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Single woman sitting alone on a bean bag chair beside a table with presents, a metal Christmas tree and a metal star sitting on it. (Photo: Getty Images)

All Alone

How to Handle Being Single at the Holidays Even the most independent among us may find it challenging to be without a significant other during the holiday season. This is a time designated for intimate, holiday-themed outings and warm gatherings. We may want someone to hold hands
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Bad Breakups

The Only Surefire Way to Get Over an Ex When relationships end, especially in long-term situations, everyone’s first impulse is to try to salvage the friendship. After all, this person has presumably been a very important pillar in your life for a long time, so the desire to lean
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Younger woman with arms around older man who is sitting on a couch. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Not Just a Number

Relationships with Big Age Differences In 2017, when I was 24 and my boyfriend was 33, we were at a bar and some footage of 9/11 played on a projector. I still don’t know why that was happening — it wasn’t 9/11 or anything — but it prompted him to ask me the single funniest
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