Healthy long-term relationships don’t just grow on trees — they’re a work in progress and they all have to start somewhere. Usually, that’s with a first date, a second one, and so on. Sounds like a pain in the butt, right? It’s supposed to be fun, but it’s really the exact opposite when you just…
When we’re kids, we’re conditioned to wish for big, fairytale love — for Prince Charming to sweep us off our feet and hand us our own happily-ever-afters on a silver platter. Most of us grow up and realize that reality is a little less colorful than those childhood dreams, but not me. I’m still holding…
You actually enjoy your solo status most of the time. However, lately you’ve been experiencing some strange emotional responses to the status of your love life and you’re starting to think that being on your own for so long is starting to take its toll on your sanity. Here are some signs you’re starting to…
I’ve been on Tinder for two weeks. Despite friends suggesting I join months and months ago, I didn’t listen. You see, I like to be late to a party — or more accurately, I’ve never done the online thing and wanted to keep it that way. But here I am on Tinder while abroad in…
If you consider yourself forever single, it’s easy to develop a fear of dying alone one day. After all, if you never find a partner (or choose not to have one) and don’t have kids, who the hell will be there when you take your last breath? Newsflash: You probably won’t die alone, and thinking…
Believe it or not, you don’t need a boyfriend to have a great life — there are plenty of things that are more fun when you’re single. Sure, it’s great hanging out with friends, and a partner would add some extra enjoyment to your life, but neither of those are necessary to have a good…
It’s not easy carrying around a dark relationship history. When you’ve been put through the wringer from relationship to relationship, harboring your own mistakes and those of the ones you once cared for, it’s hard to move forward. They say you need to leave the past behind, but that’s not always completely possible. The truth…
While there may have been a time when you hated rolling solo and wanted nothing more than to find a nice guy to settle down with, you’re finally in a place where being single isn’t just okay — it’s actually a conscious choice. You’re enjoying life on your own terms, and being in such a…
If you’re single and ready to mingle, chances are, you’re on a variety of dating apps or have been in the past. Gotta up your chances, right? According to data from Pew Research Center, 48% of singles between 18 and 29 have used apps along with 38% of those between the ages of 30 and…
Being single becomes decidedly less appealing when it seems like you’re the only girl on earth without a boyfriend. Obviously you aren’t, and you know you’ll meet a cool guy eventually, but when you’re surrounded by people in blissfully happy relationships you really start to wonder where that guy is so you can just meet…
