Tanyel Mustafa's Recent Articles

Last year, a key confrontational moment happened in one of my most treasured friendships: Sat across from one of my best friends, drink in hand, we’d bee

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Shopping

All The Lifestyle & Wellbeing Products We Tried & Loved In May

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Relationships

I’m Happy Being Single, But…

How long have you, or your friends, been single? For at least one person in your circle, the answer is likely to be well over a year — if not years. (In

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Taking Care

“I Don’t Miss It”: Celibacy Is Bringing Some Women Peace

Celibacy has had a rebrand. Previously, celibacy was often intertwined with religious ideas of purity and chastity, but for women today the concept is much

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Living

All The Lifestyle & Wellbeing Products We Tried & Loved In April

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Living

All The Lifestyle & Wellbeing Products We Tried & Loved In March

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Salary Stories

Salary Story: I Got A $20,000 Pay Raise By Contracting — Then Eve...

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Friendship

10 Women On Their Most Wholesome Interaction With A Stranger

I once got off the tube in a hurry as I was running late. I had music in my ears and could just make out the faint noise of someone shouting behind me. I t

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Relationships

I’m A Big Fan Of Situationships – You Could Be, Too

Situationships get a bad rap. I think that’s unfair. Tinder defines them as “when you’re not quite dating someone, but you’re not just sleeping wit

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Relationships

“We Met Before We Were Born” & Other Slow Burn Love S...

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Friendship

Adult Sleepovers Are Giving Us What Big Nights Out Can’t

Heidi Currid, from Manchester, UK, has a sleepover with her friends at least once a month. And no, she’s not 13, she’s 30. “We meet up at one of our

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Wellness

What’s The Best Way To Relieve Period Cramps?

For some people, just imagining the pinching, aching, piercing abdominal pangs that come with their period is enough to make them want to assume the fetal

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Book Club

The Answer To Loneliness? For These Women, It’s Book Clubs

Every month, it seems like more of my friends are joining book clubs — I’ve just joined one too — and they’re going for the social element of the m

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Worth More

Why The “F*ck It” Mentality Is Harming Friendships

Talking about money benefits all of us — and we need to do it more. Join the conversation with Worth More, our 2024 guide to better finances, from naviga

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Friendship

The Vacation Is Over… And So Is Your Friendship

Some friendships work best in certain contexts: the friend you party with, the friend you walk your dog with, the friend you go to dinner with. It can feel

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Friendship

Please Don’t Come Back To Our Friendship After Your Relationship ...

One of my best friends used to routinely disappear from my life when they were loved up, which always made me feel like a backup plan. Then they would slow

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Family

I’m 27 — Should I Start Telling My Dates That I Probably Don’t Wa...

I’ve never been that maternal when it comes to children. Maternal towards some friends perhaps, playing the “mum” role at university when drunken nig

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Friendship

Why Can’t We Meet Up Without Your Partner Coming Along?

There’s a study from several years ago that’s stayed in my head since I read it: Women and men lose two friends on average when they get into a relatio

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R29 Career Advice

“Safe Settling” Could Be Holding You Back From A Fulfilling Job

If you reflect honestly on your past career moves, how motivated to job hunt were you when your job was unbearable, compared with the times you’ve been u

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Work & Money

You Should Delete These Words Off Your Résumé (And Use These Inst...

Whether you’re looking to switch career paths, find a better job, or break into the professional world after graduation, a carefully crafted, thoughtful

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Worth More

8 Women On Their Most Worthy Investment Ever

Talking about money benefits all of us — and we need to do it more. Join the conversation with Worth More, our 2024 guide to better finances, from naviga

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Taking Care

Finding Out I’m Celiac Means Longing For The Foods I’ve Lost

When Kirsten Roberston, 27, found out she had celiac disease six years ago, she decided to indulge in one final gluten-loaded meal. “It was my last suppe

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Wellness

Feeling Tired? Say No To Holiday Plans Like These Women Have

“It’s become a treat to myself to spend Christmas alone, having a couple of days completely to myself,” says Rachel, a 32-year-old nurse. It might so

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Dating Stories

I’m Done Entertaining My Friends In Relationships With My Dating ...

I had barely set foot into my friend’s house party a few months back, when a woman asked: “So, tell me! Been on any fun dates recently?” She’s some

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Relationships

If You Ask Where I’m “Really From,” You Won’t Get A Second Date

I have what’s been described as a “very London” accent. I also have olive skin and dark features. Like some odd magic trick, the latter seems to make

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