It wasn’t love at first sight. It wasn’t a grand, dramatic meeting like the movies. It was just life, unremarkable at first, and yet everything changed in a way we never saw coming. I met Emily at a small café in Seattle. I remember walking in on a rainy afternoon, the usual gray skies hanging…
Picture this: you’re chatting with a new (or old) love, and the conversation gets flirty, but going to their house (or having them over) isn’t an option. So you send a hot text and even a sexy picture of yourself. Congratulations, you’ve just sent pornographic text messages! While people have been sending NSFW messages to…
Whether it’s a few days or months you’ve been in a relationship, your first fight with your significant other can be a rude awakening, especially if it’s closer to the former than the latter. While arguing in the early stages of a relationship can feel like a dating red flag, especially when it’s about…
I met Emma on a rainy day in a bookstore. I was browsing through the travel section, dreaming of places I might never go, when she walked up beside me and reached for the same book. Our hands brushed, and we both laughed awkwardly. She made a joke about the rain and how it made…
Are you constantly trying, and failing, to find an authentic relationship? When you do find someone, does it quickly fizzle out or turn sour? Do the people you date rarely treat you well? You just might be unlucky in love. It can be hard to watch people you know couple up and even get married,…
I always thought love would come with fireworks—something instant, something obvious. But when I met Daniel, it wasn’t like that at all. It was slow, unexpected, like a song I had heard before but never truly listened to. We met at a tiny bookstore on a quiet afternoon. I was reaching for a novel on…
If one day we lost in the crowd, mediocre life, it is because we did not work hard to live rich. Then, one day, it dawned on me. Turns out, the world is no match for time. It defeats all its men. Seemingly incompatible love is often harmonious, because there are often more profound internal…
You may feel like everyone knows how to find a boyfriend except you, especially when you see all the happy couples cooing at each other and you’re alone despite your best efforts. Don’t despair, there are 8 billion people on the planet and there’s always a place for you. Let’s talk about why finding a…
1. In the golden age of my life, I had so many luxuries. I wanted to love, I wanted to eat, and I wanted to turn into a half-bright cloud in the sky at a moment’s notice” 2. no matter how one pleads it, you can certainly choose to be here if you are truly…
Past Life and Present Life Once upon a time, there was a scholar who promised to marry his fiancée on a certain date in a certain month in a certain year. On that day, his fiancée married someone else, and the scholar was so shocked that he fell ill. At that time, a traveling monk…
