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I Can’t Stop ‘Sense-Checking’ In My Relationships
Izzie Price
9 Mar 2023
Relationships
Situationships Aren’t Always Toxic — These 9 Women Are Proof
Nina Miyashita
7 Mar 2023
Living
Help! Why Am I Only Attracted To Fictional Characters?
Alexandra Koster
6 Mar 2023
Single Files
Single Files: I Realised I’m The Problem In Dating – & It S...
One stiflingly hot evening in late August, I found myself in a bar in east London watching as the words “typing” disappeared and reappeared at the top
by
Anonymous
Unbothered
I’m A Black Woman Who Eloped & I Have No Regrets
by
Edisana Stephen
Friendship
I’m Coming Clean About Friend Envy & You Should, Too
On New Year’s Day I woke up hungover in a friend’s flat and reflexively opened Instagram. My best friend’s smile beamed through the screen, framed by
by
Caroline Whiteley
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Wellness
I Thought My Seizures Were ‘All In My Head’ – But I W...
In 2019 I began losing control of my body and started having seizures. Initially they were every few months but became increasingly frequent until they wer
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Occy Carr
Can We Talk?
I’m In A Polyamorous Throuple — Here’s How We Divide ...
Thanks for reading Can We Talk?, a sex and relationships column that aims to tackle the burning questions about sex, dating, relationships, and breakups th
by
Refinery29 Team
Body
I Changed My Contraception To Save My Relationship
“I have turned into someone I don’t recognise, someone who falls into fits of rage over the slightest things, who is so irritable and self-centred,
by
Beth Ashley
Unbothered
I Thought I Needed To Break Up To Glow Up — I Was Wrong
There is a truly magnificent moment that comes a few weeks, months or years after a breakup: you start really believing you’re going to be OK again. The
by
L'Oréal Blackett
Relationships
6 Women On The Most Unhinged, Chaotic Valentine’s Day They&...
by
Maybelle Morgan
Sex
Why More Young Women Are Identifying As Demisexual
Do you remember the first pangs of your sexual awakening? Maybe you’d lie in bed pining after the hockey captain in the year above who didn’t even know
by
Serena Smith
Relationships
Frontal Lobe Development Affects Everything, Including Dating
“Just for context, these two are the same age as Leonardo DiCaprio and his new girlfriend” stated one tweet showing a photo of Last Of Us fathe
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Alicia Lansom
Living
I Love Asking For Attention — It’s Healthy
I love attention. I’ve always loved attention. But I have always felt a lot of shame about it. Growing up, I learned that wearing revealing clothes
by
Ella Dorval Hall
Relationships
How Long Does It
Really
Take To Get Over Your Ex?
“It takes half the total time you went out with someone to get over them,” stated Sex and The City‘s Charlotte York. This relationship wi
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Alicia Lansom
Relationships
Are You Intuitive Or Are You Insecure?
During the same month that my ex-boyfriend cheated on me for the first time (that I know of), three years into our relationship, I had a vivid dream about
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Laura Pitcher
Relationships
Ask A Therapist: My Partner Wants An Open Relationship & I Don’t....
Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 years’ clinic
by
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Relationships
Is Therapy-Speak Ruining Our Relationships?
Picture this. Your friend has been acting distant for a few weeks. You ask her if everything’s okay. “I’ve treasured our season of friend
by
Meg Walters
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Relationships
Ask A Therapist: Is There Any Good Way To Break Up With A Friend?
Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 year
by
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Can We Talk?
Yes, You Can Be Friends With Your Ex — But
Should
You?
Thanks for reading Can We Talk?, a sex and relationships column that aims to tackle the burning questions about sex, dating, relationships, and breakups th
by
Refinery29 Team
Relationships
I’ve Never Dated Straight Men But I’m Ready To Try
When my long-term lesbian relationship came to an end in 2022, one of the first things I did was re-download Hinge and change my settings to include men. D
by
Megan Wallace
Single Files
What 150 First Dates Taught Me About Dating Burnout
After breaking up with the person I thought was my person — he didn’t want kids but I realised I do — I threw myself back into the dating pool headfi
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Sara Radin
Body
Baby Trapping: Do Women Really ‘Steal’ Sperm?
“I think she saw it as taking matters into her own hands,” says Charlotte*, 33. She is talking about a woman who, two years into her relationsh
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Zoe Beaty
Pop Culture
Lori Harvey’s Love Life Could Actually Teach Us Something
On 13th January, model and skincare entrepreneur Lori Harvey celebrated her 26th birthday in a big way, wowing her followers with a high fashion photoshoot
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Ineye Komonibo
Relationships
I Stopped Living With My Partner & It Made Us Stronger
Sav was 24 when she met her boyfriend Steve, 29, at a gym back in 2019. Although they had been dating for less than a year when COVID-19 hit, the couple de
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Aimee Pearcy
Relationships
Ask A Therapist: I Found Out My Friend Was Abusive To His Ex
Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 year
by
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Relationships
Are Some Things Unsayable In A Fight With Your Partner?
“YOU! ARE! A! C*NT!” This is what I yelled at the top of my lungs one Tuesday morning in lockdown. There was a stunned silence. My anger had crescendoe
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Marisa Bate
Living
I Simply Love To Put A Little ‘X’ After Everything
In 2023, we live a good deal of our lives on the internet. It influences everything, from what we talk and care about to the minutiae of how we function in
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Lauren O'Neill
Alcohol & Culture
My Boyfriend Stopped Drinking For A Year – I Didn’t, & It Affecte...
Like many millennial relationships in the UK, ours began with a drink. We met at a student gig (think: £2 beers) and ended the night dancing in a southeas
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Elly Parsons
Living
Why I’m Done Putting Off Dating “Until I…”
Unlike many of my friends who frequently share their dating escapades and relationship highs and lows, I have never been much of a dater. Whether it was sc
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Lexi Inks
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