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Recipes
4 Super Easy (And Yummy) Apps With 5 Ingredients Or Less
Bring out your best snacks for football game day!
By Marcia Kester Doyle
December 5, 2025
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Relationships
The Thing That Makes Me Feel Closer To My Spouse
And it doesn't involve sex!
By Kathryn Streeter
, December 5, 2025
4 Min Read
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Money
I Got Scammed Because I Ignored 2 Red Flags
And I consider myself pretty savvy.
By Jodie Utter
, December 5, 2025
4 Min Read
Amazake
Health
What I Drank Daily For 4 Weeks To Feel Great
The results were truly incredible.
By Susan Marque
, December 5, 2025
4 Min Read
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Health
How To Drop A Dress Size In Just A Month (Or 2)
I did it and here's how you can, too!
By Randi Mazzella
, September 5, 2024
5 Min Read
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Lifestyle
Just Launched! The Girlfriend Social Club
It's like a fun and fabulous cocktail party and you're invited.
By Shelley Emling
May 21, 2025
2 Min Read
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Relationships
The One Thing I Do Daily That Makes Me Happier
By Sacha Cohen
, July 2, 2025
Perhaps it's something you might want to do as well.
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Relationships
The Big Heartfelt Confession I'm Finally Ready To Make
By Kristina Wright
, February 14, 2025
Why I tend to cancel so many plans made in good faith.
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Marriage
When Your Husband Ages Like A Fine Wine
By Kimberly Witt
, June 13, 2025
And you feel like expired milk.
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Spotlight
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Entertainment
Revealed! The Best Books Of 2025
Chosen by the nearly 120,000 members of The Girlfriend Book Club.
By Shelley Emling
, November 25, 2025
2 Min Read
#HEALTHYAGING
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Fitness
The New Exercise That Made My Heart Soar
My childhood dream finally came true.
By Laura Zinn Fromm
, June 27, 2025
7 Min Read
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Marriage
My Husband And I No Longer Have Sex
Here's why my marriage is better than ever.
May 21, 2025
5 Min Read
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Health
The One Lifestyle Tweak That Helped Me Lose A Ton Of Weight
It's so simple but so effective.
By Susan Shapiro
, August 22, 2024
4 Min Read
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Relationships
Men Reveal The Big Reasons Why They Cheat
Their honest answers will open your eyes.
By Suzanne Hayes
, April 5, 2022
4 Min Read
Editor's Picks
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Relationships
The Moment I Fully Realized My Own Mortality
September 20, 2022
And why I told no one about it. Until now.
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Lifestyle
Women Reveal Their Favorite All-Time Holiday Recipes
By Suzanne Hayes
, November 17, 2023
Amazing holiday memories accompanied by the recipes that forged them.
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Health
Revealed! How To Banish The Midlife Belly Bulge
By Christine Carter
, May 8, 2023
Why it's happening and what we can do about it.
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Lifestyle
The One Part Of Aging I'm Struggling To Accept
By Christine Carter
, August 22, 2024
And the one thing I need to keep telling myself.
The Girlfriend Book Club
Clare Pooley, fed up with books about sad older characters, wrote her hilarious bestseller, ‘How to Age Disgracefully.’
Author Interviews
Clare Pooley Wrote a Funny Take on Aging Disgracefully
Clare Pooley explains how she came up with her ensemble comedy about seniors, secrets — and toddlers!
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Author Interviews
Liz Moore on Dark Roots of ‘The God of the Woods’
Liz Moore, whose Adirondack roots go back to the early 1800s, drew on the camps and a 1970s serial killer for her latest novel.
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Percival Everett shares how – and when – he came up with his ‘action-packed reimagining’ of ‘Huckleberry Finn’
Author Interviews
Percival Everett on ‘James,’ Twain & a Tennis Court Twist
Renowned author Percival Everett talks about how his latest novel 'James' relates to 'Huckleberry Finn' and how the idea came to him on a tennis court!
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