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Planning your own engagement: why is it a taboo?

Planning your own engagement: why is it a taboo?

Kirstie Taylor
In a couple of weeks, my boyfriend and I are taking a trip to San Francisco to meet with an engagement ring designer. We already had a virtual meeting and...
Living together: the 5 most common arguments & how to navigate them

Living together: the 5 most common arguments & how to navigate them

Kirstie Taylor
When two people are living together they have their varying opinions, life experiences, and personalities. So it’s safe to assume that arguments will be inevitable. As the song goes, we’re...
Trying to connect with an Acts of Service person Long Distance?

Trying to connect with an Acts of Service person Long Distance?

Mara Franzen
There are 5 Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical touch, Acts of Service, and receiving gifts. Today I’m focusing on Acts of Service. I’ve said it before and...
Are all my friends more successful than me?

Are all my friends more successful than me?

Mara Franzen
I have the coolest friends in the whole entire world. It’s true! They do amazing things, have amazing jobs (and they're successful in them), have found incredible life partners, have...
When Quality Time is the secret of your LDR

When Quality Time is the secret of your LDR

Mara Franzen
There are five Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical Touch, Acts of Service, and Receiving Gifts. This is second first part in a series where I will look...
My Breakups Weren’t a Loss: They Were a Blessing

My Breakups Weren’t a Loss: They Were a Blessing

Kirstie Taylor
Breakups are achingly painful to move on from. I won’t deny that heartbreaks caused my most tear-filled nights. At the time, I grappled with thoughts like: “What went wrong?” “Why...
4 Conversations  I Had With My Boyfriend Before Moving In Together

4 Conversations I Had With My Boyfriend Before Moving In Together

Kirstie Taylor
    Since the pandemic started, a lot of couples tried moving in together. Many viewed spending months together during the lockdown as a test drive for actually living together....
5 questions you should ask yourself before breaking up

5 questions you should ask yourself before breaking up

Kirstie Taylor
I was a serial monogamist for over a decade. I’m not proud to say that I was barely single that entire time. I went through a lot of beginnings but...
When Your LDR’s Love Language is Receiving Gifts

When Your LDR’s Love Language is Receiving Gifts

Mara Franzen
There are five Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical Touch, Acts of Service, and Receiving Gifts. This is the fifth and final part in a Love Language series...
Why should queer relationships be any less valid than any other?

Why should queer relationships be any less valid than any other?

João Santos Costa
It’s an issue that virtually every queer couple faces but rarely explores. Our relationships, no matter how long-lasting or serious, are always perceived differently in the eyes of society. Are...
It took me 3 years not talking to my sister to reconnect

It took me 3 years not talking to my sister to reconnect

Cristian Figueroa
Sometimes, only time and distance can heal a relationship. I discovered a kind of love I’ve never experienced after not talking to my sister for three years. Finding Love in...
Setting Boundaries Because I Love You

Setting Boundaries Because I Love You

Megan Wray
Making Space Brings Us Closer Together — Not Further Apart. The boundaries you set don't have to be a constraint on your relationships: they can be the force that makes...