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…
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…
I’ll be honest, when my husband first suggested we get wedding ring tattoos, I thought he was crazy. We’d already picked out beautiful traditional rings, we were weeks away from the wedding, and now he wanted to add permanent ink to the mix? But the…
I used to think my husband didn’t care about romantic gestures. He’s practical, straightforward, not the type to get emotional over words. But one day I found a folder on his phone labeled “from you” and it was full of screenshots. Every sweet text, every…
I’m not going to lie, I’m a sucker for a good love quote. Even though I’m practical most of the time, married with two boys who keep me grounded in reality, there’s something about beautiful love words that just gets me. When my husband sends…
I watched my coworker and friend, Sarah, slowly disappear into her relationship over the course of two years. She went from being this vibrant, funny woman with a million interests to someone who seemed anxious whenever her boyfriend Jake wasn’t immediately responsive to her texts,…
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…
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….
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…
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…