Tag: Relationships
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Two Young Women Find Themselves Pregnant at the Same TimeâBy the Same Man
Within weeks of each other, a preppy grad student and a tattooed musician, both struck by crushing grief, sit in the same clinic beside the same philandering artist, waiting for the same procedure.
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The Steep Cost of One Night on the Beach With a Boy
After getting pregnant at 16, the authorâs community and loved ones, who turned their heads at everyone elseâs mistakes, didnât extend the same kindness to her. It took its toll.
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In This Family, the Automobile Represented Both Extreme Chaos and Ultimate Freedom
Cars had an outsized impact on Nancy A. Nicholsâs life growing up: They liberated her and her mom, forever changed her father and briefly reunited her familyâthese are the tales that defined her.
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The Inexplicable, Incomparable Bond Between Two Sisters
Here, the author details magical childhood memories of growing up with her sibling, their inevitable fracture and the beautiful way in which they effortlessly find their way back to one another again.
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How to Write an Essay About Sex That’s as Lively and Pleasurable as the Act Itself
Since talking about “it” was so taboo in her family, one memoirist realized that to win over skeptics, her sex writing needed to be damn good and honest. These are her tips for getting it right.
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Whatâs the Opposite of Taking Someoneâs Virginity?
I finally slept with my best friend, just before he diedâand I started to fall apart after he was gone. Then a conversation with his ghostâand a perilous trek through the woodsâchanged everything.
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Our Therapist Gave My Wife and Me MDMAâand It Saved Our Marriage
Julianna and I were on the brink of breaking up when we were met with an unexpected proposal that changed the way we saw ourselves and each other, forever.
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Men, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back.
So many men have retreated from intimacy, hiding behind firewalls, filters and curated personas, dabbling and scrolling. We miss you.