humanity

For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.

THE SECURITY GUARD
It was a nice summer morning, even though i was at work stuck inside behind a desk. only daylight that shown through was through the skylights in the ceiling. I enjoy my job i've been there for six years, but today was different i met the security guard that was hired on a week ago. She was tall girl with a mohawk, i don't normally give girls like that the time day. We started talking and joking around she would show me pictures of girls that would send her pictures. Telling me that the only girl she likes is the one she dated a few years ago. she was telling me how that girl screwed her over and broke her heart, by cheating on her with her ex boyfriend. Day after day we would talk and joke around, after about a week she told me that she could not find me on facebook. and that is when i told her that she was looking for someone that goes by a different name, the look confused look she gave me when i said that. So i explained that i go by my first name and my mothers maiden name. in which i gave her my phone for her to find herself on there a few seconds later she friend requested me i accepted the request. From that day on we not only joked around at work but on messenger as well. We would both flirt with each other more her then me i do believe. i started crushing on her at some point just don't know when how or even why for that matter. Before i could say anything, she told me that the love of her life is back in her life and that she is coming out to her place that night. I was crushed keeping my feelings to myself never letting her know how i felt.
By Paige A Taylor5 years ago in Humans
That's Another Story
"I am immensely grateful for this pen!" I say to myself as a start writing this story. Let me back up and fill you in. I threw my back out two nights ago. That's another story but basically -- I was foolish. As a result, my yesterday was spent in sometimes controlled and sometimes out-of-control pain. Working from home is proving to be good for my current situation because I was able to move my "office" to the sofa. Yet, still could only get tolerable, not comfortable. I had to take two clock-out breaks just to lie down and rest during the day.
By Hope Hubbard5 years ago in Humans
How a Stranger Brightened My Day
My story begins at home on the morning of Monday the 28th of September, 2020. It starts with me getting up at my regular 4am and feeling a bit under the weather. I suffer from agoraphobia and knew that I had to go to an open warehouse in order to get supplies such as pasta and sauces etc. to store them out of my mother's fear of another lockdown. I took my medication, did my yoga, worked out a little and then had my breakfast. All this time, I was consciously aware of this trip and since I have suffered from agoraphobia for over ten years now, I made efforts to control my breathing and take my heart rate down. Eventually I had to use medication to do the latter. My medication makes me upset, bloated and in some cases, confused and dizzy. I had (and still have) been having vertigo because of the medication.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Humans
Finding Freedom in Hardship
My tools. My artwork, paints, brushes, pencils, canvas. The sweat, blood, and tears reflected in the woodcrafts, stone sculptures, and fabric. Everything that weaved my life’s tapestry.
By Billie Lynn Codi 5 years ago in Humans
Buying My Freedom
For the last ten years, I have been the property of the Department of Corrections, 18 months as an inmate in the Florida Correctional Institution and then as a probationer for the last eight years, five months and seven days...but who's counting?
By Tanaine Jenkins5 years ago in Humans
To No End
It was the first time I’ve managed to stay sober enough to make back to my room. The cold was coming up and the warmer days were practically gone. She stood in all black with high wedges boots. Her friend accompanied her.
By oscar assie5 years ago in Humans
The Story of Little Wing
Little Wing lived on the hip of a girl. His positioning on her hip was not the best, he had a scar from a C-section running through one wing and a few stretch marks here and there from the girl bearing children. The girl’s weight occasionally fluctuated making him look better on some days than other, but Little Wing didn’t mind so much, he liked the girl. He knew that his positioning was chosen to cover the name of the man that she had spent 23 years with as well as a scrappy Winnie the Pooh. She felt bad about covering her Pooh Bear, but she was sure he would be fine behind Little Wing.
By Wendy Carroll Gardenour 5 years ago in Humans
American pays 16 months rent up front to live in London
I saw this black girl paid 16 months rent up front to live in london. I was not surprised. I am black. I am American. I study in London. I was homeless for 3 months as a result of my school failure and the U.S. Dept of Education rules on giving me funding. I was so desperate for a place that I paid rent up 4 months. It ended up being a scammy slum house. It was a place in Peckham where the landlords were Nigerians. I was told that I should have gotten a white landlord. Then I got another place in Brixton from a slumlord called Saydul Karim. Again, I was told I should have gotten a white european landlord. Also, I’m saying Karim’s name because he was horrible. He bought two houses on coburg crescent. One was student accomodation for boys and another for girls. Everyone has to pay upfront to get a contract. I paid my rent up 4 months and left early. He never gave me my 1 month deposit either. The entire time I had a bathroom, the shower didn’t work. It was either burning hot or ice cold. The power in the entire house would go out at random, the heating was always high in the kitchen. The trash never got taken out and my roommates would stack it in the kitchen. There was never a cleaner. We were promised two fridges and netflix and all this bullshit.
By Zaniya Writes5 years ago in Humans
One Page About My Personality
The following are all free assessments that I encourage you to take to find strengths and weaknesses or simply to argue with the test about grouping you in the wrong category.
By Victoria Kert5 years ago in Humans
My soul is tired
I often feel like it's all for nothing! You decide ok I'm going to give this dating thing a try and boom you are back at square one quicker than you ever imagined. You hear how people have met online and 6 months to a year they are happy and walking down the aisle. Here you sit single and starting to feel a slight discomfort from raised eyebrows of how is it possible you are single. Well, it gets comfortable honestly. Although, you feel like you want the company of someone you get use to moving through the waves of your day unaccountable to anyone. So back to giving it a try. With the quarantine and all what better time, right? Everyone's home and what better time to spend countless hours going back and forth telling someone about yourself and having creative dates as a means to show interest. Things get very interesting when the world is closed and you are gaining the comfort of your partner through a screen. So let talk about even getting to this point....online dating. Ugh, the thought of it gives me a migraine. Over the years yes years I have dabbled on a few sites only to become annoyed with the 50 first dates aspects. You are having the same conversation repeatedly and managing the conversations becomes a daunting task. Wait was it Paul that said he enjoys basketball or was it Mike? If you manage to come across someone you like then fingers cross you get the opportunity to have a meaningful connection that will soon lead to an outing to see if the chemistry will continue. How mind boggling this can be. Ok great, you've met someone and you guys decide to link up. This seems promising and exciting but its a 50/50 chance that this can work but you remain hopeful. You don't want to feel like you've come this far just to hit the pavement again and you're back at square one. Ok the meet up seems cool but then you have to battle the I use dating apps to link up and have sex so the person I portrayed to be was only temporary. Then you have the love bomber that's so intrigued by you that we have to get off this dating app so we can get married next week. Well, then we have the Ghoster who only needs something to keep his attention temporarily until he come across the next shiny object. So, you come across an ok guy. You like him and he seems interested and things seem to be going so well. Around 2 months something always derails the plans and things shift. He's not the same guy anymore and things seem so iffy. Like how can the guy that seem so interesting now be so blah. Now you have to fight with your own sanity knowing you deserve better, knowing he can do better, knowing simply this isn't going to work out. What a hit to the gut! Now I have to unlove, unlearn, untie myself with the I thought I would be with for the long haul. We discussed marriage, children, relationship goals and everything. Another one bits the dust. All of your friends and family asking what happened and geesh again. So no different then when you started those eyebrows that attacked you 60 days prior are back to haunt you. Your family and friends remind you of how happy you looked and how hopeful they were. You look at yourself in the mirror as if you must've read the pages wrong in manual that everyone else must have that's successful in love. I must be broken. I must be affected by not having a consistent man in my home growing up. I must be the reason that I attract such inconsistency in my life. I've tried so many approaches such as being aloof, disconnected, nonchalant to clingy, very available to wifey material. My soul is tired! I've prayed, cried, sang, died, sunken, swam, drowned and have been defeated mentally emotionally and spiritually when it comes to love. I don't know which way to turn or how to even ask for help anymore. Close friends and family have even run out of words of encouragement and become exhausted for you. As if they are running the race side by side. My soul is tired. You hear be patient it will come and good things come to those who wait. I waited..I waited...I waited and waited and still ended up with a broken heart. When does it stop? When do the inner screams seize? What can I do differently?
By JNSQ5 years ago in Humans
Tube Stream Trophy
Suppose I said that under one of the three shells on this table there was a hidden ball tha t you will be given only one chance to
By The Fashion Design Academy Company5 years ago in Humans
8 Ways Leo and Scorpio Match in Love
Leo and Scorpio share good vibes as the two signs tend to balance one another. Besides, both are strongly influenced by the Sun and the Moon. Both Scorpio and Leo are fixed signs, and this, too, makes them compatible.
By AstroVed5 years ago in Humans