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Movie
Have you ever wished your life could play out life a movie? With the perfect music playing, having it narrated or the songs playing what was on someone’s mine. Well, I sure wish mine could be that way because since the day I met him my life has felt like one. The day I met him was crazy and overwhelming, I had volunteered to dress up to great kids for an event. The group I went with happened to have my partnering character already working with them. That’s where it all started. I wondered about this person the moment I stepped foot in the event. Even when I finally met them my mind raced. I wanted to know who this other person was. The days after the event we started talking more and more. He was just like me. A geek, a nerd, a Beatles fan. I couldn’t get enough of him. We talked for hours, staying up till 2-3 AM just going on.
By Colorful Chaotic7 years ago in Humans
Relationship Red Flags
Toxicity in a relationship is never something that is present from the beginning. An unhealthy relationship, like any other relationship, brings joy from the new experience together. There may be a few early signs that your partner may show, but the main factor that makes us feel trapped in a toxic relationship is how comfortable we are with our partner. Things start off great and over time slowly deteriorate right in front of your eyes. But after you realize that your happiness is fading, you are afraid to leave. Sometimes the fear comes from physical abuse in the relationship but it is also very common for the problem to root from emotional and mental abuse. However, at this point you feel so comfortable with your partner and this life is the only way you know. You’ve forgotten how you lived before you entered this relationship. You’re constantly hanging on a thread that things will get better. Their promises are always empty but you're always hoping and praying that this time they really will change and things really will get better. If there was a way to know the signs and how serious they are from the beginning, surely you would leave right? These are the signs that you should look out for when you enter a new relationship and avoid the inevitable negative effect it will bring if you stay.
By Lo7 years ago in Humans
In Dating, Should I Be Mad for Getting Nothing in Return?
A friend and I were having a discussion about a date another friend of mine went on, and I want to know… am I in the wrong?
By Jide Okonjo7 years ago in Humans
Growth: A Series
Hello Vocal Media! My name is Jacob Adams and just like every young and vibrant millennial, I'm always looking for what's next. As a recent high school graduate, I have begun to realize that life on my own is actually really terrifying, and I wanted to dialogue everything with the hopes of helping others seek encouragement, or even possibly being an inspiration for someone to take that first step into a deep, dark and somewhat irrational world.
By Jacob Adams7 years ago in Humans
Please Forgive Me
My friends, please do forgive me. I have not been so grateful for I feel as though I am not like you. I mean, it is hard to even spend time with you all. You are busy or you just cannot come out. It is sad, and I feel even more sad. During school, I cried. For so many nights, tears just dripped down my cheeks just to forget you all. It is difficult. Very difficult. I was in yearbook. I chose yearbook because I thought it would be fun. It was fun, but it was also very stressful. I took pictures, and I have to upload them. Then I have to write about it in present tense, past tense, and then a quote. It was not easy because my partner did almost nothing. All the burden was on me, and you all did not even looked a single bit concerned. It hurt my feelings and my heart very much. That's why, it was decided: I would leave you all. Peacefully and happy. I do love you, my friends, but my heart breaking matters the most. My friends, please forgive me. When I said yearbook needed help and that I had to stay there, it was a lie. All I did was watch my dramas and sleep. It was so that I could detach myself from you all. I knew it would be hard because I love you all too much. And I met someone new. But that was just another mistake. When I said I could not see you because of yearbook distribution, that was true. I asked you to visit me, which only a few of you did. It made me happy. Although I did not attend to you all, it made me happy with just a smile, wave, and a hi. My friends, please forgive me. At one point, I had muted you all. I just did not want to talk. The most disappointing thing was that even though I did mute you all, it was not like there would be a single message. It disappointed me so much that I cried. I never said it though. When there was a single message, it made me happy, and I thought, "this is really, truly sad." When I message you something, I don't think you will reply, so I just exit, thinking the conversation ended. And it was then, it was then when I thought that this was truly pathetic. When I messaged the group chat, there was no message. No response. Even when it was a question, still no response from you all. My friends, I'm sorry. Please do forgive me. When graduation was approaching, I was thinking of leaving. Not leaving as in suicide, but leaving as in moving. It did not happen. But I wrote you all letters. Letters that I put my heart into, but then retracted it. It would have gone too far. I did not want that to happen. So I only put in ten percent. My feelings were true. I expected letters from you all also, but it seems that did not happen. I was truly disappointed. It made me feel like I was just a classmate instead of a friend. Although I never wrote them, I still gave you them. When the time comes, which I have set to two years, I will take my leave. Letters will be sent out. And I will never appear in front of you all again. I do not want this to happen, but I will do this for my heart. It just hurts to much to continue. So my friends, my message to you: I love you, I am sorry, please forgive me.
By Amber Lim7 years ago in Humans
Losing a Best Friend
No one ever talks about the heartbreak that comes with losing a best friend. It's something that we all go through at one time or another, but everyone's story is different, whether you're the one to blame or it's entirely the other person's fault. In my experience, I was dropped, seemingly out of the blue, for a singular moment of pure selfishness. It was not one of my highest points, had just had a panic attack the night before and was still recovering, though none of it excuses my actions. I understand why it had to happen now, though it took time and a lot of self-reflection. I had completely shattered myself because the one person who I thought would stand by me no matter what had left me high and dry in my moment of weakness. It was utterly heartbreaking, and I never thought that I would get over it. Even now, it being four months since I have talked to this person (besides in hostile remarks on her part and subtweets on Twitter), and I am still not completely over it.
By Theresa Rhodes8 years ago in Humans
To the Boy I Once Loved
To the boy I once loved, I still miss you. I still miss holding you every time I would pick you up from work. I miss your laugh that was unique but loud. I miss your good morning text and then immediately seeing you at school after I received it. I miss staying up with you on FaceTime until we both passed out and snored, or I would screenshot you sleeping because you always fell asleep with your mouth open. I miss you holding me when I was having a rough time. I miss calling you to cry about things and you immediately saying you’re on the way over to my house. I miss you coming to my house drunk dancing to Mexican music and then laying on the ground while my dog humped your legs and you screaming at him. I miss your warmth. I miss your personality. I miss everything about you.
By Kirsten Sontag8 years ago in Humans
30 Questions for a Deeper Connection!
You think you know someone well but how can you be sure? If you read through the questions below and can't answer the questions about some of your closest friends or family, then perhaps you can use these to get to know the real them. I have a similar post to this one but this goes deeper into a person's mind—so we can consider this PART 2. Please read that one if you want to find questions that will keep a conversation going.
By The Graceful Truth8 years ago in Humans
Over Glorified
Many times, humans over glorify the lives of transgender people. Let it be known that being transgender is nothing to be glorified and is quite traumatic. In fact, 41 percent of teens that are transgender and experience the difficulties of living their true self attempt suicide. Many people do not understand this so... Picture this:
By Nick Jimenez8 years ago in Humans
Dangerously Desperate
Every person desires to find the keys that unlock the doors of love. What if I told you the problem is not in the desire itself, but in the means you use to gain it? For instance.. a girl might change her outfit to look prettier for a guy she likes, or a guy might wear a certain cologne to impress a girl he likes. All these methods we take to find true love are games we play; gambling if you will. We gamble to see if they will be intrigued or repelled. We lay it all on the line. Sometimes we lay too much on the line and sometimes too little.
By Abby Caroline8 years ago in Humans
Life After Love: Part 10
MARLEY Zander and Zack were both born at two pounds and two ounces, with beautiful dark wavy hair, brown eyes that were blessed with long lashes and a healthy complexion mixture of both Danny's caramel tone and Serena's fair tone. Unfortunately for us, we couldn't spend much time with the twins, since they've mostly been in incubators, growing stronger by the day for the last month and a half. The rest of the group and I came to visit them every day, and to make sure Danny and Serena had all the support they needed. Freddy and I had been busy making sure their house was stocked with all baby necessities since they came a little earlier than expected. Serena, Danny, and I were just about to decide on a final paint color for the nursery, when Freddy entered the hospital room, the twins tucked into each of his arms as he held them against his chest.
By Sharlene Alba8 years ago in Humans
Love
Human beings are the only species who are capable of giving and receiving this “wonderful” thing we know as love. I put wonderful in quotations because some would describe it totally different. I think we can all agree that love makes one do absurd things. Love is a scary thing, it can be so powerful. If you truly love someone, you’ll go through the depths of hell for them, let the flames ignite your skin. More people commit murder out of deep compassion than pure hatred. We let this thing we call love have a hold on us for what? Lots of human beings are convinced that if you’re not in a relationship, you’re not fulfilled, that if you don’t have a significant other, you can’t possibly be the happiest you can be. Let me tell you this though, you can be alone & not be lonely. If we look at the statistics, more than half of marriages fail and end in divorce. The average marriage only last 13.7 years, while the average life expectancy is 82.2 years. You're supposed to get married & live happily ever after no? Be together forever? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not shaming love or marriage but I do think that lots of people today have made these misconceptions about love. This has a lot to do with admiration and lust, they have a big impact on love. There’s for sure a difference between being in love & having love for someone. But this word love is thrown around like it’s nothing. It’s lost its true meaning. Some believe in love at first sight, I think it’s impossible. That just means you’re attracted to the way they carry themselves. You haven’t loved someone till you’ve witnessed their darkness, entered & traveled around their psyche, and accepted them for who they truly are, with open arms. You have to embrace their flaws, not run from them. When somebody has love for you, it is so apparent. In their words, in their gestures, in their actions—it is obvious. It’s so hard to explain love, it’s just something we feel in every inch of our body, the butterflies in your stomach, something that fills up your heart. We all have our own definitions of love though. The way we perceive love has lots to do with the way we’ve seen love. Our perspective of love changes based on our experiences in life. You love & your learn. You could be with a person for a week & be infatuated, give them your all. You could also be with a person for years & there could never be any genuine love. It’s all about the vibe & connection you feel with someone. I truly believe that everyone has a soulmate, there’s at least one human that your soul is connected to, you were undoubtedly put on this universe to be with that person. I find it’s very rare we end up with that person due to wrong timing or never meeting them.
By Annaleigh Perry8 years ago in Humans