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Love In The Time of Matador: Navigating the Waters of an Open Relationship

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Matador editor Christine Garvin reflects on an open relationship where she fell in love with a married man.  More »

10 PR Skills Everyone Can Use for Life, Work, or Love

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Public Relations specialist Ann Quasarano lays out ten simple PR strategies you can use to manage and improve your personal and professional lives.  More »

How NOT to Internet Date

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The horrors and let-downs of searching for online romance.  More »

Love In the Time of Matador: The Easy Answer That’s Hard To Accept

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What do you do when everything in a relationship fits except the very worlds that you are occupying?  More »

Love In the Time of Matador: How’d I End Up Here With You?

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Matador Life Editor Leigh Shulman talks about what it takes to make a relationship work long term.  More »

Postcards From Home: Playing the Catch Up Game

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Pastore Riel muses on old friends, and what it's like to catch up with them when you haven't seen them for so long.   More »

Love in the Time of Matador: Drawing Our Own Ghosts

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Angela Tung explains how a Buddhist monk helped her leave her cheating husband.  More »

Help, I Think My Dog Is Gay!

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After a "gay dog" in Australia is refused entry to a restaurant, Leigh Shulman starts to wonder about her new puppy, Mani.  More »

Love in the Time of Matador: Anatomy of a Tour Leader Relationship

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Nick Rowlands comes clean about his relationship with another tour leader in Egypt.  More »

Love in the Time of Matador: When the Boyfriend Stays Home

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Kelsey Freeman talks about her relationship with a man who would prefer to stay at home while she takes on the world.   More »

Absence Makes the Home Grow Fonder

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Morgan Leahy discusses the value of creating a home and staying in one place while her husband serves in the Navy  More »

Being With Yourself: Lessons in Lone Ranging

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Spending Valentine's Day alone need not be a sign of impending doom and depression.  More »

Home for the Holidays: How To Avoid Fights, Stress and Drama

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Family knows how to push your buttons like no one else. They've known us since the beginning and know exactly what to say to turn you back into a pout  More »

New Dating Website Helps Decide If You’re Beautiful

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Want to be beautiful and fall in love with other beautiful people across the world? Check out this new, fabulous dating website and be part of the bea  More »

A Budget Traveler’s Guide to Wedding Planning: 9 Useful Tips

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Sacrificing travel plans for a wedding ain't cool. Have your wedding cake and eat it too.  More »

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