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A Long-Distance BFF Explained

TGFT. Thank God for technology. With a best friend going to a different school, iMessage, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat make a great difference. You two still tell each other anything and everything. At parties, in class, or in the library, you are usually glued to your phone texting every trivial detail of the weekend–nothing can be left out. 10. Snapchat. Any time. Any where. All day. Every day. At a professional event? Snapchat. Running on the treadmill next to a ton of fellow students? Snapchat. At the library avoiding work? Snapchat. The uglier, the better. 9. The screenshots. Because no super-ugly Snapchat can just disappear forever. 8. Texting each other whenever anything remotely juicy happens. The only person you accept a long, drawn out text from about a guy she simply made eye contact with at a party is your BFF. 7. Getting back together and retelling stories. You know

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16 Signs You’ve Been Single For Way Too Long

16. Your grandparents remind you at every family gathering that they’re not getting any younger. 15. They also try to set you up with their friend’s grandson/granddaughter. 14. You have a profile on Tinder. And JSwipe. And Ok Cupid. Because you’ve realized you’re not getting any younger and it’s hard to meet people IRL and I’d rather just find love at first swipe, okay? 13. And you’ll never tell your parents/grandparents about your (online) dating life because they JUST DON’T GET IT.

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Lessons I’ve Learned From Loving An Addict

As a child born the product of an addict, I can most definitely tell you that you do learn lessons along the way. Even if you aren’t the person with the addiction yourself, you go through each hard moment as if you were. Most of the time, even worse. Every case of addiction is different– I’m not trying to generalize everyone’s feelings into my own– but there is one characteristic that holds true for every addict: they’ve hurt someone. It doesn’t matter what kind of addiction you have, I guarantee you someone has been hurt by the course of your actions. Alcohol, pills, heroin, cocaine, opiates, nicotine, you name it. You’ve most definitely hurt someone else, but you’ve definitely hurt yourself. I’ve learned a lot growing up in a house where substances were more important than the daughter of the substance abuser. So if you’re reading this, chances are, you’re a lot

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10 Reasons Why I Love Girl Scout Cookies

The best part about being a Girl Scout back in the day wasn’t just rocking my trendy vest (although I looked pretty darn good in it), but it was GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SEASON!!! I mean, who doesn’t love Girl Scout cookies (Oh yeah, that one dude who yelled at me for asking him to buy them from me in second grade). Here are 10 Reasons Why I Love Girl Scout cookies: 10. They are pure, tasty, deliciousness 9. It’s fun to eat the whole package while binge watching Netflix   8. So. Many. Varieties. 7. You are supporting the Girl Scouts! How can you resist those faces? 6. Samoas — Do I really need to say more?   5. Have you tried frozen thin mints? Life changing. 4. Free of trans-fat! 3. It is like happiness in a box 2. Perfect little treats while you are studying for midterms 1.

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10 Things to Know About Dating Someone Who Loves Alone Time

10. We’re going to have an attitude if we don’t get time to ourselves. Don’t take it personally, but as people who love alone time we’re going to need it and you need to understand and respect that. You don’t necessarily have to be okay with it, but we need you to at least accept it and not try to fight us on it or things won’t work out between us. We’re not going to completely shut you out and it most likely won’t last very long, but you need to realize that it’s something we can’t give up. It’s necessary for our health because sometimes we just need to recharge and we can’t do that if we never get to spend time with alone. 9. You have no reason to be paranoid about what we’re doing. Some people may think that when we want alone time it’s because we’re starting to fall out