If you’re trying to move on, you need to understand that you don’t need closure to do so. — By Kelly Peacock Here’s a tough pill to swallow: you don’t always need closure. Oftentimes we reach out to someone we ended things with as a means of wanting and getting closure to help us move on. We want a grand, poetic gesture. We want to see if things will…

I’m slowly learning that I can still love myself even if someone else does not. — By Molly Burford I’m slowly learning that I can still love myself even if someone else does not. I’m slowly learning that I don’t have to work so hard in order to win the approval of others. I’m slowly learning that if they do not like me, that is their…

These days, it feels as though there are so many different ways to be dumped in the modern dating scene. — By Lacey Ramburger These days, it feels as though there are so many different ways to be dumped in the modern dating scene. At one point in time, if a person was interested in someone, they had to say so explicitly. If they didn’t, you accepted they did not want…

Date someone who isn’t afraid to admit they care. Someone who expresses their feelings without exception. — By Holly Riordan Date someone who texts to check in on you, who remembers the little things you say, who is unafraid to admit how much they care. Date someone who goes out of their way to spoil you rotten and isn’t afraid who knows it. Date someone who puts…

You cancel social plans despite actually wanting to attend. — By Ari Eastman 1. You cancel social plans despite actually wanting to attend. Chronic pain is like having that one shitty, sloppy relative you barely tolerate ask if they can stay with you for a week…and instead move in permanently. …

You will not find a love that is perfect, but you will find a love that sees you. The kind that brings down your walls, that asks you to share the parts of your soul you have tucked away and kept hidden from the world. — By Bianca Sparacino You will not find a love that is perfect, but you will find a love that is real. You will not find a love that is perfect, but you will find a love that sees you. The kind that brings down your walls, that asks you to…

Invite her out with your friends. — By Marisa Donnelly 1. Leave her something in a public place. Maybe this is a note on the windshield of her car, a bouquet of flowers at her work, a special message taped or written on her bathroom mirror. This doesn’t have to be grand, but it’s thoughtful, sweet, and shows everyone around her that she’s loved. 2. Hold her hand in public. Some…

The second time you get your heart broken, you’re going to be annoyed. — By Heidi Priebe The second time you get your heart broken, you’re going to be annoyed. You already went through your first heartbreak: You know, that horrible stretch of time where you thought that things would never be okay again. You already relished in the depths of self-pity and engaged…

Commitment is way more than just staying faithful to one person. — By Molly Burford Commitment is way more than just staying faithful to one person. Commitment is more than calling someone your partner. Commitment is more than changing your relationship status on Facebook. Commitment is more than occasionally sharing date night pics to your Instagram Story. …