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t3_1k3yd6 | relationships | Ex-gf [21f] wants to have sex with me [26m] | She cheated on me 4 months in and felt compelled to tell me near our 6 month mark.
We fought about it for a week. Lots of lies and anger. In my head I was on a see-saw of forgiving her and moving on, or leaving her. I decided, for the time being, to leave (move out).
During the few days where our relationship was in... | Broke up with ex over cheating/questionable behavior, started ignoring her which drove her crazy, wants me back/wants sex, should I go for it or no? |
t3_1nu2sq | relationships | I'm 18, I was texting a girl, her friend took over, then called me and put me on speaker phone. What happened? | So I was texting a girl (yes I like her) and a few texts later her friend starts to answer. Anyways her friend calls me and puts me on speaker and she starts messing with me along with her other friends. I asked where the girl was and they claimed she was in the bathroom, then I asked if she knew they were doing this a... | Texting girl, her friend takes over, her friend calls and puts me on speaker and messes with me. Don't know what is going on. |
t3_1xy4r2 | relationships | Me [26F] with my best friend [26 M] ten years, We've always liked each other and now we are both in a situation to be together, but he's hesitant. | So yeah, he's been my friend for so long and I've always had a thing for him and he's always had a thing for me. We had a brief falling out five years ago and shortly after that he started dating someone else, and then I started dating someone too.
We became friends again and it was nice.
So in the summer he split ... | How can I show him that I am in this for the long haul, that I'm trustworthy and that this is a risk that is worth it? |
t3_2v9jug | tifu | TIFU by scaring my landlord | So I grew up on a farm and am now living in an unbelievably urban area. By nature, I expect courtesy and respect from my neighbors, and seldomly do I receive it. I may or may not have become slightly alcoholic since moving to the city, so that factors into the current predicament. I have been a little toasted on rum fo... | Was drunk, tripped while trying to see what was happening outside my door, scared the shit out of my landlord who was making friendly banter with fellow residents outside, and think I knocked myself out for a tick. |
t3_2978yw | Advice | Am I being a bad friend? | Hey reddit. For a couple of years now I've been part of this little group of friends. There's me, some guys, and some girls. We used to hang out all the time, see some movies, go bowling, shoot the shit. We were good friends, really close. So one of the guys, let's call him Chris, started dating one of the girls, let's... | I'm hanging out with one of my good friends, who happens to be the ex of another one of my good friends. Is it wrong? |
t3_l5pid | AskReddit | Reddit, please help me understand the fascination with Star Wars, especially when it's coming from younger people. | This is aimed at people 30ish and younger. I'm mid-20s, geeky and in tune with pop culture. I've seen all Star Wars movies multiple times, and enjoyed them. And I understand why it was such a big deal in the 70s and 80s and why older co-workers go on and on about it. The technology was groundbreaking at the time. But I... | Why is our generation fascinated with Star Wars, even though we weren't part of the phenomenon 30 years ago? Why don't we have an equivalent pop culture landmark for our time. |
t3_hoczr | AskReddit | Should I call the cops on my thief friend? | Last year was my final year at high school; and while it was a pretty decent finish, I got really fucked over by a friend.
I went to a reasonably rich private school, but despite having its own upstairs cafe, the food was horrible and overpriced. At this point, some of my friends were getting their driving licenses, a... | friend stole $1000 from my parents' bank account, hasn't paid back in six months, should I call the cops? |
t3_3qeu8e | legaladvice | Mother's employer giving her a hard time to take vacation days (FL) advice? | I posted this in r/legal but I thought I might get a better response here.
My mother works at a small family owned pharmacy in Florida as a pharmacy technician . Whenever she requests to use her vacation days it is always a huge ordeal.
Recently, my mom requested vacation days so she could be with my cousin who is c... | Workplace not giving mom time off and paying her for it instead. Mother doesn't want this she wants her time off. We live in Florida. Is this legal? |
t3_4latqo | tifu | TIFU by trying to impress my girlfriend | So my girlfriend is on a two week vacation, and I wanted to really spice things up with her when she gets back. I've been sending her provocative messages, calling her just because, and most notably I've started going to the gym again because I want her to be impressed with my super toned Bruce Wayne body.
It was goin... | I wanted to impress my girlfriend so I went to the gym and hurt my back doing deadlifts because I ignored an unusual pain and had to walk like the hunchback of Notre freaking Dame |
t3_drw81 | AskReddit | How do I keep my dog from running away? | Fellow Bacon-lovers, I need your help.
I rescued a dog from a local shelter about 5 or 6 months ago, here he is making his [derp face] His papers listed him as part Golden Retriever, part Australian Shepherd and he's now about 10 months old. He settled in as a member of the family, my wife and three kids love him to... | Our dog runs out the door or gate at almost every opportunity, and we need to teach him not to before he's hit by a car. |
t3_4aoow3 | relationships | GF [18F] of 2 years is pissed at me [20 M] for asking my house mate [20 M] something related to his new fwb | Just going to get straight to the point. My girlfriend and I were talking to a room-mate who recently got into a Fwb relationship. I asked whether they have sexted and whether they have sent nudes to each other (fwb). Now my girlfriend is in a strop and I'm not sure if I'm in the wrong or not. I had no intentions to hu... | asked my house mate if he has sent nudes to his new fwb and whether they sext and gf is now angry. Am I wrong? |
t3_2smd2g | tifu | TIFU by telling my boyfriend I cheated on him. | This happened a few months ago but another post here triggered my memory so I thought I would share.
My boyfriend is in the army and he's gone all but 4 weeks out of the year. This type of situation is entirely new to me and I was pretty surprised when I first found myself wanting to be in a LDR. Anyway...
He was... | Brainless girlfriend is not a comedian and texts boyfriend a "joke" about cheating on him, boyfriend is a smart man and blows my shit up like a terrorist at a journalism office. |
t3_c5f54 | AskReddit | Reddit, I need some opinions on a big life changer for me. | I have a best friend in Edmonton, AB. I plan on visiting him this may long weekend, I also have a extremely pretty and talented female friend from my hometown here in Winnipeg, MB out in Nanaimo, BC. We got talking today and she wants to see me badly enough to come out to Edmonton this weekend while I'm out there. Me a... | Do I ditch my life I have with barely any money and travel/hike it back from Edmonton to BC with a girl who is cooler then shit and I like? |
t3_1pfveu | relationships | Best friend (25 M) had unrequited feelings for me (25 F) for a year. He moved on and now I have feelings for him. | My best friend had feelings for me for over a year, which I was unaware of at the time because he never made a move. Well, I suspected a couple of times that he might have a small crush on me, but tried to avoid it due to a past relationship with a best friend ending poorly.
Once I entered into a long term relationsh... | Best friend, who I work with, used to have feelings for me, moved on, now I have feelings for him. He appears to be in an unhealthy relationship. |
t3_1csbp8 | relationships | I[18M] heard something extremely unsettling about SO of one month[19F] | I've been seeing this girl from work (restaurant, if it matters. Refer to her as C) for around two'ish months now, dating for around one. We don't tell most people from work that we're dating just to avoid problems, as some other people we work with have had issues recently and its been a real shitstorm. The people we ... | Girl says that she "Shouldn't" be talking to, or get back together with her shit head ex, that she apparently still talks to. Should I just break it off now? |
t3_3bc4nu | relationships | [18 M] letter to my ex [17 G] to get her back? | throwaway cus friends know my reddit,
So basically me and my girlfriend of 7 months broke up a few weeks ago in a pretty messy breakup but now I want her back, I've expressed this to her and she says that for now she just wants to be friends but that her feelings towards me may change in the future. I believe there is... | broke up with GF, want her back, what can I do to increase my chances + should I send her a letter? |
t3_2unxt1 | loseit | Question about properly logging calories burned/exercise | So, stay with me here. I put my HR monitor on and measured the amount of calories I burned while just sitting in front of the TV and it said I burned around 80 - 100 cal in an hour. I then used my HR monitor for a half hour jog and multiplied it by 2 giving me a total of around 300 cal/hr. If MFP already takes into ... | Should I subtract the amount of calories I would have burned at rest from the amount of calories my HR monitor says I burned during a work out to prevent overestimating my calories expended? |
t3_39act2 | relationship_advice | [20/M] need advice with girlfriend [19/f] of 3 years | Recently I have been questioning what I should do in my relationship. We both love each other and I know she would be an amazing woman to be with for the rest of my life. But i don't know what to do about some issues that I have.
One of those issues is that I don't get to see her as often as I'd like to. We only see e... | Starting to question the quality of my relationship. Love each other but only meet once a week, no sex, relationship feels like the same routine over and over. |
t3_3nxdoq | relationships | [19 M] I never learned any basics of romantic interaction growing up and now I'm trying to learn from the ground up. So far I've not been successful. | Basically I was always awkward as a kid but later in life I came out of my shell and now I am able to function normally im society. However, where most guys had their first "girlfriends" and stuff in middle school, I have never dated on any level ever. As such, I have absolutely zero experience with anything remotely r... | I didn't have any experience with anything romantic as a teenager and now I am very awkward around it all and very inexperienced. |
t3_3pz98q | relationships | Me [25 M] seeing a girl [28 F] on and off since last year - she requires me to do all the travelling | I met a girl on OKC 6-7 months ago, and I've seen her maybe a grand total of 5-6 times. We live about 2.5 hours bus away from each other. The problem is, neither of us drives, and she has only come to see me in my city once. She claims that money has been an issue, but I've offered to pay for her ticket/expenses while ... | Girl is broke and doesn't want to travel as a result. I offer to remove the obstacle, girl gets weird. |
t3_tf8gl | AskReddit | Being bullied-What should I do without talking to a teacher? | So a few guys from my Intro to CAD class are being assholes and I don't want to let them push me around anymore. I'm really thinking of not holding myself back and punching a few of them next time they piss me off. I don't want to talk to a teacher because that wouldn't really help.
They do little things like call me a... | Guys in my class are being mean-- What's the best way to punch somebody and cause the most damage and/or get them to leave me alone? |
t3_2vwshq | tifu | TIFU a relationship by being absurdly busy | Alright, longtime lurker and first time poster so a little back story. I'm an insanely busy junior in high school and I'm in several extracurriculars, namely quiz bowl, robotics, and track. Back in early December I met this girl, we'll call her X, while at a quiz bowl tournament. We hit it off almost instantly, traded ... | I like girl and she liked me in December. I'm really fucking busy and she probably hates me now for not having time for her. |
t3_4p8k2h | relationships | My Mom[55 F] and my sister [17F] are always fighting and I don't like to be around the two when home. | Ever since my sister got her license, the two have had a deteriorating relationship. Sis likes to party, smoke weed and maybe sleeps around but I don't know for sure about that. She has lied about going to a friend's house or the mall, but actually went somewhere else.
My sister held a party in the house while my ... | My mom and sister have started to get at each other's throats now that sister has graduated and I'm sick of dealing with it. |
t3_2d2pp1 | relationships | (24/f) Handling a break up with an emotional manipulator (23/m) | 5 months ago, my boyfriend of two years and I broke up. We were together for two years, on and off. That was his doing. We would have a really good week, one where he was busy, one where he would ignore me, one where he would break up with me, and then the next we were back together. For two years. I'm not really sure ... | Dated an emotional manipulator for two years. How do you shake the feeling that he's going to turn around and decide he wants to be with me again? |
t3_r35qq | self | Mom walked into my room yesterday... | So I was in my room yesterday browsing the web looking at some different porn websites. I've ingeniously placed my PC in the best place so that if someone barges into my room I have plenty of time to alt+tab off of the current porn site to my desktop or something. I have one headphone in so I can hear if someone walks ... | Mom walked in my room scaring the headphones out of my PC which blared moans and sighs from porn, she walked out silently. |
t3_2j0ri0 | Advice | Boyfriend and housemates had argument, now its ruining mine and his time together, how do I solve this? | Basically my boyfriend has put his foot in it a bit, said the wrong thing at the wrong time and insulted my housemates in the process (unintentionally but still.)
So last night it all blew up a bit they were asking why he said certain things and that they felt it was disrespectful as they are letting him stay here and... | Boyfriend put his foot in it and upset my housemates, now he is worrying and doesn't want to do anything but mope, how do I solve this? |
t3_2e23qs | relationships | I [25M] have a female friend. My [25F] wife does not like, but I refuse to stop. Am I so wrong? | My wife and I have been married 5 years. We're both 25, and we both are starting to feel like different people. In a good way! But still.
Recently we've had a bit of a rough patch, for the first time. I told her if things didn't improve we should probably get a divorce, since we owed it to ourselves to be happy. We b... | i have a female friend I talk to a lot. Wife does not like. I basically told her to be ok with it or we will divorce. Wondering if I'm really being so wrong. |
t3_3ce9s9 | relationships | Me [18F] with my girlfriend [17F] I brought up an open relationship, but having second thoughts. | I've been with my girl for a couple of months (we've been on and off for a pretty long time now) and we're both going off to college soon. She's going to school in Ohio, and I'm staying in Jersey. We've already both decided we want to continue this relationship in college as a long distance thing, so there's no doubt a... | I brought up the prospect of an open long-distance relationship, but I don't know if I should do it. |
t3_4szj59 | Advice | How to help GF's parents make friends so she'll feel comfortable moving out? | My (26F) gf and I (25M) have been dating for close to 6 years. The first two while we were in uni, 2 years of us basically trying to figure out life (job hunting, switching etc), and 2 years of having a lot more things figured out on the path to settlement.
For me, 2 of those years was living near campus, 2 years at h... | Girlfriend doesn't want to move out of her parents house because they are lonely with no friends. If they weren't alone, she'd consider moving out. How do I help her parents make some good buddies?* |
t3_2verva | tifu | TIFU by laughing at starving African children. | So this FU literally happened a couple of minutes ago.
I was sitting in class browsing TIFU when i came across the post about the guy who thought it would be a good idea to chug a bottle of hot sauce during an interview. After reading it me and my friend couldn't stop laughing, and as soon as we stopped laughing one o... | Teacher caught us laughing while looking at pictures of starving african children and now he thinks that we have a mental problem... |
t3_2xiorl | jobs | Does it matter if i have a planned vacation in the near future when applying for a job? | LE BACKGROUND:
I started at a very well established clothing store when I was 18. It started as part time for the first year because I was also going to university. After I finished my program I began full time hours at my work, got promoted to shift leader 6 months later, shortly after that I was promoted again with d... | planned a 10day vacay for April, but I want to leave my job now because a better opportunity presented itself. |
t3_23ru21 | relationships | Me [25 M] with my GF [21 F] of 1 year she tested positive for herpes #2 a few days ago. I'm lost. | First off - this is a followup to a post that i made yesterday. That was more in anger then anything so i'm re posting this.
The basis of the last post was that I read a chat from my GF's EX and it said that he had herpes. My GF never told me about this and never planned on telling me, she had about 2 weeks before i ... | GF has herpes #2, Im still not tested and I don't know how to proceed. I'll get tested in the next week or so. |
t3_2owvm8 | relationships | My BF (23) has just broken up with me (23,f) after 6.5 years. Totally blindsided. We live together and have no other choice. | I feel completely lost. My boyfriend and best friend of 6 and a half years has just broken up with me out of, what feels like, nowhere.
We were high school sweethearts, went to uni together, survived all that and 6 months ago moved 400 miles away for an amazing job he got offered (UK).
I've found a great job that I... | Boyfriend of 6.5 years broke up with me because 'he doesn't feel like he used to' - just looking for some support whilst I try and get my head around this whole situation! |
t3_51eaaz | relationships | I (19M) want to be single after being with my (19F) girlfriend of 3 years | I am a (19M) with my FIRST (19F) girlfriend and after three years together I feel as though I'm missing out on a lot of things. I feel as though we are married and I don't want that at all right now. She constantly talks about being married and kids and I am not ready to think about that. I fell head over heals in love... | Have been with my first girlfriend ever for 3 years that I love very much and want to be single and experience my own life, but haven't had the balls to break up with her. |
t3_4un44z | relationships | My [25M] friend [25F] started talking to me differently after recently breaking up with her [23M] boyfriend. Unsure whether she's making a move. | We have been quite close before, we usually video chat when we have problems, usually relationship related. I don't know whether she's sad over her break up and just wants to have someone to talk to, or she's making a move on me. Should note that there is <1% chance of us being in an official relationship, because we ... | friend started getting close to me, a lot of talking and she said a lot of things that I mentioned above. not sure what she's saying is a sign that she's into me or she's just sad about her break up. |
t3_37lkkv | relationships | My therapist sent me [21/f] home in the middle of a session because her next patient came an hour early. I'm hurt and feel like a may need a new therapist | I've been seeing my therapist for about a year now and she's been helping a lot. I arrived in her office at our scheduled time and I was talking to her for about 15 minutes when she heard the waiting room door open.
She went outside and saw that the next patient had come an hour earlier and she thought that maybe she... | Therapist sent me home in middle of appointment and I don't know if I should find a new therapist or if I'm overreacting. |
t3_g3j8o | dating_advice | The girl is confused and so am I on how to approach it | Her-23 me-21
So we've been acquaintances in a pep band for about a year now and recently I started thinking she was cute (Girl A). Last weekend we were on a band trip and one night we were playing some drinking games in my room and once people had started leaving and it was only like 5 of us she had been increasing... | I like a girl we cuddled one night she thinks I am cute but also has feelings for another guy and is really confused, whats my best plan of action. |
t3_4v2x43 | relationships | Me [20s] with my SO [20s] I feel like he is unwilling to compromise for me | Hi, I'm going to try to keep this as anonymous as possible. I've been with my fiancé for a little over 6 years. We are generally very happy.
We had talked in depth about moving to a big city, where I applied to jobs for him and set up everything so once we got jobs we would be good to go. However, he told me he would... | fiancé shoots down us moving cross country, then to moving at all, and to finding a job. Can't tell if I'm the problem? |
t3_mer14 | relationships | Is this normal or am I crazy? | 23/f and 25/m - 9 months relationship.
Okay, I haven't been in a relationship in a while and this one has come on serious and fast. This sounds stupid but I just need to talk this out Reddit.
Backstory: Bf and I are emotional people, I'm a talker - he tends to shut down. It makes for awkward times when one of us is... | Both angry. BF wants me to be happy for him. I can't hide my emotions well. He gets mad at me for being in a bad mood. Haven't talked for 2 days and is ignoring my attempts at contact. |
t3_qi4dy | AskReddit | I've seen some pretty amazing stuff on Reddit, can you guys help me find something? | I've seen Redditors scrounge up some neat fixes to problems so I was wondering if anyone had connections or knew of where you could possibly find some strange/weird lights. My girlfriend described it as a neon rainbow bar light that would react to clapping gestures of the hand. Frankly I'm clueless as to where I could ... | Girlfriend want's a special light, rainbow "bar" light that hangs on the wall, reacts to hand clap gestures. Tried searching through Spencers and many sites with no avail. Help! |
t3_omm5z | relationships | Relationship is stuck in a rut, what do I do? | I am 20 and my boyfriend is 19. We have been together for a year and three months. We both go to college together and frequently visit each others families on holidays and weekends. Anyways, I need help.
When our relationship first began he was such a gentleman. He would buy me flowers and gifts. He was very eage... | boyfriend is no longer romantic, and seems as if he doesn't care. Even though I have done everything I can. |
t3_2gj8yp | relationships | I (18 M) just found out that my girlfriend (19) thinks that since we won't last, there's no point in really trying. | So we live in the same hometown, but we go to school 4 hours from one another. We've been going out for a little over a year. Today I did a psych study regarding couples and communication. I brought up the study and she said she didn't think we would last long so she thinks we shouldn't continue. We talked on the phone... | Took a psych study that brought up problems. Need to find some spark of life to invigorate our relationship again. |
t3_tyc7b | dating_advice | Looking for advice: should I keep going or just stop? | Hello everyone. So, me 22 male and she's 21. I met her this semester on one of my classes, she came up and sat next to me and we started talking. At the beginning it was kinda weird since im pretty shy and shes really outgoing and we only met only twice a week (3 hr class and the lab) but as time passed I got really co... | Met girl, became kinda close, discovered via fb she has a bf that she never mentioned, asked her out anyway. |
t3_1ovtgz | dating_advice | [24,m] Getting back into dating...problems | So 2 years ago, I had my heart shattered into a billion pieces by my ex-fiance. It took me a long time to get over it, but I did..
Enter this week. This girl is checking out my old ass profile on some dating website...she looks cute in her pictures, so I initiate a conversation.
We meet up for a date tonight and it w... | this girl really likes me, but i'm only so-so about her. I want to keep dating her even though I'm not really attracted to her... |
t3_268dzb | personalfinance | My Uncle just offered to pay for my schooling. Now what? | My Uncle drunkenly told my brother and I last Thanksgiving that he would be willing to pay for some schooling in order to help us improve our lives. He gave us his business card, wrote his personal number down and told us to call when we were ready." I am 20 years old and my brother is 26. We've both taken some classe... | Uncle offers around $12,000(maybe more) for schooling and I don't what my next step to take is as far as getting my Mechanical Engineering degree. |
t3_3qi1dj | relationships | Me [19 M] with my Girlfriend [18 F] How to stop being the "nice guy" ? | My girlfriend and I have been dating for 7+ months and things are going downhill and they need to be fixed. I have identified the problem as me being too much of a "nice guy". She even told me one night when we were both drunk that "I'm too nice and it gets boring". And she's right, at the end of the day I'm a doormat.... | Need to fix my relationship by stop being a "nice guy" and getting walked over without becoming a douchebag. Do not give me the "break up", "there are plenty of fish in the sea" answer please... |
t3_1gr9vt | legaladvice | [WA] Friend (minor) arrested during Mayday 2013 protests in Seattle, held for three days, no charges pressed at the time, now they're pressing charges | On Mayday 2013 in Seattle, my friend (16) participated in the protests non-violently, flashbangs or some sort of concussion grenades were thrown near where my friend was standing, disorientating him and causing him to be unable to respond to the officers' commands to disperse. He was arrested for "Failure to disperse,"... | Minor friend was not violent at Mayday protests, but "failed to disperse" when told to by police, got sent to juvie for three days and released without being charged, now he's being charged. |
t3_2gjoup | relationships | My [31M] then-girlfriend [33F], now wife of 2 mos. had an emotional affair on me while we were dating. How should I feel about this? | It just came to my attention that wife was sending nude pics back and forth with a guy for two years while we were dating.
I found out that they had a fling before we formally began our relationship, but apparently the provocative e-mails, nude photos, and flirting never stopped.
Now we're married. I just found a bu... | Found two years worth of pics, flirty e-mails between my then-girlfriend (now wife) and another guy. Now married, I'm finding myself in a predicament. Do I love or leave? |
t3_3dszcz | relationships | Me [25F] with [26m] just had second date (met online) who appeared male, but is transgender. | Hi.
This is a throwaway for fairly obvious reasons. I have a ton of reddit friends, and am fairly active on /r/OkCupid. I'd like to have some privacy.
I just went on the second date with a really, really awesome guy.
I messaged him first, asking his favorite subreddit. (I searched for users who had "reddit" in thei... | Met a guy online. Really liked him. Second date was awesome. He told me he's trans, planning on a third date, but not even sure what to do?! |
t3_11lpg5 | dating_advice | have I been overly clingy? (20m/20f) | I started seeing a girl about a month ago. We have a lot of common interested like books, video games, politics, etc. So I went on a couple of unofficial dates with her. 3 to be specific. 2 were just us two, one was with her uni friends. We haven't kissed yet.
During the first 2-3 weeks of this, she was really respons... | girl is giving me the cold shoulder, not sure if it's because she's genuinely busy or because she has no interest in me. |
t3_48hw25 | legaladvice | Dog almost bit someone when she burst into my house uninvited. Would I have been held liable for her injuries? | This takes place in Texas at a college town. I live in a house my mother owns with only my brother, me, and a roommate that doesn't have anything to do with this story.
The other night my older brother, his college friend 'Mark', and I were hanging out in the living room playing some games and having a good time. Seem... | Dog almost bit a friend's girlfriend who showed up to my house drunk, screaming, and without an invitation. Would I be held liable for her injuries if my dog attacked? |
t3_36zlid | relationships | [Infidelity] I [22 M] JUST found out my girlfriend of nearly a year and a half [18 F] cheated on me last night. I don't know what to do and I need some advice | I woke up this morning to a message from her one of her cousins. She had spent the night at her cousin's house and apparently brought a guy there when they all went out. I asked her about this and she was extremely vague, but confirmed it. I don't know anything about this kid or anything more, only that her cousin beat... | Girlfriend slept over cousins house. She brought a guy over and another cousin walked in on them and told me. She confirmed, but told me nothing else. What can/should I do? |
t3_qeg7p | relationships | Y U NO like sexy pictures?? | Okay, reddit. Here's my problem. My SO [30-m] and I [27-f] have been together for a little over a year. I don't remember when exactly, but at some point I started sending him 'naughty' pictures. He loved it! I've done it around 6 times now I think, so about once every couple of months. The response became less and... | 1) My boyfriend doesn't seem to like naughty pictures. Why?? 2) How do i tell him I need to be told I'm sexy without looking insecure? |
t3_4s2xxj | relationships | I [19 M] am afraid my paranoia drives away my best friends. | I have a **tendency to never clarify misunderstandings and have a hard time letting go of them**. Unfortunately after holding on to misunderstandings from weeks to months, **I become convinced that my friends are angry with me or hate me.** Eventually after much frustration, I bring up to them what I have a problem wit... | My susceptibility to misunderstands, and tendency to avoid confrontation, makes me paranoid about whether my friends like me. Often times leading to confrontations where I realize I imagined most of the problems in my own head. |
t3_3f07xh | relationship_advice | [31/m] am I an asshole for wanting to leave (29/f) | I feel like a total dbag for wanting to leave my wife of 6 years. The only real reason I have is that I don't love her.
I used to be crazy about her, and I want that feeling again of being totally in love with someone, but I dont think its going to happen with her (we've tried couples therapy, reading books etc.).
I... | reasons I want to leave my wife: I don't love her and I find her company unpleasant even though she loves and supports me. what would be good reasons to end a marriage? |
t3_1v61t4 | offmychest | I love you, but i cant let this friendship end | I have a friend, a best friend, one i cherish as i do my own flesh and blood, but she is my best friend. Why would that be a problem? Well she helped me out of an abusive relationship, she pulled me out of depression, and now she helping me trust again. She compliments me every day and when she does i smile from ear to... | The girl of my dreams is my best friend, and i cant find a way of going about asking her out with a chance of rejection and losing our friendship. |
t3_101ssq | relationships | My boyfriend [20m] seems to have chosen his Fraternity over me [22F] | We're going on 3 years dating, and it was amazing for the first 2 years. Recently there has been a lot more strain, partly because we were long distance for a while, and partly because he has been spending increasing time at his fraternity and less time hanging out with me. We usually see each other at least every othe... | I'm worried that my boyfriend is more into his frat than he is into me, and I'm not sure what to do about it. |
t3_2p8p1k | relationships | I[16f] found my dad[mid 50s] looking at Craigslist casual encounters. (Married to my mom for 17 years). Is he just curious? | So I got back from my job and found my father asleep on the couch with his laptop open. For details, he's in his mid fifties, has been married to my mom for 17 years, and works a very demanding job in which he is gone from 6am-6pm on a good day. I wanted to tell him goodnight and I saw that the computer was open and wh... | Caught dad on ad for casual sex - been married to my mom for 17 years - not sure what this means. Advice welcome. |
t3_uy3yh | Pets | Hi r/pets, my dog is sick and I have no idea what to do. | Basically starting from the last two or three days my dog began to throw up his very frequently (around once or twice a day). The throw up is very watery and will usually have some leftover food bits in it. He is also very lethargic and practically sleeps or just lays on his bed the whole day now. He still responds whe... | My 13 year old Beagle is throwing up a lot and I probably won't be able to take him to a vet. |
t3_t3pph | dating_advice | Messaged a friend of a friend to get to know her but its like pulling teeth. | So heres the deal. A friend of mine put a status up the other day that a friend of hers was tagged in. Just so happened to click on the girls facebook page and from her one picture she seemed really pretty. So I asked my friend what her deal was and was told she is single and I should message her. I did, told her why I... | messages a friend of a friend and I am only getting one word responses back to my attempts to get to know her. |
t3_2ubjpj | relationships | My sister [15F] who knows little and is curious about sex wants to watch 50 Shades of Grey with her friends (and other sex-movies). I'm [21M] | Some context. We are from a religious conservative family. We are close, and she tells me almost everything. She's has only had 2 boyfriends, only done kissing. Because we are close and I am significantly older we sometimes talk about sexuality.
I'm happy to see her leave the phase when she would think that boys/men i... | Sister still learning about sex is going to watch 50 shades on the cinema with friends, and I think this is a terrible idea. She also asked me what would be good movies as a replacement. |
t3_4w7ijj | offmychest | My boss killed his dog | As some background: I am a 24 year old female working for a smallish, but well-known and well-regarded company where I live. What the company does is irrelevant for this post.
My boss has always been a dick. He is mean to all employees, yells when things that aren't that important are slightly off, and is a very dismi... | My boss left his dog in a hot car all day and she died. What do I do about my feelings of hatred towards him? |
t3_3om7pl | tifu | TIFU by lying. | Happened a few years back, when I was 10 yrs or so.
I had moved to the Middle East, due to my Dad getting transferred here, and lived in a flat-type system. I only had 1 or 2 friends since no one else in the building was around my age. We all became really good friends after some time since we had some things in commo... | Don't lie to your parents. Even if you are hiding something, just say it fucking right now! There's no point in hiding something till you get fucked up! |
t3_wjywc | relationships | Open relationship: Beginning to feel resentment since I feel l can't have fun. Details inside | So my S.O. (30f) of 6 months and I(27m) agreed on an open relationship (my suggestion). This week I went to a music festival but did not tell her since I didn't want to have her worry that I would be hooking up with people there (its quite a wild festival).
Once I arrive at the festival she texts me that a close frie... | Open relationship, lied to gf told her I was going home and went to music festival instead. GFs friend passes away, on bus back early to see her. Feeling resentment, am I a dick? |
t3_41l7hu | legaladvice | [Southern CA] Copyright regarding music video I shot | Around Thanksgiving I was hired to spend a week filming a band as they toured with a very well known group to create a music video for one of the songs that they performed live. The agreed upon rate was $500 which was agreed upon verbally without a contract. (it was a a referral from a good friend)
Anyways, I delivere... | Shot music video. Label hasn't paid after close to 2 months and wants to make significant changes for no reason without telling me. I'm not okay with this. Exerting my copyright claims to ensure I don't get screwed. |
t3_2sroyw | relationships | Is there anything wrong with a relationship with traditional gender roles? (Me: 25F Him:29M, together for 1 yr and living together) | Hello there, and thank you for reading this.
My boyfriend and I have been living together for most of our admittedly short relationship. We hit it off really well and both fell hard, and it turns out we have very similar interests, and similar world views. We can just talk all day and he makes me feel wonderful. I lov... | what I really want to know is: am I allowed to be a housewife in this society or should a relationship only work if I am working, too? |
t3_1tgs3h | relationships | How do you identify good potential friends? | Season's greetings everyone; I hope you are all well.
I'm (26/F) getting over a break up with someone I really loved and one of the things I've taken from it is that I want a stronger group of friends around me. I've only been in my current city for nine months, so I'm not beating myself up too much, but I've made mis... | Trying to make new and better friendships. What green flags should I look out for and what red flags should I avoid like the plague? |
t3_20n7bv | personalfinance | I need to transport numismatic coins and gold bullion across the country, what are my options? | This is one part of a whole long series of having money moved into my control. I'll probably be posting periodically to ask for advice and I've already started poking through some of the suggested subreddits.
Basically: I am being given control of a trust in my name this upcoming Friday. As a note I thought I was goin... | I have a large amount of numismatic coins and bullion that need to be moved across the country quickly but correctly. What do I do? |
t3_118f0j | relationships | Help with explaining flippant remarks of the Facebook generation to my (f26) annoyed parents (m83 and f61)?! | I accidentally unchecked my custom list on Facebook, and made a post that has hurt my parents feelings.
They've been supporting me while I study, and recently got me early Xmas present tickets to a band I've loved forever, because I couldn't afford it.
There's a whole heap of events coming up, and I flippantly posted... | I'm a lucky and spoilt grownup child, and have hurt my parent feelings unintentionally through goddamn social media. Any ideas? |
t3_270dvb | relationships | I(17 m) really want to ask this girl(17 F) out, but she has a thing for another guy(17m). Please help me | So about 2 months ago, I met this girl, Mary in my Biology class. We quickly hit if off and became really good friends. We have so many similar qualities, likes and beliefs. After a few weeks I started to like her and wanted to ask her out, but we both had a lot of AP testing along with work, so we had no time.
Right... | I like this girl but she may have a thing for another guy, and my confidence is so low that I want to make sure this is a yes before I ask. Please help me |
t3_1swmid | relationships | Me [20M] and a girl [19F] I've just met, but I'm unsure about it. | This is my first post on relationships so excuse anything against the rules.
So here's the story. Last month I got on well with a girl, one of my friend's mates, at a uni party, we kept in touch and my friend said that she took a bit of a liking to me. In the meantime I had developed a small degree of feelings towards... | Confused between "Seeing someone" and "Going out with someone", trying to decide between asking out a girl I like or "seeing" one I've just met. |
t3_1vjkdd | relationships | I'm cautious about my (29M) new girlfriend (26F) becoming friends with my friends too quickly. | I (29M) have been dating someone (26F) for a couple months and the relationship is going very well. In these past two months we've already met all of each other's friends. She has gone on a weekend trip with me and all of my friends, as well as to a wedding and a couple other social events.
I found out a few days ago... | I have a new girlfriend, and my female friends are inviting her out without me and I'm not comfortable with that just yet. Reasonable? |
t3_l00gl | AskReddit | How can I get rid of bad friends? | I am a 23 year old female. I have known most of my friends for a very long time (since middle school). Nowadays all they do when they get together is literally sit on the floor and say awful things about other people. I used to gossip right along with them but it got me into some tight spots and I realized I'm really n... | I have a hard time saying no to people I don't like. How can I learn to say no to them in order to stop being friends with them? |
t3_22mtvh | relationships | Me [23 M] looking for guidance/help | This is going to be a lengthy post, so I apologize in advance. If it's not an appropriate question, please let me know and I'll remove it. Also, thank you in advance for any guidance, insight, or direction you can offer.
I started reading Reddit about a year ago after I got out of a two year relationship. I took that ... | multiple break ups messed me up, wondering if where and how to meet women again, feeling lonely and lost, looking for guidance/input into how to rebuild myself again |
t3_1frztv | jobs | Retail job(s) dilemma: Stay and wait for bor leave for less pay | Currently, I work at a Goodwill Store - 30 to 35 hours per week. I receive donations and sort them into different categories. My workplace is somewhat hazardous. It's a little dusty in the production room. Sometimes, I need to climb over a half-wall to grab a wood palette and bulk box, and walk along the wall, lifting ... | I dislike my current job at the Goodwill, but I need the money. Thinking about splitting my time between there and Target. I might need to quit the Goodwill altogether, but Target only offers 20 to 25 hours. |
t3_2wkqfx | relationships | Boyfriend [19 M] thinks he's not good enough for me [20 F] because he's short. | So, I've been with this guy for two months and before that we were best friends for six months.
Everything in our relationship is great but I just found out yesterday that my boyfriend is really self aware of his height and it affects him a lot to the point that he thinks I'm going to end up breaking up with him beca... | Boyfriend is short (I don't mind him being short) and feels like shit but has tall dad and really good and healthy habits, will he ever grow? |
t3_erui3 | AskReddit | Need advice: My upstairs neighbor is verbally abusive towards his mother. (xposted in /r/montreal) | The elderly woman living upstairs my parents', I've heard her son yell at her numerous times, so loudly that I can sometimes hear him clearly shout "shut up" more than once and for her to stop bothering him. They're violent screams. Sometimes I even hear thumps, objects dropping and furniture being moved around.
I'm o... | Son screams at his elderly mother so often that my parents and I are scared for her. What do I do without any backlash against her and my parents as neighbors? |
t3_16fck0 | pettyrevenge | Loud noises make for great revenge | I use to work at a Kroger Fuel Center a couple years ago. As fuel jockey, I had to deal with a lot in terms of passive aggressiveness from some of my coworkers. Ashley, the passive aggressive coworker, has a certain persniggety way of working in the fuel center. Don't have the cigarettes in a perfectly symmetrical line... | bitchy coworker who hates morning shift gets a loud "wake up call" to ensure she has a great rest of the day. |
t3_35gy9q | relationships | My boyfriend [M19] was diagnosed with ASPD (psychopath). Do you think he could love me [F19]? | We've been going out for 2 years and we live together. The whole time I've known him, he's been very antisocial. He always stays home, never goes out. Lately he's been getting a lot of headaches. The doctor suggested he see a psychologist. After 7 sessions the psych finally managed to diagnose him and now he's being re... | My boyfriend [M19] was diagnosed with ASPD (psychopath). Do you think he could love me [F19]? |
t3_3b13gs | relationships | Me [25 F] feels like guys only want me for sex | OK, so this is my first post ever so bear with me...
I am asking for advice on how as a women you can portray yourself
differently so that men don't see you only as a sex object.
I have always felt like a highly sexual person and find myself the
type of person who falls for a particular person quickly and hard. It... | My questions is...what do I need to do differently to be taken seriously to find a relationship that balances love and sex?? |
t3_4krd6g | personalfinance | Buying a bookstore? What do I ask? | My wife is friends with a woman who has owned a bookstore for 18 years ( it's been in business for 41 years) This woman is retiring and asked her if she wants to purchase the business. I'm concerned about the long-term viability of the bookstore although I've read several articles recently about a resurgence in paper ... | Have a chance to invest in a small business. What do I need to know or ask going in so I can make the right choice? |
t3_4kziw5 | relationships | My girlfriend [25F] of two years asked me [30M] to pretend we're just friends at our graduation so that her religious parents don't get upset. | I just graduated with my girlfriend from our graduate school, we have been together for two years and chose to go to the same post-graduate program so that we could stay together. The problem is that her parents are religious and likely won't approve of her dating me, she is worried that they may disown her. She is wai... | I chose to avoid my girlfriend of two years at our graduation rather than meet her parents and pretend to be just a friend, am I a shitty boyfriend for not being supportive? |
t3_tv1z3 | AskReddit | Help buying plane tickets! Time-sensitive, but tight-cashed to boot! | Hey /r/askreddit , I've got an issue buying plane tickets.
So I was watching the prices dip and doge all over the place with about a month to go and Bing telling me to wait a bit (With 67% certianty) that prices -could- drop.
Well, I placed a bad bet and now they're expensive and it would break my budget I set for th... | I'm looking to fly on the cheap, last minute, with a tight budget and an inflexible schedule. What are some of the things I can do to make it happen? |
t3_3mkbz5 | tifu | TIFU by wanting to take a nap | Okay, so this happened yesterday but I'm still feeling it today.
I'm a fresher at uni, living in halls. So we all have our separate rooms and share just the kitchen, this kitchen becomes the social hub n whatnot.
So yesterday afternoon I come back to my hall from a book club meeting to find two of my flat mates asle... | fell asleep in my kitchen, leg fell asleep, tried to get to bed, fell and sprained my foot. Fuck. |
t3_54z3sl | relationships | Me [16 M] with my classmate [17 F] How should I get to know her | There is a girl in the grade above me who I've liked since 7th grade, but only had a huge band class with her, I've had little contact with her, but know her a little bit.
This year I have two classes with her, including on with 6 people, and she's laughed at a couple of my jokes. Today she came up and talked to me... | I've known a girl for a long time, but never really been in contact, I just fucked up a conversation, should I try and talk to her in person, or DM in Instagram. |
t3_1n99s7 | dating_advice | I keep choking when I see this girl I want to ask out. | Throw away
There's this drop dead gorgeous brunette that works at a local bank, that I go to for work a couple times a week. We smile and chat with each other here and there, when I pull up to the drive up window, but its only a few minutes here and there.
Im always choking after I get my stuff back, and wind up driv... | havent asked a girl out in years, theres this pretty girl at my bank, but too pussy to ask her out after many attempts, and keep choking, fuck me right.. |
t3_2odczd | Advice | Simple stuff: Should I have stayed at school with this girl today? | So for some context, I'm 17 and today I had to got to sixth form for the last period of the day. I head to class and I find out it's been called off because of some confusion which lead to most students heading home thinking no class was on. Well apart from me and a girl I'll call Emma here.
We both had an essay to co... | Girl has nothing to do for an hour but is obviously interested in hanging around with me; oblivious me says goodbye and heads home. Am I an idiot? |
t3_3dn9su | relationships | [Advice] Fiancé wants to stop having sex four months out from the wedding (kinda) | So my (M28) fiancé (F25) told me two nights ago that although she loves our sex (which does not involve PIV. We're both virgins) she has been feeling guilty about anything that makes her orgasm. She is excited for our sex after marriage, and up until this point she's been wonderfully adventurous and engaged even though... | SO wants to stop having sex before we're married in four months. I'm struggling with the idea, but don't want to change her mind. |
t3_3qdfh0 | relationships | Me [25 M/F] with my SO [25 M/F] 2 years | We have a good relationship. This is really just about me and my feelings. I am mostly okay, but generally may feel mildly insecure about myself overall (not about the relationship). I also suffer anxiety about things as well. I don't think I have anything to worry about with my relationship, other than worrying that t... | Sometimes feel jealous of SO's past relationships, even though there's no need to. Also feel generally insecure and comparing myself doesn't help. How do I get over these feelings by myself? |
t3_1evexk | relationship_advice | I F[21] went on 5 good dates with a guy M[24] and then he stopped texting me for over a month. Now he just texted me again and I'm confused. | Went on about 5 good dates with a guy a while ago. The last Time I saw him was over a month ago and he said he really enjoyed spending time with me and wanted to keep seeing me. Then He wouldn't text. I texted him a couple times and he would always respond but wouldn't text me first. A few weeks ago he texted me at nig... | Guy stopped texting me for a month and randomly texts me asking how I am and apologizing for falling off the face of the earth. Should I even respond? Why is he texting me now? |
t3_1cgbab | relationships | Im confused over my [20m] relationship with my 'best friend' [20f] who Ive known for 3 years | I say 'best friend' because I consider her my best friend but I dont know if its mutual. We dont really have the same circle of friends so when we hang out its usually just the two of us. But I met her at a party about two weeks ago and she was rather drunk and she was going on about how she loved me and how I was her ... | Im [20m] supposedly best friends with a girl [20f] who doesn't seem to take must interest in maintaining our relationship or put the effort in. |
t3_mu00k | AskReddit | I summon the power of Reddit! | Okay full story.
I went to school at the art institute for 3 years, couldn't complete because I couldn't get approved for anymore loans. I went to school for advertising, because its something that I looovvvee to do. I get really excited about solving peoples creative problems and it makes me feel good about myself wh... | if I refer 1200 people to register at a website they will send out an iMac that I can use for my startup graphic design biz. The link is |
t3_18mcde | dating_advice | I (22m) need help decoding her (22f) strange behaviour | So 1st date we just went for drinks, which followed into beers and music on the beach and skinny dipping. I quote "best date ever" from her. I agreed, it was amazing. But she's been progressively colder (less physical contact, weak text replies etc) since this best date ever, we've had about 5 dates since including me ... | things were going swimmingly with (what I perceived to be) the girl of my dreams, now she's being incredibly distant. Is it because of my planned holiday? Or is she just off me? |
t3_2uzx41 | relationships | Girl (20w) came clear to me(22m) that she has hairloss and is wearing a wig | We ve been dating for almost a month now and its been great we really get a long amazing.
Yesterday when i was over at her place she said "Heyy.. *voice cracking* i have to tell you something. I have hairloss this isnt my real hair.."
It seems to be a big problem for her and i am scared of being just another guy who... | Girl has no hair. Didnt notice until she told me. Now i dont know if to break up or try. |
t3_391ukx | relationships | Me [25 M] with my now Ex [23 F] 11 months, giving her space...went a week NC now she's texted/called past 3 days, how do I handle this? | So 2 weeks ago, we had a talk and she wanted space. She was unsure if I was the man for her future and she was becoming unhappy with things. She thought a break would help her find happiness, and reset our relationship from past issues if we got back together.
She said she needed time, a month or so whatever. I just w... | Gf broke it off, I did NC, she reached out, I saw her, then told her we can't keep in touch daily. Did I handle it right? How do I go forward from here? |
t3_550cq4 | personalfinance | Questions and Suggestions for Credit Card count and Credit Management | I have some questions as I'm considering some advice from my father about credit and credit score. I've gone through the wiki and while it has confirmed some of the things he has taught me about the topic, I'd like to get a second opinion on the matter of credit card count.
For some basic background, I am rather stab... | Is it worth it from a credit score standpoint to get a second credit card when there is no immediate or forseeable financial need to have a second line of credit open? |
t3_1nnqb3 | Cooking | Favourite dry seasoning mixes for rice? Or maybe veggies? | I'm currently 36 weeks pregnant with my second child and working to create a menu of pre-made freezer or easy-prep recipes to get us through the most difficult first 4-6 weeks.
I'm pretty good at main-dish items for the freezer, but I'm not so good at veggies and rice. I have a toddler with the usual toddler particula... | What seasoning blends can I make in advance to toss in with the water and rice, "Uncle Ben's" style, that still taste good? |
t3_2yp3rf | legaladvice | I'm in a weird situation with the car dealership | I bought an 06 scion xb from a dealership in my town. A month into having it, the dealership calls me regarding a title issue. Apparently the previous owner put an estimated amount of miles on the title when he signed it over and the auction didn't catch it. When the dealership bought it, they didn't catch it either. ... | dealership messed up my title. Car worth less than I bought it for. They offered to give me money back. When I accepted my money back, offered $880 less than they originally said. |
t3_2131po | relationships | I [20F] hate my SO's [25M] friends. | My SO and I have been together for over two years. I'm 8 months pregnant and we couldn't be happier. My family loves him, his family loves me. We're totally in love and happy. I'm the only girl that he's ever loved.
But, we live in a neighborhood that he's lived in his whole life and occasionally I'll have to see his... | I hate most of my SO's friends. Some act like I'm not even in the room with them. I have extreme social anxiety.. How do I deal with this and make it better? |
t3_nc9nv | AskReddit | What are your best "I called out a shitty employee" stories? | Years ago a friend and I used to go to a Kerby's Koney Island probably 4 times a week for lunch while working, did this all summer long (worked at a golf course). One night after work we ended up there and took some seats (seat yourself when its not busy).
In 15 minutes (we watched the clock after 5) one waitress ha... | I didn't get any free food out of it, no one got fired, but I never went back there at night. Still felt good yelling at them. |
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