It starts the same way every time. You tell yourself this one’s different. You replay the way they said your name, the three-dot typing bubble that lingered too long, the song they posted after your first date. And suddenly, you’re…
It starts small. You open your laptop to finish that one work task, but suddenly you’re deep into reorganizing your desktop folders, checking flight prices to nowhere, and watching a 17-minute video on “the psychology of medieval tavern design.” You…
It starts the same way for everyone. You’re scrolling through stories, half-bored, half-lonely, and suddenly someone posts one of those “Send me an anonymous compliment” links. You think it’s cringe. You think you’d never. Then your thumb hesitates. Because maybe…
The screen lights up. You’re half-asleep, thumb scrolling through a stream of faces and captions, one friend posting sunrise affirmations, another ranting about traffic, a cousin documenting every meal like it’s breaking news. Somewhere between admiration and exhaustion, you pause…
The soft glow of your phone screen at midnight. You’ve just posted a story of his hand on your coffee mug, blurred just enough to raise eyebrows. No tags, no captions, only curiosity. Your DMs light up within minutes: “Wait……
You’re mid-argument in the group chat, and someone sends a single 😏. No words. Just that one smug little smirk. Instantly, your heartbeat ticks up. You start typing a whole essay in your head. Because you know exactly what that…
It always starts with something stupid.Not fists, not shouting just a meme war. Someone says something reckless in a group chat. You open your camera roll, scroll past screenshots, and there it is: that one perfect meme template that says…
You open Instagram intending to check one message. Five minutes later, you’re knee-deep in someone’s vacation montage set to a trending audio, debating whether to post that one sunset video you’ve been hoarding since July. You know the one slightly…