My girlfriend and I had been going steady for almost six months. I was already working, though I had only recently graduated from college. Sherry was still in college, finishing up her last semester. I was working in the IT department of a local corporation. The job was fairly easy; the only problem was the […]
Continue ReadingPetula; Maintaining An Image
I was looking through the credit card bills for the last month. Neither my wife nor I are hurting for money, both having successful careers that we have been able to walk away from in the last few years. Due to being high profile in the community we both are expected to attend quite a […]
Continue ReadingJill; Belle Of The Ball
I had waited way too long to get my hair cut since the length was now approaching my shoulders. Janice, my sister, is threatening to take me to her beauty salon if I didn’t, at least, get it styled. If any creatures built their nests in hair, she is sure I had a large colony […]
Continue ReadingPatsy; From Male To Female
There were rumors of a shakeup in upper level management and some promotions that might be in the offering. Our company was going through some tough times, increased competition and some personnel that were not qualified for the position they held in the company. Most of these employees were ones that were hired by friends […]
Continue ReadingCaitlyn; Drafted Into The Female Gender
As I approached work, I saw Vivian, the bosses’ wife near the office door. She saw me and quickly came to drag me away. I was led to her car, parked right up front. I was pointed to the passenger seat as she entered the car, after fastening my seat belt she backed out heading […]
Continue ReadingHope; Embrace It And Find Love
Some hair brained member of our schools senior class came up with this stupid idea. The Junior-Senior prom was coming up in a few weeks and in our high school there was not enough females for our guys. A most likely reason for that is the girl’s school down the way in the next adjoining […]
Continue ReadingDanica; Just A Simple Haircut
Against my better judgment I had used one of those beauty salons that belong to a chain. They claimed they did both men’s and women’s haircuts, usually at a bargain price. The bargain price often resembled advertising niches, $8.88 a favorite point but with higher prices these days they had reverted to $12.88. I had […]
Continue ReadingBillie; Forced To See The Truth
Well the day I dreaded is now upon me. Tomorrow, I start a new class, one that will have a tremendous impact on me, no doubt. I really can’t blame others for this mess that I find myself in, I clearly got myself in this situation all by myself; although I now wish that I […]
Continue ReadingDeborah; To A Brighter Future
I had lost my true love five years ago, since that day my life has been reduced to just getting by. I lived alone in the home that Caroline had planned and supervised during its construction. The memories often caused tears, but I couldn’t stand to part with the place. I retired three years ago, […]
Continue ReadingReese; Trading With Sis
Dad was teaching us about some of the best poets in history, reading us excerpts from their better pieces and then asking us to tell him what the author meant when he wrote it. He would give us some of the history of the poet, what was happening all around them during this time in […]
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