Molly Burford

I give a lot of unsolicited advice. It’s one of my many demented ways of showing love and support and, to be quite honest, the framework for most of my writing. I’ve pretty much always been this way.

A thought crept into my brain the other day, and it scared the hell out of me:   Maybe I’m just always going to be the one who cares more.

A “placeholder” is the person someone dates but never truly commits to long-term. They are considered to be someone’s “good for now, not forever.” Here are signs that you might be his placeholder.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine feel-good but still tackles tough topics that involve policing including racism, wrongful convictions, sexism, and more.

Bruce Springsteen’s album Nebraska. My Capricorn moon. The fact that life is so short but the days still feel so long. Remembering senior year of high school.

Take the long way home. Enjoy the scenery. Observe the way they wake up and take note of what makes them laugh. Know when it’s about them and when it’s about you. Find the spectacular in the mundane.

The beloved Dame Maggie Smith has passed away at age 89.

When they stop texting you back, give them the benefit of the doubt. Wait a day or two before you reach out to check in again.

You already knew that Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel) from How I Met Your Mother absolutely had to be on this list.

Here are the biggest lessons you learn when you grow up best friends with your cousins. You learn that the right people will always understand you. Your cousins have been with you since day one.

It’s been said many times before and it will be said many times again: modern dating sucks.

Trigger warning: This article makes brief references to self-harm and suicidal ideation. The first time I stumbled across the term “borderline personality disorder,” also known as BPD, I was 19.

“Sorry To Bother You. Wild story, very fun but has something to say. Reminds me stylistically of a blend of people like Kevin Smith, Jordan Peele and Charlie Kaufman.”

If Phoebe is your favorite, you are a free spirit.

Falling in love. Falling out of love. Existing freely in a body that the world wants you to hate. Telling someone they upset you. Signing up for therapy. Taking a new job. Quitting a toxic job.