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Is Dating Getting Young People in the Door to Therapy? These Experts Say Yes
Dating is hard. Anyone who says otherwise is probably lying or not a millennial. Whether the reason is we’re too busy to find someone, too uncomfortable to get out there (one time for the awkward black girls!), or a whole host of other reasons, more and more young people are finding it harder to settle…
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The VSB Group Chat: Insecure Season 3, Episode 6, 'Ready-Like'
The #LawrenceHive got to sing praises and rejoice when Lawrence popped up on Issa at the convenient store in Episode 5. Now his storyline is back and in full swing (both literally and figuratively) on Insecure. We also get to see a bit more about the (d)evolving relationships of the Fearsome Foursome. Let’s roll into this…
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10 Reasons ‘Ghosting’ at an Event Is 1,000 Times Better Than Saying Goodbye
Earlier this week, Slate republished a Seth Stevenson piece from 2013 extolling the virtues of the “Irish goodbye”—which is what happens when you just leave an event without saying bye to anyone. And I have never read a piece that resonated more with my soul. If I were single, I’d slide all up into this…
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‘Haunting’ Is Now a Dating Trend, Not to Be Confused With ‘Ghosting’
People make dating hard. There was a time when you’d just tell someone you weren’t interested instead of “ghosting” them. Which basically means falling off the face of the earth and disappearing like a ghost. Then there were the times when you’d just break up with someone and they’d be “out of sight, out of…
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Ask Agatha: "I Think He's Using Me For My National Museum of African American History and Culture Opening Tickets"
Nkasi from Brooklyn, NY asks: I’m a very open-minded, tough-skinned, blunt-tongued, easy-going gal. Which is why it might be so hard for me to wrap my head around this situation… I went on two dates with this guy. We had a good time the first date and after said date I invited him to my…
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Ask Agatha: The Rationale Behind "Ghosting" On A Relationship, Explained
Raven from Brooklyn, NY asks: We met a year ago at a house party in Bmore. I sat next to him on the couch because he had prime real estate by the lone fan (and because he was sexy as hell). He introduced himself. And we soon discovered we were both from Brooklyn. We spent…