IHTM

It Happened to Me: Our First-Class Dream Seats Turned Into a Projectile-Vomiting Nightmare

My husband owes me, big time.

Dec 10 •

Your Turn. What Happened to You, Sweetie?

We want to hear your stories, no matter how mundane, no matter how unhinged.

Dec 7

It Happened to Me: I Became a Terrible Person to Try to Please My Fake-Ass Friends

I did anything they asked me to do, even though they clearly hated me.

Dec 4 •

Maria Amanda Irias

It Happened to Me: My Parents Helped My Vagina Heal

I was 22 and had extreme surgery, because I felt like a knife was stabbing me. Which wasn’t the shocking part.

Nov 30 •

It Happened to Me: Dissolving My Fillers Went Terribly Wrong

I’ve always been considered pretty.

Nov 26

It Happened To Me: A Famous Psychic Told Me I'd Never Succeed At Anything (And That I'd Just Be A Housewife)

This popular psychic predicted my life would be pathetic and now I'm trying to break her spell/prediction—which is an uphill battle ;)

Nov 19 •

Jessie Asya Kanzer

The Scariest Halloween Of My Life

And I don't mean scary in the spooktacular way. But more in the "am I dying?" way.

Oct 31 •

Charlie Connell

It Happened To Me: I Went Broke Saving Money At Target

A bargain isn’t a bargain when you don’t need it.

Oct 29 •

Lorraine Duffy Merkl

It Happens to Me: I Always Have to Be the Food Guide for My Non-Asian Friends

It kind of makes me want to gatekeep soup dumplings.

Oct 22

It Happened To Me: My Dog Was Stolen in Broad Daylight

But this isn’t a story about one bad person. This is a story about a thousand good ones.

Oct 21

It Happened to Me: I Had a Mental Breakdown at My First Suburban Block Party

But I hadn’t jumped in the lake with my clothes on for a whole year!

Oct 19 •

Corynne Steindler Cirilli

It Happened to Me: I Was Duped By a Co-Worker

I got conned by the nicest person I’d ever met.

Oct 17 •

Lorraine Duffy Merkl

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