Jealous girlfriend tells bride that her boyfriend used to have a crush on her in college, warns her to watch herself during her wedding: ‘I didn’t want to cause drama, but I thought she deserved to know the history.’

I am one of many people who have dreaded attending my crush’s future wedding. The thought of someone whom you fantasized about marrying and being with for the rest of your life doing that with someone else can be deeply upsetting, to the point where you can’t even bring yourself to attend the wedding. That …
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20-year-old refuses to let her childhood crush court her because of the cruel things his mother has said about her, mother harasses her for rejecting him: ‘I woke up to a bunch of mean voicemails and texts from her’

When you marry someone, you’re also marrying their crazy family. It’s sometimes difficult to parse whether someone has a crazy family when you’re first dating them. If you’re living in a city away from both of your families, it might take a year or more to even meet your partners mom and dad. In early …
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Pop psychologist riles the internet with claim that having a crush is an attachment issue: ‘Can we stop acting like having a crush isn’t one of the most normal experiences in the world?’

Look, I am the biggest advocate of the idea that there is a lot to be cynical about when it comes to love and relationships, but even I have to admit that romance can be great. Done right, it has the potential to make us feel amazing. It can inspire us to do wonderful things …
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Insecure woman claims that finding celebrities attractive while in a relationship counts as cheating: ‘If they call a celebrity hot, they will call a random person in the street hot’

Boundaries in romantic relationships can look different for everyone and, broadly speaking, so long as both people in the arrangement are happy it doesn’t really matter if outsiders think your ground rules are strange or unacceptable. However, there can be a fine line between receiving the respect you deserve and simply indulging your insecurities that …
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25+ Flirting Memes for Professional DM-Sliders

Flirting is a delicate art. Back in the day, lovers would write poems, and sonnets, compose symphonies, and paint frescos to win the affection of another. Today, we send each other memes. And swipe up on Instagram stories. And say «U up?» I’m not saying we’re doomed as a culture, but I do think we …
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‘We’re in the end times’: People despair at Instagram infographic about ‘micro-flirting’ in relationships

I really thought we had gotten past the social media craze for overthinking romance, but I guess I was wrong. There are still plenty of intrepid engagement farmers making sure that none of us ever forget to have love on the brain in the most unnecessarily extra and unhinged of ways.  Just like anybody who …
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30 Crush Memes for Those Crumbling Under the Weight of Their Yearning

It’s called a crush because it can be… crushing. When you like someone it can consume your thoughts 24/7. I remember having a crush on someone in pre-school and being exhilarated at the prospect of sitting caddy-corner to them on our learning rug. My crush career started early. I also learned quickly that crushing can …
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Painful Times Clueless People Missed Obvious Hints From Flirty Women

If a teenager is dumb and/or insecure enough, it’s easy to completely miss even the most obvious flirting of all time. Hell, when I was a teenager, someone could have been literally proposing to me and I still would have been like, «hmm I wonder if they like me!» If you’ve ever experienced that excruciating …
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‘I love you more’: Wholesome Dump of Flirty Funnies That Prove That Memes are the New Love Letters

If you’ve spent a whole day apart from the love of your life, by the time you walk through your door, you’re bursting with pink hearts, tummy fuzzies, and love-energy that simply cannot be contained. Sure, you’ve sent each other memes all day (which is obviously the truest measurement of infatuation) and you never really …
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Woman Develops Crush on Friend’s Boyfriend, Decides to Confess to Her

Most of us have been attracted to people we shouldn’t be at one point or another. It could be that co-worker you never thought about the same after a weird dream, or that cute friend who who’s been in a relationship since forever. While these things may be taboo, the forbidden nature of them can …
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