You’ve heard of the almost relationship, friends with benefits, breadcrumbing, and ghosting. And just when you thought dating couldn’t get any worse, the new trend proves it does. And it’s probably one of the worst ones yet. The situationship is described as the awkward space between being a friend with benefits and actually being in a relationship. RELATED: The #1 Way To Tell If He’ll Ever Take Your Relationship Seriously Remember when everyone joked about Facebook having an “It’s Complicated” option and thinking how can a relationship be complicated?...

Finally! I was old enough to buy a drink at the bar, graduate school applications were in my past, and I was fortunate to be staying at my undergraduate alma mater to continue my studies. Life was good, and I was excited about what was to come. I never thought I’d wake up one morning struggling to move. But that is exactly what happened. Right in the middle of my dreams coming true, I woke up to pain and stiffness that exhausted the strength of my legs....

I never thought of destroying their relationship, because I also had my own. Of course, I wasn’t happy and neither was he, and no it’s not an excuse. We never cheated. I broke up with my boyfriend, gently for sure. He ended things with her. I never asked him to leave her, but I was truly in love with him. Like every other woman in love, I saw a beautiful future for us: Kids — he already had two — marriage, a big house in the country, and jobs that made us happy....

How I’ve missed you over the past couple of years. While “they” say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, I’m finding that your absence has made my heart grow colder. And, as the embers of fondness and love die, I often remember what I so enjoyed about you. I loved the way that you listened to me. You listened so carefully and attentively, as though you were intent on getting every spoken and unspoken word....

“Aww, Mom! Do I have to?” Or the all-time favorite, You can’t make me!” Or maybe your kids’ routines are more along the lines of pouting, arguing, and ignoring you (or agreeing and then ignoring you). Either way, in the day-to-day dealings with children, there are few things more frustrating than dealing with resistance, power struggles, or outright refusals to do what you want. On a bad day, even the most reasonable requests can trigger an uncooperative, passive-aggressive, or even hostile response from your kids....

Melende’s video has sparked outrage, and for good reason, as she shared an experience that could seriously harm the health and well-being of her family. An Olive Garden server accidentally gave a recovering alcoholic an alcoholic drink. The video showed Melende’s husband with a drink in front of him while he was eating pasta with the caption, “when your husband is a recovering alcoholic and Olive Garden accidentally gives him an alcoholic beverage,” with an angry face emoji....

While millionaires and billionaires graced the red carpet at this year’s Met Gala, elsewhere the news that the Supreme Court might be on the cusp of overturning the nationwide legal right to abortion broke. The Met Gala’s red carpet coincided with the news that Roe V. Wade is in serious jeopardy. A leaked draft opinion obtained by Politico revealed that conservative justices on the Supreme Court were pushing to end Roe V....

That’s what this week promises — rough weekly horoscopes — for three zodiac signs during September 19 to 25, 2022. The ’necessary evils’ we call them and we all must tend to this necessity every now and again. This week brings the necessary evils into the light, and well, we must tend to them. What’s a necessary evil? For instance, having to tell someone that you want a divorce is one of the biggies....

Posting to the subreddit ‘AITA’ (Am I The A-hole), the father, 35, explained that he is a single dad and has been very accepting of his sons’ creativity. “I think it’s important for children to be creative so they find their true passion in life. My son (12) is really into fashion and I’m sure he’ll do wonderful things in the fashion industry,” the man wrote in his Reddit post....

The controversial decision, that had been expected since a draft of the ruling was leaked in early May, will now allow states to make their own laws around abortion. These laws will no longer have to adhere to Roe, which permitted abortion within the first two trimesters of pregnancy. States across the US had already been lining up trigger laws to go into effect once the decision was reached and almost half of all states are expected to outright ban or severely restrict abortion access....

I mean, everyone’s human right? We all make mistakes, so don’t we all deserve a second chance? Nope. We don’t. RELATED: 9 Signs Your Ex Truly Deserves A Second Chance Yes, things happen and people screw up. Every situation is different, and only you can determine if it’s worth forgiving someone over or not. But when the person you’re in a relationship with — or even someone you’re just platonically close to — is constantly hurting you over and over again, then they don’t deserve any more chances....

But did you know that simply being surrounded by certain relaxing colors can potentially have a similar effect? This science is referred to as “color psychology.” What is color psychology? Color psychology is the idea that every color on the spectrum can impact our mood in a certain way. This is why companies spend so much time figuring out the exact color of their logo or font, and why choosing the right paint color ideas for the dining room, living room, nursery, bedroom, and every other room in your home is so important....

The Moon harmonizing with Uranus as our main transit and influence on April 26, 2022 means that we are so lucky as to not feel confused, misguided or irrational. On April 26, 2022, you escaped, and the only way to escape this kind of effect today is by being one of the zodiac signs who is not burdened by the weirdness that comes with Moon sextile Uranus. And, if you are unaffected, then you might just consider yourself lucky in love, as love and romance remain unscathed on this day — for some signs of the Zodiac....

Well, it seems that for some zodiac signs, that week is upon us. And why wouldn’t it be this way? After all, we’re leaving rainy April for the flowers of May, and May always holds promise and thoughts of love and romance. With Sun sextile Moon opening up the gates of profound thoughts about love to the very idea that we’ll close this week with Venus conjunction Jupiter, it’s nearly impossible to think that this week wasn’t made in the stars for lovers....

If you are ready for a long-term romantic relationship, you’ve got to this point because of one of two reasons. One, you are in a relationship with someone right now and you wish to take it all the way, or two, you have kept yourself ‘off the market’ due to personal reasons and now, it occurs to you that you might indeed be ready for something substantial. These kinds of thoughts rise to the surface during Moon square Mercury, and for some of us, we may become very passionate about our choices....

We also have the added benefit of Moon trine Mercury which should facilitate our passionate needs via the power of the spoken word. In other words, we’ll feel free enough today to ask our partners to do what we want them to do in intimate situations. So, if you measure your luck in love by the amount of attention you get, then today is a very lucky day indeed, and for some signs, it might be mind-glowingly lucky....

Three zodiac signs will be luckiest in love on September 30, 2022. What is happening in astrology that helps make this possible? How these cosmic events benefit us is more than just their ability to let us see love in a positive light. Today is the day when we know for sure that we don’t want to live in a world without love…which means, we have to create our own realities in such a way that everything revolves around love and partnership....

Between the two of these transits, we should be looking at excellent relationship updates. New beginnings happen today in love, and already established affairs look to be on the up and up. Today brings a happy vibe with it, and we sure could use the good news. One of the reasons we may find ourselves feeling very lucky in love on this day, June 26, is because suddenly our projections of the future seem possible....

On this day, there will be many endings that occur. We will see romantic relationships end as well as friendships that couldn’t cut it. It’s not exactly a day for sadness though; it’s a day for acceptance, hope, the building up of emotional armor, and important decision-making. Today, we will decide that our love affair must end. Of course, this doesn’t go out to all couples, as that would be absurd....

It’s almost as if we can’t help but confess to truths that lay deep within us on this day, and that is because of a transit called Moon sextile Venus, which loosens lips and hopefully doesn’t sink ships but then again, they might To confess one’s love for another takes guts and either a false sense of confidence or the kind of giddy optimism that believes that ’no’ is not an option....