Story archives - tag: "romance"

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: 244.5 /

Gou Tongzhi

Being mocked incessantly, every day, by your peers from the age of seven or so to the age of sixteen, changes you into the kind of person who can't muster up the courage to call a girl who might be willing to go out with you.

tags: romance childhood [add]

2008-04-10 15:40:52 / Rating: 134.25 /

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: 85 /

Just Me

After several hours of pondering and countless rough drafts, I waited until my young son was abed, plunked down my credit card to join the online dating site, and sent a painstakingly crafted email to that guy with the amazing profile.

tags: romance single dating [add]

2008-02-12 12:35:13 / Rating: 117 /

Icki

I walked to my car after rehearsals to find a red rose laying on my windshield.

tags: romance surprise [add]

2008-01-18 10:50:27 / Rating: 110.25 /

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: 117 /

Dudette

He laughed and told me I was still gorgeous after the freshly speared cuttlefish inked me in the face.

tags: humor fishing romance beauty [add]

2007-09-10 12:08:29 / Rating: 137.5 /

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: 134.75 /

M

As I stared at his bare chest I had this uncanny desire to bite his nipples.

tags: humor romance [add]

2007-07-02 14:33:34 / Rating: 122 /

Missing: Love

I've never been on a plane but in September I'm flying 3,000 miles to meet a guy who makes me laugh and was arrested by the Mexican police.

tags: humor romance relationships flying [add]

2007-06-07 09:32:34 / Rating: 183.25 /

Hopeless

As I stood outside watching my breath merge with the cold air and starlight, I realized that he will never need me as much as I need him to need me.

tags: introspection searching for peace unrequited unrequited love love romance heartbreak holding on desperation desperate pathetic hopeless [add]

2007-04-25 15:54:45 / Rating: 304.25 /

The guy wearing the bowler hat

Why is it that when I turn 20, it's only 16 year-olds that hit on me?

tags: love romance age [add]

2007-03-28 17:06:40 / Rating: 147.75 /

Austin G

Sometimes after I dropped her off at her house I would come back and the bed would still be warm from us.

tags: bleak romance [add]

2007-03-28 17:05:09 / Rating: 132.5 /

_m_a_r_k_____

She was about ten feet away when she turned quickly to face me and said, "Why can't you come too?"

tags: romance question mystery [add]

2007-03-21 17:50:44 / Rating: 129.25 /

fallen phoenix

I am pregnant with my husband's child, so I will never get to be with the man who is the mirror of my soul.

tags: romance pregnant marriage [add]

2007-02-23 09:16:49 / Rating: 253.25 /

Jill

We take showers together and never get clean.

tags: romance relationships [add]

2006-09-28 09:57:38 / Rating: 184.25 /

Joke of a Romantic

As he was telling me over the phone that he didn't know me I came to the sinking realization that I couldn't live without him anymore.

tags: sadness love romance unrequited love disappointment [add]

2006-09-27 13:43:46 / Rating: 225.5 /

Hazard

His arrogance was as potent as my pride, but I would never have told him so, had he not kissed me first.

tags: love jealousy romance [add]

2006-09-27 10:23:03 / Rating: 188.5 /

Paul

I got up the nerve to tell her I thought she was beautiful, and her reply was, "That's so sweet... but I'm married."

tags: love romance beauty nervous dialogue [add]

2006-09-27 10:22:39 / Rating: 162.25 /

Steve Brettult

I'm happily married with a family, but I still pine for the girl who died in high school.

tags: love regret romance childhood [add]

2006-09-11 12:27:17 / Rating: 240.75 /

migrant picker

I once truly fell in love with an unseen friend-- who refused to meet me in real life, who became the object of my every desire, my muse, the reason I walked this planet-- with every cell of my heart.

tags: romance love obsession [add]

2006-09-09 13:58:29 / Rating: 782.5 /

Tiara

He was the one who hugged me, asked for a photo with me, danced with me, kissed me - and now I'm the one pursuing him.

tags: love romance relationships [add]

2006-08-22 09:44:55 / Rating: 186.75 /

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: 171.75 /