myTakes: Family & Friends

I know this sounds like satire but I'm serious. I regret not being more mean towards them especially when I was a kid. I could've have gotten away with way more. Now, I'm over 18 and I can't do anything to them without...

Everyone seems to know that one person who likes to tell you a thing or two outrageous. Whether you’re at work and they corner you while you’re on a break, or it’s a family member you can’t avoid at Christmas – chances...

My dad is an alcoholic. I know that it is something that so many people are affected by. But it's something that has had a massive effect on my life. When I was younger I didn't really know that he was one but I knew...

Reality TV would have you believing that whenever a woman gets mad at her best friend or her boyfriend or some random on the street, she has to slap him, or throw water in his face, or create a more drama filled situation...

When I was younger, I wanted everyone to be my friend. Literally everyone. I thought if I'm friendly enough, and open enough, that's enough for people to just like or love me, but obviously that's not always the case. It...

As we grow up and attain more maturity, we look back on where we were compared to where we are today. There are so many things I wish I could tell the younger version of myself before she grows up. Don’t wear those...

You're walking around the mall shopping for some shoes and you swear you hear someone calling your name. You turn around to suss out where your name is coming from and there she or he is. That old high school girlfriend,...

It annoys me that strangers, especially strangers on the internet (yes I am talking about some fellow gag users) have the audacity to say that they me well enough to know that I will change my mind about kids. I know...

I have a 7 year old niece who I love dearly but she has the energy equal to about five toddlers. When she comes over its chaos. Moms out there, kudos. The good thing is that her mother comes and gets her. And then I...

Dear Grandma, I'm writing this because as your granddaughter, there are some things I don't and can't understand. Your childhood is unknown to me. How you grew up and what you were taught, is something I know nothing...

Dear Mom, As I reflect back on my teenage years, I remember being overcame with nothing but hate in my blood for you. I couldn't imagine myself ever feeling that way because before those years, I had nothing but...

1. Being afraid Throughout my life, until maybe two years ago, there have been many times when I was afraid because of what my family was doing. At times I wonder whether or not I even have a family. There has always...

Hello guys and girls who are reading this myTake and may be curious about my life. It's been about two months I'm a gag member and only now decided to write my first myTake. Everything started in a small country called...

What does it mean to be emotionally distressed? A person is emotionally distressed if: A. He's/She's not his/her upbeat self. All possessions of him/her (mainly abstract possessions like authority, voice, determination,...

I'm fed up with all the hostility between males and females. If a female said something a male doesn't like they're 'feminists'. If a male said something a female doesn't like they're 'idiots' or 'basement dwellers' or...

Thanks to advertisements on TV, on the radio, in the newspaper, on the Internet, on billboards, on bulletin boards, and everywhere, people are exposed to so many advertisements every day. In Super Size Me (2004), Morgan...

A list of unforgivable occurrences, from a 17 year old daughter to her abusive father. 1) I Will Never Forgive You For Abusing My Mother I will never forgive you for refusing to get a job and having my mom pay for all of...

I have a friend of four years, whom I met online. Throughout those four years we've fought and gone days, months without talking but we've always been friends. Since he met me, he's always said he's "in love" with me,...