Stories That Bleed Truth – Blood in My Stool Blog

Explore raw, unfiltered reflections on life, loss, identity, and love. From monogamy to madness, these real-life stories pull no punches — and they just might hit home.

Shaking Heads and Stained Sheets

Friday was the big kickoff, the moment the mask slipped. She thought she had the leverage—the “Wife Tax” in the form of a twenty-three-hundred-dollar scooter. She doubled down, gave the

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The Wife Tax

I’ve spent enough time in the “Expat Exclusion Zones” to know that the air here is never free; it’s just priced differently depending on who’s breathing it. For months, I’ve

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Desire Death of The Hunter

The plan for Vietnam was always a gamble, a coin toss spinning in the air between salvation and self-destruction. I knew the “Old James” path well—the path of the Hunter.

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Why I Dont Date Victims Anymore

Let’s get one thing straight before the HR department starts hyperventilating: Stereotypes aren’t gifts from the diversity fairy. They are earned. Generalizations are generally true because they are generally happening.

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The Coconut Oil Renaissance

Da Nang, Vietnam. Day 21 of the Marathon. Let’s talk about the divine lottery. Let’s talk about the absolute, absurd luck of geography, timing, and repressed trauma colliding in a

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The Compass In The Chest

Da Nang, Vietnam You ask me: “How did you do it, James? Why did you do it?” I did it because I realized I was dying of strangulation. And the

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Breaking The Biological Default

The “Managed” world loves the concept of the default. They want to believe that a child is nothing more than a pre-programmed machine, a biological output that can be predicted

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Resting Bitch Face

I walk through the intersections of Da Nang and I see it everywhere: the Blank Mask. It’s a specialized version of the Resting Bitch Face, a “resting biscuit” look that

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The Symphony of Madness

If you want to understand the heartbeat of this place, you don’t look at the temples; you look at the intersections. It is a masterpiece of chaotic indifference. You’ve got

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