Oh Duh
It wasn't till my 30s that I realized that "arbitrary" division symbol showed two dots DIVIDED by a line.
2009-05-28 14:58:08 / Rating: 446.5 / 
Story archives - tag: "realization"
Lauri
I realized today that when my aunt sends emails to the family, she puts my address as a "BCC" so my dad doesn't figure out my email and try to contact me that way too.
2009-03-25 11:30:15 / Rating: 693.25 /
travelingtoe
The cashier at the liquor store said she was worried about me because she hadn't seen me the day before.
2009-03-13 11:16:46 / Rating: 742.5 /
Panda Bear
I was almost said it out loud, but then I realized "I almost bit your armpit" is a weird thing to tell someone.
2009-03-05 11:39:17 / Rating: 403.5 /
yvon
As I lay in bed curled up in the fetal position, I realized that quitting smoking really was going to be that hard.
2008-12-01 10:06:32 / Rating: 366.5 /
Charlie
When you said I wasn't allowed to say anything at the funeral because it would be "improper," I knew I hated you.
2008-10-07 16:51:41 / Rating: 476.25 /
Just another day
You know your life is crazy when you're cleaning vomit out of piercing holes in a stranger's bathroom.
2008-06-09 12:11:42 / Rating: 310 /
overrock
Only then did I realize how much I had when she told her daughter they lost everything in the fire.
2008-04-15 10:15:26 / Rating: 502.75 /
The Bowler Cap Fairy
I was so humiliated I didn't wear them for three years, because I found out that they were fashionable and made by starving foreign kids.
2008-03-27 20:33:45 / Rating: 335.5 /
clocks and such
At approximately 1:30 pm on Friday February 1, 2008, I realized that when you get to college they expect you to wear watches.
2008-03-12 17:47:17 / Rating: 478.25 /
Shadow
I was 14 when I grasped my fathers lifeless hand and realized I didn't hate him after all.
2008-03-03 13:01:04 / Rating: 1007.75 /
SJ
I told my husband I wanted a new, simple wedding band because the 1.3c diamond I wear is not a symbol of our love but of my greed.
2008-02-13 13:09:31 / Rating: 2709.75 /
jal
It wasn't until after we broke up that I knew I'd marry him someday.
2008-01-14 17:38:25 / Rating: 631 /
Juju
Unbeknownst to even myself, I found that yes, I would take money out of a wallet that I found lying on the open ground.
2007-07-30 13:28:26 / Rating: 424.5 /
Complexity
My life has been a never-ending series of bad haircuts and parking tickets.
2007-06-11 16:15:28 / Rating: 614.25 /
anyone
As I stood in the eternal checkout line, the first 12 seconds of "Grease is the Word" skipping endlessly over the sound system, I realized the pretend boyfriend I was describing to the crazy bag lady was you.
2007-05-17 13:49:02 / Rating: 666 /
Holly
The one thing I thought I had enough of turned out to be my addiction.
2007-03-20 16:38:41 / Rating: 525.75 /
Dreamer
He was going to wipe the tear away, but his touch burnt me, especially after I told him my boyfriend hadn't done that for over a month.
2007-02-12 12:32:22 / Rating: 459 /
Not Meanspirited
As I sat on the couch in my boxer shorts, watching football and having nothing of import to do, I realized once and for all that I actually enjoy being single.
2007-01-09 11:35:34 / Rating: 468 /
Duncan S
I seriously enjoyed being a clown, until I realized clowns aren't taken seriously.
2007-01-09 11:34:22 / Rating: 367.75 /
Peabodie
After serving liquor to alcoholics all day, I realised that I am, in fact, a bad person.
2006-12-05 14:32:37 / Rating: 571.25 /
J
I can't describe it, but it was the strangest feeling when I realized I was alone in a dermatologist's office reading Kurt Vonnegut's "Fates Worse Than Death."
2006-11-01 16:19:53 / Rating: 439.75 /
Mr.Benn
It was upon the waking with red knuckles and bruises... I realize, I'm addicted.
2006-10-02 16:32:52 / Rating: 529.25 /
Rei
I thought we had a connection, instead, I realized I loved my boyfriend after all.
2006-09-30 11:39:57 / Rating: 419.25 /
Splinket
My heart in my throat, I watched as that second blue line started to materialise before my eyes and I realised, this is it - the moment that would change everything I ever imagined the rest of my life to be.
2006-09-27 10:02:32 / Rating: 544.75 /
Hypnos
It was as I stared down on the urban landscape unfolding before me that I realized, if the eye mirrors the soul, then cities are the eyes of humanity.
2006-09-26 22:42:55 / Rating: 387 /
Rob Sanderson
I sat there that night and realized that all my life I’ve been trying to eliminate the things that cause me to get depressed, instead of the depression itself.
2006-09-14 07:14:25 / Rating: 834.25 /