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I Watched Love is Blind…And It Was Wild
It was Shakespeare that said, ‘love is blind’. But, I’m sure that he did not intend for Love is Blind on Netflix to be a result of one of his most famous lines. Love is Blind is Netflix’s reality TV series where single men and women date without ever seeing one another in person. Full disclosure, this review is for those that have seen the show and wish to reflect on its events. Spoiler alert! At the beginning of the series, 30 single people enter the house of Love is Blind where the women live together on one side, and the men on another. They continue to live together in…
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Are celebrity relationships learning experiences for the rest of us?
Celebrity gossip is always something to learn from. Whether it be Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky emerging with their new fitness app, Centr, or the dynamic duo, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith celebrating over 21 years of marriage and success, there are always couples in the public eye that we can learn from. Many of these iconic partners reap the rewards of their hard work to become inspirations and role models for us to follow. While others make mistakes and show the world that we learn more from our shortcomings than our triumphs. Like the recent divorce between Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth. When it truly comes down to…
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Why Can’t You be Happy for Me?
Why my friends stopped finding me interesting after I fell in love: BY LAURA MCREYNOLDS “Do you fight often?” was the first question my friend asked me about my boyfriend. It was the first time I had seen her in years, and we were meeting for coffee. I felt a familiar panic— lie or tell the truth. I find myself telling her about an irrelevant spat we had, making the story angrier and more dramatic than it truly was. I did this because I didn’t want to face the familiar glazed expression, the feigned enthusiasm followed by silence that follows when I tell the truth— I am happy with my…
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It’s “Facebook Official”!
Adventures in Digitally Declared Dating By Alysse Kennedy My journey with Facebook began when I was 17. I had just begun to successfully navigate high school social life: I got my braces taken off, outgrew my glasses, decided full bangs were my signature look (years before Zooey Deschanel made them cool), and started dating my first boyfriend. Around this time, Facebook swept in, bringing new modes for communicating with the world and portraying your position within it. Just like in high school, on Facebook, everyone loves a good love story—or a good scandal. Back then, my Facebook “friends” loved to see relationship status stories flash on their newsfeeds, prefaced with…
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Time to Unfriend
Virtual unfriending is as easy as clicking a button, and it usually leaves little emotional impact. How unfriending in real life, though challenging and upsetting, could be better for both of you in the long run.
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When You Find Love
Avoiding the relationship-rut by engaging in new experiences.
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Healthy Dating Tips
Maintaining healthy dating skills with your Valentine.
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The 5 Do’s and Don’ts of Online Dating
Our Top 3 Dating Websites and 5 Online Dating Do’s and Don’ts.