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I can feel it. The anticipation is killer. Because at any second I know you’re going to be here, ringing my door, skipping stairs to get to me, and I’ll have 30 seconds of sheer lightheartedness, heart beating so hard, my nerves screaming,…
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Nowadays, Pretty Woman is known as a classic romantic comedy. But it certainly didn’t start out that way. The original script was actually pretty dark. It was a cautionary tale about drugs and prostitution. The main character of Vivian was…
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1. ‘Someone finally took an interest in me and made me feel beautiful, so I slept with him.’ “This happened with my last relationship. I was with an emotional (later physical) abuser. He made me think that I was completely insane, and so…
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It sounds manipulative, “get a man to do what you want,” but if doing what you want makes him happy, it’s a different story. So how do you “have it all” when a man does exactly what you want AND it makes him happy? “Let us be grateful to…
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1. Being abroad is not all a walk in the park. The stereotypical expat life is glorified by the media and other Americans to encourage Millennials like me to drop everything and embark on some whirlwind adventure. But that’s not always the…
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Contrary to popular belief, neither chivalry nor romance is dead. Both are still alive and well, it’s just that we quickly dismiss them whenever either is extended by someone we are not interested in. It’s not that men are no longer…
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I’ve been cheated enough in the past to loathe it. And having any relationship with a married man is a big NO. I don’t judge those who are in a relationship with married people but I’ve decided that it’s not for me— until you came along.…
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I am tired of being dictated how I need to look, and what I have to eat. I love myself; that’s why I indulge on good food and great company. I am not skinny, and I don’t have long legs. But guess what? I don’t care. I know that I am…
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Never date a girl with anxiety unless you are willing to give her the reassurance that she craves. Reassurance that she isn’t being a bother. That she isn’t talking too much. That she isn’t texting back too fast. That she isn’t being as…
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Many people, certainly Nigerian parents, seem to put marriage on the level of something earned, deserved if you have been a great child, especially a daughter. Maybe because they don't know better or probably because it's in some…
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