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Living in Sin: The Security Blanket

March 23, 2011

Being 25 and in a relationship is a strange thing. Everything changes quickly. It’s like you get used to spending Saturdays doing coupley things like lounging around in your PJs after a date night on Friday…and the next thing you know, you’re spending Saturdays doing coupley things like fighting over gender-neutral bedding during trips to [...]

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Life’s a Beach

February 21, 2011

As I said on Friday, my friend Jordan has seen me at my worst — including my worst tequila stories. I guess it was only fair that eventually, he’d pass that torch on to a new man. Still, I wasn’t sure if I could let anyone else see me like that — nor was I [...]

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Lesson #69: On Valentine’s Day

February 15, 2011

Oh, you guys. My first Valentine’s Day as part of a couple was…something. The following lesson wasn’t fun to learn, but if sharing it here will keep you from telling your boyfriend to fuck off in public, then maybe this weekend wasn’t a total loss. Now, since this is “The Life & Lessons of Rachel [...]

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Thump Thump.

February 14, 2011

Today is one of those days that makes everybody feel a lot of feelings, so I thought I’d share some of my past posts — I’m pretty sure something will apply to you no matter what, exactly, those feelings might be. Rule #2: No Secret Crushes Rule #7: Chemistry is King; Rule #8: If a [...]

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Valentine’s Day: It’s the Forethought That Counts

February 10, 2011

This morning over breakfast, the following conversation took place. “Eric, I’m going to need you to not read my blog today. People have been asking me for Valentine’s Day gift suggestions and the only ones I have are the gifts I am giving you. So don’t read,” I said. “So let me get this straight,” [...]

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Love is Patient, Love is Kind, It Plans Valentine’s Day, It Does Not Try to Get You to Do it Yourself

February 9, 2011

Eric and I were walking through Target on Saturday morning and as we approached the checkout, he turned to me and said, “So…you haven’t given me any hints about what you’d like to do for Valentine’s Day.” I put on my best, “What day?” face, as though I was completely unaware that one of my [...]

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Love Means Never Having to Say “I’m Hungry”

February 8, 2011

This Valentine’s Day, I’m excited to be able to cook for someone else, but I definitely did not need a guy as my reason to make a lot of great recipes last year. I simply made what looked good and then force-fed everything to my family. It’s the single girl way, and I’ve always been [...]

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Lesson #60: How to Host a Tree Decorating Party for Two

December 16, 2010

When you love Christmas as much as I do, you can’t help but get excited when the time comes to decorate. Especially when you’ve spent two decades single and now you get to force invite someone to join you for the first time. Step 1. Put on festive decorating gear. Step 2. Choose seasonal entertainment. [...]

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Lessons #53 & 54: On Sick Days

November 17, 2010

Lesson #53: There is no better sick day food than grilled cheese and tomato soup. Lesson #54: If you take advantage of your boyfriend when he’s doped up on cold medicine, you’ll get what you deserve.

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Pretty Little Things

October 28, 2010

I’m not slutty, I just lust a lot. Besides lusting over, well, things you’d typically lust over, I also lust over all things pretty, from fresh flowers to pink cupcakes to gorgeous stationary. I think I’m supposed to be too “edgy” for this sort of behavior but…I just can’t help myself! It takes all my [...]

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