8 Signs Your Relationship Is Killing Your Friendships
Are you overdosing on coupledom? When you finally find a partner who makes you happy and you glide into a relaxed relationship that ticks along beautifully, it’s easy to take your eye off nurturing...
View ArticleWhy I Gave Up Trying To Hide The Fact I’m An Introvert
There are perks to being a wallflower. Laughing and chatting amidst a throng of media faces, I worked the room with a glass of champagne in my hand as my armor. My endeavors probably looked effortless;...
View ArticleHow Our Virtual Friends Are Replacing Our Real Ones
Sorry, can’t talk, gotta update my Instagram. “Sorry, what was that?” Once again, my friend Annie had been focused solely on her phone rather than listening to my woes. “I don’t think I can stay in my...
View ArticleWhen Your Friend Treats You Like You’re Her Therapist
It’s one thing to lean on each other and another to ring every half hour. “Oh, I don’t know…What do you think I should do?” I was on the phone to a girlfriend, trapped on a call I was beginning to...
View ArticleThe Very Real Struggle Of Making Friends In Your 20s
Liking the same boy band just isn’t enough anymore. Think about your five best friends. Chances are most, or maybe even all of them, are people you’ve known since school. I know mine are. My best...
View ArticleI Get More Action Since Gaining Weight Than I Ever Did Skinny
Turns out it really is what’s on the inside that matters most. Four years ago I weighed 33 pounds less than I do now; I was a size 2. Today, however, I’m a confident and happy size 8. You’d assume the...
View ArticleWhat I Learned When I Was Homeless
Home isn’t an address, it’s a moment. ‘Am I really homeless?’ That’s what I kept asking myself during the months I was sleeping on my ex-husband’s floor, my clothes crammed into a suitcase next to my...
View ArticleThe Things I Missed Out On Because I Got Married Too Young
I had to be a grown-up, whether I was ready or not. When I got engaged at 18, I didn’t think I’d be missing out on anything by settling down young. I was never much interested in going out to parties....
View ArticleAre Male-Female Friendships Really Always Clouded By Sex?
Let’s keep things platonic. In the classic rom-com When Harry Met Sally, Harry famously states that, “Men and women can’t be friends because the sex part gets in the way.” And then they go on to prove...
View ArticleYour Friendships Are MORE Important Than Your Marriage. Here’s Why.
Partners may come and go, but friends are forever. We’ve all been guilty of the sin of going cold on our friends the minute we enter into a blissed-out relationship. But those of us who are smart know...
View Article8 Signs Your Friends Aren’t Actually True Friends
Friendships can be just as complicated as relationships… I remember the first time a friend betrayed me. In first grade, Angie Baker asked me to walk her home, even though she lived a few blocks away...
View ArticleMeet Rachel Burke. The Artist Saying Sorry With Pom Poms.
Don’t hold onto those words – you might miss the chance to apologize. Rachel Burke is a professional bedazzler. From jackets to stockings, to cans of Spam, nothing in her home is safe from a little...
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