breakups
When it comes to breakups, pain is inevitable, but Humans thinks that suffering is optional.
The Ending With No Beginning
Being 20 isn't easy. Sure, you're one year closer to being a legal adult and you're living it up with college friends. But growing up is confusing. Whether it's school, work, money, family, or friends that have you tied up in knots, some things just manage to squeeze right through and bite you in the ass. Trying to make the most out of your youth is tough when you have responsibilities and people expect more from you. Some people stress and have it a little harder than others. This story is told by a 20-year-old girl in the year of 2016, and she had it real rough.
By Bridgette Donahue8 years ago in Humans
The Man Who Can't Be Moved
It all starts with a smile, a handshake, a hello. We make eye contact and we are off to the races. Two people that came in alone leave together holding hands. The two forces are stronger than ever. Every smile means the world and every kiss could blow her off her feet. We are shy and we don't want to say much, we don't act ourselves because we worry about saying the wrong thing or looking stupid. We pray that everything will work out fine and will end in a fairy tale.
By Emily Buehner8 years ago in Humans
The Story of the Boy Who Changed Me
I never have the best of luck with relationships so I just have given up on trying to find someone in my life to keep me happy, until one night when everything changed. Last January I got a notification on my phone about a message someone sent me on Instagram, and of course I didn’t think anything of it besides the fact that it’s probably one of my friends sending me a funny video that they saw but I was wrong. It was in my requested section, and I saw his name on the screen. That name that I won’t ever forget and to this day brings me happiness and sadness all at once. We started just having a random conversation, and of course with the typical “hey, can I have your snap?” So, then he started commenting on all my snaps and just texting me off there for a while. I never thought anything of it; I just thought of him as another boy. As we began texting more and more and finally one night decided to FaceTime each other, it hit me that I actually have feelings for him and he felt the same way. We instantly connected and our first “meeting” over FaceTime wasn’t awkward at all. He is just as social as me if not even more than I am, same sense of humor as me, and basically just the same personality almost.
By Nadia Cover8 years ago in Humans
Can You Really Love Someone You've Never Met?
Growing up, my life had never really been considered pleasant. I had a mother in and out of drugs and a father who didn't care. It has always been my brother and me against the world. Then 6th grade came and that school year is when my whole way of life changed just from one snapchat. That 10-second image of a brown-eyed boy with dark fringed hair and a smile which lit the room up had me falling head over heels. As we started talking and learning about each other was when I later found out he lived 583 miles away at that moment I felt all hope was lost. Turns out that wasn’t the only inconvenience; he also had a companion. Later that week he Snapchatted me again asking for my number and at the time nothing else was going through my head other than I was in shocked that a guy like him wanted to talk to someone like me. We talked every day, and I fell more for him every day.
By Makayla Taylor8 years ago in Humans
Heartbreak
Chapter One: You start to question yourself on whether or not you’re good enough, wondering where you could have possibly gone wrong, sitting there trying to analyze the situation and trying to figure out a way to fix it, but here’s the thing, you can’t. Welcome to the story on my first love. It all started with the usual Facebook posts — yup that’s where I met him, and little did I know we went to the same school together. One night I’m scrolling on my Facebook and as usual I got bored and started liking people’s statuses and posts and I came across his, the guy who broke me into pieces. So there he is messaging me on his truth towards me and he started off with, “you’re beautiful, but that’s stating the obvious, truth is, you should say hi sometime at school.” Long story short, we got to know each other better on social media. Then it came to that day when I finally met him in person. I’m walking to class on a Monday afternoon, and he approached me, etc. You guys should probably know by now that we talked, we met, and day by day we started to hangout and talk more and he told me these things like, “you’re beautiful, you’re funny, I love your smile,” etc. A year and a half later, there we were. Everyone at school knew about us, we were inseparable, he was my best friend, my go to, my first love, we did about everything together and everyone swore that him and I were gonna make it out of high school together and be those high school sweethearts and I had no doubt about it. I was head-over-heels for this guy until that day came. The arguments rose, the hate you’s more than the I love you's, the I’m sorry's, the crying, the frustration — everything. It seemed like everything I did or said would ruin something, but God did have a way of making things seem like it was okay. We’d argue then minutes later we’d be laughing until our stomachs hurt. He was everything I ever wanted in someone. I could have sworn on my life I was going to marry this guy and grow as a family with him and have this amazing life together. I was in love with him and nothing he ever did or said would change that. Then June 10, 2015 was when it all came rolling down, as if someone came and hit me in my stomach with a bat about a thousand times. One year and eight months in I had found it all out...
By Gabby Dominguez 🌻8 years ago in Humans
Abusive Relationships?
Relationships; when you think of one you think of all the good times you could have with someone not the downhill battle that lies underneath. The truth of who someone really is is hidden underneath their skin that shows when they become angry at you or someone else. How hard it is to picture someone you love being that way.
By Rachel Cross8 years ago in Humans
Wounded Survivor
Do you ever think of me? I still think of you but I wish I didn’t. You still haunt my nightmares and have created a fear that is instilled inside me. I wish there was a drug that could erase your existence in my life. Then maybe I could revert back to the woman I use to be. To this day, there is still a fear that lurks inside my very being from what you did to me. It is a deep cloudy pool and every time I try to swim across or find a way around, all the nightmares start bubbling up again, engulfing me. There is no escape as I sink deeper and deeper into the dark water, begging if not praying, to be free.
By Ashley Star8 years ago in Humans
Out of the Woods
I pulled the covers over my bare shoulders and pulled a pillow to my naked breasts. I glanced over at the clock. It read 5:55. "He should be back soon," I thought. We lived on a farm somewhere in the middle of Texas. He was always getting up early to feed the cows and do some other farm chores. I rolled over and laid on my back as I started to think. "I hate it here," I would say to myself. But he loves it and I can’t take that away from him. I slowly sat up in bed as soon as he walked back into the room.
By Meredith Connell8 years ago in Humans
