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"Last night&amp;amp;#8217;s drama-packed Gossip Girl redefined what makes this show as piercingly awesome as the heels on a pair of sky-high Manolos. Let&amp;#x27;s chat...Spoiler (high) alert! We see Chuck on the anniversary of his infamous father&amp;amp;#8217;s death. Chuck has come so far since his dad passed away. He&amp;amp;#8217;s developed a solid relationship with Blair, he&amp;amp;#8217;s been there for all of his friends and he&amp;amp;#8217;s traded a booze-fueled party lifestyle for real work and actual responsibilities. But, on the one-year mark of his father&amp;amp;#8217;s death, he can&amp;amp;#8217;t help but shake the feeling that he&amp;amp;#8217;s not living up to his dad&amp;amp;#8217;s expectations&amp;amp;#8212;that he&amp;amp;#8217;s become too soft. Chuck even hallucinates a conversation with the deceased Bart Bass where Bart tells him that he can&amp;amp;#8217;t be one man at home with Blair and another man in the boardroom. Chuck starts pushing Blair away as a result. We see this theme repeat itself in Serena and Trip&amp;amp;#8217;s relationship. Trip&amp;amp;#8217;s wife says that she would like to remain married and appear married in the public eye, and in exchange she will allow Trip to be with Serena behind closed doors. Or, as she explains it to Serena, &amp;amp;#8220;I&amp;amp;#8217;m Jackie; you&amp;amp;#8217;re Marilyn.&amp;amp;#8221; She persuades Trip to go along with her plan (a terrible, terrible idea!), but she can&amp;amp;#8217;t convince S. to adopt this lifestyle. Trip and S. get into a fight, and S. says she&amp;amp;#8217;s leaving him. He offers to drive her, and they get into a car accident. Trip calls an ambulance and flees the scene, leaving Serena unconscious, bloody and alone. Blair and Chuck reunite when they both rush to see Serena at the hospital. The situation gives Chuck some perspective, and B. and C. share a very touching moment that reaffirms their relationship. So, what do you think: Can you be &amp;amp;#8220;soft&amp;amp;#8221; and vulnerable with the one you love and still command respect and authority at work? Let me just answer this with a resounding yes! And, four words: Barack and Michelle Obama. They both do this on a daily basis. And, based on my personal experience, I think that the best relationships provide balance. When work is super-stressful, it&amp;amp;#8217;s nice to have the support of someone who loves you and believes in you. My boyfriend, Dan, is one of the first people I turn to when I&amp;amp;#8217;m stressed. The best part is that no matter how vulnerable I am with him, he still knows how strong I can be. What do you think? Can you be &amp;amp;#8220;soft&amp;amp;#8221; and vulnerable with the one you love and still command respect and authority at work? Do you think that your guy helps you excel at your career because of the support he gives you? More relationship lessons from Gossip Girl: Is it easier to forgive a BF or a friend? Have you ever made a sacrifice for love? Has love ever made you feel vulnerable? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: CWRelated articles by ZemantaGossip Girl: The Lost Boys (tvsquad.com) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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