Friendship

Is He Fun to Be Around, or Am I Fun and He’s Just Around?
We often mistake silence for peace and presence for connection. We spend months, sometimes years, decorating a relationship with our own laughter, our own energy, and our own vibrant spirit, only to wake up one morning and realize we’ve been throwing a party for two where only one person brought the music. The question isn't just a clever play on words; it is a mirror held up to the tired soul: Is he actually fun to be around, or am I the fun, and he is simply standing in the glow of my light?
By Everabout 2 hours ago in Confessions
When Shields Fall Faster Than We Expect
I always thought I was someone who trusted slowly—pain had taught me that lesson well. I wrapped my heart in layers of caution, convinced that careful steps were protection. But life has a way of surprising you, quietly, in moments you least expect.
By Everabout 8 hours ago in Confessions
The Quiet Heartbreak of Loving Someone Who Doesn't Know How to Stay
Love does not always end with a slammed door; sometimes, it ends in silence. Not the kind of silence that follows a fight, or the temporary quiet of two people needing space. But the slow, confusing silence that grows between two people who still care about each other — and don’t quite know how they got here.
By Anna K.about 9 hours ago in Confessions
Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight
Some films entertain us for a moment, while others leave a quiet mark on our hearts. Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight is one of those rare stories that stays with viewers long after the final scene. It is not just a romantic film—it is a touching reflection on love, memory, and the fleeting nature of life’s most meaningful moments. Directed by Takihisa Zeze, the film tells a gentle yet emotional story about two teenagers who discover love under unusual circumstances. Through their journey, the film explores an important question: what happens when love exists, but memory cannot hold onto it?
By Shoaib Afridiabout 9 hours ago in Confessions
Our Own Worst Critic
We are “Our Own Worst Critic” in everything we see ourselves do, I definitely almost always run myself down when I shouldn't. I am lucky to have friends who see me as I should be and encourage me in all possible ways.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about 10 hours ago in Confessions
Healthy Relationships Require Emotional Intelligence Communication And Conflict Resolution Skills
Healthy relationships are formed on the premise of understanding, empathy, and proper interaction. Couples need emotional intelligence, communication, and conflict resolution skills that enable them to overcome difficulties and establish trust and intimacy. Those relationships lacking such skills usually experience misunderstanding, resentment, and emotional remote control. With the development of such skills, couples will be able to build a positive, healthy relationship that ensures the development of each other, respect among them, and long-term happiness. These skills are skills that should be developed continuously, yet they are strengthened by constant practice and allow the involved people to be more attached to each other and improve their emotional state.
By Mark Hipsterabout 21 hours ago in Confessions
Finding Perfect Partner Requires Patience Commitment And Honest Self Reflection
The process of defining the appropriate partner is hardly quick. Patience enables a person to go through the dating scene in a prudent manner without hurrying to get into the wrong relationship. In haste, there are the chances of values that do not match, broken expectations or recurrent disappointment. Patience promotes discretion and the skill to identify attributes that will match in the long run.
By Robert Smith2 days ago in Confessions
Young Relationships Challenges And Solutions For Growing Together Successfully
The young relationships are usually challenged with peculiar difficulties because of their inexperience, development of identities, and peer pressures. Young couples have a lot of problems in communication, prioritizing individual ambitions, and overcoming emotions. Such difficulties may cause misunderstanding, conflict and insecurity. It is essential to identify these barriers at an early stage to make the relationship healthy. Couples can appreciate that relationship challenges are normal during the growth stage and as such they should be handled with patience and curiosity as opposed to frustration. Recognition of such challenges provides the basis to formulate premeditated plans to enhance the relationship and enhance growth in the long term.
By Mark Hipster2 days ago in Confessions
What's My Name?
Alan Gold asked me about why I had a double name on Facebook and Vocal. I thought I had written about this on Seven Days In but I couldn’t find any trace of it to fill out this piece. I mean this is just about how I got a nickname and appropriated it for myself.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 days ago in Confessions
Women History Month Celebrates: Ashley Bookashy
Nearly five years ago I started working at my current job and in the mornings when I first got there a girl in a red Kia parked next to me every morning. As this went on the first few months on the job we started interacting and joking about how we kept parking next to each other, but in time this great woman would end up being my best friend.
By Joe Patterson5 days ago in Confessions
She Doesn’t Even Go Here
Outcast, aberrant, different. That’s me… I never quite fit in anywhere. Not in school, not in social situations, or any environment for that matter. I was everybody’s friend, but no one‘s best friend. Good at a lot of things, great at nothing. Jack of all trades, master of none.
By Nicole Attenhofer5 days ago in Confessions
My Voice Is Back
There was a strange silence in my account for a while. Not the peaceful kind. The heavy kind. It was the kind of silence that lingers in the background, even when everything else looks normal. The stories were still there. The platform was still moving. People were still writing, sharing, reacting. But for me, something essential had paused. A part of my participation had been quietly switched off.
By Aarsh Malik6 days ago in Confessions