Ah yes—the classic insult thrown when someone runs out of clever arguments:“No wonder you’re single.” As if that’s supposed to burn. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t. If anything, it reveals more about their mindset than your marital status. Let’s be honest. Being single is often the result of high standards, not low value. It’s the reward for not settling, not a…
There’s a certain moment in modern dating when a man hands you something—nicely boxed, maybe expensive, maybe even imported from Korea—and says, “I got this for you.” You open it and there it is: a whitening cream. Or a slimming tea. Or some collagen powder meant to “help your glow.” And for a brief moment—after the forced thank-you and the…
I didn’t know what to call it before. I just knew I had this recurring pattern—where I’d slowly, methodically, and almost politely start backing out of whatever messy half-thing I’d gotten myself into. Now, thanks to workplace jargon leaking into real life, I’ve found the term: quiet quitting. And I’ve been doing it in situationships for years. You know the…
There’s something deeply unsettling about someone who knows your truths. Not the curated, social-media-friendly truths, but the raw ones—the ones you whisper into the dark and hope no one hears. When that person becomes a stranger, it feels like walking around with your soul slightly ajar. The silence between ex-lovers isn’t empty. It’s loud. It’s filled with all the conversations…
What does forever mean in words of yearning? It means I believe in the promise of tomorrow, in the idea that life with you will be full of more surprises than I can imagine. Forever to me is like a book with blank pages, waiting to be filled with the stories we’ll write together. I see a future where we…