I'm (27f) dating someone a little older than me (36M), and he's in a very different place in life. He's much more financially secure with a job that let's him work months and then take months off and just travel. He's very flexible because of his income. I'm the opposite, I'm not paid as well, and am trying to save up money to get a graduate degree. I'm working full time, but most of it goes to savings and bills. I get to splurge once in a while, but it's not on big things. It's hard because I feel guilty that I can't treat him like he treats me sometimes and I don't know how to talk to him about it. Like he'll invite me to dinner but make reservations at a really expensive restaurant. Or he'll invite me to come traveling with him but I have to turn that down because of time off work and the cost. I don't know if he always thinks about how I can't drop money like he does. It feels nice that he wants to include me but it...

Maybe not the best title & definitely a bit of a ramble, but… For context: I moved to university 5 years ago. During that time I had one relationship with a person who was a good friend of mine before the relationship. At the start of our relationship, we never dated, we kinda just fell into it. She broke it off at the end of my second year and to be honest, it properly screwed me up, fully broke my heart. But it is what it is, we move on. By the time I was ready to start seeing other people, covid hit and I ended up moving back home. I continued living at home, before then moving for a 1 year long internship. I returned to university last year, for my final year and joined tinder, hinge and bumble. Since then I’ve been on one date with one person and drunkenly kissed another. I recently graduated and I start my grad job next month, it’s my dream job. Only problem being, it’s in small town, roughly and hour from the nearest big city. I’m quite happy on my own, but I would a...

I for one vote against brigading. July 24, 2022 at 12:14AM

I’m 17m and my date is 18f we’ve been on a few coffee dates previously and she asked me out on a dinner date at a nice restaurant, and since this is my first big date I’ve been stressing out on this pretty bad. I don’t know how to act or dress or think right now and just want some advice. Submitted July 23, 2022 at 11:49PM I’m 17m and my date is 18f we’ve been on a few coffee dates previously and she asked me out on a dinner date at a nice restaurant, and since this is my first big date I’ve been stressing out on this pretty bad. I don’t know how to act or dress or think right now and just want some advice.

I was on a first date last night and I was the most socially awkward human ever. For some reason I was just blank on all conversation topics. What do you all talk about on first or second dates? Submitted July 24, 2022 at 12:14AM I was on a first date last night and I was the most socially awkward human ever. For some reason I was just blank on all conversation topics. What do you all talk about on first or second dates?

My understanding is that some do and some don’t, just like non-asexuals. The term for not experiencing pleasure from sexual stimulation/orgasm is sexual anhedonia. July 23, 2022 at 11:37PM