Story archives - Most Popular from the Last 30 Days

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Emilia

When I told the hardware store worker my plan to paint on my ex-boyfriends pristine BMW, without hesitation, she asked what color.

tags: paint car break up [add]

2008-12-29 15:27:20 / Rating: 296.25 /

Sam

When I told him I wouldn't have sex with him in the back of his car, he replied, "But it's an Audi."

tags: sex humor convertible [add]

2008-12-15 16:37:34 / Rating: 260.75 /

Really?!?

I spit out a drink in disbelief was when I saw that the man who raped me had joined a Facebook group for rape survivors.

tags: wtf facebook seriously!? [add]

2008-12-18 14:43:00 / Rating: 242.25 /

Mitchell

The first day I wore my military uniform, a man came up to me, grasped my forearm, smiled at me and said with tears in his eyes "Thank you."

tags: war faith thanks [add]

2008-12-17 21:48:14 / Rating: 229.75 /

CJ

When I was little, my mom told me that the bottom of the pool smelled really good.

tags: mom pool humor [add]

2008-12-12 09:17:51 / Rating: 214 /

Sasha

He asked me out online, but that was okay becuase I stood up and did a little victory dance that I did not want anyone to see.

tags: dance boyfriend date [add]

2009-01-02 12:57:07 / Rating: 198.5 /

islandbrian

Moments after my three year old son stated, "I help Daddy," I came to realize that our Christmas tree was on fire.

tags: children christmas fire child humor [add]

2008-12-17 21:52:09 / Rating: 196.75 /

the bible belt

Supporting gay rights does not make me a lesbian any more than supporting the civil rights movement made my mother black, you idiot.

tags: ignorance intolerance gay and lesbian rights equality the south high school conservatives [add]

2009-01-07 12:45:59 / Rating: 196 /

for Zandra

You know work is exciting when in the same week you can say, "I got attacked by an angry black midget" and "I was bitten by a lesbian stripper."

tags: humor work ridiculous strange midget stripper [add]

2008-12-12 09:22:25 / Rating: 191 /

Em

Every time I think of September 11th, I remember how he tried to convince me to lose my virginity "on a day I would never forget."

tags: sex virginity irony [add]

2008-12-16 09:12:45 / Rating: 161.25 /

never the same

I watched her tiny tummy sucking in, her skin pulling tight against her ribs, her hand involuntarily closing on my index finger as she struggled for every breath, and I thought, "One day, is one day too much to ask?"

tags: baby birth sick dying father dad daddy hospital serious drama doctor nurse emergency funeral death [add]

2008-12-22 15:51:17 / Rating: 157.5 /

SHS LukeE

After the accident, still in a drunken stupor, he asked the cop how the police got there so fast, to which the officer replied, "You hit MY car."

tags: SHS humor police alcohol [add]

2009-01-02 12:56:54 / Rating: 150.75 /

Ikard

I realized how different we were when our laptops were sitting side by side, hers a pristene piece of plastic, mine a well loved, battered tool with stickers, scratches, and character.

tags: differences breaking up love laptops [add]

2008-12-19 14:57:34 / Rating: 148.25 /

Stardust

Our first kiss tasted of Lucky Charms.

tags: first kiss love romance morning breakfast [add]

2008-12-19 11:40:08 / Rating: 141 /

jfirth

My grandpa choked up as he said, "House plants grow better when the house is filled with love, and I've never seen the house plants grow as well as they have since you moved in a year ago."

tags: grandpa grandparents childhood [add]

2009-01-05 08:44:29 / Rating: 139 /

Manda

Thank you, guard rail.

tags: accident vehical guard rail avoided [add]

2008-12-31 12:36:00 / Rating: 132 /

Michelle

When the priest said my parents didn't raise me right because I was planning to marry a Baptist, I stopped being Catholic.

tags: religion faith [add]

2009-01-02 10:00:33 / Rating: 123.25 /

Francis

Announcing "I am loose" in a hostel gave me a lot of unwanted attention but no directions to the rail station.

tags: lost not loose humor oops [add]

2008-12-12 09:20:27 / Rating: 116.75 /

pouzy

I laughed out loud in class at the severe irony when he pronounced it "foo pah."

tags: humor irony faux pas mispronunciation [add]

2008-12-22 15:47:59 / Rating: 116 /

My only regret.

One of my best friends in high school killed himself after the only girl he ever asked out turned him down at the risk of being less popular, which is a shame because he would have been the best first boyfriend I ever had.

tags: regrets sucide sad boyfriends love best friends high school nerd popularity first love [add]

2009-01-05 08:42:49 / Rating: 112.75 /

Poet

The day I was able to recite Jabberwocky to my first grade class was what won me my husband.

tags: poetry husband [add]

2008-12-16 09:14:55 / Rating: 112.25 /

Warren Taylor

In spite of the damage to my car and my body, I couldn't help but laugh at becoming the second person in my family to hit a Burger King.

tags: humor accident car fast food [add]

2009-01-05 08:41:17 / Rating: 106.5 /

JLD

When asked by the mechanic what sort of engine I had, I responded "A black one," and didn't understand why he couldn't stop laughing.

tags: humor car mechanic ignorance [add]

2008-12-17 21:51:07 / Rating: 105.5 /

Rae

There should have been one more stocking hanging from the mantle, a few more ornaments on the tree with your name on the back, and a few more brightly wrapped presents addressed to you.

tags: baby brother death Christmas I miss you [add]

2008-12-25 23:00:17 / Rating: 102.5 /

college kid

My ramen has the slightest hint of dishwasher soap flavoring.

tags: finals college poor humor ew eat it anyway [add]

2008-12-16 08:52:56 / Rating: 101 /