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22 Reasons He Wasn’t The Right Guy For You
7. He told you that he was looking for someone who would stay at home and ensure that dinner was made at 7:22 P.M on the dot every day. You…
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You Are Perfect To Someone
And even more tragically, all of the things that we are able to appreciate about the lives of others, because we might not have them ourselves, are the things that…
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The 9 Completely Nonsensical Things I Will Do If I Really Like You
This one goes out to all of the boys who have ever called me, or any other girl they’ve chased, crazy.
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Texts I’d Send Boys If I Was Always An Honest Person
Why do you ask me questions that you could ask Google?
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Crushes Are Fun
When they’re around, you feel butterflies, and somehow you manage to keep your eyes on them without ever quite being able to look at them straight in the eye.
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The 10 Different Kinds Of Kisses There Are
There’s the kind that’ll leave you wanting.
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A Guide To Surviving Your Best Friend’s Death
Don’t believe it. Your stubborn rejection of reality will give your body enough time to adjust accordingly.
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How To Not Let Anger Ruin A Perfectly Good Day
1. Try to ignore the tiny panic attack that’s telling you the rest of your day is deemed ruined and unproductive.
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The Third Wheel Is The Best Wheel
“What?” you say. “But I desperately wanted to pay for this extremely expensive meal rather than buy groceries for a month!”
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My 20s In Sentence Fragments
Running from cement factory security dogs. Abandoning people when things get messy. Being a murky dude. Friendly gay bars. Writing real life fan-fiction. Filming real life fan-fiction. The heaviness of…
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These 34 Chris Traeger-isms Are Literally The Greatest Quotes Of All Time
“I promised myself I was not going to cry tonight, and I’ve already broken that promise five times. But I will not break it a sixth.”
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Live Out Your Truth
The truth inside you will win out eventually. Or it will drive you mad. Your truth isn’t a passing thought or feeling that will just dissipate one day. You won’t…
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30 Life Lessons For 20-Somethings With Too Many Feelings
Enjoy having too much. Too much Jack Daniels. Too much love. Too much dancing. Too much work. Too much procrastination. Too much time. Too much responsibility. Too much insecurity. Too…
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Good Cookies Vs. Bad Cookies: A Photo Guide
If Jesus and Debbi Fields had a prodigy baker child, it would be responsible for creating these heavenly (get it?) morsels.
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16 “Silly” Pop Songs I Love
It’s about finding that perfect pop song to put your top down to in the summer and sing-a-long with.
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5 Things You Should Never Do To Your Crush
Understanding the art of self-disclosure will get you far with your crush. Trust me. Whenever you’re worried that you’ve said too much, chances are you probably have, so zip it!…
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8 Photos You Don’t See on Instagram (But Probably Should)
We’ve all seen Lying on the Beach Selfie, Sexy Pouty Face Selfie and I’m Still in Bed But Somehow I Look Pretty Selfie, but what about the other moments you…
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Why Is Every Woman You Date Crazy?
When men suppress their emotions and shun intimacy, the only women whose emotions are intense enough to break through are women who are emotionally unstable.
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When He Left Me
My apartment had never seemed more cold. It had never felt less like the place I actually lived, or more like a vague insult to my current state of aloneness.
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10 Books You WILL Read This Summer
From Julio Cortázar to Virginia Woolf to Luna Miguel and Andy Warhol, these are authors and books I love.
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Good Sex And Erotic Power: Why We Need To Lose Virginity And De-Center Marriage
Too many religious communities, the one in which I grew up included, prize–more than service to and advocacy for the oppressed–pre-marital virginity. To “lose your virginity” before your wedding day…
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7 Ways To Stop Being In Your Imaginary Relationship
Any time you catch yourself day-dreaming about what it would be like to be with them, give yourself a slap in the face. I’m not kidding. Nothing is realer than…
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18 Ways To Be A Better Best Friend
3. Be there. Friends can get really good at disappearing on each other, as we learn to take peoples’ presence for granted.
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How To Tell When Someone Is Bad For You
I think that people start caring about us when we stop caring about them, as sick as it is. We move up and down in these odd games of power,…
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How To Write A Great Essay About Anything
An essay is a lot like a military operation. It takes discipline, foresight, research, strategy, and, if done right, ends in total victory.
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21 Dating Truths We Need To Realize
5. If they’re talking about their ex all the time, they are not over their ex.
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25 Things I Am Still Learning At 25
There’s no perfect path for your life that you have yet to uncover. You simply must “do you.” This takes endless sacrifice and a hell of a lot of heart.
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What Does A Strong Female Role Model Look Like?
Wonder Woman embodies the contradictions of any female hero in popular culture.
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30 Things You Will Definitely Miss About College
29) Skipping class. Giving some lame-ass excuse about why you missed. Expecting to just roll into the final exam and pass everything. In real life, you can’t skip that much…
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16 Things From The 90s That (Definitely) Screwed Us Up
How could a CatDog even happen? Why didn’t they ever separate? What is the meaning of life?
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35 Lies Men Tell Themselves
8. Overweight men deserve a chance to be loved for every facet of their personality and life, but no fatties for me.
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Giving Dating A Chance After You’ve Been Cheated On
Being cheated on makes you look at more questions than you would ever have willingly asked yourself.
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Tips For Being A Healthy Couple
Men, as a general precept, are exponentially less likely to ask for affirmation or demand it, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need to hear it.
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What Every Woman Learns From Every Man
While they appreciate a little effort, they don’t want the morning after to become a twisted game of Chatroulette. Let them know what they’re getting: the real you.
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If My Online Dating Profile Had Ever Been Honest
Hi, my name is Jeffrey and I’m looking for the love of my life. In my head, she is a mix of Lake Bell, Jenny Slate and the Jewish woman…
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“I Think We Should Just Be Friends.”
This must be something else if it’s not heartbreak. Heart-scraped knees. Heartbruise.
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A Definitive Guide To White Privilege
A white person doesn’t think of themselves as white. White people are just people.
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I’m In Love With You And I Hate It
I’m trying to come up with normal things to text you.
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You Say You Don’t Want A Boyfriend, But You Know That’s Not True
I want to be in love. I want to get it over with so that I can move along to all of the other parts of life that seem so…
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Read To Lead: How To Digest Books Above Your “Level”
People always ask me if the books I carry around are for school because they’re full of notes, flags and folded pages–why would anyone work so hard on something they…
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8 Things That Wake You Up In The Middle Of The Night And Whether Or Not You Should Get Out Of Bed For Them
You fell asleep watching a DVD, and the menu is constantly replaying. It’s really annoying.
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The 7 Questions That Tell You Who You Are
Look at what you want to perpetuate to other people, when you yourself can’t find the words. What strikes you most is who you are.
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How To Make Friends When You’re A 20-Something
Pore over the ways that you have successfully made friends in the past.
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18 Things That Will Make You Smile
4. When you observe “friends” who so obviously like each other as more than friends.
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6 Male Behaviors Which Will Not Result In Sex
Unfortunately, for those who clearly went to the Compliment Into The Cooter School of Sexual Prowess, we are not items on a Chuck E Cheese prize shelf which can be…
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6 Ways To Respond To Life’s Little Disappointments
2. Do something active. I know this may seem silly but exercise does give you endorphins.
