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I Have Bulimia

Something New

This is the first time I have openly admitted to being bulimic...I keep telling myself I am in control, but I am so not in control. Every day when I wake up...[Read more]

By SmileToday



I Hate Rude People

Not Rocket Science

As I'm sure all of you know, common courtesy is becoming increasingly uncommon...You don't necessarily have to have a lot of education to know how to be polite. You don't have to take any classes or read any etiquette books...[Read more]

By atpeacewithme


I Have a Rabbit

Finding Alice

I was one of those kids that loved cats and had my fair share of them. I loved how playful they were and how soft they were and just everything about them...[Read more]

By Teeny270


I Am Celibate For Life

Sexless Marriage

I am 49 years old and up until a few years ago was an ordinary man with ordinary needs. I was married and have two children. A few years ago, I left a good wife who I loved for another...[Read more]


I Love the Beach

Bear Tracks

My kids and I went to the lake to release a turtle I had found that week near our apartment...We were having an Indian summer. The weather was magnificent. We drove up to the beach...[Read more]

By jcue1976

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I Love My Italian Greyhound

My Lady

My husband is in the military...I am alone a lot so I convinced him that I wanted someone who would always be with me and give me unconditional love...[Read more]

By bruisedbutnotbroken77



I Am Mentally Damaged Due To My Past

Damaged

I have no idea who I am anymore. I loved a guy [then] he left me for another woman. I have lost who I was and I can't seem to find myself...[Read more]

By confusdsoul12345


I Love Sharpies

No Mercy

If I get a Sharpie in my hand, look out. I have no mercy. I will draw on anything....One time I drew on a watermelon, another time a shoe...[Read more]

By Naliruns


I Can Eat Breakfast Food At Any Time

Breakfast Anytime

I love making pancakes, eggs, and sausages for dinner sometimes, just to break the monotony of regular dinner......[Read more]

By butterflydreams


I Hate Public Toilets

Clogged Toilet

Given I'm a janitor I see a lot of messed up toilets. I see things that no normal person sees. Recently, I had two plugged toilets and couldn't...[Read more]

By Apollo271

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I Crochet

Lessons from Grandma

My grandmother taught me the basics on how to crochet when I was around ten...She passed away when I was very young but through her pattern books...I feel like I am getting to know her all over again...[Read more]

By cengelke


I Have No Friends

Betrayed

I've only ever experienced betrayal from friends, so I choose to no longer have any, and I'm happier that way...I'd lost boyfriends to 'friends' multiple times over the years [and] couldn't...[Read more]

By aranarose


I Am Addicted to Food

Addicted to Food

I am just now realizing I'm addicted to food. I find total pleasure in eating, from the first bite I take to the last, and I can't seem to stop...[Read more]

By bmari1415


I Think Dogs Are Awesome

Good Morning Doll

I love my dog. She is the sweetest little animal on the planet. When I get up in the morning she is still sleeping...She hears me making coffee, so she gets up and comes round to the kitchen to say good morning...[Read more]

By jbjuju


I Love Swimming

Back to Swimming

I love to swim. As a kid, I spent every summer outside in our swimming pool, from morning until far after dark. We went through a lot of sunscreen! As I got older, I grew more self-conscious...[Read more]

By SpiritOfTheRabbit

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I Believe In Love A Perfect Wedding Proposal
I'm a hopeless romantic. It's so bad that I can't tell anyone about this, especially since I'm a guy...Girls aren't the only ones who plan out how they want their perfect matrimony to be...[Read more] By dicember


I Believe In the Law of Attraction Law of Attraction
Earlier this year I put my property up for sale and I put the thought out that I wanted someone special to buy this beautiful place. People that would see the efforts...[Read more] By dartist


I Have An Eating Disorder Changing My Ways
It all started with my body image when I became a teenager. I had to be thin no matter what the cost. I got help for it...I learned that binging and purging can kill you...[Read more] By aero4angel


I Lost My Mother to Cancer Reuniting the Family
When I was 17 my mother was diagnosed with cancer and only lived three months after that...I have 7 brothers and sisters from various fathers [but] y younger sister and I were the only ones living with her when...[Read more] By ETHANSMOMSTER


I Have A Weird Phobia Balloons Anyone?
I hate balloons...I avoid them as much as possible, and when I was younger I use to avoid birthday parties because I knew they'd have a bunch of balloons there...[Read more] By 0eyeless

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I Am Getting a Divorce Parting Ways
It took her more than 4 weeks, but D-day has finally arrived. She dropped off some boxes this morning and there are more in her van. I made one more appeal to her...[Read more] By KRinOnt


I Adopted a Child True Gift
My husband and I are so thankful for our adoption experience. We were given fabulous sons that are a true blessing to us and can't imagine what life would be like without them...[Read more] By gypsydreaming


I Am Pregnant Growing Belly
I am 29 weeks pregnant and getting bigger everyday it seems. My fiance left for Army basic training a week ago and it has been really hard not having him here...[Read more] By cherylann1991


I Giggle In My Sleep Laughter
I actually think it is hilarious that I can get so tickled at my own dreams that I wake myself up laughing and giggling...[Read more] By DorothyofOz


I Am Embarrassed I'm Blushing
I recently moved into this apartment complex, and they have maintenance people that are supposed to fix anything that is broken...After being here, maybe a month, my light switch stops working...[Read more] By secrettone1

EP Newsletter

Posted October 21st, 2010 at 5:44PM

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I Kissed In the Rain Kissed in the Rain
I've always wanted that romantic kiss in the rain and I finally got it in a very unexpected way. Justin and I have been through a lot of what I like to call an emotional rollercoaster...[Read more] By iseepenguinz


I Was Interrogated By the Police It Wasn't Me
Some little bastard scratched my mom's car one day and she blamed me for it. [She] called the police and they questioned me for more than 30 minutes...[Read more] By CutieMom83


I Love Being a Mom Waiting to Come Home
Friday night is the most awaited time for [my kids and I] because it's the time that I arrive home to be with them on the weekends...My 5-year-old daughter is counting every time she sleeps...[Read more] By blackforest4u


I Accept the Fact That I'm Not Perfect I'm Not Perfect
If I could be perfect I would never offend, never hurt those I love. If I could be perfect I'd always say and do the right thing at the right time in just the right way...[Read more] By OrchidSakura


I Have Pica Syndrome Strange Addiction
I was about 7 or 8 [when] I first started eating soap, not a whole bar at a time but little pieces throughout the day. I'm 26 now it's time to kick the habit...[Read more]

EP Newsletter

Posted October 21st, 2010 at 5:42PM

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I Miss My Grandpa Remembering Grandpa
I remember as a kid running to my grandpa every time I saw him...We would work in the garden for hours together...He taught me how to cut okra [and when to] to pick a watermelon...[Read more] By ladyjbug


I Don't Have Many Friends Labor of Love
Friendship is complex, profound, and smooth with pointy sharp bits. Some personalities just seem to click and hit it right off. Others take some work, while there are those which just never quite make it past that first 'hello'...[Read more] By Girlwhimsical


I Want You to Know What I Think Leaky Pipes
In my hometown that supermarket is considered an unofficial social club. You meet old acquaintances and make new friends just about every time you go grocery shopping...[Read more] By underconstruction


I Love My Mom, But Love and Hate
My mother is always there for me when I need her...I love her very much, and I respect her, and admire the struggles she went through in life to raise the three of us...[Read more] By jessybaby28


I Don't Have Any Friends Lonely Mom
PI am a mother of three and happily married. I am from a big family with two sisters who seem to have a perfect social life outside their significant others, but not me...[Read more] By enuwa21

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I Have Flown An Airplane
Age Is Just a Number
I have the great fortune of knowing this 75-year old-woman who is nothing short of a firecracker. When she was younger she joined the military and started to jump out of planes. At some point...[Read more] By Linxer


I Admire Inner Beauty
Ugly Duckling
I was told as a kid that I was ugly. My peers used to make fun of me because my skin was too dark, my lips [and eyes] too big...[Read more]


I Am a Single Mother
Going Strong
I've been a single mother since November 2008. I have three marvelous children who always keep me on my toes...My son is very stubborn and hard-headed but so amazingly stealth at being sneaky, that I can only admire him....[Read more] By kaytiej


I Still Color
My Secret Obsession
When I color I am free. I have a whole drawer filled with crayons that nobody is aloud to touch! I get the poster size coloring books and just go crazy with them...[Read more] By RodsCupcake


I Have An Unmedicated Bipolar Mother
What To Do Next?
I have always known things with my mother were not normal but now that I have been asked by family members [whether] I think she is bipolar I really don't know what to do...[Read more] By Jewelz7

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I Believe Family Is Very Important
Not Your Typically TV Family
Maybe I watched too much TV as a kid, but I have always had this impossible dream in my mind of a family...Of a mother and a father and some kids [that] laugh together...[Read more] By onceandfutureglow


I Am a Child Abuse Survivor
A Book Saved My Life
My room, desk, and papers may look like a complete mess to an untrained eye, but my thoughts and memories are always preserved with a flawless method...[Read more] By sweetmeisje


I Want to Help People
That Happy Feeling
It was lunch time and I was sitting at the table listening to music. Then an old woman came in...She wanted to eat [but could only pay]...[Read more] By iameliza


I Love Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
The Perfect Grilled Cheese
I had my first real grilled cheese when I was little, in a restaurant in a small town not far from us...I promised to be my best friends maid of honor over a grilled cheese sandwich...[Read more] By honeysuckle23


I Will Absolutely Erase Your Snarky Comments
Being a Single Parent
My daughter is now 9 years old...While watching a movie she saw a hairstyle that intrigued her...She climbed into my lap and said she wanted me to do her hair that way. She said this as if I had some instinctive, primal knowledge...she said this as if there was no way that I could fail her...[Read more] By patientalpha

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I Married a Man With Borderline Personality Disorder
Fire & Ice
I feel like I step into a Hitchcock movie every morning...I have nothing left but...the guilt of what I'm putting my daughter through. No one knows the real me; not even my daughter, ...[Read more] By monalisahasbpd


I Believe In Ghosts
Seeing Ghosts
Growing up in my family's home I often had eerie feelings. I would feel as if someone came into my room but I'd turn around and no one [would be] there. Doors [closed] on their own...[Read more] By bvb1123



I Am Socially Awkward
Socially Awkward
I have social anxiety and always blank out when people talk to me...I hate being around people I don't know...It's killing me socially! I cannot impress potential employers because...[Read more] By lostgirl88


I Am Not Who They Think I Am
Who to Trust?
I don't trust most people at all, though I've gotten quite good at concealing this fact from most everyone...[Read more] By Timebender


I Love Musicals
Discovering Musicals
In the house where I lived as a child, I discovered a treasure trove of LP albums one day. They had belonged to my aunt, who in her own day sang in the opera and on Broadway...[Read more] By Jetsetter1962

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I Am Resourceful
Female MacGyver
I finally cut my son's hair...He loathes haircuts but I had made a successful bargain with a donut and the opportunity to watch a Curious George video while I cut...[Read more] By Sahira


I Live In a Sexless Marriage
People Watching
I was in a department store today and there was this young woman blocking the aisle with her shopping cart. Irritated people kept scooting around her and she seemed oblivious...[Read more] By JessaMay
 

I Am Gay
Not the Life I Imagined
I am now 66 years old, and I have been married for 37 years...I told [my wife] that I was gay well before the wedding, but she wanted to marry anyhow. I complied because of social pressure and loneliness...[Read more] By mkeka

I Am Happily Married
400 Pencils and 9 Years Later
I met my future husband nine years ago in sixth grade when I tapped him on the shoulder and asked to borrow a pencil ...[Read more] By fae430

I Miss My Cat
Goodbye Sweetpea
She was a great sidekick, a good companion when needed, and full of affection...I never fully grasped pet owner's grief until now...My grief is a tribute to her wonderful uniqueness...[Read more] By Carolina1

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I Believe In Love
Sweet Surprise I did a lot of soul searching. It was a painful day. I beat myself up for every real and imagined, wrong I had ever done to the people in my life. In the end, I realized that I have had something rare and quiet extraordinary...[Read more] By Faucon


I Am Afraid to Love Someone
Last One Picked
"I hate being left out. If it's not being [excluded from] a conversation, being the odd one out, not fulfilling people's expectations, [or] being the last one...[Read more] By amysangels



I Am Tired of Being Alone
Deserving More
[I have] a husband that has no time for me between work and his hobbies...I don't want to live like this anymore...I am going to find a place where I belong, find someone I belong with and live my life like I should have...[Read more] By KittenHasaWhip


I Am Weird
Daring to be Yourself
Some say that I am a weirdo... I like to make funny faces, wearing clothes that don't fit each other in color or style, and even [make] stupid jokes...[Read more] By Flume


I Care About Someone Way Too Much
Unexpected News
This caring thing can weigh heavy on a person. [Especially] heavy when you develop feelings that you know you shouldn't, but the heart sort of breaks free and you just can't seem to reel it in. I knew from the start how things had to be...[Read more] By maninthemoon52

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I Want to Lose Weight
What Is Going On?
My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal...[Read more] By Cabcraft


I Will Be 50 This Year
Gracefully May Not Be The Word
I've never had a problem with age. I loved turning 40. It seemed with each passing year I became more comfortable, more at ease...but 50, this one is freaking me out...[Read more] By Faucon


I Want My Children to Be Freethinkers
A Mother's Wish
I would hope that my child will be an individual who won't follow anyone...I have watched her grow both physically and mentally into the strong-willed young woman she is today...[Read more] By womaninbliss



I Do Not Smoke
Quitting
When a person starts smoking their body initially rejects the invasion of the toxic chemicals. One coughs and generally doesn't feel well as their healthy body struggles to accept the unhealthy toxins...[Read more] By FeelandThink


I Am Lonely
Still Lonely
I've been lonely all my life...I thought it came from my lack of confidence so six months ago I decided to start doing exercise and now I have a good body...[Read more] By Lonely15

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I Support Gray Rights

Gray Rights

I think older people have earned the right to watch the television with the volume all the way up, to fart as they walk down aisles in the grocery store, and to drive slow in the fast lane...[Read more]

By fungirlmmm




I Adore My Daughter

Keep Smiling

I wonder if [my 5-year-old will] ever know the inspiration she is to me. When life gets her down she keeps on smiling; keeps going. The last time she had a stomach flu, she was smiling and trying...[Read more]

By ChristineJones




I Hate Cancer

Fighting Cancer

It has stolen the light from him. [He was] someone who was once the life of the party...Now he hides from his family ashamed and angry at what this disease has done to him...[Read more]

By PaperTowns




I Like Cats

Happy Kitty

I love my boy cats, but when one of them...goes into a trance-like state and starts chewing on his jaw bone, it is very strange...[Read more]

By SouthernPlains




I Want To Know Your Biggest Regrets

Biggest Regret

I make mistakes. I made many. Nothing I ever did was worse than not standing up for myself. I was so shy and mousy at one time. I let everyone walk all over me...[Read more]

By KittenHasaWhip

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I Have a Dog

Goodbye Cassie

I've called the vet. The arrangements have been made...I almost hoped she would just pass away in her sleep...Instead, the decision has been left to me...[Read more]

By SeriouslySappy




I Want to Know the Biggest Age Difference In Your Relationship

Older Men

I have always been attracted to older men. I enjoy the stability and maturity level, along with many other perks. I am 20 years old and until a couple weeks ago...[Read more]

By annalea




I Fell In Love With Someone I Met Online

Love Hurts

I [loved] someone online. We wanted to meet...I was going there for a work trip...I [told] my boss I didn't need a hotel...I started exercising more, stopped biting my nails, went on the pill, [and] even planned for a bikini wax...[Read more]

By alyssakimm




I Have An Eating Disorder

My Ride With Anorexia

The pride I felt when I lost weight was addicting. I started out at 1000 calories a day...It made me feel high and in control. I cut my caloric intake down to 750, then 500, then 400. In about a months time, I started to wonder if what I was doing was normal...[Read more]

By ThisNYpixie




I Know No Man Is An Island

No Man Is An Island

Every island is surrounded by sea, every sea connected seamlessly. Everything in life has cause and effect just as the waves of the sea...[Read more]

By pollydoll

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I Survived a Car Crash

One Life-Changing Decision

I was only 9 months old when my parents went to an X-mas party on X-mas eve...They never made it home that night. They were in an accident...[Read more]

By kim111




I Am a United States Air Force Girlfriend

Air Force Here I Come

I am in no way a spontaneous person so I did a ton of thinking and talked to a lot of people...I'm in school now and have been doing really well but...I've been very uninspired and unmotivated. It just feels like it's an endless road leading nowhere...[Read more]

By peaceloveandkatie




I Wonder Why I Got Married Too

Running My Own Life

I met him when I was 12 and fell in love. We were together for seven years...Why did I get married?...I was a 19-year-old girl with no future, pregnant, and [had] parents who ran my life...[Read more]

By Sue1954




I Regret

Regret Nothing

Worry, regret, and fear are harmful not only emotionally but physically as well...Set aside 15 to 30 minutes a day...to regret. Refuse to think about it any other time...[Read more]

By combook




I Feel So Different From Everyone Else

Different

I cut Barbie's head off and hummed to The Smiths when I was a kid. I ate dessert before dinner and loved black...[Read more]

By TheRealWoman

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I Remember One Year Ago Today

A Final Test

I realized that [the] brakes weren't working. I tried to stop the rapidly accelerating bicycle by touching my feet [to] the ground but the road was really smooth and slippery and I kept gaining momentum...[Read more]

By FreeFallWall




I Have a Daughter

My Sunshine

[I wasn't] there for her when she was born...I didn't watch her walk her first steps or say her first words either. I can't even say she's blood [but] she's the apple of my eye and I look forward to seeing her every time...[Read more]

By BobFrost




I Think I Am Ugly

Too Ugly to Fall In Love

My mother was a beauty queen but unfortunately I happened to get my father's appearance...My nose is huge and crooked, my teeth are sloping and warped, and over all my features are very irregular...[Read more]

By Jumla




I Have Pcos

Life In Shambles

My ex-husband and I wanted a baby so bad but because I couldn't get pregnant he started to grow away from me. He ended up having two babies from two different women, which lead to our divorce. I couldn't even blame him for cheating...[Read more]

By PfcOrtizWifey




I Am a Mother

Lesson In Respect

I was having a great day with my youngest son, Tim...After supper I started doing the dishes at a leisurely pace. I was washing the pan with a dish cloth when Tim came bounding into the kitchen. He looked at what I was doing and uttered that hated phrase...[Read more]

By jojewel

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I Feel Alone

Losing My Legs

Me and my boyfriend were driving to this party when we were hit by a car that was coming towards us...I really don't remember much of what happened that night or the following weeks, but I did loose both of my legs...[Read more]

By shingeling




I Am Dieing

Running Out Of 'Later'

My wife and I never had a honeymoon. We have never taken a trip by ourselves [and] have never had that alone time that all lovers need to enrich their relationship. The economy and my medical bills have caused us to change our priorities ...[Read more]

By mewold




I Have a Dog

Grieving Puppy

My boyfriend's mom past away recently and we took in her dog. Ihave always loved Corkey so taking him wasn't a problem. Now we are just trying to help him through the loss of his mom. He had spent his whole life with her and they were very close...[Read more]

By grizzlymom




I Have A Secret To Share

Only My Family Knows

I once spent time in a mental hospital. A few years ago I had a nervous breakdown and my family was worried so they convinced me to go...People shouldn't be ashamed for seeking help...[Read more]

By howsab




I Like to Cook

Kitchen Therapy

I need to be honest. I am not a great cook, actually not really even a good one but my heart is in the right place, and when I do cook I'd like to believe that I cook with love...[Read more]

By frito414

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I Love You My First Born

Moving Mountains

You have held my hand the longest, wiped each other's tears, and given each other more love than humanly possible. Through the obstacles of your so-called disability, you have shown both me and the world that you are fabulous....[Read more]

By cassidy72




I 'm Not Sure Where to Put This So I'll Say It Here

Kid Adventures

I was now a single mother of three. Instead of upsetting my kids about the lack of gas and electricity who were too young to understand...I told them we were going to have an adventure...[Read more]

By sixand0




I Love Spontaneity

Since I've Had Kids

I was always the one in my group of friends who was up for anything. More often than not, I was the one who would rally everyone together for something unplanned. Since my kids were born...[Read more]

By onceandfutureglow




I Cuddled A Chicken This Evening

Cuddling A Chicken

My best girlfriend recently began to keep hens and one of them managed to stay outside the chicken coop last night...This morning she found the hen stuck in a bush...It wasn't moving and it appeared...[Read more]

By womaninbliss




I Have An Occasional Urge to Be Bad

Born To Be Bad

My maternal grandmother was drop dead beautiful: tall, thin, big brown eyes. She had a torrid affair with a married man in Chicago that resulted in the birth of my mother...[Read more]

By IamLadyA

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I Am A Mother First, All Else Second

Lessons From Mom

I think my mother put herself on hold as she was raising us. She put us first, always; and she was second...In the end it wasn't good for her. She was unhappy...[Read more]

By Fallflower




I Question Social Norms

Guys And Their Legs

I'm not sure if this rates as a social norm, or not, but it's definitely something that seems to be universal amongst men in the western world, especially in rural areas...[Read more]

By wildernessgirl




I Consider Time A Gift

Gifting Your Time

Time is a very precious and valuable gift. It should be valued and treasured the same way we treat other precious things in our lives. Time is a constant and can never be stopped, reversed or even fast forwarded...[Read more]

By BobFrost




I Am a Navy Girlfriend

My Sailor

I've been friends with my sailor for six years and last time he was home, on leave, we both realized we had feelings for each other...but decided we didn't want to make anything official until...[Read more]

By halfmyheartisinJapan




I Own A Catahoula Leopard Dog

My Catahoula

I had never heard of Catahoulas until my family got one. We used to have horses and one day we went to buy some hay and ended up with a dog! The people that gave him to us, had found two puppies howling in the woods...[Read more]

By rinthtsme