Are You ACTUALLY Ready For Love? [Friday Faves]
At any give time since I was about 14, I thought I was ready to fall in love. Through high school crushes, adult heartbreaks and many others in between, I always stuck to the idea that I wanted to fall in love and be in a real relationship but yet seemed to be jinxed. Unlucky. A hopeless disaster. I even had a few years where the old song “But Not For Me” was my theme song. I laughed about it with friends, joked about it with strangers and secretly would cry about it alone.
The 8 Traits of a Great Wingwoman [Friday Faves]
In a college world where (shocker!) people drink and hook-up on a regular basis, it’s always a lovely gift in disguise to have a wingwoman by your side who supports you, sets you up for success, and is your personal cheerleader.

How To Be Sexy Without Being Whore-y [Friday Faves]
I don’t need to tell you what a whore is. In fact, you have probably already seen the bottom half of her ass sticking out of her way-too-short “dress.” She’s the one slurring her words at the club or messing around in the upper bedroom at the house party.
In Defense of Dating Multiple Guys at Once
I just don’t see the harm in having dinner with someone on Tuesday and maybe another date on Saturday.
What Are The Rules To An Open Relationship? [Ask A Dude]
So I’ve heard about people having “open” relationships, but I don’t hear about a lot of them that ever end up well. So I guess my question is: what are the rules to an open relationship?
Beware the Yo-Yo Dater: A Personal Account
I wanted to believe that I was enough to keep him from going back to her — I wanted to win him over. I’m not a flirty person, and I’d only ever kissed one other boy. Effectively, I suspected that anything that happened would mean more to me than to him.
Tuffy Luv: Date an Older Man
Although it’s only the beginning of the school year, I think I’m in love. Okay, admittedly it was the Starbucks I drank today that gave me heart palpitations. But, it was this amazing blue-eyed dark-haired charismatic southern boy that has been making me swoon. The only problem is he is a senior and I am a first-year. I mean I really like this guy, but would this May-December ( Convocation-Commencement?) romance even be worth pursuing?

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Signs You’re In A Serious Relationship
The term “talking” has come to mean dating-and-kind-of-exclusive-but-not-really-in-a-relationship. We live in a world where we have -ishes (those that are boyfriend/girlfriend-ish) so how do you know when you’re actually in a serious, exclusive relationship? Here are some tell-tale signs in no particular order…
Campus Landmines Waiting to Blow Up Your Relationship
When you’re dating someone new, it’s obviously good advice to be wary of their exes. But since college is a fishbowl, exes aren’t the only type of people you need to be worried about. There’s tons of people who can make your life as miserable as possible or just ruin it all together.
Signs That You’re Playing Too Hard To Get
Ah, matters of the heart. Just when we think things are going to get easier, some complications come about and we’re back to square one, trying to figure out where we went wrong. I truly believe that matters of the heart would seems way less complicated if we just let things happen naturally. Too bad I have a brain to go with this heart of mine, and I’m way too practical of a person to leave my love affairs up to chance.
Swiping the V-Card
It’s been hailed as the holy grail of sex: the v-card. Taking someone’s virginity has historically been a much-sought after sexual experience (this is going as far back as Medieval times). The thought of a pure, untouched individual succumbing to your sexual prowess…well, I can see the appeal. However, the build-up in media and society certainly falls short in reality. I should know – I’ve swiped more than my fair share of v-cards.
Single Girl Society: You Haven’t Seen It All Before
There you are on another Friday night, being walked to your door by yet another clueless guy after yet another date so bad it made you long for the pain of getting your wisdom teeth removed. He’s invading your personal space, closing his eyes, leaning in for a kiss he thinks is totally deserved but you can’t help but cringe. So in the words of Carrie Underwood, “you kiss that frog” and slam the door behind you, shudder and rub the traces of his saliva off your MAC lipstick and tell your roommate you’re giving up dating to become asexual.

I’m in College and I’m in LOVE
As corny as it sounds it’s the real deal and true to my life. It’s been three years and I feel like I’ve known my boyfriend a lifetime.