Lore

Writer. Stories that stay with you.

[Lore @Lorrre_1]

After my best friend and I stopped talking, I muted the group chat and deleted her number.

I didn't delete the voicemails. I just never opened them.

One night, my phone said: "Storage almost full. Review old messages."

At the very top was a voicemail from three years ago.

Her name. Forty-one seconds.

I stared at it for a long time.

Me: "Why am I even considering this?"

I pressed play anyway.

Within seconds, I remembered everything. Her terrible singing in the car, the way she said my name when she was pretending to be mad, the night we ate cereal on a kitchen floor and called it dinner......

[S Suzzy @Ssuzzie]

NEVER tell your coworkers everything about your personal life. I learned the hard way.

I was going through a breakup. Bad one. 4-year relationship, ended badly. I was a mess at work for like a week.

I vented to this girl at work. Let's call her Sarah. We ate lunch together every day, I thought she was my work bestie. I told her EVERYTHING. That he cheated, that I was moving out, that I was struggling with rent now, that I was thinking about getting a second job.

She was so supportive. Hugging me, "you deserve so much better" "I'm always here for you."

The next week, there was a promotion open. Team Lead. $12k more a year. I was the most qualified. Been there 2 years, highest numbers on the team.

[HAMSKY ♥️ @HamskyHbb]

…my sister kept getting a package delivered every month, but she refused to tell anyone who was sending it. whenever i asked, she'd just smile and say, “it's complicated.” one day, i was home when the package arrived and noticed there was no return address. i asked her again, and this time she finally opened it in front of me…

[TYN❥ @talizo07]

My brother once called me at 2 a.m.
I answered because I thought something was wrong.
He said,
“Are you awake?”
I said,
“You called me.”
He said,
“Right.”
Then there was silence.
I asked,
“What happened?”
He said,
“Nothing. I just remembered something funny.”
I said,
“It is two in the morning.”
He said,
“I know.”
Then he told me the story.
I laughed.
He said...

[♡⃝ @wine_x13]

My boyfriend never ordered dessert when we went out. Not once. I assumed he was dieting. One night I asked him about it. He said: "When I was little, my parents couldn't afford restaurant desserts. They'd always tell me they weren't hungry." I didn't know what to say. He continued: "So now whenever I'm with someone, I don't order dessert unless they order first. I still feel guilty spending money on something unnecessary...

[Topz @tophz_]

Teller: “Sir, you have $7,200 available.”

Customer: “That’s not right.”

Teller: “What do you mean?”

Customer: “I deposited $10,000 this morning. I should have more than that.”

The teller checked the account again.

Teller: “There’s a $2,800 withdrawal.”

Customer: “I didn’t withdraw $2,800.”

Teller: “It was made at an ATM.”

Customer: “I haven’t used an ATM in three days.”

The teller looked at the screen.

Teller: “Was your card ever out of your possession?”

Customer: “No.”

Teller: “Did anyone know your PIN?”

Customer: “My wife.”

The teller paused.

Customer: “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Teller: “Because the withdrawal happened at an ATM less than a mile from your house.”

He immediately called his wife.

Husband: “Did you take money from the account?”

Wife: “No. Why?”…

[Tulip 💐 @cutelipssx]

So let me get this straight: a mother leaves her kids the youngest just two months old and the other only two to go on a three-day cruise. The father sees it online, goes to her house, sees the kids are there alone, and calls the police. She’s arrested, and the kids are placed in foster care while everything gets sorted out. And somehow, he’s being blamed because, in the words of the internet, “he just wanted to get her in trouble.” Or maybe she asked him to watch them and he said no…

[Mkmod @justmkmod]

Three weeks later, Zuri's hands were shaking as she stood at her locker.

It had started that morning, earlier than expected. She had no pads, no spare clothes, and the first bell was already ringing. Her mind raced back to the old way: folded cloth, careful walking, watching the clock until three.

Then a soft tap landed on her shoulder.

"Hey." Amara held up a small floral pouch, barely bigger than her palm. "Bathroom. Go."

Zuri stared at it. "You kept carrying these?"

"Every day," Amara said. "Go. I'll cover for you if Mr. Bello asks."

When Zuri came back, her shoulders had dropped an inch. She slid into her seat just as the teacher began roll call, and Amara passed her a folded note without looking over.

[Oyinkansola🎀💐 @Oyinkansol73072]

先週、昔よく面倒を見ていた後輩から、突然メッセージが来た。

後輩：「先輩、本当にごめんなさい。今、ちょっと困っています。」

私：「どうしたの？」

後輩：「友達とレンタカーで出かけたんですけど、途中でみんなが『コンビニに寄ってくる』って車を降りて、そのまま戻ってこなくなりました。」

私：「え？」

後輩：「しかもレンタカーの返却時間が迫っていて、追加料金を払わないといけないんです。でも今、手持ちが足りなくて……。」

私：「いくら必要なの？」

後輩：「2万円だけ。給料日には必ず返します。」

正直、その月は私もかなり厳しかった。

家賃と光熱費を払ったばかりで、給料日まであと数日。

私：「ごめん。今回は無理だと思う。」

すると、

[𝐌𝐫.𝐊𝐀𝐋™ @dekim_Kalvino]

My wife’s family thought I was a terrible father. One night, our son got a high fever, so I rushed him to the hospital while my wife stayed home with the other child. The next morning, my mother-in-law called: “You left your daughter alone and went drinking, didn’t you?"...

[Drill Tales @themoviedrill]

My wife squeezed my knee and whispered, “I'll be right back.”

Then she walked toward the back of the plane.

The door at the end of the cabin slid shut behind her.

I didn't think much of it.

Until she came back almost twenty minutes later.

She sat down quietly.

Me: “Everything okay?”

Her: “Yeah. I'm fine.”

A few minutes later, she squeezed my knee again.

Her: “I'll be right back.”

Again.

Then a third time.

By the fourth time, I started getting suspicious.

Me: “You've gone back there four times. What's going on?”

Her: “Nothing. I just need some privacy.”

Me: “Privacy for what?”

She stared at me.

Her: “Please don't start.”

She stood up again.

This time, I waited a few seconds before following her.

I walked toward the back of the plane and stopped when I saw her inside the small area near the lavatory.

She was holding a small container and taking something from it.

I froze.

Me: “What are you taking?”

She turned around quickly.

Her face changed completely.

[Oma James @ChelfcAbby]

After 30 years of marriage, my father looked my mother in the eyes and said, “I don't want to be married to you anymore.”

He wanted a divorce.

Mom didn’t beg.

She didn’t ask him to reconsider.

She simply said, “Okay.”

Within weeks, she started making plans for the life she had postponed for decades.

Then, halfway through the divorce process, Dad was diagnosed with cancer.

Everything changed overnight.

My siblings and I begged Mom to stay.

“Please, Mom. He needs you.”

“He's still our father.”

“You were married for 30 years. How can you just leave him now?”

She listened quietly.

Then she said something none of us expected...

[Alure @EkpoIruoghene8]

My brother gave his 16-year-old daughter my business credit card number “just to order a birthday cake.”

Three days later, my accountant called me.

“Did you approve $4,200 in purchases this week?”

I pulled up the transactions.

A gaming laptop.

Designer sneakers.

A drone.

Three gift cards.

And a $600 electronics order being shipped to an address I didn't recognize.

There was no cake.

I called my brother.

He laughed….

[Abba🫀 @engr_imm]

I learned the hard way why you shouldn’t tell your coworkers everything about your personal life.

There was a woman at my office I trusted.

We ate lunch together.

We complained about our managers.

We talked about relationships, money, family problems—everything.

One day, I told her something I’d never told anyone at work.

I was struggling financially.

My rent had gone up, my car needed repairs, and I was considering asking my manager for a raise.

She hugged me.

“Don’t worry. Nobody needs to know.”

I believed her.

Two weeks later, my manager called me into his office.

He closed the door.

“I heard you’re having some financial difficulties.”

I immediately knew.

I asked how he knew.

He wouldn’t say.

Then he told me something worse.

“I also heard you’re thinking about leaving if we don’t increase your salary.”

That information had never left my conversation with her.

I went back to my desk and didn’t say anything…

[KAHALA @KAHALA123Y]

夫は去年の夏のほとんどを病院で過ごし、私は片道四十分かけて通い、彼のそばに座っていた。その間、庭のことはすっかり忘れてしまった。庭は彼の誇りだった。トマト、ピーマン、インゲン、そして毎年近所の子どもたちのために育てるカボチャの列。一度も水をやらなかった。枯れていると思い、見る勇気もなかった。八月になってようやく裏に出て向き合うことにし、門のところで足が止まった。庭は生き生きと茂っていた。

[Ifeanyichukwu @IfyG_ifeanyi]

A stranger handed me a note at my own baby shower.

I was seven months pregnant, standing by the cake, laughing with my sister.

A woman in a gray coat pressed a folded napkin into my palm. Tired eyes. Shaking hands. She whispered, Read it when you're alone. Then she walked out.

In the bathroom, I unfolded it. Four words in pen.

Check his phone tonight....

[Timming @I_am_Tkgold]

私は、夫が15周年記念に30,000ドルのダイヤモンドネックレスを贈ったレストランのテーブルで、別の男性にキスしました。

私は記念日のディナーで別の男性にキスしました。

夫が、私たちの家族全員の前で、30,000ドルの高価なダイヤモンドのネックレスを私に贈ったばかりです。

彼の母親はワイングラスを落としました。

皆が話すのをやめました。

私がキスした男性は私の夫ではありませんでした。

彼はデート相手と3つのテーブル離れた場所に座っていました。

夫は私を数秒間見つめました。

それから、怒る代わりに、彼は微笑みました。

その時、何かがひどく間違っていることに気づきました。

彼はその件について知っていた

レストランは突然、耐えがたいほど静かに感じました。

夫はゆっくりと立ち上がりました。

彼と会ってから6か月になるんですね？

話すことができませんでした。

彼のご両親は私を見つめていました。

私の妹は口を覆いました。

私がキスした男性はすぐに立ち上がりました。

夫は彼を見ました。

座った方がよろしいでしょう。

彼は困惑しているように見えました。

何ですか？

夫はテーブルの上にフォルダーを置きました。

内部には写真、ホテルの領収書、メッセージ、そして日付がありました。

すべて。

胃が下がるのを感じました。

これらはどうやって手に入れましたか？

夫が私を見ました。

あなたが秘密を抱えている唯一の人物ではありませんでした。

[Favysparkle @_shola__]

彼女は、元恋人が私たちの予備の寝室に滞在していると私に言いました。

彼女が冗談だと思っていました。

彼女はそうではありませんでした。

彼女は、彼がアパートを失った後、他に行く場所がないと言い、彼が2週間滞在できると約束したと述べました。

彼がすでに引っ越してきたのに、なぜこれを聞くのかと尋ねました。

彼女は言いました：

あなたが断ると知っていたからです。

それは、元恋人がそこにいるよりも私を苛立たしくさせました。

しかし、私は彼に滞在させることに同意しました。

2週間で私たちの関係が壊れるとは思っていませんでした。

私は間違っていました。

[mlaguzi🚬 @omwanba_]

One of the craziest things about working for some extraordinarily wealthy people is how little they want to pay you. One client of mine was an heiress billionaire. She made a huge deal about paying me 40 dollars an hour, refusing payment because the work wasn’t exactly what she

[Alure @EkpoIruoghene8]

For six weeks, my mother-in-law spent every Sunday afternoon in her kitchen with the blinds closed.

Pots were always clattering. Something was always burning.

She wouldn’t let anyone in until she was “finished.”

Then I found a stack of handwritten recipe cards in a script I didn’t recognize.

I asked what she was doing.

She just said, “I’m trying to get something right…..

[D ø l l á r z z 💰 @abdoulllmuhd]

My landlord suddenly forgave six months of rent.

The reason had nothing to do with money.

I was already behind on rent after losing my job.

One evening, my landlord knocked on my door.

I expected an eviction notice.

Instead, he handed me a piece of paper.

“Your rent is cleared for the next six months.”

I thought he was joking.

“Why?”

He looked at me for a moment and said,

“Because of something you did last week.”

I had no idea what he meant.