So I(20) met this girl(18) in one of my classes in College this spring semester I was forced to take as a transfer student. I thought she was really cool we did an Icebreaker thing the first day and found out we had a lot in common so on and so on. Over the course of the semester I started to catch feelings for this girl so I spent like 80% of the semester trying to simply befriend her outside of the class. It started out as simple shooting the sh*t after class for about five minutes to at times spending hour chatting in the common area before one of us decided we needed to go home. Eventually I friended her on FB and stuff under her belief it was for the class so we could communicate via Messenger if needed. I never expressed any of my feelings towards I always played the humble nice guy. But throughout the semester she'd call me out in class on things and make fun of me for being older than her. And she eventually got to the point of telling me personal life problems in our conv...

I have been with my boyfriend for a year and we are in a very happy relationship and we are basically best friends. We both smoke weed, we take edibles together probably weekly, I rarely smoke but have before, and he smokes probably weekly with his best friend. I am ok with weed as it’s legal where we live (Canada) although I actually prefer edibles over smoking as it doesn’t destroy the lungs. My boyfriends best friends are daily weed users, basically functioning off of it. I’ve been very anti drug other than the basic weed/alcohol, including a no tobacco tolerance as my dad died in his early 40s due to complications that was predicted from his regular smoking, I was only 4. My boyfriend doesn’t smoke cigarettes, but used to vape. I was against him vaping and argued with him about it but ultimately told him its his choice I just don’t want to see him become addicted to it as it destroyed my father. He understand and eventually (probably about 4 months into vaping) his vape stopped w...

I have dated men who have cheated on me, made me feel like I am not good enough, etc. These guys would like pictures on Instagram of ‘normal’ girls who were incredibly attractive. They would be half naked and it would bother me because they didn’t seem to care I was upset and the cheating just also made me lose my trust. I am super annoyed that I even cared about liking a girl’s Instagram picture because it’s just a picture, right? It caused me to spiral into a darkness and have super low self esteem. I have since then moved on from these past hurts and have built my self esteem up so much and I truly am so happy with where I am right now. Without sounding like a cocky ahole, I would say I am a decently attractive female and have a good personality. I have met, and now dating, a man (24M) who is wonderful in every way possible. He is intelligent, kind, compassionate, empathetic, emotional, and just overall an incredibly nice person. He makes me feel like I’m the only girl in the world...

Two months ago, I posted here about my situation and detailed out the abuse from my mom and sister . I'm so happy I did that; I've found the courage to open up to my family and told them straight up that I didn't want to maintain contact. I told my brother about the situation beforehand. He was supportive and told me that he would still be in touch. I haven't spoken to said family members, except my brother, for the past two months - and it's been so uplifting. I feel like a brand new person. Although there's been a few bumps in the road (ie. my mom basically telling all my relatives about what had happened, and now they're all stalking me on LinkedIn), I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off me. I've reached out to my closest friends here about my fallout - and they're all truly supportive of my situation, especially because they know in detail what I had gone through with my family. One of my friends constantly reminded me that it's ab...

Writing while crying... sorry for the word vomit. I’m a 19 year old girl, I’ve always been smart, sensible and responsible, especially when compared to my other siblings. My older sister got pregnant at a young and and still lives at home to avoid having to pay bills, but she’s almost 25... And my younger sister who’s 17 is a drunk who loves to party and stays out until 5 am during the weekends. I’m the smart sister, the kind one. I’m the only one who ever helps my mom cook or clean, and gives up hanging out with friends to always take care of my nephew, they need a lot of help with a babysitter and I guess I’ve just become that. As well as I never give my parents any trouble or attitude. I met a guy online, and I’ve known him to 2+ years now. He’s older than me, and lives in a different country. We decided we should finally meet this summer, and I’d really love to go to his country and stay in his home being that if he came here, we’d have to factor in hotel $$ and things like tha...

Bf and I are from different countries, so sometimes we struggle being clear. I've been sick the past week, and he asked me my weekend plans. I said I'm drinking with friends on Friday and he's invited too, and I have no plans after. He said let's meet on Sunday, and said he'll probs join us Friday too. We had issues in the past where I always included friends at our dates, so I make sure to plan alone time with him now. Meanwhile some old friends asked if I wanna drive up and meet them on Sunday, and I said no cuz I already promised my bf. ​ On Friday, my friends decided to move plans to Saturday or Sunday, so I told my bf exactly that. He says he already cancelled his other plans for us, and asks if I still wanna hang. I was still sick, so I apologized and told him I should probably rest up. On Saturday, he says he's bored and asks if I wanna hang. I'm still kinda sick and tell him I'm gonna hibernate one more day so that I can go out with him on Sun...

I'm 16, and I've been a considerably good child. Made some mistakes here and there, like all teens do, but I have/had (depression hit me like a truck) great grades, I'm responsible, I'd like to believe that I'm kind, I'm good at a lot of things and I've been generally seen as and considered to be a young prodigy and one of the "smart kids". Now, a bit of our backstory: I'm Brazilian, but due to issues in our country we moved to the UK about a year ago. This is where my parents come in. My dad has never been around much, working from 6am to 10pm everyday when I was younger, he barely knows me now. My mom, on the other hand, got to spend a bit more time with me, but her temper gets the best of her and she loses control sometimes, which has made me terrified of her since I was young. She has hit me quite a lot of times and quite frequently when I was younger though it did get less frequent as time went on, both with her hands and with a flip flop...