Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.
Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.
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I'm off the opinion that people should be taught dating etiquette in school, because frankly there are a hell of a lot of people out there who just don't seem to get it. They don't have a clue about how to behave, and exhibit the kind of behaviour that would…
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In this era of modern love that we live in, we're only just figuring out the proper etiquette of how to behave on Tinder dates. Certainly, mastering the act of seeming interested but not too interested can be tough, and we've just about come to terms with the fact that the three-day…
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Body paint artist Jen Seidel is back with another social experiment. Previously, she painted clothes on a model for a Tinder date, and the guy didn't realize she was nearly naked until she told him. Then she painted clothes on a model, and they walked around the mall, getting some priceless…
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When you find out your boyfriend's cheating on you, that's a massive betrayal of trust. You're devastated, furious and torn on how to react. The angel on your shoulder suggests you take the path of forgiveness. After all, infidelity is much more common than we think, so why do we…
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Oh, love. You know, that terrible thing that consumes your thoughts, turns you into a ball of nerves and drives your friends crazy as you're no longer capable of talking about anything other than the object of your affections? It's just grand. As if this wasn't enough, the unfortunate souls who…
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The way we talk about sex in relationships is weird: not in that we discuss it too much, but - quite the opposite - that we don't seem to bring up the subject enough. And that's strange, right? How is it that we have enough confidence to go ahead and mash…
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Everybody wants to have great sex, but sometimes it just doesn't happen, despite your best efforts. Maybe it's because of a failure to communicate, or maybe it's because of a lack of experience, or maybe it's because you both had too many whiskey-cokes. Either way, you assure your partner it…
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Mary Crumpton is 44-years-old. She used to be a teacher, but now works as a therapist. She's married, lives in the UK, and - on the surface - appears to live a very normal life. However, what a lot of people don't know is that Crumpton doesn't just have a husband.…
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Modern technology has arguably wrought havoc over our love lives. Once privy to grand romantic gestures, we now have to contend with the likes of Tinder and Bumble to satisfy our dating needs. I mean, can you remember the days when it was common to receive mix-tapes and interact over…
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No matter who you are or where you're from, pretty much all of us will have one relationship that we value more than others in our lifetime. This could be a childhood friend, a sibling, a parent, or - as we get older - most likely a romantic partner that…
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It's unfortunate, but relationships often come to an end. While everything appears to resemble rainbows and sunshine in the early stages, it's only later that you truly get to know your partner and when you realise that their quirks, which were once so endearing, now grate on you endlessly. Occasionally, however,…
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According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, there are seven base needs that every person relies on in order to keep the human race going. They are: air, water, food, shelter, sleep, warmth, and - you guessed it - sex. Technically, it's for reproductive purposes; but because it is something we…
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No one is born with casanova-esque levels of sexual prowess. As we all know, you can have great sex, terrible sex, mind-blowing sex and then boring sex, all with the same person, in the space of a week. Accordingly, before anyone becomes known for their amorous adventures, they've undoubtedly experienced their…
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While everyone's entitled to their own preferences, it's clear that some proclivities are more problematic than others. Naturally, not everyone wants a run-of-the-mill partner, and nor should they - though, this becomes questionable when the object of your affection turns out to be married. While the majority of us will…
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While it's inherently natural and the reason why we're all here alive and kicking, sex sure can be complicated. As anyone who has ever dabbled in the horizontal jog will surely attest, you're not guaranteed to get off every time, and regardless of how attracted you are to your current…
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There's no such thing as a perfect relationship. Many of them are healthy and productive, and most of them (we hope) are happy - but completely flawless? Not a chance. For this reason, the vast majority of us will find us arguing with our significant other at some point during…
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Out of all the things that we have to go through in this thing called life, breakups are up there with the worst. In the beginning, it always feels as if you'll never get over the person whose quirks you grew to appreciate, and whose complex past you got to…
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What is it about the society we have created that leads celebrity couples to feel the need to broadcast the fact that they have separated? In this fame-hungry society we live in, where A-listers bang on about their thirst for privacy, celebs appear to revel in letting us know that they…
