breakups

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

Just One More Night
It's Tuesday night and I'm sitting on my couch, home alone, watching a rerun of my favorite TV show. There's coffee on my side table and cookies & cream ice cream in my lap. My legs are curbed to the side with a blanket tucked around them, my phone facedown on top. I feel the vibration almost instantly and reach down to see what's caused it. It's a text from him. He who I haven't spoken to in at least a year, if not more. He who broke my heart and moved in with his pretty new girlfriend. He who broke through all my walls, just to be the reason I built them back up, stronger. I decide to ignore it. I'm not going to let whatever is in that message ruin my perfectly good evening alone. A minute later, I feel the vibration again, and yet again, I ignore it. This final time, the buzzing does not stop, and I realize he's calling me. I decide to answer the phone. I take a deep breath and swipe the bar across the screen to answer the call.
By Bryanna Burshnick8 years ago in Humans
The Goodbye Letter
I am one of those people. It's not a bad thing to be one of them but it comes with its hardships. We love with all our heart until there is nothing left to give. We expect nothing in return. We are stepped on, forgotten, and replaced and yet we do not change. It is rooted deep within us to be this way.
By Damaris Martinez Chavez8 years ago in Humans
When an Ex Should Stay an Ex
Two years ago, you had a relationship and it was perfect. He was your best friend, your rock, your Netflix and sex buddy, but most importantly... The love of your life. He showed you strength, individuality, and held your hand while you are on the way to bettering yourself. He helped you grow, blossom, and taught you that not every guy you met will hurt you, physically or emotionally. You made memories that will forever float like pretty melodies in your mind... first kiss... first time you said I love you... first time you heard him play your guitar... getting tattoos and piercings... teenage memories. It was a fun filled few months of dizzy dates, getting serious, being drunk, doing things you should not. All up to that one summer.
By Rachael Pike8 years ago in Humans
"It Ripples Like the Deepest Ocean"
"Am I doing this right?" Ralph says as she looks up at Jay. "Yeah babe, you're doing amazing-" Jay manages to let out as he's moaning.
By Lauren Gonzalez8 years ago in Humans
My High School Sweetheart
The only reason I knew about him was through my friend, who was crushing hard on him. She had it really bad for some reason, but I didn't really pay much attention, since that was typical for her. It followed through high school, when the two were on and off again. She talked about him, complaining to me when I when to visit, and I ended ripping his baby picture! That was a little insane, but I thought he was probably a jerk, since I only cared about hearing her side of the story.
By Camellia .8 years ago in Humans
This Is What You Came For
This Is What You Came For 2/1/2018 We broke up in February 2016 in the most horrible way, just few days shy of Valentines day, AND shortly after i had given him $150 towards his light bill. You see, although he claimed to “love” me, I didn’t have my own place, an amazing job, or a car and I could tell he was growing tired of having to be a man and take care of himself by himself. He couldn’t use me. It didn’t matter that I was faithful, truly cared about him and his opinions, and that, when I wasn’t with him, I was thinking of him. None of that mattered. You see, he was a 35 year old drug dealer from the hood and I was a 22 year old dental receptionist from the suburbs. He was the beast that jumped at prey and opportunity and I was the naive, lonely, broken hearted girl looking for real love. For a while we existed together, bound tightly by passion, excitement, and the sheer thrill of a new thing. Happiness lived between us until the night I had the audacity to go out with my girls after he had caught “feelings” for me. At first it was “Ok. have fun, hmu later” text messages but an hour later I was getting abusive paragraphs filled with bitch, hoe, and dick sucking. I got my party on and woke up the next day shocked and pissed at first, then hurt and sad then flattered and relieved that he was so scared of losing me that he couldn’t control himself. So with me being naive, as I mentioned earlier, he apologized and I forgave. Sadly though, after that even with all the bending and compromising I tried to do for him, every time we had a disagreement I became that bitch and hoe again and I took it, 1) because I cared about him and 2) because I believe in making up and fixing things not just giving up. So come February–7 months in, I believe–he’s acting as if we’d been married 10 years and I’m that can’t-get-it-right housewife that needs to be verbally chastised everyday. I couldn’t understand why, every time I tried to do what he said, things just got worse.
By Tee Marie8 years ago in Humans
An End to Two Years
Let me take you back to January 10, 2016: A day that changed my life forever in the best way possible, I would definitely say. I was at work on my lunch break when in comes a text from my then-boyfriend whom I had not really heard much from for the past couple weeks. Things were definitely rocky between the two of us.
By Hayley Cross8 years ago in Humans
My Worst Date
It had been a year since that hot July day when I told him I was leaving. He acted hurt, and stood there the next day faking tears as I pulled my car away with my two dogs in back.
By Denise Willis8 years ago in Humans
Elliot
Elliot never lied I guess. He told me from the beginning about her. He was 32 and in a long-term relationship with a girl I’d only heard about. I was 18 and completely naïve.
By Jessica F8 years ago in Humans
Life's Unexpected Visit With Change
No two days are ever the same. Life is ever changing, sometimes knocking us to the ground in disbelief, anxiety and anger. We are never truly prepared for the seemingly unwarranted modifications to our daily routines; but life’s changes are inevitable, so we must learn to deal with them with our heads fixed to our necks and shoulders and with the right attitude. Denying change will not eliminate the change. Therefore, we need to be quick on our feet, yet approaching the alteration with a kind of clandestine mindfulness to manipulate or trick the negative, looming effects of the change.
By The Amaranthine Pen8 years ago in Humans
There Was a Girl
Am I a good person or am I faking really well? This is something I ask myself everyday. A lot has happened this summer and I don't know where to start. I lost the one person I knew I could trust with anything and everything. My best friend, my lover and the one who once told me that I was a good person. She was elegant and sophisticated and more than I could have ever asked for. Let's just say my 18-year-old body didn't quite know how to handle it all. This women, this unbreakable, beautifully complicated, scarlet redhead with the perfect hint of a British accent of a women, trusted me. Let's break down how I messed it all up.
By Stanley Cordello8 years ago in Humans
Dear Thomas
Dear Thomas, There are a plethora of words in the English language, words that consist of an even larger number of letters that we attribute certain sounds to. Sometimes I wonder how twenty-four different shapes can be combined in various patterns to create things that can make us happy or sad and the array of emotions in between. What additionally strikes me is how powerful these words can be and how much pain they can inflict on us and our relationships.
By Virag Dombay8 years ago in Humans