By "casually dated," I mostly mean "made out with strangers and had sex with some of them."
casual sex
revenge
One night, as we were “text-fighting,” he texted me with “Lose 10lbs and then talk shit on me.” So I publicly shamed him.
sex
Truly beautiful, organic songs about love can go from being optimistic and positive when we’re in love to crushing and painful when we’re hurt.
breakups
I got a phone call from a college friend telling me it was over. Here's what I told her that I wish I knew when my own decade-long relationship ended.
breakups
In terms of emotional damage, it occurred to me that I was feeling a greater sense of loss over the stolen pizza than my recently failed relationship.
ihtm contest
I was over the wedding before I was over getting married, although that would follow soon after, the way one begins scraping off too-sweet icing before throwing away an unfinished piece of cake.
ihtm contest
I honestly believe you don’t get to the good stuff in relationships if you don’t put yourself out there.
exes
A friend of mine insisted she’d broken up with a guy after not hearing from him after a second date. I disagree.
body issues
Since the age of 12, I had been taught to burrito myself in a beach towel at all swimsuit-wearing times or wear an oversized T-shirt to protect the delicate fat-phobic sensitivities of those around me.
dating
Don’t I deserve a little time to be single and unafraid and strong and independent and all those other things Kelly Clarkson sings about?
friendship
As a single girl, I’m thrilled when my friends break up with their boyfriends, not because I hate their men, but because I need to get out of the house.
dating
When did you get to the point where you thought, "NOOOOOOPE," and mentally moonwalked out of the room?
breakups
I’m glad that Noel and I spent that additional year living together -- it was tricky, but it allowed us to fully transition out of our state of coupledom and join the rest of the world again.
cohabitation
With four months to go until June, it was official: our relationship had expired before our lease did.
breakups
I was using my usual Crock Pot method of dumping: low and slow and passive aggressive until nothing is left but a warm, palatable slurry.
marriage
Elisabeth was lying on her back on the bed, an unopened bottle of lubricant beside her. I’d packed it in the optimism that the aphrodisiac of travel would rekindle our lukewarm sex life.
memes
It all started with Reddit (as so many strange and terrible things do).
breakups
My ex is a complete wang from hell and I'd rather chew my own arm off and beat myself to death with it than talk to him again.
breakups
If I let the toxic mess of my break-up define me, I am never going to be happy again.
anonymous single girl
This One Gets a Little Personal. Spoiler: No Sex
anonymous single girl
I feel a big black emptiness eating at my insides all of the time, and people keep telling me how amazing I look.
breakups
Relationships end for a reason. Severing is painful, though, and the loneliness that accompanies the end of a relationship can make you doubt your decision, and sometimes even flip-flop and end up back together.
