Story archives - tag: "alone"

The one that got away

Three years ago he was my fiance and today he was found naked, bloody, and alone in his apartment two weeks after anyone had seen him and who knows how many days after his death.

tags: death waste choices alone burnt bridges [add]

2010-07-02 14:17:10 / Rating: 117 /

fancy spatula

I've slept with a fan on every night for the past 13 years, 7 months, and 14 days.

tags: death sister alone childhood grief [add]

2008-10-27 15:32:21 / Rating: 285.75 /

violet

There are few things that inspire as much panic as being alone in a fitting room and considering asking for help out of a too-small dress that is covering your chest, face, and arms, leaving you barefoot in your underwear and your hands useless in the air.

tags: shopping alone embarassment dress need help [add]

2008-10-21 16:07:13 / Rating: 574.75 /

A

I realized how sad my life is when I found myself reading a graduate mathematics reference text for pleasure on a Friday night.

tags: math alone sad [add]

2008-09-02 09:38:20 / Rating: 288.75 /

Talleyrand

While I'm writing this, my girlfriend is breaking up with me through AIM.

tags: alone break-up [add]

2008-06-02 13:20:54 / Rating: 527.75 /

tired of waiting

I stay up late reading One Sentence to put off waking up without her.

tags: long distance relationship alone distracted meta [add]

2008-05-08 17:37:24 / Rating: 443.5 /

Feelslikerain

"Happy new year," I said to the empty room.

tags: new year alone [add]

2008-01-01 11:54:48 / Rating: 596.5 /

blondie

Moving from Los Angeles to a town not even noted on any major map has made me realize that when it comes down to it, we are all alone.

tags: moving homesick alone lonely [add]

2007-11-26 12:35:13 / Rating: 314.75 /

Loneliest of men

What if, for me, socializing has sincerely become a chore, a burden to have to deal with during times when I can't enjoy solitude?

tags: sad pathetic friendless lonely aloof anti-social miserable dramatic quiet alone loner pitiful [add]

2007-09-28 17:07:43 / Rating: 405.5 /

jordan

Somehow, I landed one of the coveted single rooms on campus, but it's only made me more nervous about being isolated and antisocial 1500 miles from home.

tags: college dorms isolation roommates alone [add]

2007-08-10 13:07:35 / Rating: 411.5 /

M

As I sat crying at my senior prom, I realized I was totally alone.

tags: alone prom loneliness [add]

2007-05-14 13:32:08 / Rating: 337 /

innominate

I suppose my life would have been different if I hadn't loved being naked when I was home alone, as an adolescent.

tags: adolescent nudity alone [add]

2007-05-10 10:39:41 / Rating: 287.5 /

mr honest

It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I never thought I would be left so alone.

tags: alone loneliness [add]

2007-01-01 16:10:28 / Rating: 298 /

Bec

I hate that I'm always right.

tags: loss lies goodbye alone broken heart leaving [add]

2006-11-01 16:17:59 / Rating: 376.5 /