I’ve never been a car girl. I see cars as a means to an end, and I don’t get excited about what they look like or how much money they cost. The few times I’ve gotten into a Tesla (they’ve been Ubers) I’m always confused about where the door handle is and make a fool …
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‘Anyone saying that does not have real friends irl’: Twitter users decry the overuse ‘therapy-speak’ in real-life friendships
One of the hardest parts of being in an intimate relationship with someone is setting boundaries. Many of us hold onto the belief that being close to someone means giving every piece of yourself to them, being there for them all the time, and dropping everything when they need something. And while there is something …
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25+ Memes for Singles Avoiding Cuffing Season
Did anyone else not realize how much work dating would take? When I was younger, I assumed it would be easy, fun, and something that you look forward to doing. But now that I’m older, I realize how draining the whole rigamarole can be. First, there’s the whole business of finding someone who you can …
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‘No one ever gifts the father baby stuff’: Expecting dad buys his wife $2000 stroller for Christmas, gets chewed out for counting baby items as gifts for her
You should strike a certain balance when buying gifts for an expecting mother. She’s going through a massive shift in her life, and you don’t want to reduce her to this new duty she’s taking on. If I was pregnant and the only things people could think to get me for Christmas were novelty t-shirts …
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‘This is catastrophic’: Twitter users discuss the rise of online dating and the fall of meeting people through friends or at school
I won’t stand here and lie to y’all and say that I love online dating apps. It can be humiliating to sell yourself as a concept to strangers over text for several days, only to meet up and not feel anything. It’s lame that dating can feel like such a chore. I often feel as …
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Husband Asks Wife for an Open Relationship, Regrets It When She Gets More Dates Than Him
Open relationships can be tricky, especially if one of the partners doesn’t really want it. As the prophetic Twitter user @tyler02020202 once said, «when you see two people in an open relationship it’s like which one of you came up with the idea and which one of you cries yourself to sleep every night» Luckily, …
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29-Year-Old Man Brags About ‘Training’ His 19-Year-Old Girlfriend Into ‘The Perfect Woman For Him’
Age gap relationships are among my favorite and least favorite pieces of internet discourse. If I’m being honest, I have been a valiant defender of some age-gap relationships on Memebase. I don’t like when slight age gaps are blamed for other obvious issues in relationships, and I especially don’t like it when people infantilize perfectly …
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Scorned Twitter Users Share the Times They Realized That a Friend Hated Them
When we do them right, friendships are some of the most rewarding relationships that we can ever have. However, the sad fact is that not everyone we choose to be our pal is deserving of the title. There are many individuals out there who are vindictive and untrustworthy. We could name a number of reasons …
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Boyfriend Makes Childish Card to Apologize to his Girlfriend For Saying She’s «Not That Pretty»
There are a couple of basic things you expect out of a partner, whether it be a long-term partner or a casual hookup. You want to be able to openly and honestly communicate with them about your relationship and what you need and want from each other. That can be challenging to build up, and …
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Incompetent Husband Self-Publishes His Wife’s Novel, Ruining Her Chances of Getting it Traditionally Published
Publishing a book is difficult. I’ve heard the story about how JK Rowling had to send the manuscript of the first Harry Potter book to approximately five million publishers before one of them gave her a chance enough times to know that getting a book published at one of the big five publishing houses is …
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