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All about dating. First dates, three years into a relationship, Tinder, and more.
Ten (+1) Tips for Coping with Long Distance Relationships
For those of you who know me, you will know that my partner and I did the whole long distance relationship thing for six months. If you know me really well, you’ll know how tough I found it at times. But we got through it, and I’m so glad we did! So here are my top tips on how to make long distance work!
By Reanne Kingdon8 years ago in Humans
And All that Could've Been
It started out so innocently. A girl meets a boy online. They talk daily. Not only over the phone, but video calls as well. They live over a thousand miles apart. Years go by and they continue with their usual ways. They wake up, text here and there, and at the end of the day they make their calls. Telling one another they love each other. The feelings are strong between them.
By Jackie Skasick8 years ago in Humans
Why I Quit Online Dating and Why You Should Too
If you're like me, you are a socially awkward butterfly. I don't like talking to people very much, especially face-to-face, so I go far to avoid that interaction. I've always been more comfortable online and that is something that is very common today. We live in the digital world, why not date digitally?
By Tatianna Gilbertson8 years ago in Humans
Love Unfound, Worth Discovered
In this day and age, it’s almost common sense to hit up Tinder, Bumble, PoF, or any other dating app if you want to meet a cutie and find that special someone to date. Online dating has now become a fast moving trend that continues to evolve. So what happens when out of all the sites and many, many, MANY matches later, you’re still at home on a Saturday night in your worn jammies, pigging out on ice cream with your dog by your lap, crying into a glass of wine as Jack freezes over in the Titanic? Well, let me tell you how I got here. You see, I’m a 21 year old female, and I like to consider myself considerable social, if by social we’re talking about slight smiles and nods towards random strangers I happen to fall in love with. Let me tell you, I have tried it all. I’ve gotten my squads' opinions on the “right” selfies to put for my profile, I’ve made witty yet charming bios and advertise myself as the diamond in the rough kinda gal. And yet, almost a year has passed and still my knight in shinning armor has yet to crash through my front door to save me from, well, myself. Honestly speaking, my ego took massive hits as each and every person I sought out ended up being a total fail. I began to think that I was destined to be a single, 90 year old lady who hits on the youngsters as I’m buying my adult diapers. That because I didn’t type “Amen” or send a chain link on Facebook to 50 of my closest gal pals I had rewritten my fate to been one of cobwebs and a collection of empty wine bottles.
By Atheria Draegrien8 years ago in Humans
My Theory on Love
Love is the purest phenomenon on the face of the planet. It is what gives the expression of beauty. Over time, just like we have labeled life, humans have made love seem difficult and impossible. However, most of us barely know it. We are too busy being sacred of it. You can call it, "the fear of the unknown." From time to time, we suffer pain from what we thought was love and we get disappointed — an aftermath of high hopes that, as long as we feel good around someone, there's a shield protecting us from hurt.
By Autumn Flowers8 years ago in Humans
Relationships
Back in the day when my parents or grandparents were growing up, you met people at work or school dated then if they fell in love got engaged and married. Kids were usually involved too but things have changed. We have so many people just hanging out and hooking up. I'm sorry but wanting to find the one someone to have a real relationship with in this hook up culture is a new and very special kind of hell. Some millennial men don't want to be romantic or man up and make stuff right when they mess up. Some men have no idea how to be the men women need. They also don't want to pay for shit. We also have online dating and dating apps. The online thing kind of makes me feel like I'm shopping for a mate or a date instead of looking for one. I think people just want stuff to be quick. What people forget is that quick or instant doesn't always equal the best fit or forever.
By Lena Bailey8 years ago in Humans
When You Realize That You Are the 'And Then' Guy in a Relationship
During the thirty-seven years on this planet that I’ve been alive, I’ve only been in about four major relationships. Last night, at work, I was using a ride-on scrubber and cleaning the store that I am employed at. I started reflecting on them. Low and behold, I came upon the realization that I am a "And Then" person: i.e., the transitional person that makes a woman realize that she wants someone better and finds them.
By Erik Mickle8 years ago in Humans
Living Through Hell Chapter 2
Fast forward a few months later. Things seemed to be going pretty good. John had gotten a place of his own. Well kind of. He had a roommate. That is beside the point. I was living just down the road form where he lived. I was sleeping there more and spending a bit more time with him. You think I would have noticed the drinking increasing. I knew about the weed smoking, but not the other drugs.
By Heather Blackburn8 years ago in Humans
