Relationships

Feeling Overwhelmed by the Long Weekend? Here’s a Quick Guide to Setting Some Boundaries

Happy Chocolate Day! The Easter weekend is upon us which means everyone has four days off work and school holidays are in full swing. Whilst it often means eating some yummy food and good films on the telly, it also can bring with it all of the extended family coming over for roast dinners and

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How to Win at Being a Long-Distance Friend

Your pals are important right? They cheer you up when your sad, hang out with you when you’re bored, put you back together after a break up and make you laugh until you cry. However, some of us can be a bit guilty of neglecting out friends from time to time. Life can get away

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6 Last Minute Ideas for Mother’s Day on a Budget

Whether it’s your Mum, your Nan, Sister, Dad, Auntie, Step Mum, Foster Mum, two Mums, two Dads – Mother’s Day is about celebrating the people in your life who take care of you, no matter who they are. When you are on a budget though, getting ideas to spoil someone is never easy. That’s why

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What is Asexuality?

It might be the ‘A’ in LGBTQUIA+, but asexuality doesn’t get a lot of press. As a result, it is not very well understood by the public at large, with many wrongly characterising it as a mental illness, a hormone disorder, or an inability to get anyone to date. None of these are true, and

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How NOT to Lose Friends Online: 6 Tips for Social Media Communication

We have all done it or know someone who has. You’ve been chatting away on social media to a pal, when suddenly they get upset. It seems like it’s out of nowhere, right? In a world where we spend more and more time talking to friends and making plans online rather than in person, it

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What is ‘Attractive’?

We’ve all had days when it seems impossible to feel attractive, and days when we feel like the best thing since sliced bread. Research by Lynx found that guys feel and are most attractive when they are comfortable being themselves, and we wanted to find out if you guys feel the same. On Valentine’s Day,

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7 Tips to Help You Forgive Someone

Forgiving: It’s easier said than done, right? When someone hurts or betrays you, it is natural to feel upset or angry. it’s so hard to let go of such painful feelings – especially if you feel that someone has broken your trust. But take it from us: holding a grudge does nothing to change or

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What Not to Say to a Depressed Person

Depression doesn’t take your personal circumstances into account. It doesn’t care what car you drive, it doesn’t care about race or religion or where you were born. It doesn’t care about your upbringing or whether or not you are in a relationship. Depression indiscriminately picks people, regardless of what they have or have not been

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What Guys Really Think about ‘Lad Culture’

Ditch the Label got a bunch of lads together to tell us what they really thought about ‘lad culture’… We’ve all been on the receiving end of some laddish banter and most likely we’ve probably dished out our fair share of it, too. Every guy who ever lived has probably been told to “man up”

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10 Tips for Making a Fresh Start at School

So, the first half of this term didn’t quite go to plan? Fear not guys – it’s never too late to turn it around! For people who have experienced bullying, the first day back can be overwhelming and for those who want to change things up a bit – it’s hard to know where to

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