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25 results for “I keep checking whether they're online”
Experiences
- BreadcrumbingOffering just enough attention to keep someone waiting.Internet or community term
- Iktsuarpokeek-tsoo-AR-pokThe restless anticipation that sends you outside again and again to see whether someone is coming.Established linguistic term
- Repetition compulsionThe pull to re-enact an old wound in a new relationship.Established psychological concept
- Sobremesaso-breh-MEH-sahThe talk that keeps everyone at the table long after the meal has ended.Established linguistic term
- Symmetry AnxietyConstantly measuring whether you care more than the other person does.The Human Diary editorial term
Stories
- RetrouvaillesRe-findingsEveryone tells you about the airport. Nobody tells you about the Tuesday.4 min read
- BreadcrumbingEnough to Keep MeThe pattern was eleven days.3 min read
- The Unsent DraftThe Message That StayedIt had been in the drafts folder for two years and four months, and Anand had read it enough times to have it by heart, which was how he knew it was good.4 min read
- AlexithymiaThe Word for It"How does that make you feel?"3 min read
- Symmetry AnxietyThe ScoreboardNine minutes.4 min read
- Esprit de l'escalierOn the StairsThe remark was made at 21:14. The reply arrived at 23:52, in a taxi, on the Westway, and was perfect.3 min read
- The Comfortable CeilingGood Enough Is GoodNothing is wrong, which is why they are having this conversation at eleven at night for the fourth time this year.3 min read
- Zeigarnik effectChapter NineteenThere are one hundred and forty books on the shelf in the spare room and Oyin has finished eleven of them.3 min read
- SukoonThe Quiet AfterFor eleven years Shabana could not sleep unless the door was locked twice.3 min read
- SchadenfreudeThe RestructureThe email went round at 11:04 and Amara read it twice and then had to go and stand in the stairwell.3 min read
- LitostThe Swimming LessonThey went swimming in the river because Petra suggested it, and that is the last innocent sentence in this account.4 min read
- Ambiguous lossThe Visiting HourThe forms are the worst of it, which nobody tells you.4 min read
- VirahaFour and a Half HoursThe time difference was four and a half hours, which is a stupid number, which is a number designed by a committee that hated lovers.4 min read
- MamihlapinatapaiLast Train, Platform NineThe 23:47 was the last one that stopped at both their stations, which was the only reason they had ever ridden it together, which was the reason that for six months neither of them had once suggested leaving the office earlier.3 min read
- GhostingThe Read ReceiptDay one, she assumed he was busy.4 min read
- The Held QuestionThirty-One Years of Not AskingYou are eleven when you first almost ask.4 min read
- OrbitingSeen ByHe watches every single one.3 min read
- DeluluThe Group Chat KnowsTASH: ok so he liked the photo from 20193 min read
- KiligThe Group Chat Has NotesJOY: he said WHAT3 min read
- IktsuarpokArrivalsThe board said LANDED at 21:14 and Meera had been standing at the barrier since 20:40, which she was aware was insane, and which she had decided to be at peace with.3 min read