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Hi all, I could really use some input and advise from you. Thank you. Long story short - I feel I am at an absolute low point in my life right now, and I feel I need to do something about it. I know that to some people the text below might sound like I am overly sensitive and self-pityful - so feel free to tell me if that is the case :-) I am 53 years old. I have no kids. I have no wife. ...

I have met somebody for the first time in a long time and we’ve been seeing each other fairly consistently for about seven months. During this time it is become clear to me that he has several health conditions which affects the quality of his life on an ongoing basis. We are both retired, and I am widowed after having taken care of my husband who passed from cancer. Therefore, maybe I’m a lit...

I've decided I'm going to begin a new thread here as I chronicle my latest problems, concerns, thoughts and victories. The timing seems right for a couple of reasons, even though it leaves my last thread fading off into oblivion... I guess the main reason is that I feel like I've reached some new chapter or threshold in my recent situations. At least, it feels a bit that way. I ...

I've had a bit of a difficult and complicated situation with both my girlfriend and a long time close male friend. It started when we started dating and one night she met me at a bar after we had gone on date the day or two before. We were talking at the bar and my friend approaches us as we were talking and basically barges into the conversation and quickly asks for her social media. I ca...

This is Tenuo. I done a post on here a while back under Problems At Home. I cannot remember my password to log back in to the same post so thought I would do a new one and see if anyone can can reply to my post. So our son has been here since July this year. He is working part time in a coffee shop. Totally different from his full time job before working in an office. My husband and I hav...

I'm Aydan, 27 years old. I have been noticing something weird for years now, that I deliberately push to the back of my mind everytime. I have 2 younger siblings, and we're all 2 years apart from each other. I love them of course! However, recently the weird behaviours have been more frequent and it seems like it's been done on purpose. My siblings tend to ignore me on purpose and/o...

Me (31, female) and my friend (30, female) had a fight over text messages. Background: I am sine a year and a half and especially currently in bad health. I get my work done and some of my household tasks, but after that, I’m usually exhausted due to severe pain and other symptoms like dizziness, brain fog, and concentration problems, which can even lead to panic attacks. On weekends, I mos...

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Hi Marked this under 'other' as really not sure what category to put it under and will try and keep it as short as possible. I recently met up with a woman I used to work with that I really liked ,after about 4 years. In the time in between we'd chat on WhatsApp but it was always me that initiated it and not her. Anyway we met a couple of weeks ago for coffee and spent a good...

Hello! Got many problems, but I'll begin with the one that led me to look for another advice forum (used to be on one back in the day that got bought, ruined and shut down by a major magazine publisher). Since at least my teens, I've had big problems with worrying myself sick over things I did. Sometimes, like last night, it's because I really made a mistake, someone told me ...

I know this behavior is not normal, but I cannot talk to my friend about it because it will destroy our friendship. Here is the story: She was widowed in her early 50's several years ago after husband lost his battle with cancer. She has one adult daughter who is married with a toddler and another baby on the way. In the years since her husband passed, she has grown more and more attach...

Ok so im 18 years old and recently my best friend- or my only friend moved away. I stayed at our hometown with my parents even though i wanted to leave but we couldn't afford that. I was initially jealous because of that but i got over it quickly. Anyways, my main concern right now is that i feel like i am missing out on life. I go to uni but i havent really met anyone i like. I have people ...

So I have a problem with our son being here. Our son is living with us after giving up his job when he went travelling for four months. He has been living here 3 months already and I’m fed up with it all. He works part time and getting some benefits. he is not paying us any rent at all so his washing is done. He is having hot showers each day, He is using the electric and gas and my husband sa...

My birthday is coming up and I’ve wondered if my husband should have taken the day off. Two years running I have been away on holiday for my birthday with my husband and the year before I had a night away with my husband. my birthday this year will be at home and I wished it wasn’t. We just come back from a week away and I wished he was off but it’s a week day and he is in work. I said ...

Husband came home in the afternoon and said, Can I ask you a favour. In the morning we had ignored each other because the day before we had been arguing over things and it all just made me upset and I started shouting. I was shouting loudly when we were having a walk and he slepted down stairs from me like he has done many times in the past. He didn’t make my breakfast or sandwiches which he us...

So I have been with my husband for almost 14 years. Here Lately he been drinking himself stupid every single day and I feel like he is just in a downward spiral. I don't want to leave because Ive been sick for the past 5 yrs and he has been there for me. I know I might sounds a little ungrateful, but I'm not. I love him and just don't know if I stay by his side while he self-destruc...

I don't want to focus in on any one issue, but there are a few different things troubling me as of late. I reckon I used to think I had a pretty good "radar" for sensing out good friendships, and people to consider friends. But some of my longest-lasting friendships have thrown me for a loop lately. I'm starting to think that maybe since I've grown as a person I now v...

I separated from my husband 3 years ago after being together for 14 years and married for 9 of those, we have an 11 year old son. (We are not divorced) he has now told me he regrets his decision. In the run up to our split my husband suffered mental health problems and had a break down. I tried to be as supportive as possible but the same time I was desperately trying to rekindle the intimac...

Hi My parents split up just over 2 months ago which came as a total shock to me, I didn't see it come at all, as far as I knew they were fine. There were no obvious signs no arguments, no distance or issues that could of put strain on there relationship and they've always supported each other through everything. the night before they broke up they were snuggled on the sofa together wa...

How do you deal with an adult friend who is on their phone the ENTIRE TIME you're out with them? To date, I have not confronted the situation, but I've grown increasingly annoyed with the rudeness and I'm not sure how to "tactfully" handle it. What I would love to say is, if you're going to spend the entire night on your phone, why don't you just stay home? Tr...

A week ago I was taking a picture from my father's phone and accidentally deleted it. When I went to restore it from the recently deleted folder, it was filled with approx 20-30 pictures of completely naked women engaging in sexual acts. I was shocked and closed it instantly. I then later went back to it and saw that these were screenshots of videos on porn sites and they were for sure from h...

Hi, I'm 16 years old and I'm in a tough situation with my former friend group that I'm lost about. For some background, I was in a friend group with 3 other people. I'll refer to them as Thing 1, Thing 2, and Thing 3. Thing 1 and I have been friends for 12 years. Our moms have been friends for that long as well. Thing 1's mom is also abusive. She's broken Thing 1&#...

There was someone I liked very deeply, but I never told him. I always felt insecure and not good enough, and I used to wonder why someone like him would ever love someone like me. He already had a girlfriend at the time, and later, he married her. He always treated me kindly and helped me a lot, especially in a professional way. At first, I thought my feelings were just a crush, maybe because of h...

¡Inglés y español unidos! Tengo una gran idea para la comunidad LGBT. Ahora existe una palabra para un hombre gay que es equivalente a la palabra 'lesbiana' Las palabras que empiezan con 'L' y terminan con 'A' son afrodisíacos para hombres y mujeres bisexuales. "ADANEBRECSIEL" Voltéalo al revés, ¿a quién ves? "EDUBRECSIEL" Vol...

Okay, so before I give an update on my unprofessional and predatory principal, I would like to share why my girlfriend called him weird. He is EXTREMELY predatory (wish we had physical proof). We have a big picture on one of our walls in our school where everyone can addto it. That being said he had told her "Can you go color that wall just for me." in this voice that sent CHILLS throug...

My friend and I rented a VRBO for a few days and split the cost. Coincidentally, her brother just happened to have some vacation time around the same dates. She approached me and wanted to invite him to stay with us at the VRBO. I said that would be great and would he be paying 1/3? She became offended and stated that of course not because he would be our guest. To add some background, he tak...

Hello all. I am looking to share my story, as I don't have many people to talk to and I am looking for some help.. So, I am 33 year old man and I have a best friend with benefits that is a 37 year old woman. We met each other before 2 years and immediately we had such a strong connection and everything felt so real. Our bond became so strong with every talk, text, meeting, with every hug...

I've lived in my flat block for a number of years now and one of my neighbours caught my eye early on into living here and was instantly attracted to them. For my own reasons I never pursued anything and put this attraction to one side and maintained a causal neighbourly relationship and did my own thing. Over the past 6 months our sons have become really close friends and often play toge...