Lovers argue whether experiencing your first heartbreak at 17 or 30 is more destabilizing: ‘Imagine going through your first breakup and you have to join a Teams meeting’

Nobody likes being broken up with. It is a bad situation for everyone involved, but sometimes it has to be done. If you’ve never been broken up with or been the person who has had to cut it off, you’re a lucky duck, at least for now.  Not to be the bad guy, but I’ve …
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‘And curl that wig’: 4th grader gives her mom hilarious instructions on how to dress for her class birthday party

When you’re a kid, there’s only so much you can control. One of the things you wish you could control was your parent, specifically making sure they could not embarrass you in public. Unfortunately for most kids, there’s very little you can do about your parent perpetually embarrassing you. If your mom wants to wear …
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‘The endgame is Fahrenheit 451’: School district requires parent’s permission to read a book by an African American author

Books and libraries are in the middle of a culture war in the United States right now; you’re living under a rock if you don’t know that. Books are being banned in K-12 school libraries all across the country, and they’re being banned for increasingly absurd reasons. Parents are concerned ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠that their kids are reading …
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Dude Refuses To Tell Woman His Real Name, Doesn’t Understand Why She Rejects Him

There are several important questions you should ask somebody before you go on a first date. You want to suss out a potential partner’s hobbies, values, and career before deciding to spend a precious hour or two with them. In my humble opinion, the most important question of all is, «What is your name?» If …
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‘I don’t **** with thieves’: Mom cancels Christmas after catching her 6-year-old stealing $70 from her purse

When you’re a kid, the threat of being put on the naughty list is usually enough to make you be on your best behavior for that last month of the year. I wholeheartedly believed in the surveillance state of Santa and was a bit paranoid that any wrong move I made would result in me …
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Top 10 Twitter Moments of the Year (2023)

Twitter memes come and go so quickly. We laugh and hoot and holler at a «Twitter main character» for approximately 48 hours and proceed to forget they ever existed. Well, I don’t want to forget! The internet is already so poorly archived that it’s important to document phenomena outside of the platform where it first …
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People Share The Moments They Realized Their Friend Hated Them

Not all friendships are built on a good-faith foundation. You could be in a friendship with somebody for years just to realize that they have resented you virtually the whole time. Typically, it’s easier to avoid making friends who hate you when you’re an adult versus when you’re in high school. I had so many …
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Mom Cries After Only Having $200 Left After Paying Bills, Gets Criticized For Being Out of Touch

Everyone has a different idea of what it means to «live paycheck to paycheck.» It drives me crazy when I see posts from people making $200K a year, claiming that they still live paycheck to paycheck after completely filling up their 401Ks and spending $5000 in rent. Most of us think of ourselves as middle …
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Scammy Hairstylist Charges Clients $125 for a Virtual Product Consultation

I am not above spending a lot on my hair. I’m an unnatural blonde, and if I don’t get my roots bleached at least once every two months, I start looking like I’ve dragged a fudgsicle down the part of my hair. Not to give the fellas reading this a heart attack, but that sets …
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People Share Their Most-Strongly Held Parenting Opinions

Whether you have a kid or not, everybody has opinions on parenting. We’ve all been on one side of the equation, and as former kids, I think we can all share our views on what constitutes «good parenting» and what does not. I understand that some parents might not agree that everyone should have opinions …
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