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Put The App Down And Go To The Bar
You have swiped until your thumb hurts and you still do not have a date Friday night. Maybe the problem was never the algorithm.
Your Standards Are Not The Problem, Your Expectations Are
You keep saying you have high standards. What you might actually have is a list of expectations nobody agreed to, and that is why the situationship keeps winning.
The Home He Lost And The Peace He Found
Core DJ Hershey stopped being the reason for somebody else’s fear, and it cost him the house and everything he had put into it. At 53, in Atlanta, he says the trade was worth it.
Becoming The Right Person For The Marriage She’s Praying For
Mitwuana, 49, of Texas, stopped settling for love that asked her to shrink and started building a life whole enough to hold a real partnership. She is not waiting to be completed. She is choosing, on purpose, to become who she is praying to marry.
The Day She Stopped Accepting Pieces
Kenya Crittendon left the day she saw she was getting pieces. At 54 in Richmond, she depends on herself and still keeps hope that he will find her.
Let's Talk About It: Good Sex Is a Two-Way Street, Baby
Grown talk about why so many couples are having bad sex and lying about it. Good intimacy is a two-way street, and both partners have needs.