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Real Relationships, Where Are They?
Relationships today are not the same as what I saw growing up. As I grew up, relationships was more about love and it led to marriage. When problems came, they knew how to talk it out. People knew their value. They never settled. Marriages even lasted till death. My grandparents are a great example. I watched them because they inspired me. They were married till death. My grandfather died first, then my grandmother died two years later. I can tell they loved each other.
By Ebony Ward8 years ago in Humans
What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me
When I get into a relationship, I never think, man I cannot wait to get my heart broken. When I first met him we were working together but never really talked. He caught my eye but I wasn’t going to approach him. Soon to come was a friend request from him. I thought oh my goodness he sent me a friend request!? I’m not going to say things like I wish he hadn’t or what was it I thought replying back to his message. I didn’t know any better but oh did I learn. On our first date we went out to lunch and then went our separate ways. That night he wanted to go to the pier and asked me to go with him. “Wow he can’t get enough, I just saw him two hours ago and he already wants to see me again!?” I’d never had attention like that. We spent the entire night walking the pier and sitting in his car just talking, and after that night I felt like I had known him forever. I was still attending school at this time and we would do the all-nighters talking for awhile and I would go to school so tired but so happy. School ended and we spent every moment we could together and I thought maybe it was too much but he didn’t seem to mind. All of a sudden we were talking about moving in together and by late winter that is what we did. I thought the way he treated me was okay. I became immune to it. In reality I put up with so much when I shouldn’t have. He began to compliment me in ways that didn’t even make me feel good. He would refuse to do the activities I enjoyed doing, it was always about him. He didn’t even support what I wanted for my future but, couldn’t even come up with one thing he wanted for his. I stayed because I thought this is how it is supposed to be. Then all of a sudden what I thought wasn’t great to begin with became even worse. He was so mysterious about things, spent even less amounts of time with me, and started becoming negative about everything. So I would spend more time with others thinking maybe space will help him. Space was not what he needed at all. I had this gut feeling about another girl he was around and I should have saw it coming from a mile away. He was sleeping with this other girl in the same apartment we were sharing at the time. I felt like I was trapped, he told me I couldn’t go to the place I was calling home, he said he didn’t love me and never did. I was stupid and thought “I would still be with him in a heartbeat if I had the chance.” I didn’t have that chance and I am thankful for his actions. He claims to be happy with her. Me? I have moved on and I have now realized that sometimes you settle for less because you think nothing better will come along. Let me tell you, that is wrong. Just be patient and don’t shoot down opportunities because you could be missing out on bigger and better things. So if you are stuck in that toxic relationship, get out of it. Don’t settle for someone who isn’t trying. Find yourself and love who you are. Then when you find the right person you will share all of that wonderful energy and time with someone who deserves it.
By Brittany8 years ago in Humans
My Apology to You...
By the time you read this it will sound so rehearsed, you'd think it was written for a sappy television show, it maybe over emotional and border on daytime television levels of dramatic but I can assure you, the feelings that come along with the words scribbled down here are what I need to say and by the end of this, you should know where I stand...and I guess where to go from here.
By L.A Rey8 years ago in Humans
Brutes
“Seph!” Ross rang her doorbell repeatedly in a furious rage. “Open the door, Seph!” When there was no answer, Ross resorted to banging on the door. He couldn’t wait. He’d been waiting and trying and failing miserably for almost two years now, and finally he knew why.
By Dylan Balde8 years ago in Humans
Like in the Movies
Two weeks. It took two weeks for me to remove myself from the feelings I thought I felt for you. There are times when I still think about you or accidentally think your name out of habit. Yet, I don’t think that I truly loved you because how can you love someone who never cared for you in the same way you cared for them? The answer is you can’t. Love in it’s most true form is caring and being there for someone and receiving the same from them. You never gave me anything I truly needed or what I truly wanted.
By Breanna Brochu8 years ago in Humans
The Hardest Part
They say that when you are in love you'll know because the thought of staying with that person for the rest of your life should make you the happiest you've ever been.
By Sarah Jabour8 years ago in Humans
Loneliness
Loneliness: Can a relationship really cure it? Everyone feels lonely sometimes—it’s just a normal relationship just like love, happiness, and sadness. However, what does it take to truly feel lonely. Some are alone for a day or a week, but others it can last months and maybe even years, like an illness without a cure. Loneliness is actually quite an underrated emotion, leaving people feeling depressed and even adding to anxieties that may already have existed. Sometimes when a person has been so long it’s hard to find a cure or to try and fix it, and on the flip side of loneliness is relationships and being with someone that you really like and maybe even love. Does jumping to the other end of the spectrum really cure the loneliness that someone felt before? Well, Alain de Botton once said that it’s only when we value companionship at that level that we can choose a person for their merits instead of simply because we think that being in a relationship is going to cure us of some loneliness in our current state. Meaning that relationships may be a quick fix to helping with the short term state of loneliness but in the long run will it help?
By Lou Campbell8 years ago in Humans
A Beautiful Mess
Like most people in life, I thought I had met my soulmate in high school. I was a Freshman at the time thinking I had it all. Now I know what you're thinking. You are pretty young to be thinking this way about another person and you're absolutely right. I'm going to answer those questions that linger deep inside you. No, we did not have any sexual contact of any sort. This statement includes kissing and holding hands. See as a teenager, I did not have my first kiss till I was 15. This charming gentleman came out of nowhere and slipped into my life only for him to slip out the next year. Like Snow White and Prince Charming, he practically swept me off my feet and led me through what I call A Beautiful Mess.
By Virginia Parker8 years ago in Humans
Dear Me
Dear Me, They're not going to welcome you with open arms. They're not going to look at you the same. You're not the same people singing in the car a few months ago. Those quotes you read were right; your ride or dies become strangers. It hurts but you'll stop feeling the pain eventually.
By Brittany •8 years ago in Humans
Painting to Breathe, Humming to Sleep
"I don't know," she said as she looked down to tie her shoes. He looked at her intently trying to understand exactly what was going on in her head. He puts his shirt back on and zips his jeans. He goes to give her a hug but she is quick to shy away from the embrace.
By R Lily8 years ago in Humans
4,600 Miles to None
If someone came up to me two years ago and said to me that the boy I would fall in love with would live 4,600 miles away from me, I would laugh and say that would never happen. See my past relationships were quite rocky as I was cheated on by all the boyfriends I’ve ever had. So just after March 2016 I was starting fresh, I spent more time with my family and myself to create a thick layer of love and passion for everything around me. I was starting to enjoy myself and who I was becoming. I was excelling in school and spending time with the right people.
By Kirsten Cox8 years ago in Humans
Mr. Right at the Wrong Time
Walking away from the love of my life was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. It wasn't a perfect relationship, there is no such thing, no two people will agree on everything all the time. That's just the way it is. It wasn't that we fought all the time, in fact we hardly ever fought hard over anything save for minor disagreements. It wasn't that either of us were unhappy in the relationship or had strayed in any way. We were the perfect couple, who met at the wrong time. Although, perhaps meeting at the wrong time is a strong statement, having the history that we do was the solid foundation upon which we would later build a strong and healthy relationship.
By Morgan Wright8 years ago in Humans