That Time I Just Listened to Breakup Songs a Lot

Sometimes I like to give in to my feelings and be a little self-indulgent. I can sob to Jewel and I don’t have to answer to anyone about that, okay?

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Turns Out, Dating Feels Like A Lot Of Work

Are we having fun yet?

Wake Me Up When The Breakup Is Over, Please

I think the sixth stage of grief is “feeling like a wrung out dish towel.” The psychologists forgot about that one.

Is It True That Men “Don’t Know How To Feel”?

I want him to call me his girlfriend because it means that I can count on him to be there…until I can’t. The label doesn’t prevent him or anyone, really, from walking out on me any day, but it just feels safer.

Dating Diaries: Getting Back Together With My Ex for the Sixth Time

When he asked if I could spare an hour of my evening to have my cat teach him the Dougie (really sexy stuff, right?), I said why not?

Dating Diaries: Breaking Up With My Dealbreakers

What I would have declared a definite dealbreaker a week ago sort of just became a dog-eared page telling me to come back to the issue later.

Dating Diaries: Life is a Race and I Feel Like I’m Losing

How did I get so far behind?

Dating Diaries: The Non-Break Up Break Up

When he said, “We should hang out this week,” I didn’t really have the guts to just flat out say no on the spot. I think I nodded silently.

Dating Diaries: I Came, I Casually Dated, I Didn’t Conquer

I started wondering if he was going to break up with me the same day I had baked him a cake he couldn’t eat.

Dating Diaries: Someone Please Explain Casual Dating to Me

Why would he even want to hold my hand? To me, casual dating means no hand-holding and no talking about beach trips. Where is the rule book on this?

Dating Diaries: When Your Ex Drags You Back to Hell

My ex is really good at what I call the Ryan Gosling Method of Negotiation, which is just sitting silently until the other person is so uncomfortable that he shows his hand (see: Drive).

Dating Diaries: So That’s Why You Don’t Give Your Number To Strangers

His last message read, “No response. I guess you want nothing to do with me so I’ll just leave you alone.” Well, yeah. That is about right. But it really didn’t have to end this way.