Introduction So you’ve fallen for someone who lives three states—or three time zones—away. Welcome to the club nobody really wants to join but millions navigate daily. Here’s the truth about long distance relationships: they’re not the relationship death sentence your well-meaning friends warned you about. Sure, a long distance relationship demands more intentionality than dating

Look, I’ll be honest with you—when I was younger, I thought finding Mr. Right would be like those rom-coms where you bump into someone at a coffee shop, spill your latte everywhere, and boom, sparks fly. Reality check: that’s not how this works. And honestly? That’s actually good news. The whole Mr. Right concept has

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: Ms. Right isn’t some mythical creature with perfect hair, zero baggage, and an inexplicable ability to laugh at all your jokes. She’s not going to float into your life on a cloud of rose petals while a Taylor Swift song plays in the background. And honestly?

There’s a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from holding on too tight. You know the one—it sits in your chest like a weight, follows you through your day, keeps you up at night replaying the same thoughts over and over. Whether it’s a relationship that’s been limping along for months, a job that drains

There’s a specific kind of silence that fills a room when someone discovers their partner has been unfaithful. It’s not peaceful. It’s not even angry yet. It’s just… hollow. Like the air got sucked out and replaced with something dense and suffocating. I’ve sat across from friends in that silence. I’ve watched strong people crumble.

Let me tell you about my friend Jake. He’d been dating someone for three years when he asked me over coffee: “How do I know she’s the one to marry?” I looked at him—this guy who’d dated plenty, who was confident in every other area of his life—and realized he was asking the question that’s

Here’s something nobody tells you about miscarriage: it doesn’t just happen to your body. It happens to your relationship, too. I remember talking to a friend who described the weeks after her pregnancy loss as living in “parallel universes of grief.” She and her partner were mourning the same loss, but somehow, they couldn’t seem