A Broken Heart

The journey through a broken heart is tough, but you don't have to go it alone. This category is your supportive guide to navigating breakups, loss, and the pain of moving on. Find expert strategies for emotional recovery, rebuilding self-worth, embracing singlehood, and transforming your past love into future confidence. Learn how to heal and grow stronger.

Is your relationship strained? Learn the signs, causes, and fixes. A woman in a floral dress stands far above a bearded man who reaches up toward her with his hand.
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Is Your Relationship Strained? Signs, Causes, & How to Fix It

Living in constant harmony with your partner is a dream for so many couples—but the reality is that conflicts happen, feelings get hurt, and life’s stressors can disrupt even the most agreeable relationship. Problems arise when these issues aren’t managed or resolved, which can lead to relationship tension and strain.  Learn about strained relationship signs, […]

Is your man afraid to commit? Read why some men are afraid of commitment and learn how to navigate this situation with your partner.
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7 Top Reasons Why Men Are Afraid of Commitment

Is the man in your life dragging his feet in the relationship department? Does he seem to be afraid of commitment? It’s time to learn about commitment issues and how to navigate them in any relationship.  Read on to get helpful context for why some men are afraid of commitment and tips on dealing with […]

Learn why people delay breaking up until after Christmas and the holiday season.
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The Holiday Hold-On: Why People Delay Breakups Until After the Holidays

The holidays have a way of magnifying whatever we’re feeling. Joy feels brighter, stress feels heavier, and relationship doubts can echo a little louder. For many, this season becomes a time of “holding on,” even when the heart is already halfway out the door. Tawkify asked 1,000 Americans about the quiet, complicated topic of why […]

If you’re in between relationships, it’s time to feel single and proud! Check out our list of our favorite quotes about being single for inspiration.
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50 Best Single Life Quotes | Celebrate Your Singlehood!

While there’s certainly nothing wrong with being single, you may find days when you feel a little down or lonelier than usual. Sometimes, you might need a single anthem encouraging you to wave your single flag high and proud! At other times, you may crave a more thoughtful and inspirational take on your singlehood, reminding […]

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Is It Right Or Is It Wrong?

Since we’re in the professional matchmaking business, we run into a lot of different people with interesting stories about their past relationships. Something that we try to remind them is it’s one thing to be in a relationship–it’s something else entirely to be in one that is right for them…

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Honesty Box: Your Worst First Date Ever

Part audition, part interview, part gauntlet. No one seems to be overly fond of the unavoidable first date. Of course, without it, there’d be no seconds, or thirds, or marriages or children. So that’s that. Unless you have a Tawkify Matchmaker to “go on” all of your potentially terrible first dates for you when they screen potential matches, you’re just stuck, we’re afraid. Besides the pressure of choosing the right place, wearing the right thing and talking about all the right stuff, what’s the big deal, anyway. Suffice it to say, first impressions are, indeed, quite lasting and our first date feedback loop definitely bears this out…

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What Would You Say… if you had the chance?

This month, the website, The Good Men Project, featured pieces from two guest writers, Patrick Sallee and Arianna Jeret. Patrick wrote “An Open Letter to the Woman I Want,” and Arianna wrote “An Open Letter to the Man I Want.” Here’s what they’d have to say, if they had the chance…

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The Art Of Not Knowing

“Failure is the condiment that makes success taste so good.” –Truman Capote Capote’s words speak to many aspects of life–but I quote him today as we take a closer look at the art of not knowing in relation to dating and finding love…

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To Reject & Be Rejected

Rejection. At some point, we all have to dish it out–and we all have to take it. In matters of the heart, rejection is an even scarier monster. But why are we so afraid? Dr. Glenn Croston, author of “The Real Story of Risk,” attempts to answer this question in his recent article, The Thing We Fear More Than […]

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Friends Without Benefit

Toxic friends. Whether we want to admit it or not, all of us have had at least one. We have covered unhealthy romantic relationships before, but what about unhealthy platonic relationships? What are some of the indicators of an unhealthy friendship? LifeHack recently published a thorough list of indicators…

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Why Can’t We Be Friends?

In a recent post by Jezebel, “Taking a Break to Be Friends Is the Most Baffling Activity Known to Humankind,” the conversation turns to couples who decide to break up—sometimes without technically calling it that—in order to be friends. Uh huh…

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