People Reveal the Pettiest Reasons They’ve Rejected Someone
We’re all just out here looking for love, and sometimes it can sure seem elusive. The reason things don’t work out can be a big thing, or a small thing, or a weird thing, or some combination thereof. And small and weird is what we’re focused on today. What’s the pettiest reason you’ve rejected someone?...
15 Weird Little Things that Made People Cut Off Relationships Right Away
Do you remember that episode of Scrubs where JD is gonna break up with a woman because instead of laughing at anything she just says “that’s so funny?” I felt that. When I watched that, I felt that. I don’t know how I could deal with be with a person who didn’t laugh. But how petty a reason is too petty? Let’s...
Unpopular Opinion: One Night Stands are Awful
There’s a cliche sort of scintillating shorthand in so many movies and TV shows. You’ve got a character to introduce and you need to show that he’s kind of living wildly, so you have him wake up naked next to some attractive young woman who’s name, we find out, he can’t remember. But how much is this really...
Couples Reveal Why They Opened Up Their Marriages
A while back I was a guest performer for a sketch show in New York and the rather explosive opener we performed was about a couple who announces at a dinner party that they’ve decided to have an open marriage. Things get immediately awkward. It’s comedy, it’s over-the-top, it’s cynical. But of course, the real reasons...
People Open Up About the Realities of Having an Open Marriage
When I used the phrase “open marriage,” you probably already have some idea of what I mean, but I was curious to find an “official” definition, and the closest I came was on wikipedia, which describes it thusly: “Open marriage is a form of non-monogamy in which the partners of a dyadic marriage agree that each may...
Women Reveal What it’s Like Being a Single Lesbian Mom
I can’t imagine how difficult it is to be a single parent in this world, especially if you don’t already have, like, a buttload of money stashed away so you can hire a bunch of help. On top of that, many LGBTQ+ people in this world still face a lot of stigma and difficulty on that front. So try and put yourself in the shoes of someone...
“I’m a Single Lesbian Mom” – Women Tell Their Stories
It’s easy to feel like a lot of the struggles for equality are behind us – but that’s largely an illusion. Sure, things are better than they used to be for LGBTQ+ folks in general, but there are still major problems. For instance, it’s notoriously difficult to adopt for some people, with certain large religious adoption...
Polyamorous Couples Reveal What it’s All About
There are a lot of misconceptions about polyamorous relationships out there – and that might be largely because how it works is going to vary from person to person, so any kind of generalization about them is doomed to be inaccurate. So today we’re looking at a fairly specific demographic – people who engaged to be married, but...
Engaged and Polyamorous – People Reveal Their Experiences
There’s a lot of confusion about polyamory out there, so for starters, let’s just grab a basic definition from those smarties at Oxford: “the practice of engaging in multiple romantic relationships, with the consent of all the people involved.” You’ll probably notice that that describes a sort of general principle...
People Talk About the “Cool” Careers That Aren’t Actually What They Appear to Be
It’s funny how we view certain occupations when we’re young. Things that seem glamorous and exciting can actually be, well, kind of s**tty. And it’s also interesting how our attitudes change after we’ve actually worked a specific job and not read about it or daydreamed about it. But I guess you never know until you’re...
