Category: Stories

My sister left her husband – after 10 years of marriage because he lost his job and struggled to find a new one. She said she couldn’t be with someone who lacked…

When her future daughter-in-law slips her a sealed letter moments before the wedding ceremony, Janine thinks it’s a love note. What unfolds after the wedding is anything but. Soon, secrets unravel, trust…

At school, our literature teacher was a real devil — strict, cold, and always looking for ways to assert her power. One day during class, she noticed a small notebook on a…

Relationships can be quite the maze sometimes, especially when one of the people involved tends to have unreasonable demands. One Bright Side reader wrote to us with his dilemma, writing to us…

I’ve always believed life has a way of balancing things out. Sure, life has thrown heavy stuff my way, but somehow, things always balance out. I’m Bree, and I’m 20. Looking back,…

My mother-in-law, Christine, has never worked a day in her life and it shows in ways that make my teeth grind. The first time I met her three years ago, she’d assessed…

It was supposed to be a good day. My first birthday as a married woman. Nothing big… just a few close friends and family, food, laughter, maybe a cute cake with too…

They called themselves the Thursday Lunch Club. Like it was sacred. Same time, same table by the window at the bistro. Claire always sat at the head, legs crossed just so, silver…

I’ve always considered myself lucky. At 35, I have a stable job in tech that pays well, a beautiful home in a quiet neighborhood, and most importantly, a wife who makes every…

On my wedding day, I honestly wanted to call it off. Not because I had changed my mind about Fred—I still loved him and wanted to be his wife—but because all the…