Thanksgiving road trip sounds romantic until the itinerary starts sounding like a stress test. New boyfriend of three months wants a California to Colorado drive, a pickup in Nevada, a 3 a.m. departure, four days total on the road, and a first meeting with his kids, grandkids, and not‑yet‑ex wife squeezed around an intensive statistics …
Seguir leyendo ‘It’s important to me because I am changing careers to be able to retire’: New boyfriend pushes 53-year-old woman to prioritize a Thanksgiving trip to Colorado over her classes, kids, and long-term retirement plans, so she cancels to protect her future
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‘I literally froze. Because that’s my ex. Like my actual ex’: Roommate brings her new situationship home without realizing it is actually her housemate’s ex, leaving the housemate wondering whether to warn her or stay quiet
Roommate nightmares sometimes jump past piles of dishes and straight into full existential chaos. One perfectly normal night turns off course when a roommate bursts in, hyped about her new situationship. She shares every detail: tech job, tattooed forearm, a cartoon laugh snort, and with each clue the vibe turns more uncanny. It is not …
Seguir leyendo ‘I literally froze. Because that’s my ex. Like my actual ex’: Roommate brings her new situationship home without realizing it is actually her housemate’s ex, leaving the housemate wondering whether to warn her or stay quiet
Woman leaves blind date after the first 5 minutes due to a «strong gut feeling», despite man driving long-distance to meet her: ‘The moment we met, he gave off very annoyed and angry vibes’
We’ve been sitting here for the last fifteen minutes trying to debate what could possibly be worse than an awkward blind, first date…and we’ve got nothing. Nothing beats those clammy hands, horrendous ice-breaking dad-jokes, and every person’s biggest fear, a potential catfish! You’re just waiting for the initial awkwardness to fade, but it never does…and …
Seguir leyendo Woman leaves blind date after the first 5 minutes due to a «strong gut feeling», despite man driving long-distance to meet her: ‘The moment we met, he gave off very annoyed and angry vibes’
‘I can barely afford to get by at the new place on my own’: Grad student moves away for school, stops paying for groceries at fiancé’s place because her budget can’t cover it anymore, but the engineer fiancé doesn’t take it well
After a cross-country move for grad school, a student is stretched to the limit and barely visits her old home anymore. Groceries and utilities used to be part of the deal with her fiancé, but now she can’t afford to keep covering it from a thousand miles away. Four states away and a grad school …
Seguir leyendo ‘I can barely afford to get by at the new place on my own’: Grad student moves away for school, stops paying for groceries at fiancé’s place because her budget can’t cover it anymore, but the engineer fiancé doesn’t take it well
‘If she’s choosing him over a friendship of 10 years, then maybe we’re not as close as I thought’: 29-year-old Jade uninvites her best friend from their «all-women» Montreal trip because she invited her new boyfriend, Ethan, who feels left out
It’s amazing how seven months of romance can send a ten-year friendship straight to exile with nothing but a teary phone call and a heap of guilt. Jade took relationship advice from Ethan, whose chief talent seems to be brooding quietly in the corner and redefining «outsider» as code for «VIP at the insecurities table.» …
Seguir leyendo ‘If she’s choosing him over a friendship of 10 years, then maybe we’re not as close as I thought’: 29-year-old Jade uninvites her best friend from their «all-women» Montreal trip because she invited her new boyfriend, Ethan, who feels left out
Woman goes on first date with 26-year-old, Brad, but after a great night together, he abruptly storms out the next morning when realizing her dreamy green eyes were actually colored contacts, calling her a catfish: ‘It’s the same as using makeup’
We’ve heard men say time and time again, I much prefer a more natural woman or Agh, I hate it when girls wear makeup…But I think men often forget that not everything a woman does is to make them happier, but is rather something that makes us, women, feel good! Oftentimes, makeup is used as …
Seguir leyendo Woman goes on first date with 26-year-old, Brad, but after a great night together, he abruptly storms out the next morning when realizing her dreamy green eyes were actually colored contacts, calling her a catfish: ‘It’s the same as using makeup’
‘Someone’s gotta keep the lights on’: Man pays full $2,800 rent and covers every expense, working 70-hour workweeks in cybersecurity, while girlfriend contributes $200 monthly and complains about him never being around
This hardworking cybersecurity guy can’t catch a break. Work gobbles up every hour, bills stack up, and fun gets canceled more often than a sketchy software update. He pays for everything, rent, groceries, all the treats, while his girlfriend runs retail shifts and brings home a little rent money each month. Lately she’s decided she’s …
Seguir leyendo ‘Someone’s gotta keep the lights on’: Man pays full $2,800 rent and covers every expense, working 70-hour workweeks in cybersecurity, while girlfriend contributes $200 monthly and complains about him never being around
‘He showed up in… a fedora!’: 20+ women share real-life reasons why they walked out on a date
Ladies, have you ever been on a date where the man boasted about how he kept getting black-out and into fist fights with bouncers? I have, and I didn’t walk out, I ran! Wouldn’t you? I am not the only woman who has experienced such an absurdly bad date that they had to simply …
Seguir leyendo ‘He showed up in… a fedora!’: 20+ women share real-life reasons why they walked out on a date
‘Out of nowhere, I get a DM from a girl saying she’s dating Jake, I didn’t respond’: 26-year-old wonders if she should have warned her 28-year-old ex Jake’s new girlfriend about his toxic behavior after seeing history repeat itself
Every ex who once played the main villain eventually tries to star in someone else’s sequel, and it rarely ends well. The guy in question comes pre-packaged with charm, a smile that looks good in photos, and the self-awareness of a plastic spoon. At first, he’s the boyfriend version of a well-written apology, but before …
Seguir leyendo ‘Out of nowhere, I get a DM from a girl saying she’s dating Jake, I didn’t respond’: 26-year-old wonders if she should have warned her 28-year-old ex Jake’s new girlfriend about his toxic behavior after seeing history repeat itself
‘I was really embarrassed’: Whiny boyfriend spends all long road trip to mountain range sighing and complaining about driving, making his girlfriend cringe, and their friends awkwardly enduring hours of discomfort
There are tantrums, there are unfortunate road trip playlists, and then there is the special endurance trial that is driving two and a half hours next to a grown man performing existential sighs like he’s auditioning for a community theater adaptation of Les Misérables.