Candice Jalili

I have a hard time stopping working. A lot of it has to do with my job. I work part-time for one company and then I have to find time outside of that to do freelance work for others. This means I'm pretty much constantly working. But I'm not alone…

Movies and TV have presented the friends with benefits turned long term relationship narrative as the modern day love story. Don't get me wrong. I love movies like Friends with Benefits and No Strings Attached but those movies have trained us to…

When my boyfriend and I first started dating, he accompanied me on a trip home to San Francisco. One night we went out with a bunch of my friends from high school and college, and a random guy wouldn't stop drunkenly hitting on me. I loved the way…

For those of you who aren't in the know, everyone's favorite Jersey Shore star, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi celebrates her fourth wedding anniversary this November. I know, I was just as sad about not having been invited to her big day as you were. But,…

For those of you who forgot the whole Arie-Lauren-Becca drama on the last season of The Bachelor, here's a little refresher. At the end of his season, Arie Luyendyk Jr. proposed to Becca Kufrin. But he changed his mind, and dumped Kufrin on national…

As wonderful and magical and exciting as dating can be, it can also be, well, kind of a major pain. But, even the worst dating struggles come with one gleaming silver lining: You're not alone. Anyone who's ever listened to any song about any sort of…

One of our biggest flaws as human beings is our constant need to compare ourselves to others. We do this in every realm of our lives. We compare our careers to those of others, we compare our friends to those of others, we compare our relationships…

I can't really remember whether I heard this quote from a friend or from a movie, but I once heard the sensation of an orgasm being described as "letting out a sneeze very slowly after your nose had been tickling for awhile." I thought that was…

Anyone familiar with Kim Kardashian's love story with Kanye West knows the two were good friends long before they got together. In his song, "Theraflu," West admits he had feelings for her throughout their friendship, even when she was married to…

When it comes to dating, everyone has some sort of deal-breaker. If you're sitting there thinking you're an exception to this rule just wait it out. You'll find out your dating deal-breaker in due time. For me, it's bailing. I cannot stand people…

When my cousin and I were younger, we used to dream of one day meeting two boy cousins who we would fall in love with and marry in a joint wedding. Then the four of us would move in together and live our lives as one big happy family until the end…

I'm brown and my boyfriend is pretty much as white as it gets. I'm lucky that the society we live in doesn't make me feel like this is abnormal in the same way that it may have a few years ago. That being said, there's one place where I'm constantly…

Whenever one of my friends finds out an ex has officially moved on, my first instinct is always to set her up with someone who can love them better than their ex ever did. Of course, my friend can be totally happy on her own and there's no real need…

In case you missed the memo, this is officially the summer of love. Like, seriously. If you're an A-list celebrity and you somehow managed not to get engaged this summer, IDK what you're even doing. OK, I'm obviously exaggerating a bit. There are…

In case you missed it, A-list celebrities are getting engaged left and right this summer. For example, in just a blink of an eye, Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber somehow managed to get back together, go on a five-star vacation around the world, and…

Society has an unfortunate tendency of gendering almost everything human beings do. For example, financial success, physical strength, and drinking beer are all reserved for men while being in touch with our sensitive sides, sipping on cosmos and…

Unlike most celebrities in this day and age, Beyonce keeps relatively quiet when it comes to her personal life. In addition to her extraordinary skills as a performer, it's fair to say that the mystery surrounding her private life helps to maintain…

There are plenty of ways to ensure your partner won't cheat on you. You could pull a Michael Scott and explicitly ask them not to. You could go with my own personal approach and just, you know, choose to be in a relationship with a person you…

I don't necessarily believe in the concept of "the one." I firmly believe that there are multiple people out there that could make us happy for the rest of our lives. I like to think of each of these people as possible "ones" we can end up with. But…

Trying to make it for the long haul in a relationship is already hard enough if you're a regular person. And, while I can't speak from personal experience, I would have to imagine that trying to make your relationship last under intense public…