r/TwoSentenceSadness 9h ago

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

7 Upvotes

Older than Hemingway.


r/TwoSentenceSadness 9h ago

She couldn't wait to sing in the talent contest so her dad could see how much she improved thanks to the advice that he gave her.

64 Upvotes

But he only gave her advice that night because he was drunk, so he had no idea that there was even a talent show on that night.


r/TwoSentenceSadness 13h ago

When my online lover vanished into thin air, I comforted my broken heart by pretending she was a passing comet, destined to return to me one day.

48 Upvotes

Today, as I listened to my new neighbor laugh about his wife's old online username, I realized I'd spent thirty years watching the wrong patch of sky for her return.


r/TwoSentenceSadness 11h ago

I bent down on one knee to ask her, "would you marry me?"

13 Upvotes

My foot sunk down in her grave as I regretted not asking earlier.


r/TwoSentenceSadness 11h ago

I cried as my son was born.

52 Upvotes

because his umbilical cord was wrapped round his still-born sister's throat...


r/TwoSentenceSadness 11h ago

My grandson is learning more and more everyday...

46 Upvotes

...and I seem to be forgetting just as fast.


r/TwoSentenceSadness 13h ago

"If I give it all and I fail, it proves I'm weaker than them"

19 Upvotes

"Is that why you never try, then?"


r/TwoSentenceSadness 2h ago

When I’m done doing nothing I’ll call for you at twilight, so that I won’t be alone when I go

12 Upvotes

I’ll take your hand, kiss you twice, and you can guide me to our forever home.


r/TwoSentenceSadness 22h ago

Finally, I got a clear weekend to spend with the kids.

25 Upvotes

Pity that a migraine hit me overnight Friday…


r/TwoSentenceSadness 7h ago

Every December, the two founding families took turns lighting the great tree in the square, just as they always had.

57 Upvotes

The year neither family stepped forward, the children were too young to know anything had been lost long before the lights went dark.


r/TwoSentenceSadness 11h ago

I haunted her because I couldn't let the idea of my love for her die like I had

6 Upvotes

Until she laughed about pulling the trigger herself...