
Awkward Moments To Make You Feel Secondhand Embarrassed
Was on an airplane with my girlfriend. She couldn’t get a seat next to me and sat directly behind me. During the flight I reached my hand…

Real Stories That Prove the Line Between Reality and Horror Is Thin
When I was a little girl, I started to hear knocking in my room at night. It would go on for hours nonstop until I fell asleep….

Stories Where Reality Turned Out to Be More Entertaining Than Any Sitcom
A doctor walked in real fast, head down, went straight to the sink to wash his hands. While washing his hands, he said he had “great news.”…

A Touchdown in an Envelope
My wife and I saved $1,060 to buy football tickets. Yesterday, we decided to open up the envelope to pay for the season.

The Price of a Peaceful Nap
I was home alone with my 2-year-old son and was not feeling well. So I laid down and fell asleep. When I woke up after 30 minutes,…

My Sister-in-Law Keeps Joking About My Name, So I Shut Her Down in the Best Way Possible
My wife and I have been together since we were 19 and we’re now 32. I met her family after we’d been together a year. SIL was…

Thanksgiving D.i.s.a.s.t.e.r.s That Turned Family Feasts Into Total Chaos
store-bought pie crust mix. I stared at it, confused. The family had gone on and on about how everything was made from scratch. Her mom had even…

A Lesson in Boundaries
I ran into my elderly neighbor near the entrance to our building. She asked me to look at what was wrong with her computer — she couldn’t…

My Mother-in-Law’s Support
When I was 7 months pregnant, I found out that my husband had an affair. I got so upset that ended up in hospital, and my husband…

Winning the Teddy Bear with a Boot
One day when I was a kid, my mom took me to a fair. The prize in the shooting gallery — a teddy bear — immediately caught…