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Just a little rant. I’m a 28F with HSV and I was dating a man that was 39 and didn’t have HSV; we both were wanting a long-term relationship. Fast forward, I tell him I have HSV and he’s perfectly fine with it because he see’s it all the time in his career. Went on more than a few dates with him and then we got intimate with each other. We had plans the next day and he made up some excuse and canceled. He slowly stopped texting me and would start the “I’m busy” bs 🙄. I knew it was useless to ask “are you still interested, you’ve been acting different” because it literally does nothing. I waited it out to see if he truly was busy or if he could explain why he lost interest. Well long story short he ghosted me and removed me off of all social media platforms with NOTHING to go off of. I’m just so mad because I told him something so personal and if sex is all he wanted, why lie and say you’re looking for a long term relationship? On top of that, have sex with me KNOWING I have herpes, just to ghost me?!?! I’m just so tired and exhausted from being used. Letting my walls down and it just be thrown back into my face 😞. He could’ve just left me alone to begin with. Idk part of me thinks having herpes made me an easier target for him to use 😔.

I'm not in crisis. I'm going because I experience "transference like" attachments outside of therapy (non romantic), and have struggled with this all my life - now it's with her. However intense they may be, this has never been in the slightest a deluded, possessive or stalkerish dynamic. I've never once texted or called her or pushed her boundaries in any way, nor have I asked her personal questions. I have always been upfront about my transference issues and we've started working on it together about a month ago. However, I really would like to go twice a week instead of one. I can afford it (private practice) and I want to see her more. I also feel that it would expedite the therapeutic process. What do you think? Is this appropriate?

Firstly, just wanted to be clear that this post is mostly discussing PVP orientated play.
Love the concept of PVP Vrising, get a quick start on wipe, progress quickly and carefully, while managing the variable of other groups and available areas to build. The progression is extremely fun and competitive, haven't had this much fun since the original launch of Vrising. But that's the problem, how long will this fun last with the current settings we have?
The game originally peaked at 150k players, but after a month there was nothing left to do. Servers weren't wiping, everyone had done everything there was to do, what's next? Player count dropped to 3k people, and that was that. I made a post a long time ago about this very topic, and my fear for the game losing players as replayability was non existent. However like most I came back on the release of 1.0, and was very excited to see the servers now have an active wipe length. But that length ..... is 3 months.
3 Month is ridiculous for every single official server to have. Most of your good players are going to be done on the first weekend, medium players maybe a week after that, and casuals maybe a week from there. There is simply nothing left to do for the remaining TWO MONTHS, and every server has the exact same wipe schedule. I fear the competitive people (who like it or not, will be the main people holding player counts) are just going to leave and forget to come back, or move on to the next thing.
Compare this to something like Rust, an extremely long standing, successful game which also has wipe cycles. Their servers have 1 week, 2 week, a month, no wipe, wipe on Saturdays, wipe on Mondays, etc, etc., there's so much to choose from. Say you can play on Friday, but didn't have a good start, were maybe finished, or maybe the server didn't get the player counts you hoped. You can wait and move to the Monday server, or try again next Friday on the same, or a different server. These options simply do not exist on Vrising as far as I can see. I have some servers I want to play, but the window to play them are extremely narrow and if I can't get on, my best option is to wait 3 weeks for private servers - or again the 3 months for official.
Is there any discussion on varying the wipe times and days for officials, having shorter lengths, or a combination of the two? I love this game, feel the PVP is extremely deep and rewarding, but the way server wipes are structured are simply not good enough, and I worry we'll see the playerbase decline again as the competitive players will be done.

I've been dating my boyfriend for over a year now. He lives in Cuba and I live in the US. We talked for a short while when in true Cuban fashion, we became a couple a month to the day after we met. Prior to meeting him, I had no idea how dire the situation was in Cuba but after meeting him I did my research and saw how bad it is for its citizens. Since meeting him, l've been to Cuba three times. The first two times I stayed for a week, and the third time I stayed for two. Our chemistry is amazing and we always have a great time together and I am so in love with him that it's not even funny.
The thing is, not long after I fell in love with him, I started noticing things that were questionable to me. The first were multiple articles about women being duped into love scams by jineteros (or Cuban male prostitues) basically all of the articles said the same thing. That Cubans are notoriously unfaithful and that they will use an American or Canadian citizen for a green card and that even their girlfriends and wives and the rest of their families may be in on it too. When I questioned him about it, he asked me if it would be fair for him to judge me by all Americans, which of course it wouldnt be, but I just keep seeing and hearing this everywhere.
The kicker was when I was on Facebook one day and came across his daughter's mom profile and her cover photo was a photo of them together. I asked him about this as well and he said that he didn't know that was her cover photo and that he was going to ask her to take it down, And she did a few days later, but it's still bothering me. The thing is, he doesn't have to use me for a green card. I already completed the parole sponsorship before we even became a couple (honestly I would do it for anyone who wants to leave that country? And I have told him multiple times that he's not obligated to be with me. And he tells me that he doesn't want to go back to being friends and if I break up with him, he will just stay in Cuba even though I told him that I would still support him, but only as a friend.
He swears that he's not playing me and that he has told me the truth about everything and that he really loves me, but at this point the suspicion is becoming too much and lately l've just been thinking of ending thngsi with him. And I think he’s getting over it too because of my constant accusations. What should I do?

I have been grinding on and off with the goal of getting to new peaks and recently this act I hit Immortal 1 again. However, I recently hit a wall as I am starting to gain 11-15rr for a win and losing 20-28rr every game. This means that I usually have to win 2 games to recover the loss of one game. I understand that my MMR is lower than my actual rank because although I am Immortal 1, I see that I am still in ascendant average lobbies. However, I think I have been playing games as Immortal 1 for a while and I see that even some of my friends that are hardstuck Ascendant 2 playing in high Ascendant 3 to Immortal lobbies, while I am still in Ascendant lobbies. I think I do fairly well and consistently put good numbers in these lobbies so what can I do to get back to a normal RR gain/loss? Is this just a skill issue and I am boosted as hell by my teammates
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I’ve been dating my boyfriend for over a year now. He lives in Cuba and I live in the US. We talked for a short while when in true Cuban fashion, we became a couple a month to the day after we met. Prior to meeting him, I had no idea how dire the situation was in Cuba but after meeting him I did my research and saw how bad it is for its citizens. Since meeting him, I’ve been to Cuba three times. The first two times I stayed for a week, and the third time I stayed for two. Our chemistry is amazing and we always have a great time together and I am so in love with him that it’s not even funny.
The thing is, not long after I fell in love with him, I started noticing things that were questionable to me. The first were multiple articles about women being duped into love scams by jineteros (or Cuban male prostitues) basically all of the articles said the same thing. That Cubans are notoriously unfaithful and that they will use an American or Canadian citizen for a green card and that even their girlfriends and wives and the rest of their families may be in on it too. When I questioned him about it, he asked me if it would be fair for him to judge me by all Americans, which of course it would be, but I just keep seeing and hearing this everywhere.
The kicker was when I was on Facebook one day and came across his daughter’s mom profile and her cover photo was a photo of them together. I asked him about this as well and he said that he didn’t know that was her cover photo and that he was going to ask her to take it down, And she did a few days later, but it’s still bothering me. The thing is, he doesn’t have to use me for a green card. I already completed the parole sponsorship before we even became a couple (honestly I would do it for anyone who wants to leave that country? And I have told him multiple times that he’s not obligated to be with me. And he tells me that he doesn’t want to go back to being friends and if I break up with him, he will just stay in Cuba even though I told him that I would still support him, but only as a friend.
He swears that he’s not playing me and that he has told me the truth about everything and that he really loves me, but at this point the suspicion is becoming too much and lately I’ve just been thinking of ending things with him. And I know that he’s over my constant accusations as well. What should I do?

I need to create a slide with a clear recap of how each social platform is positioning on the market and it would really help.
For example : Tiktok = entertainment / Pinterest = Inspiration / Reddit = conversation/community forum / and same for Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, X, Twitch and so on
Another idea would be to see when you'd use each platform in the conversion funnel,..

Hello.
Don’t need any immediate advice. This is just a theoretical curiosity.
Many (not all) people have a hard time growing up especially but also losing a father….. the younger the worse the results seem to be.
Why?
I don’t know if anyone can relate to this. But I grew up in an all female house absent ALL male role models. None. My mother disowned all her own family and my fathers. She screeched and howled at any friends parents I made. In essence my sister and I knew no one. And it manifested in interesting ways. We both got sick. Me with autoimmune, kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes, neuropathy, and so much more. She is psych. 51/50s and the type to put holes in walls, punch cops, have kids with homeless drug addict. I’m not asking for comment on that. I’m just noting it and I say it’s a side effect of

1. Without a father you now have a very temperamental mother without support. This leaves children filling in that role.
   
2. There are no role models. I had no male teachers and I was picked on even by girls in school till I went crazy and kicked one in the face. Seriously you just have to show them it’s not worth it. But all my male “models”… we’re Disney movies. Literally. Those are the only types of guy I’d ever seen do anything. And they are very fake.
   
3. Like some dads mentioned here. You have to learn things like car repair, shaving, social, well everything from scratch.
   

I don’t really need advice on being a man. I’m satisfied with the one I am. I can litter ally say no matter how bad things are at the minute I’m 100% self made.
But what the point of the above was was a filler. You can pin point what lack of a father does in a home. And I think it varies a lot home by home. Don’t get me wrong o despise single mothers and don’t have much liking beyond sexual for w in general. But that’s just my experience of them. I read a lot of good stories on single parent homes and they sound like BS. But I hope it’s true for them.
But my theory was that because a father is no longer in the home you lose generational knowledge. That’s the biggest one. My above illustrates this. I think that’s why it’s so hard to get over. Sure humans are emotional and need the sentimentality, but each generation is uppised to pass something down. Hopefully assets. But more importantly wisdom. How to. So that every generation doesn’t need to effectively “re invent the wheel” so to speak. The works already been done. That’s my theory.
I kinda do want to hear what other guys think. For some reason this was on my mind today and this sub randomly popped up. Idk just looking to see how far or on base I am.
Thank you in advance and all the best
Madj

On tiktok, when I share a link of a post, they can see my tiktok account. I’ve heard that I can also see the accounts of those who open the link I shared, but honestly I never see anything if that’s true.
I would just like to know if it’s the same for Facebook? If I share a link of a reel or vid, can they see my account? And can they see that I opened it?

Anyone struggle with this at work? I'm not talking about major accusations but I'm getting blamed for all this random shit.
I'm a disability support worker and have been for 15 years. I've been casual at this job for 1.5 years. Everyone else is casual too, small "team". There's only 1 staff on at a time so we don't see each other.
1 staff member constantly accuses me of things on the group chat and my boss doesn't discipline her, ever. Eg if someone doesn't show up to their shifts, she will type in the chat that it was my shift and that I didn't show up. I say that was never my shift and show a picture of the roster and do not appreciate being accused of not showing up. It's happened 3x now and the last shift she accused me of not showing up to, was HER SHIFT. I showed evidence that it was hers and she typed "no I can only do every 2nd Sunday this was your sunday". I don't even do every 2nd Sunday, as this person has a monopoly on the penalty rate shifts. So even if she couldn't do it, why is automatically my shift? There's just no rationalising or using basic logic and my boss ignores the whole thing. I've complained to my boss and they say it's not good and confirm that it was her shift but only in private chat to me, not in the public chat.
Now I'm getting pissed off because every illness that anyone gets, this bully staff member AND our client both accuse me of giving it to everyone. They said I've made the client sick 4x this year, and he's now got a cold (that I'll likely catch) but they're saying I was clearly sick last week and gave it to him. I haven't been sick? I always have allergies and I have tics so I clear my throat a bit but so does everyone. There are smokers here that cough a lot.
My client said I gave him covid last year, but I got covid FROM HIM, after he tested positive, and then covered everyone's shifts and worked while I was really sick.
I'm polite and agreeable and nothing odd about me at work so wtf is up?

It was late November 2015. I was 51 and one year past my divorce (which was not related to cheating) when I became so disgusted with myself that I knew I had to pick myself up. I was alone for the long holiday, and although I wasn't really sad or lonely, I felt empty. However, I had some extra time to consider how does one picks oneself up.
I made a list of potential New Year resolutions that were individually realistic. Some were really easy and stupid like “have your chipped front tooth fixed” and “take & post a selfie”. These smaller tasks fueled my confidence and provided the energy boosts needed to tackle the more challenging resolutions, like starting a weight loss challenge at work.
Skip ahead to March 4th 2016. I had a Friday lunch date with a married client that I met two weeks prior. Of course, it was not a real date, as I wouldn't impose myself on a married woman, nor would I risk my career or my ego, especially if the signals she seemed to be sending were just a product of my wishful thinking, stimulated by checking off some boxes on the list on the fridge dated 1/1/16.
The following is my thank you note to her for a great date as well as for helping me check a lot of boxes over the past few weeks. I sent her a link to it as it is in the form of my first ever online post (one more check box, YAY!).
************************************** We were only 1 minute in the hotel room; her jeans in a ball on the floor. She sat at the foot of the king sized bed and backed her way into the stack of oversized pillows lining the headboard. I followed as If attached by a leash. I landed somewhat awkwardly on my elbows between her legs finding myself squarely face to face with the tattoo. This tattoo, that she so shamelessly revealed just a week ago, the same tattoo that has been scorching my thoughts and the same tattoo that she promised me complete and unlimited access.
It’s been a long time since I have been here or anywhere near as nice as here, between the legs of a beautiful woman 20 years younger and far out of my league....even when I was her age. I took a second to drink in my fortunate situation. I admired her panties. All day I was so hoping she would wear those same panties as before. She didn’t. These were different but similar enough. The delicate lace and silk perfectly framed the tattoo on her hip. She did not disappoint. There is a fruity jasmine scent, intoxicatingly pleasant, and oh so subtle. It is not here. I’ll need to find its source. I want more of that. (I remember being thoroughly impressed and thinking to myself “This girl is good”.)
I briefly forgot that there was someone else here besides myself and the tattoo. How long have I been down here perving out on her? I wondered. I hesitated, and then apologetically looked up half expecting a well-deserved snarky glare. What I found instead was an ear to ear compassionate smile followed by a tilt of her head and an arch of her eyebrow that said “I like that you like that, carry on”.
With confidence restored that we were still in sync, I adjusted myself so that I was in a good position to thoroughly enjoy what I came to do. I kissed the tattoo hard and gave it a good lick. The challenge for today was “Taste the Tattoo” and I won. I did a small celebration gesture that she rolled her eyes to. I continued to kiss and taste all around until every freckle got some personal attention. As I got to the upper most reaches of her inner thighs, I looked up to check in as I was about to cross a new line. For the first time she was not looking back at me but had laid her head back deep into the pillows, her eyes closed. I took that as a yes!
I marveled at the softness of her inner thighs on my cheeks as I gently placed kisses up one and down the other. As I kissed her through her panties, her hips responded by arching her up in anticipation of each next kiss. Before long, those wonderful panties were just getting in the way. I stopped and pondered whether to just slide them aside or remove them or to risk interrupting the mood and attempt a complete wardrobe removal as we were both still fully dressed except for her jeans.
I didn’t have to ponder long as she knew what she wanted and it was not any of the options I was considering. Still lying back with her head semi submerged within the pillows, she held out her arms as if gesturing for a hug. I moved up her body and when I got close enough she pulled me in for a kiss.
Unbelievably, this was our first kiss. I found it odd that we had not kissed yet and was grateful she thought to stop for a moment to have a kiss. We kissed some and then I settled in to thoroughly enjoy it. However, the kiss to come was not the kiss I was expecting or a kiss I was ready for. It was a kiss that could ruin everything.
Technically, there was one kiss before. It was an awkward kiss 5-10 minutes earlier just after we entered the room. All in about the time it took for the hotel door to close behind us, she tossed her bag on the sofa, had her jewelry off and set on the nightstand while I emptied my pockets and silenced my phone.
We approached each other, and as we met I was looking at the place where the tattoo would be under her shirt and behind her jeans. They were higher cut and could not be pulled down that far to get to the tattoo. They would have to come off. To just reach in and do that would be an uncharacteristically bold move for me. But I did have unquestionable permission to have the tattoo in any way that I desired. I reached down with both hands and took hold of the waistband on each side of the button. I didn’t see her simultaneous move in at me at first. Just as I felt the metal of the button, I felt her reaching her arms around my neck and realized that she was tip toeing up for a kiss. It caught me unexpectedly and I think it showed on my face that it did. I tried to recover and moved back in to accept her lips on to mine but it turned into an awkward peck.
I scolded myself for the selfish moment and just as I was trying to formulate a recovery gesture, she, without missing a beat, gently dismissed my fumble and gracefully restored the momentum. “Oh” she said with surprise in her tone, while looking down at my fingers ready to release her button. Then, in a more playfully quizzical tone, she followed with “I guess you want to get right to THAT then” and she stepped back away from me where I lost grip of her jeans. She replaced my fingers on the button with hers, paused, maybe waiting for me to look up to her eyes, which I finally did, then flashed me a devilishly naughty smile and pulled her jeans down to the top of her boots. She then proudly announced, mostly to herself, “You really are going to let me have fun with you, aren’t you!” seemingly shedding any doubts in her mind that I would go through with this. She then sat at the foot of the all white linen king sized bed, removed her boots and jeans and backed her way into the stack of oversized pillows lining the headboard.
Back to our kiss. The kiss that from now on I will reflect on as our first kiss
Responding to her hug gesture, I moved up her body and when I got close enough she pulled me in for a kiss. I didn’t flub it this time, but again, I didn’t know it was coming, and prolly I should have. It took only ten seconds to adjust and synchronize to each other’s kissing form. It was warm and succulent and sweet and was wonderful. I really was surprised at how nice this felt. I don’t recall married kissing being this enjoyable. I remember saying to myself “Damn, this girl can kiss”.
I was on top, in a position that wasn’t going to be comfortable for as long as I wanted this to last, so I backed away to reposition but she held tight indicating she didn’t want me to move. I gestured at the space next to her and she relented. We then settled in facing one another side by side; her smile confirming that this was a nice place. We were hugging and kissing, pulling each other closer and looking into each other’s eyes. Our legs intertwined and our hands were roaming, but not really in a sexual way, more like trying to make as much body contact as possible. I couldn’t get over how I felt so much more familiarity than there was. What I did not recognize at the time was that this was the physical intimacy catching up to match the virtual intimacy we have been sharing online.
Soon the intensity escalated and it was getting very hot very quickly. The intensity and passion that was building was not something I ever expected or planned for. This was the rare kind of making out where accidental hickeys happen and inadvertent “Oh god I love you’s” slip out. Not that either of those was going to happen but my safe, non-committal no emotional strings encounter was getting too hot to not risk introducing emotions into the situation. And that could happen.
At some point I was no longer kissing her lips and mouth but was kissing her.
I broke contact to catch a breath and maybe get some control of the fire. We stopped for a moment to breathe and cool off. She slid herself on top and I rolled over on to my back to accommodate her. She looked at me with eyes that appeared to agree that it was a good time to slow it down. She closed her eyes and she seemed to enjoy that I was rubbing her back with both hands that I slipped up under her shirt. She presented her lips for me to kiss and then her cheek for the same, then neck and ear and lips again. Her long hair had fallen down around us, surrounding our faces like a vail creating a tiny private and even more intimate space. Inside here it was darker and the temperature and humidity rose quickly. We were breathing each other’s breath between kisses. All of a sudden I noticed that Jasmine was back. Not subtle this time, but deep and fulfilling. I loved it.
This fragrance stuff really works. The next morning just after waking up, I caught an unexpected subtle whiff on my skin under my watch and my heart jumped by 20 beats. Who’d a thunk it possible?
The passion was building again but since I was aware and cautious now, I wanted to enjoy and go with it. I thought I could keep it measured and I did for a while as it does take two. The kissing slowed to half and so did the passion. However, the rest of our bodies started to make up for it and the touching evolved into the sexual. She was still on top of me and my hands were exploring and squeezing on her panty covered butt, then under and in those panties. Her body contact became more targeted as she was now very deliberately mashing her fun stuff all over my fun stuff. The kissing subsided but replaced with the audible accompaniment of her squeaks, moans and quicker breathing timed with her mashing I was no longer in control. The passion was under control but being replaced with something intimately erotic.
I abruptly escaped by gently rolling her over on to her back then getting up and knelling between her legs. I took a moment to catch my breath and wanted to say “That is getting WAY too intimate. Can we get naked and have sex now?” However, I tugged at her panties and said something dorky like “can we take these off now?” Yes, we were still both fully dressed except for her jeans
Since I am the kind of guy who doesn’t kiss and tell, (well, only tells about the kisses) and this is not the forum for it, I am not going to talk about the sexy part over the next 30 minutes. I will tell you that we did finally each get ourselves unceremoniously naked and then the sexy part finishes where it started, with me finishing all over that beautiful tattoo. Of course I did a small celebration gesture that she rolled her eyes to.
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Cuddle time. Our snapchats leading up to this encounter were heavy on the anticipation and buildup but didn’t contain a lot of detail about or define what stuff would happen during our “fun” time together.
Me: “Ok then, tomorrow lunchtime, I’m in.”
Her: “OMG Are you saying that you are REALLY going to come here and let me have fun with you?
Me: “I’m REALLY going to come there. I am REALLY going to fully inspect that tattoo, as well as the neighborhood where the tattoo lives.
Her: “I so can’t wait to get my hands on you.”
Me: “WOW….Now that this is real and going to happen, my heart is beating so hard that I am afraid that people can see it through my shirt.”
Her: “You have to tell me, are you being SERIOUS right now? You can’t say this and not show up. It’s OK if you are teasing, but you have to say so that you are now….not tomorrow!!!”
Me: “I am SERIOUS and I PROMISE I will be there. You have gotten to me, BAD. All week with the way we have been talking..err..I mean snapchatting; I can’t get you out of my head. Then today with those tattoo snaps you sent; I can’t get up from my desk. LOL…..NOT kidding NOT teasing.”
Her: “I am BAD, and I like having FUN. I am going to have so much fun with you!!!”
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The only specific things I recall us acknowledging we would do with our “fun” was tattoo inspection and cuddle time. So as soon as cleanup from sexy time was done we both knew what time it was. For me, as good as the inspection was the cuddle was better. Just as during the sexy time we changed things up and we got to cuddle many ways. We started face to face full contact hugging just like our kissing time with some but less kissing and more being in the moment.
We were still hot (temperature hot now) and sweaty so that didn’t last long. She turned over and we spooned some. I was still craving full body contact but it was still so hot that we had to separate a bit. No contact spooning if you will, with just my one hand caressing her exposed shoulder and arm and hip with an occasional butt cheek squeeze.
It was about that time that we had our first ever personal conversation. On the project there were lots of flirty banter and some personal stories but almost always as part of a group. We had many phone calls and a few project meetings with just us two but never did the conversation get personal. Until now the only personal talks (Chats) we have had have been via Snapchat. I don’t recall who asked the first question of the other, but it was like a dam broke and we started filling in the details of our lives, our feelings and all the things we chatted about.
There was a lot to tell and we were giddy like children (child) best friends re-meeting on the first day of school catching each other up on our summer vacations. At one point she had something compelling to say and faster than a fish out of water she flipped back to facing me so she could gesture with her hand and punctuate through her expression. She landed close. Closer that I think she meant to at first and just a bit awkward I felt. But I was wrong. She didn’t back up an inch. I really couldn’t see her hand but I could feel that she was using it in the 2 to 4 inches of space between our chests. Her face was right into mine. She would lean back or up just an inch when she wanted me to see her eyes or smile or frown for emphasis, then settle back into the pillows with our foreheads or noses or cheeks touching. It was the farthest thing in the world from awkward.
If there was a recurring theme for the day it would be HOT; in every sense and synonym of the word. Again, it was getting too sweaty to remain that close. This time she broke contact to catch a breath and escape the heat. We stopped talking for a moment to breathe and cool off. She sat up, crawled to, and grabbed the (sexy time) clean-up towel that was at the far foot of the bed. She turned around so that she was kneeling facing me as she brought the towel up to her chest to absorb the beads and drips of sweat that had accumulated. As I watched, I again thought of my great fortune to be right here right now feeing what I feel and seeing the beauty before me. She pushed the towel down across her belly button and it fell into her lap.
I observed the soft sunlight reflecting off the white sheets, the white towel, and the white pillows bathed her in perfect light creating just a hint of subtle shadows in all of the right places on her angelic white skin. I started consciously taking photos with my mind. I wanted to capture every nuance and note every detail. I don’t know if I will ever be here again.
I don't recall if my next realization was comprehended in a split second, or if it took ten seconds to develop, but a terrible fear washed over me that for the first time in forever, she was beyond my touch and her next action might be to look for her panties or go jump in the shower. We were after all, deep into the second hour of her hour long lunch.
As I was preparing myself for the pain soon to come, I couldn't understand where it was coming from. I had the BEST DAY EVER, but I felt like an exhausted child who just watched the Disney fireworks finally and knows what that means.
What the hell? What is happening in my head? I don't even know this girl, let alone have feelings for her beyond she made my dick feel good at lunchtime.....and, I guess my ego is healthier since I met her. I have not cheated on my diet since she turned on the flattery the week before. I was sure it had to be somehow manipulative, but I hoped that if only a 5% chance it wasn't AND she liked me AND her mom was single, made it easy to keep my snacking to peas & carrots.
My self esteem has been skyrocketing too, as I have been checking a lot of boxes on my refrigerator. LOL, so many in fact, that I have been adding things to the list after they happened that I didn't dare put on it as they seemed pretty unobtainable just two months before. "Get sent a nude selfie, check. Have the confidence to send one back, check. Take a hottie 32 year old client out to lunch and fuck her brains out, check.
Did I just discover that I like girls who make my self esteem feel good more than I like girls who make my dick feel good?
Shit, that wasn't even on my top ten list. Smart, funny, pretty, Kind, whatever is the opposite of bitchy, fun in bed, boobs and/or an age appropriate figure is always nice, curious, someone you can trust to see you at your worst. Before today, "genuinely being a boost & support of my self esteem" was 10th.
Then BAM. I was hit in the face with the towel. Damn girl, I hope you can handle a spanking because I was just on the verge of making an interpersonal discovery of some importance over here, I thought to myself. I noticed the slightest or possibly mock look of concern on her face as she asks "you're not having any regrets or second thoughts over there are you?". I reflexively replied "Oh god no". Then with some emphasys, I continued "today was incredible. I REALLY needed this and you were PERFECT, thank you".
Again she did not disappoint. She crawled to the top of the bed on the far side and then to me over the pillows and laid down at a 90 angle to me on her stomach parallel to the headboard with her head nearly right on top of mine. She propped herself up a bit on her elbows and we kissed deeply. It was nice.
I made a few attempts to shake my internal drama, get out of my head and get back to my goal of picking my self up after my divorce. Oops, I mean back to pleasing a beautiful woman who clearly was not yet done having her fun with me. The emotional rollercoaster ride over the last hours, days & weeks completely blew out my brains ability to generate or absorb endorphins or whatever happens in a situation like this. Shortly after we had joked around while showering together, kissing goodbye (just like when I kissed my endorphin killing ex wife) and going on back to our separate lives.
I drove the hour or so home, brought my dog to the park and had healthiest and happiest cry I ever had. I don't know what I was feeling or why, but I was feeling again and it brought me much relief and contentedness.
We texted a bit that evening confirming that we each enjoyed our time together and agreeing that we should do that again sometime. The next day, Saturday, her husband took their 5 & 8 year old sons somewhere for the day. We checked in with each other again over text and chatted some about our lunch but the spark or excitement we usually had was not the same.
I reached out again that evening and asked if she was in a place that we could talk on the phone. She resisted but did call me (our first personal phone call). It took her 24 hours to let her cry bubble up. It turns out that our emotional experiences were remarkably similar, albeit from different perspectives.
She much later reveals that she felt emotionally dead for her hubby. She evolved to a bad place where she wanted fuck anyone but her hubby but still fucked him twice a week and had to appear happy to do it, killing her brain chemistry.
We rode the best and worst roller coaster in the world for 6 or 8 months....until the the Cocaine eventually wore off or the unobtainable became obtainable and it wasn't the the same rush for either of us any longer. She was the closest thing to a drug addiction that I ever felt. I never wanted anyone or anything like I wanted her.
My hope is that this story helps one person answer the question "Why the hell would he/she risk giving up their wonderful & loving family for an hour with a douchebag or a skank?"

I opted in on a instant form on instagram and I did not enter my instagram handle, i did enter a random emailadress.
But the company managed to message me on instagram after I opted in. How is this possible?
Is there a setting where you can see or message people who opted in via your instant form on facebook?

This is all about Mike Making a private deal with the president.
House Democrats announce they will bail out House Speaker Mike Johnson if Marjorie Taylor Greene proceeds to impeach him.
Speaker Johnson tries to avoid questions about Marjorie Taylor Greens letter to impeach him. House Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries, Pete Aguilar and Katherine Clark said that the House Democrats are trying to save House Speaker Mike Johnson's speakership. He (Hakeem Jeffries) announced that he would eliminate any efforts to impeach Johnson amid threats from Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other hardliner Republicans. At this point (Hakeem Jeffries), said "with our national security mission complete", however, what he really meant was "Now that we passed the aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific and TikTok" it's time to turn the page he said.
Green said he would move the motion to recall Johnson to the owners "If Democrats want to choose a speaker (and some Republicans want to support a Democratic speaker) , I'll give them a chance. “All Americans see the truth and focus on our elections,” he wrote Tuesday. “Americans deserve to see Fine Gael on full display. I threw them a party! Johnson argued that he needed Democratic support to maintain his position and asked for no other aides at a press conference held shortly after the Democrats' announcement. "I have to do my job," Johnson told reporters. "We must do what we think is right, and what the country needs now is for Congress to act." country," he said, as he sought support to hold the gavel. Johnson said he did not ask for help from Democrats because he was still talking. "I didn't ask anyone who helped," he said. "I don't care about that at all. "I'm committed to getting this done and passing legislation," he said. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who joined Greene earlier this month, told Democrats on CNN: "If you want to get rid of it, Johnson, that's a gift," he said, specifically focusing on our efforts he referred to House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is truly committed. Who should be our enemy now that Mike Johnson is back from Hakeem Jeffries? Meanwhile, Greene did not answer CNN's questions but said, she and Massie would continue to talk about efforts to oust Johnson at a news conference. Democratic leaders announced the decision at the end of the congressional session. House Republicans told CNN that the effort behind the proposal to remove Johnson as speaker "failed." "No, he's dead." Representative. Rep. Kate Carmack, R-Fla., said when asked if there were any threats regarding hotel week. Oklahoma Republican Kevin Hern, who left the House Republicans' weekly meeting before the Democrats' announcement, downplayed a motion to withdraw the threat, telling reporters: "Nobody's talking about it. He met with Greene to withdraw the threat." He said he had not yet discussed his proposal.
House Democrats announce they would save Speaker Mike Johnson if Marjorie Taylor Greene triggers her effort to oust him.
Speaker Johnson tries to dodge reporter’s question about MTG’s motion to oust him. House Democratic leadership announced that Democrats would kill an effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson from his position, amid threats from Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other hardliners.
“At this moment, upon completion of their national security work, the time has come to turn the page on this chapter of Pro-Putin Republican obstruction. We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate the Chair. If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed,” the leaders wrote in a statement. However, Greene suggested she will move forward with the motion to vacate Johnson in order to put members on the record.
MTG said If the Democrats want to elect him Speaker (and some Republicans want to support the Democrats’ chosen Speaker), I’ll give them the chance to do it, I’m a big believer in recorded votes because it puts Congress on record and that allows every American to see the truth and provides transparency to our votes. Americans deserve to see the Uniparty on full display. I’m about to give them their coming out party she said.
Johnson defended the fact that he needs Democratic support to remain in his job and that he did not request assistance from the other side of the aisle after the Democrats’ announcement.
“I have to do my job,” Johnson told reporters. “We have to do what we believe to be the right thing, what the country needs right now is a functioning Congress.”
When pressed by CNN if he would be comfortable relying on Democratic support to keep the gavel, he said, “You hope you have the support of everyone, the entire country.”
Johnson said he did not request the assistance of Democrats as he hangs on to the speakership. - I’ve not requested assistance from anyone,” he said. “I’m not focused on that at all. I am focused on getting the job done and getting legislation passed, he said.
Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, joined Greene’s effort, telling CNN that the Democrats’ promise to save Johnson will only help the effort to oust him. If you want to get rid of Johnson, that's a gift, he said, pointing to House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries in particular. That was really a gift to our effort to have Mike Johnson endorsed by Hakeem Jeffries, the person who’s supposed to be our foe?
Meanwhile, Greene would not answer questions from CNN but said that she and Massie would speak more about their effort to oust Johnson at a news conference.
The Democratic leaders announced the decision as House Republicans told CNN that the effort behind the motion to vacate Johnson’s speakership is “dead.”
No, it’s dead,” Republican Rep. Kat Cammack of Florida said when asked if there has been any movement on the threat since the weeklong House recess.
Oklahoma Republican Kevin Hern, exiting the House Republican weekly conference meeting before the Democrats’ announcement, downplayed the motion-to-vacate threats and told reporters, “Nobody is talking about it.

•14 hr. agoAMRN - if there was ever a GME in biotech, it’s AMRN
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It’s hard to share so much about the story of AMRN, but we have to start somewhere.
Imagine you have a life saving drug, one that literally is like drain-o for your arteries. Cardiovascular disease is rampant, and little ‘ole biotech firm Amarin has been beyond bullied by BIG PHARMA, the FDA and these ridiculous hedge funds who continue to short this stock any chance they get.
Imagine the FDA making this little biotech company go through a trial, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on research and development, after years of the patent process, only to have a left wing judge decide (with no scientific background) that she can invalidate their patents in the US market, as the sole decision maker in the trial. We can talk about the poor choice of leadership in selecting Nevada, we can add onto the fact that Amarin’s attorneys were victims of fraud upon the court (see cropped table situation Du cited in her opinion).
Now the reality is the US market (revenues) has stabilized and still over 50%, the RoW (rest of world) is being approved brick by brick with exclusivity protection in Europe into 2039. The European and Chinese markets will now dwarf the expected revenues in the US for years to come.
Someone then look up activist investor Alex Denner, check out a bit further and you’ll see $100m invested in Amarin by Sarissa and why do you think that is? Alex understands how undervalued AMRN is and why he’s now the majority shareholder, with a plan to regain shareholder value. $1 now $12+ when he sells it (easy - way more if BRAVE study for alzheimer’s trial shows any hint of positive outcome).
Wall Street and Big Pharma hate this company/stock. BP controls some of these firms and their dirty work continues day after day. Rinse and repeat.
I’ve been invested in AMRN for over a decade. Who’s up for some payback if we all pull a GME on their asses?!
Fellow AMRN longs please feel free to add to this, our story has many more details to share.

My bf followed this girl on instagram like 5 months ago, an account of a girl he used to go to school with. I noticed his following count went up one day so I checked and never had seen her before I asked about it, he said it was an accident, unfollowed her and we moved on. I know it was a problem on my part for even asking or noticing, but im insecure and we were going through a rough patch at the time.
Flash forward to today it randomly popped in my head again. The girl my bf followed is a single mom and today i saw a video of some girl saying pregnant woman are the biggest homewreckers, literally not true and a dumb video but it made the girl pop into my head. I brought it up to my boyfriend again and asked if they’ve talked at all while we’ve been together, he said no. I asked if they ever had anything he said no. I get it’s not my business but at the same time if it was someone he had feelings for then was following now it’d be worrisome.
But I then went onto Facebook and searched my boyfriend’s Facebook, and saw he was friends with her on there too. Which makes sense, he’s had the account for years but I asked him “you have her on Facebook too?”. He started getting so irritated with me asking me what im trying to find and why im trying to be all investigative and I might as well just ask her directly instead of doing all this work if I don’t trust his word. I tried ending the fight but he just kept calling me disrespectful, said we just had a nice three days together and immediately I go and find something to be mad about.
I get why he’s upset but at the same time was I in the wrong for what I did? The situation didn’t get properly addressed to begin with, you don’t really follow someone on accident but I rolled with it and let it go. Today my anxiety got the best of me and I couldn’t just drop it. Was searching if they are friends on Facebook too far? That’s the part he’s calling majorly disrespectful, but I feel it’s not wrong to go and see if your boyfriend is friends with a girl on Facebook if he randomly followed her on instagram. But it is five months later to be fair. I just didn’t let myself dwell on it when I first noticed because I didn’t want it to be anything. I don’t know. I’m just hurting bad and apologized but it wasn’t good enough. I feel he just views me as a crazy disrespectful woman :(