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A Shiksa’s Guide: 12 Steps To Landing Your Jewish Crush
Follow these simple steps, and you’ll be romantically enjoying your lox and latkes in bed in no time.
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This Is Why I Have To Say Goodbye To You
All I had was hope. You were so important to me. It is extremely difficult writing these words in the past tense.
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The Difference Between Wanting Someone And Needing Them
A lot of people confuse “needing” someone with loving them. But they are not synonymous. When you need someone, you lose your independence and agency as a human being, because…
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10 Signs He’s Totally Into You
4. If you happen to look up and catch him staring at you during class, he will either immediately look away or smile at you — his move of choice…
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15 Reasons It’s Smarter To Get Married In Your 20s
Couples who marry younger are happier.
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Forget Marilyn Monroe — This Person Has The Absolute Best Quotes On Life And Love
“At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.”
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10 Reasons Why Being An Adult Is Totally Overrated
Sure, you can stay up all night, but really all you want to do is sleep.
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23 Quotes That Perfectly Explain Racism (To People Who Don’t “See Color”)
“Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation.”
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9 Possible Reasons Why He/She Isn’t Texting You Back
It’s been 38 minutes already! She always responds within 3. What gives?!
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The 6 Shadiest Things Boyfriends Do In Modern-Day Relationships
4. Crops you out of an Instagram (and, by extension, his life).
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“Everything Is As It Should Be,” And That Scares The Crap Out Of Me
My shrink told me an incredible story yesterday.
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6 Things ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ Taught Me About Dating
I’ve learned many things from Mr. Pilgrim over the years, as I have watched this movie more times than I ever care to count.
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22 Songs To Listen To On A Rainy Day
The cold and rainy spring day, in addition to providing a default conversational topic, also provides a great opportunity to sit around all day, order dumplings (huge), and play a…
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To My Best Friend, After Her Break Up
Love is not supposed to end up like this. Love doesn’t end up like this. Don’t let him take your shine.
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12 Types Of Gay Men You Will Encounter While Dating
Sometimes you just want to go on a date and there aren’t any exciting prospects lined up so you’ll accept an invitation from a guy who looks like Janet Reno’s…
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12 Things Your Tattoo Artist Wants You To Know
You’re not going to be able to get an entire, massive piece on your back or full arm sleeve in a half hour.
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You Don’t Want To Date A Funny Girl
Oh, you’re saying that the funny girl you want isn’t rude or sick like that? She’s supposed to be nice-funny! GOOD LUCK.
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Real Talk: The Value Of Your College Degree
There’s no easy way to put this. The world, or rather your own sense of delusional entitlement, tricked you.
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25 Things Guys Can Expect During Their First Week On Tinder
Times you’ll get impatient and wonder why you have the app: Everyday after the first two days.
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4 Ugly Truths About Dating That We Shouldn’t Tolerate Anymore
We assume we have to accept these lame things because “it’s just how dating works now”. Uh, no. Time to shut it down.
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31 Psychological Life Hacks That You Can Exploit To Give Yourself An Advantage In Social Settings
Impress your friends. Find a potential date. This is how you can manipulate people.
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13 Dating Dealbreakers Women Should Not Give Up On
We have all dated the guy who is interested in hooking up, and occasionally hanging out together, and keeping it as “casual” as possible. If we are really into the…
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What Heartbreak Feels Like
It’s the type of sadness that consumes your body, leaving you unable to function or keep a solid thought. It makes you tired, yet you can’t sleep. Your aching sadness…
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15 Things That Happen When You (Finally) Get Your Own Apartment
12. Dating and having a normal sex life actually become possible.
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13 Ways To Study For Finals
Though there is a convenience store two blocks away from your college library, purposefully kill some extra time by heading in the opposite direction — toward the one that is…
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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.
