Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.
Advice, stories, and real talk on love, dating, and more.
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It's hard to believe that there was genuinely a time before Donald Trump was president. While we're all used to the President's constant stream of tweets online, it wasn't always this way. Before Trump became the most powerful man on the planet, America had Barack Obama at the helm and…
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It seems like these days there's a new piece of dating terminology to learn ever week. Seriously, it's like social media is totally determined to name, log and categorise every minute facet of human interaction and behaviour, and keeping up with the new terminology can feel pretty exasperating sometimes. You've…
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The father's job is to earn the money and the mother's job is to take care of the baby, right? Wrong. Those stereotypes are dusty. Today, fathers should share parenting duties with the mother, changing diapers, giving baths and breastfeeding the baby. "Wait, what?" you're probably thinking. "Is that possible?…
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According to research conducted for The Journal of Positive Psychology, it should take around 11 weeks to feel better after the end of a relationship. Other studies have suggested that it takes closer to 18 months to feel better after the end of a marriage. While divorce disrupts our lives…
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If only there was a way to know from the beginning whether our relationship with someone would last forever or not. Imagine how much time we'd save - how much heartbreak we'd save. Unfortunately, no such thing exists, meaning many of us are doomed to date terrible people for a…
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Finding out that your partner is cheating on you is never nice. However, it would be fair to say that you would rather know than not. Kayla Speer, a 23-year-old from Burlington, Iowa, took to Twitter to share a tale of love, lies and... sandwiches. Popping up on her account,…
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The Millennial generation has seen the rise of a completely new form of dating, one that is conducted largely through our screens. Yes, we log into platforms such as Tinder and Bumble and accept or reject potentials on the basis of their Facebook profiles and a short bio. And it goes without…
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Out of all the things that we have to go through in life, breakups are right 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 know as…
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If you were going to send a love letter to someone, how would you go about making sure they would definitely see it? Perhaps you would hand-deliver the letter, making sure that it got to where you wanted it to go. Maybe you would post it in a perfumed envelope,…
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I have a theory that kids are the worst people in the world. You're going to have to hear me out on this one because I already know what you're going to say: "How? They're so cute! They're so sweet, innocent and fun!" But... are they? Are they really? Let…
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There's nothing worse than being single when all your other friends are already taken, or worse, getting married and having kids, Yes, nobody ever wants to be a third wheel, and it can suck on special occasions like Christmas or Valentine's Day when you don't have a hot date lined…
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In all likelihood, you've known a couple with a large age gap. It might even be a part of your dating history. It's often hard to draw the line exactly where the age difference starts to become a little weird (other than the obvious points), as you can find many…
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There is nothing more nerve-wracking than a first date. The nerves, the anxiety, the downright fear that the person you're meeting might be a weirdo is intoxicating. What if you have nothing to talk about? What if they're not who they say they are? What do you do in this…
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A woman has decided to sue an exclusive online dating agency for damages after she failed to find a rich husband to have children with. Tereza Burki, 36, told the High Court that she signed up to Seventy Thirty Ltd in order to hunt for "the man of my dreams,…
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Weddings are great and all, but there is so much that could potentially go wrong. Who's to say that estranged great-uncle, who your mum forced you to invite, won't take it upon himself to air the family's dirty laundry? What about that ex-boyfriend you invited who you were certain wouldn't cause any…
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There's a term being used to describe a certain type of romance which is not technically a 'relationship' - but a 'situationship'. It's the first time I've ever heard the term, but it's been growing in usage lately, especially after one woman wrote an article on her own three-year situationship.…
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It's a sad fact of dating that your date may be a creep. And, unfortunately, this seems to have been made worse with the rise of online dating. In essence, online dating is like going on a blind date. You don't know much about the person you're meeting and they…
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Anyone who's single at the moment knows that online dating is tough, and it's a such a slog because its biggest boon is also its greatest detriment. While dating apps grant you the power to match with anyone in the world, it means that you can match with anyone in the…
