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!"

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Quick notice: This story was originally written in French since it's my first language, I did my best to translate it but it is possible that there are still a few errors in my text!
By Juliette Normand8 years ago in Humans
The Power of Relationships
Happy Valentine's Week! As a single male in my mid-20's, I wouldn't immediately put myself in the same category as Hitch... but I do have 24 years of experience with putting relationships as one of my highest priorities in life. I have always had a large number of acquaintances, but it was only until recently that I discovered the power of putting your closest friends at the top of the list. When you decide to emphasize the "power of relationships," you begin to develop more accountability, motivation, positive influence, and an overall sense of well-being in your life.
By Renner Winston8 years ago in Humans
Friend Breakup
I recently had a friend breakup. It's been one of the hardest breakups I've had. You never expect to get so attached to people, but then when you do, you don't realize it until it's over. In my case, I felt like I had been protecting myself so much from romantic relationships. I thought that by investing myself in my friends for a while, I would be "safe." The truth is that there may always be someone to show you that you've left yourself a little too open.
By Karina Nistal8 years ago in Humans
Think Twice Before Moving in with a Friend
After living with my parents all my life, getting my own house felt like an essential. On top of that, it felt like freedom and a chance to be myself without my parents constantly telling me to do my chores and making every decision for me. The decision was easy. I’m getting my own apartment or house no matter what the costs are. From then on, I started searching for the perfect home. While looking, I brought the topic up to my co-workers who helped me search for a cheap house or apartment for rent that would fit my budget. After looking for some time, my friend mentioned that she was also looking for a place. We started spending more time together and quickly became close. I figured since my budget wasn’t very much, having a roomie would help with the bills and create more wiggle room for me financially. I never thought these decisions through as much as I should’ve because I was ready to get out of my parents' home. That was my first mistake.
By bookwhore8 years ago in Humans
From Weakness Comes Strength: Part One
I honestly couldn’t even tell you how long I have wanted to tell my story. The full version, unedited, uncut, wholesome story. I’d be lying if I told you this is going to be easy for me write, and even easier to share. There are parts of my story that not even my own parents and closest friends know of. (If you fall into those categories, don’t take offense to me hiding certain things; I did this to spare feelings and emotions while I also prefer to cope with certain things on my own.) I am finally telling everyone everything to symbolize me going into my adult life with a clean slate: no secrets and no bottled up stories and hidden emotions. I hope me sharing this can help others going through similar situations.
By Paranneting/Anne Reboa8 years ago in Humans
Trust Is Earned
I don't trust people. Goodness knows I want to feel free to put my full faith in someone else, but I can't bring myself to do it.
By Hello, it's me.8 years ago in Humans
Messages from Becky
If you're still with me after that long story from last week, this is the conclusion to that story. I was on a business retreat this past October. It was all women and it was so much fun. I made new friends, created a stronger bond with my old friends. We were in a beautiful cabin on a lake.
By Katie Gregoire8 years ago in Humans
Happy Birthday You Beautiful Soul
Dear Best Friend, I am writing you this letter because unfortunately we won't be able celebrate together this year (not like we have in 6 years). Feb. 9, 2018 we would be celebrating 23 years of life but instead, everyone will be remembering 16 years of life, 6 years of addiction and 10 months of you being gone from us forever. This year, a simple Facebook post won’t cover it. A wishing of good luck and being safe won’t cut it. You and I have been through the ringer together and I wouldn’t have wanted to grow up with anyone else. I get so happy when I get to tell people stories of how lame we were and how many dumb ideas we had back then. I get happy because even though people don’t get to see you anymore or hear your voice, they hear the memories and stories about you, about us, and about everything!
By Tree Erickson8 years ago in Humans
My Friend Died
For the past few weeks I've been experiencing an incredibly weird sleeping pattern. I can't seem to stay awake much past 8 p.m., then I find myself wide awake around 2 a.m. That schedule makes for an agonizingly long work day, which exacerbates my weird sleeping pattern even further. Last week, I woke up at 1 a.m. and couldn't fall back asleep. I grabbed my cell phone to play a few games of Word for Friends, but unconsciously opened Facebook instead. There a strange post drew my attention.
By Dan McGinnis8 years ago in Humans
Shotgun Honey: A Series of Scattered Stories
L, lovely and long-legged. L sat across from me at the long stretch of rectangular white desks. Her legs sprawled and relaxed across the arm of a black office chair. She used her hand to fan her face lazily.
By K. M. McGehee8 years ago in Humans
A Dagger in My Back and an Elbow in My Side
In winter of 2013, I was in the first semester of my sophomore year of high school. I was a theater major at a boarding arts high school in Massachusetts. I lived in a dorm called New Cottage with 11 other guys, we were inseparably close by this point in the year, new and returning students. We were known around campus, quite creatively, as the "New Cottage Boys."
By Patrick Kyle8 years ago in Humans
2016
2016 was a year of emotions. It was not the best. There was loss beyond comprehension and sadness that still lingers. November is the month people take the time to say what they are grateful for; this is great. It gives inspiration and happiness to many but in 2016, that didn't seem to be the case. So many times I saw these memes talking about how horrible the year was, and no matter how accurate this may be, I did not share them because even though it was not the best year for me, I have a few things that I don't want to forget about from that year. I saw happiness in friendly gatherings to celebrate life and death, and I witnessed friends begin mother and fatherhood.
By Emma Crane8 years ago in Humans