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85 People On What You Can Tell About Someone’s Personality Just By Their First Name
Brandy—if you meet her, she’s either a redneck or was raised by rednecks. I live in a small town in Texas, 3000 people maybe, and I know at least 10…
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12 Brutally Honest Questions & Answers About Relationships From A Girl And A Guy
We decided to sit down and ask each other everything you’ve wanted to ask your best friend of the opposite sex… but haven’t. The caveat? We had to answer with…
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10 Things You Should Never Say To Someone With A Mental Illness
“You have so much to be happy about, why can’t you just focus on those things?”
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I Was A Camp Counselor To Manhattan’s Real-Life “Gossip Girls”
I had never met children who came from wealth and privilege so immense, and suddenly I was in charge of making sure they brushed their teeth and got to bed…
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Celebrities Heartbreaking And Emotional Responses To Honor A Friend, Robin Williams
I don’t think I can recall such a uniform outpouring over one person in the past. Well done, Robin, your life made an impression on more people than you could…
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21 Uncommon Romantic Gestures That Would Make Any Girl Melt
When she’s on her way home from a big day at work, text her to be like “I’m ordering takeout from [insert her favorite place here] and opening a bottle…
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We Need To Stop Calling Suicide ‘Selfish’
Suicide doesn’t happen to selfish people, it happens to depressed ones.
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25 Hilarious Jokes That Will Instantly Make Your Day Better
“Can’t believe how different booty calling and butt dialing are.”
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17 People On The Healthy Routine That Changed Their Lives
“I make sure to eat one healthy meal at lunch so that, no matter what else happens that day, I get the good stuff in and I know I’ve fed…
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We Cannot Begin To Understand The Level Of Robin Williams’ Depression If We Do Not Understand Depression In General
We’re gutted by the loss of this incredible and gifted person. But we’re gutted even further by the possible cause of death: suicide.
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It’s 3 AM And He Texts Me
I won’t be his emotional pillow. His selfish comfort. I am placeholder. I am temptation, something to ease the lonely. I am a girl he never wanted to begin with.
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I Saw Something From My Apartment’s Balcony That Irrevocably Ruined My Life, Here’s A Picture Of It
I could see a figure standing near the window. He was facing me. I stared back for a moment, and not knowing what else to do, I eventually waved. There…
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16 Tips To Help You Move On When You Break Up With A Psychopath
Have faith in yourself and your niceness. Don’t let them make you believe you are not that nice person.
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I Took Note Of Every Mean Thing I Said To My Boyfriend For A Month, And This Is What I Found
I was by far most likely to be sarcastic.
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The 7 Lessons We Learn From Our First Love
First love is blinded by optimism. You believe that there is no other love like this, and you forget to look at your choices with realism.
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33 Reasons My Dad Is My First Love
20. He saved all his money, not to buy luxury cars or watches, but to bring me to the places I wanted to go to.
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How To Know What You Should Be Doing With Your Life
Whatever terrifies you, sorry, that’s the thing you have to do.
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12 Reasons Women Who Put Themselves First Are Happier (And More Successful)
You teach people how to treat you by how you treat yourself.
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31 Police Officers Reveal The Most Unbelievable Arrest They’ve Ever Had To Make
“Working the night shift when a job came up that there was a woman, naked, riding a horse while directing traffic at an intersection.”
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6 Things Young Feminists Don’t Understand About Womanhood (And Life)
Very few people had the privilege — yes, the privilege — of being educated on complex and systemic gender-based issues in society, and can enter in conversations without as much…
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13 Signs You’re Dating a Guy With A Controlling Mom
There’s much to be said for family orientated fellas, and men who are good sons to their moms will likely be just as devoted to his special someone.
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8 Steps You Need To Take In Order To Love Yourself First
Life’s not a race. Love’s not a race. Stop competing.
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6 Ways To Tell Yourself Everything Will Be Okay
1. This is one day out of the approximately 28, 470 days that you (the average person) will be alive. If this one is a casualty to bad circumstance, know…
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13 Signs Of A Toxic Person
Once you say that mean-spirited, below-the-belt comment; you can never take it back. Remember that!
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12 Ways To Make Your House Feel Expensive (For Cheap!)
Don’t make your rooms 100% Ikea. That’s tacky and it looks very “My first home out of college!” But Ikea is an awesome place for things that LOOK more expensive…
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To Everyone Who Can’t Stop Thinking About Their Ex
I used to be really hard on myself about how long it took me to get over someone. I’d feel embarrassed that if he knew I still thought about him,…
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17 Reasons Dating A Family-Oriented Girl Is Awesome
She understands that lasting love requires patience and will often be imperfect, which is a valuable mindset considering relationships nowadays so often have the highest of expectations, but the lowest…
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I Asked Rihanna If She Wanted To Make Out After Her Concert And You Won’t Believe What Happened
Rihanna and Eminem kicked off their Monster tour in Pasadena this week with two incredible shows. It was particularly incredible for me because of a simple tweet.
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21 Things All College Girls Need To Remember Before We Go Back To School
If a friend makes you feel bad about yourself whenever you’re together, they’re not a friend.
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13 Words That Have Completely Different Meanings In Your Mid-20s
The act of dating someone with whom you share all of the connections and markers of a relationship, but with whom you cannot commit in any way.
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These Sexist Comments About Women In Comedy Will Enrage You
Someone actually said this to me and expected me to laugh, and I did, because I was 18 and he was in his late 20s, so I figured he was…
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Stuff We Talk About Doing Vs. Stuff We Actually Do
I really like dumplings. A few months back, my roommate and his brother…
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15 Wise Toasts Guys Should Be Raising a Glass To In Their Late 20s and Early 30s
Here’s to being the story other people tell.
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Stop Saying Asians Shouldn’t Go Blonde
Why is she blonde, they asked? Orientals or Asians don’t look good with orange hair, they said. She’s beautiful, but would look better if she was more natural, they added.
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38 People Share The Biggest “WTF?!” Moment In Their Dating History
“I once went on a date with a guy who told me, while being seated at a restaurant, that there is nothing more disgusting than seeing a woman put food…
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Your Smartphone Can Tell If Your Partner Is Cheating (And Not By Reading Their Texts)
Another possible application of AEI is using it to practice.
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5 Reasons People Can’t Stand Alcoholics Anonymous
Hopefully, anyone struggling with an addiction problem will give something that could help them a shot at least six times (apparently, that’s the magic number) before they make up their…
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7 Unhealthy Habits You Should Break To Make Yourself A Happier Person
If you are afraid to speak up for yourself, are getting walked all over by others, or are being taken advantage of, then you might be a little bit of…
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Why Mothers Should Read To Their Daughters
She grew up — she had to grow up. Like everyone does. She discovered her own books, books I’d never read — books that hadn’t been written yet when I…
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10 Signs Your Relationship Is Going Nowhere Fast
Is this person willing to take the next step? Are you willing to wait? Here are some signs that your relationship is not going to progress to the place you…
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My Wife Stopped Listening To Me, Then She Did Something That Separated Us Forever
I want to tell her she can’t do this. She doesn’t understand.
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26 Rules To Live By From An Unsuccessful 26-Year-Old Male
The only thing I can say without a doubt is, at least I have experience.
