Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.
Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.
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Even as we grow up and become more comfortable with ourselves and the world around us, there are some things we just can't change. Each and every one of us has unique and incredible qualities worthy of love and acceptance, but sadly, not all of us can be deemed above…
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People can fall in love despite the most onerous of circumstances; during a war, or battling a terrible illness, or in the midst of some great personal tragedy, passion and desire can still bloom between two people. Nobody proves this axiom better than Jason and Martha Batup; two remarkable people who fell…
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Diane De Zoysa, a 60-year-old woman from the UK, has returned home heartbroken this week after spending her life savings on a 26-year-old man she met while on holiday in 2011. Priyanjana De Zoysa, a former hotel worker, started up an intense relationship with the pensioner seven years ago and,…
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Moms brought us into the world, nurtured us as babies, and helped raise us into the semi-functioning adults we are today. So, it's only fair that we return the favor with a hilarious prank. Sure it might irritate her, but one day she'll laugh about it. One day. Okay, you…
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Teenagers always get in epic fights with their parents. Maybe they disapproved of your hairstyle ("Turquoise mullets are in!"), or maybe they caught you coming home too late ("It's only 4 am!), or maybe they washed your clothes and found beer bottle caps in your pockets ("I, uh, was just…
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Maybe it's because the royal wedding was such a smash hit, but 2018 has felt like a good year to get hitched. Seriously, couples all over the world seem to have been buoyed up by the romance of it all, and have thus decided to seal the deal by putting…
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All of us, at some point in our lives, have met the one that got away. A person who our heart ached to be with, whom we fell helplessly, painfully in love with, but whom we couldn't have. Through chance or circumstance, your own mistakes or just the gradually cooling…
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It doesn't feel like it was that long ago that online dating was something done by a small number of people. It was associated mostly with divorcees and others who were hitting their 50s and were sick of the dating scene, preferring to find someone with similar interests with whom…
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Finding love in the modern world can be a tricky business. If you want to be in with a chance of meeting anyone, you have to sign up to some newfangled form of online dating; and if you actually want to win someone over with your five-picture, 100-word profile, you…
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Love is often a bittersweet thing, and finding your life partner really is like finding the needle in the figurative haystack. There are so many impediments between the potential love of your life - it could be an age difference, your careers, the literal proximity between you, or simply a combination…
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The dating scene is a fickle business. Unless you're a conventionally attractive human being who's generally doing alright for themselves in life, the chances of you scoring a partner who fits into that category are incredibly low. And that's just sort of how things go: the hot people date the…
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It's a sad fact that people on the internet will take any opportunity they can get to shame and judge other people, whether they're friends, strangers or even family members. It often seems like social media has only served to exacerbate our least empathetic traits, and can turn the most…
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When it comes to weddings, sometimes the photographs seem to be more important than the actual event itself. I remember when I was a best man at a wedding a couple of years ago, and I seriously underestimated the amount of time I spent in front of the camera. Every…
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You may have noticed a lot more guys out there with facial hair over the last few years. There are plenty of different theories on why exactly this has been happening, from those who claim it's due to some sort of 'masculinity under threat' to others who see it as…
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"Where do you want to eat?" If you're of a certain age in a certain living situation, that simple question of six words is enough to send shivers down your spine. Ladies and gentlemen, being in a loving, fulfilling relationship with another person is great - you should try it…
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When you're thinking about getting married to the person you love most in the world, there's certainly a heck of a lot to plan and consider ahead of time. Yes, they liked your romantic proposal, but there's so much left to plan! The catering, the guests, the wedding band; just thinking…
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When you brainstorm Halloween costumes, you typically think of something outside of reality: a superhero that can shoot spider-webs out of his wrists or a magical princess with the power to control ice and snow. But you can also create an incredible costume based on someone in real life, poking…
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We're often told that love can come in many guises and that none of us can prepare for the person we fall for. Indeed, while our society is a lot more open and tolerant towards romantic relationships that fall outside the 'traditional', it's clear that we still have a ways…
