Hey everyone,
Over the past few years, loads of articles, posts, and threads have discussed the migration of junior doctors to Australia from the UK, New Zealand, Ireland, etc. These articles have noted an increased migration post-COVID. Many junior doctors from Southeast Asian countries are also making videos and posts about the significant migration opportunities available to them now, which wasn't the case before COVID. Numerous articles are out there about the significant migration of junior doctors at the RMO/HMO levels from all over the world. Whenever an issue pops up, 'flee to Australia' is the go-to saying. Is there really such a shortage of junior doctors in Australia to handle all these overseas doctors? If the conditions are so good, why the shortage of junior doctors, if any? The number of med school graduates is gradually increasing. Will this make Australia less reliant on overseas doctors at the junior level, at least?

I (22M) am a 3rd-year Political Science Student in Denmark.
Lately, Uni has been very boring and I am losing motivation. The academic side is fine, even though I had to take a few classes this semester that didn´t appeal to me much. But other than that, I am fairly content with my career choice and look forward to starting my career, although the job opportunities doesn´t seem to promising.
What has been bothering me lately though, is that there is literally, no social life on Campus anymore. Literally none. It has gotten to a point where everyone talks to 3-to 4 different people at best leaves, at the exact minute the class is over, and rarely shows up at events. At our annual Christmas party, only about 10% of my class showed up, including the people I went with. There is no feeling of a "we". Few common events, shared jokes, nothing like that. We just seem to be individuals, who have to read the same texts, but otherwise share nothing.
I think there are a few reasons for this.
Number one is that my program is very self-study-heavy. There are no expectations that you even show up, let alone contribute to any meaningful discussions or social life. During one semester, we only had about 6 hours of in-person classes each week.
Number two is that clubs and student associations are difficult to join if you don´t already have a strong network. That excludes a lot of students from even participating in extracurriculars.
Number three is that we have no shared symbols, traditions, or anything. Besides a few events, that few attend, there is nothing common to all of us. This might be partly due to my university being fairly "new" (it was founded in the 1960s), but it is a shame. What is supposed to make Uni unique just isn´t there.
Now, it is not that I am lonely. I know practically all of my class personally. I have plenty of hobbies and good friends. I am in a very positive and supportive relationship. I also do quite well financially, since I have worked part-time in a fairly high-paying job since graduating High School. I might also partly be to blame since I am often out of town for my hobbies, and for seeing my partner who lives somewhat far away. But then again, should I just sit around for something that, despite my best efforts might never happen?
On the flip side, my first year was awesome, and the polar opposite of what I mentioned above. I just want to have that life again. I want to be young and have a fun Uni experience that would last for more than just a short year.
Currently, I am kind of waiting to graduate which will happen in around a month. Not that I am ready for it, but it honestly feels like a very attractive alternative to the current situation.

Hii. Graduating student po ako and gusto akong regaluhan ng parents ko ng new phone hehe. Currently using iphone XR which is gift din ng parents ko nung grade 11. Iniisip ko po if dapat na ba kaming bumili ngayon or mag wait na mai release yung iphone 16 para mas maging cheaper yung iPhone 15 pro.
-If iw wait po namin yung iphone 16, how much po kaya magiging price drop ng 15 pro?
Not in a rush naman po pero mejo need na by june yung phone since magr review na for boards hehehe
Thank you so much po, please help po hehe.

I just got an offer from NUS BBA yesterday as well as SMU BBM 2 weeks ago. I have been leaning towards SMU since NUS did not offer me till yesterday but since NUS has offered me, I feel conflicted because I read many reddit posts of NUS & SMU comparison and basically what I am concluding that they are pretty much the same though NUS tempts me with their reputation and S/U part whereby for SMU, their internships opportunities and CBD location and opportunities tempts me too.
I am interested in majoring in finance and aim to work in the top financial institutions such as Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs. So I went to LinkedIn to find out how many of the employees are from NUS/SMU and the results are as follows:
Morgan Stanley Singapore Employees: 623 NUS Graduates: 162 SMU Graduates: 77
JP Morgan Chase & Co. Singapore Employees: 3844 NUS Graduates: 690 SMU Graduates: 383
JP Morgan Singapore Employees: 58 NUS Graduates: 264 SMU Graduates: 180
Goldman Sachs Singapore Employees: 1351 NUS Graduates: 404 SMU Graduates: 187
The results clearly shows that all the FIs hire more NUS students than SMU students, but I am conflicted because I have people telling me that the school does not matter as long as I do well in the school and also people telling me that Top IB firms hire more SMU students. Which is why I am here to seek advices from anyone who can help me with my decision Thank You!

Before u read, this will be bunch of informations that are barely connected, it's poorly written, I'm not claiming to have done nothing wrong I just need someone to share my situation with and maybe seek some advice.
Me (F20) have been dating my bf (M19) for almost two years. For background : we went to same school and I used to be his long-term hallway crush, but he seemed shy so I made a first move. In the beginning, like every relationship goes, I could brag about how perfectly he's treating me if anyone asked, and, having sh1tty situations in payt with ex and situationship I was over the moon to have someone treat me so gentle.
Before we started dating, he knew I have an ex of over two years, he knew I had two boys being my very dear friends and I told him, as he has no lady friends, that if he expects me to remove one guy especially it wont work and he agreed that he won't be expecting of me to cut off my friends for him with no hesitation. Guy friend in question is kinda boy who sees to opposite gender besties and if someone says they'd be cute couple he'd act as if it's actual inc3st and we never saw each other any other way then friends. At the prom, same guy friend cried for two hours because he thought I didn't have good time because my crush kissed another girl, but honestly I had the great time when i saw how much he cared for me.
My byofriend also, before dating me, without me asking or saying anything said "I'll remove all woman from my life when I have u" aka girls from school that are people he doesn't talk to enough to call them friends but there is some contact between them. I was confused because I didn't plan on asking him to as I have guy friends but i felt respected.
It all ended up the exact opposite, I did remove my friend who i still miss to this day because my boyfriend was overly jealous. On his side : girls from school started to pick up on him and when he told me about it, I sensed bullying and told him to block them because they're being pretty annoying and he, kidd u not, asked "do i have to?" so brought up him saying he'd remove anyone for me and he did after days of arguing and me crying because it's the opposite of our agreement before dating. It wasn't even jealousy on my side and he didn't want to block them because he thought they'd ask why and he'd be uncomfortable but... He made a promise that he didn't keep.
Year later he broke up with me partly because i wasn't "pure"/ I have an ex and partly because of how bad my mood swings were (I had 3 doctors diagnosing me with severe depression and was almost hospitalized at the time I was "moody" ).
That breakup had me getting even worse because he was the guy to say "I'm so scared you'll leave me" "if you stay I stay" "i hope we're forever" I didn't know forever meant one year but the breakup was only 2 weeks long, had me suffering for over a month before he actually broke up because he took it very very slow. I slept 15 minutes a day and i wish i was being metaphoric, waiting for him to decide weather he'll stay or not. I did everything I could, my ocd gets worse in stressful situations and my brain telling me "if you do this, that will happen, if you don't, that will happen" all day every day, but I obviously did everything it told me to do to keep him and he still left and ruined us for 2 weeks of separation.
Note : If someone tells you they have something going on and they can't change it, don't come in their life trying to force a change, weather it's friendship you might not like or mental disorder out of their control, please.
After we got back together : - I told him i spent time home in group chat with two of my girls and some of their friends and random boy we found where we played "guess what I drew" because i couldn't leave bed and couldn't sleep, he got jealous at that random boy and made me feel bad for doing something while not being in a relationship. (I didn't flirt, we didn't talk in private chat, we just played and he was also aroace.)
While we were on breakup I also reached out to my guy friend and he is doing amazing, enjoying life and was happy I contacted him but my boyfriend made me cut him off, again. Tho, his sister best friend (girl) is buying him gifts, sleeping over at their place in room him and his sister are sharing but why would I be jealous? In fact, I'm not, I like that girl more then I like his family.
Anyway, it was last summer, when he asked me to be his girlfriend again I told him that I'll need time to heal, prepared him for the fact that I will bring up stuff he did before we broke up because I'm still hurt, and he'll need to be extra patient and gentle and he agreed, but instead, every time I talked about pain breakup caused because I wasn't over it, he'd yell at me so i tried to bottle it all up.
In past few months, everything I tell him will hurt me he'll find a way to do it, even if it's something he didn't have in mind, if i told him fictionally it'll hurt me so he knows, he'll do it, and when I confront him about it he'd focus on my reaction saying "are u being fr?" (Like I didn't warn him.) or "stop making me angrier I'm stressed" ( Like I'm not, also, stressed.)
Every time he does something i asked him not to, if I had a reaction it would turn into hours long fight and after making me a bad guy for reacting, he'd play a victim saying I misunderstood, it's all in my head ect. Well i started to tell my friend about our fights or I'd ask AI making "story" to see situation from someone else's perspective because I was tired of being told it's all in my head and it's on daily basis.
He recently started to pick up on my traits of ocd or autism that I also have diagnosed and told him about before he asked me out.
This was my overreaction, I agree, but I'm aware and I didn't ask to be this way; He gave me his hoodie so I'll sit in bus ( it was so dirty and I'd rather be standing, but he wanted me to sit with him and offered a hoodie which was nice. ) when we got to my place laundry dryer fell and put his hoodie on my, just day before, washed rug so i can have free hands to pick up the laundry, he picked hoodie up, angry that i left it on a floor for hot minute, immediately and put it on my bed where I sleep. I threw it right away and started crying because I'm extremely germophobic and had flashbacks from how dirty the bus was, he wanted to go home because i was acting too crazy and I know it's too much of a reaction on my side but I'd rather be like that then like people with no basic hygiene. He started asking "are you going to be this way forever?" And pressuring me to answer, then he told me I'm the only person in whole world behaving like this, like I don't know it's too much, I know it, my ocd is taking over my time and my life, my rituals are anxiously long, my fear of being dirty makes me unable to function through out the day, I have it hard already without someone putting a pressure on it, my doctor refused to treat me even tho I told him it takes at least 2 hours after I go to bed to re-do all my rituals so I can sleep without feer and I still end up waking up few times in one night, I know it's not normal bruh that's why it's a disorder lol, I never claimed it was normal but how can I just get it out of my body, I feel like crazy disgusting creature with zero rights to live because of what he says every time I have a" moment ".
He also doesn't fail to make me feel guilty for not paying attention to my tone when speaking or my facial expressions or my sensory sensitivity like it's all my fault, asking when will I stop being like this and that it's just me being like this, that no one else is this hard to deal with.
I love him and he's making me hate my existence, my flaws, things I can't change about myself, what am I supposed to do about it? Therapy in this country isn't much of help. I feel so guilty oftenly for being the way I am and I didn't even list half of the things.
He also makes me feel guilty for him giving me his time, when we have plans for a day but we spend that day with him always being in rush to go back home and him complaining how he didn't have to do A B and C because he "had to see me" like he doesn't even want to see me. (Same boy who said, over year ago " I can't stand seeing you only four hours a day I wish to be around you all the time".
We're fighting every day and every day it's something I asked him not to do but he still did and it always ends up with me being just too angry all the time and him doing nothing wrong.
He doesn't communicate well, he's messages contains 2-3 words and when I understand what he wrote instead of what he "meant" it's my fault. I warned him more then year ago that if I keep trying to explain in 5 different ways my point of view while he doesn't even explains his with valid sentence I'll give up on talking.
He's "explanation" goes like this : If i ask for two plus two he'll say the fishes brethe air - not only is the explanation wrong in general but it never has anything to do with my question. Like dudes that cheat and excause is that his grandma died, you get it?
Now, I'm so tired that when I try to tell him what's wrong, when he starts to be self defensive I block him because I can't take it anymore, I now can't communicate because I know how it'll end up anyway and it lost it's meaning. I'm turning out toxic but I'm tired, my soul is tired while his soul is rotting.
It hurts watching my sweet boy turning into such an ignorant and pathetic person. I started to think he has npd.
It seems like only solution is for me to stop reacting and to bottle everything up, but that's not relationship I want. I don't want to pretend I'm fine when I'm not, I don't want to keep masking around my own partner just for the sake of his ego because that guy can't stand being told he did something wrong and it takes hours of justifying, self-defense and victim role for him to actually say sorry without even understanding why he should be apologizing for.
TLDR : I (20f) am dating my bf (19m) who's only ever focused on my reaction when he's mistreating me then the reason why I reacted.

Hi all,
I'm 27, M
first of all, I know there may be a lot of people who would just tell me to man up, shut the hell up and keep going, not on this sub but overall. There are lot of such people in my social group, family, everywhere. It seems I don't have anyone who even remotely understands the point of my struggle.
The thing is, I don't like the idea I'm basically predestined to spend the rest of my life in some kind of work. The majority of the day, every day. Some days, recently pretty often, this feeling hits me so much that even after the work ends, I don't even enjoy things I normally like. I'm just feeling like a total lethargic crap waiting for it to start again the next day.
There's even more to it - I've got a really nice job (if you would take a look on it from an ordinary person viewpoint), I work from home, there's a rly fine group of people in my team, the manager is super cool dude, paycheck is somewhat alright, everything is really close to perfection here.
So this brings me to the topic itself. This is not about a certain type of job, this is about this life approach from top to bottom. I remember even my first day in kindergarten where only this idea to forcefully be there was presented to me was a total pain in the ass for me. It was the same on elementary school, on high school, even on Uni. I simply didn't want to be there at all, I felt forced to do something I don't like.
But there's still this problem that I just stop showing up, I'll probably die in the next month or two out of starvation. This is nuts, I cannot probably even describe all the stuff I'm thinking about right now.
What are some of the possibilities people like me have? All the articles online are only telling me to find something I'd like to do but I've already been reassured multiple times that no matter what it is, if it's forced, I won't like it. People around me are telling me 'dude, this is capitalism, just accept how it is or go to beg somewhere to Himalayas for one banana a day' or something.
I feel lost, I feel weak, stupid, unnecessary, unheard, misunderstood. It's hitting me really hard that some other redditors are often mentioning that they just daydream between winning a lottery or putting a bullet in their head.
This is just insane.
What are some steps you guys took on this path please? What helped you to find some ease in this?
Thank you for any contribution.

As you may remember, the slobs went out with an amazing bang in 2021. That was a banner year of horrible content at Cinemassacre. The podcast, BTS, plagiarized monster madness, shitting out awful AVGNs every two weeks in a mad dash to get episode 200 out by Christmas. Which ep 200 also really sucked.
Remember the first post slobs video? When James was going to get back to basics and make videos on topics he liked. It was that damn VHS tribute video. Which was I think the third ode to VHS he had made. Boy if that wasn’t a sign of things to come. The Post Slobs Era could be renamed the Reheated Leftovers Era. Bimmy, just bankrupt of ideas, has been rehashing old topics and treading over the same ground for two years now. Here’s an itemized list of him recycling his own content:

1. VHS memories
2. Nosferatu 100th anniversary
3. The Last Ninja (where he attempts to recreate his old style and look, the first self nostalgic moment.)
4. Lloyd Kaufman returns! 5 Contra How I Remember It, including his recounting of the time he beat the game before school. Which is like his fifth retelling of that story.
5. Joe Bob Briggs returns!
6. Top Gun NES revisited, for a nonsensical comparison of an 8 bit game with a modern movie sequel.
7. Rocky Climbed a Mountain (remember when he jumped a park bench?)
8. Doom! Him talking more about his limited experiences with Doom and sharing the same two stories about it.
9. Indiana Jones AVGN. He once more tried to mimic his own older style, doing the meta self nostalgic bit again.
10. Beating Jekyll and Hyde. I can’t remember if this was his 3rd or 4th video on this obscure NES game. Just member berries
11. And now more Castlevania. Because he hasn’t spoken enough about Castlevania and that fucking eight directional whip from Super Castlevania 4. Did anyone really need to hear this guy whining about the whip again. Bonus #13. Neighbor Nerds. Which is the off brand James and Mike Mondays. Only James doesn’t have to leave his house.

I mean damn. The Slobs produced a ton of awful content, but I’ll give them credit for trying some things. At least they were able to get Bimdog out of his comfort zone. He’s been in nothing but his comfort zone the past two years and it’s been a total snooze fest.
What is your prediction for his next bit of recycled content?

For a bit of context: I (19 F) live with my Dad, my little Sister (17) and my little brother (10) together. My mom passed away due to cancer and I was the only one who was kn therapy for a year. My dad has a well paying job but it requires him to work a lot of overtime. He comes home late everyday and I only see him during diner time (we eat at around 9 PM which is too late for me since I usually go to sleep at 10 PM) and in the morning while getting ready for school. Im in my last year and in the middle of my exams. I have only two left and I’m finished this Friday. My sister and I don’t have a good relationship with our dad. He always worked this late so we never build a relationship with him. I think my sister hates him and I feel like I’m slowly hating him too. We’re always arguing and I’m tired of this kind of relationship with him. Since I’m almost finished with school he wants to know what I want to do after school. Our family lives a three hours drive away from us. We regularly visit them and since we have an house there where my grandma (my mothers mom) lives there with her husband who also has cancer. The house is decided in three flats. My grandmother lives in one, the other one is for when we’re visiting them and the third one isn’t occupied. After my graduation I want to move in there to get away from my dad. I Hoped that the relationship between my dad and me could heal and get better if we didn’t see each other that much so we would appreciate seeing each other. After my last exam on Friday I plan to apply for jobs in the area to finance my studies. I admit, I’m late with applying for jobs but better late then never. I just had an argument with my dad about the whole thing. Since he seems conflicted with me wanting to move out I just said that I wasn’t sure on what to do after school. This spiraled into a fight between us. I got really frustrated, I was crying and tried to tell him my feelings but he really couldn’t care less. He said I was overreacting and didn’t talk to me. Nothing helped and I’m deeply disappointed in my father. He’s acting like a child and I’m sick and tired of him and his behavior. Since some time now I’m not speaking with him much. This situation is really stressing me out and I’m not sure if I’m in the wrong or not. It feels like he wants me to stay with him and my siblings but I feel trapped at home and only accepted and tolerated. I want to escape so bad. What should I do when talking isn’t working? i can’t concentrate on my exams like that. Am I in the wrong for wanting to move out? I’m so conflicted and don’t know what to do.

Greetings coin collectors.
My boy has been gifted a coin collection from his grandpa. No word on whether there is, or maybe, anything rare or of value in it, but it'll be a fun kind of treasure hunting exercise for us to find interesting looking items and check if they are rare or valuable. There's a variety of items; commemorative packs, single coins in those little cardboard holders, and a whole bunch of loose coins from all over the world. One we looked at already was an Australian One Penny, from 1912, which could be anything from a few bucks to nearly 1k. I have no idea how to grade or check if its uncirculated. Its completely sealed in resin! So is it even authentic!
Anyway, I'm simply asking for pointers at this stage. I can share some pics if thats what this sub is for.

A bit about me:

• CPA: 3.24
• IELTS: 7.0
• Current Status: Fourth-year student, graduating in August 2024
• Goal: To study abroad in 2025
• Field of Interest: Cyber Security
• Current Job: Cyber Security researcher (focused on auditing source code)
• Purpose for Master’s Degree: To engage with a global working environment and improve my resume
• (Should I add anything else?)

My question:

1. Is a Master's degree only focused on researching a topic? I read that to apply for a Master's degree, I need to find a research topic, find a group with similar interest (those currently studying for their Master's), and then apply for that school. Is this the case for all Master's programs, or are there other formats, e.g. just studying like in Univeristy, but with more advanced knowledge?
2. I also read that a LOR is a must, is that true? Any suggestion on getting a strong LOR?
3. Where can I find Master's degree programs? Currently I'm searching on https://www.masterstudies.com/programs. Is this sufficient, or are there other resources I should consider?
4. Is there a centralized resource or platform for finding scholarships?
5. Are there any universities you would recommend for a Cyber Security Master’s degree?
6. Any other advice or recommendations for someone in my situation?

I incredibly appreciate any guidance. Thanks so much for your time.

We were gifted a beautiful, large rooftop ski carrier with a broken clasp. Doesn’t feel safe at speed to use in car with a bungee to keep it together. Alternate use ideas?

Hi, long shot: - American Movie, likely 80s comedy - Has a bus driver, the bus is a yellow school bus - I am pretty sure he's Caucasian, maybe not, but her has longish hair, curly, not an afro I don't think. I don't think he's overweight. Just a normal looking dude with long hair maybe longer than shoulder length. - I don't think he's a main character, but he might have been in the movie for more than one scene. -he's not particularly old. Maybe late 20s to late 30s. - in the ONLY scene I remember he does this 'humming to himself' but - it lasts maybe 5 seconds? He is driving the bus or at least in the drivers seat. - the humming is like just low, almost hum-spoken 'bah-la-bah-bump,bah-la-bum-bah' and that's it.
Any idea what movie it's from? I keep thinking it's something watched at home, so not likely a Porkies type of movie. Even if the description of him physically matches an 80s movie I'll do the research from there....
Thank you so much, it's been driving me crazy for years!

I (22F) just split from my (23M) boyfriend of a year. He is not the first person I have been with, but he is my first love. He is the first person to make me feel valued. We had our minor arguments and miscommunication, as every couple does, however a few weeks ago it took a turn.
Let me say, I'm not perfect. I would shut down and be petty after arguments, which I now see and I am working on. He wasn't perfect either, as he struggled with confrontation. He would sometimes just try to keep me happy with gifts, showering me with my favorite gifts (flowers, stuffed animals, trinkets from my favorite movies/shows, etc.)
We usually talked out these issues, and we would say that we want each other so we could work through it. I felt that I was growing, but I struggled with depression and anxiety that shut me down. He also struggled with anxiety, however he has a great support system, with tons of friends and close familial relationships, meanwhile I come from a broken family, scattered friends, etc.
He crossed a boundary when we were intimate, and I could not say that I was uncomfortable, I froze. He felt terrible after, and was very embarrassed.
In loving him, I immediately forgave him. I said I was uncomfortable after. I went home, and the next day after we agreed to meet because we both needed support. I couldn't tell anyone, except my therapist, same with him, so we met up to offer support for each other. He gave me a card saying, "it will be awkward but we will get through this," along with a few gifts like a preserved flower, a few gift cards, which I took reluctantly, feeling like he was trying to buy my forgiveness back. I told him I felt, "violated," as that is the word my therapist gave me. I didn't know any better, and I wish I could take it back, because it broke him. He cried, while I sat there awkwardly, I did not know what to do in that situation. We ended up saying that we wanted to get through this together, but we needed space.
We took a few days of space, but it got to me. I have an anxious attachment style, whereas he has an avoidant attachment style. We usually call every night, even if it's just a simple, "goodnight," but he did not want to. My sleep schedule has been affected ever since. He said he could not bear to see me, due to the embarrassment and shame he felt. I eventually could not take the distance, and asked him why we couldn't go back to normal, as I had forgave him. He then told me that he was hurting too, which I couldn't see until after (I know this was my fault and I am beating myself over it.)
Two days later, I DoorDashed him food, and when he got it, he called me saying that we needed to talk. He then came over and broke up with me, and I cannot handle it. I begged him, saying we could work through it, and all relationships take work. He then said he took full accountability for the situation, but he could not give me a relationship that I deserved, and it wasn't fair to either of us. He said I was too immature and he lost trust in me to be able to communicate when I am uncomfortable.( I have only froze one time, and I usually was very communicative when I was upset.)
The memories are flooding my brain, as I went to his house 3 or 4 times a week, stayed over on the weekends, and basically did everything with him because all my other friends were busy. He was my best friend and my everything.
When we broke up, I asked him if he lied on the card, that we would get through it. He just looked at me and said, "I'm sorry." All of the cards that he wrote me saying he wanted to do this with me, and move forward, were all lies. When i was gathering his stuff from my room, he kept trying to call me "Baby" or "Babe" and it broke me.
I have reached out to friends and they have been really great with what they can offer, as we are all still in school or in a career. My sleep has been affected, and finals are coming up next week.
I can't do anything without thinking about him. I feel like a part of me has died.
Essentially, does it get better? Do we have a shot? I know there are things we need to work on, but the fact that I cannot stop thinking about it has to mean something, right?

Am I the asshole for saying that I hope my brother and mother rot in jail and telling them that I don’t consider them family anymore because of the way they treated me? This all happened a little over a month ago. For a little background information, I have a younger brother who is 6 foot 9 inches and is 18 years old. I am a 20 year old female and am only 5 foot 5 inches. I will be 21 this December. When he and I were younger before he had gone to 5 different behavioral facilities, he would constantly abuse me, blackmail me, spread false rumors about me, and threaten me if I didn’t do as he said. Me being the pushover I was, I listened to him. I also barely have friends because of him. He’s also the reason why most of my friends are online especially from Fortnite and Discord. Since then, I have been more confident in myself. Anyways, a little over a month ago I was playing Fortnite Battle Royale solos on my Limited Edition Fortnite Xbox 1S that I had received as a gift from my fiancé’s younger brother, Timothy(not his real name) while my fiancé, Gabriel(not his real name) was watching me play and my brother had called me on messenger. He had introduced me to his new girlfriend Leah(that is not her real name). He also had said that he wanted to see me as I haven’t seen him for over a year. He said that he would put a bullet in the head of anyone who tried to stop him from seeing me. I told him that threatening people would not be a good idea. He also told me if I had a problem with that to get the hell out of his life. Then he proceeded to say that he would kill Gabriel(20M), Timothy(19M), their youngest brother who will be called Max(16M)(not his real name) and their mother(53F) who I’ll call Jessica(not her real name) that he would kill them. I decided to tell my mother (41F) that I’ll call Samantha(again not her real name). She flat out defended him saying that they were keeping me from seeing my family. She also called me a lazy and petty girl who can’t even wash her hair properly(which I can by the way) and told me that I needed to get a job even though my disabilities won’t allow me to hold down a job for very long. I have ADHD, OCD, and PTSD. I’m also autistic and bipolar. My mother is also a liar and a thief. She stole $400 worth of stuff from me which I had bought with graduation money that some family friends of my grandparents had given me and lied to me about it. I had bought a Nintendo Switch and Pokémon: Legends Arceus. She also forced my younger sister (13F) that I will call Emily(not her real name) to block me on Facebook. So I told them that I hope that they get arrested and that they would rot in jail. So am I the asshole for telling them that?

Hello po , sana may makasagot ng tanong ko. May friend ako na almost same age kame , late 20's na and he graduated high school na wala pang K12 curriculum. He never had the chance na makapag college kasi kailangan na niya magwork dahil kapos sila financially. Gusto ko sia i help makahanap ng school na maayos and tumatanggap ng admission for freshmen na galing sa old curriculum. Also, if tumatanggap si JRU, may we know what courses can he take? May mga napagtanungan kasi kame and most of them, tumatanggap naman pero not all the courses are available kasi yung iba kailangan nagtake daw ng strand sa Senior High. Thank you in advance.

My gf and i have been together for 5 months and things are pretty rocky right now. Especially now actually, because she said she wanted to go on a break until she returns from her trip in 2.5 weeks. The reason is because I did not blow up her phone at 12 AM last night saying happy birthday or say happy birthday to her in the early morning. Keep in mind this week I have finals and as an engineering major I have to make sure i focus really hard and pass my courses. Instead I said happy birthday at 2 PM (her time 4PM), when i woke up from a late night study sesh. She then texted me saying she was really really upset and that my effort did not match her idea of effort.
The kicker is because she left on her trip on Saturday, I celebrated her birthday with her on friday. I bought her a birthday tiara, then a gift she said she wanted from her “list” and set up a whole surprise thingy from my trunk with lots of balloons and decorations and some flowers. I tried my best because money for me is really tight right now. But I spent 1 week doing all that, and it was a lot of effort from me. I also brought her out to eat and had a outing with her. And as someone who never celebrated my birthday, i didn’t know what to put together and it was really out of my comfort zone but i really enjoyed putting it together and i thought she would really like it!
But apparently that was not good enough. Today she said to me she wished i put a note inside or made it more sentimental since i couldn’t afford what she really wanted. She said what she really wanted wasn’t what she mentioned in her “list” but something else. To put it simply, she thinks my gift was not birthday worthy because what i gave her was a regular gift you give when you think of someone when you’re out and about. Essentially this girl expects me to read her mind or in between the lines. But unfortunately i am not a psychic. There’s just so many rules to this relationship.
In addition to that she compared me to her friends and all the things they’ve done for her on her birthday, like order food to her hotel or spam her phone at 12 AM. Or someone who drove 3 hours to see her where she is right now. I just think it’s so unfair how she expects me to do all these things and compares me to her friends. I’m trying my best. I also already celebrated your birthday 3 days ago!!! Especially since she said her love language is acts of service, I try my best to fulfill that! I didn’t know it was gift giving too!
I am really upset and just so exhausted with this relationship. It feels like nothing i can do will be good enough. And if i try to defend myself, she says I invalidate her feelings. I’m almost at the point where i won’t even defend myself and explain my side and feelings anymore because she will just say i am making it all about me and invalidating her feelings. So, where do i go from here?

So I am 18 and I go to a Career and technology school for Culinary arts. My program is amazing we work in an actual restaurant and after I graduate my chef is putting me in a traveling apprenticeship. Me and my gf plan on getting engaged before I leave for my apprenticeship and get married after I come back home since I’m planning on going to Nevada for it and we live in Pennsylvania. I want to be the chef at my own wedding, I understand it’ll be a lot of planning but I’ll be damned if I let another person cook at my wedding when I’m a chef. I plan to have some people to help ofc but do y’all think it’s a good idea?

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First time poster and long-time limerent here.
I'm honestly just having a hard time understanding how the hell this thing persists.
I want to say it was about two years ago when I (18M) first became attracted to someone (19-20M, not sure atp) in one of my high school classes. He was in the grade above me at the time (graduated now). At first it was just a simple little crush, until my friends started hyping me up ("you should totally make your move!", "he could be bi!") etc; I was stupid to believe any of that, but friends will be friends and I'm sure they were just trying to help. Anyway, that's when the fantasies started. You know, the idealizations and the "what if" scenarios playing in your head constantly. The feelings only got worse from there, and it got to the point where my main motivation for going to school every day was to see him.
Honestly, I can count on my fingers the number of total interactions I've had with this guy, yet for some reason I felt like floating on air every time I even made eye contact with him across the classroom. I remember one time being assigned to his group for a project and feeling like I had just won the lottery. I didn't know exactly what my feelings were or why I had them, but I knew that sitting around and pining wouldn't get me very far. Eventually, I realized that graduation was lingering and that after that, I would probably never see him again. So I decided I would tell him my feelings, and I knew exactly when I would do it: the two of us would be going on a school music trip, and we happened to be put in the same hotel room. I told myself that I would tell him on the last night of our trip, and though I nearly chickened out, I did it. I told him, and got the response that I was both expecting and silently dreading.
He was honestly as chill and respectful about it as anyone could be, really. He told me that he understood my feelings and that I couldn't control them but, as I expected, he wasn't gay. He even said that this situation did not have to make things awkward between us at school. We both even laughed about it a little bit. In the moment, I was exhilarated that I had finally done it. I had gotten my feelings off my chest, excited that I had gotten closure and could move on, or so I thought.
It wasn't until the next morning at home, when I tried to get out of bed, that reality hit me. Suddenly, that motivation I talked about before was gone, with nothing to take its place. It was as if the weight I felt lift off my chest when I confessed to LO had been replaced with an even heavier one. It took every ounce of my strength to drag myself out of bed and into school that morning.
That trip was a year and two months ago. I kept seeing him in class every day, casting small glances at him with every chance I got. Before I confessed, I was attached and hopeful. After, I was still attached and just...empty. A few months later, he graduated, and I haven't talked to him since. I haven't told many people this, but he still occupies my mind every single day, as does the memory of my confession. I can't look at any pictures of him or hear people talk about him without getting sick to my stomach. I don't know if it's because I still feel something for him, if I'm embarrassed about how I confessed (I said the big "ILY;" was VERY anxious in the moment and didn't know what else to say), or if I'm still subconsciously hoping for something to happen, or if I'm scared of seeing him again because he stayed home and didn't go to college, or something else. What I do know is that I don't think I loved this boy, as I didn't really know him enough. That's something he suggested when I confessed, actually, and I've realized that it's true.
It's been a year since I last saw him, and now my own graduation is nearing. My life couldn't be going better: I have good grades, a great group of friends, and I'll be attending the college of my dreams next year. Yet, after all of those joys and triumphs, my mind always finds its way back to him, every interaction we've ever had replaying in my head like a broken record, and this odd, ever-lasting pain just gnawing away at me.
I guess I just hope to God that I'll meet the person who's meant for me when I go to college. Even if I don't, I just want the pain to stop. It's not debilitating, but it's there, and it's awful. I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy.
Sorry for the long post. Needed it off my shoulders.

I basically decided over the weekend that I can’t do this job anymore and I have to quit or I won’t survive. It’s kind of a dumb move though because it’s an amazing salary (like seriously still not sure why they’re paying me this much…), great benefits, time off, work culture, basically everything else. But the actual job itself is burning me out and wearing me down and just not making anything else worth it. So I have to be done, and I need to work as a server or something again instead of this desk job for a minute, clear my head, treat my mental health, and then go back to school and figure my life out. I’m not happy with the type of work I’m doing, and the idea of learning again and gaining more skills now that I’m older and know myself better sounds like heaven on Earth. Just typing this out provides so much relief. (I’ve always considered going into nursing or teaching or doing something with kids, and I’m literally smiling with tears in my eyes thinking about changing my career and doing something this fulfilling.)
But I’m terrified that I’m making the dumbest decision ever, which is ironic because I’ve actually done this exact thing before I’m a way, but it just feels a lot more drastic this time because I’ve been at this company since August 2022, but only in my new department/on my new team since January of this year (2024), so part of me does worry that I’m giving up on a great company too quickly without giving this new position a real shot…but y’all, I’ve been having panic attacks, not sleeping, not breathing, feeling nauseous and anxitious and dizzy and a WRECK everyday because of this. (To the point where I had a panic attack yesterday and my amazing girlfriend found a mental health urgent care center, and I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression, along with getting an adhd diagnosis. So. Clearly I’m not doing well. Lol).
Anyway, I guess this is all to say that if anyone has been in a similar situation with leaving a job somewhat quickly and unexpectedly and a little rashly and maybe in a risky and not super well thought out way, but you just really felt like in your gut this was something you needed to do, I would really, really love to hear from you.
Signed, an already burnt-out 25yo gir who just wants to be a happy and change career paths before it feels too late.