My husband and I have been sleeping in separate rooms for 4 years. I've never slept better, and our intimacy hasn't suffered.

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Tami Shadduck and her husband sleep in separate rooms.

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I'm an Olympic athlete heading to Paris this summer, but I'm also a medical student. Here's how I pursue both dreams.

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Kat Holmes in her fencing outfit
Kat Holmes is an Olympic fencer.

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I've had a love-hate relationship with my name since childhood. I changed my last name when I got married and kept it after the divorce.

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I'm 28 and close friends with my 80-year-old neighbor. We talk on the phone every day and she's like a grandmother to my daughter.

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Sasha Gaston celebrates her neighbor Charlette's birthday every year since she has no family.

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My husband and I have been together for 13 years. Neither of us wears a wedding ring.

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The author and her husband have never worn wedding rings.

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I was in an accident that broke my collarbone and ribs. It didn't stop me from flying to Europe to see Taylor Swift.

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Composite image. On the left is Tayla Blaire in a hospital bed wearing a hospital gown after getting in an accident. On the right is Tayla Blaire flexing her left arm while her right arm is in a sling, she is at the Taylor Swift Eras Tour wearing a gold sequined outfit with matching sling.
Tayla Blaire was in an accident just weeks before the Taylor Swift Eras Tour and broke her collarbone.

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I'm a jaw expert, and you'll never catch me doing these 5 things

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Priya Mistry in her office in front of a shelving unit smiling and wearing a white blouse.
Priya Mistry is a jaw expert and treats patients with TMJ.

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When my ex-husband married someone with a similar first name to mine, I finally decided to change my married name

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The author changed her name after her divorce.

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My brother drowned trying to save someone else on the Fourth of July. I dread the holiday every year.

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Janet Funk wearing a hat and sitting on a beach.
Janet Funk has dreaded the Fourth of July ever since her brother Robbie died in 1990.

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My partner and I started a non-alcoholic drink brand together, and it made our relationship stronger. Being sober doesn't hurt, either.

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Tawny Lara and her partner Nick drinking their non-alcoholic beverage, (parentheses)
Tawny Lara and her partner Nick started a non-alcoholic beverage brand together called (parentheses).

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