10 Times Tinder Talks Took a Tumble
I want someone to love me tinder, but I gotta say, I don’t really love me some Tinder. I’ve tried it a few times. Not much luck. Granted I’m not even remotely attractive and don’t know any good jokes, but I’m gonna go ahead and blame the app. After all, it’s a difficult landscape to navigate. Just ask any of the...
Makeup Artist Creates Astounding Viral Designs
It’s a little difficult to explain exactly what you’re about to be looking at, so we’ll let artist Dain Yoon’s own website profile explain: “Often referred to as a “makeup artist,” Dain Yoon is actually a classically trained painter who happens to use herself as her canvas. Although the art looks Photoshopped,...
10 Mind-Blowing Makeup Designs by this Talented Instagram Artist
Dain Yoon is a New York City based makeup artist whose title doesn’t quite do her justice. It’s more like she’s a painter who uses people as her canvas. And she’s been getting quite a lot of attention for her striking creations in the vein. With over 600 thousand Instagram followers at the time of writing and a ton of press...
10 Stories of What it’s Like Dating with PTSD
The Mayo Clinic defines PTSD like this: “Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.” It’s one of those...
Couples Reveal What Relationships are Like with Bipolar Disorder
When I was younger, I was diagnosed as Type II bipolar, which essentially meant that I was experiencing swings from depression to mania back and forth, but not quite to the extreme that I couldn’t get out of bed or was betting the house on the ponies or what have you. Still, regardless of the severity of the case, it’s a heck of a...
10 Relationship Rebounds That Didn’t Quite Go as Expected
As Sam Smith put it in his song Dancing with a Stranger: “I need somebody who can take control I know exactly what I need to do ‘Cause I don’t wanna be alone tonight, alone tonight, alone tonight Look what you made me do, I’m with somebody new Ooh, baby, baby, I’m dancing with a stranger”That’s what a...
10 Times People Got up the Courage to Confess to Their Crush
When I was young and dumb, there was a friend of mine who I thought had a crush on me, and I felt bad because I didn’t reciprocate the feelings. Nothing too weird about that so far, but I decided to remedy the situation by getting her to confess her crush and then immediately dropping the bomb that I didn’t feel the same after...
People Reveal What Happens When They Confess Their Feelings to Their Crush
The only thing more crushing than having a crush is when you get crushed by your crush after you reveal your feelings to them, which is probably why most of us don’t. But that’s no way to live! You gotta get out there! You gotta take a chance! You gotta let the world know that you have a crush on this person! …and then just see...
Women With Controlling Boyfriends Tell Their Stories
There’s a strange dynamic that can happen within a couple. Some people refer to being a “top” or a “bottom,” with implications ranging all the way from who generally makes the decisions to stuff I don’t think I’m allowed to describe here. But sometimes, that generally healthy dynamic can get way out of...
People Reveal the Realities of Having a Controlling Boyfriend
The ways in which we learn to control and be controlled by people in relationships is as complex as it is troubling. The strangest part is we often don’t realize the dynamics that are forming until they’re already quite strong, and by then it can be a heck of a thing to try to correct or escape. Here are just a few anonymous...