I was listening to a podcast recently (pretty sure it was Terrible, Thanks for Asking) that started talking about how men and women confront problems differently. It struck a chord with me because my boyfriend and I approach stress in 100% different ways - it often causes our little tiffs into bigger fights because of…
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It's not uncommon to come across cheating in college. Everyone knows the drama: he's been cheating on her for years. She knows but ignores it. They both cheat on each other and never confront it. It only strengthens the stereotype of the hookup culture and makes everyone questions how relationships work in college. When you're…
I googled the term "emotionally stupid" because I wanted to know if anyone else was as dumb as me when it comes to identifying their own emotions, specifically when it comes to romance. One of the first things that popped up was a question on Yahoo Answers asking: "Why are men so emotionally stupid???" There…
One of the biggest regrets I have when someone passes away is not telling them how much they meant to me. I'm not much of a speaking my emotions kind of person. I've always been more prone to write it down. I think that limits me in some ways, there are only so many opportunities…
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The world is filled with cynicism and pessimism. The news mostly shows depressing wars abroad or even in our own country. Our generation is consistently put down for not being good enough. Everyone makes the future look so bleak. It's easy to just adopt that attitude. To look at things with a half-empty glass point…
Guys deserve a lot of credit for making the first move. It's just what is expected in society, that guys will approach a girl first. They'll ask for their number and have to make the phone call. They ask her to dance or out on a date. It's mostly all up to the guy to…
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.…
Introvert (noun): Introverts tend to be preoccupied with their own thoughts and feelings and minimize their contact with other people. It's not always easy to spot an introvert, because every once in a while they poke their heads from their shells and rejoin society. They act like going out in a crowd of people is a…
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…
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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