About 3 months ago I (21M) moved across the country and my then girlfriend (21F) and I never really talked about us we just left it open ended kinda like we'll see how things go. We were only dating for about 2-3 months at the time and didn't really know what to do. Since then we've talked every single day and I'm going down to see her soon. I'm thinking of asking her to date long distance, but I don't know when we'd be able to live near each other again. I'm moving again within a year, and it may be as close as 20 minutes from her, or may be 10 states over it just depends on where the place I get offered is. Can anyone who's tried long distance give me advice? TLDR: I really like this girl, but I don't know if we'll be able to make it work because of distance. Submitted June 26, 2019 at 11:57PM About 3 months ago I (21M) moved across the country and my then girlfriend (21F) and I never really talked about us we just left it open ende...

I’ve been single for the last year. I broke up with my ex, and it was definitely the right decision. This past year, I have not gone in any dates, and I’ve been set up with numerous people, but came up with excuses to not go out with them. I joined apps and got matches, but never got any further than basic chatting. Again, they wanted my number or a date, but I was too scared. I really would love to meet someone. Someone I can cook and clean for. Someone to take on adventures, to go to Comic-Con with. To talk with all night. And to eat all the foods. I don’t know what’s stopping me. Maybe I’m scared, maybe I don’t think I’m good enough...I felt I’ve never been treated the way I deserve. It’s just rough out there, and here I am crying alone in my apartment. Sorry for the vent. Submitted June 27, 2019 at 12:17AM I’ve been single for the last year. I broke up with my ex, and it was definitely the right decision. This past year, I have not gone in any dates, and I’ve been set up w...

So about 8 months ago I went on Tinder and met this cute girl. You know how it goes, got her number, got to talking and got to know each other. She’s 23 and I’m 26. We both agreed to keeping it casual as neither of us was ready for any committed relationship. For the last 8 months we’ve been seeing each other, we became very close but agreed to keep the terms of non-commitment. Throughout these 8 months we’ve argued atleast 3 times about how she felt worried that we were getting too close. I assured her that she can see other people, I’ve been doing it. We spoke every single day, I knew about her life. When the fights happened I asked her if she wanted to end this casual set up, I asked if I make her happy, she said I do and we continued forward. Around 2 weeks ago her work colleague was murdered. Despite the fact that they weren’t close, this affected her badly. She’s mentioned that she feels fucked up mentally and she’s not sure how she feels anymore. I suggested talking to people...

So this is a very complicated story. I've known this girl since the beginning of high school, and we became close friends. We would always spend time with each other by going to museums, watching movies, and going to Disneyland together. Over time I began to have feelings for her, and I confessed to her over a text. She never responded, and we didn't talk for a while. Over a few months, she would hit me back up and said that she missed me and wanted to rekindle our friendship. We did, and we got closer than ever before. Last summer, we would hang out all the time, and those feelings for her came back. We go to different universities, and we would try to communicate, and we would make sure to see each other whenever we had the opportunity. She would call me things like "baby boy" and always tell me she would miss me. We would go to an amusement park, and she would put her arm around mine and lay her head on my shoulder. Then one day, she messaged me suggesting that I ...

So, my dad (M51) got divorced from my mom when I was around 9. I was a very naive kid so I didn't get it, but from my brother's reaction I knew I was supposed to be upset (he was around 11, he burst out crying). All I really understood was that they were going to live in separate houses. Not even a year later, starts dating my step-mother, who we'll call Trixie. He dated her on and off through high school and they broke things off in college. I was around 10 or 11 when they started dating, and not even another year later, they get engaged. So they dated for about nine or so months. She lived in Dallas, TX and we lived in Birmingham, AL so it was a long distance relationship until she moved in with us when I was 12. As I got older, I started feeling kind of weird about how quickly he got with her and how quickly they got engaged. It didn't really effect my interactions with her though, so I didn't really think about it. Cut to when I'm 12, he starts getting p...

I fell in love when I was 20 with a wonderful man that I spent 15 years of my life with but we didn't make it. I've been single since (8 years). I've had plenty (lots) of partners / lovers / boyfriends since but none that I've felt have been special. A few weeks ago I had a "moment" with a friend of mine that brought me back to that feeling of falling in love. It was magical. My friend however is married. I have not seen him since and am not planning to but the whole experience has really thrown me. I know that I will be judged here as he is in a relationship but it was the first time since I fell for my ex more than 20 years ago that I really felt that spark and connection with someone and I'm really hurting that it's something that I can't follow through on or investigate to see if it has substance. I'm not sure what advice on looking for but has anyone experienced something similar. I feel like I've been searching for years to feel that...

I (34F) met this guy (45M) via online dating. We’ve been on two dates so far. Practically every day he texts me with details about what he did that day, what he’s doing now, or what he’s going to do, and how he feels about ALL of it. He does say “How are you?” eventually, but he gives me all this detail about his life and feelings totally unsolicited. In my dating experience, when you’ve only known someone a very short time, you don’t do this. You keep things light and simple. Texts should be straight and to the point, like, “Hey, want to get together on Friday?” To me, he’s acting like we’re already in a relationship, and it’s feeling suffocating to me. TLDR: Two dates and he’s texting me too frequently and with too much detail Submitted June 27, 2019 at 12:04AM I (34F) met this guy (45M) via online dating. We’ve been on two dates so far. Practically every day he texts me with details about what he did that day, what he’s doing now, or what he’s going to do, and how he feels ...