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!"
Born This Way!
I met Ana when I was in the fifth grade. My family had just moved to a new neighborhood and I had started a new school. At my previous school I had lots of friends and it never appeared to me that I may have looked different. The new school I attended did have some diversity but it wasn't my ethnicity that stood out. I had a condition called precocious puberty. In the second grade I had begun to develop breasts despite being extremely petite for my age. So by the time I was in the 5th grade I was wearing a DD. People would often mistake me for a baby-faced 16-year-old.
By Juniper Mables7 years ago in Humans
Fishman Chapter Ten
Todd always seems to be the first to bar and loves being the last to leave. In the corner of the pub where cold pints covered the little table by the fire, Todd shows me some of his favourite screenshots of the chat logs he’s had with the catfish Kathleen. They got her down to a T. They got all her old photos and began uploading them as if they were recent.
By Chloe Gilholy7 years ago in Humans
The Truth About Internet Friendships
Many people believe that meeting friends or significant others online is dangerous business. There is said to be many who catfish—pretending to be someone that they are not. While there are definitely dangerous people out on the internet, there are also many genuine individuals. In todays society many teens turn the internet when they feel alone and are able to meet some of their best friends through Twitter or Instagram.
By Carina Rose7 years ago in Humans
Signs of Fake Friends
I'm sure, sometime in your life, you came to the point when you lost a friend over an argument, or you simply just realised that he/she is not really the friend you need. Let me ensure you that every single person on earth have/had at least one or two friend like this in their life.
By Krisztina Lili Kovacs7 years ago in Humans
Fishman Chapter Eight
“Hi Bobby!” Sarah smiles at me as if we were still married. From the way she holds me hands and pecks my cheek, makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I can never bring myself to hate her, even after her betrayal. A part of my soul still lives within her. Seeing her again for the first time in years just makes me want to smile.
By Chloe Gilholy7 years ago in Humans
Golf Course
Fog on the golf course hugged the ground carrying gloom within its billowing movement. Stillness in the night air was seasoned with the secret language of night birds and the dying chirps of the last crickets to survive this late in the New England Autumn.
By Hunter Merrill7 years ago in Humans
The Curse of the Omnivert
For a long time, it was assumed that there were only two types of people. You were either an introvert or an extrovert. To the surprise of no one, like gender, it turns out our personality types are also a spectrum. With the addition of Ambivert and Omnivert as blurred middle grounds, it gives people like me (omnivert) a place that feels a little more familiar.
By Paige Graffunder7 years ago in Humans
Fishman Chapter Five
Ruth wasn’t at home when we knocked on the door, so we called in at my cousin, Annie. She lives in a semi-deserted village called Woodburn. Her house is opposite the small church where she got married. There’s nothing exceptional about the church besides the crooked and lifeless tree standing besides it. The roof of the church is falling apart, and nothing’s grown on that tree since I last came here for her wedding.
By Chloe Gilholy7 years ago in Humans
Making Friends with Benefits Work
The concept of the nuclear family is a relatively new one, but it has taken roots in America in a way that is decidedly opposed to any other relationship dynamic. There has been a recent uptick in acceptance of polyamory, and other "nontraditional" relationship dynamics, which is good to see. However, I have noticed that the topic of friends with benefits is one of those things that most of us has done a time or two, but there really aren't many resources into making those types of arrangements sustainable, or as a replacement for our traditional sense of the relationship paradigm.
By Paige Graffunder7 years ago in Humans
