Story archives - tag: "love"

Roo

Our first kiss was because he did his homework.

tags: love school [add]

2008-09-29 13:52:17 / Rating: 44.5 /

Mia

It's not every day you turn on talk radio to hear the boy you loved trashing the time you spent together.

tags: love break up pain betrayal lies jerks [add]

2008-09-29 13:47:59 / Rating: 55.25 /

Mariel

I went to my first gaming convention when I was fifteen and felt not unlike the ugly duckling who found the swans that he belonged with, except possibly in reverse.

tags: gaming nerd revelation geek love [add]

2008-09-17 23:46:11 / Rating: 88 /

Heather

As I closed the door on my apartment for the last time, I realized that any love I've had for a person pales in comparison to the love I have for that place.

tags: love place apartment [add]

2008-08-27 16:21:04 / Rating: 154.5 /

skor

I wrote a note to him in binary saying I thought I loved him.

tags: love binary [add]

2008-08-22 14:00:36 / Rating: 192.75 /

Doritos

We met because he'd hit me in the back of the head with his trombone slide.

tags: love humor school band class [add]

2008-08-18 14:58:13 / Rating: 142.75 /

call me goldie

Cheating on my boyfriend with a gorgeous French man wasn't all it was cut out to be.

tags: cheating love boyfriend guilt [add]

2008-08-06 15:09:57 / Rating: 59.75 /

A-P

In a move of classic "girlyism," I Googled wedding photographers in your hometown, just in case.

tags: love future wedding [add]

2008-07-25 00:16:38 / Rating: 115.75 /

Matt

When my wife's only comment to my former mistress was "Thanks for taking care of him while I was away," I knew that I would never again be unfaithful .

tags: love infidelity humor wit [add]

2008-07-08 23:59:56 / Rating: 160.75 /

sydney

And after I confessed my love for him, he stated that he was flattered and we changed the subject.

tags: love sadness rejection [add]

2008-06-27 15:22:20 / Rating: 234.5 /

Carissa

I don't care if your last name is a word for a genital condition, I still love every little thing about you.

tags: humor love relationship [add]

2008-06-18 10:21:41 / Rating: 245.75 /

micaela

I would have never have met my true love if it weren't for my sudden desire to plant turnips.

tags: gardening love humor [add]

2008-06-11 13:10:15 / Rating: 150.5 /

Mlyn

As my father passed by the closet, I prayed she wouldn't sneeze.

tags: love risk relationships [add]

2008-06-11 13:09:02 / Rating: 136.25 /

Player 2

Seventeen years later, I fell in love with the man who, when he was twenty and I was five, would let me come to his apartment to play Super Mario Brothers while my parents grocery-shopped.

tags: love affection video games age difference [add]

2008-06-10 10:35:19 / Rating: 183.75 /

FormalWare

She was heavier dead than alive.

tags: death love grief cancer corpse funeral [add]

2008-06-09 12:20:29 / Rating: 100.25 /

FormalWare

She started the conversation with "I think you should date other women," and ended it with "Yes, I'll marry you."

tags: love relationships breaking up engagement [add]

2008-06-09 12:20:23 / Rating: 269.25 /

Tally

When I got back the textbook I loaned him, I flipped through every page hoping for a love note hidden in the margins.

tags: books notes love disappointment [add]

2008-06-06 17:12:27 / Rating: 288.75 /

Anti-Pet

As I skidded on a trail of pee on the hardwood floor, I realized I couldn't be with the one I love because I hate his dog.

tags: love dog gross [add]

2008-06-03 15:35:44 / Rating: 81 /

Carley

I wish hugs cured cancer.

tags: cancer hug love [add]

2008-06-03 15:35:35 / Rating: 305 /

Whew!

I was ecstatic to see my husband NOT pour himself a drink when he got home from work.

tags: love marriage stress alcoholic? work sucks [add]

2008-05-30 10:04:59 / Rating: 98.75 /

Stephanie

Until I heard the words "Yes, her name is Lane," I didn't know his infidelity would hurt me so much.

tags: love cheating hurt [add]

2008-05-21 09:36:33 / Rating: 155.25 /

She

I was fine until dad started crying before me.

tags: breakup love unrequited love pain [add]

2008-05-20 15:11:17 / Rating: 116 /

The Only One

The day after prom of this year, I found out that I was the only person out of all my friends that was still a virgin.

tags: love friendship [add]

2008-05-20 10:23:44 / Rating: 121.25 /

cpumaster

I blew out my knee making love to my fiance a week before I had to go to the recruiters office.

tags: sex irony humor air force injury knee love [add]

2008-05-08 17:37:40 / Rating: 182.75 /

kt

The most romantic moment of my life ended with the word "boner."

tags: love humor kiss romance [add]

2008-04-30 14:52:26 / Rating: 280.25 /

kaesrel

He sat down next to me in the second row and taught me how to play Go in Latin class.

tags: love class games [add]

2008-04-28 12:19:11 / Rating: 108.5 /

Surprised

It was clear when he gave me his dog tag that it wasn't just about sex anymore.

tags: epiphany love affair [add]

2008-04-22 12:10:02 / Rating: 116 /

Anthraxus

"Why don't you ever get anything done around here?" she asked me after I spent two hours watching her watch TV and play on her computer, while I did the taxes and fetched her drinks, cigarettes, and snacks.

tags: love doormat irritation gonna kill her [add]

2008-04-22 12:06:45 / Rating: 93.5 /

Sleepwalker

Because he killed himself, I was able to fall in love.

tags: death love suicide [add]

2008-04-15 22:56:36 / Rating: 126.25 /

Flood

I've been watching all the movies you wanted me to see when we were together.

tags: love break-up movies [add]

2008-04-08 17:01:58 / Rating: 222.5 /

Katiw

My ex-girlfriend is engaged to my boyfriend's twin brother.

tags: love relationships twins bisexual [add]

2008-04-08 17:00:10 / Rating: 128.5 /

In Love

I think my mom would be surprised to hear that my boyfriend of almost 1 year and I haven't had sex yet, even though we've slept in the same bed many times.

tags: love sex boyfriend mom [add]

2008-04-02 13:54:30 / Rating: 192.25 /

espo

I'm ninety-six pounds and my boyfriend won't let me eat cake.

tags: control disorder boyfriend love lies [add]

2008-04-01 12:10:38 / Rating: 244 /

Not quite yet.

My boyfriend's mother looked longingly at her niece's pregnant belly and sighed heavily before casting a sideways glance in my direction.

tags: pregnancy not ready 20s grandmother love awkward [add]

2008-03-26 13:17:29 / Rating: 168.5 /

Bean

Had I known it would've been our last night together I wouldn't have cancelled our date.

tags: love death fiancee [add]

2008-03-20 16:04:56 / Rating: 247.25 /

Ben

I asked her to tell me what the song meant, but a few weeks later she showed me.

tags: music song breakup love [add]

2008-03-19 10:03:28 / Rating: 140.5 /

Faze

I just told my boyfriend of three years that I am leaving him for the alluring woman downstairs.

tags: love scared human [add]

2008-03-19 09:51:08 / Rating: 86.75 /

Death and Taxes

He asked me if I would still file his taxes for him after I told him I didn't think I loved him anymore.

tags: love humor taxes [add]

2008-03-10 10:18:54 / Rating: 192 /

Eternal Flame

I missed my girlfriend so much that I racked up 4,000 minutes of talk time on my cell phone that month.

tags: love relationships long-distance romance [add]

2008-03-10 10:18:02 / Rating: 124.25 /

Patricia

When I tell people I'll be getting married at 22, they look at me as if they expected me to be more intelligent than that.

tags: marriage too young wisdom love doubt cynicism [add]

2008-03-10 10:13:16 / Rating: 209.75 /

Dormouse

He said "Do you think you could help me with this riddle?" as he smiled and took my hand.

tags: love romance puzzles [add]

2008-03-06 11:47:58 / Rating: 100.5 /

Hopeless Romantic

I was wondering about my sexuality, but when she smiled at me, I started planning how I was going to come out to my mom.

tags: love lesbianism bisexuality [add]

2008-03-03 13:02:38 / Rating: 297.75 /

Shadow

I was 14 when I grasped my fathers lifeless hand and realized I didn't hate him after all.

tags: death abuse love hate forgiveness realization [add]

2008-03-03 13:01:04 / Rating: 435.5 /

Dormouse

If you thought getting dumped in a text was bad, I just learned he ended our relationship through Facebook.

tags: facebook technology love break up breaking up text [add]

2008-02-26 14:41:27 / Rating: 222.75 /

LNO

It was only after I shattered the chocolate heart that I wondered if allegories worked outside of literary works.

tags: humor love heartbreak chocolate [add]

2008-02-22 16:09:16 / Rating: 201.25 /

Nooks

I was sure my face was going into the toilet, but then he caught me and my heart at the same time.

tags: toilet save love [add]

2008-02-19 12:57:52 / Rating: 107 /

SJ

I told my husband I wanted a new, simple wedding band because the 1.3c diamond I wear is not a symbol of our love but of my greed.

tags: love sincerity greed honesty realization [add]

2008-02-13 13:09:31 / Rating: 878.25 /

Erzulie

I've had a crush on him for nine years and last night he finally kissed me.

tags: friendship crush love kiss [add]

2008-02-13 13:07:43 / Rating: 310.75 /

shiksa

As I opened the hotel room door to go meet him in the lobby, I knew that at that precise moment I was about to ruin my marriage.

tags: affair infidelity lover marriage divorce love [add]

2008-02-12 12:36:13 / Rating: 230 /

ETGPressInc

"Goodbye sex" only reopens old wounds.

tags: sex college love life [add]

2008-02-08 16:50:49 / Rating: 173.5 /

Hours away from people that love me

With all the tags for "college" I finally feel connected to my age group.

tags: sad lonely love college meta [add]

2008-02-06 13:37:15 / Rating: 125.75 /

Jackson

Our hug may have only lasted for ten seconds, but my smile has lasted for weeks.

tags: friendship love smile [add]

2008-02-06 13:33:17 / Rating: 253.25 /

Silly

Though I glared at her when she took my phone from me, I now see she was merely insuring I wouldn't call someone and make myself seem like a giggly drunken idiot.

tags: attempted drunk dial sisters love [add]

2008-02-04 11:37:26 / Rating: 261.5 /

DJDawson

On her deathbed, she reached for my hand despite not knowing exactly who I was and with a thin but honest smile, asked, "However did you escape?"

tags: grandmother death good-bye hello closure family love escape [add]

2008-01-31 12:09:26 / Rating: 236.75 /

BigSis

Mom and Dad were separated prematurely as teenagers by her father, and it took a lifetime, several marriages and children for them to find each other again and be happy.

tags: marriage separation love happiness children [add]

2008-01-18 10:51:49 / Rating: 160 /

Bored and hurting in engineering.

"You're way, way over-dramatic," was what the text read.

tags: love xbox 360 text message [add]

2008-01-18 10:50:49 / Rating: 65.75 /

Not Your Personal Assistant

I started to have a panic attack about not really being in love with him anymore, but I still continued to make our wedding registry.

tags: love wedding not in love panic attack [add]

2008-01-18 10:45:02 / Rating: 128.5 /

ME++

Sadly, my 6 year old son has a love life that outruns mine by light years.

tags: love children [add]

2008-01-14 17:26:58 / Rating: 123.25 /

Leoainey

The girls are all grown up and now my husband is my boyfriend again.

tags: love husband empty nest [add]

2008-01-14 17:25:54 / Rating: 281 /

scarlett

Lots of things remind me of you, like paper-cuts, couples fighting in the supermarket, and oil spills.

tags: love break-ups humor [add]

2008-01-11 13:56:59 / Rating: 178.5 /

cantgetoverHim

It's been over a year and sometimes I still read his love letters like it's the first time I've ever read them.

tags: love [add]

2008-01-02 15:29:34 / Rating: 198 /

Lily of the Valley

He wouldn't let me kill myself the night he told me he didn't love me, but he never called after that to see if I was still alive.

tags: love boys cruel thoughtless uncaring [add]

2007-12-31 11:54:26 / Rating: 254 /

myth

When I thought of how much my friend has done for his girlfriend, I realized how ugly Helen of Troy must have been that there was only a war because of her.

tags: devotion mythology love girlfriend boyfriend friend [add]

2007-12-31 11:53:57 / Rating: 246.75 /

NoSex

She thought I was looking at myself in the mirror, but I was actually flirting with another girl from across the room whose ass and eyes I caught in the reflection.

tags: flirtation sex humor irony love romance wonder mystery bullshit [add]

2007-12-27 12:25:39 / Rating: 138.75 /

Dormouse

As his favorite song played on my mp3 player, I realized why he tried to kill himself.

tags: suicide love music [add]

2007-12-13 13:11:37 / Rating: 153.5 /

bi-curious straight girl

Eyeing the intriguingly attractive girl in line, it took me a moment to remember that it's almost impossible to find lesbians in birth control clinics.

tags: love lesbian attraction [add]

2007-12-07 15:04:42 / Rating: 223.25 /

obsessed

"Staying together for the kids" gained a whole new meaning last night.

tags: marriage shock love betrayal [add]

2007-11-27 09:54:03 / Rating: 128.75 /

Harrison's Dad

During the 90 minutes he was in our arms, his mother and I loved him a lifetime.

tags: premature infant loss death mourning love [add]

2007-11-26 12:35:50 / Rating: 418 /

Alisha

In less than 24 hours, I found out he constantly dropped ecstasy, cheated on me by sleeping with his cousin's 15 year old best friend, fooled around with his best friend's sister, and that everything I knew in this world from the man I was ready to marry was a lie.

tags: heartbreak infidelity love loss truth drugs lying [add]

2007-11-24 18:30:56 / Rating: 198.25 /

without an anchor

Every one of my many heartbreaks could have been avoided had you not waited until I was 32 to tell me you loved me.

tags: absent fathers failed relationships daughters love [add]

2007-11-20 15:09:53 / Rating: 813.25 /

Heather

I look at the food longingly as my stomach grumbles, knowing that he's controlled me for so long that the only thing I have control over in my life is the food I put into my mouth.

tags: hunger control abuse anorexia love [add]

2007-11-12 22:52:38 / Rating: 176.75 /

jessica pauli jo

It was the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when I wished for him to love me... if wishing on 11:11 ever worked it should've worked extra that morning.

tags: love 11:11 wishes [add]

2007-11-12 22:48:03 / Rating: 158.25 /

Blogfrog

I don't think he's noticed, but when I'm mad at him I don't wear his shirt to bed.

tags: relationships love mad [add]

2007-11-02 14:42:13 / Rating: 354 /

Looking Back

Even though it's been ten years and I'm visiting a town 100 miles away from where she lives now, I look at everyone passing by, hoping I'll see her.

tags: love sentimentality [add]

2007-10-30 14:18:08 / Rating: 408 /

Tek

The first time I saw her put maple syrup on her popcorn I knew I loved her.

tags: love lesbian maple syrup [add]

2007-10-30 14:17:32 / Rating: 244.5 /

thekatherine

His face turned a deep shade of red when his friend thought he had informed me of his buddy's hickie, when I was very aware it was from myself.

tags: hickie kiss embarrassment love [add]

2007-10-30 14:17:27 / Rating: 158.75 /

Sitting Here

I was never able to kiss her goodbye because all of the little girls would have laughed at us.

tags: love [add]

2007-10-30 14:16:25 / Rating: 83.75 /

Blinded by Jealousy

I know I have nothing to worry about, but I still deleted her messages on his myspace.

tags: love jealousy ex-girlfriend myspace [add]

2007-10-29 10:14:23 / Rating: 290 /

Rachel

My love for him deepened significantly when he offered to cosign my student loans.

tags: friends older brother love college loans debt [add]

2007-10-25 10:45:30 / Rating: 179.25 /

lily

Golf Widow makes me sad because she doesn't realize that every woman is a sister.

tags: solidarity love [add]

2007-10-08 17:31:09 / Rating: 89.5 /

Noel

Hearing that she got engaged over the weekend, I decided it was time for me to stop regretting not kissing her that night six years ago and for her to start.

tags: love regret engaged [add]

2007-10-08 17:30:50 / Rating: 168.75 /

That one guy

The girl I've had a crush on for six years asked me for advice and I told her to stay with her boyfriend because I knew that would make her happy.

tags: love happiness regret [add]

2007-10-03 10:06:39 / Rating: 309.5 /

Saber

I would've gone easier on him if I had realized he joined the fencing class for me.

tags: humor love crush fencing [add]

2007-10-02 10:28:03 / Rating: 160.5 /

Theoretical Theory

I'm convinced that if I had just asked her to prom she wouldn't have moved away and we would be together.

tags: love regret loss [add]

2007-10-01 13:50:08 / Rating: 108.25 /

how i'd like to be credited

To calm myself down, before I closed my eyes that night I said to myself, "You love him, he loves you, and that's all that really matters."

tags: love trust argument [add]

2007-09-28 17:11:27 / Rating: 119 /

Theoretical Theory

After just two months, I want to marry her but I still haven't even told her that I love her.

tags: marriage love time [add]

2007-09-28 17:07:26 / Rating: 135.5 /

Juju

He was so cute that I ignored his E sharp.

tags: band love wrong notes [add]

2007-09-27 12:29:17 / Rating: 101.75 /

stickman

It's not particularly motivating when you're trying to write out how you feel about her, only to have iTunes find every song about failed love on your computer and play them in uncanny succession.

tags: humor love computers itunes [add]

2007-09-26 07:57:31 / Rating: 198 /

Jill

"Ya, 'sall good man," is not an appropriate response to a declaration of affection.

tags: love humor inappropriate remarks [add]

2007-09-26 01:09:45 / Rating: 122.75 /

Raines

I find it ironic that each night I drive home to you, I pass the exit of the man you left me for.

tags: second chance relationship love duality [add]

2007-09-21 15:20:31 / Rating: 149 /

Gaby

When I called my friend after her husband died, I didn't think that she would end up consoling me.

tags: death love friendship sadness empathy [add]

2007-09-21 15:19:24 / Rating: 171 /

Ahera

During that five minute conversation, he gave me fourteen "I'm so sorry"s, seven "I'll never do it again"s, and three "What can I do to make it up to you?"s, and I gave him about nine sarcastic "mhm"s.

tags: cheating love conversations [add]

2007-09-18 13:10:14 / Rating: 175.5 /

Bethany

Was Stuart worth the blood in my shoes?

tags: blood love ankles shoes [add]

2007-09-13 14:29:08 / Rating: 120.5 /

Kevin

I took down the pictures of her, carefully looking at only the corners.

tags: love breakup [add]

2007-09-13 13:55:26 / Rating: 221.75 /

Delilah

It was the third morning in a row she had awoken from the same dream and knew, as she looked at her boyfriend sleeping next to her, that dreaming about another guy shouldn't have felt so right.

tags: guilt love relationships dreams [add]

2007-09-13 13:52:38 / Rating: 143 /

amuse

He wants me to forget, but I can't even begin to forgive.

tags: cheating love [add]

2007-09-07 22:43:13 / Rating: 118.75 /

I'm A Teddy Bear

The girls always told me that I was persuasive, and then one told me it was just because I was a stuffed bear disguised as a boy.

tags: love teddy bear stuffed [add]

2007-08-30 16:48:45 / Rating: 161.25 /

Sharpe

It was only after adopting a cat that I realized I was more of a dog lover at heart.

tags: pets regret love adoption [add]

2007-08-28 23:06:07 / Rating: 188 /

T.

He would kiss my forehead and move my hair from my eyes in a way that will be forever with me even though he is gone.

tags: love tragedy [add]

2007-08-24 16:31:37 / Rating: 219.75 /

Doin' Her Thing

I can finally relate to the song "Summer Lovin," from Grease thanks to Captain Steve.

tags: epiphany romance love men [add]

2007-08-24 16:31:30 / Rating: 153.25 /

JP

After three years of waiting, I never imagined how incredible that first kiss would be.

tags: love waiting kiss [add]

2007-08-23 18:07:47 / Rating: 212.75 /

Matt

The next morning she told me she was married, and I told her that I was in her geography class 8 years ago.

tags: teacher love sex [add]

2007-08-23 17:53:02 / Rating: 293.25 /

katlyn

Elliott Smith helped me survive the summer.

tags: summer love loss elliott smith survival [add]

2007-08-19 21:35:42 / Rating: 143 /

eww

The first time a boy told me he loved me, I laughed and said, "No, you don't."

tags: humor love [add]

2007-08-15 12:59:26 / Rating: 248.25 /

Edinbugger

I'm still trying to work out whether "I want to say I love you but that's too heavy" is the same as "I love you."

tags: love [add]

2007-08-15 12:59:02 / Rating: 91.75 /

Prince Albert

Rod Stewart and I are the only two people who have ever felt this way.

tags: love loss [add]

2007-08-10 13:06:04 / Rating: 149 /

Aja

I hate when you make references to our past casual affair because I fucking miss you and because it makes me want to kick you in the teeth.

tags: casual relationships frienship love past casual dating [add]

2007-08-10 13:03:59 / Rating: 169.25 /

your joy

Sitting at the table, I begged to be told the answer I already knew, but didn't want to hear.

tags: love truth lies cheating [add]

2007-08-07 16:19:49 / Rating: 167.25 /

ArĂ¡n

When you broke up with me, all I could remember was how her kisses always left a bad taste in my mouth.

tags: love ending kiss bad [add]

2007-08-03 15:50:05 / Rating: 151.75 /

Just Another Girl

The minute you walked away, I knew you weren't a man.

tags: miscarriage hospital breakup loss love [add]

2007-08-01 12:33:41 / Rating: 199 /

ramou

I've found that writing code to impress a girl works no better now than it did when I lived in my mother's basement.

tags: nerd love [add]

2007-08-01 12:33:10 / Rating: 183 /

Cassie

I met the love of my life not on the subway or in a bar, but in my bowling class.

tags: love life bowling relationships [add]

2007-07-31 14:35:39 / Rating: 126.25 /

aedmark

I knew we were destined to fall in love when she told me she too was a big fan of zombie movies.

tags: zombie love movie humor [add]

2007-07-24 16:45:02 / Rating: 162 /