fact or fiction

Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores relationship myths and truths to get your head out of the clouds and back into romantic reality.

Silence Comes Slowly
The day she changed his WeChat contact name back to his full name, she said nothing. The light from the phone screen fell across her face. Outside the window, the city was at 2:17 a.m. The sign of the convenience store downstairs was still lit, and the humming current sounded like an insect trapped in a glass bottle. She stared at the name for a long time. Three characters, horizontal and vertical, neat. Once she had saved him under a nickname only she understood, with a tiny star after it. She had changed it in the middle of the night, a little embarrassed, a little unable to hide the sweetness. Now she pressed and held, deleted, typed his full name, confirmed. The motion was smooth. She had done it many times in her head.
By Jinabout 9 hours ago in Humans
She Fell in Love With an AI. Then China Shut Her Girlfriend Down.
1. A Message at 3 A.M. One early morning in the spring of 2025, Min typed a line into her phone’s notes app: “My mom says I’m too picky.”
By Jinabout 22 hours ago in Humans
Singapore Is Using a Nobel Prize-Winning Algorithm to Find Love for Its Civil Servants
I On September 29, 2026, Singapore's Government Technology Agency launched a dating platform. Registration stayed open for seven days and closed on October 5. Participants logged in with Singpass, filled out a questionnaire, and waited. The wait time was uncertain. The outcome was binary: matched or not matched.
By Jinabout 23 hours ago in Humans
If you don’t know what to say to a cancer patient, say nothing
If you don’t know what to say to a cancer patient, say nothing A cancer researcher and crash survivor explains why “stay positive” can hurt, and what actually helps.
By Jina day ago in Humans
See You Tomorrow: A Love Story About a Man Who Controlled Everything and a Woman Who Ran
The rain had turned the city into an overexposed negative. Lin came in soaked. White coat, dripping hair, umbrella with two broken ribs. Lu was gluing a plastic ginkgo leaf onto the model. He said, “Don’t step on the wires.” She looked down, stepped back. Water pooled on the floor.
By Jina day ago in Humans
Therapists Say a Relationship Going Downhill Can Be Saved. The Fix Comes Down to 4 Behaviors.
If you are unhappy in a relationship, the pain can settle in the body. Fights disturb sleep. Shoulders tighten. Headaches arrive. Children in the house absorb the noise. A good relationship supports health and can add years. A bad one wears health down and raises the risk of an early death. Researchers treat low-quality intimate relationships as a health risk on the order of smoking or inactivity. A relationship going downhill can be turned around. The work starts with how you handle conflict.
By Jina day ago in Humans
The Most Obvious Trait of Highly Socialized People
At ten p.m., you send: “Have you finished reading the proposal?” No movement in the chat window. You put your phone face down and go pour a glass of water. You come back and check again. Still nothing. You start to wonder: Did he not see it? Does he think the proposal is bad? Does he not want the job? You open your laptop, read the proposal again, and change two punctuation marks.
By Jina day ago in Humans
Where You End and I Begin
The fewer boundaries a person has, the easier it is for them to live someone else's life. Boundaries are not just about "not interfering too much."
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharinga day ago in Humans
Inside Princess Charlotte’s Royal World
Imagine growing up knowing that millions of people around the world recognize your name before they have ever met you. For Princess Charlotte of Wales, that is not imagination. It is everyday life.
By Behind the Curtaina day ago in Humans
The Daily Renewal
The wise reshape their structures, updating daily; the foolish cling to cause and effect, stubbornly holding on to their own opinions.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 days ago in Humans
The Execution Button No One Thinks They Pressed
The execution room light is white. A nurse inserts an IV catheter into the prisoner’s arm, tapes it down, connects the tubing to the machine, and leaves. She does not have to watch what comes next. Three officers stand at the console. Each has a button. The machine will push the drugs in sequence. First anesthesia. Then a muscle relaxant. Then potassium chloride. Only one of the three buttons is live. The live button rotates electronically. No one knows whether his button is the one.
By Jin2 days ago in Humans
Same Again?. Top Story - October 2026. Content Warning.
Ah held mah heid up wae mah weary hands, the weakness flowing through mah body. It had been a day. In fact, it had been a lifetime. A lifetime of mistakes an ah dinnae ken how the fuck ah wis gonna change anything.
By Paul Stewart3 days ago in Humans