"Homecoming date liked my oblivious brother."--M, Bklyn
In Six Words, What’s Your Story?
Switching things up a bit now. I still want your stories, but now I want your heartbreaks and triumphs in, no, not the Recession, but LOVE.
Do you love love? I love love. More than love though, I love stories about love where someone cries. Any kind of crying will do. Do you have one of those? Can I have it?
I’m working on a Valentine’s Day project with the hot-lookin’ indie-type DIY smarties at Urban Alchemist in Brooklyn where from today hence until Valentine’s Day I will harvest stories from anyone and everyone about their favorite heartbreaks and greatest conquests and illustrate them on pine plaques to be hung in the display window for all the world to see. Any love/hate story you’ve got, I want it. But listen. There is one little rule attached to this game: in the spirit of Hemingway and his perfect six-word novel (“For sale: baby shoes, never worn”), your tale must be comprised of merely six words. You can do it!
I will post contributions on a regular basis and reveal more about the live plaque action at UA later. Plaque action. So hot.
Thanks.
P.S. If you wish to be anonymous let me know. Also, tell where you’re from. Ok.
Constantly burnt heart. (But no more.)--D., Brooklyn
The back of a cab-awkward.--E., Brooklyn
First date: arson! (Children mustn't know.)--M., Brooklyn
The divorce which gave me wings.--L., New Mexico
One man's trash, another man's treasure.--D., NYC
103 Comments
January 22, 2010 at 1:01 pm
high school crush; dreams remain vivid
January 23, 2010 at 2:00 am
Kissed English girl, bus stop, Siena. –J., Utah
January 27, 2010 at 10:24 am
He died; my love did not.
January 27, 2010 at 9:59 am
[...] : My sister Lori — over at LestWeForgiveProject.com — needs your love-and-heartbreak stories for an art project she’s working on. In her [...]
January 27, 2010 at 10:30 am
Turned away love to fulfill vows.
Joliet, IL
January 27, 2010 at 10:48 am
Divorced due to pregnancy. Not mine.
Indianapolis, IN
January 27, 2010 at 10:58 am
Hate my job; love my life.
January 27, 2010 at 11:07 am
He loves her more than me.
January 27, 2010 at 11:08 am
shattered finger minutes before polo tournament!
January 27, 2010 at 11:38 am
He loves me, I love him not.
January 27, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Hopeful romantic, reckless with own heart.
January 27, 2010 at 12:03 pm
My Gal Sal; the vineyard grows.
January 27, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Oops, sorry. San Diego.
January 27, 2010 at 12:04 pm
He gave flowers, then broke up.
January 27, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Snow fell gently; he drove away.
January 27, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Loves me; loves me knot.
January 27, 2010 at 12:14 pm
My dying young body thwarts ambitions.
January 27, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Platelet vulnerability triggered clotting of ardor.
January 27, 2010 at 12:29 pm
The right words, the wrong time.
Durham, NC
January 27, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Fear and Shame won; Love lost.
January 27, 2010 at 12:38 pm
things fall apart, better fall together
January 27, 2010 at 12:51 pm
The restraining order took effect Monday.
Poughkeepsie, NY
January 27, 2010 at 12:52 pm
you puked on my shoes.
January 27, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Beautiful spring vows renounced by summer
San Diego
January 27, 2010 at 12:58 pm
my best friend was prettier. sneakier.
January 27, 2010 at 1:28 pm
I did. She didn’t. We’re done.
OK, that’s 8 words, but it looks like 6.
January 27, 2010 at 1:34 pm
6 years. 2 kids. Jobless. Together.
January 27, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Broken road until now. So happy!
January 27, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I see two heads. It’s twins!
Portland, OR
January 27, 2010 at 2:29 pm
I’m Sorry. It won’t happen again.
January 27, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Clare died. Mike died. Steve died.
January 27, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Blonder, thinner younger; always same story.
January 27, 2010 at 3:48 pm
She left. I kept the dog.
January 27, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Weathering the vicissitudes of life. Together.
Montclair, NJ
January 27, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Bicycle stolen whilst grocery shopp’n. Fiddlesticks.
January 27, 2010 at 5:44 pm
bite marks told me he cheated.
January 27, 2010 at 5:52 pm
she smiled,I cried, she died……
January 27, 2010 at 6:27 pm
That bitch, she cheated
January 27, 2010 at 7:21 pm
when nobody is looking he’s mean.
he listed all of my failures.
he asked me to marry him.
i made invitations i never sent.
he kicked me out over vitamins.
he took the ring back on Thanksgiving.
i loved him despite his tiny hands.
January 27, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Fifteen years you searched. I’m here!
January 27, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Twin killed herself. What’s left now?
January 27, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Sorry. My horse loved me more.
January 27, 2010 at 9:54 pm
After Yours Truly, they switched teams.
January 27, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Love lost, found, then spun around.
January 27, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Our marriage, before voters condemned it.
January 27, 2010 at 10:55 pm
She said yes! Voters said no…
January 27, 2010 at 11:01 pm
My church. My wife. Your vote.
January 27, 2010 at 11:11 pm
girl left by boy… for boy.
January 28, 2010 at 12:41 am
Learned the unicycle…at age 40.
January 28, 2010 at 1:19 am
Smells right, loves Beethoven: mine forever
January 28, 2010 at 2:18 am
She left, I’m still Happy
Gainesville, GA
January 28, 2010 at 3:11 am
Broken computer, technician fixed my heart – South Africa
January 28, 2010 at 3:22 am
First kiss (goodbye) lasted six months.
January 28, 2010 at 4:17 am
My rock. My love. My life.
January 28, 2010 at 4:17 am
Oops sorry – Christchurch, New Zealand!
January 28, 2010 at 5:30 am
Dumped in ’88. Married. Still hurting.
January 28, 2010 at 6:08 am
steady steady oops missed you okay? South Australia
January 28, 2010 at 7:11 am
OH Yes You’re Right Sorry
January 28, 2010 at 8:44 am
Through thick and thin; still together
January 28, 2010 at 9:44 am
20-yr friendship tossed like yesterday’s garbage.
January 29, 2010 at 5:34 pm
FYI – Georgia
January 28, 2010 at 10:49 am
Wow. I’m without words. These are all so poetic and revealing even in their minimalism. I’m finishing up a big batch of plaques based on many of these stories and will start posting them tomorrow.
Meanwhile, please feel free to use 6 words anyway you want to here to describe love/love-disaster.
Thank you,
Lori
January 28, 2010 at 11:04 am
No self esteem, saddens new boyfriend.
or
No self-esteem, really saddens new boyfriend.
Harrisburg, PA
January 28, 2010 at 11:08 am
dying alone scares me to death
harrisburg, pa
January 28, 2010 at 12:57 pm
I beat cancer…while pregnant
January 28, 2010 at 6:01 pm
wow! if you are not religious, you should reconsider.
January 28, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Hope? Nope.
January 28, 2010 at 1:50 pm
He cheated and stole for 8 years. (8′s a number, not a word)
January 28, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Divorced ten years… Reunited… four kids!
January 28, 2010 at 2:28 pm
brain and breast cancer.
January 28, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Band-aids? I needed duct tape.
January 28, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Because I said yes. (He’s gone)
January 28, 2010 at 4:09 pm
He left to become a monk.
or
He said he loved God more.
January 28, 2010 at 5:04 pm
My brain got in the way
Found out when she was gone
Gone fishing nothing biting
A door mat no more
Two for the money
Accepting applications apply within
Whoops surprise thank you
January 28, 2010 at 5:07 pm
(Canton, OH)
January 28, 2010 at 5:05 pm
So many paths, finally found her.
January 28, 2010 at 5:47 pm
My love for him grows endlessly
January 28, 2010 at 8:20 pm
His Singapore affair trumps son’s 10th birthday…..
January 28, 2010 at 8:43 pm
I love him for his eyebrows.
January 28, 2010 at 8:44 pm
She liked him. He liked me.
January 28, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Oops. Kansas. Sorry.
January 28, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I don’t care that you’re broke. Kansas
January 29, 2010 at 12:08 am
I thought I was too cool.
January 29, 2010 at 11:27 am
I’m often too sick to get off the couch; he brings me water.
January 29, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Insulin is Life, not a Cure
January 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm
After seven years of friendship, love.
Tucson, AZ
January 29, 2010 at 2:13 pm
dreams of what’s yet to come
brooklyn, ny
January 29, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Wherever she is, I call home.
January 29, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Sorry, Pittsburgh, PA
January 29, 2010 at 10:47 pm
A hole punched through my heart.
January 30, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Mother rendered me homeless at 15
Melbourne, Victoria
February 1, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Car went left, bodies right. -SLC
February 2, 2010 at 7:02 am
Purchased a wig! Brought new hope.
Donned my wig. Now I live.
Put on wig. Now none knows.
Only I knew I wore a wig.
February 3, 2010 at 8:20 am
Pedaled into happily ever after.
(You’ll have to figure out if my true love is my bike or my husband! heh heh heh)
February 3, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Thanks to medication, she feels nothing.
February 3, 2010 at 4:52 pm
I’m so sorry. I’m so sad.
February 4, 2010 at 2:36 am
Toddler snipped off her puppy’s tail.
February 4, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Christmas alone, separated from lifelong love
February 5, 2010 at 10:17 am
Sexcapade ’03, one night, bullfighter, Olé!
February 8, 2010 at 2:25 pm
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February 11, 2010 at 10:55 pm
My only regret? She got dog.
February 11, 2010 at 11:38 pm
She can’t say “I love you.”
June 16, 2010 at 3:20 am
Friends then Lovers. Cannot give more.