Question?! Answer: Ask TuffyLuv@collegecandy.com. At, like, your own risk. Or whatever.

Dear Tuffy Luv,
I am a freshman in college. I have been dating my high school boyfriend for more than a year now. He is everything I ever wanted in a guy and so ideal. He is so nice, patient, and kind. I had even been thinking about marrying him down the road. I could picture us together and I really thought that I loved him.

Recently however, I have been talking with an old fling. He randomly sent me a text awhile back and now it’s getting pretty flirtatious and I am left confused. He knows that I have a boyfriend and I’m not sure that he is even looking for anything serious. I really do like this other guy, but he is in school 10 hours away and wouldn’t be up for a relationship anyway. Is it bad that I am starting to have feelings for fling-boy all over again? Now I’m beginning to think that my boyfriend has stronger feelings for me than I do for him. That isn’t fair, right?

Even worse, when I was out with my boyfriend the other night he told me that I had been acting strange lately and confronted me. I didn’t tell him about this other boy, but basically I explained to him that I was having doubts. He was so kind about it. It made me feel even more horrible. So now I am left with the decision of whether or not to end things with my boyfriend. What do you think I should do? Do doubts mean he isn’t “the one?”

– To stay or not to stay

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So sexy. I feel dirty.

As I sit here typing these words the world of Twitter is having a major meltdown over Justin Bieber’s new haircut. (PopEater has all the details for you right here.) Some fans have stopped following him. Others only love him more. And some unnamed college bloggers have finally begun too see why it is girls melt at the sight of the boy hidden behind that huge head of hair…

And while I’m sure Biebs (and his hairdresser) appreciate the sentiment, I can’t help but think that maybe, just maybe, there are bigger things to freak out over than the Bieb’s cutting his hair even if it is a really flattering haircut. And I’m not even talking about things outside the realm of Bieberverse. (If last week’s Glee taught me anything it’s that you can’t mess with the power of the Biebs.) I’m talking about all things Bieber related. If his haircut is this big of a deal, can you imagine the way his fans will react when these things start happening?

He gets his first signs of facial hair. Can you picture the Biebs with a mustache? Some scruff? Maybe a 5 o’clock shadow? I’m very curious to find out if he’s the manscaping type or if he’ll go all wilderness guy scruff on his fans. (I can’t see many 12-year-old girls going for that, but that sign of manhood would help me feel a little better about my inappropriate day dreams…)

He gets himself some muscle definition. If girls are freaking out this much over the Biebs getting a new haircut, I can only imagine what they’ll do when he finally starts hitting the gym. Picture Bieber’s face with Taylor Lautner’s (he is legal) abs. Read More »

Wanna know what happened on this week’s creation of Gossip Girl?  Why don’t you look up the word ‘lamesauce’ in the dictionary and get back at me.  Didn’t find anything?  Well, it’s time to petition Merriam-Webster, because that’s the only word I can think of to describe the disappointment I feel for this show on a weekly basis.  A girl can only be distracted with lace blazers and Nate smirks for so long before she totally gives up.

Basically, I need a wicked twist this season, and I need it now.

The best twist about this episode?  Nate is back to his old self.  He’s smokin’ the reefer and shakin’ his booty to Tik Tok.  Did I just say reefer?  What am I, forty?  Based upon the fact I age ten years per episode why yes, yes I am. (But I don’t care how old I am; I still want Nate to babysit me. He likes cougars, right?)

It pains me greatly that the closest thing to excitement in this episode was some sweet, rolled Mary Jane and the sparkles on Serena’s birthday skirt. (Note: not her birthday SUIT. I don’t think Serena would be one to vagazzle…though that would have upped the excitement a bit). I mean, I could go to a campus frat party and find that; I turn to Gossip Girl for the thrilling drama, for god’s sake. Thrilling drama that has been MIA since season 3. Therefore, it’s time to take action.  It’s time to really reach out to anyone out there that is willing listen and even the ones that are not.  So I’m going to do what I do second best: write an open letter. (First best goes to Wine Pong. No one can stop me once that Franzia hits my system!) Read More »

Diane Kruger is a certified, regulation, top-tier hottie. I mean, she is ethereal enough to have been cast as Helen of Troy. She is currently boning and betrothed to wed Joshua Jackson (PACEY!) and she somehow managed to make stilted sexyface look alluring and hot on this month’s cover of Glamour. And I’m absolutely gagging (in the best possible way) over her cover ensemble. Sigh. Hot women in amazeball clothes – Glamour knows how to speak to my soul so deeply.

Unfortunately, once Glamour starts trying to use words to enrich our lives, it all goes downhill.

As usual, the “Men, Sex, and Love” section is an utter disaster. When the best piece of advice is offered by a 9-year-old, you know this shiz is dire. (The 9-year-old was asked if men should pay on the first day. Her answer; “No, because then he’ll think you’re spoiled. You should volunteer.” Debate over.)

There’s an article by a 28-year-old woman who planned to save her virginity for her husband…and then didn’t (didn’t most of us have that “I’m waiting until marriage…oops, there’s a p in my v” moment at some point? Yawn.) There is an article about communication by some dude who apparently feels that guys need women to tell them that joking about their moms is not okay (I know etiquette is kind of a lost concept these days, but seriously?) And apparently dudes think about sports during sex (remember when these magazines said they were thinking about supermodels? I’m not sure if sports are an up- or a downgrade). But it’s the obligatory sexting article that made me roll my eyes so hard I’m pretty sure I saw my brain.

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Kim Kardashian is officially a frat boy

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Well I guess the Hollywood Star has lost all meaning

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Really? She went to Fashion Week?

Oh Shawntel, you just had to go and put Brad on the embalming table, didn’t you?

Last night’s hometown date episode of The Bachelor proved to reveal the very interesting, very…unique…sides of each of the four remaining potential Mrs. Womacks. From Shawntel’s cringe-inducing awkwardness to Chantal’s expanding (food) baby bump, the night was full of unintentionally hysterical twists and turns.

Seattle, WA
Okay, so am I the only one who thinks Chantal is newly sporting a significant gut? She’s not fat, not by any means, but suddenly she’s walking with her stomach pushed out and arms swinging in a monkey-like fashion. Perhaps she caught some National Geographic special on the mating rituals of gorillas and decided to take tips from the Jane Goodalls of the world.  Who knows!

Also, I didn’t previously realize Chantal’s family lives in a replica of the Bachelor mansion. Or that she owns the Mr. Winkle.  (God, she must make a fortune off all those calendars he’s been in.) Brad “I’m in this for the right reasons” Womack was definitely impressed by the posh digs and celebrity canine connections. Now I ain’t sayin’ he’s a gold digger…

Middle of Nowhere/We Love the Honor System, ME
Ashley, your town is bizarre. Your gravy fries are questionable. Your vegetable stands do not make fiscal sense. Your family is bizarre and clearly trying to sell you into marriage. Why is everyone so enthusiastic!?!?

When your father took Brad into his shed/garage/office and gave him the ol’ talkin’ to, I thought for sure he misunderstood the concept of the show.  It looked to me as though he was trying to strike a deal with our bachelor and was one step away from pulling out his checkbook. You don’t want kids? There’s an up-charge for that sh*t. You want to stay in school? Sweeten the pot a little more, Dad.

Finally, Brad thought “si” was the French equivalent of “yes.” Just wanted to point that out. Read More »

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We all know the drill: as soon as the weather turns cold, we start planning the ULTIMATE Spring Break getaway with our gal pals. Every year, you vow to actually make it happen this year. You research all-inclusive resorts on your laptop in class, share cheap airline websites, and maybe even start working on your post-Christmas-cookie holiday bod.

But every year, when the grim reality sets in that your part time job at a campus café barely produces enough funds for rent, let alone a tropical getaway, the extravagant plans fall through—again—and all there is to be pumped about is a week of sleeping in, lounging, and eating at home.

However, all hope is not lost! You can have a great Spring Break without breaking the bank—it just takes a little creativity.

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You’re at a house party or a bar… or in line to get into a house party or bar. It doesn’t matter. Wherever you are, you’ve just spotted a very handsome boy and you want to talk to him. You turn to your friends and point him out.

“OMG, girl, he IS hot. Go to him,” they say. Then you spend the next 5 minutes debating the best conversation starter/reapplying lip gloss/yanking your shirt down a wee bit lower to show off the girls. When everything is in order (“Do I have anything in my teeth??” you ask your friends as you flash a big, toothy smile), you move in.

Due to some extreme Power Houring before leaving the house, your friends are feeling rather rambunctious. As you make your way to get a drink, they shove you into the boy. Not part of the carefully laid out plan, but that move has been known to work wonders in the past. Read More »

Lifetime movies, like eating frosting out of the tub with a spoon, are one of those guilty pleasures we all indulge in that only our closet friends know about. However, let’s be real: we all love watching those cheesy movies that our favorite D-list actors star in to revive their long-lost careers. And tonight’s newest addition, ‘Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy‘, which stars our favorite unbreakable cheerleader as a suspected murderer, is no exception.

For those of you not in the know, the Amanda Knox movie is based on a true story (like most Lifetime “movies”) about an American student who is suspected of murdering her roommate while studying abroad in Italy. This story has been playing out in the news for over a year and if seeing it dramatized on TV isn’t enough to lure you in for a night of TV (watched alone in your room with the door locked), here are 5 more reasons why you should break out the cookie dough and popcorn for what could be the biggest TV event since Michael Jackson’s funeral the epic fight episode of Jersey Shore. Read More »