Holly Riordan
Holly is the author of Severe(d): A Creepy Poetry Collection.
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I Am Never Going To Be Friends With Someone Who Broke My Heart
Maybe I am bitter. Maybe I am too immature to take the high road. Or maybe I'm too smart to put up with your bullshit for any longer.
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Zodiacs Ranked From Who Gets Right Into The Christmas Spirit To Who Is A Total Grinch
Gemini: They enjoy seeing their family and spending quality time together and blah blah blah, but they hate emptying out their bank account in the process.
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Having High Standards Does Not Make You Difficult To Love
Wanting attention does not make you difficult to love. Needing quality time together does not make you difficult to love. Expecting someone to treat you as a priority instead of a backup plan does not make you difficult to love.
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The Kind Of Guy You Should Date In 2018, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Gemini: You have to stop settling for almost relationships and calling it love. It's not love when they won't answer your texts. It's not love when they keep canceling plans. In 2018, date someone who is as invested in the relationship as you are.
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I Won’t Kiss You Unless You Mean Something To Me
I prefer my personal space, I don't like to be touched, so little acts of intimacy mean a lot to me.
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Date Someone You Are Actually Excited To See
Date someone you enjoy spending your time with, someone you count down the days until you see, someone you daydream about while you're stuck in class because you would rather be with them.
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I Gave You A Second Chance, But I’m Not Going To Give You A Third
I am not going to lower my standards to make room for you in my life.
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I Spent The Most Traumatizing Night Inside A ‘Luxury Hotel’ That Should Be Demolished
A mirror hung above my bed. In the same place I swore a painting had sat only a few hours earlier. A watercolor of a gangly women draped in black. Like a female Slender Man hunched over with her thick dark hair reaching her ankles.
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I Don’t Know Why I Keep Getting My Hopes Up Because I Always End Up Disappointed
I don't know why I try so hard to convince myself there is a chance. A chance that you will text me quickly this time. A chance that you will give me a sign that you care. A chance that you will come around. A chance that you will eventually want me, too.
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Girls With Soft Hearts Are Going To Take Over The World
One day, the obsession that everyone currently has with caring less and revealing nothing and acting like they don't have a heart at all is going to be replaced with transparency and honesty and authenticity.
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I Am Not The Same Girl Who Used To Let People Take Advantage Of Her
I am not the same girl who used to keep quiet, who used to go with the flow, who used to let people take advantage of her kindness.
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7 Ways You Are Accidentally Ruining Your Life By Being ‘Too Nice’
You will bend over backwards to make others happy, but you won’t put in the same effort to make yourself happy.
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You Are Allowed To Be Upset That You Are Still Single
You are allowed to wish that you had someone sending you good morning texts. You are allowed to wish that you had someone to kiss goodnight.
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When You Love Someone, You Stay Loyal To Them
When you love someone, you don't delete messages daily (or strictly talk over snapchat) so your person can never find anything.
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I Want Someone Honest, Someone Who Never Hides How He Feels
I want someone who will admit when he doesn't really have anything to say, but wanted to talk to me anyway.
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I Don’t Feel Bad About Being Single, Because I Am Comfortable Alone
I enjoy lazy days. I enjoy my own company. I enjoy spending time alone. It doesn’t bother me. It doesn’t make me feel lonely.
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I Realized I Needed To Raise My Standards After Getting My Heart Broken By You
I realized I needed to raise my standards when I kept staring at a blank screen, waiting for you to text me back. Waiting for you to invite me over. Waiting for you to make a commitment. Waiting for you to show you cared.
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How You Ruined 2017 Without Even Realizing (Based On Your Zodiac Sign)
Aries: You spent every waking moment waiting. Waiting for someone to text you back. Waiting for the weekend. Waiting for something exciting to happen.