Before my Caesarean section, I was given a dose of opioids for the pain, but they didn’t kick in in time for the surgery. So the doctor decided to give me an epidural. Within moments, I was laid back on the operating table, my arms strapped to it. Oxygen was lightly flowing into my nose. Then the panic set in. I couldn’t feel anything from my nose down; I became nauseated, then started dry heaving and having an anxiety attack — all at the same time....

In a TikTok video, one of the guests at their friend’s wedding recorded the unconventional way that the groom decided to arrive at the aisle on his special day. The groom was filmed being carried down the aisle while laying in a coffin. The grim choice immediately went viral after being captured by one of the attendees at the ceremony, who was left shocked at the over-the-top entrance. “Is this a funeral?...

Your dad undoubtedly knows how much you love him, but when you want to put those feelings into words for a birthday card or gift, here are a few happy birthday messages for inspiration. RELATED: 50 Thoughtful Dad Quotes To Show Him How Much You Care On Father’s Day Birthday Wishes for Dad Wishing the best birthday to the world’s most selfless and awesome dad. Your sacrifices, determination, and unwavering support are the reason I am where I am today....

But your worth is not attached to the “haters quotes” that negative people use to describe you and your biggest critic will always be yourself. What’s worse is that social media has made it easier to hate on others. RELATED: 50 Sassy Quotes About Jealousy To Give To All Your Haters (And Tell Them To Back Off!) We’re all flawed, but that’s what makes us beautiful and unique. Accept that some people are just jerks and some days will just be bad days....

The experience was both educational and heart-warming. RELATED: I Used To Be In A Polyamorous Relationship — 3 Things Dating Multiple People Taught Me Celebrating Kwanzaa in a polyamorous relationship It happened so suddenly: a whirlwind romance and lesson in cultural celebrations that changed me from being in a twenty-year monogamous, heterosexual marriage with two children into entering what I learned was a polyamorous triad with two people I fell in love with almost immediately....

She moved us from San Francisco to Denver hoping we could turn our lives around. But she had her own rough background (an alcoholic mother, an absentee father, two younger siblings she practically raised on her own, and an addiction problem that she wouldn’t get under control for years to come). RELATED: Why Forgiveness Is Important For Your Own Self-Care (And 4 Steps To Help You Forgive Someone) The odds were stacked against us....

RELATED: When Your Mom Dies, The Sadness Never Really Goes Away Everyone should have the chance to have at least one best friend in their lifetime. You know … that type of friend that knows you better than you know yourself. That girl you can’t freaking STAND because she drives you (literally) insane and you fight like crazy, and then you call her at midnight because you’re feeling lonely and she says, “Yeah I know, I’m already halfway to your house....

But it’s not just your Venus sign that makes a mark on your love life — the astrology house your Venus sign is in also plays a part. Just as there are 12 zodiac signs, there are 12 astrology houses, each influencing a different aspect of your life. The third house in astrology, ruled by the Gemini zodiac sign, is the house of communication. Having the planet Venus in the 3rd house in your natal chart means your communication style and thinking process are influenced by Venus’s traits....

As the number of avenues for abortion shrinks, more and more women seeks abortions in other states. But this recent legislation even furthers the challenges women face in accessing safe abortions. Oklahoma’s ban in particular has impacted several surrounding states. Women have been relying on Oklahoma as a safe harbor to get abortions, now a new law will make performing an abortion a felony. Up until recently, Oklahoma has been flooded with women who were desperate to access safe abortions but were unable to in their home states because of restrictive abortion laws....

And the key lies in how you approach it. RELATED: 3 Distinct Types Of Sex Married Couples Should Have Tips on Having Sex After a Long Period of Time As a sex therapist and online sex coach, there are a few things I have been privy to over the years in conversations with clients. One of them is how dry spells cause sexual anxiety — the other is how our approach to sex can relieve some of our sexual anxiety (creating better sex in turn)....

These roles can change and don’t only exist in the bedroom. Today, you may be the LDP with intimacy, while your partner is the LDP on the topic of moving to a larger home. Sex in relationships is important, but why do people have the low desire? A variety of issues can cause people to have a lower libido — hormone changes, blood sugar swings, depression, weight gain, stress, fatigue, performance anxiety, erection problems, fear of pregnancy, and more....

Take a moment to think about how you would define love. Defining love is like defining a particular color to a person who has never been able to see color: you have to feel it to know what it is. The reason it’s hard to define real love is that you cannot experience it with your mind, and definitions are of the mind. Real love is of the heart, and it’s a feeling that is the result of your intention to not only be loved but to be loving....

If you’ve been looking around online, you’ve probably discovered that there are millions of chat boards devoted to just this topic… and they don’t make you hopeful. The question at hand is this: Will your guy ever leave his wife? And, if he doesn’t, what to do about it and how to let go if you decide to leave? Knowing ahead of time how to let him go will help you take that big step to let go so that you can be happy and find love again....

Don’t take my word for it, though. Even researchers investigating long-term relationships concluded that couples who laugh together, stay together, and have higher-quality relationships as a result. That’s because laughing encourages us to open up and become more trusting of the people we do it with. If someone laughs with you often, they come to associate you with feelings of joy and happiness, and will want to spend more time in your presence....

But that couldn’t be further from the truth. RELATED: 21 Things The Most Attractive Women Do On The First Date (According To Men) Many women, for good reason, have done away with the masquerade entirely, foregoing putting any effort into their appearance. Others are so entrenched in their negative self-talk that they don’t realize they’re setting themselves up for certain self-sabotage, regardless of what they wear. The way you present yourself is very important in any situation, whether for business or romance....

While an outsider might think that you should just end the relationship and move on if you are unhappy, you know that it’s complicated. Especially in marriage. After all, your marriage involves finances, family, social life, and a commitment to vows made. Walking away isn’t easy. Especially if you have children together. That being said, if you are going to stay, it’s important that you don’t let yourself drown in unhappiness, lacking hope for the future, and sucking yourself dry with self-doubt and worry....

The couple was getting everything done legally, and the surrogate mother is a respectful woman who has been keeping up her end of the contract as well, but then Hunter started acting weird and put pressure on his wife and the surrogate mother. He had been buying the surrogate mother gifts and even bought her a $9,000 car behind his wife’s back. After all of this came to light, the wife got into an argument with her husband and freaked out — yelling and getting angry with him, causing her to feel bad in the aftermath and worry whether or not she was wrong for reacting how she did....

I remember clutching my soon-to-be husband’s hand so hard that it left marks — as the presenter, an actual medical professional, discussed how God doesn’t want you to use birth control and how it causes cancer and is basically like having an abortion every month, and how reproductive issues like infertility could be fixed with natural family planning. I knew then it was bullshit, of course, but I kept my mouth closed and did not slap the speaker with a science-y truth bomb....

Life, there’s no beating it. We all have our stressors, anxieties, and worries. There are deadlines, tests, and appointments that suck the life out of everything we do. However, there is a way to bring ourselves back in tune with the moments we’re living, rather than letting time pass us by. RELATED: 4 Ways To Rescue Your Partner From A Terrible Day (And Their Bad Mood) I don’t have a big secret or knowledge of the next big craze....

But ordinary citizens are still coming up with potential clues on their own, even as law enforcement focuses elsewhere. A fisherman in Florida recently discovered a weighted down gun that some are theorizing could be linked to Laundrie. The gun was found in Fort De Soto Park. Laundrie visited a camping area in the park with his family about a week after he returned home from his cross-country roadtrip without Petito....