breakups

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

Breakups, Breakdowns, and Breakouts
By the end of her freshman year of college, every girl is pretty much an expert on breakups, breakdowns, and breakouts. Sometimes a person breaks up with you, sometimes you break up with them. Sometimes you suffer from mental exhaustion after studying until 6 am and end up crying in front of the entire student body in the university library. Sometimes you have had clear skin for weeks and weeks, until you wake up the day of your spring formal and suddenly your face could be mistaken for a pepperoni pizza. And sometimes you bounce back from these things immediately, but sometimes you find yourself wondering what you could have done to prevent that breakup, breakdown, or breakout.
By Ann Marie8 years ago in Humans
He Paid Her to Break Up with Him
“Let’s break up, I’ll pay you 50 grand." This was what he said to her one day out of the blue, after two months of fighting.
By Judy Mae8 years ago in Humans
To the Person Who Broke My Heart
A year ago I did the bravest thing I could have done for myself in a long time. I opened my heart up to you. I allowed myself to feel again...to laugh, to smile, to trust, to grow, to fight for a relationship I wanted. Telling myself that it was okay to fall in love and be happy was a struggle. Something told me you were worth it.
By Lexxi8 years ago in Humans
A Talk About Broken Promises
Most if not all of you have been through breakups. Anyone who has been through a breakup knows they hurt like hell, especially if you were the one who was being broken up with. However, I have found that, in my experience, the thing that hurts more (especially in the case of serious relationships/ long-term relationships) is the broken promises that come with the breakup. He swore he was never going to leave? He turned around and left you. She said she would never love anyone but you? Look at her, loving someone else!
By Jody-Lynne Belbin8 years ago in Humans
Breathe
“You know they don’t like you,” she whispered to me. I shrugged, “I don’t care.” “You should. You’ll make us look worse.”
By Heather Marie8 years ago in Humans
10 Life Lessons I Learned From Brutal Breakups
Breakups suck, and to a point, they seem almost inevitable in the modern dating scene. Our society has been seeing spikes in divorce rates, and in many cases, it seems like people tend to compete for the award of having the most brutal breakups in history.
By Lacey Sharman8 years ago in Humans
Conversations I Wish I Had #3
I have a lot of things to say to you. But when I try to put my thoughts into words, very little comes out. Much like what happened when we were together. It made for a very smooth relationship. At the beginning it was all so…surreal. We were picture perfect. Every cologne-scented note and late night voicemail was like it was picked out of a movie. I don’t even think we ever fought, not even towards the end of our relationship. Looking back, maybe that’s what was needed? Or was there was nothing left to fight for? I think that a lot of what happened between you and I was because I didn’t speak up and say, “I’m not okay with this”. I was complacent, for fear of losing someone I loved so dearly. I would speak my mind but then take it back. Set boundaries but then let you walk all over them. Only speaking out over text messages when you couldn’t look at me with those eyes I had grown to adore. Most of the time I never got a response back. Maybe I should have tried harder? But if three years with someone teaches you anything, it’s that sometimes no response is a response in and of itself.
By Rowan Flores8 years ago in Humans
To the Man I Thought I Loved: The Fairy Tale that Almost Came True
I'll be honest and say straight out this is purely difficult to write. I've attempted to mull my thoughts over over the last month and try to reflect on the lesson that has built up between us, rather than the lingering sense of heartbreak that's fighting desperately to break through onto the page. Yes I was bewildered and I still am ; but I completely understand now the choice we made with one another was that; for both of us to travel on separate paths; and to learn to grow without one another, and our fairy tale eventually had to come to an end; even though the ending was something that we both may not have wanted to hear or expected.
By Emily Goss8 years ago in Humans
My First Crush
Where do I begin? It all started when my mum brought a private house in a small town, since my family was too big to live in a small flat. At that time, I was 7. I was really happy because the house was big enough and I finally lived in a house with stairs. Once I settled in, I had a quick glance at my parents room. As always, it looked amazing. It was bigger than my room! Then I noticed, there was a sakura tree right next to my parent’s window. I was amazed. I love sakura trees! It was August at that time so it was sunny yet windy. The petals started to fall and as I watch the petal fall, I noticed a boy. He looked around my age, maybe older. He was with his cousins, playing football or should I say just-kick-the-ball-to-each-other. He had bouncy, curly hair and really big eyes; but he was really cute. Now, at that time, I thought that the petals were controlling me to stare at the cute boy (yeah, I read this article where flowers can control you when you see a person you like. At first I found it stupid, but it happened to me like right now) I couldn’t stop staring at him. I was really scared and nervous because I don’t know why I couldn’t. Then, he noticed my frustration. Oh no! At first, he just looked at me. I was confused. Then, he tilted his head. At that moment, I thought he was about to bash at me with insults. But, he smiled and waved at me. I was shocked. Completely shocked! I didn’t know what to do but, I was out of this world. With his warm positivity giving me confidence, I replied with a wave. I hated boys. They used to bully me and call me ridiculous names at my nursery /kindergarten. But, this boy was different. For the first time, I smiled. After, I notice his mum telling him to go inside and he did, with all his cousins. It was my time to go too, since I heard my parents coming up the stairs. I left my parents room and dashed to my room. For the first time, my heart was beating, maybeI was running, but mostly, because I couldn’t stop thinking of his cute smile.
By Fake Girl8 years ago in Humans
His Name Is Matt...
I read online that if you have a strong emotion towards someone that you can't or don't have contact with. That you should write a letter to them that they will probably never be able to see... So I guess that's what I'm doing now.
By Malai Sporner8 years ago in Humans
How I Got Over My First Real Friendship
She was it all. She was my long lost sister, mother, and best friend all in one body. We knew everything about each other, we spent everyday with each other, and we never let our attitudes get in the way of it. We were the typical best friends anyone could think of. We had matching tattoos together. We even picked each other up to go to Walmart together and then go home.
By Hannah White8 years ago in Humans
My Apology for Blaming It All on You
I struggle almost every time I message you with trying not say anything that crosses any lines and ending up making you feel uncomfortable or anxious. I also worry about sharing my feelings because I fear it leaves me vulnerable again. So most of the time I just keep my feelings and thoughts to myself. But tonight, I just felt like I needed you to know some things.
By Ginny Taylor8 years ago in Humans