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Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.
Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.

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Back in the day, marriage was all about duty, joining families (ahem, wealth) and producing offspring to advance their lineage. But since then, it's arguably turned more into a gesture, where marriage is more about the loving union you declare on paper. Still, some of those old-fashioned feelings about marriage…

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"Hey Mom, how did you meet Dad?" "He sent me an unsolicited photo of his junk on Tinder." You don't hear that conversation very often. Yet men continue trying to seduce women by sending pictures of their schlongs - "pelfies," if you will. Sure, every woman in the past found…

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It's a common trope that twins do everything together. We often like to think that they always wear the same clothes, enjoy the same food, share the same interests, and maybe even have the same pet peeves about people chewing with their mouths open or not closing the door after…

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Dating is weird. If aliens came down to Earth one day and you had to explain to them that unlike almost every other species on the planet (that simply mount up and get to breedin'), human being instead travel to arbitrary locations in their civilisation in order to decide whether…

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Oh to be young, and to feel love's keen sting. Most likely, the vast majority of people reading this will have experienced heartbreak at some point in their lives. Heartbreak is a natural part of life, and, though it is hard to deal with - particularly when we are young…

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It can't be easy to find out that your other half has been cheating on you. Just imagine: you spend months, maybe even years, building a meaningful relationship with another person, falling in love with them, changing your life to better suit their wants and needs... only to find out…

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Cheating is never okay, and anyone who has been the victim of an unfaithful partner can have their sense of trust and intimacy irreparably damaged by the experience. Seriously, you never want to find out that the person you love and trust most in the world has been screwing around…

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Dating can be such a minefield sometimes, and when meeting new people, it's all too easy to mistake a vice for a virtue. The majority of people in life would like to be with a partner who's caring, empathetic, and not afraid of commitment. Not only that, but if you're…

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"Of course it’s difficult," says a woman named Billie, speaking about being a single mother. "It is intended to be a two person job." The Floridian has a seven-year-old son, works four jobs and studies full-time – so you can imagine that it might all get a bit much sometimes. But recently, Billie…

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When you see a video of two siblings, you expect them to be teasing each other, or fighting like they're in the Hunger Games. However, mother Soares Sheila from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shared a video that is the exact opposite: The older brother got a tattoo of his younger brother,…

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It's common knowledge that the 1990's was the greatest decade that has ever existed. Technology was advancing at a breakneck speed, the internet became a household thing (even if it was dial-up), and we were heading into a millennium with our eyes and arms open, ready to accept to the…

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Nowadays, a special occasion just isn't considered official without a picture-perfect Instagram snap to accompany it. Yes, it's fair to say that the image-sharing platform is more popular than ever these days, and more and more people are ditching their conventional careers to become full-time influencers. However, that means that…

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For many of us, family is one of the most important things in life. We depend on them, we do our best for them, and - ultimately - we love them... even if they can be irritating sometimes (and if my younger brother happens to be reading this: yes, I'm…

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There's a reason that wedding photographers are so expensive. First, there's a lot of planning that goes into selecting the dream venue, the perfect flowers and the dress for the occasion, and getting crappy photos of it all would just not do it justice. Secondly, many people claim it's the most important…

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Most of us use legal drugs, like caffeine, alcohol and marijuana (depending on where you live). But others crave illegal ones, like cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana (depending on where you live). And the only way to buy those seductive substances is from a drug dealer. (I asked at Target. They don't…

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Divorce lawyer Baroness Shackleton, who previously represented Paul McCartney, teamed up with researchers from the University of Exeter to figure out what exactly what couples should know about one another before they commit to a serious relationship. "More than 50% of the people consulting me about divorce have said they…

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Sometimes, being a social media addict has its disadvantages. We're all guilty of spending a bit too much time on Facebook (hey, you probably wouldn't be reading this article otherwise, right?) And this can get pretty aggravating if you end up with a reputation for spending your whole week taking…

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Valentine's Day can be a difficult one for couples. Things usually work out, but figuring out the perfect gift can be a bit of a headache. Luckily for Brian, he had an inspired idea for what to get his girlfriend Manini that year. Seeing as they were both Disney fans,…