Suzannah Weiss

We don’t feel competitive with other women. We understand that romantic success is about compatibility, not merit, and we trust that the person most compatible with us will choose us back.

We need a lot of encouragement before making the first move. We get stuck in our own heads, considering all the possible messages you could be trying to send us.

Growing up, I was taught that sensitivity was synonymous with “weakness” and that when I felt hurt, it was because I wasn’t tough. Now, I realize sensitivity is better defined as “awareness.”

You have googled “which number on the check is my routing number” at some point in the last month.

The passive aggressive statement clearly directed toward a specific person. “Apparently, people don’t want to hear you play guitar unless you can play songs they know.” 

“I’m just saying.” I knew you were just saying it the moment you just said it. No explanation needed.

Every tiny decision in my life summons an angel and devil onto each of my shoulders for a heated debate, and I don’t think I’m alone.

Don’t let your increased alone time lead to too much ‘alone time.’ There is something about having every room of your apartment to yourself that makes you really want to take advantage of that privacy

Getting annoyed with people for contradicting statements they forget making. A lot of your fights with your significant other probably start with, “But you said…”

During my adolescence in the early 2000s, it was just becoming cool to be an outcast. People were putting quotes on their AOL Instant Messenger profiles like “You laugh at me because I’m different. I laugh at you because you’re all the same”

I thought the philosophy of free love sounded revolutionary, noble even. But after I had my share of casual hookups, I realized they usually left me unhappy that I didn’t have something more, something deeper.

I have a confession to make: Musically, I’ve never left the 90s. And I don’t mean that in the way you might think: I could do with or without N’Sync and Britney Spears. However, I will forever be jumping up and down to Third Eye Blind at house parties.

Most decisions contain an element of randomness. When we order a meal, there’s usually something else on the menu we would enjoy. When we sign a lease, there are many other places we could live.

Publishing three articles a day yet spending three days drafting the perfect date follow-up text. 

Now, you don’t have to work in a role that doesn’t suit you, for a boss who doesn’t appreciate you, or at a company that’s going under.

Looking like you’re playing dress-up when you wear business casual.

“Salary negotiation is for pushy people.”

You research places to go hiking because you’re no longer getting an automatic workout from walking over hills.