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'A TALE AS OLD AS TIME'

He Bought Her A $100,000 Engagement Ring — Then They Broke Up And Things Really Got Messy

In the funhouse mirror era of social media shares, soft-lit engagement photos and wedding registries that live forever on the Internet, the broken engagement is an especially painful and humiliating experience.

REAL IS RARE, IT ALSO PROPS UP CHILD LABOR

The Rise Of The Lab Grown Diamonds Is Yet Another Reason Not To Buy Real Diamonds

Why drain your savings account when there are cheaper, ethical alternatives to profess love to your lady or gent?

JUST BUY MASON JARS AND CALL IT A DAY

If Your Betrothed Has An Outlandish Dream Wedding, Send Them This Video Of A Woman Rocking Cement Bags As A Wedding Dress

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"If she can wear burlap, you can wear Burlington Coat Factory."

RIGHT ON THE MONEY

The Next Level Of Commitment: Revealing Our Money Secrets

longreads.com Money Relationships Personal Essay 2w

Vanessa Golenia contemplates the ins-and-outs of merging finances as the higher earner — and bigger spender — in her (heterosexual) relationship.

ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND GAMES

Can You Fall In Love With A Scripted Robot? A Growing Number Of App Gamers Are

theguardian.com Gaming Relationships 2w

A crop of dating simulations where the goal is to reach a virtual happily ever after have recently become hits. Are they a substitute for human companionship or a new type of digital intimacy?

BAD TIMING

The Time I Scheduled A Heartbreak Three Months In Advance

thecut.com Relationships Personal Essay 3w

In one way, the most important way, three months is a long time. It's not long enough to start discussing serious future plans together, but it's plenty of time to fall in love, to build up feelings strong enough that you feel real pain when that love severs.

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE CURIOUS MIND

How To Get Over Your Ex Using Brain Science

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When the usual methods of wine and distance won't work, it's time to recruit neuroscience to help get over a breakup.

NOW YOU SEE ME

My 6-Year-Old Thinks My Disability Is Boring

thecut.com Personal Essay Health Relationships Kids 4w

Watching my son run into his new school, I realized how desperate I was for others to help me raise him with a nuanced understanding of the world and its diverse inhabitants.

YOU'VE GOT DMs

Dangers Of Dating In The Tinder Age

salon.com Relationships Human Nature TV Entertainment 4w

"If you called someone you'd probably get labeled a psychopath."

'A MODEST PROPOSAL'

Rather Than Overspending On Your Wedding, Why Not Just Get It #Sponsored?

Quartz Internet Relationships Business 5w

If you’ve ever planned a wedding, you may be familiar with the feeling of hemorrhaging money. My own is three weeks away, and I’m fairly certain I lost $3,000 just opening my email this morning. Thanks to Instagram influencer Chiara Ferragni, I now realize that’s because I’m doing it wrong.

DEAR LONG LOST GHOSTER

To All The Boys I've Been Ghosted By Before

VICE Funny Relationships 5w

We wrote the letters so you don't get tempted to.

DON'T SLEEP WITH YOUR FRIENDS

Older Queer Women Give Younger Queer Women The Advice They Wish They Had Heard At Their Age

LGBT Wholesome Relationships Video 5w

Three ladies wearing purple relay the things they've learned about how to succeed in love, work and life.

'THEY NEED TREATMENT, NOT PUNISHMENT'

When Giving Birth Leads To Psychosis, Then To Infanticide

The Atlantic Health Gender Crime Relationships 5w

Mothers suffering from postpartum psychosis sometimes hurt or kill their children, but the law isn't sure how to separate illness from intent.

'NOBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS'

A Woman Previously Forced Into Marriage Is Now Fighting Against Child Marriages In The US

Law Gender Video Relationships 5w

When she was 19, Fraidy Reiss, who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish community, was coerced into an arranged marriage with an abusive man.

'CTRL Z'

This Short About Love And Time Travel Is As Cute As It Is Nerdy

Sci-Fi Short Film Video Fiction Relationships Funny Curious 5w

Hopeless romantic and super inventor Ed uses a "nonlinear, existential reformation remote" to try to fall in love over and over again. James Kennedy really did it in this cleverly written and extremely well-produced short.