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My Best Friends Ditched Me For Each Other
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Jan 22, 2015
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The Conversation That Could Change My Relationship
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Dec 17, 2014
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Do I Have To Pretend To Like My Mom’s New Partner?
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Nov 19, 2014
Mind
How To Deal With A Boss Who Plays Favorites
Illustrated by Mary Galloway. My boss is pretty blatant about playing favorites — and I'm not one of them. She's especially chummy with two
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Sex
My Roommate Is A Bad Drunk, Can I Drop Her As A Friend?
Illustrated by Anna Sudit. My friend and roommate has recently turned into a mean drunk. Most days of the week, she’s great to be around, and I love
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Sex
How To Tell Your Friend You Don’t Want Her Kid Around
Illustrated by Tania Lili. My oldest friend is the mother of an adorable two-year-old girl. I was worried we’d grow apart when she got pregnant, but
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Should You Care About Your Partner’s Career Choice?
Illustrated by Anna Sudit. My boyfriend and I graduated last year, and I felt lucky that I landed a great job. Meanwhile, my boyfriend told me he got into
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I Think My Sister’s Depressed — What Do I Do?
Illustrated by Madelyn Somers. Ever since my sister and her girlfriend broke up last year, she’s been super depressed. I know it was hard on her, but
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Work & Money
How To Manage Your Quarter-Life Crisis
Illustrated by Tyler Spangler. I’m 28, and I have no idea what I want to do with my life. Help! Bea Arthur, Licensed Mental Health Counselor First of
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Sex
How To Approach This Tough Convo With Your S.O.
Illustrated by Tania Lili. My girlfriend’s parents are very involved in her life. She’s an only child, so I get it, but she talks to them every
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Work & Money
How To Handle A Seriously Gossipy Coworker
I made the mistake of accepting a friend request from the receptionist at work. She’s always very talkative early in the morning and can never take a
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Sex
Newly Single? You’ll Want To Read This
One of the reasons why I love Refinery29 so much is all the positive posts about making women stronger and more confident. I have always been a fairly conf
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Home
Are Your Partner’s Cleaning Habits Driving You Insane?
Photographed by Ruby Yeh. My new roommate (ahem, life partner) is super messy — I'm talking leaving bowls of food and beers out messy. On all ot
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Sex
So, Your S.O. Wants To Have A Threesome…
My boyfriend announced he wants to have a threesome…with a guy. We’ve talked about threesomes before when talking dirty, but I always assumed
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Sex
Is Dating Younger Really A Big Deal?
Illustrated by Anna Sudit. One of my friends only dates much younger dudes and it's not a good look for her. She always end up in super casual relatio
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Living
Is It Ever Okay To Decline Being A Bridesmaid?
Illustrated by Sydney Hass. A friend asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding but we’re not that close, and I don’t have the money for all th
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Sex
What To Do When First-Time Sex Is Awkward
I just had sex for the first time with a guy I’ve been going out with for a while. It was...well, let’s just say it was inexplicably, catastrophically
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Sex
How To Deal With Mixed Signals
Illustrated by Anna Sudit. I’m a gay woman, and I have a huge crush on this girl at my neighborhood coffee shop. She gives me free coffee about half
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Work & Money
How Can You Balance Stability And Fulfillment At Work?
Illustrated by Mary Schafrath. I’m working at a start-up that I really believed in when it first launched. One year later, it’s the same bureau
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Wellness
Is It Ever Okay To Make A Racist Joke?
Illustrated by Sydney Hass. I'm black, and most of my friends are white. It's been like that my whole life, and there's never been any major
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Sex
Newly Single? You Need To Read This
I just got out of a very long, very intense relationship about six weeks ago. While we still care deeply for each other, it had become clear that we were a
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Sex
Can Income Inequality Hurt A Relationship?
Illustrated by Ammiel Mendoza. A few months ago, I was promoted at work, and now I'm making more money than my boyfriend. It wasn't an issue unti
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Sex
Have You Ever Really Had An Orgasm?
I just turned 32, and I'm pretty sure I've never had an orgasm. I enjoy sex, but it never has that "wow" thing for me that it seems to for everyone else. I
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New York
How To Deal With A Seriously Awkward Roommate Situation
Illustrated by Ly Ngo. I hooked up with my roommate about a month ago. We never talked about it (which I was grateful for) and he’s been super casual
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Sex
Overly Flirty Friend? Here’s What To Do
My husband and I double date with another couple often. She’s super flirtatious in a way that makes me uncomfortable. Last time we hung out, she was aski
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Work & Money
How To Deal When You Lend Friends Money — & Don’t Get It Back
I lent money to a friend about three months ago and she still hasn’t paid me back. She has a job and it wasn’t a huge amount so I’m not sure why she
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Sex
What To Do If You Catch Your BFF’s Boyfriend On Tinder
I saw my friend’s boyfriend on Tinder, should I tell her?
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Spirit
How To Not Be A Toxic Friend
One of my best friends recently told me I have “selfish tendencies.” She gave me a few examples and I actually understood where she was coming from and
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Wellness
How To Not Let Pregnancy Hormones Ruin Everything
I’m a newlywed and newly pregnant and should be over the moon, but I’m miserable. I’ve been so sick since about three weeks in that I’ve become a n
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Sex
Is An Open Relationship Right For You?
I love my fiancé but our sex life has slowed down a lot in the past year. At first I thought it was me, because I gained a lot of weight and have been dep
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