friendship

C.S Lewis got it right: friendship is born when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"

Friendship or Success?
Where are we going? Who are we going there with? What gives us ultimate fulfillment? Is happiness a goal or a by-product of something we have yet to figure out?
By Breanna T8 years ago in Humans
Married Woman Seeks Affair
The shit thing about being married to a nice guy is everyone likes him and everyone thinks you're a bitch. My husband is nice. My husband is so nice, every time someone meets him they love him, he has a plethora of friends and comes across as a perfectly normal lovely person. Little do people know he actually is a dick and hates everyone but that's another story for another time.
By Ashleigh Bryce8 years ago in Humans
My Story with J.
Like when I spoke to and was associated with 👤 , most of this took place before I came out. And before I dated 🐧 . I'd like to also add that I may be missing some fragments. I only seem to remember the specific events whenever I try typing out these things...
By Alec Andrews8 years ago in Humans
Hello, Old Friend
Nine years... It has been nine years since I saw you last, and before that we had been friends for almost ten if I can recall — not just 'friends' but best friends, inseparable — the type of friendship you could only hope to find. But in high school, things changed, people change and we drifted. I blamed you for a long time because for some reason you thought it would be cool to get drunk at school and I never understood why. Maybe it was my fault for not trying to help you cope with whatever it was you needed coping with. I never was and still am not good at that. I am trying to be better.
By Jessica Osborne8 years ago in Humans
Loss of a Friend – It Does Get Easier
Death is a cold, cruel reality that we as humans cannot avoid. Everyone is born, and everyone will die. Most people hope to pass easily in their sleep of old age, while others hope to go out in a ball of fire.
By Brittany Oakley8 years ago in Humans
"Friends"
"We're not, no we're not friends" When I met him, I was in the unairconditioned, crowded office of my school, neatly organizing a plethora of papers. I remember he was dressed in a well buttoned up, navy polo shirt that was perfectly tucked inside of khaki uniform pants. I think the school's uniform never looked nicer than it did from that day on. When we engaged in conversation, we both bonded over our silly and immature sense of humor. His laugh varied from goofy chuckles to girly giggles, something rare to see in a guy. The most striking features about him, though, were his whiskey-colored eyes that lit up like Fourth of July fireworks whenever he smiled. I didn't know it then, but this boy would turn my life around, making it go from the Medieval Dark Ages to the beautiful Italian Renaissance.
By Noodles 🍝8 years ago in Humans
You Were My Seasonal Best Friend
When you find someone that seems like your soul mate, that’s someone that you want to hold onto forever. Someone you always want in your life. It’s rare when you find a best friend, someone who you instantly just click with. Someone that feels like your other half. Someone that just gets you. Someone you'd never want to lose.
By M F8 years ago in Humans
Willing
The empty parking lot was filled with hushed footsteps that echoed through the still air. The night was brisk, though the tall blonde boy was used to the weather in London. Adrian was trembling with fear as he approached his vehicle. That familiar terror of the repeating past was overwhelming him, and his breath hitched with every inhale.
By Olivia8 years ago in Humans
Why Do I Need Constant Reassurance?
I’ve had it tough for over a decade and it’s not been very easy to deal with. People come and go, that’s a given. People do stupid things and don’t realise the effects it can have on others. I’m sure I’ve been one of those people at some point.
By Bushra Shahriar8 years ago in Humans
Trapped
I never asked you for anything, yet you made your world revolve around me. I was flattered that you liked me so much to the point you almost instantly got attached to me; it made me feel special, however I didn't like being your only focus. You built a home around me to protect me from others, it seemed sweet at the time. At least until I realized it was you I needed to be taken away from. I was held captive in a place where I could feel myself going mentally insane, but, on the outside there was a beautiful disguise to cover up what happened on the inside. The moment I walked into your trap, you made it almost impossible to escape, you locked the doors behind me and the windows were fake. The walls were filled with spiteful words. Every time I began to find a way out, you would pull out a gun, you didn't put it to my head but to your own. Many times I tried to convince you that you’re better on your own-with me long gone out of your life, but each time those words came out of my mouth, it filled you with rage, and because of your anger you would threaten to take your own life until I was convinced I had to stay. The thought of your blood being on my hands if you went through with what you said was too much for me to handle, so I comforted you and I told you that you are so much stronger than you thought and you can handle your mental battles. When I told you I'd stay, you thanked me for what I've done, then a couple days later it was back to you making me feel like I have no self-worth, I'm the reason you hated your life and wanted it to be done. I knew I needed to get out of this, I could no longer handle the emotional abuse, but leaving was harder than anyone would think, when I first met you things were so sweet. I wanted to hold on to the thought of you being a good person, that way I could go on my own path and you'd be happy on your own as well. To the world you're just an annoying kid, but deep within your anger is built up and you blamed me for everything you've been through. You're the most toxic person I've come across and for a while I let you win the battle we were in. The lies you told filled my mind; I still have your words engraved in my brain, forever they will stay but not as something to shed tears over. They will be a lesson for me to look back on, a realization that I got through something I thought would never end. During six months in time, you turned almost everyone I know against me and you were quite satisfied, you repeatedly confessed your hatred for me but wouldn't leave my side. When I asked why you stayed, you told me you're here to watch my life fall apart and go straight to hell. Here I am now, I have plans for my life, I'm using my talents to let out my pain from inside. I've got a new job, I'm enrolled in college too, and though I still feel empty, I'm a lot better without you. I'm well aware that you were hurt by some of my actions, but I never intended to harm you in any way, I just wanted you to be okay. My hate for you still runs deep, but it's slowly going away. However I still cringe and my heart skips a beat every time I hear your awful name. I'm hoping one day you'll be completely erased from my memory and you'll forget about me.
By Raquel Avery8 years ago in Humans
Six Years Ago
Six years ago, it really has been a while but yet it only seems like yesterday I was walking around the hallways of a new school starting out in grade ten. High school, a terrifying time for an introvert such as myself. I used to get high just to mask how scared and alone I actually felt. Plus the only friends I had when I started at this new school were stoners anyways. I fit in with them, since they were sort of outcasts like myself.
By Ginger Curls8 years ago in Humans
Friends or Enemy?
Have you ever been betrayed by your own best friends before? I have. I’ve never really had close friends. In high school towards the end of my senior year, I completely lost my group of friends. I had no reason why I had lost them but at that time I was dating someone, and I don’t know if it was because of my ex-boyfriend or me. My boyfriend at the time didn’t go to my school, he was older than me. During school I was always texting him and I didn’t understand how my friends stopped talking to me, I felt like it was because they probably thought that I was to invested or whatever I don’t know. I graduated and left with no friends. My boyfriend at that time was my only friend.
By Renee .8 years ago in Humans