Your partner hurt you. Maybe it was something big, like betrayal or broken trust. Maybe it was something smaller but still painful, like harsh words said in anger or a forgotten promise that really mattered. Whatever it was, you’re left with this question that feels…
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I’ll never forget those early morning texts I used to send my husband when we were doing long distance. He was working in another city for six months, and waking up without him next to me was honestly one of the hardest things I’ve experienced….
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My best friend Emma has been in love with the idea of love for as long as I’ve known her. In college, while the rest of us were going to frat parties and complaining about the dating scene, Emma was writing love letters to guys…
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William Shakespeare had an uncanny ability to capture the human heart in all its messy, beautiful, contradictory glory. More than 400 years after he penned his first sonnet, his love words still make us swoon, weep, and occasionally throw things at the wall in frustration…
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I spent my entire early twenties dating like I was window shopping. Swiping right on guys who were “cute enough,” going on dates because I had nothing better to do on a Saturday night, and staying in relationships that felt more like comfortable routines than…
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I’ll be honest with you: I’m not typically the type to get teary-eyed during movies. I’m practical, maybe a little cynical, and I definitely roll my eyes at overly sappy scenes. But there’s something about certain movie love quotes that gets me every single time….
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I used to think my relationship struggles were just bad luck. Bad timing, wrong guys, incompatible personalities. It wasn’t until my late twenties, after yet another relationship ended with me feeling anxious and clingy while he pulled away, that a therapist friend mentioned attachment theory…
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There’s something both exhilarating and terrifying about the beginning of a new relationship. On one hand, you’ve met someone who makes your heart race, who you can’t stop thinking about, who might just be the person you’ve been waiting for. On the other hand, you’re…
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When my husband and I started talking about getting matching tattoos, I had no idea how meaningful and fun the process would be. There’s something incredibly intimate about permanently marking your skin with a symbol that represents your bond with another person. It’s not just…
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I’ll never forget the moment I realized I had no idea what to call what was happening between me and the guy I’d been seeing for two months. We were at a party, and someone asked how we knew each other. I froze. Were we…