The truth was I knew, after all those flat January days, that I deserved better. I deserved I love yous and kiwi fruits and flowers and warriors coming to my door, besotted with love. I deserved pictures of my face in a million expressions, and the warmth of a baby’s kick under my hand. I deserved to grow, and to change, to become all the girls I could ever be over the course of my life, each on...

First off, remember that boys aren’t girls. Most don’t want to know about how you feel and what you think. They want to get what they can from you and then move on. Then they want to talk to their friends about how things went for them. It’s like hunting – once you shoot a deer, how are you going to keep that to yourself? The best part of the hunt, besides shooting the thing, is telling...

My ex-boyfriend and I have been over for seven months. Although the relationship title isn't there anymore, we talk every day for hours, share secrets, and say "I love you". Whenever we're together, he holds my hand, plays with my hair and hugs me for extended periods of time. It would be completely justified for any outsider to assume we're together. The problem? He has a girlfriend.They have...

About a year ago one of my close friends broke up with her boyfriend of 3 years. For everyone who knew them personally it came as a big shock because of their history together. She waited almost 2 years for him to notice her and when they finally got together i still remember her telling me that he was the one. I never would have imagined that it would be my friend who would end it. I sincerely...

Wow. I'm really hurting right now. It's been a while since I've felt this way, but I guess this had to come sometime. It's never easy to find out that your ex has wasted no time in trying to hook up with somebody else. I don't know why this even matters to me at all, but it does. I just feel like it was abundantly easy for him to replace me. Was I seriously that replaceable? He waited a mere few...