Last week, I grabbed drinks with an ex-boyfriend. It's been years since we were together, and even when we were, we were so fundamentally different that it was always clear that there would come a time when we'd split. When our relationship ended a few weeks after our first ...read more
We've all been there before: You feel unsettled, anxious, or simply confused about your relationship with a friend. You can't quite put your finger on it but slowly (sometimes very slowly), it dawns on you that the friendship has become unhealthy, even toxic, and you may need to ...read more
You wouldn't immediately know it, but I've always considered myself an introvert. While I'm an open-book with close friends and family, I have trouble sharing on social media and essentially freeze, deer-in-headlights style, when meeting anyone new (attending a cocktail party ...read more
By now, most people reading this blog know how G and I met. It was at a work lunch when I was an account manager at AOL and he was a media director. Soon after our first meeting, we found excuses to touch base about work on a daily basis, even though it was entirely unnecessary. ...read more
You don't need to Google "relationships + happiness" to know that they're irrefutably linked—though if you do, countless studies will come up, each one providing further evidence that "loving relationships are key to happiness." And it makes sense. I've often said that my family ...read more
Remember when Valentine's Day meant dropping a handmade card into your crush's cubby? We recently spent an entire team brainstorm discussing—and laughing about—our past experiences with "love" because it isn't always as easy as heart-shaped cards and chocolate. Here are some of ...read more