relationship advice
How to Sext Safely, According to Cyberbullying Experts
In a new paper published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, criminology and criminal justice professors explain how you can send nudes safely.
How to Have a Decent Break-Up, According to Queer Women
Twice as many break-ups happen in January. But you don't have to be a shitty person about it.
How 'The 5 Love Languages' Became the Language of Love We All Know (and Love)
The quietly Baptist self-help book has broken its own sales records almost every year since it was published in 1992. The secret is its simplicity.
It Sucks That Fantasy Isn’t Reality: Advice from So Sad Today
With a stranger, there are so many empty spaces we get to fill with our imagination, but as we get to know a person better, there are less blanks.
Let's Talk Boundaries
Having boundaries is just the recognition that you’re soft and permeable and everything you encounter has its own energy that you’re subject to and have to manage, all on your own.
How to Navigate Moving in with Your Partner in Your Early Twenties
What do you do if one of you wants to live together, but the other doesn't?
How to Know Your Relationship Is Doomed
Because at some point, we're all going to be eating dinner with our partner in silence praying death comes soon.
Lessons in Love from a Couple Who've Been Together for 60 Years
To 86-year-old Giorgos and 82-year-old Maria, Valentine's Day is just another day in a very long love story.
My Advice for People Considering Polyamory
Polyamory won't fix your problems or save your relationship, but it may help you grow.
Why Thinking About 'The One that Got Away' Is Ruining Your Relationships
We asked a therapist to help us understand why we fixate on "the one that got away" and what this means for our future relationships.
How to Make Sex and Relationships Work When Only One of You Is Kinky
"The dude who once said he had no interest in roleplay or BDSM whatsoever actually surprised me by building a dungeon in our basement while I was out of town."
My Disastrous Attempt to Use Self-Help Books to 'Get' Me a Man
Did I learn more about myself? Yeah. But did I get laid?