Lately, I make little time to enjoy water outside of a drinking glass. I have a young son, a Scorpio, who lets me vicariously appreciate our shared element. Each night his bedtime routine brings a renewed fascination with the faucet, floating boats, and rubber ducks. We both laugh as he tries to grab hold of the magical liquid. RELATED: I Have Cancer And It’s Teaching Me How To Be Happy On the night of my son’s first birthday, after the second slice of birthday cake and a glass of champagne, I indulged in a long shower — permitting myself to shampoo, condition, and mask my hair; exfoliate and shave above my knees....

Eventually, I realized I was attracted both sexually and emotionally to the older guys at my school, an all-male boarding school that had been founded by James 1st in 1603. Steeped in history and religious tradition, any whisper of alternative orientations would have spelled disaster. RELATED: 8 Rules My Parents Had That Made Me Comfortable With My Sexuality Back then the term coming out hadn’t even been coined yet and to fess up to being anything other than heterosexual would have been completely out of the question....

Earlier this year, I said adios to corporate America and turned to freelance writing to keep me sane while staying at home with my children full-time. It’s a good thing I did—a few months later, my husband’s schedule shifted, and he was required to be out of town Monday morning through late Wednesday night. Every. Single. Week. I’ll admit it. When I first heard about this shift, a wave of mild panic swept over me....

Putting aside the time I was skinny due to illness, let’s discuss my acting phase. I had just gotten home from an audition (I didn’t get it) and I was discussing my career aspirations with my father. “You may need to lose weight. This industry is harsh and you have to look a certain way,” he told me. Immediately, I decided that I was going on a diet. However, my diet consisted of starving myself, binge eating, vomiting, and having the scale remain the same....

Nothing? Correct. RELATED: How To Tell If A Guy Likes You — Or If He Just Wants You To Send Nudes It’s one thing if you take it upon yourself to share intimate photos with someone you’re in a relationship with, someone you trust enough to keep your photos safe. It’s good for your relationship, even. But that’s a lot different than seeing a “send nudes” text on your phone screen out of nowhere....

A friend asked if I could give his friend a place to crash because this friend-of-a-friend needed somewhere to sleep for a couple of days. People-pleaser that I was, I said “yes.” My friend also told me that this guy had a girlfriend in his hometown and was just passing through for a while. RELATED: 12 Men Describe The Exact Moment They Fell Out Of Love With Their Partners There was something different about the guy who crashed at my place, though....

As it turns out, living in other people’s apartments is more thought-provoking than it first seems. It’s like being given a little window into people, their lives, what matters to them, and their culture. Not only that, the whole process can teach you more about yourself and your priorities than a permanent home in your own country ever could. The one thing living in Airbnb is not is just a place to lay your head at night....

Every movie or show I grew up watching instilled in me the family values that would become the motivation for how to manage my life: Marriage, babies, house, drinking tea on my wrap-around porch in the summer while watching my kids play in the front yard. I begged my husband for a baby. I cried, I screamed, and I even left the house one time in a fit of rage after punching a wall (thus ruining our security deposit on that apartment)....

I was prescribed a routine course of antibiotics and took my first dose that evening. I thought nothing of it because I had taken antibiotics plenty of times in the past without any issues. But, when I awoke the following morning, I felt worse than I had ever felt in my life. My skin appeared to be grey, my lips were pale, my insides were on fire, my heart was racing, and cold sweat flowed from my pores....

Ed Sheeran and Tori Kelly sing the lyrics, “I don’t know what we should do, darling I was made for loving you.” I love both of them as artists. They are both amazing people and both have more musical talent in their left toe than I do in my whole being, but their lyrics in this song are so off. They are sweet, of course, and it’s a nice thought that there is someone out there made perfectly for loving us, but it just makes them seem very flat as people....

Losing the person who you thought would be yours forever may be the hardest thing that you’ll ever face. You spent your entire relationship imagining the future you’ll build with your partner, and you may even marry them. But once you feel your heart shatter in your chest, no other emotion can compare. Suddenly, the names you chose for your children disappear, the warm bed you once shared feels colder, and the home in which you spent every day together becomes dark and dreary....

Watching her fight and survive breast cancer made me realize that my boobs were more than just circular sweater lures, they were a part of my body, and I needed to take care of them. I will never forget that first mammogram and the rows of pamphlets in the waiting room. Smiling women, calmly staring off the glossy paper, some riding bikes, others enjoying coffee, all eager to share with me the facts I needed to know about my boobs … and how they could kill me....

The concerns emerged after Whoopi Goldberg gave Walters a birthday shoutout earlier this week on “The View.” “To the one and only Barbara Walters, who had a birthday yesterday, we wanna say, 27 never looked so good!" Goldberg said as a smiling photo of Walters appeared on the screen. RELATED: Halsey Sparks Concerns With Instagram Post Reflecting On ‘Deep Sadness’ & ‘Loneliness’ However, viewers became concerned about Walters’ health, especially since she hasn’t been in the public eye for quite some time....

But the case has also shined a light on the lack of attention given to missing Indigenous women and other people of color. And one notable absense from these cases is Dog himself, who so often references his alleged Native American heritage. Is Dog The Bounty Hunter Native American? Dog has previously claimed that his mother was half Chiricahua Apache and seems to strongly identify with Native Americans, often wearing feathers in his hair and traditional Native American jewelry....

And because of that, everyone is going to have a different opinion about whether kissing is cheating. Is kissing cheating when you’re in a relationship? According to a bunch of surveys, people are definitely divided on the subject! Some people think it’s only cheating if you do something physical, while others consider emotional affairs a deal breaker. Some couples break up over it — others work it out. It all depends on the individual situation....

In a matter of hours, Instagram was flooded with people posting pictures of their pets with an “Add Yours” interactive sticker prompting others to do the same. The post started trending on Instagram and up to 4.1 million users shared a picture thinking they were helping the environment. Everyone started wondering who was behind all this and how they were going to plant so many trees? Is the ‘plant 1 tree for every pet picture’ Instagram trend a scam?...

Often, it’s happening right where you are. Perhaps not in such obvious ways, but sometimes we are so close to the people we love or work with, that we cannot see that their “difficult” behavior is actually downright abusive and dangerous. Look around in your own life. Is there a partner, family member, child, or co-worker who seems difficult to deal with most of the time? Do you know how to tell the difference between “difficult” and “dangerous”?...

Let’s be honest with one another, I think we owe each other that much. Things aren’t going very well between us. I resent you for the littlest things, and you yell at me over my old habits. RELATED: If He’s Really “The One,” These 10 Things Will Happen In Your Relationship The thing about us is that you changed so much in my life. I wasn’t one of those people who fantasized about their wedding, believed in soulmates, or ever pictured myself moving in with someone....

The 50-year-old actor was photographed walking arm-in-arm with Korchina while the two were out to dinner on July 7. Earlier that same day, the rumored couple was spotted snorkeling in the sea with friends. In one photo of the two at dinner, Korchina was captured resting her head on his shoulder. RELATED: 5 Times Jared Leto Took Method Acting Too Far & Why Actors Are Beginning To Speak Out Against It Leto’s alleged relationship with Korchina has sparked conversation around the actor’s controversial dating history....

In a lengthy Instagram post, Aryn Drake-Lee, 40, shared with her followers the struggle of trying to co-parent. Jesse Williams’ ex-wife says his traveling for work is taking a toll on their kids. “Is it good for the health and wellness of a 7yr and 8yr old to be taken out of school on a regular basis to fly cross country overnight on a red eye to be on the ground for two days?...