Can
Social Media: This one always surprises me. If you’re afraid of what a potential boyfriend, or girlfriend might see on Facebook, or Twitter – just imagine what your future employers…
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13 Ways A Girl Lets You Know Your Date Is Going Well
When you say we should do this again sometime, she doesn’t respond with “totally.” But rather “Oh my god, yes!” or “I’d love to!”
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5 Helpful Tips For Dating With PTSD
1. Don’t unload the whole crazy wagon on the first date.
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18 Examples Of What Menstruation Feels Like
4. I get choked up even watching cheesy commercials. Anything meant to be touching at all and I’m suffering to not embarrass myself.
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When You Tell An Unconfident Girl She’s Beautiful
Her friends will tell her how beautiful she is and she’ll smile and say “Thanks!” but she won’t believe them. “They probably just want to make me feel good,” she’ll…
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16 Thought-Provoking Quotes From Garden State
The soundtrack is pivotal, the narrative is refreshing and quirky and deep, and the protagonist’s growth throughout the story is commendable.
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Date A Man Who Loves You More
Meet him young, at a time when you’re not old enough to realize how precious he is.
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6 Answers To Your Questions About The Fat Acceptance Movement
I have not lived in many other countries in my life, but I have done it enough to know that America is exceptional in its general permissiveness about obesity and…
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25 Summer Songs That Will Instantly Put You In A Good Mood
It may not technically be summer yet, but it’s not snowing anymore hooray!
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43 American Travelers Reveal What Foreigners Think Of American Food
Do people around the world really think Americans eat fat, fat, lard, and mayonnaise? Let’s find out. Check out this Reddit thread for more ridiculous foods that the world thinks…
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I’m An Anti-Sexist, Liberal Doctoral Student, Wife, And Mother Who Supports The Men’s Rights Movement Over Feminism, Here’s Why
I hear the word “patriarchy” and I want to laugh. What patriarchy? Are you sure you don’t mean oligarchy?
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20 Things That Are Slowly Killing Romance
3. “Talking.” Not talking as in speaking, but “We’re talking,” talking.
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College: First Semester Vs. Second Semester
Second semester: I wonder how much coffee it would take to kill someone?
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34 Ways You Know You Attended A New England Boarding School
Shout out to my people in single-sex boarding schools.
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17 Ways You Know You Have A High-Quality Best Friend
They would never, ever, let your birthday pass without making a big deal out of it. Even if you offer up a humble “I don’t really feel like making a…
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Married Men Aren’t Worth It
Eventually, one comes to the realization that the tradeoff is one-sided, the married man has his family and his lover on the side; and you’re still alone for the majority…
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