Every night when I went to sleep over the past several years, I’ve pictured variations of the same fantasy in my head. It’s embarrassingly domestic and boring of me, because I wish I had more interesting fantasies than this, and because it’s embarrassing to admit how cheesy and in love I am — but I’d… Read More What I learned from living with my boyfriend for six months
This post is an excerpt from a self-help e-book I’m writing about long distance relationships. The reason I started blogging in the first place was because I felt like I had gone through so much in my own relationships, so I wanted to put advice out to everyone that I wish I could have given… Read More Why Getting into a Long Distance Relationship is the Worst Thing You Can Do in Your Teens
Let me just start off by saying that in my logical, reasonable mind, I trust my partner with all my heart. He’s been perfect, never makes me feel worried about the possibility of him cheating, and reassures me that he cares about me by texting me constantly throughout the day and giving me his full… Read More How to Deal with Instagram-related Jealousy and Insecurities
Writing for Lovescrewed started out as a way for me to reconcile with the bad relationships I had in the past and learn from them, while I went on my journey to becoming a whole person and loving myself. But then I stopped writing early in 2014 because I got into a new relationship and… Read More The 10 Commandments of a Healthy Relationship
Recently, I publicly shared my coming out story. Coming out has been a gradual process for me. Since I’m not dating any girls yet, it hasn’t been a huge issue that I felt like everyone needed to know about. For the most part, I told people about it when the subject came up organically. This… Read More How I Came Out to My Little Siblings
This is something everyone should find relatable — nobody is perfect. Most people have a mental checklist of qualities they look for in a partner. For example, my ideal guy would be 6 ft or taller, have amazing dark eyebrows (basically I just want someone who looks vaguely like Brandon Routh and will serenade me… Read More What to Do When Your Partner Isn’t Perfect
She checks his phone when he’s not looking. Or she makes him give her his phone so she can check it in front of him. He proposes to her after they’ve dated for a month and gets upset when she wants to take it more slowly. They have each other’s Facebook passwords. Or worse, they… Read More How to Get Out of a Toxic Relationship