/u/joronimo99's posts in /r/TwoSentenceSadness

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I got laid off, lost my house, my wife left me, my kids won’t talk to me, and my dog got hit by a car.

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I put on her favourite jazz album, lit the candles, and nervously straightened my tie as I waited for her to arrive.

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My heart broke as I saw him waiting by the gravestone every day, wondering why his human had left him alone.

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I think the scariest thing about getting to my age is that things start slipping, just a little, and you’re never quite sure whether it’s just what happens when you get older or something worse, like, you know, dementia or something.

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“No, no she has to live; she has to grow up, and graduate, and get married, and - no, please no!”

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After years of abuse in foster “homes”, multiple suicide attempts, homelessness, and everything else, I am now two weeks sober and about to meet my Mom!

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It had been hard, but leaving his country to start anew in the land of opportunity had been the right move for his family.

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Yesterday, I was the first ever in my family to be accepted to college.

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I looked frantically at the black screen of my phone and, just as I was about to knock, turned and walked back to the Uber.

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We all sat around the fire in our fancy clothes, nursing whatever was left in our glasses, and laughed until our stomachs hurt.

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I got laid off, lost my house, my wife left me, my kids won’t talk to me, and my dog got hit by a car.	3540
I put on her favourite jazz album, lit the candles, and nervously straightened my tie as I waited for her to arrive.	67
My heart broke as I saw him waiting by the gravestone every day, wondering why his human had left him alone.	64
I think the scariest thing about getting to my age is that things start slipping, just a little, and you’re never quite sure whether it’s just what happens when you get older or something worse, like, you know, dementia or something.	48
“No, no she has to live; she has to grow up, and graduate, and get married, and - no, please no!”	42
After years of abuse in foster “homes”, multiple suicide attempts, homelessness, and everything else, I am now two weeks sober and about to meet my Mom!	37
It had been hard, but leaving his country to start anew in the land of opportunity had been the right move for his family.	34
Yesterday, I was the first ever in my family to be accepted to college.	31
I looked frantically at the black screen of my phone and, just as I was about to knock, turned and walked back to the Uber.	27
We all sat around the fire in our fancy clothes, nursing whatever was left in our glasses, and laughed until our stomachs hurt.	26