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All My Relationships Have Ended Horribly — Should I Change My Ways?
Ellen Nguyen
Mar 11, 2022
Relationships
How Going On A Break Saved My Relationship
Alicia Lansom
Mar 9, 2022
Can We Talk?
How I Got Unstuck From My Worst Dating Pattern
R29 Team
Mar 4, 2022
Unbothered
Season 2 Of
Love Is Blind
Shows Us The Depressing Reality ...
In Season 1 of Love of Blind, Netflix’s hit reality dating show, viewers got to see something rare for television — a Black woman being loved, acce
by
Nylah Burton
Relationships
My “Perfect Match” & I Broke Up, & It Changed How I Thought About...
In my late twenties, a mutual friend introduced me to the girl I knew, with all the conviction in my by-then-highly-experienced, late-twenties heart, was T
by
Jane Pek
Can We Talk?
Help! I Can’t Stop Dating People Who Are Unavailable
Thanks for reading Can We Talk?, a monthly sex and relationships column that aims to tackle the burning questions you’re too afraid to ask your partner ?
by
Moraya Seeger DeG...
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Somos Latinx
I Used to Crave a Fairytale Romance — Now I Realize Love Is All A...
As a multicultural community, Latinxs often exist in an in-between. We are “ni de aquí, ni de allá.” In many ways, this identity has shaped u
by
Yesika Salgado
Single Files
I’m 35, Single, & Moved To A New City Alone. Then, The Pand...
I left LA after 11 years, just as I had arrived — alone and quietly, without any fuss. As a single woman in my 20s, I fell in love with the city, r
by
Rachel Rowland
Relationships
Yes, Finding Love Really
Is
That Difficult
The below is an excerpt from Lost & Found by journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Kathryn Schulz. In it, Schulz smartly describes the palpable, heart-r
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Kathryn Schulz
Unbothered
For Black Women, Choosing To Be Soft In Relationships Can Be Hard...
I’m the youngest in a family of six, so naturally, you may think that softness was my birthright. Youngest siblings are supposed to be wild, carefree, an
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Ineye Komonibo
Living
Is It Time To Rethink The Phrase “Starting A Family”?
“Can we stop referring to having children as ‘starting a family’? Couples are a family regardless of whether they have children or not.
by
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Relationships
My Platonic Life Partnership Went Viral On TikTok, & People Have ...
Last September, my partner Renee moved from Singapore to Los Angeles so we could start a life together — a grand and undeniably romantic gesture usually
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April Lee
Relationships
When It Comes To Dating, We’re All Guilty Of ‘Groundhogging...
If you’ve been dating for a while with varying levels of success, chances are you’re feeling a little fatigued by it all. If the luster has dul
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Pema Bakshi
Relationships
Why I Use The Word Widow, Even Though I Wasn’t Married
“You’re so young — you’ll find someone again.” My grief over the death of my partner has been met with the same statement so many times o
by
Lotte Bowser
Second Gen
6 Women On The Pressure Of Being The Eldest Kid Of Immigrants
Growing up, I constantly sought approval from my Mexican parents, even when making the tiniest decisions, like dyeing my hair. I was terrified of disappoin
by
Jacqueline Delgad...
Can We Talk?
Can Long-Distance Relationships Ever Work?
Thanks for reading Can We Talk?, a monthly sex and relationships column that aims to tackle the burning questions about sex, dating, relationships, and bre
by
R29 Team
Dedicated Feature
Stressed About Your Wedding Registry? These Tips & Tricks Will Ma...
For Sammi Wong, a 25-year-old Portland native who got married in October, creating a wedding registry was less about adding and acquiring wish-list items (
by
Hilary Shepherd
Relationships
I’m A Sensual Person & Happily Married To An Asexual Partner
As my partner Emily and I near the two-year mark of living together through myriad lockdowns, I can finally say we have found a way to maneuver through the
by
Olympia Bernes
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Single Files
How I Reclaimed Desirability As A Black Woman After A Breakup
After the end of my first relationship, I couldn’t escape the feeling that the relationship was a fluke. Or, rather, that my ex’s attraction to me was.
by
Sarah Githugu
Can We Talk?
My Partner Asked To Try Something New In Bed & I Froze. Can We Ge...
Thanks for reading Can We Talk?, a monthly sex and relationships column that aims to tackle the burning questions you’re too afraid to ask your partner ?
by
Moraya Seeger DeG...
Relationships
I’m Chronically Ill, & My Partner Is My Caregiver
My boyfriend washes my hair, cooks my dinner, cleans our home, and collects the mail. He’s not some kind of superhero; he is just doing the things I
by
Hannah Turner
Relationships
Are Some Things Unsayable In A Fight With Your Partner?
“YOU! ARE! A! C*NT!” This is what I yelled at the top of my lungs one Tuesday morning. There was a stunned silence. My anger had crescendoed to a place
by
Marisa Bate
Relationships
Talking About Your Ex On A Date: How Much Is Too Much?
Lauren was running late for the date. She was feeling cynical and guarded. “I had a sneaking suspicion he might be a bad choice — there were one to
by
Rose Stokes
Relationships
I Went Through My First Breakup At 28, & It Taught Me To Love Harder
It’s the middle of the afternoon as my mother leads me to a secluded bench in our local park, away from the murmurs of ordinary life around us. I usually
by
Dani McCarthy
Relationships
Do Lesbian Breakups Really Hit Harder?
There’s a famous saying: “There is no hierarchy of suffering.” This feels especially true of breakups, the great equalizer. We can’
by
Amelia Abraham
Single Files
Now That My Kids Are Grown, I’m Learning To Love Being Single
It is 4:54 p.m. on a bleak Wednesday in November. I’m walking back home after hiking to the lake down the road, an audiobook in my ears to protect me fro
by
Jennifer McGuire
Unbothered
What We Lose When We Focus On Whiteness In Interracial Relationships
The way we talk about interracial relationships in the U.S. — especially in media, entertainment, and social media — is often reductive and harmful. In
by
Nylah Burton
Relationships
Cry Your Heart Out To Adele: Why Sad Girl Fall Is The Best Time T...
Harmony* was drinking red wine on a boat the first time she heard Adele’s new album, 30. She and her friend were talking about love — or, rather,
by
Molly Longman
Single Files
My Dad Is Chronically Ill & It Makes Dating Complicated
My father fell into illness the way Ernest Hemingway described going bankrupt — gradually and then suddenly. At first, there was an accretion of mild ill
by
Sabrina Qiao
Wellness
When To Trust Your Gut Instinct (& When To Ignore It)
“Gut instinct” is a term that holds an almost mystical quality, speaking to a sense we might feel for what is right or wrong: an action, a deci
by
Eleanor Morgan
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