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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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The world of dating in the modern world is a vast, confusing and challenging landscape. While landing yourself a date used to be based on human interaction and chance encounters, it's now a science. There is a multitude of articles online that give you tips and tricks on how to…

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If you have siblings, you know that sometimes you're allies, and sometimes you're enemies. Like the lords and ladies on Game of Thrones, you're always scheming to get what's in your best interest. And when you get compromising information on your sibling, it's a gift. Do you snitch on them…

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There's a common belief that, when people are searching for their soulmate, it's "opposites" that attract most. However, after a recent conversation thread went viral on Twitter, it's transpired that a lot of folks out there are drawn to other halves that look almost identical to them. It all started when…

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If you asked a hundred different parents for their opinions on the best way to raise a child, you'd almost certainly get around a hundred different answers. But that's not surprising, really, considering that there is no tried-and-tested "right" way to bring up a kid, and everyone who does take…

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Recently two celebrity couples announced their engagement in the most boring way possible. Pete Davidson broke the news about his engagement to Ariana Grande by posting a black-and-white photo of mostly the ground. (The ring is just barely visible.) Then Justin Bieber confirmed his engagement to Hailey Baldwin by sharing a…

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Waiters and waitresses get the chance to meet all kinds of people; some good, some bad, but most just annoying. They're the ultimate gooseberry in any social situation. As such, they're privy to some pretty awkward scenes in their line of work: parents shouting at kids, racist grandparents and screaming…

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Dating is a pain in the butt. There's always so much anxiety over whether you're being too involved (or not enough), whether you actually feel something for the person (or if you're just heavily invested in getting your rocks off), and - in more recent years - whether you're falling…

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Whenever you start a new job, it's exciting. The dark days of unemployment are over! No more eating Cups Of Noodles for dinner, no more putzing around the house in dirty sweatpants, and no more spending all your time applying for jobs, without hearing anything back. But if you don't…

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When you check your messages on Tinder, you usually know what to expect. Someone saying "hey," a second person saying "hey," a third person saying "hey," an unsolicited photo of someone's junk. Romance is still alive! But sometimes you'll be surprised. Amorous admirers will scour your profile and comment on…

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A Florida woman has finally lost her virginity at the age of 32 after being cured of a rare condition that meant she couldn't have penetrative sex without feeling like she was "hitting a brick wall". Karen Buono 35, from Wesley Chapel, Florida, has spent most of her life struggling…

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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…