Inhaltsverzeichnis für Spring 2026 in Cosmopolitan

Whether you’re celebrating with a partner, basking in self-love, or heading out with your girlfriends, your best date nights start with intention—and the right accessories. Ease into the evening with a lacy robe, then slide into fabulous shoes, garnish yourself in candy-like gemstones, and choose a going-out bag perfectly sized for lip oil touch-ups. Don’t forget a toothbrush (ending on a fresh kiss is essential, and leaving it behind is a cheeky reminder). Because romance lives in the ritual: the anticipation of the before, the energy of the during, and the allure of the after.…

POPPY AND ALEX People We Meet on Vacation The couple from Emily Henry’s novel—now a Netflix film—acts like a classic Sagittarius-Virgo pairing. Poppy is loud and energetic, while Alex is more reserved. His thoughtfulness offsets her skittish nature, and she emboldens him to take risks. If you’re into a friends-to-lovers romance like theirs, look for someone with major placements in your 9th or 11th house. SOPHIE AND BENEDICT Bridgerton The hit show’s season 4 duo is very Taurus (Sophie) and Libra (Benedict). Sophie, a Cinderella-esque housemaid, is loyal and practical and refuses to falter on her values—energy that both challenges and stabilizes Benedict’s flirtatious, artistic playboy nature. In fiction and in real life, when lovers like this have Sun signs that are ruled by the same planet (in this case,…

1 Your cat is sound asleep on your lap and you need to leave for a date in 20 minutes. Do you reschedule? Tough call, but no. You give a few pets, gently relocate them and still show up for your date. Yep! Night in it is. You take it as a sign that it would’ve been mid anyway. 2 You snap daily photos of your cat. Do you… Keep the photos mostly to yourself (with occasional sends via the group chat). Send daily updates to your crush—and make sure they start following your cat’s Insta. 3 You find out your new “situationship” is allergic to cats. What do you do? Ask if they’re down to try an antihistamine, do an extra-deep clean and keep your cat in a separate room…

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LAY OFF THE WEED Even though it won’t show up on a sperm evaluation, marijuana has been shown to negatively impact sperm motility, or how fast the sperm moves toward the egg. STAY OUT OF THE SAUNA Routine exposure to extreme heat puts stress on the testicles and can lower sperm count. LOSE WEIGHT Excess fat can create more estrogen in the body, which may impact sperm count. GET TESTED In many cases, low motility is treatable, but improving the speed or quality of sperm gets tougher with age. QUIT USING TESTOSTERONE AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS They cause testicles to stop making testosterone, key to sperm production, on their own. Additional reporting by TALIA BARRINGTON Visit Cosmopolitan.com/male-infertility in April for the rest of this story.…

What do you do when a second date you’ve been looking forward to turns out to be meh? If you’re just not feeling it anymore, that’s totally okay. Wrap things up respectfully with a quick, clear text. If, however, you’re still intrigued, it’s worth giving them one more chance—everyone has off days, and a third impression may surprise you. I’m currently in two situationships. Do I need to tell one about the other? Technically, no. But given that you feel the need to ask this question, I’m guessing the answer is closer to yes. Honesty doesn’t have to ruin the dynamic. It actually keeps things cleaner because situationships are only fun as long as there’s good communication. A simple “I’m also seeing other people right now” can set expectations. We…

Elyse and I stood in the driveway of my empty home, surrounded by suitcases. “I can’t go with you to the airport. It’ll make me too sad,” she cried. I nodded, choking back sobs. I was moving from Maui to L.A. to be closer to my long-distance boyfriend. Saying goodbye to my best friend hurt worse than any previous heartbreak. She and I were so close, we could make eye contact across a crowded room and know exactly what the other was thinking. “Nothing is going to change,” I blubbered. For a while (aside from being 2,500 miles apart), nothing did. We talked all the time, continuing to divulge every aspect of our inner emotional worlds. Then, three months post-move, my phone rang. “I had sex with Brooke. Please, don’t…

Before my gender confirmation surgery, I never felt comfortable touching myself. Even washing my body in the shower, I’d be filled with self-hatred. My penis was never a sex organ to me—it was an unwanted appendage, something that simply didn’t feel right. And from the moment I learned having a vagina was an option, I knew that getting one would change my relationship with my body forever. I first heard about the operation that could “fix” me and the anatomy that didn’t feel like my own in 2009 while watching a This Morning interview with soon-to-be pop star Kim Petras. The show’s hosts claimed that Kim was “probably the youngest person in the world” to transition. At age 16, she had made global news for being cleared by a German…

Sydney Sweeney arrived at her Cosmopolitan shoot armed with lingerie and conviction: She was ready to pose nearly naked in SYRN, her new line of intimate apparel, exposing both her Hollywood-idealized body and her business acumen. In any other year, with any other star, it’d be par for the celebrity course. In 2026, with Sydney Sweeney, it’s a Rorschach test. If you ask her, which we did, the images you’re looking at are about control. She’s creating a moment she can own in something she designed, asserting with lace what she hasn’t yet with language. “This can be how I communicate to my audience,” she explains. “I want to show women that we can take back our power and fully free ourselves.” But when a body becomes a message, it’s…

There’s a reason Alissa DeRogatis’s debut novel, Call It What You Want, was a breakout hit: The author isn’t afraid to get real about the messiness of falling in love. Her new book, How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle, follows romance writer Ainsley Green, who, fresh off a devastating breakup and looking for inspiration, decides to stage a series of her own meet-cutes. What follows is a wild, heartfelt ride about what we can and can’t control when it comes to love and how sometimes what we look for the hardest has been there all along…. So I see you weren’t kidding about the breakup bob,” Ross, my publicist, says, jaw practically hitting the pavement. I tug at the blunt ends of my new haircut, as if I…

Model Jane Hoffman arrived on the cover of Cosmopolitan without pomp or circumstance. As was standard at the time, she got no accompanying multi-spread story and only a few lines of identifying text in the table of contents. As was not standard at the time, she was a Black woman fronting a national women’s magazine. Then-editor Helen Gurley Brown didn’t pat herself on the back for the progressive choice. Jane’s inclusion was presented as customary and nothing less than normal…which, in 1969, was revolutionary in itself. Jane posed for photographer Francesco Scavullo at the tail end of the Civil Rights Movement, building an impressive portfolio (she’d appear on Cosmopolitan’s cover again in 1971) as her fellow trailblazers pushed for equal rights and representation. Months earlier, Shirley Chisholm had become the…

Nickname: Caz, Cozy, CD Age: very impolite question Sun/Moon/Rising signs: taurus/taurus/libra no, I don’t leave my house Hometown: pacific palisades Favorite app: notes app because it runs my life the least. also merlin bird ID First-ever celebrity crush: The Outsiders (all of them) Current celebrity crush: Addison Rae Person I would get most starstruck by: the Olsen twins Last person I DMed: Drew Tarver If I could put anyone on the cover of Cosmo, I’d put… I volunteer as tribute If I worked at Cosmo, my job would be… I like fonts, so maybe something with fonts? All-time favorite concert: Ultrasound Lorde A pickup line that’s worked on me: talking shit about the current situation Never have I ever: fallen asleep on the couch Dream dinner party guests: someone with…

CALLUM TURNER AND DUA LIPA AQUARIUS ♥ LEO Their Sun signs—Dua’s Leo opposing Callum’s Aquarius—make them a prime example of opposites attracting. The ridiculously beautiful jet-setting pair was also built for a life of adventure: Callum’s Aquarius Sun and Mercury are in Dua’s 9th house, which represents travel, philosophy, and higher learning. That’s probably why they had such an intellectual meet-cute—they allegedly struck up a conversation with each other because they were reading the same book. Because their Moons are both in emotional water signs (hers in Cancer, his in Scorpio), Dua and Callum provide each other with a safe space to be their sappiest true selves. That said, they should remain wary of moments when they could be limiting each other—Dua’s Virgo Mercury might make her a bit critical,…

Divine timing has always been on Ravyn Lenae’s side. In the middle of her live performance of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly With His Song” at the 2024 Grammy Hall of Fame Gala, she happened to lock eyes with R&B legend Lauryn Hill, who watched from the audience and had covered the exact same song with the Fugees in 1996. Needless to say, for Ravyn, it felt both entirely validating and totally surreal. “At that moment, I almost shrunk into 10-year-old Ravyn,” she says of the experience. “But Young Ravyn is aligning with Grown Ravyn in a really special way. Those moments make it clear that I’m walking a certain path that’s made for me. It’s easy to get distracted or discouraged along the way, but those moments remind me…

Divorce is no walk in the park at any age. But when you confront one before your frontal lobe is fully developed, a legal split demands an extra amount of mental fortitude and self-reliance. Ask Britta, a 28-year-old art director who separated from her husband of two and a half years when she was 24. “Getting married young, you’re very aware that people expect you to fail,” she says. “Once you realize divorce is at your door, it’s tough, feeling like you’re fulfilling that failure.” What made the experience a little less daunting for her: artificial intelligence. “I used Divorce.com to get the initial documents started and ChatGPT to help draft one of the final papers,” Britta explains. “I was able to handle the process on my own without having…

Main characters Frankie and George have been friends for decades, but this doesn’t read like a classic friends-to-lovers romance. We most often see their kind of banter in enemies-to-lovers stories, so you’re going against trope expectations here, which some authors might be afraid of doing. I don’t think in tropes. The trick is trying to make it believable, and the banter feels like clashing because Frankie and George are both very hotheaded. I had this idea about them coming together after she’d been left before her wedding, and I couldn’t quite get my head around their dynamic. Then I thought about Little Women. I grew up with the ’90s movie version and would often stop watching when Jo decides not to accept Laurie’s proposal. The idea is that they’re…

ALYSA LIU SPORT: Figure Skating WHY SHE’S A BIG DEAL: At 13, she became the youngest-ever U.S. women’s champion. HOW DO YOU BALANCE FRIENDSHIPS WITH COMPETITION? I am a very social person and love to make friends. Connections with people are the most important thing in life—they override everything, including skating. I can easily distinguish between competitor and friend. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU ON THE ICE AND YOU OFF THE ICE? I’m pretty much the same person. I love to play around with things. I’m really creative and hyper. Some would say that I’m chaotic, but I like fun—hiking a lot and going to the beach. I keep my life really normal. TARA DAVIS-WOODHALL SPORT: Track & Field WHY SHE’S A BIG DEAL: She holds an Olympic…

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