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Why It’s Okay To Grow Apart From A Friend
Sometimes you have to walk a different path. “Oh god, I’m so sorry,” she said as her toddler knocked my glass of orange juice into my lap. “Don’t worry, its fine,” I laughed. It was kind of fine, it...
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27 Signs You’re Definitely Not In Your 20s Anymore
You’re not in Kansas anymore. Turning 30 is a funny thing. While it makes some of us feel more settled, it can set others off into a fully blown third-life crisis. And while we all have friends who...
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Why I Decided To Let Go Of Friend Guilt
Because I’m sick of living my life by your standards. I stared at my phone, re-read the text and felt my shoulders slump. It was the message I’d been dreading. ‘Still up for boot camp tomorrow?’ There...
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7 Types Of Shitty Friends You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty Dumping
Some friends aren’t worth the effort. As the year winds to an end I’ve found myself reflecting back on my friendships, in particular, the ones that have fizzled. At the start of 2015, I made a vow to...
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My New Year’s Resolution To Have More Sex
Should auld acquaintance be forgot… New Years’ resolutions are funny things. You make them, usually break them, and then make the same resolutions again 12 months later. Some are super easy to stick...
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Why Your Early 20s Are A Bad Time To Make Life Decisions
Because nothing feels as good in fast forward. I have a friend who had IVF in her early twenties. I was not the only one to try to discourage her from taking this drastic, costly, and as it turned out,...
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How I Realized I’d Become The Flaky Friend
Being a serial ditcher is seriously disrespectful. ‘Just checking you’re still on for tomorrow?’ the text asked. ‘Yes, definitely, can’t wait!’ I replied. I genuinely meant it. Then a project at work...
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How My Friendship Almost Suffocated Me
Even the very best of friends need space. A few years ago, I decided to move in with a good girlfriend of mine. It was the worst thing to happen to our friendship. Before I knew it, we were living...
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How I Learned To Love My Fat
Size is just a number. I never used to think about food. I grew up in a household where meals ran like clockwork and weren’t a topic of family discussion. We ate breakfast at the table, I took a packed...
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How Netflix Is Destroying The Art Of Theatre And Community
Is it time we put down the remote and picked up some tickets? When you work as an usher in a theatre like I do, you get paid to watch a lot of shows. I have seen probably 30 musicals in the last two...
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Why I Gave Up Trying To Hide The Fact I’m An Introvert
There are perks to being a wallflower. Laughing and chatting amidst a throng of media faces, I worked the room with a glass of champagne in my hand as my armor. My endeavors probably looked effortless;...
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16 Signs Your Best Friend Is Your Soulmate
Tears, cocktails and gossip. Having a loyal friend is great. But having an absolute bestie is even better. If you’re lucky enough to have an indelible sidekick, otherwise known as a BFF, you’d be...
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I Lost Weight And It Destroyed My Marriage
My dress size dwindled, and so did my relationship. When I got married, I weighed 286 pounds. I’d been ‘big’ all my life, but at the time I had no idea just how much my weight had influenced who I was....
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Here’s How Real Women Rate Their Physical Appearances
I’m thinking of a number between one and ten… In a world where women are trying incessantly to have a voice, it seems all too often our self-confidence is quelled by forces even stronger than our...
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The Day I Realized My Father Was A Narcissist
I finally saw him for who he was. Most people have two very different personas. The one they cheerfully present to the world, and the one only revealed to a select few closest to them. But my father’s...
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What I Learnt About Being A Transgender Woman
“I was different since I can remember.” Meeting with an old classmate recently, I was forced to confront an issue I knew little about, being transgender. Jill* had been a buddy at school, but we were...
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13 Unrealistic Expectations Every College Student Has Had
It’s the best time of your life, right? Starting college is one of the most exciting times ever – or so you think. Thanks to upbeat frat movies such as American Pie 2, Old School and Van Wilder, every...
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19 Things That Drive Every Introvert Nuts
I hate people. Being an introvert is confusing for everyone, often even to those of us who are introverts ourselves. Sometimes you feel sociable and can fizz up a party as effortlessly as an extrovert...
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I Gave In To Worrying, And Beat Anxiety In The Process
What doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger. “You have to remember it’s not going to kill you. You will come through it, it will pass…” he said, looking me sternly in the eye. “But I can’t breathe,...
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When Your Friend Treats You Like You’re Her Therapist
It’s one thing to lean on each other and another to ring every half hour. “Oh, I don’t know…What do you think I should do?” I was on the phone to a girlfriend, trapped on a call I was beginning to...
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