When Two (or More) Become One: Relationship Budgeting for the Financial Planning Adverse
Money makes the world go ’round and also you need it to pay for things because capitalism. So let’s talk about relationship finances after moving in together.
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You Need Help: Always Her Bridesmaid and Never Her Bride
She’s engaged TO him, but engaged WITH you — and you’re not sure how much more of this you can take.
Linked Like We Once Were
It was so easy to stay in touch until it wasn’t: Until my resentment exceeded my love for her, until her fear exceeded her hope. But the world we made lingers.
You Should Go: Speed-Dating at the Strand, Plus How to Speed-Date Like a Champ
‘Tis the season to have a blast with some queers and find someone new to read graphic novels with while watching Love Actually and smoking some firme bud by the fire.
Bedroom Bloodsport: Navigating Unexpected Blood in Sexy Situations
Dating is a bloodsport unto itself, but for me it’s gotten too real — two too many times. Here’s some advice from my bleeding heart to yours on how to deal if you ever find yourself in a sexy bloody situation.
A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Gifts For Your Long-Distance Love
These crafty creations will help you bridge the physical gap with your long-distance love this holiday season.
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Jenna
” I, it turns out, am even more kinky than I had previously imagined, and you are less so, and so and thus.”
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Becky
“That’s another thing I don’t miss about you: how you’ll interrupt strangers on the street if you think they’re blaspheming Harry Potter.”
22 Badass QTPOC Couples That Make Our Hearts Flutter
Visibility for lesbian and queer couples is better than it’s ever been but still not as great and inclusive as it could be, which is why The Speakeasy took matters into our own hands.
You Need Help: How To Let Her Down Easy
What to do when you’re just not that into the girl you’ve been dating.
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Meg
Grace: It’s fine.
Meg: It’s fine, everything’s fine, this is normal.
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Alex
“Do you know what we were arguing over? Free food at the event we had just come from and the fact that you didn’t eat it and I did.”
Interview With My Ex-One-Night-Stand: Fiona
Fiona: Some people are going to be upset by the suckling pig.
Flirting with Danger: Dating Fails on the Autism Spectrum
“Satisfactory social responses are often more obvious to nonautistic individuals. My behavior can be misinterpreted as ludicrous excuses or just being a jerk, when I’m simply lacking social knowledge.”
Loving the Women Who Look Like Me: Queer Black Women in Love
I realized that one of the hardest parts about accepting my sexual orientation was that I literally did not believe that Black women were lesbians, bisexuals, pansexuals, asexuals or queer. I want to see stories of Black women with happy endings that entwine with my own realities and fantasies. I want to see us Black women no longer the Unmentionables or Untouchables, unafraid of the power and beauty of us loving one another.
Five Ways to Escape Your Terrible Date
Should I just go to the bathroom and never come out? Should I fake a heart attack? Tell them I got my period and it’s just a beautiful MESS that I need to stop and worship?
26 Really Special Ways You Described Your Relationship Status In The Autostraddle Reader Survey
“I am so alone please send cats”
Top 5 Movies to Watch Before You Break Up with Someone
Please don’t watch all of these in one day. You’ll die.
Listling Without Commentary: How You Met Your Significant Other(s)
“At a meeting of Xena: Warrior Princess in Brazil”
You Need Help: You Fell In Love With A Girl and It’s Exploding Your Whole Life
So you fell in love with a girl and it upended your life with family, kids and religion. What now?
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Amazing Girlfriends and God-Awful Lesbian Movies
HEY this is an open thread! What are you doing tonight? What are you drinking? What are you watching? Get in here!