MODERNSHAME

MODERNSHAME was created because misery loves company. it is a place for emails better left unsent, texts that should have stayed in the draft box, and other pieces of ourselves that we put out there too quickly because we can.

why share regretful correspondence? because we have all been there, and a collective cringe is so much better than a solitary one, alone behind your computer screen thinking unsend! take back! undo!

you can't take it back, but you can put it here.

SUBMISSIONS will be posted anonymously. this is a site for shedding dirt, not getting it. no names will ever be posted.

we want authentic, but not damning. we will XXXX-out any identifying details contained in your emails if you don't black them out yourself.

include a brief explanation of the email, your city and state, and consider yourself absolved.

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Mon May 5

eep, you're adorable!

this was to a guy i had seen around over the course of a year at various shows and around campus. after discovering we had a mutual friend, i took the opportunity to try and get to know him. we had a lot of awkward conversations, mostly over email (my doing), but eventually my social anxiety kept us from ever successfully going on a date. i stood him up at least four times, but the little trooper kept on trucking. i guess it’s for the best.
fredericksburg, virginia
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ew, I’m TOTALLY drunk. so this is really embarrassing. i think i’d be spilling embarassing secrets if i could type straight…long story short…eep, you’re adorable! i’m glad i saw you tonight! are you seeing caribou? sorry i ditched you at whole foods! i’d like to hang out but i’m so awkward. does it help if i tell you i’ve had a rough year?