The little things don’t scare me. But if you ask me about forever, well… that’s a different story.

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Originally published in November 2012 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.

I told him I knew he'd stopped loving me because he stopped drawing me. Years later, he would tell me exactly when he stopped.

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These are the stories i wish you heard - a safe space for the broken-hearted to breathe and tell their stories.

Listen to a new episode every week on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Often times, closure is elusive. Only the brave can seek it out for themselves.

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Simultaneously published in September 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com. 

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I wanted to break up with him but fate had other plans.

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Simultaneously published in September 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.

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Happy birthday, Stories! Can you believe it’s been two years? Here’s a special version of You, me, and a Parallel Universe. Listen on Spotify for a brand new experience with songs I handpicked for each chapter. 🤍

1. Voicemail (Intro)

2. Joji – Glimpse of Us

3. This should floor me but it doesn’t. (2022)

4. Clairo – Feel Something

5. Our heads in the clouds. (2012)

6. Snoh Aalegra – Fool For You

7. The last Louis you’ll ever get. (2012)

8. MUNA – Winterbreak

9. But I guess I failed. (2022)

10. Troye Sivan – The Good Side

11. A part of me never left. (2012 – 2022)

12. FINNEAS – Break My Heart Again

13. Postscript (Outro)

He said we could dance all night if I wanted to, as long as our skin never touched.

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Originally published as com-promise in December 2010 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.

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Have you ever fallen in love with someone you hooked up with?

Join this week’s Storytellers (Noah Fence, Makoy, Jon, M, George, Pablo, and Gigi) as we go over how If You Stay With Me Tonight was written and produced for this podcast, the terms of engagement in any friends with benefits relationship, and how one goes from hooking up to settling down.

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I’m tired of how flimsy words are. Let your body say the words you cannot.

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Simultaneously published in August 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.

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What was the most memorable birthday gift you've ever received?

Join this week’s Storytellers (Yuichiban, SG Househusband, K, Thorn Princess, Rum, John, JY, G, Alexis, Bry, Elmo, HT, Albert, JR, and Yasternights) as we go over how Happy Birthday was written and produced for this podcast, the difference between a good gift and a great gift, and whether we need to return gifts to exes post-breakup.

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🎵 OneEightFour by Blue Dot Sessions