Her Gay Best Friend: Lost in Translation - Women Campus

When I came home last night you were in a terrible state. You were curled up on the couch while the E! network played soundlessly on the television. Your brow was furrowed, your eyes watery. Your hands trembled as you stared blankly at your phone, muttering incoherent sentences with a growing sense of urgency.
It actually reminded me a lot of my reaction when Buffy died in the season five finale.

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Jess and Katie say what? Eight things to never say again - Women Campus

Most of us have a hard time thinking of the exact right thing to say. Somehow, though, we all have a pretty easy time thinking of the exact wrong thing to say, especially in romantic situations. Sure, there are some things that sound completely ridiculous by the blinding light of day but kind of sweet when whispered in your ear right before you fall asleep like, "I've never felt this way before."

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Date Night: Picking the Best First Date Spot - Women Campus

There's nothing like the excitement of a first date with someone new. All week you feel giddy, nervous and your stomach is in a knot. You prep for hours before the date, consulting with your friends about what to wear and making sure your hair is perfectly flat-ironed. 7 p.m. comes around and as your date picks you up, you finally feel ready. But your date's success or failure could be resting on the location you two choose. We've got you covered with the pros and cons of possible spots – the rest of the date is up to you!

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Her Gay Best Friend: Unrealistic Ex-pectations - The Wrong Way to Get Over an Ex - Women Campus

I realize that change can be difficult to accept. Even in our relatively short lives, we've already dealt with so much: the sudden increase in body hair during adolescence, the rise and fall of the boy band craze, the end of the Harry Potter series.
But throughout it all, we've maintained a positive outlook. Sure the world is constantly changing, but it's up to us to find the good in that change and adapt to fit the ebb and flow of our lives. We manage our unwanted body hair with shaving creams and depilatory products. We mourn the end of N*Sync, but celebrate Justin Timberlake's respectable solo career and sexier hairstyle. We eagerly await the next Potter film and entertain ourselves with internet fan-fiction in the meantime.

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Straight from the Horse's Mouth: Real Guys Weigh in on the Guy Advice You're Getting - Women Campus

At the risk of sounding like a second-grader, men are from Mars and women are from Venus. But this elementary school adage can still feel like it holds true ten years later on a college campus.
So when we finally understand (or, at least think we understand) how the male brain operates or the reasons behind a guy's actions, we turn to our best girlfriends to share the knowledge. Before you know it, we're flooded with nuggets of guy advice from a plethora of sources—magazines, movies, friends, moms, sisters, even some guy friends—to the point that some of it starts to conflict. Helping you weed the good from the bad, Her Campus had five real guys weigh in on the guy advice you've been receiving. With their input, we'll know what advice to follow…and which to ditch.

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"I Love You, Man" is not just a movie title: Decoding the Bromance - Women Campus

George and Brad, Matt and Ben, House and Wilson – all dashingly handsome examples of the inseparable male duo. As expected with our modern tendency to create convenient abbreviations and compound words (Brangelina, Bennifer, Speidi), pop culture has combined the ideas of brotherhood and romance into the ultimate form of male friendship: the "bromance."
How can you spot a bromance? The exceptionally close best friends tend to dress in similar clothes without realizing it, have nicknames for each other, hear a song that reminds them of one of their many hilarious times together,

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Her Gay Best Friend: Confessions of a Third Wheel - Women Campus

Forgive me biffle, for I have chagrined. It has been four weeks since my last confession, when I admitted that I thought your brother was attractive.
I can't tell you how sorry I am for that. I didn't realize that your sister just has short hair and muscular arms.
I have something very important that I need to get off my chest. This is a matter of emotional turmoil, of the inner struggle that causes a rational young man to think unspeakable thoughts and do unspeakable things. Over the last few months I have grown to resent you. I have schemed in ways that I am not proud of, and relished the disastrous results that I have wrought.

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Warm up Your Love: 5 Date Ideas for the End of Winter - Women Campus

Winter can be the worst time for dating. And relationships. The cold weather keeps you from going outside to enjoy the usual activities you love. Those gloomy days don't get you excited for much more than snuggling up on the couch with a blanket and a movie (and even this can get old after a while).
It's tough to stay motivated in winter, but if you get active, your relationship will benefit from your happier moods.

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Then and Now: A Survey of History's Hottest Celebs - Women Campus

Where would the world be without hot male celebrities? It's painful to imagine a society without lust-worthy actors and singers adorning our bedroom walls. And surely it's not an exaggerated assumption that, without the existence of these memorable men, 90 percent of magazines would go out of business. People Magazine's annual list of the sexiest men alive, anyone? But this is far from a new phenomenon. While our view of the perfect man may have changed since the beginning of the 20th century, our obsession with him has not.

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Her Gay Best Friend: Blame it on the Alcohol- Drunken Decisions with Sobering Consequences - Women Campus

In light of recent events, I would like to take this opportunity to depart from frivolous humor for a bit, and make the following public service announcement:
There is an urgent social issue that has been plaguing college campuses throughout the nation. The impact has been catastrophic, with lives destroyed, friendships ruined, and many a young woman left in tears.
In recent years, it has reached near-epidemic proportions, and so it is imperative that the American public take appropriate measures to protect itself. For it is only with knowledge and power of will that we can counteract its destructive nature.

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College Guy Answers Your Love Life Questions: Cheaters and Accidental Virgins - Women Campus

Got a burning love life q? Consult our Real Live College Guy (he also goes by Chase). Each month, our RLCG will take you inside the college guy's brain to demystify your tricky, sticky, icky love (can you even call it that?) situations.
Ready? Here goes!1) I was dating this guy for a couple of years- and it was a dream come true. We didn't really seem to have any problems, but then I caught him cheating. I broke things off immediately, and it's been over a year and a half since we last spoke, but all of a sudden he keeps trying to get in contact with me. He keeps telling me that he misses me. Do you think there's any hope for guys breaking their cheating streaks? -Stumped at Stanford

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Ex-Rated: Should You Get Back Together With Your Ex? - Women Campus

Break ups. Ugh.
Never clean, rarely final, and always emotionally draining. Just reading the word alone is upsetting. But sometimes the hardest part of the split isn't the actual break up, it's that little, nagging voice in your head saying, Wait...was that a mistake?
We consulted therapist and relationship expert, Dr. Tom Arbaugh from Staunton, VA, and the Outreach and Consultation Specialist at JMU's Counseling and Student Development Center, Dr. Celeste Thomas, to help make sense of one of the most confusing and exhausting post-break up dilemmas known to woman: The Ex-Boyfriend Deliberation. Do you get back together with him? Do you move on for good? What do you do?!

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