Navigating Hardship and Family Mystery Anecdotes

I recently lost my grandmother due to old age, so this random family decided to send this “heartfelt” letter. They say that they are sending their condolences, but then turn to asking us about selling...

I would bet a good number of us can even smell this.

I live in an european capital, busy city. Stepped wrong on an uneven sidewalk. Several people walked by me while I was on the floor and not one person offered to help me. I limped to a bench and call...

I took a drug pre-screen this morning. The first test I used was a positive. This test was a few months older and I took it first thing. I went to the drug screen immediately after half asleep thinkin...

Last year i planted this tulip and it grew normally and bloomed fine but this year it's given me just one giant leaf and nothing else, all my other tulips have grown normally and their leaves are tiny...

im born in 93 - got my first ever cellular phone for christmas in 7th grade (sooo end of 06) and still have the same phone number lol never thought to change it or want too. my ex told me he had his c...

And yes, that’s a mini Patron bottle.

My first highschool boyfriend is still bitter about the breakup (he was an ass) more than ten years later. This looks like something he could fantasize about.

In 2017 I went to the ER at a Level 1 trauma center with a broken ankle. I had fallen the day before, gone to urgent care, been given an X-ray that was read as negative, and sent home in a walking boo...

Happy Saturday dads. Edit: I realize this made me sound like I was dealing with addiction, which I'm not, it was just reminiscing. I just don't want to take anything away from those who have actually...

I spent the better part of eight years struggling with addiction. During the pregnancy of my first son I really spiraled downward. I spent alot of time wondering how I was expected to keep this little...

I’m a proud dad and wanted to share a bit about her journey and some of the creations she’s been working on. She has been in France for the past few months, completing this experience, and will be fi...

We have been going through a difficult emotional patch (I have been stressed tf out with school, buying a house, an internship I am REALLY not enjoying, work sucking ass, major medical events in the f...

Throw back to May of 2020 when my Dad and I went to go watch the world’s (former) largest plane, the Antonov AN-225, depart from Toronto. He said he could take the pictures on the camera. These are th...

This is consistent. I'm a college student with trouble walking due to a knee injury from a past wreck, and I can't park in my dorm's lot (been on the waitlist for a permit since August), so I pay the ...

I have a friend who comes over to my apartment at least once a week and within 15 minutes of arriving, asks to use my bathroom without fail. He usually spends 15-20 minutes in there and goes through a...

>**Pekka Raudaskoski** >Olen 98-vuotias. Olen elänyt Suomessa aikana, jolloin sosiaaliturvaa ei käytännössä ollut. Nämä eivät ole mielipiteitä, vaan elettyä todellisuutta. En vain nähnyt köyhyy...

I’ve talked before about the time in my life I got mega in shape, but since it’s relevant here I’d like to elaborate on how I tackled fitness. (continued in comments)

I was at the grocery store waiting in line for my turn to pay and there was an old woman in front of me. She took out her purse from her handbag to take out money, but it looked like she couldn't find...

everyday more lives end, more hope is lost, more dreams are crushed

Like...who raised you? Did you parents drop you on your head as a child? Are you so lacking in basic human dignity/decency that you can't leave the trash in your DAMN car until you see a trash can?!?!...

I’m so tired of hearing this. I’m a 30 year old who plays some video games after work. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had people look at me crazy for playing video games and talk about how they’...

What has happened to discipline in our schools? I tagged policy because it seems so widespread that it must be policy related.

So I’ve been getting deep into plants the last few years. Mostly indoor but just got a new house and am venturing outdoors now. Anyway, I won this gardening basket 🧺 last night at a school raffle. My...

What he didn't realize until after his visit to the neonatal ward was that getting more time was not the same as being cured, and that he would now be forced to endure a full lifetime of his symptoms,...

I probably read about this fall asleep method here on this sub, but I’m not sure. Anyway, I have trouble falling asleep, because sleep is boring. Usually, I just read until I get bored. But I was hopi...

Okay so to preface I work at a hospital and this experience has had me absolutely dumbfounded. So I’ve been working at this hospital for a few years as a nurse and we regularly coordinate care with t...

Cognitive behavioural therapy doesn't work for people who have actual problems that can't be addressed Therapists be like: I see that your whole life has been suffering because you are fundamentally ...

Friday night, I was at Potblack in the CBD having some drinks with friends and playing some pool. A friend said something that hit a sore spot. I know it wasn’t meant badly, but it still got to me be...

Jag har under det gångna året prioriterat gym och kost, främst för att hålla psykiska hälsan i schack men även hålla blodtrycket lågt. Hursomhelst, som många säkert känner till så är en proteinrik k...

I was recently introduced to looks maxxing when a girl I matched with on tinder assumed that I was partaking. I didn’t know what she was talking about so I looked it up, and boy did I find meself in t...

Yes, chocked and blocked 🤘 His first words 4 years ago were "pick me up so I can see that fuckin' engine"

Remember who the real enemy is.

We had this beautiful tree on our property that we rented out. And we just noticed that the tenant trimmed it or rather butchered it. Will the tree survive this? I’m livid that they did this without a...

The tour guide shows her all the wonderful people she's helped, the staff they hired, and the medical equipment her philanthropy helped fund. As they tour one of the bottom floors they come to a room ...

I saw a post on this sub that drinking from copper bottles can cause poisoning , but why didnt i get any of it

Before someone accuses me of polyphobia for making fun of this I read the full ad on the website and it’s objectively creepy and off putting.

I hope it all ends soon because I hate wearing skin, especially other people's.

Someone said I should get paid to post these everyday, luckily for you, I'm doing it for free (for now lol) So STOP DOOM SCROLLING and go PEE! Get yourself a BIG glass of water, and even add some ...

Kontext: Zu Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges herrschte nicht nur große Freude in weiten Teilen der Bevölkerung, sondern auch die Überzeugung, dass dieser Krieg kurz sein wird und dass die Soldaten bis We...

Five years ago my FIL died and I was his executor. The same summer, I helped my parents move out of their home of 41 years. SO. MUCH. GARBAGE. When I got home, I started a project to clear out m...

This is the article my Google news gave me this morning. I’d think that with millions of dollars to donate, she could buy herself a name.

I was eating at McDonalds. I was wearing black jeans and a grey turtleneck sweater. When I was finished I got up and wanted to bring my tray to the collecting station. Crazy lady two tables to my left...

There is a small body of research, plus decades of bedside reports, that keeps circling back to the same strange observations in palliative care wards. One of them is called "visioning." Somewhere ...

2019-now. Cardio, strength training. Lost the weight through a sustainable calorie deficit. 50+ pounds lost and maintained. I eat lean proteins, fruit, vegetable, vegetables, and a moderate amount of...

I had beautifully done highlights and my hair was healthy. I had originally gotten them done out of state but went to a local stylist for a touch up. She was alone in the salon and tending to another ...

I was job searching for about four months last year, got a lot of first round interviews but kept stalling out before offers. I started paying closer attention to where things were going wrong. One ...

idk if it's important or not but I AM bi if anyone was wondering

I'm sitting here today, with four wounds spread bilaterally across my abdomen, only slightly above my navel. Each wound is only around 2 inches in length, but all four reach deep through muscle layer...

I thought they were joking