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Dear High School Senior Boyfriend
Dear High School Senior Boyfriend, It's so weird that we started dating back when I was a senior. I say "back when I was senior" like it was forever ago, but it was only last semester.
By Alaina Burris8 years ago in Humans
High School Relationships are Like Stockholm Syndrome
This all branched from an audition tape about a character looking to straight up move in with his girlfriend after high school. An extreme case of course, but it got me thinking about love, and more specifically high school love, and I thought hmmm... how can I be a heartless nincompoop today?
By Tristan Spohn8 years ago in Humans
Learning to Walk Again
I’ll be the first to admit that ending a relationship is terrifying, especially one that you lived in, grew in, and adored for five years. It’s one thing to end a relationship with a big blow out that results in both of you saying it’s done, but ending a relationship that only one person wants ended is worse. I grew apart, fell out of love, and had to break the heart of someone I had been attached to for so long. As an extremely empathetic person, I often ended up putting aside what is best for me to avoid hurting someone else, making this decision one of the hardest and most selfish things I had ever done. When you spend the better part of your adolescence and early adulthood with someone, your personalities become melded together. You grow and learn to navigate the adult world together. Ending that relationship meant that I had to start all over. I needed to learn to be who I was without that other person.
By kaitlyn swat8 years ago in Humans
Too Young to Shelf...To Old to Wait
I have a choice to make, and by God I am not comfortable making it. I work part time as a bartender to make ends meet (but mostly to have a profitable social life and save money for retirement) and being an almost introverted, extrovert I seem to have adopted the job as a means for socialization.
By Angela Brigance-Vance8 years ago in Humans
Important Person
Maya. My relationship scares people; to be honest it scares me. Not many people can understand how after six short months someone could be so sure of the person they want to spend the rest of their life with. I’m going to do my best to explain why. Maya is amazing in so many ways. She’s beautiful, intelligent, and when she smiles the world goes in slow motion. But most importantly Maya stands for what she believes and never backs down.
By Charlie8 years ago in Humans
All the Small Things
I came up with the idea to write this piece while I was laying in bed next to my sleeping boyfriend at the hotel we were staying at. He had come up to visit me at college and whisked me away for a weekend full of renaissance fairs and fun. While I was beginning to fall asleep, I just thought of all the little things, good and bad, that had happened this weekend.
By Abby W8 years ago in Humans
4 Reasons Why Modern Dating Sucks for 20-Somethings
"It's not you, it's me." "I'm just not looking for anything serious right now." Dating for 20-somethings has gone from happily ever after to miserably watching everyone else find love while I'm eating Chinese food under my cheetah print blanket. If you aren't smooth and charming, modern dating is a real life nightmare. Freddy Krueger has nothing on unwanted one-night stands, ghosting, and the cringe-worthy goodbye hug/handshake thing. Hopefully this article will help you understand that it is not, in fact, you; it's modern dating.
By Ellie Ann8 years ago in Humans
What to Do When Your Single Life & Parent Life Clash
What does it mean when your single life and parent life clash? What should you do when it happens? How do you even know it's happening? What does it mean for your life?
By Sierra I8 years ago in Humans
Building a Relationship Is like Building a House
You are probably wondering how is building a house similar to building a relationship? Well, they are similar because there are steps to building a house and there are steps to build a relationship. If you ever saw a house built or built one then you know what goes into building a house. If you haven’t I’m sure you saw building shows and know some of what goes into building a house.
By Mandy Trittenbach8 years ago in Humans
My Personal Experience with a Cheater
Does true love actually exist? Who decides when we find our true love? Is everybody’s fate different, or do we all follow the same path? These are questions that flooded my mind after the heartbreak that I struggled to endure. People are very quick to decide whether a relationship will last, and they choose to see your happiness through a particular lens; usually depending on how jealous they are. This is my story about heartache and learning to ignore what people thought about me, to focus on my own hopes and the current man of my dreams.
By J.O .8 years ago in Humans
Coffee Love
Bright and early Monday morning, my Monday's usually suck but for some reason today I woke up happy and in a good mood. "Goodmorning Callie!" yelled Casey.
By Allison Connett8 years ago in Humans
Shades of Love
Luna's pov: I sit in my car debating if I really wanted to go out and socialize today. I had a good excuse to not go inside the campus mall, as I had just recovered from a "wall."
By Alize Jaco8 years ago in Humans