The phrase goes: forgive and forget. Stop feeling the resent you feel towards someone and put it in the back of your mind. That person's mistake that caused you anger or hurt is gone forever and you move on with your life. I've never really been one to forgive because a lot of people ask…
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Can You Date Someone With The Same Name As Your Ex?
I once ran into the problem of whether or not I could date someone who had the same name as my dad. I googled it, read many blogs on the subject, and then realized how silly that was. If I really liked someone - why did it matter what their name was? Also I have…
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Being Second Best
Who doesn't like to win? We are wired to be the best we can be and it's a very disrupting feeling to know you're coming in second to someone - especially in relationships. It's a hookup culture, we know that a lot of people are hooking up with more than one person at a time.…
Were You Really In Love With Your First Love?
Your first love more often than not leads to your first heartbreak. It’s a hard lesson most of us have to learn, but in the end it’s for the better. Initially, I blamed my ex. Called him every name in the book, drunk dialed too many times to count, cried like the world was ending,…
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The One Who Makes You Backslide
Republished from 6/15/15 There are plenty of fish in the sea, but chances are you are already on someone's hook. We all have that one person who lives deep in the cracks of our pushed-away memories. It's the person that hurt us badly, but we still love. It's the person who will always cause us…
“I Don’t Know” Isn’t An Answer
Republished from 5/21/15 I want to start living a more definite life. I don't know's, maybe's, possibly's and eventually's just aren't cutting it anymore. The questions that come up in life can't be answered with an "I don't know." That is our way of avoiding the question and putting off making an actual decision. My…
Why Your Best Friends Are Your Actual Soulmates
Republished from 6/16/15 How many times have we heard the Sex and the City quote: “Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.” It really couldn’t be more true. I spent a large part of my young life in a relationship that I used to replace friendships. My high school friends weren’t…
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How Our Generation Is Always Speed Dating
Republished from 6/13/15 We are sometimes called the "hookup culture" because of our lack of commitment. We kiss first, ask questions wayyyyyy later. Relationships aren't exactly what we're looking for right now and one reason behind this is because we are always speed dating. Not literally, we don't move from chair to chair at a…
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To Those Who Self Sabotage
Republished from 5/31/15 In most cases, you are your own worst enemy. Someone who self sabotages knows what they want and have all the means to get it. For instance, they are on their way into a great relationship and actively do something so that relationship never begins. Usually they do this because something in…
Chivalry Isn’t Dead – It Just Changed
Republished from 5/30/15 I often hear women talking about the way they would like to be treated by men. They want "old school" romance where they're picked up at their front door, their car door is opened for them, and their meal is paid for. They want their guy to be chivalrous - a knight in shining…