breakups

When it comes to breakups, pain is inevitable, but Humans thinks that suffering is optional.

Mutual Transgressions
There are four of us now. I’m sure he never thought that we’d find each other like this, but here we are. Of course, his implicit narcissism is how I found him out in the first place-he kept his literal little black book in the nightstand next to the same bed where our shared sins had played out.
By Ashley Peters5 years ago in Humans
respectfully (official audio)
01. superwoman (plural) untapped potential and infinite possibilities, that’s what university should be. but it’s not- because society only opens its doors for people who have the financial means to walk through.
By Jason Zane5 years ago in Humans
September 8th
I always thought I was a loving person. At least I used the word a lot. It's a mistake a lot of us make I think. "I love pizza" "I LOVE that movie" "I love you"... We toss that word around without really taking the time to figure out what it really is. No judgements over here, I was careless with my idea of love at one point too. Little did I know that I would be put in a position where my entire concept of love would be challenged and completely revised.
By Kaye Thompson5 years ago in Humans
2020 Tested My Life Plan
January 2020 To start the year, I was happy, or I thought I was. I lived with my fiancé and was getting ready to move in March. We had been together for 6 years and engaged for 2 years. We picked our wedding date to be January 23, 2021. Everything was okay. I was content with my relationship. I had thoughts that maybe I was making a mistake. Something just didn’t feel right in the relationship. I was constantly envious of close friends sharing how much they loved their partner or expressing love without a feeling of embarrassment or shame. I was embarrassed to show love in public (i.e. holding hands, small pecks on the lips/cheeks), but I still wanted those things. Anytime I tried that with my partner, he would question me or give me a weird look, so I stopped trying. We stopped going on dates after the first few months of dating. Only on our anniversary, we would go out to eat or stay in and order something. I thought this was normal. Neither of us showed that we wanted to change that, until I did.
By Amarise Knapick5 years ago in Humans
I Planted Flowers
I planted the flowers in March. I went outside and it was warm and the threat of frost was basically gone. The yard needed cleaning. I mowed and tended to the weeds and started thinking. Imagining the flowers soon to come, the yard in full bloom. The peonies I knew would arrive not long from now. The black-eyed susans. The brief glory of cherry blossoms. Then, I started thinking of what I’d like to see. And, of course, what she might enjoy.
By A.5 years ago in Humans
Dealing With The Grief of A Breakup
I was sitting up in bed until 6 am, manically doing weird things and feeling hollow. But 10 months on, I'm writing an article about it and I feel OK. Even the depths of despair have their escape routes.
By Jean Kruger5 years ago in Humans
Not Wise Enough to Protect $20k From His Little Black Book
It was the year 2014. “Animals” by Maroon 5 was playing, while we fought through crowds to locate each other at a local pub north of Toronto during the long weekend. It was your birthday; it was also my sister’s who I celebrated with just hours before. To think you even share a birthday with my sister is an idea I cannot fathom, considering your poor judgment and overall character.
By Valerie Bevilacqua5 years ago in Humans
The Art of Unlearning Love
"Come here." "Why?" "Come here." “You’re so full of it,” I said. He stared at me, mouth open and arm still extended toward the third, un-sat-upon, cushion at the center of the couch.
By Ria Hill5 years ago in Humans
Old Pine Memories
She hated her, she wanted to believe otherwise and say that she loved her but in reality, James hated Arden more than anything in the universe itself. How could she leave her like that? They’ve been through hell and back together, somehow this second journey to hell and Arden decided to walk out. And how dare she? James put her life on the line, not once or twice, but every single time Arden walked out to lure in a new victim.
By Freyja Rizz5 years ago in Humans
You and me, now what?
We’ve all suffered through a breakup. Whether you’re breaking up or broken up with it rarely, if ever, feels good. However, it’s generally less painful when you’re driving the bus. I feel one of the biggest mind fucks is breaking up with your spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend and trying to detach, all the while you need to communicate daily because you have a child together. No matter how furious you are with him/her you need to take that phone call calmly and when asked if you can pick up your son tomorrow, you reply “of course”. Generally there are different words i’d like to be using and rarely is it “of course”. But you do it, put your ego aside, step it up. Take the high road. After all it’s about your son and not your husband. The silver lining (something I always try to find) you get to spend more time playing with the little guy, which is worth its weight in gold.
By Ronald Todd Woodward5 years ago in Humans
Starting Over
He kissed me and I started crying. “I just don’t think this is working anymore,” I whimpered. He scooted back and said, “I know.”
By Molly Caitlin Long5 years ago in Humans
heartbroken
On the day of my 3 month anniversary, I got broken up. I didn't expect it at all from him to do this to me. he didn't say anything to me at all without any warning or even a goodbye. he read my message on Snapchat but didn't bother to reply to me to say aw thanks babe I love you too happy 3 months. I don't know the reason why he broke up with me. we've dated for 3 months on May 25, 2020-august 25,2020 which is the longest I've been in since my breakup with the baby dad. I thought he wanted to marry me, be his forever, be with him every day and spend my life with him. I thought he wanted to take care of me and provide for me and be there for me when I made my decision for my neurofibromatosis type one because I have a tumor that can't be removed but now it can potentially be removed but that can cause a lot of risks for me including the pill to help with my tumor.
By Gracie Crusinberry5 years ago in Humans