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author @cuffedmedia.com · 21d

welcome to cuffed.

i don’t give advice.
i write what men think, what women feel, and what no one admits.

this isn’t comfort. it’s confrontation.
if you’re here, you’re ready for the truth.

🗝 vault musings: cuffedmedia.substack.com
⚔️ content hub: cuffedmedia.com

— author

cuffed | author | Substack

unfiltered relationship truths. raw stories. sharp takes on sex, power, trust, and what it means to be cuffed. new issues drop every tuesday and thursday. Click to read cuffed, by author, a Substack p...

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author @cuffedmedia.com · 40m

solitude is where a man learns the difference between peace and avoidance.
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author @cuffedmedia.com · 12h

what you call chemistry
was just someone matching your wounds.
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author @cuffedmedia.com · 14h

bad advice saturday no. 6 🥂
if it’s meant to be,
they’ll come back.
keep the door unlocked just in case.
— cuffed

A cream linen card with embossed lowercase serif text reads “bad advice saturday” in the top-left corner with a small x beside it. Below, the sarcastic quote says: “if it’s meant to be, they’ll come back. keep the door unlocked just in case.” The background is cream linen with soft lighting and a luxury stationery texture. SEO tags: bad advice saturday, cuffed parody quote, toxic relationship advice humor, luxury flashcard aesthetic, relationship satire.

author @cuffedmedia.com · 15h

comfort is
a cage.
gratitude doesn’t
mean settling.

— author

most people don’t outgrow comfort.
they just decorate it.

author @cuffedmedia.com · 19h

most people don’t want accountability.
they want comfort that sounds like wisdom.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 19h

top 50 in philosophy.
built without ads, algorithms, or pandering.
just truth, tension, and a growing tribe of thinkers who refuse to be spoon-fed.
we’re just getting started.
— author

Screenshot showing cuffed ranked #49 overall and listed in Substack’s “Rising in Philosophy” chart. The milestone marks cuffed’s growth into one of the platform’s top philosophy publications, built organically without ads or algorithms.

author @cuffedmedia.com · 23h

missionary isn’t ‘basic.’
it’s the position where trust and intimacy
have nowhere to hide.

— author

trust isn’t built in motion.
it’s built in stillness.

author @cuffedmedia.com · 1d

being misunderstood is the tax of authenticity.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 1d

sometimes closure is realizing they were never deep enough to give you any.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 1d

☢️ fallout fridays ☢️

the fallout wasn’t her fault.
you built the reactor wrong.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 1d

if you need constant reassurance,
you’re dating your insecurity— not a person.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 1d

when someone realizes you’ll never leave,
they stop trying to deserve you.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 1d

love isn’t taught.
it’s modeled.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 2d

consistency is intimacy in masculine form.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 2d

she wanted calm.
he mistook it for distance.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 2d

follow principles, not personalities.

a man who worships leaders
already surrendered his integrity.

— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 2d

every man thinks about safety once in a while.
every woman thinks about it every day.
— author
m.42 — the safety she calculates every day

author @cuffedmedia.com · 2d

🥠 you weren’t hard to love.
they were just bad at it.

— author

Alt text: fortune cookie quote — “you weren’t hard to love. they were just bad at it.” lowercase black serif font, flush-left, on cream background. 🥠 cracked cookie icon top-left. signature “— author” flush-left beneath the quote. mood: emotional, raw, validating. SEO tags: cuffed fortune cookie, cuffed daily, self-worth quote, brutal truth, modern dating.

author @cuffedmedia.com · 2d

she doesn’t need directions.
she reads intent.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 2d

stop calling it chemistry.
it was unhealed attraction.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 2d

consistency doesn’t scare the right person.
games do.

— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 2d

every man thinks about safety once in a while.
every woman thinks about it every day.

m.42 drops tonight at 17:17 et.
cover art now — the story later.

— author

daphne walks alone at night along a cobblestone street in dublin under warm gas-fired lamps. she wears a black wool coat and boots, posture calm but alert — aware of her surroundings, not afraid but practiced. street glows gold against the wet stones
mood: vigilance, restraint, emotional awareness.
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author @cuffedmedia.com · 3d

peace is expensive.
most people won’t pay the price.
— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 3d

missionary isn’t “basic.”

it’s the position where trust and intimacy have nowhere to hide.

— author

author @cuffedmedia.com · 3d

most people crave closeness.
few can handle being seen.
— author