Four men talk about why they needed to take a break from casual sex and dating and what that time afforded them.
Tag: relationships
This Is Your Love Language According To Your Zodiac Sign
While love languages tend to be informed by upbringing and life experiences, your zodiac sign can also deeply influence how you love.
Infla-Dating: The Unexpected Perks of Modest Romance
In a time of inflation and economic instability, there are benefits to exploring a more affordable and thoughtful approach to modern dating.
A Case For Sharing Secrets With Strangers
At a time when we’re lonelier than ever, exchanging secrets with strangers can offer a little bit of connection.
In Praise of Smaller Social Circles
Three years in, this is how the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed our friendships.
Living Together and Sleeping Apart: Is It For You?
We never considered ourselves a typical couple by society’s standards, so we gave divorce a try—a sleep divorce.
Will An App Save My Relationship?
From Lovewick to Couply, Silicon Valley is pumping out apps attempting to make couples closer. But do they actually work?
Forget Your Love Language, Do You Know Your Route to Safety?
Routes to Safety is a trauma-informed model for building stronger connections within our relationships that accommodates a wider range of people’s experiences.
5 People On What They Learned About Love From Their Friend With Benefits
It’s possible to learn about yourself and love through different types of intimacy with someone you don’t necessarily want to date.
5 Women On How Their Friendship & Romantic Breakups Differed
Breaking up with a partner is hard no matter the circumstances, but the end of a friendship is a different type of hurt.
The Scaries: Limerence — That Wild Obsession With Your Partner
The state of scary obsession with the object of your affection is familiar for many — and it has a name: limerence.
The Scaries: On How To Check Your Ugly
How do you ensure that you don’t misplace your love or alienate that love with ugly behaviors? What can you do to love fully?
The Scaries: On the Fear Of Falling In Love
Words by Kathleen Wong. Art by Sam Liacos. What should falling in love actually feel like? There is arguably no other idiom in the English language more ubiquitous than “falling in love.” We hear it in songs, television shows (hello, Bachelor Nation), books, movies, and of course, conversations in real life. The exact origin of…
The Scaries: On Saying ‘I Love You’ First
We spoke to four people about the time they said ‘I love you’ first and how they overcame the fear to do so.