‘Wildflowering’: The Newest Dating Trend

Ever since the term “ghosting” emerged in the mid-2010s, a whole dictionary’s worth of terms has been invented to describe modern dating behavior—usually bad dating behavior. Take terms like “benching,“ meaning keeping someone around as a backup option. Or “breadcrumbing,” which is giving someone just enough attention to keep them hoping for more. And that’s just the B’s.  There’s also “orbiting,” when someone engages with you on social media but doesn’t actually try to date you, and “pocketing” or intentionally hiding a partner from friends and family. When I was Refinery29’s sex and relationships writer back in 2019-2020, I compiled ...

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Why You Should Spend All of Your Money in Italy

Discover why luxury travel in Italy is worth the splurge, from Positano and the Amalfi Coast to speedboats, designer shopping and Capri.

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Being Someone’s Dirty Secret Is Destroying You

Being someone’s dirty secret can feel exciting at first, but secrecy can slowly erode your self-esteem, confidence and sense of identity.

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Can Botox Kill Emotions?

Can Botox affect emotions and relationships? Experts explain how cosmetic injections may influence facial expression, emotional processing and connection.

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More Women Are Wearing Lingerie for Themselves

It’s an eternal question: Who do you wear lingerie for—your partner or yourself? Some women swear they wear pretty, skimpy bits of lace or leather under their clothes on an everyday basis as a way to boost their confidence. Others can’t see why someone would put themselves through the discomfort for a look nobody but them will see. If you don’t need to look sexy, why not stick to comfy cotton granny panties?  A new survey by lingerie brand Bluebella reveals data that answers that question. It shows that a significant portion of women, especially queer women, are wearing lingerie ...

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The Friend Test Is Back

At some point, every promising new relationship will face the friend test. Both individuals in a budding romance will eventually find themselves in a room with the people who know their partner best—and who have probably heard far more about them than they realize. When new partners are introduced at these friend-group gatherings, they’ll most likely be given the once over, sized up and side-eyed from across the room when doing something completely inconsequential, at least so it seems to them. Catching a knowing expression exchanged between their partner’s closest friends can make one wonder whether it meant something good ...

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It’s Time To Stop Hating Everybody and Feeling Alone

If you’re unlucky enough to know “Sybil”—the name I call her in my head—you may find yourself standing in her beautiful home sometime, getting yelled at for no good reason. It happened to me. She was griping about her neighbors being nosy and rude, and they let their dog poop in her yard.  So I chimed in, “They have a tacky yard, too.” Then Sybil turned into a Category 5 hypocrite. “Dude, my neighbors are awesome. Don’t make me feel bad about where I live. Read the room!” I’ve since stopped talking to Sybil. I can’t take the instability.  Similarly, ...

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