May 15, 2019 at 07:00AM by CWC At a post-wedding brunch I recently attended, reception talk quickly turned to honeymoon talk. The bride and groom weren’t going on theirs right away, and the other couples at my table were trading stories of what they did for their honeymoons—the good, the bad, the stress-inducing. That left… Continue Reading →

May 14, 2019 at 11:07AM by CWC It took me 27 years to be in what I would consider a long-term relationship. Although I met my boyfriend—who is, by the way, 31 and also had not previously been in a “serious” relationship—when I was 25, we weren’t really, truly committed until recently. My lack of… Continue Reading →

May 13, 2019 at 02:00AM by CWC Everyone I know who’s happily coupled up seems to say the same thing: When you meet the right person, it’s effortless. You can debate the finer points of cauliflower vs. regular pizza crust without arguing, you have the same taste in terrible reality TV, and there’s never any… Continue Reading →

April 30, 2019 at 07:49AM by CWC People receive love differently, so knowing your love language and communicating it can help you and your S.O. get on the same page and also give your friendships a hearty dose of meaningfulness. And, guess what? It can also improve the most important relationship in your life—the one… Continue Reading →

April 29, 2019 at 04:00PM by CWC My newfound obsession with astrology started, as most things do nowadays, with an Instagram post. Last year, Co-Star, the personalized astrology app, shared an illustration of a Pisces bingo board, which looked exactly as it sounds: a card where you mark off Pisces traits you exhibit, like “using… Continue Reading →

April 26, 2019 at 08:28AM by CWC For transparency’s sake, I feel compelled to share that this isn’t exactly a How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days “love fern.” For one, we didn’t share custody; the plant was mine. Her best friend and her best friend’s boyfriend gifted it when the four of us… Continue Reading →

April 25, 2019 at 02:00AM by CWC If you’ve ever had any kind of relationship with someone who frequently needed validation, had trouble establishing trust, or felt distant (and who hasn’t?!), you’re already familiar with some hallmark signs of adult attachment styles—whether or not you’re aware of it. The relationship-personality test de rigueur, the 5… Continue Reading →

April 10, 2019 at 09:51AM by CWC Black holes are known for massive gravitational pull so strong that it sucks in everything that gets close to it, including planets and stars. Even light can’t escape it. On April 10, when astronomers unveiled the first photograph of one of these insatiable cosmic chasms, the impossible suddenly… Continue Reading →

April 01, 2019 at 03:00AM by CWC When my devastated super-monogamous friend told me that her Bumble hookup had been hiding his open relationship from her, I all but texted “Mazel Tov!” while Taylor Swift’s “Welcome to New York” played in my head. At least in the Big Apple, it seems that only the Bronx… Continue Reading →