If you’re an over-giver … or know someone who is, read on to learn how to extricate yourself from an awkward situation—or stop creating one.
generosity
friendship
How many of us are using that ugly rationalization -- “Oh, I just have trouble making female friends; men like me better than women do” -- to justify an existence against our own self-interest?
women
When I hear other women say they can’t stand women, it makes me sad because what they’re really saying is that they can’t stand parts of themselves.
love
It’s just that being in love brings out completely different sides of ourselves, sides that are completely opposite from the selves we are when we are around one another.
ihtm contest
We joked that we didn’t have time to have relationships with guys because we were too busy dating each other.
style
I just want to be pretty and cool! Just like her.
how not to be a dick
There’s no need for you to speak more loudly and slowly, enunciate more, or mime things when you’re speaking to me
name calling
The follow-up story to what happened after my friend's boyfriend completely unleashed on me.
love
I envy the people who can readily let fly with an "I love you!" for a job well done, a hilarious pratfall or a donut.
ihtm
As the “It Gets Better” campaign becomes a movement, my feelings are bittersweet. Would Rone have taken solace in messages of hope from others?
friendship
I need to find someone who will go thrift shopping with me, dammit, so I decided to get a little creative.
friendship
We’re moving in together soon, and shining, unachievable beauty will become the norm. I’ll be the ugly one.
age
Where was I when everybody decided to get their shit together? Probably drinking margaritas at a dog wedding.
babies
My mom-friend asks me to watch her baby while she takes a well-deserved bathroom break and I find myself behaving as if I'm on a bad date with my gynecologist.
friendship
Today, or sometime around today, is an anniversary that I felt in my body before the why came to mind. Around this time, in 2010, a good friend of mine took her own life. She was 27 years old.
bffs necklaces
Because then the horrible memories of being shunned by the BFF jewelry police back in the day might finally go away.
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.
friendship
Gigi knew all my secrets. And I thought I knew all of hers.
the frisky
You hate your job, but aren’t even looking for a new one? You want to meet men, but refuse to join an online dating site? You’re upset with your weight, but won’t change your diet and exercise? I can’t help you. Only you can.
marriage
I still struggle with feeling kind of lame now that I'm a WIFE.
best friend
For all the discussions we have about romantic monogamy and polyamory and everything in between, I don’t think we talk enough about how those same dynamics translate to friendships.
friends
If only they made more of an effort to communicate with each other and listen to each others' perspectives they would then realize that they were meant to be best buddies and play ersatz musical instruments together all the time!
