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How to ‘Supercool’ Your Home (and Why You Should)
If you have some sort of air conditioning in your home, you are among the lucky ones — at least it feels that way until the energy bill arrives. If epic utility bills are making you sweat, there’s one strategy you can try that may seem counterintuitive on the surface but can keep your home…
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Your Hotel Mini-Fridge Might Not Be a Real Fridge
Have you ever stuck your restaurant leftovers in a hotel mini fridge only to wonder the next morning why they’re so…warm? You’re not imagining it. Hotel refrigerators are often set to a temperature that keeps drinks cool, but is’t cold enough to keep food or medications out of the “danger zone.”
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You Should Consider a Relationship Contract
Love is exciting and fulfilling — at least, until the dishes and laundry start piling up. Before you know it, the honeymoon is over on your new relationship and you’re arguing with your partner over chores, finances, and general responsibilities like everyone else. Enter, the relationship contract. It might sound a little stuffy, but according…
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Why You Shouldn’t Call Your Partner ‘Needy’
If you’ve ever thought of a partner as “needy,” in a way, you might be right — according to attachment theory, an anxious attachment can develop in adults who received inconsistent caregiving and did not have their needs met in childhood. Anxiously attached adults often seek approval, support, and reassurance from their partners. However, labelling…