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Women Are Filming The Messy Endings In Their Lives
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Tanyel Mustafa
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Relationships
Joking You’ve “Healed Too Much” Might Be A Sign You’re Still Hurting
Tanyel Mustafa
5 Jul 2024
Living
Stop Sitting In The Waiting Room Of Your Own Life
Victoria Spratt
25 Jun 2024
Unbothered
I’m A Straight Black Woman Dating A Woman & Labels Are Complicated
Maame Blue
24 Jun 2024
Queer Voices
These Photos Celebrate Queer Love In The South
When I think about my upbringing in the lush, sticky heat of Florida, I think about my chosen family: meeting my wife between the bookshelves of a lesbian
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Sara Youngblood G...
Friendship
Confrontation Is Key To Long-Lasting Friendships — I’d Know
Last year, a key confrontational moment happened in one of my most treasured friendships: Sat across from one of my best friends, drink in hand, we’d bee
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Tanyel Mustafa
Relationships
I’m Happy Being Single, But…
How long have you, or your friends, been single? For at least one person in your circle, the answer is likely to be well over a year — if not years. (In
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Tanyel Mustafa
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Taking Care
“I Don’t Miss It”: Celibacy Is Bringing Some Women Peace
Celibacy has had a rebrand. Previously, celibacy was often intertwined with religious ideas of purity and chastity, but for women today the concept is much
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Tanyel Mustafa
Unbothered
I Stopped Waiting For A Relationship To Live A Romantic Life — & ...
It was the last three days of my one-month solo trip in Brazil, and I’d just returned from seven blissful days in Salvador back to Rio, where my journey
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Chanté Joseph
Relationships
10 Women Share What Finally Broke Their Long-Term Relationship
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Angela Law
Unbothered
For Black Women, Dating Sucks. But That Doesn’t Mean We Should Se...
I’ve been single for seven and a half years now and can attest to the ups and downs that come with my relationship status. At the end of 2023, as the new
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Kelle Salle
Relationships
I’m A Big Fan Of Situationships – You Could Be, Too
Situationships get a bad rap. I think that’s unfair. Tinder defines them as “when you’re not quite dating someone, but you’re not just sleeping wit
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Tanyel Mustafa
Living
An Ode To The WhatsApp Archive, AKA The Dating “Graveyard”
You might be single, on the apps, off the apps, in a situationship, relationship, polyamorous, monogamous, whatever. Chances are, if you are in the busines
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Kelly Washington
Relationships
“We Met Before We Were Born” & Other Slow Burn Love S...
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Tanyel Mustafa
Worth More
My Dates Aren’t Worth What They Cost
When Hannah*, a 29-year-old visual merchandiser, arranged to meet her date Josh* in his hometown of Oxford, she’d budgeted around £50 for the date. “I
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Daisy Schofield
Living
In 2024, I’m Adopting The “Let Them” Theory To Change My Life
Five years ago, at a friend’s house party, I ended up in conversation with a woman I had never met before. It was surface-level small talk: work, dating,
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Maybelle Morgan
Relationships
Is She A Bad Friend Or Are You Over-Investing?
In the 21st century, female friendships are celebrated like no other. From Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love to that summer of #SquadG
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Charlotte Moore
Relationships
When Can You Ask The Person You’re Dating: “How Much Money ...
Talking about money benefits all of us — and we need to do it more. Join the conversation with Worth More, our 2024 guide to better finances, from naviga
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Elizabeth Gulino
Relationships
“It Was A Clean Slate”: The Unexpected Freedom Of Mak...
“It was kind of like when you’ve just started dating someone,” Laura, 33, says. “I sometimes freaked out that I was bombarding her with texts a
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Pema Bakshi
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Relationships
Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Have (Almost) Survived Cuffing Season
For years, I thought cuffing season was fake — something we made up and clung onto each fall as a beacon of hope for the prospect of love (or any kind of
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Elizabeth Gulino
Relationships
4 Questions To Ask Yourself If You Think You Are In A Toxic Relat...
Trigger warning: This article contains themes of abuse. If spending time with your partner feels like it drains, upsets or hurts you, you might be in a tox
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Erika W. Smith
Friendship
Please Don’t Come Back To Our Friendship After Your Relationship ...
One of my best friends used to routinely disappear from my life when they were loved up, which always made me feel like a backup plan. Then they would slow
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Tanyel Mustafa
Relationships
Your Idea Of Chemistry Might Be Limiting Your Dating Pool
One Friday night, I found myself wedged in the corner of a pub garden studying the face of a man who had been a stranger just 15 minutes prior. “St
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Maybelle Morgan
Relationships
Breakups Can Be Harder For The Instigator, Actually
“I just turned 30 a few months ago and I was in a 10-year relationship. I’d literally been with her for my entire 20s. I realised I wasn’t where
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Beth Ashley
Relationships
Ask A Therapist: I’m Single & I’m Embarrassed About How Lonely I Am
Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 years’ clinic
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Jewelry
Pandora’s New Campaign Is An Invitation To Live Love
For too long we’ve thought of love in one way: romantic love above all else. Whether it’s the fault of romantic comedies or seasonal marketing, we’ve
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R29 Team
Friendship
Why Can’t We Meet Up Without Your Partner Coming Along?
There’s a study from several years ago that’s stayed in my head since I read it: Women and men lose two friends on average when they get into a relatio
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Tanyel Mustafa
Relationships
8 Women On What Their Messiest “Situationship” Taught Them
by
Maybelle Morgan
Homepage
Toxic Positivity Might Be Ruining Your Workplace
Work is always a balancing act — juggling deadlines, a work-life balance and office relationships is never easy — but the last few years have been espe
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Sara Youngblood G...
Relationships
I’m Dating A Man Who’s Taller Than Me For The First Time
I remember when Hinge first came on the dating scene. The tall girls were thrilled, because finally they had a dating app where men had to disclose their h
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Laura Roscioli
Relationships
A Friend Doesn’t Have To Be “Toxic” To Be Bad For You
Recently, Sarah* got ready to see a friend — something she had done many times before. She texted, “Can’t wait to see you too!” in response
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Maybelle Morgan
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