In the year 2016, man is still evolving. Each moment gives us a chance to shed worthless, dangerous ideas and give way to a more evolved self. With that, the idea of manhood is also changing. As I look at who men are today, where we have come from, and where we going, I wanted to list seven harmful traits we can get rid of when measuring what a man is. These are misogynistic, sexist, homophobic, and foolish trains of thought that do not serve us any purpose, but to weigh us down in the mire of stupidity and idiocy. If you know a man that references any of these…

How common are office romances? baranq/Shutterstock While you might have a hard and steadfast rule against dating a coworker, Vicki Salemi, Monster.com career expert says office romances are more common than we might think. In fact, in a recent study, 38 percent of co-workers say they’ve dated a coworker at some point in their professional career. Why? Salemi says it’s a simple truth that too many singles know to be true: meeting someone is a lot of work. “It can be challenging to meet someone outside the office and considering we spend so much time working, it’s likely for relationships to organically form,” she notes. Looking to see if there’s…

Laughable, at least, in the sense that claiming you’ve outgrown a person or a relationship suggests that you’ve involuntarily become bigger than the relationship. A partner is not a pair of pants, and you can’t outgrow them like a bean sprout of a teenager who grew four inches over the summer. As full-grown adults – we clean out our closets for many reasons. Because we left an old job, chose a new job, had a baby, or are bored and looking to spice up our life. We clean out our closets by choice, and rarely out of true necessity. To say we “outgrow” a partner seems to imply something that…

Stepping out of that 33-year ‘starter marriage’ and meeting Terry—a man who had also been in a 33-year starter marriage—was beyond fascinating. About ten months after leaving another relationship and noticing each other at various events, we connected on Valentine’s Day. When Terry mentioned he liked jazz, I told him about a place where there was a very talented jazz musician and talked about getting a group of people together to go out dancing. He called me the next day and let me know that if I got a group together, he’d love to join us. I told him I didn’t know about getting a group together right away and…

As a vegan for the last five years (and veg for a decade), I’ve learned a bit about being healthy and strong on plants. For those who would like to learn about it, I’m offering this guide (as a non-expert fellow learner). I had a reader write to me about becoming vegetarian, and say that he went back to the gym and feels very weak. They didn’t like the feeling they got after eating meat, so wanted a change, but they’re worried about feeling weak. Some things to say about this: It’s not necessarily eating vegetarian that is causing you to feel weak — it could be a number of…

Do you find yourself gravitating toward partners who are dominating, controlling, or both? Early relationships are often based on projected material. We gravitate to people who let us do what we know how to do. The early patterns of interactions that we learned with our opposite-sex parent might lead us to the same patterns again, that which we know how to do: our comfort zone. And even though we would prefer different experiences, we gravitate to the familiar, thinking that we can handle that.   You might go along, to get along because you feel that you can handle it; after all, you have for most of your life. However,…

I’ve been through some shit you might’ve thought you’d never experience. I’m sure you’ve been through your own trials, too. I’ve held my five-month-old son in my arms while he seized uncontrollably multiple times per day. Doctors had no idea what was going on. I was diagnosed with cancer and fought that for many years before getting the full-recovery nod in 2015. I have been in toxic relationships and worked for toxic employers. I’ve had toxic friendships. And at no point did I ever think that any of this was on me. I was a victim and none of it was my fault. Society wants you to believe it’s not…

When teacher Marielle Slagel Keller was thinking about who she would choose as the flower girl and ring bearer at her wedding, the only kiddos who came to mind were her own students.   The bride teaches a kindergarten/first grade combination class. “Half of the students I have had in my class for two years and the other half I have again this year,” she explained. Marielle, who teaches a combined kindergarten and first grade class at IPS Butler Lab School in Indianapolis, Indiana, tied the knot with Mike Keller on June 24. Back in December, she invited her class to join her on the big day. “My sister does calligraphy, so…

The right to one’s opinions is more of a human need for stability. Only by acknowledging this need can we become stronger and more informed as a society. By Eugene Lim Editor’s Note: This post is the opinion of the author and does not necessarily represent any online publication. Imagine you heard or read this hypothetical passage: “Nobody knows more about politics than I do. A lot of people out there, they just talk. I know them; they don’t know anything. They don’t know me, which is a pity. The fact is, nobody knows more about anything than I do. Look at Hillary Clinton over there. Believe me, I know everything…

When was the last time that you woke up after a long sleep feeling irritated and fatigued? Last night??? It varies from person to person, but the most common reason is your mattress. If you are a sleep junkie; people who love to sleep and don’t like anything to interfere with the beautiful sleep you will never compromise the quality of your mattress. Some of the common problems with the mattress which disturb sleep are: Over Heating- There are a large variety of mattresses on the market. Without knowing the materials and how it affects mattress quality, we tend to purchase based on a salesman. Some materials retain body heat…