breakups
When it comes to breakups, pain is inevitable, but Humans thinks that suffering is optional.
Shrimp & Wine
The lake was shrimp shaped—not like a cooked prawn on a shrimp ring. Like a like live one turned on its side, the various rivers on the Northern end serving as its legs and long antennae. Mason and I had been completing benthic biomonitoring surveys at Shrimp Lake, Ontario all week. Today I was going at it alone, having texted Mason my exact coordinates before touching the water.
By Kelsey Reich6 years ago in Humans
The Opossum Ring
I make up my mind after watching my mother in tears begging me to leave my fiance. I had never ever seen my mother cry like this before in my 22 years on this planet. He moved out of my house under my nose, but neglected to bring his things with him, so I make a plan to dump his belongings off and write a goodbye letter and block him. Cleanest break.
By Emily Catherine Schamel6 years ago in Humans
On Life
I am often left in the same place. The place where darkness resides and everything seems hopeless because there is no way out. Except there always is a way out, I’m just so blinded by the pain and consumed in the feeling that the escape is unobtainable to me. It’s as though I want this.
By Katelyn McCarty6 years ago in Humans
Merlot Memories
Swish Swish Swish. She watched the red liquid swirl around the glass, getting dangerously close to the top, a drop actually spilling out. She watched the drop land on the hardwood floors, lightly bouncing up in several tinier droplets, only to end in a solo puddle. It was one of the things that can fall apart but end up whole in the end, a feat she wasn’t certain of for herself.
By Trinity Murchie6 years ago in Humans
The Demon - My first love
Warning: This might have content that may offend some readers. Discretion advised. We have all been abused at some point of our lives and it can be really sad if you don't know different types of or only one type of abuse. I will tell you what it means to go through it. I was in a very emotionally abusive relationship and it had lead me into some kind of psychosis.
By TheJuZShoW6 years ago in Humans
"How My Marriage Crashed Because I Didn't Want to Sleep In A Grave" - Nigerian Woman Cries Out.
My people, strange things are happening! Everyday more and more bizarre stories pop up and you know that it’s my responsibility to find these outrageous, head scratching stories and bring them to you.
By Jide Okonjo6 years ago in Humans
The One Who Got Away
I left high school back in 2003 as I couldn't handle the students picking on me; I was unemployed for a couple of months but ended up being enrolled in a Brisbane Distance Education program with Badyac. I loved it there but moved to Nambour with my boyfriend whom was twenty one at the time. Mum and my step-dad plus my three brothers ended up moving out onto a farm in 2004 and I felt drawn to one of my mum's friends sons but tried to hide it as it felt wrong for me to have feelings for him since I was already with someone. I did break up with my boyfriend, but not on account of this man I have a crush on... I actually forget the reason for breaking up with him but I ended up going back to him as I couldn't stand being away from him until one day while visiting my family out on the farm, I got a phone call and people were chatting like the mobile was sitting on the chair beside them, like it was staged for my ears only. I heard my boyfriend's voice, a relative of his talking and also a woman. I hung up in annoyance as I thought I knew the woman's voice and confronted my boyfriend about it, asking him if he slept with her as it did raise questions and trust issues with me. I never once cheated on him but I felt that he was lying as he kept denying that she was there and that he did anything with her. So due to trust issues; I decided to dump him and went back to the farm. Within the first two weeks I got to know my mum's friends son. I remember the very night when we sat out by the fire; it was after my brothers party in May. We spoke and kept each other company for hours; it must have been till early morning. He had said to me that I am down to earth and calm and I said that he is too which is what I liked about him. He had a wife and a child but at that stage they were separated... or so I thought because he spent most of his time hanging out with me. His wife was someone who had to control every situation and control him. I had told him that he can do whatever he wants, I won't tell him what t0 do even if I felt something was dangerous for him, I still let him decide to do it. We went to collect all of my things from my ex's place and my ex was furious with me, saying that I left him for my mum's friends son which I didn't, I didn't cheat on my ex once, just so we are clear. My step dad even thought that I did but I told him it was over when I got with my mum's friends son. We must have been together for a whole month and not once did he mention his ex wife or child, but he did have a few down moments and I was there to give him support. He tried putting out a DVO on his ex so as she wasn't able to come anywhere near me or my family and he even took me on a date! First ever date was good but I was in a lot of pain also due to an ear ache. A chill in the air would set it off and so I had to keep it warm and wore a beanie but he insisted that I take it off while dining at the pub. We went for a drive afterwards to the dam and it was nice, a little chilly but I felt happy, calm and in-love. We gazed up at the black sky which had stars spaced evenly across it. I found stars that formed the letter W and still to this day I smile when I see it. I spent the night at his mum's place with him as he was living back there at the time. The love I had for him felt right, it felt true and very real and natural until one afternoon I got a text message from him. I was sitting in the lounge room with my family and friends at the time of receiving the text which shattered my world. He was cheating on me, the message said something along the lines of "she is just a girl." I threw my phone and was asked what was wrong. My mum read the text and I balled my eyes out. He was the one who slipped through my fingers, he was the one I saw myself spending the rest of my life with and he was the one I adored and loved with my heart and soul. To have someone you trusted with all your heart and soul and then cheat on you hurts so badly; but I don't regret the time I spent with him. He did get away and the reason was because he needed someone to tell him what to do because he couldn't think for himself. I wasn't going to be that person even though I could have been if he so wished for me to be, but he needed to see that there are good women out there, he didn't need someone to depend on but that is what he chose because he couldn't learn to be independent on his own.
By Kristy McClymont6 years ago in Humans
