You’re seeing someone. You text regularly, maybe even daily. You’ve slept together more than once. You know their coffee order and they know yours. But when your friend asks, “So, are you guys dating?” you freeze. Because honestly? You have no idea what to call…
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Having a crush is simultaneously the best and worst feeling. Your stomach flips when you see them. You replay every conversation in your head, looking for signs they might like you back. And every interaction feels like it has the weight of the world behind…
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I’ve been on a lot of first dates in my life. Some were amazing, some were disasters, and some were just painfully awkward silences punctuated by “so… what do you do for work?” My first date with my now-husband almost didn’t happen because I was…
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I’ll be honest: when my husband and I first started dating, a lot of our dates involved wine. Dinner and wine. Wine tastings. Cocktails at bars. It wasn’t that we had a problem; it was just what dating seemed to look like in our twenties….
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There’s something about Christmas that makes everything feel more romantic. Maybe it’s the twinkling lights, the excuse to cuddle up against the cold, or just the general magic in the air. Whatever it is, I’m here for it. My husband and I have been together…
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Date night. When my husband and I were dating, every night felt like date night. We’d spend hours at coffee shops, take spontaneous drives, stay up late talking about nothing and everything. Then we got married, had two boys, and suddenly “date night” became this…
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I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of love at first sight. You know that moment when your eyes meet someone’s across a room and suddenly the whole world seems to pause? It’s like every romance novel I’ve ever read coming to life. Some people…
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You know that feeling when “I love you” doesn’t quite cut it? When you need something more specific, more expansive, something that actually captures the particular way you love this person? That’s when I go searching for quotes that start with “my love for you”…
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There’s something magical about those three little words. “I love you.” Simple, direct, impossible to misunderstand. Yet somehow, after years of marriage and two boys who’ve heard me say it a thousand times, I still find new ways to mean it, new depths to those…
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The third date is where things get real. The first date is all nerves and first impressions. The second date confirms you weren’t crazy for liking them on the first date. But the third date? That’s when you start figuring out if this could actually…