myTakes: Family & Friends
Family over individualism
"Society itself is the aggregated structure of family units. Individuals are very temporary as planetary factors — only families are continuing agencies in social evolution. The family is the channel through which the...
What you do when you don't truly love yourself
You find it hard to believe in yourself. You criticize yourself constantly. You believe that you are unworthy. You are excessively hard on yourself, but find it easy to be lenient towards others. You have got low...
A friend without reproach
Like any relationship, friendships are a two way street. You have to do your part so that your friend can do theirs. Another way to look at a friendship is to imagine it as a bike. A bike has two wheels, if one of you is...
Benefits & Problems of Having a Best Friend of The Opposite Gender
Hi again, it's Littlett25 & this is another "combined take" even though I really never do anything... But at least I told you up front! I only added the pictures(I could barely find any pictures that fit the format so the...
TOXIC Friendships: recognize them
We've all had ad least one friend who made us feel less than. Who made us doubt ourselves and made us feel undeserving for something we worked hard for. If you've never had this experience - count yourself lucky. If you...
How To Make Friends as an Adult
Once you are about 25 and over, it becomes much much harder for you to be able to make friends as an adult. Prior to this time, usually you found friends through school or work, but then around 25 you may have moved to a...
Story of How My Friendship Crumbled Away
So over the past 3 years, I saw our friendship crumble. It's a long story, so let's call her Jane. Year 1: Jane and I were random roommates during our freshman year in the dorms. We were shy, so we just stuck together....
"Words" that changed my life
Quotes of wisdom from my parents Growing up there were quotes my parents would say in almost every situation, especially those that involved high stress. Although they were said a numerous amount of times, my mind...
Benefits of Online Friendships
Hi peoples of GaG, it's littlett25 here and this is a take written by @GirlGuy123. I just added pictures (omg I can never find pics of the right format or size, I'm dying here). He likes me to post his myTakes sometimes...
Threats and BFF's
If you have a best friend then you have most likely went through this, you can be completly yourself with your bff. Problem is you might get so used to it the filter that connects your brain and your mouth might...
Unfriended online and in real life!
Once a year, let's call it electronic Spring cleaning, I go through my Facebook friends list and I evaluate the list. Unlike some people, I know everyone on the list from school, work, or through some other in person way....
Why in some cases people without friends are more privileged than people with lots of friends
I happen to know a few popular people with lots of friends,but in fact I consider this more bad than good and I feel sorry for them. Reason is pretty simple. They have got no time for themselves and no true freedom. Being...
If my kids came out to me as homosexual or trans, here's how I'll act
Personally, I don't see why parents say, "If my kid is gay/a lesbian/transsexual/transgender, I'll disown them/throw them out/send them to church/put them in therapy (get it?)" That, to me, is a clear sign that you've...
Protip for all "friendless losers": Never ask anyone for help on anything, ever!
"Normal" people don't want to admit that losers exists, because they've been riding the high wave of self-confidence and social skills from their early childhood into the present. They want to think that it's all the...
Losing Someone Close To You
Hello! So, I have decided to face my fears and talk about what it is like to loose someone close to you. 7 Years ago my life changed in a couple of ways. I had just got out of 2nd grade and was moving to 3rd grade. My mom...
Realizing Twins are two completely different people
This is the hardest part of being a twin. Being your own person. You're constantly referred to as "The Twins" and "so and so's twin" I've had a hard time developing since I was a baby for this reason. My brother would do...
Thanks for nothing... friend!
I believed that friendships tend to last but, you proved me wrong! I guess you always knew that you never wanted anything serious like friendship with me...you always knew what you wanted. I completely lost my hope on...
How to Win Over the Step Kids
Though I am childfree and I did eventually marriy a childfree man, my last myTake about being childfree triggered some memories I have about dating single dads before I met him, and what I went through trying to not only...
Childfree By Choice
I remember the moment that I declared that I'd never have children. I had given it some solid eight-year old thought, standing in the kitchen while my mom was baking cookies, and I simply announced it. “I’m never...
How to Get Through In-Law Trouble
If you are anxious around your significant other’s parents, whether meeting them for the first time or trying hard to continue to impress, then don’t worry. The likelihood that they are just as anxious to please you is...
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