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Mind the Gap
Can there be too large an age gap in a relationship between a boyfriend and girlfriend? I ask for personal reasons because I am much older than my girlfriend and although we are happy, it’s our age gap that is brought up most by doubters. Personally, I think the argument over our age difference is as relevant as our height difference or eye colour difference. Though I am a foot taller and our eyes are different, that’s still not important.
By ASHLEY SMITH8 years ago in Humans
Post War Divorce
Something I read the other day made me think about the past and just how screwed up it really was at that particular time in my life. I look back at my previous marriages and cringe at the remembrance of some memories. My first marriage didn't really last that long and I was so young that I barely remember most of it. I hardly ever count that one even though it did yield two beautiful children. Now my second marriage.....that was the one I thought would be the death of me. I think one tries harder the second time around because who wants to be a two time loser right? I stayed and took things that I normally wouldn't from anyone else but I think my biggest problem was I could never truly be myself in that relationship. Oh, to the outward appearances we looked to be the perfect couple but behind closed doors it was a totally different story. Many people were shocked to hear we had split up.
By Vanessa Hampton8 years ago in Humans
An Old Friend
Does anyone have that one friend where y'all are really tight but when you get into an argument or a fight you stop talking for a day or two then y'all make up and you're back to being best friends? Well I used to have a friend like that and we would fight then we wouldn't talk but I knew we would always make up so I wasn't worried of losing them.
By Kwabena Asante8 years ago in Humans
Noel Leon and Uldouz Wallace Answer All Your Questions. Top Story - September 2017.
Noel and I collaborate a lot on Instagram - we laugh, we pose, and then we laugh some more! We get interviewed a lot, so we decided to ask each other some tough questions: what our love lives are like, which celebrities turn us on, and who the hell Elon Musk is...
By Uldouz Wallace8 years ago in Humans
Santiago
I had been waiting my entire life for a moment to come along that I thought would change who I was. I wanted something inspiring. Something that made me think: This is why I am here. This is what I want to work for. I was able to grasp that moment this summer.
By Maddi Martin8 years ago in Humans
Inner Demons
Mark couldn’t believe he was here, surrounded by many people he didn’t know. He shuffled through the crowd and took a seat on the side of the room assigned to him. He whipped out his flask and embraced the burn of whiskey as he took a gulp. He closed his eyes and took a deep, calculating breath. The day the invitation arrived in his mailbox was a surprise to him. The ivory paper and gold lining made it known that again, there was a wedding happening, and again, he was a guest. He sat on his couch for an hour deciding if he was going to RSVP and spent another hour deciding whether or not he was bringing a date. Finally, he responded, bought a gift, and drove to the wedding. Here he was, sitting at the wedding of his ex-girlfriend from a few years back. He hadn’t seen her for over 3 years, yet here he was. As thoughts flooded his brain, the muttering in the room stopped as a violin pierced the air with its notes signaling the room to take a seat. The audience turned to see a handsome man strut down the isle, his nervousness apparent on his face. After a few moments, the notes changed and the room eagerly turned to await the arrival of the bride. She appeared in the doorway, her white gown caressing her every curve. Her smile was as white as her dress and her eyes were bright as she took the practiced steps down the isle towards the groom.
By Gina melrae8 years ago in Humans
Emotionally Unemotional
It's always something small. Your spouse, your parents, a friend, literally anyone you love says or does the littlest thing. Even though you know it's ridiculous for such a little thing to hurt your feelings, it still does. But, knowing it's ridiculous doesn't make the pain stop, instead you feel your heart cracking into a million little pieces. It's a physical pain, one that can almost feel like you're dying, but at the same time is incredibly easy to hide from the world.
By Vanna James8 years ago in Humans
Crappy Relationship
Has anyone ever been in a relationship where the other person didn't appreciate you...? Well I have and I'm going to tell you about it but I'm not gonna bore you with the details in between. It started when a girl told me that she liked me but at this point I didn't feel the same until a couple weeks before school. A couple days into school we started dating and this was a mistake because I rushed into the relationship and there was still a lot to learn about her, and for me to see if I could see myself having a long-term relationship with this girl. The worst part about this relationship was that we hung out twice from when we started dating in September till we broke up in January. After two weeks everyone was telling me that I should dump her but I didn’t want to because I still had hope. We argued a bit usually after I would talk to her and try and reassure her that I still want to be in the relationship. One problem was that whenever I had a problem with her instead of talking to her I usually consulted my friends, and even though it was wrong they gave me very helpful advice. When my boy Ziggy found out we were together he was kinda mad because he knew I could do better and my friends at school said the same thing but I didn't listen because I really liked her. But the feelings would slowly diminish whenever I asked her to come to the crib and she said no. She was somehow always busy on weekends and PD days😩. The first time we hung out was amazing but the second time was so bad. Around Christmas time I got her two of her favorite things (fuzzy socks and a flannel) and my friends were saying that I’m too good for her because she’s probably not going to buy me anything.
By Kwabena Asante8 years ago in Humans
How a Long-Distance Relationship Helped Me Find Myself
I never wanted a long-distance relationship. It wasn’t even a possibility to me. “Distance makes the heart grow fonder,” yeah, right. Left and right you hear about failed long-distance relationships that “just didn’t work out” or “were too hard to keep up.” I always thought a long-distance relationship was an entrée of loneliness with a side of bullshit. A recipe for disaster.
By Megan Jones8 years ago in Humans
Hard to Love
As a woman, I was put at a large disadvantage when my family left the clean, inviting air of metropolitan Omaha, Nebraska and landed in the barren, rustic air of southeastern Ohio. Six-year-old Caitlin cheered as we passed the “Welcome to Ohio” sign on the highway, boxes rubbing against my legs and my cat’s cries booming through the holes on his pet taxi. I was always up for new adventures at that point in my life, but it wasn’t long before I found that the woodland creatures in my backyard could not speak to me, and probably wouldn’t even if they could. Living there was like being a bird with a broken wing and stuffed into a cardboard box with a few holes in it, like the excessive amount of trees lining the area served to block any view of the rest of the world. The sweet Nebraska plains were not nearly so stifling. My eyes could see so far into the wide when the wind wasn’t forcing them shut. There wasn’t much to see, but I could see it. In my new home, the abandoned dirt roads were our busy sidewalks, the moos of cows were our honking horns, and the churches were our skyscrapers.
By Caitlin Cook8 years ago in Humans
