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- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 17
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- Sep 30, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Cosmopolitan
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- Jul 15, 2026
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Being “Low-Maintenance” in a Relationship Isn’t the Flex We Think It Is (opens the original)
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There are few compliments more coveted in heterosexual dating than being told you’re “low-maintenance.” You’re chill! You have your own life! You don’t need constant reassurance or get pissed when someone takes three hours to text you back! Look at you, cool girl! And I get the appeal because, as women, we’re basically taught that being high-maintenance is the kiss of death for a relationship. Need too much attention, too much affection, too much communication, too much anything, and eventually
Maybe It’s Time to Date Outside Your “Type” (opens the original)
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My best friend Alexa has always had a type. In her words, said type is: “Beautiful but dumb as a rock.” And she was remarkably committed to the bit. In college, she was in a top-tier sorority and exclusively dated and hooked up with big, gorgeous, popular frat guys who were usually kind of assholes, generally did whatever she wanted, and absolutely had to be at least six feet tall. I cannot stress enough that six feet was not a preference. It was a minimum requirement. Then, after a breakup, she
What Actually Counts as Cheating In a Relationship? (opens the original)
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Sleeping with someone who isn’t your partner? Yeah, you probably don’t need me to tell you that’s going to count as cheating in most monogamous relationships. But what about flirting with a coworker? Sexting someone you have zero intention of ever meeting IRL? Downloading a dating app “just to look”? Watching porn? DMing your ex at 1 a.m.? Suddenly, the answer to “What counts as cheating?” gets a whole lot less obvious. That’s because—surprise—there isn’t one universal definition of cheating, sa
How to Slide Into the DMs and Actually Get a Response (opens the original)
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Sliding into someone’s DMs sounds easy enough in theory. You see someone hot, interesting, funny, or some combination of the three, and you send them a message. Done! Except then you actually open the chat box and suddenly “hey” looks deeply embarrassing, everything else feels like too much, and you’ve somehow spent 20 minutes trying to craft a sentence for a person you have literally never met. Because while Instagram may not technically be a dating app, it has definitely introduced plenty of p
Experts Explain What It Really Means When Someone Leaves You on Read (opens the original)
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There are few tiny digital indignities quite like sending a text, watching it get marked “read,” and then...nothing. Suddenly, a perfectly normal Tuesday has become an investigation. Were they busy? Did you say something weird? Are they drafting a response? Did they open it accidentally? Do they secretly hate you now? Cool, cool, cool. Technically, being “left on read” is exactly what it sounds like. “Getting ‘left on read’ refers to one person sending a text to someone else without getting a re
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