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What Friendship Experts Want You To Know About 'Unghosting' an Ex-Friend

Plus, when and how to re-appear after you've vanished.

By Erica Sloan

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What Relationship Therapists Want You To Know About 'Fexting'—AKA Fighting Over Text

Hint: It's not a match made in heaven.

By Ashley Broadwater

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Yikes: It's Possible for Your Loving Partner To Become Emotionally Unavailable—Here's What To Know

Emotional availability in a relationship can fluctuate with the mental load of life.

By Erica Sloan

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When To Tell Your Partner You Cheated—And When It's Best *Not* To, According to Relationship Experts

By Gabrielle Kassel

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6 Tips for Getting Promoted at Work, Inspired by ‘House of the Dragon’s’ Rhaenyra Targaryen

By Rachel Kraus

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The Surprising Way You Might Be Sabotaging Connections at Work, According to a Workplace Psychologist

By Erica Sloan

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7 Conversations To Have With Loved Ones Before They Pass, According to a Grief Counselor

By Ashley Broadwater

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How To Tell if Someone Is Lying to You, According to a Communication Pathologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist

By Rebecca Norris

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How I Identified Narcissistic Abuse in My Romantic Relationship and Got Out

By Meehika Barua

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‘I'm a Couples Therapist, and These Are 3 Things I Would Never Do in a Committed Relationship’

By Erica Sloan

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Feeling Traumatized After a Breakup With an Abusive Partner? Here's What You Need To Know About Post-Traumatic Relationship Syndrome

By Ashley Broadwater

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Yes, Having a Praise Kink Is Different From Enjoying Words of Affirmation—Here's What To Know

By Gabrielle Kassel

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If You're Thinking About 'Quiet Quitting' From Your Relationship, Read This First

By Erica Sloan

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The Best Way To Help Resolve Deep, Lingering Relationship Conflict, According to Esther Perel

By Erica Sloan

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I'm a Relationship Therapist, and This Is the Biggest Thing People Get Wrong About Compatibility

By Lia Avellino, LCSW

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Yes, Extroverts Can Still Get Exhausted by a Full Social Calendar—Here's Why, and How To Recover

By Erica Sloan

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Going Through a Breakup? Do This Key Exercise To Identify Your Support System

By Erica Sloan

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Having an 'Anchor Partner' Might Be Perfect for People Interested in Non-Monogamy and Polyamory

By Ashley Broadwater

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5 Key Questions I Wish I Asked Myself Before Starting a Long-Distance Relationship

By Amelia McBride

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'I'm a Trauma Therapist, and This Is the One Component of Interpersonal Relationships Many of Us Don't Know We've Been Missing'

By Jessica Estrada

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How To Avoid Social Exhaustion as an Introvert—Without Totally Ghosting Your Friends and Family

By Erica Sloan

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Want Out of a Relationship? Here's What Therapists Say To Do Instead of Ghosting

By Lauren Dana

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'I'm a Certified Sex Therapist, and These Are 6 Things I'd Never Say or Do to a Partner During Sex’

By Erica Sloan

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The 'Random' Practice That Changed How I Grieve the Loss of a Loved One

By Jamie Feldman

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'I'm a Couples Therapist, and These Are 3 Things I'd Never Say to My Partner'

By Erica Sloan

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How To Use ‘Windows’ and ‘Walls’ To Bolster Your Relationship for the Long Haul

By Erica Sloan

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Platonic Breakups Can Be Necessary—Here's How To Do It With Minimal Hurt Feelings, According to Relationship Experts

By Brina Patel

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How To Deal When a Friend’s Venting Turns Into Full-On Emotional Dumping

By Erica Sloan

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6 Ways Your Relationship Changes After the Honeymoon Phase

By Lauren Dana

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These 3 Reasons Why Couples Argue Are the Basis of Every Fight in a Relationship

By Jessica Estrada

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These Are the 10 Best Handcuffs for Sex, According to a Sexologist

By Natalie Arroyo Camacho

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How Important Is It To Have ‘Odor Compatibility’ With Friends and Romantic Partners?

By Erica Sloan

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‘Pocketing’ Is a Dating Trend Where You Feel Like Your Partner’s Secret—Here's What To Do About It

By Ashley Broadwater

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More and More Women Are Paying Spousal Support to Their Exes—Here's What Attorneys Say You Need to Know Before Getting Married

By Annita Katee

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How To Drop Your Hesitations About Randomly Reaching Out To a Friend—Because Research Says They’ll Appreciate It

By Erica Sloan

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8 Expert Tips for Living With Someone With a Completely Different Tolerance for Mess

By Erica Sloan

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How To Halt or Disengage From an Overtalker—Even When You Have Zero Clear Exits From the Conversation

By Erica Sloan

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Sorry, Cuffing Season, but Summer Actually Is the Best Time for a New Fling or Romance

By Suzannah Weiss

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12 Thought-Terminating Clichés That Aren't Doing Your Mental Health Any Favors

By Kells McPhillips

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In a Long-Term Relationship? Here Are 8 Therapist-Approved Ways To Re-Connect With Your Partner

By Rachel Wright

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The One Thing a Relationship Therapist Says You Shouldn’t Do After Getting Dumped Suddenly

By Erica Sloan

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If You Just Left a Toxic Relationship, Beware of 'Hoovering' Tactics To Make You Stay

By Ashley Broadwater

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Wanting a ‘Loyalty Check’ Is a Relationship-Health Red Flag—Here’s Why

By Kells McPhillips

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3 Tips for Introverts and Extroverts To Live Together Peacefully and Happily

By Kells McPhillips

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'I'm a Death Doula, and This Is the Most Common Regret I Hear From People Nearing End of Life'

By Jessica Estrada

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You Should Know About the 'Grey Rock Method' if You Have To Communicate With a Narcissist

By Ashley Broadwater

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Unpacking the Internalized Homophobia That's Kept Me From Celebrating My Bisexuality

By Natalie Arroyo Camacho

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The Dark Empath Personality Merges Empathy With Dark Triad Traits—And That Spells Trouble

By Mary Grace Garis

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Are You Needy in a Relationship, or Are You Simply Prioritizing Your Needs?

By Minaa B.

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I Went on a Date in the Metaverse—Here Are My Top 3 Takeaways

By Natalie Arroyo Camacho

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3 Signs That Are Totally Compatible With Virgos—And 3 That Most Definitely Aren’t

By Isadora Baum

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3 Tips for Relationship Success With a Partner Who Has a Totally Different Sleep Schedule

By Ashley Broadwater

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6 Easy Steps To Stimulate Your Partner's Prostate and Provide Boundless Pleasure

By Gabrielle Kassel

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What Happens to Community Care When the Government Decides It's 'Every Person for Themselves' in the Face of COVID-19?

By Kells McPhillips

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The Top Tip for Living Harmoniously With *Any* Personality Type—Whether Type A, B, C, or D

By Jihan Basyah

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3 Signs That Are Totally Compatible With Sagittarius—And 3 That Most Definitely Aren’t

By Isadora Baum

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The 5 Best Dating Apps for Single Parents Looking To Meet Someone Who Gets It

By Rebecca Norris

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3 Signs That Are Totally Compatible With Libras—And 3 That Most Definitely Aren’t

By Isadora Baum

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7 Tips for When You're Too Tired for Sex and Don't Feel Happy About It

By Gabrielle Kassel

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As a Woman, Being Married to Another Woman Feels Amazing and Powerful

By Claire Wasserman

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The Symbolic Meaning of a Bright Yellow Rose

By Rebecca Norris

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The Top Longevity-Boosting Practice That's Also Key for Relationship Compatibility

By Erica Sloan

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3 Signs That Are Totally Compatible With Scorpios—And 3 That Most Definitely Aren’t

By Isadora Baum

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How To Protect Yourself From the Hurt of Getting Ghosted and Maybe Even Prevent Ghosting From Happening at All

By Erica Sloan

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Queerplatonic Relationships Are Like Supercharged Friendships That Aren't Necessarily Romantic

By Ashley Broadwater

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8 Signs Your Relationship Is Really Just a String of Manipulative Love Bombs

By Raven Ishak

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What Is an Open Relationship, and Could It Be a Fit for You?

By Rachel Wright

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How I Discovered the Doubts I Had About My Relationship Were In Fact a Form of OCD

By Bonnie Azoulay

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How To Make Sure Friendly, Platonic Intimacy Doesn't Turn Into Emotional Cheating

By Gabrielle Kassel

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An Astrologer's Top Tip for Living With Each of the Zodiac Signs

By Natalie Arroyo Camacho

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Are You Sacrificing or Compromising in Your Relationship? Here's the Difference, and How To Strike a Balance

By Erica Sloan

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What Drives Each Zodiac Sign To Lie—And How They Go About Doing It, According to an Astrologer

By Natalie Arroyo Camacho

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When Giving Someone the ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ Is Actually a Bad Idea, According to a Psychologist

By Erica Sloan

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Do You Have High Relational Intelligence? Here’s How To Test Your Level of It, and Why It Matters

By Erica Sloan

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This Fun Visual Exercise Will Help You Identify Your 'People' and Set Much-Needed Boundaries

By Kells McPhillips

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3 Signs That Are Totally Compatible With Capricorns—And 3 That Most Definitely Aren't

By Isadora Baum

How To Get Off the Hamster Wheel of Having the Same Argument on Repeat

By Lia Avellino, LCSW

There Are 3 Sets of Needs in Every Relationship—And They Can't Be Met Simultaneously

By Lia Avellino, LCSW

3 Signs That Are Totally Compatible With Cancer—And 3 That Most Definitely Aren’t

By Isadora Baum

How To Handle a Case of 'the Icks' in a New or Long-Term Relationship

By Erica Sloan

How To Have Pleasurable Sex When Your Partner Has a Penis on the Smaller Size

By Gabrielle Kassel

Do You Need To Have the 'Define the Relationship' Talk in a Friendship? A Therapist...

By Allie Flinn

The Best Dating Apps for People Over 50 Who Are Looking for Love, According to...

By Kells McPhillips

3 Signs That Are Totally Compatible With Taurus—And 3 That Most Definitely Aren’t

By Isadora Baum

7 Ways To Welcome Your New Neighbors With a Great First Impression, According to an...

By Kells McPhillips

6 Reasons To Say Yes to a Second Date, Even if You Didn't Feel an...

By Lauren Dana

Once a Pandemic Necessity, the Low-Key Wedding Is Still Trending—Here’s Why That Matters

By Erica Sloan