A good friend of mine (27f) might be an alcoholic, or at least is traveling down that path, but I don’t know how to talk to her about it. I know to expect denial and possibly anger, but I want her to know that I am not criticizing or judging her, only that I am concerned. She is a full time stay at home mom and her husband will be deploying soon. She has started home schooling recently, while simultaneously taking care of an infant. She has many other responsibilities burdening her and I can tell that she is extremely stressed. Whenever she comes over to our house we usually have wine, but lately she has been drinking to the point of intoxication. Last night she was drinking with her husband until 5 in the morning. While it’s very possible that she may not be an alcoholic, the binge drinking is extremely concerning. The last time she was over we had to take the baby from her. I don’t mind caring for her or her baby, but I just don’t know if she realizes how dangerous this is, or that ...

TL;DR I get jealous when my girlfriend is around this particular friend of my because of the actions in the past and I don’t know if I am being crazy or not So I have been with this girl for around 3+ years now. Things are okay but I just can’t seem this feeling of jealousy every time she is in front of one of my friends. I never have that when she is around my 2 best friends but this other friend and my gfs behaviour makes things weird for me. This friend is married with a kid btw. It started on my birthday last year, I was ticked off my the fact that on my birthday while she was next to me she kept asking my where is your friend (that friend) and your other friend. Even though she has seen my best-friend more she would name this first friend first and she would go to find them. There was also this time when they were talking for around 15 minutes in my room. I asked her why is this and she said at parties I want to make sure everyone is okay. But why would she leave from my side a...

The guy (40) I was having casual sex with once a week for four month but know each other for years . He always used to like me but never asked me out directly , he always used to say I’m out of his league . I never considered dating him as he used to have kind of a womanizer reputation so I initiated a hook up. We were having conversations and had fun times, hanging out for a few hrs after sex. He cooked dinners. The chemistry was crazy. It was pretty obvious that we are just hooking up and I once even asked him if he’s going on dates . He once said he’d love to watch a movie together but didn’t really reciprocate. At the beginning all I wanted was just sex and didn’t plant to date him but I started to get attached to him. For the past month or so he started to become distant and pulling away and ignoring me. I asked him to hang out twice and he made excuses that he had to work but he’d love too. I finally confronted him and texted him whats the deal , told him that I really like ...

My older brother and I used to be best friends. But once he got married, his wife told him that he was too close to me and he needed to give some of our relationship up to be with her. So, it’s been 5 years of him slowly pulling away from me, to the point now where he hasn’t initiated a conversation with me in over a year, never responds to my attempts to call, rarely if ever responds back to my texts (has responded three times in this year). I also went through a really terrible abusive relationship about three years ago, and my whole family really rallied around me but he never even reached out, and the one time I reached out to him about it he just told me he didn’t want to talk about my situation because it would be hard to hear. The rest of my family is extremely close (as in we talk several times a week to each other.) The reason I’m writing is, my mom. My mom has communication with me all the time but rarely also speaks to my older brother. So I hear allllll of her thoughts...

My (F21) fiance (M24) and I have just hit the two year mark and I couldn't be happier. After having previously dated (M24) for 2 years on and off someone who 1) always used suicide to keep me in a relationship 2) held knives to my throat thinking I liked it 3) sexually assaulted me while I was sleeping and I spent 6 months thinking it was my fault. 4)threw me against a wall when I accidentally hurt him with someone minor and held me while biting hard on my face. My fiance, without fail, will 1) calm me down from panic attacks with breathing methods. 2) kiss me on the forehead when he is on his way to work 3) turn over in his sleep and rubs my back in circles 4) holds me when triggers have happened between us. 5) implement a traffic light system in bed for my safety and mental health. There are good guys out there who will love you and care for you and I couldn't be more grateful. I couldn't be more thankful for someone who will go above and beyond and look after me. His ...

Hi, this is my first time posting..here's my thought and I could really use some input. Here's a little backstory, I discovered the app " Meetme" not too long ago and I would stream on there, I don't anymore because that app is full of low life's, druggies and is just a waste of life basically so I don't do it anymore but there was a guy who would come to my streams ( he gave me his number) and even though I was skeptical of him I did message him because I was slightly intrigued.. we did meet and while I wasn't super attracted to him there was a comfort level there so we've been spending some time. He basically started love bombing me straight away, he told me he loved me within the first week of us meeting. I honestly thought he was trying to use me for some financial gain (I'm not rich, I'm a single mom lol) then I later discovered he lied about technically still being married but looked past it because I took a liking to his company and...

With online dating, it is a great way to meet other single people in your area. The most possible way for success with online dating is not for those that are the most beautiful or handsome, but rather being the most interesting. You can get the interest of others with your profile and this should be unique, fun and defiantly honest. Your online dating profile should be your first priority for your online dating experience. There are many ways that you can improve your profile so that you have the online dating success story that you are looking for. The first idea that you can improve your chances of attracting the perfect online person is by placing your pictures online. If you do not place your pictures it will look like you have something that you want to hide. This can be even if you are not trying to hide anything. Placing pictures will show a person what you are like and not just in looks but also in personality. It is a good idea to place at least one head shot so that people...

Background: I’m 21. Gender neutral, any pronouns. He is 28. He/they pronouns. I come from a very conservative Christian state and it’s common to be married and already have kids by the time you’re 25. Single people in my home state only date with the intention of getting married and having kids. I’ve always hated that mentality and tried to avoid it as much as possible. I moved out of state a few months ago (and I don’t plan on going back anytime in the foreseeable future) and met this really cool guy. We hit it off as friends at first and now we’ve been dating for just over a month now and it’s been going really really well. I communicated with him early on that I have no intentions of getting serious (marriage is the last thing I want right now) and that when my uni opens up again I have plans to move across the country to live on-campus. He was totally chill about it and had no complaints. We don’t have any future plans, only to enjoy what we have right now. I don’t even know if ...

I am fairly inexperienced with “dating” as my only serious relationship (which was also my first relationship) started long distance and anything afterwards was strictly physical. I’m an over-thinker, so please bear with me. I met this guy in one of my classes about a year ago and we’ve been friendly anytime we see each other, but not close enough to exchange numbers. Of course I decided to make a move right before we all had to leave campus because of the virus, so that didn’t pan out, but now we are back, and I see him a couple times a week in class or on campus. I friended him on FB last week (and he friended me back) even though I honestly never use it, but why not, right? I’ve decided I want to ask him to coffee but I’m not sure how to go about it. Would it be weird to message him on FB? Like not appropriate because I don’t have his number, so reaching him on FB is overstepping? Should I wait until the right moment in person? I’m just worried there won’t be a “right moment” an...

So Ive been on a couple dates with 2 girls and I really like them both. Lets start with girl 1, Ill call her Sarah. Sarah is really sweet we get along great, but she lives out of state and is only here for school and our families could not be more different religiously and politically which I dont mind per se but if I commit to a relationship It could cause problems in the future and she told me after our second date that she was growing really attached to me. Which kinda spooked me so I told her that we should sort of slow things down because Im still dating and don't want her to get really attached and then if it falls through she'll get hurt and thats the last thing Id want. She is also a virgin and I told her thats fine I won't pressure her into anything but if she ever wants to get intimate just let me know and if not thats ok too. We are supposed to meet in 3 days and she wants to sleep together and I agreed however I am second guessing meeting her again because slee...

I'm a freshman in college and my situation is quite unique. My university has only let a certain amount of its student body on campus, due to all classes being online, so I am one of the lucky few who got in. I am a freshman, and I really only have one friend right now (making friends is way harder when everything is online), so relationships really aren't a priority for me at all right now. At the same time, there is an opportunity I have in front of me that I kinda don't want to take, but I'd like some advice either way. So, I'm in this program the university offers and I've been working with it since the start of the summer. I've gotten to know some people in the program with me over various zoom meetings held over the summer. One of these people I met was a cutie who I connected with immediately. By the start of classes, we share the same math class, Russian teacher, and we're in a group project together for our first year seminar course. We're...

So one senior guy at work, I've discovered is in a long term relationship with a guy that he is presumably not that invested in, but I am a woman, and there's awful tension between us. He's not a direct manager of mine, but rather a manager of my managers. When we first met, I wouldn't give him much attention, because, why would I? I then would catch him staring at me sadly, and even angrily. A couple of times, he gave me deer in the headlights and from then on would turn up with a huge smile plastered on his face. If ever I gave him attention, I would notice him walking around like an idiot with this huge grin on his face. I tried to keep him at bay, but he'd just look super disappointed. He would go bright red as soon as he saw me, even from afar, then there was the constant gazing into my eyes until I caught him, watching me whilst I interacted with people then quickly jerking away. He used to linger near where I was working, and then one day called me into th...

These were my thoughts but people in these comments seem to like equating "this didn't happen" with "invalidating asexuality." September 26, 2020 at 12:02AM

Yeah, reading descriptions of the different forms of attraction, and romantic versus queerplatonic relationships, has become a source of confusion for me. What if my idea of an ideal relationship is actually queerplatonic rather than romantic? What if none of my 'crushes' have actually been romantic attraction? What is my orientation? Why is everything on fire now? September 26, 2020 at 12:00AM

How can I know if I would like them based on a picture? Yeah, aesthetic attraction doesn't mean you'll get along well or have anything in common. September 25, 2020 at 11:53PM

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Id like to think nothing is wrong with me. But sometimes I get easily manipulated to think otherwise. I'll work on accepting myself and respect my body. This comment is an eye opener for me and makes me feel better. Thank you September 25, 2020 at 11:36PM

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Thank you for kind message! Last paragraph is soo sweet Your perspective is also very helpful. Im not sure if I'll ever use aegoromantic as my label, but it's good to know there are people with experiences really similar to mine. I don't know how much about my romantic side, it's really confusing. Maybe thanks to your comments it will be more clear for me. As for QPR, I heard about it, never really bothered to check what's it about and how exactly it works. But now that you mentioned it and I did some reseaech, I feel like I'd like to check it out. But it may be more difficult to find QPP than finding romantic partner, which is problrmatic ,:( September 25, 2020 at 11:25PM

(Laughs in Parshendi, a fantasy species who are pretty much all ace) September 25, 2020 at 11:22PM

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