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When I was teenager a hot topic between friends was “first time” stories. I was 13 when I gathered in a group circle shivering with the girls. The cold air nipped our noses, but the conversation was steaming. We were waiting for the doors to open at school and listened attentively as one of the girls spun a yarn about how romantic the night of the winter dance had been. They spent the whole dance/ activity night on the dance floor. Bumping and grinding, dry humping like untrained pups but there was slow dancing thrown in too. We stood beneath the curious, leafless red maple. The girls licked their lips and gawked as our friend spoke. I was uncomfortable that day. Partly because my converse were shit in the snow and now, my socks had become soaked from the icy slush on the sidewalks and partly because of the conversation, but I listened in anyway. And partly because the night before I was invaded by an unwelcome creep and I could still feel throbbing between my thighs.
By Theresa M Hochstine19 minutes ago in Confessions
Real-World Dating Challenges And How Lifestyle Changes Can Solve Them
Social anxiety is one of the barriers of contemporary dating that does not allow the singles to be able to approach a potential partner with confidence. A large number of them fear judgment, awkwardness or even rejection in social contexts. The lifestyle modifications that will desensitize anxiety triggers include frequent exposure to social contexts, joining of clubs, or attendance of community events. Before social interactions, incorporating mindfulness and relaxation techniques, such as meditation or deep breathing, also help decrease the stress. Through consistent steps of making social life more comfortable and engaging in relaxed reactions, singles gain confidence. This transition enables them to be authentic, to start conversations in a natural manner and to bond and the anxiety is turned into social competence and dating readiness.
By Mark Hipsterabout 10 hours ago in Confessions
A Small Story About Honesty
Nearly a decade ago, a notification appeared on my computer screen that felt like a brush with destiny. At the time, I was an active participant in the digital world of fandom, leaving thoughtful, supportive comments on the social media posts of a well-known and internationally recognized actor I deeply admired. Then, the impossible happened: a private message arrived.
By Anna K.about 18 hours ago in Confessions
Letters to the Grave
Have you ever felt the pull of the past—that quiet ache to return to the crossroads where words were left unsaid? Not to chase the echoes of the dead, but to face the living ghosts we carry—the ones who walked out of our days, or slipped from our minds, or were cut away like threads no longer meant to weave our story. These are the conversations that haunt the quiet moments, letters addressed to absences, sent to the spaces where people once stood before time, distance, or choice turned them into shadows.
By Jackie Fazekasabout 20 hours ago in Confessions
When the Wind Knocked
The wind had been knocking for three nights before I finally admitted that it was not weather. It began as a murmur against the old glass, a careful tapping as though some hesitant traveler had lost their way and mistaken my window for a door. My house stood at the edge of the town, where the road thinned into gravel and then into nothing at all. Beyond it lay fields the color of rusted gold, and beyond those, hills that swallowed the horizon. The wind had always passed through there freely, dragging dust and forgotten leaves along its restless path. But this was different.
By LUNA EDITHabout 22 hours ago in Confessions
A Small Thing That Brightened My Day. AI-Generated.
I did not wake up expecting anything special from today. It started like one of those grey, slightly off days where everything feels a little too loud and a little too heavy, even before anything actually goes wrong. I scrolled my phone longer than I should have, got up later than I planned, and already felt behind before I had even begun.
By Zeyrox Xen0a day ago in Confessions
An Honest Question
There's an ache that comes over me in the quiet. Sometimes it hits in the middle of the day, when my toddler is sleeping and the others are in their bedrooms, playing or reading. Sometimes it happens in the moments before I open my eyes in the morning, but most times it happens at night. This ache urges me to reach out for a fix of something. Validation. Importance. Success.
By Mezmura day ago in Confessions
The Unopened Letter: What We Never Tell Our Parents and Why the Silence Lasts Forever. AI-Generated.
There is a letter you will never write. It lives inside you, fully formed, every word chosen, every sentence complete. In this letter, you tell your parents everything. Not the edited version, not the polite version, not the version that protects their feelings and your safety. The truth. All of it. The gratitude you have never known how to express. The wounds you have carried since childhood. The ways they shaped you, for better and worse. The person you have become, in all its complexity, and how much of that becoming traces back to them. The love you feel, so deep it terrifies you. The anger you have swallowed, so old it feels like part of your bones. The forgiveness you want to offer, if only they would ask. The understanding you long for, if only they could see.
By HAADIa day ago in Confessions
The hidden of cost always saying yes
Imagine this Your phone buzzes at 11:47 p.m. It’s your coworker asking if you can “quickly” cover their shift tomorrow. You’re exhausted, your inbox is a war zone, and your therapist literally told you last week to practice saying no.
By creatora day ago in Confessions
The Untold Stories of Women in History
History, as it is often taught, feels like a gallery of kings, generals, inventors, and revolutionaries — most of them men. Yet behind every empire, every revolution, every scientific breakthrough, and every social transformation, women were present. They ruled nations, commanded armies, shaped intellectual movements, led resistance efforts, and redefined what leadership meant.
By Aiman Shahid2 days ago in Confessions
Still Here, Just Unable to Respond
I send my words like paper boats to sea, they drift in light, but never back to me. My name still stands where voices used to grow, yet every answer fades before it shows. To speak, be heard, yet never truly meet, is half a heartbeat skipping in defeat.
By Aarsh Malik2 days ago in Confessions
