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Borders
The arbitrary border between Mexico and Texas has led to the separation between the culture I was born into and the culture my ancestors struggled to cultivate. While media doesn’t differentiate between Mexicans and Mexican Americans, I have felt the sting all too often. I am too brown to be among white people and not brown enough to be among my fellow Mexicans. I can’t handle spicy food, guacamole tastes like vomit, and my Spanish, no matter how much I work on it, will always sound different from someone born in Mexico.
LalainaPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsWhy now?
November day. The UK was headed for a recession and a new Prime Minister had been appointed just two weeks before. It was also the day that the package came. I was outside checking on what was left of my plants when I heard a whirring sound.
Neil MarathePublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsTips For Living Pay-check to Pay-check And Surviving The Recession
Living pay check to pay check can be tough. Even the most organized people can find themselves in that position, but with careful financial management and some lifestyle changes, you can get out of this rut quickly. Even in these difficult economic times, there are things we have control over and things we don’t. There are ways to live beneath your means so that you always have enough money to get by until your next paycheck comes in. Here are some tips that will help you survive the recession while also thriving during it:
greg pitasPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsView the world’s most distinctive tattoos from Singapore
Tattooing in Singapore will be a popular activity and there are plenty involving tattoo artists to select from. Prices vary based on the artist and the particular form of tattoo, but they’re generally inexpensive.
eisbachwatchesPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsTell-tale Signs that a Lesbian Chat Line Partner has Feelings
To know if your woman dating partner has strong feelings for you even when talking at the phone, can sometimes be a difficult task. As this is true that different women have her ways to express feelings to their partner, therefore you must keep a close watch. If you have been dating a girl for quite a long time at one of the trusted Lesbian phone chat lines, you must be well-aware of her way of communication.
Chatline ChatPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsThe Cycle of Abuse
It's a strange thing really, when you open up to your parent abuser about the trauma and the hurt they put you through, and you expect a reasonable, healthy response. It's insanity quite frankly.
FeyrePublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsHow Boy Bands Saved My Life
I don’t remember much about my childhood anymore. I think I was happy, mostly. Except even then I sobbed whenever I made a mistake, a foreshadowing of the anxiety disorder I would one day develop, so deeply consuming that it would haunt me in everything I went. Around puberty, I started to crumble. There were many reasons, not the least being simple biology. My parents fought frequently and I needed something to drown them out, to help me escape for a moment. I needed to be able to find peace in the chaos of my house. I needed to find freedom.
LalainaPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsTwenty-Something
Here's the thing about me: I'm a mom, but I'm also 25. Moreover, I'm a 25-year-old mom in 2022. I'm physically attractive, with a thick accent and a people-pleasing mentality caused by years of mental and physical abuse. This matters because without meaning to, I construct a perfect companion for whoever it is I'm talking to. I nod my head, I grin just wide enough, I take my glasses off at just the right time to reveal the eyeliner I've carefully used to round out my almond shaped eyes in just the right places. Conventionally, I'm attractive. In the ways that count. In the ways that get me laid.
GypsyPublished 2 years ago in Confessions27
What have I contributed to this world? A harshly illuminating question I ask myself from time to time. Another year and the same daunting question looms so close to my head I nearly dare to look up. I have always been immensely self-critical and self-competitive. This behavior tends to bleed into a stream, forming a bad habit infinity pool of comparison as well, but that is a self indulgent topic for another day.
Dakota Love DanglerPublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsAwakened by a Spirit who Saved my Son’s Life
A True Story I am no stranger to spirits. Spiritual or phenomena activities have always been a part of my life. Not that I look for these phenomena to occur, they just happen. My husband is aware of it and has never judged or doubted me. Some of these experiences have left a lasting impression on my mind, and others I have forgotten about. But, there was one that I will never forget because it saved my son’s life. Here is my story.
Debbie CentenoPublished 2 years ago in Confessions- Top Story - November 2022
A Sort Of Problem
Introduction I recently wrote a piece setting myself a task to create a fiction that was entirely positive. I wasn’t sure I could do it, but I did, and the story I am talking about is at the end of this one. So what is my problem?
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 years ago in Confessions WHY I LOST My VIRGINITY...
We started off as friends and it later turned out into a beautiful two years relationship, we both nurtured plans of getting married and having a future together but it was not gonna be that easy as we both wanted to begin any thing sexual after marriage but we are humans aren’t we?
Adin ReggiePublished 2 years ago in Confessions