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Relationship Cliché

Your Beloved Need Not Be Your Bestie Too Lately, I have come to notice a certain shared impulse by coupled-up friends, acquaintances and post-Bachelor influencers in the way they talk about their beloved. It shows up all year, but really crops up around Valentine’s Day. You have
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Bad Dates

A Museum Is a Terrible Place for a Date The next time someone you are chatting with on Tinder suggests you two check out the new National Gallery of Art exhibit instead of grabbing drinks, playing mini-golf or really doing just about any activity under the sun, pivot immediately.
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Are You Mad at Me?

1 Thing You Should Never Ask Your Partner Anyone who has been in love should know by now that occasional relationship discord is inevitable. Smush two people together, add romantic chemistry, time and external forces like job stress or family tensions, and there is bound to be
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