breakups

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

Getting Back With Your Ex
Most of us have gone back to a past lover in hopes that this time it will work out. We might go back because it’s familiar and comfortable and sometimes it does work out but for the majority, there is usually a good reason why they’re your ex. I’m sure there are a few of you who haven’t gotten back with an ex but have played around with the idea. Maybe you still love them, you might even think that the breakup with a mistake. Perhaps they broke it off with you and regret their decision. So it leads back to the question of whether it’s a good idea to get back with your ex.
By Test6 years ago in Humans
The Overhearing Weirdo
It didn’t feel new, but then it did somehow. Because of her. It’s not the first time I’m seeing her. But, it’s the first time this close. A table and two chairs away.
By Aleena Scaria6 years ago in Humans
The Gods of Times Square
A New York City cab driver once told me, as he snaked through the mire of Times Square traffic, "You know...we hate the things you all love" and with a dispassionate hatred, vaguely gestured toward the gnarly, tangled mess that surrounded us. And, now, I can absolutely see why New Yorkers would abhor this place to which all the tourists flock. Not only do the waddling masses from those flyover states remind them of the reality that exists outside the city, its adrenaline-inducing effect is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. It seems to me that Times Square, and places like it, are where people come to fill themselves up--for a little while, at least. This is where they come to see the bigger versions of familiar things, those logos that adorn the streets of their hometowns, lit up and towering over them, their corporate allegiances much stronger than the thin ones they have to their gods.
By Heather Richmond6 years ago in Humans
The Tour
It's a specific sort of hell that we can't ever say what it is that we mean. Instead, we must read the lines rotely of the roles in which we were cast. This is likely also why we never mean the things we say.
By Heather Richmond6 years ago in Humans
love?[sic]k?
After checking in with the emergency room receptionist, I took a seat and held my head in my hands. The worst pain I'd ever felt sliced through the space behind my eyes, leaving me in agony. Humiliatingly, I began to gag. In the middle of the crowded waiting room, I vomited until there was nothing left. I was empty. Ancient… Cleansed.
By Heather Richmond6 years ago in Humans
Valentine's Bloodbath
Dear Professor, Since I have given you a forum and the requisite respect for you to do so, allow me to explain my own “situation”.
By Heather Richmond6 years ago in Humans
Only you know
I hope you read this and know I’m talking to you. With every word streaming from my mind comes out a memory of you. Your big heart, your soft hands. Your smile flashing back against my energetic energy. Making you feel young again. Maybe it was my rebellion that started your attraction for me. Maybe it was my way of showing maturity in little things I did. It could be anything, but only you know.
By macy darcie6 years ago in Humans
My World Was Shattered
I could say I hate you or that I loathe your existence, but then I'd be lying to myself, to you and well everyone I cross paths with in the future.
By Aly Watson6 years ago in Humans
What Happened to Forever?
What happened to forever? All those late nights we’d stay up talking on the phone in soft, melodic whispers. Those rare nights we actually got along and promised that nothing could ever break us apart because it was you and I forever, through and through.
By Aly Watson6 years ago in Humans
All This Time
All this time, it's been you and I, all my life. We used to run through neverland with stars in our eyes and dance in the streets without a care in the universe.
By Aly Watson6 years ago in Humans
Enough Was a Long Time Ago
She stared at the screen for a good few minutes before lifting her heavy hands and beginning to type. Her mind was cluttered, and she was numb.
By Maja Zulovic6 years ago in Humans
Coco Part 2
We left off last time on a positive note, with me hopeful that something would work out between us. After last seeing Coco, I felt confident that we could resurrect our relationship and hopefully start dating. We texted most days with flirtatious undertones. Sometimes it turned into sexting and video calls which was always fun. He excited me, enticed me, I adored him.
By Nila Dear6 years ago in Humans