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Invite someone over before the boxes are unpacked

Moving costs you every friend you had within driving distance. Rebuilding that takes about a year, and it starts with one specific Tuesday.

GuideDatingMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Introducing her to your people without making it an audition

Friends first, family second, and never at Christmas. How to run the introduction so she's welcomed instead of interviewed.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Put Your Daughter On The Calendar Before Her Friends Do

A standing hour with your daughter isn't sentimental. It's the cheapest way to show her what a man's full attention actually looks like.

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The workout you don't skip because she's already on the call

Training with a friend over video works, but only if you build it like an appointment and kill the chatting until the cool-down.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideDatingMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Long Distance Only Works If Somebody's Moving

A relationship with 900 miles in it needs a date on the calendar and a name attached to the moving truck. Everything else is just a very expensive friendship.

GuideMarriageMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

What Couples Married Fifty Years Do That The Rest Of Us Skip

Fifty years is about 18,260 days. Nobody gets there on chemistry. Here are the small habits that carry the ones who are still friends.

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GuideMomsNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Real Mom Friendships Start When Somebody Goes First

A park bench conversation isn't a friendship yet. What turns it into one is an invitation, a repeat, and the nerve to be the one who asks.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideBoys & GirlsNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Help a Shy Child Make One Friend, Not Ten

Ninety minutes, one kid, your living room floor. The quiet way shy children build a real friendship, and the pushing that backfires.

GuideMarriageCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Protecting the Team After the Kids Arrive

Babies don't break marriages. Drift does. A practical plan for staying friends through the years when every hour is spoken for.</title> <dek>Babies don't break marriages. Drift does. A practical plan for staying friends through the years when every hour is spoken for.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideDatingMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Everybody's Getting Married and You're Still at Table 14

Wedding season is brutal when you're the last single guy in the group. Here's how to use the wait instead of resenting it.

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GuideCommunityJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

How to Start Visiting the Elderly and Actually Keep Showing Up

Call the activities director, ask one question, and be prepared for the paperwork. The rest is just sitting down and staying twenty minutes.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideMarriageMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Forty Date Nights Under Twenty Dollars

Money was never the reason your date night died. Protect the slot, spend the twenty bucks, and use this list when neither of you can think of anything.

GuideDatingMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Say Yes to the Next Three Setups

The oldest matchmaking system in America still works, and it runs on friends who know you. Stop turning it down.

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GuideCommunityNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

How to Stop Being the New Guy in Town

You get about ninety days after a move before your habits harden. Spend them on purpose and you'll have real friends by spring.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

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The apartment workshop that doesn't earn you a complaint letter

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Where the marriage-minded women actually are after thirty

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideCommunityRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Pick Three Local Businesses and Give Them Your Regular Money

The December splurge at the gift shop doesn't keep anybody's doors open. Predictable monthly spending does, and so do four other things most customers never think to do.