Author: William

My mom nags endlessly about my career, always comparing me to my cousin who ‘made it big.’ Over Christmas dinner, she announced a surprise guest: my cousin. As he stepped in, I noticed his anxious fidgeting; before he spoke, his phone rang, and his expression changed. Mom nudged me to listen, but all I heard…

After our marriage, we tried for kids but discovered my wife couldn’t have any. I promised to stay, but after 2 years, I still dreamed of being a dad. We divorced, split our money, and I left to start fresh. 5 years later, I returned because I was still in love with her. I knocked…

I was renting an apartment. One night, while I was showering, I noticed a bright red blinking light in the upper corner of the bathroom. Panicked, I wrapped myself in a towel and left immediately. At 4 a.m., the owner called me, screaming angrily: “Are you out of your mind?! This is a…” The call…

As newlyweds, we met another young couple and we became close friends. Suddenly, they stopped taking our calls. My husband said, “Let it go, honey.” Three years later, I saw the wife at the bank. I confronted her. She became pale and said, “We saw on the news that your car was found on the…

We had a family dinner. By then, my baby bump had become noticeable. I covered it up but my sister saw it and said, “You’ve put on some weight. It suits you!” I was so tired of lying that I blurted out, “No, I’m just pregnant.” My sister froze, her fork halfway to her mouth.…

My neighbors are incredibly jealous people. Once, a friend of mine left a new car at my house and they saw it. When they asked me whose car it was, I jokingly said it was mine. A week later, my friend took it and the neighbors were shocked. It turned out that they’d already been…

We were 8, and our school had a rule that boys must wear a cotton vest under their white school shirts. One day, Tom came to school without it. The teacher said, “If you’re so desperate to show off your body, do it in front of everyone,” and started to rip the shirt off his…

My stepdad, Pat, raised me since I was 9. Dad hated Pat. For my wedding, Dad said he’d pay for everything, but he had a condition: Pat couldn’t attend. Pat agreed and stayed silent. On the big day, as Dad was walking me down the aisle, I felt my heart pounding. The aisle stretched out…

For a while, I had a feeling that my husband was involved with someone else, but I couldn’t find proof. Then one evening, he returned from work, and I greeted him with a kiss. But almost immediately afterwards, I felt a wave of nausea and ended up rushing to the bathroom. It wasn’t like a…

9 months postpartum, I was with my baby at the doctor’s waiting room when I got the most horrible cramps. We went in the clinic, I sat down, had a chat, then we got up, as the doctor had to examine my daughter on the bed. Suddenly, I hear, “Erm, I think you have a…

My parents always put holiday lottery tickets on our Christmas tree for each of us 4 kids. One year I won $5,000! I was pregnant and expecting the first baby born among my siblings. My oldest brother—the black sheep—demanded that I split the money with all of them and called me selfish. I found out…

My grandma used to drive me out to a lake and let me dig for rocks. I often found beautiful polished stones of every different color. At my cousin’s wedding, when I was about 28 years old, he mentioned, “All those times grandma would take you to the lake… I used to get jealous, you…