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Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Have (Almost) Survived Cuffing Season
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Please Don’t Come Back To Our Friendship After Your Relationship Ends
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I Think I’m Outgrowing My Friends
Nina and Alicia* had been best friends for eight years. They’d weathered part of their teenage years together — from family dramas to breakups — and
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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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I’m Single & I’m Embarrassed About How Lonely I Am
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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
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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 realized I wasn’t where I wa
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Beth Ashley
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8 Women On What Their Messiest “Situationship” Taught Them
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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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My Friend Is Kink Shaming Me
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Unbothered
I’ve Always Played It Safe In Dating, Now I’m Living ...
My friend gasps and looks up at me as I take a long sip of my drink, teasing her. I’ve just given her the latest update on my love life and a look of bew
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Beauty Dhlamini
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Why So Many Relationships End After The Holidays
Have you ever noticed that a lot of relationships end after the holidays? Call it the January comedown, call it breakup season, call it whatever you want.
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Maria Del Russo
Relationships
The Problem With Low Maintenance Friendships
Marisa* is Ruby Bennett’s best friend, but Ruby, 18, struggles to feel close to her. They have known each other for years, but Marisa, who didn’t w
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Daisy Schofield
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How Lube Helped Me Unlock A New Level Of Sexual Pleasure
I recently located my clitoris, which, at 33 years old, sounds way overdue. Alone, inspired by a conversation I had with a sex therapist, and apparently ho
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Ask A Therapist: I’m Sick Of Being Asked Why I’m Single Dur...
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Can We Talk?
My Partner & I Both Struggle From The Same Mental Illness. How Ca...
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Should You Wait Until After The Holidays To Break Up With Your Pa...
Breakups are the worst, no matter the time of year. The holiday season, though, has its own unique way of making a relationship rough patch feel even more
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Laura Barcella
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The Pros & Cons Of Dating A Friend — From People Who’ve Bee...
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Erika W. Smith
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If You Ask Where I’m “Really From,” You Won’t Get A Second Date
I have what’s been described as a “very London” accent. I also have olive skin and dark features. Like some odd magic trick, the latter seems to make
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Tanyel Mustafa
Friendship
There’s Nowhere To Hang Out For Free Anymore & It’s Making Us Lonely
Seeing friends in person is a constant struggle for Natalie, 24, who lives in Bristol and didn’t want us to use her last name. It’s difficult to find t
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Relationships
Your Love Language Might Actually Be All Of Them
I stared at Question 21, my green highlighter hovering over the answers. “He doesn’t check his phone while we’re talking,” read option B, while opt
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Izzie Price
Can We Talk?
I’m Afraid My Asexuality Is Distancing Me From My Partner
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Unbothered
I Love You, But I Can’t Afford Your Birthday Trip
One day, you pick up your phone and see you’ve been added to a groupchat for one of your friend’s birthday trips. There’s a full-blown ag
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Shelby Smith
Unbothered
Lori Harvey’s Love Life Could Actually Teach Us Something
This story has been updated since it was originally published on January 20, 2023. At the top of this year, model and skincare entrepreneur Lori Harvey cel
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Ineye Komonibo
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I’ve Lost All Sexual Desire. Is It My ADHD Medication?
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Living
Before Getting Back Together With Your Ex, Ask Yourself This Simp...
Love is going through it right now, if the world of celebrity is anything to go by. It’s been a summer of high profile divorces, with everyone from Hugh
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Natalie Gil
Relationships
Has Attachment Theory Gone Too Far?
“They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you.R
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Vicky Spratt
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12 Queer Halloween Couples Costumes For The Sapphics, Gays, & Theys
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Charlotte Lewis
Living
Do I Really Like Him? Or Is He Just… Nearby?
When Lucy*, 24, first started working as a waitress at a new restaurant, she didn’t look twice at her manager. But after three weeks of regular shifts, s
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Ella Glover
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