Story archives - tag: "relationship"

Lindsey

A few miles outside of Manhattan, my father carried a collapsible lawn chair to the lower level of Macys at the Queens Center Mall.

tags: Father relationship longing grief musical love missing humor [add]

2011-10-13 23:04:05 / Rating: 205.5 /

Caitlin

His confession made me wonder how many other chances I missed because I was too scared.

tags: history crush high school missed relationship [add]

2011-09-02 10:19:08 / Rating: 387 /

Loreign

I shamefully shielded the cover of the self-help book for singles in my lap from the handsome commuter in the next seat, and smiled coyly, despite the fact that that its first chapter contains valuable tips on changing negative perceptions of being alone.

tags: alone single hope relationship ridiculous [add]

2011-02-22 13:37:54 / Rating: 383 /

loveblossoms

While still 24, when I broke the news of the year to my father that I had fallen in love with this 48 year old beautiful woman, dismissively he responded, "Isn't one mom sufficient?"

tags: relationship love infatuation painful hurting feeling dismissively rejection [add]

2009-12-30 08:56:13 / Rating: 461 /

T

When faced with the choice, I chose the girl who lives 450 miles instead of the girl who I have lunch with every day.

tags: love choice distance relationship [add]

2009-11-12 11:03:43 / Rating: 580.5 /

Al

I seriously wasn't expecting *that* long of an awkward silence after her mother joked that we should get back together.

tags: ex girlfriend mother friend relationship accidental [add]

2009-03-16 12:01:30 / Rating: 356.75 /

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: 639.25 /

masokat

I love my friends, because who else would help me pack up and move 3 bedrooms worth of furniture and stuff in 5 hours, while my abusive, now ex, boyfriend was at work, blissfully unaware of my escape.

tags: relationship friends help [add]

2008-06-10 15:26:06 / Rating: 935.5 /

Ana

You stay up doing origami until 1am without realizing I was staring at your back, just waiting for you to lie down beside me.

tags: boyfriend relationship sigh [add]

2008-05-13 10:26:43 / Rating: 473.5 /

Bobina

Getting to be your ex-girlfriend is totally worth having to have been your girlfriend first.

tags: ex girlfriend relationship [add]

2008-03-06 11:46:09 / Rating: 462.25 /

LeLou

When I saw him escort her out of his house at 8am, still in bar clothes, I realized he could never be the kind of man I want in life.

tags: epiphany truth relationship men [add]

2008-02-13 13:18:10 / Rating: 476.25 /

Trouble

She said that the scrunchie that I took out of my work bag was not hers.

tags: trouble relationship misunderstood sad questioning honest faithful [add]

2008-02-06 13:32:55 / Rating: 462.75 /

DeWeese

I had never truly understood the taste of lemonade until I counted the number of times my name showed up in her diary.

tags: diary relationship trust disappointment lemonade [add]

2008-01-14 17:23:34 / Rating: 582.5 /

Xin

It wasn't until I sat up in bed the other night questioning our relationship that I noticed the light that was coming in through the blinds fell across my chest like a prison uniform.

tags: relationship trapped light night [add]

2007-10-02 10:25:39 / Rating: 584.5 /

That girl

I deleted my Facebook account when my past wall posts started ruining my current relationship.

tags: humor stupid facebook internet horrors relationship [add]

2007-09-26 01:07:08 / Rating: 529.5 /

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: 508.5 /

Raines

Every one tells me, "at least you didn't get her pregnant," and I wonder if that is a good thing.

tags: relationship dumped linguistics [add]

2007-08-23 17:52:15 / Rating: 378.75 /

JJ

You never wrote back, and today I stopped expecting you to.

tags: e-mail breakup relationship loss [add]

2007-07-03 17:12:16 / Rating: 619.75 /

Mourning

Knowing that my miscarriage brought him relief is something I'm not sure I'll ever forget.

tags: miscarriage mourning relationship pain loss [add]

2007-06-22 10:48:05 / Rating: 2978.75 /

Holly

World of Warcraft led to the end of our relationship, but has now become a healthy part of it.

tags: relationship humor irony love change accepted video games world of warcraft [add]

2007-06-19 14:07:44 / Rating: 635.75 /

anonymous

Exactly a year later, I deleted the logs.

tags: end relationship choice moving on [add]

2007-06-18 11:06:42 / Rating: 449.25 /

Doug

She made me feel the best I ever had one year ago exactly and today she managed to take it all back with four little words, "I never loved you."

tags: love hate relationship end goodbye doom [add]

2007-05-23 13:16:17 / Rating: 635.75 /

"Sweetie"

After he dropped me off at the airport, I waited for him to circle back around the terminal (like they do in the movies) because I would have gotten back in.

tags: relationship goodbyes new girlfriend [add]

2006-11-16 00:09:27 / Rating: 429.5 /

cz

She embraced me with the warmth of her skin, the wine on her breath and the smile on her lips and I felt absolutely nothing.

tags: relationship humor tragedy nothing beginning of the end memory regret [add]

2006-10-05 10:56:08 / Rating: 622 /

A. Mouse

The first year she noticed me, the second year we spoke, the third we kissed, the fourth was just natural progression.

tags: relationship holiday romance [add]

2006-08-13 12:04:26 / Rating: 533 /