Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.
Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.
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Dating has change a lot in the last few years. It wasn't that long ago that online dating was primarily used by divorcees and other single people who were a little older and looking to settle down. Nowadays it's seen as a little unusual if you don't use at least one…
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Being in a relationship has its advantages, but it also comes with comes with some disadvantages as well. Maybe you can't agree on a movie to watch together, or what restaurant you want to eat at. Your partner might not like certain people in your social circle, which means that…
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Breaking up with somebody is never easy. Even if they think it's the right thing to do, it can still be incredibly upsetting to bring a relationship to an end, knowing that you are going to bring pain to someone you're close to. Yet there are some situations where things…
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With the recent invention of dating apps, meeting new people for hookups or relationships has been completely revolutionised. No longer do we have to get dolled up and go out to bars or rely on mutual friends to set us up with our potential partners; these days, all you have…
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Since the dawn of humanity, people have been doing whatever they can in order to get their rocks off with one another. At one point in time, this might have involved elaborate mating dances or grand gestures of commitment. These days, however, you're lucky if you get a right swipe…
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Some romances last a lifetime - and Jemma and Daniel Langley's is one of them. Their incredible love story began when their mothers, Janine and Keryn, both went into labour on the same day and were placed in beds next to each other at the William Angliss Hospital in Upper…
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Christmas really is a stressful time of the year, and there are few things more aggravating than organising the big Christmas dinner. I've cooked Christmas dinner for eight people before, and I can honestly say that it's a miracle that I didn't have a nervous breakdown over that one meal.…
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The internet gets a bad reputation at times, and it’s easy to see why (even if you don’t have your contact lenses in). It does however have some pretty amazing upsides. Whether it's being able to watch cute cat videos over and over again on YouTube, or scrolling through endless…
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Anything you imagine can end up bringing two people together, no matter how strange or morbid. For Lauren and Darren Easton, it took meeting each other at the hospital after being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in 2015, to kickstart the chain of events that would lead to them falling in love…
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It's something that's been long suspected by kids who have siblings and eternally denied by parents who have more than one child: mothers and fathers have a favourite out of their offspring. "How could you think such a thing?" parents will tell their children. "Of course we don't have a…
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Of all the relationships we experience throughout our lifetimes, nothing will ever come close to the bond we have with our mothers. They're not always perfect, of course, and no two people on Earth will share quite the same parent-child dynamic, but they're special, and we ought to cherish them…
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I don't know about you guys, but I'm always struggling to get my friends and family the right gift for Christmas. I love them so much, but scrolling through Amazon or eBay or Etsy, nothing seems to be right. I could get my mother a lovely necklace, I could get…
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Cultural appropriation is when members of the dominant culture adopt elements from the minority culture in such a way that their meaning is lost or distorted. The display is offensive because it feels like people in the majority are cosplaying as an 'exotic' minority without experiencing any of the discrimination…
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In this era of modern love, 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 calling rule no longer…
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We've all heard of the stereotypical gold digger. You know: the hot young woman who flirts with rich, usually older, men. The wealthy old Scrooge McDucks might well believe that 22-year-old Cindi has fallen head-over-heels in love with them thanks to their winning personality, but in reality, the rest of…
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One of the biggest arguments which still plagues society to this day, particularly between men and women, is this: should the toilet seat stay up or down? It's one of those things which many people constantly complain about, while other folks don't see what the big deal is. One side…
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At some point in life, many of us will go through the horrible experience of losing a parent. A person you love dearly, who raised you, who has been there since day one, is suddenly gone forever. If you're an adult, you have a lifetime of memories to fall back…
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When Stephanie Agnue was 18, her mom was diagnosed with Cone-Rod Dystrophy, an inherited eye disorder that affects the sensitive parts of the retinas. The disease causes vision loss, gets progressively worse over time and there is no known cure. One year after her mom's diagnosis, Stephanie was diagnosed. At…
