RELATED: Bride Devastated After Fiancé Reveals The Real Reason He Proposed To Her I didn’t have a list, but I did have a definite type: the damaged type. Rather than refusing to get involved with someone deeply troubled, their damage only pulled me in closer. The more messed up someone was, the hotter I found them. I know my preference for the broken and beyond flawed said more about me than it did about them, but it took years for me to finally kick my addiction to damaged men....

On many occasions, people have asked me how I stay so positive all the time. The truth, the real truth, is that I don’t. RELATED: Why You Need To Stop Looking For Happiness In Others The general assumption is that, since I can look at the positive side of any situation, I must somehow be avoiding reality. Perhaps I’m too naive or too inexperienced or too used to wearing rose-colored glasses to understand the truth....

Fortunately, a number of people do decide they are finally ready to start loving themselves. But what made them ready, and why have they waited so long to start? What about you — are you ready to start treating yourself with kindness and learn how to love yourself fully, the way you deserve? Where do you find yourself on the “self-love/being kind to yourself” scale currently? Are you at the bottom, clueless as to what loving yourself even means, or slowly crawling up the scale, wondering why it took you so long to treat yourself with love and kindness?...

It’s time to recharge as we experience the bountiful light of a full moon this week. Once a month, the full moon’s light arrives, and we channel a specific zodiac sign’s energy. RELATED: The 3 Zodiac Signs Who Get Closure From Heartache During The Full Moon In Gemini On December 7, 2022 If you want to release negative emotions, tonight is ripe for setting intentions. Recharge your tarot cards, make some moon water, and feel painful moments to let go....

Today is the day when tarot cards are able to be charged, Moon water can be made, and we can get comfortable with the idea of letting go of the old and making room for the new. The Full Moon takes place in the zodiac sign of Aries, which is about aggression, assertion, and taking charge of our future. RELATED: The 3 Zodiac Signs Who Trust No One During The Moon Sextile Saturn On October 9, 2022 We are ready to engage with others while also being more aware of our inner selves....

Sometimes, I fling my wedding band across the room, lock myself into the bathroom, or scream myself raw. And once, I dumped a freshly-baked pan of cookies on top of his freshly-cleaned clothes and stomped up and down on them. RELATED: 6 Very Unexpected Side Effects Of Finally Going On Antidepressants The worst was the time I tried to barricade myself in our bedroom. After sweating and straining to move his nightstand in front of the door, he pushed his way in....

“Sure,” I say. “One and done or two and through.” There’s no gray area this evening. There are only boundaries. This is something I could have used in my marriage. It’s something all limitless men and women can apply to their relationships. A signal of when to get up and leave. Put the relationship down. Stop toasting the problems. Walk out the door. You get the point. But instead, we binge our marital issues with emotional all-nighters....

During a search involving law enforcement and Laundrie’s parents, partial human remains and several items belonging to the missing person of interest in Petito’s homicide were found. But now, ordinary people are discovering evidence of their own which appears to have been neglected by police. A water bottle similar to Gabby Petito’s was found at the Carlton Reserve. TikTok user Olivia Vitale and her mother were in the newly-reopened Carlton Reserve looking for evidence when they made the discovery....

My greatest strength and weakness is my ability to forgive. But when it comes you to and what you did, I am finding it harder to forgive, and even harder to forget. It always takes two for relationships to form, and you are not the only one responsible for what has happened. But the bond between a father and daughter is one of the most sacred and precious bonds out there....

Theme park characters have been making headlines recently for all the wrong reasons but this latest video, shared by an appreciative mother, is proving that there is still some magic at Disneyland. A mom shared a TikTok of Disney’s Princess Anna using sign language with her deaf daughter. In a TikTok video posted by the guest’s mother, the cast member begins interacting with the guest in sign language after learning that she is deaf....

The video, initially uploaded by TikTok user djkookum on November 6, shows parents shopping for baby formula at Walmart. The TikTok video shows the family walking through the store, following behind a Walmart employee, as they get the family’s baby formula from the locked case and take the purchase to the front of the store to pay for it immediately. Many were shocked that Walmart locks up baby formula. They share their astonishment through TikTok’s text-to-speech feature, saying, “I can’t believe this… they lock up the baby formula at Walmart....

Let’s hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and know that no matter what, life goes on and we are strong! Lovers, you start your week out with a romantic Full Moon in Cancer, and if you’re presently with someone, or looking this is a fine day (and evening) for making the best of what you have. RELATED: 3 Zodiac Signs Who Will Have a Rough Week, January 17 - 23, 2022 The Full Moon in Cancer represents the culmination, or gathering of thoughts; Right now, it is at its peak, and that coincides with how we feel as well....

This week looks like we’re all being handed a situation to deal with. For some, we’ll be looking inwards, to see what we’ve done wrong and to figure out how to proceed the right way. For others, we will come to know the opinions of others and how they affect us…if they affect us at all. RELATED: Sun In Sagittarius Horoscopes For All Zodiac Signs Starting November 21 - December 19, 2021 This week has a few downsides, represented by a couple of ‘warning’ cards....

As we got to know each other over the next few weeks — our Scrabble strategies, our opinions on Lady Gaga’s merit as an LGBT icon, and even the darkest revenge fantasies we’d ever had — the awkward silences evaporated. We spent our dates laughing through inconsequential debates like “What does it mean to have your cake and eat it, too?” (He somehow got through 19 years thinking it meant “to serve dual purposes, the way cake is both food and decoration....

I see you. I may not be able to fully comprehend what it’s like to be a mom right now, but I can acknowledge the work you’re doing to raise your child. And I promise not to freak out if plans change at the last minute because you have a mom crisis, like your baby spiking a fever or throwing a fit. RELATED: 8 Things All Moms Wish Their Child-Free Best Friends Knew Working around your schedule is important to me because your schedule is far less flexible than mine....

Fortunately, Twitter is probably among the worst places to spread your hateful rhetoric because the tweet and his Twitter page have gotten over 20 million impressions and has been replied to over 20,000 times — even by Adidas. RELATED: Florida High School Leaves Teen Girls Feeling Sexualized After Editing Their Yearbook Photos What is “Dear Brian?” Christian pastor trends after sexist letter on Twitter. His tweet begins, “Dear Ladies, There is no reason whatsoever for you to post pictures of yourself in low cut shirts, bikinis, bra and underwear, or anything similar—ever....

The “Kylie Cosmetics” founder has revealed that her son with Travis Scott does indeed have a name — but she’s not quite ready to share it just yet. On September 8, Jenner joined James Corden on “The Late Late Show” to discuss her son’s name after months of speculation. What is Kylie Jenner’s baby’s name? Jenner revealed that her son does have a new name but still has not disclosed it....

Strenuous aspects such as the conjunction, square, and opposition will make things arduous for the native since they need to put in more effort to achieve results early on, while the trine and sextile bring easy-going energy that can help the natives reach their goals with comfort and minimal effort. What are sextiles in astrology? Sextiles are represented by two planets whose distance forms a 60-degree angle, creating a harmonious and complementary energy between the two planets and the areas of life they influence....

Western astrology is the “mainstream” type of astrology and it uses the Tropical Zodiac, the one with the twelve signs that never change and that focuses primarily on Sun signs and their relationship to Earth. But there are actually a lot of different astrological traditions — Vedic astrology, Burmese astrology, Tibetan astrology, Chinese astrology, and Indian astrology, just to name just a few. These systems of astrology differ in a lot of ways, but most obviously in their measurement of time and the dates of each of the twelve zodiac signs....

Purity tests first gained popularity in the 1980s as a way to test the taker’s innocence, and the Rice purity test is one of the most popular purity tests. What is the Rice Purity Test? The Rice purity test is a survey that assesses your innocence. The test was developed by Rice University in an attempt to help students bond and track their maturation throughout their college years. Students could voluntarily take the 100-question test that involves checking off activities considered “impure....