As a relationship advice columnist for Teen Vogue, I have a large amount of mail from girls in “no strings attached relationships that are. Girls describe on their own as “kind of” with some guy, “sort of” seeing him, or “hanging away” with him. The man can be noncommittal, or even even worse, in another relationship that is no-strings. For the time being, girls have actually “fallen” for him or plead beside me for suggestions about steps to make him come around and stay an actual boyfriend.

I am worried by these letters. They signify an increasing trend in girls’ intimate everyday everyday lives where these are generally offering on their own to dudes on dudes’ terms.

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