How to deal with your shared friends post-break up

When you date someone for long enough, your friends stop being “his friends” and “my friends” and start being “our friends.” (If that’s not happening in your long term relationship with at least some of your friends, you need to ask yourself some questions about the health of your relationship.) And the “our friends” family growth is a beautiful thing, until the break up. Then, it’s a totally messy thing. Dealing with shared friends post-break up is never going to be a dream come true, but it doesn’t have to be your worst nightmare either. Read more

#AskPatti: Getting over heartbreak, looking for love, settling questions & more!

Ask Patti Stanger
Hello, hello! How are you all? Based on your fantastic questions, you guys are definitely feeling spring fever. And I’m 100% with you! Something about spring time just gets everyone’s romance juices flowing. It’s a great time to start dating someone new or double down with your partner and be really romantic with each other, like you’re back to those first few months of dating. Here are some of my favorite #AskPatti questions from this week. There were so many, I couldn’t do them all. But, check back soon. I’ll save all of them and answer them at some point! Read more

7 Things people who just got dumped don’t want to hear

Dumped girl sits on bed
Getting dumped is the stinking worst. You feel so low, angry and sad all at the same time. It makes you question your decision-making skills because you picked such a dud and question if you’re worthy of love at all. (Just to be clear, YOU ARE WORTHY OF LOVE! It’ll take a little healing to feel like you are again, though.) And just when you’re feeling as crappy as humanly possible, someone will say something that will make you feel impossibly worse, like… Read more