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Topic: Emotions

How I Learned To Cuddle

How I Learned To Cuddle

“I think you meant you need cuddling, not coddling,” read his text. He was wrong. I did not need to be cuddled; I needed to be coddled immediately. More »

Gallery: 10 Reasons It’s Hard To Be Upbeat

Gallery: 10 Reasons It's Hard To Be Upbeat

You have a cold in the middle of the summer

Your phone is shut off

You need a new matress

It's about to rain

Because being upbeat can be a real drag… More »

Nasal Spray That Will Make Your Relationships Just As Perfect As A Rom-Com

Nasal Spray That Will Make Your Relationships Just As Perfect As A Rom-Com

You may be smiling, but if the person across from you has been sniffing oxytocin, you can no longer hide the truth. You’re an exposed wound that is about to be seized with a bacteria you never even saw coming! More »

Should You Date An Actor?

Should You Date An Actor?

Let us weigh the pros and cons. More »

Crying Doesn’t Make You Feel Any Better, So Quit Your Blubbering

Crying Doesn't Make You Feel Any Better, So Quit Your Blubbering

A study recently conducted in the Netherlands suggests that the emotional benefits of crying are not nearly as great as we’ve come to believe. What? I know. More »

Forget Friends With Benefits. Let’s Bring Back Lovers.

Forget Friends With Benefits. Let's Bring Back Lovers.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that friends with benefits generally fail because the relationship is neither friendly nor beneficial. More »

Just Putting This Out There: I Think Charlie Sheen Is Emotionally Unstable

Just Putting This Out There: I Think Charlie Sheen Is Emotionally Unstable

Charlie Sheen just encouraged an audience of 3,000 people to chant “Fuck that bitch” at his ex and mother of his two children, Denise Richards. More »

The Heart Monitor: How to Deal with a Crying Woman

The Heart Monitor: How to Deal with a Crying Woman

I cry all the time.

Anything can set me off. Used to be bad PMS, a sad movie, or a break up would do the trick. If you sat me down in front of Beaches I was a rainstorm of emotion.

I’ve always been a crier, but my tear-stained bar is so much lower these days. I cry during heartstring-tugging coffee comercials. I run to the office bathroom and burst into tears after a stressful meeting. I disagree with my boyfriend about planning a trip and start sobbing. More »

Bullish: How to Win When the Workplace Runs on Feelings

Bullish: How to Win When the Workplace Runs on Feelings

Recently, a colleague of mine — a 24 year old woman in the market for a new assistant — told me that her previous assistants had complained that she never said thank you. “I hate saying thank you to people just for doing their jobs! Why should I have to thank them?”

(Note that, on Mad Men (Season 4, “The Suitcase”), Peggy Olson similarly complained “You never say thank you,” leading Don Draper to thunder, “THAT’S WHAT THE MONEY IS FOR!”) More »