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How does one get over feeling so lonely?? It's so embarrassing to me to say but I have no school friends, no childhood friends. Nothing like that. I can't even say I have a best friend. I had 2 besties in high school but we got into a fight and the one ended our friendship which then made the other one end it as well. And during college I had friends but never stayed in contact. I always make friends but then once they leave or I leave, its over. And for 4 years, I was away a lot as I worked for a cruise line. Again I made some friends there and some I thought we would be besties fore...

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 watching tv both happy. I came home from school to find my mum inconsolable saying that my dad had left, she was too upset to say why. I didn't hear from my dad for more then 12 hours ( it's was a very sleepl...

Hi, my name is Zach and I am 15. I moved to Germany a maybe year ago. When I moved here it was like August so school was coming. When I got to school, I tried to make friends but nobody wanted to be friends with me. I am very quiet person, like when somebody asks me something I sometimes refuse to answer, I don't know what is happening to me. I am not leaving the house but that's only because I have problems and I don't want to go anywhere. I am always chatting to my friends on the internet so I am always on a computer or on a phone... The main problem is that I can't make friends, and I am...

This weekend I am supposed to be visiting my in-laws as an early Christmas (we're spending Christmas with my parents). MIL and FIL are divorced, and FIL gets very offended if we don't exactly spend the same amount of time with him as we do with MIL. But, he is a very unpleasant person to be around (MIL is delightful, and there's no way I'd ever go back to their village if it wasn't for seeing her). He always gets incredibly drunk any time we see him, and tries to force you to drink as well. Now, I'm an adult and will drink when I want to and not drink when I don't want to, but if I tell th...

Hi everyone,I need some opinions here. So my bf is off to grad school but,our relationship has been rocky this couple of months cause of distance. There is no effort on his part because he is super stress and I understand but on the hand I want this relationship to be equal. So when I told him that he said I will give it to you after I am done with finals but I told him he can do that but he can also just sent me a cute text saying I love you randomly because I am always the one doing that. I feel like I suffer from seasonal depression so that makes it worse when it’s the first time we have ...

My husband and I have 3 children. our youngest son is 21 the middle son is 22 years and our oldest is our daughter who is 25. our middle child is living with his girlfriends parents at the moment. He met her whilst he was at university. they want to move in together to a different town eventually and work close to London. he is staying with her family for Christmas which im hurt about because this will be the first year he as ever done anything like this so it will just be our two other children with us. I don't know if its because he doesn't want to be at home because of me or because he just...

Well...I did not think we would end...very naieve of me! So,my story goes,we met in 98 and the relationship grew.We were really into each other,I was 25,she 22. I know life has distractions...I got into fast bikes and kind off became passionate about them then music and took things for granted. 2006,we marry,first child,2007,second child 2010. life was good but,I just didnt handle 2 small kids well and i took to drinking,out at the weekend until 3-4am...some weekends I could go til 8am and this started the disaster...Im sure. i neglected her and I am so sorry for that. friction came betw...

Married andhappy but no intimacy help...

I’ve been having a friends with benefits situation with a guy at my job for a few months and I thought things were going well, but lately he’s been completely ignoring me in and out of work. At first I thought it was totally random, but thinking back on our last interaction I’m almost certain it’s the reason why he’s acting odd towards me. The night I stopped hearing from him, he saw me out with another guy getting food after work. The other guy and I have a strictly platonic relationship so I introduced them and even invited him to join us for dinner, but he just stormed off and...

I’m in need of some advice with regards to an ex Boyfriend... I don’t know where to start, but il give it ago. Hope you’re ready for a read. Il try and add as much detail as possible and apologies about the grammar in advance. Current Status: I have been with my current partner now for over 5 years, we love each other very much. We work really well together as we have built two very successful businesses with each other. When we got together I feel like the first two years it was just company- no feelings but after the second year we become more custom and content together. Now we ...

My bf and I do love each other after 5 years but unlike him who can discuss and wants to move forward about our future including marriage I am paralyzed when it comes to this issue. We are both in our 60s and he is divorced but I’m widowed. I think I’m afraid because of either or both these reasons: I’m afraid of losing someone I love like my late husband. I almost didn’t survive that loss and I’m still grieving after 7 years. Or He has very little money saved and lives paycheck to paycheck and I’ve worked hard all my life and saved money for a decent retirement so I’...

Been married 22 years together 26. had more lows then highs in the marriage. I still love him but think this is the end for us and thinking of divorcing him. the trust as gone completely for me. he as looked at porn, told to stop but still went behind my back and done it again, he took out loans behind my back and said, so what if he did, he as been on dating sites as well. I have cheated on him in the past so im no saint and I done it because he made me feel I wasn't good enough looking at porn a lot and finding the dating sites. we moved house 2 months ago and its the worst one we could of p...

Who we are: We are eastern europeans, heterosexual couple,she is 35 and Im 38. We have been together for 6 years, and met each other in EU. Location: UK, (England). Not in London. Immigration status: She has EU citizenship and I have dual citizenship. She has lived 11 years in UK and I have done six and half. We have humanitarian degrees. (non UK). We have not been able to get a job using those. id say they re worthless here. We have not been able to find job in our homee countries as well hence came to UK. Job experience in UK: she has been a carer (mostly for elderly) all the time....

Hi everyone. I just wanted to reach out to receive an unbiased opinion for a major issue I am currently struggling with in my relationship. The situation is weighing heavily on me and I would just like some advice on what to do about it. So my boyfriend and I have been together a couple months now. We are usually great but lately it hasn't been as great. Relationships have hard times so I am aware of that as well and fine with it. An example of this was this morning. He had texted me good morning and said that he missed when I called him babe and other pet names because we had been fig...

My boyfriend has told me he needs time on his own i have told him i love him i am here for him and i dont want to throw what we have away so i will give him space and wait for him to contact me. But i cant workout wether we are still together or if were split and i dont know how to ask him after telling him i wouldnt contact him. I dont want to seem like im interrogating him and push him further away can anyone help me please???...

Help I dont want to leave my bf We have a sweet happy family Hes the love of my life. He is sick. Should i give him some space and tell him he needs to sober up It just keeps getting worse. I busted my behind all day today being a good housewife and he switches over to this monster refuses to eat the food i made for him shuns me flips me off then calls me an idiot and tells me to get off my ass and get a life whatd i do all day wash 3 dishes The other night he came at me with a cigarette in the house i hid in the closet with the baby and he seeked me out and got in my face Thi...

I work with a married man who, 12 weeks ago contacted me outside of work. I have a boyfriend of 10 yrs but he is abusive and the relationship, emotionally and physical ended a while ago. The married man said he felt a connection and had to find out whether it was something worth exploring...well it was, I’d felt it too and and was electric! I’d never felt a connection like it before. We became extremely close and it was inevitable that we fell in love. His wife kicked him out, packed his bags and told him she wanted him gone.She didn’t do this because of our affair but because of an ar...

I am wondering if anyone can help me with some relationship advice? I am a lesbian and I have been with my wife for around 2 years. ...

I broke the no contact rule with my ex by begging him to which of course he said no and in an week I was invited to a party to my former work place (he still works there).Should i go to this event knowing he will be there especially after i made a fool out of myself by begging him to get back together? I don’t want him to think I am going there only to see him and that this is a way of stalking him or making him take me back but also I want to enjoy seeing my old colleagues with which I stayed in contact after I left my workplace. ...

Hello Many years ago my wife divulged lots of information about how her mother had negatively impacted her development throughout her life, how her mom had let her down etc. This along with issues that I have witnessed for myself really make me struggle to be civil to my mother in law. My wife acknowledges that by confiding in me, she has made it difficult for me to like my mother in law but she is now upset as she feels that this is making her distant from her family as I struggle to hide my feelings. I keep trying to bury everything and move on but I really am struggling and I wan...

Anyway, I recently got back with an ex. We dated for a while and it felt magical. Great sex. Great conversations. Everything. If I had any real annoyance with him, it's that he's pretty introverted and I felt like I had to plan everything. (Which felt kind of unequal. Like, dude, find some fun stuff to do with me for once! I don't like having to intuit what other people want to do then plan it all!) Then he broke up with me out of the blue because I "go to bed too early" (I go to bed at 11 on work nights because, you know...work), "eat normal food" (like, I like to eat three meals a day ...

my boyfriend and I have been dating for 9 months now, both take it very seriously... however I have NEVER been a good gift giver to the opposite sex, and this is going to be our first Christmas together... I have no idea what to get him. plz help!!!...

hey i'm almost 19yo and i have a muslim mom today she walked in my room with an angry expression and told me that she found condoms in my drawer so i got a little confused and didn't know what to answer i just said that i didn't want to talk about that with her she was clearly frisking my stuff and i didn't like that i think that some things are just personal and that privacy matters well.. i was hoping that if one day they found out about this kind of stuff, my parent would be happy that i use protection but instead she don't even wanna talk with me now what should i do ?...

Married 26 years (high school sweethearts) with 2 young children. Since our children came along, our marriage slowly deteriorated. I admit my focus was on the kids, and I stupidly put my marriage on the back burner. Looking back on it, this was a major cause of a lot of our problems. I’m regretting the decision I made to solely focus on my kids, and I think I will forever. We weathered through many storms, but over the last couple of years we’ve lived like roommates. He sleeps in the spare room in our basement, and I sleep in the master bedroom. He has threatened me several times wi...

I've been with my boyfriend for 6 months. Tomorrow we sign documents for a flat share together. In general, we treat each other well and do not fight often. We have a serious relationship and I have no doubts I love him. He told me he loved me on the 3rd month. Yesterday we had an honest talk, and he told me he hears from time to time with his ex girlfriend (they were friends since 2012 and dated for 2 years - 2013 and ended in 2015, lived together and remained friends). He decided to show me the chat and to be honest because for him it was not something important - they were exchanging 2-3 se...

So my wife and our families that not seen eye to eye single our marrige about 8 years ago. Both my wife and I had alot of resentment towards each others’ families that we could not even be in the same room. This lead to sessions of family therapy, which I feel helped me baucause I now being more accepting of my inlaws. My wife however I feel still has alot of anger and resentment towards my family and me. We often get into dissagreements brcause she feels i do t stand up to her when she feels my family is not inclusive with her in our gatherings. I however feel that her attitude and de...

there’s this guy who works security at my job. We’ve talked and flirted for a while and he asked for my number and things were going pretty well until I realized he didn’t want to take this further than just flirting. He would constantly remind me that we weren’t dating whenever I tried to do anything with him. He would also accuse me of talking and flirting with other people and would always tells me I could do what I wanted since we weren’t actually dating. I had actually cut off a few people because of him. This went on for a few months until one day an old friend whom I haven�...

So my gf is Nepalese and 23, I am German and 25, we both live in London My gf of 4 years broke up with me about a month ago. We had a phone call 2 weeks before that day and recently just came back from a holiday. I was a bit frustrated as we were both really busy with new stages in our life (she just started a job, me new degree) and couldn't really see each other. 2 weeks later she tells me it's better if we take a break, we match but it's better if we are alone now. One week after that, she tells me it's better to break up as we wouldn't match suddenly. She said it's not fair that she doe...

I have been married for 3 years. My husband works out of state 5-6 days a week. I stay home. My husband has chronic shoulder pain, and deals with pain everyday. His Dr has advised that his last option is shoulder surgery, which he refuses to have done. Lately my husband is suffering from ED, and has told me pills like Viagra can cause blindness so he wont take them. We havent had sex in 6 months. I have encouraged him to do other things with me, or to me (dildo, etc). He never does, he tells me I am selfish and should think of others. He tells me that him buying me things and taking me to di...