When did you get to the point where you thought, "NOOOOOOPE," and mentally moonwalked out of the room?
dating
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.
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?
memes
It all started with Reddit (as so many strange and terrible things do).
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.
exes
A friend of mine insisted she’d broken up with a guy after not hearing from him after a second date. I disagree.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
casual sex
By "casually dated," I mostly mean "made out with strangers and had sex with some of them."
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.
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.
ihtm contest
I honestly believe you don’t get to the good stuff in relationships if you don’t put yourself out there.
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.
anonymous single girl
This One Gets a Little Personal. Spoiler: No Sex
breakups
Never in my life did I think I would know a Bush term two supporter, let alone be sleeping with them. It was too much for me to process.
breakups
If I let the toxic mess of my break-up define me, I am never going to be happy again.
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’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.
