So I bought 3 realm transfers for SOD, but the realm I wanted to transfer my characters to wasn't even available for a transfer, so I basically paid $50 for nothing. I don't think it was clearly indicated anywhere that realm transfers could only be done to certain realms. I reached out to Blizzard for a refund and got the typical bot response. Then about a week later Blizzard basically said they wouldn't do it because my account was in "bad standing". Yes I got reported a few times for talking shit, but I don't see what that has to do with me getting a refund. I'm literally getting scammed over here.
Is there anything I can do to recoup that money?

Hello all. If by any unfortunate chance you were on the 07:15 Red Line train to Miyapur and the whole train, especially the last compartment (not ladies, the other one) was stinking, you have my solidarity. WHAT IN THE FUCKS’S NAME WAS THAT SMELL! I could not fucking breathe.
Well, let me tell you, it was not that guy who was eating lays. Even I thought it was him.
The real culprit and their situation is ridiculous. I don’t know whether to laugh or judge them.
After careful observation I saw that the lady wearing a light green Salwar Kameez had a little wet patch around her calf. It was bulging. I stared long enough and figured she was moving her entire body but not that calf. On closer inspection, you could see yellowy outlines here and there.
GUYS I’M NOT SHITTING YOU, BUT THE LADY SHAT HERSELF.
Easily in her early thirties if not older. She confidently acted like she was talking on the phone and all but it was all a show of bravery. I mean she was the only person who did not even act like it was stinking whereas the whole compartment were cupping their nose and mouth. My sister and I were the only ones who figured out the true culprit.
I did one additional test just to make sure. I swung by her when getting down. Let me tell you it was the most unnecessary thing I’ve done in my life. The smell filled up lungs and the ceiling of my mouth. Fucking pungent shit. Literally.
As we were getting down though one uncle was taking the biggest of yawns. A real lion roar face. That man had no clue what he was stepping into. It was not just air he was breathing in. It was the deadliest substance active in Hyderabad at that hour.
Lady in green, if you’re reading this, you should’ve got off the train and washed up. It happens. Next time don’t persist. Please. For fucks sake.

Hello, I'd like to ask you guys what you think of being an asexual and aromantic. I'm currently 21, I've never undertood what if feels like to experience love or being sexually or otherwise attracted to someone. I wonder what it caused, I come from a good family, I've had good childhood, never beaten nor undergo any trauma. Despite all of this I was never able to connect with anyone on a deeper level like to form a relationship. I understand the concept of friendship or what my obligations towards my family are. But at the same time I do not really care about either of them and if they'd do something I'd be too uncomfortable with I'd just let them go regardless of how long I've known them. I know that because I did this in the past many times both with friends and family. Usually it's been issues that coudln't be solved. Still I believe that being an aromantic and asexual is both a burden and a blessing. I think I'm missing so much from life just by not being able to feel love. At the same time this allows me better to focus more on myself and my own goals and aspirations. I've always viewed the world in much different light than my friends. What are your thoughts on this? I always wanted to talk to someone who's more like me because I've never met anyone who's either aromantic or asexual.

im gonna go into full explicit detail about everything that happened from a-z. and i want opinions
i met this guy at a social event and we clicked instantly (as friends because i had another bf at the time and hes gonna become relevant in the story). lets just call the guy at the event john and lets call my ex alex. me and alex broke up about 3 days after i met john and i started to develop feelings for john. me and alex ended up trying to “talk things out” even tho i was just attached and wanted the attachment to wear off. so we were “talking” but we werent exclusive and had no boundaries and i knew i was eventually going to cut alex off because i didnt see a future with him, i just was attached because we had memories and he was my first ever boyfriend
me and john liked each other, on october 7th we kissed. and about 4 days later i met up with alex and “hooked up” which i later found out he sexually assaulted me
i was avoiding john because the entire situation was hard on me and i was tired of having to choose because i was the first girl john ever liked and i felt bad about kissing him and i DIDNT want a relationship (at the time) slowly, john blocked me because he had enough and thats when i realized i didnt want alex anymore. i cut alex off for john. john asked me if i met up with alex after me and him kissed and i said no because my god forsaken self fucking forgot, as much as it sounds like an excuse, its not. i had no memory of seeing alex after me and john kissed. and so me and john started to become exclusive after we met up and talked things out. i told him i didnt see alex after me and john kissed.
we dated and we were so happy until we broke up for a few days because he wasnt ready for a relationship, we got back together and we were happy.
theres the part where i start to fuck up. and i wont deny a single thing i did
theres a guy named eric, or at least we will call him that. i used to “like” eric, not even like i just thought he was cute. nothing too deep. im friends with his girlfriend and she trusts me enough because she knows i feel nothing for him, but she trusts me to come to me whenever they have issues in the relationship because she KNOWS its nothing like that
theres another guy named timmy, timmy and eric go to the same school so theyre in the same class. timmy is spreading shit rumors about me and its no fucking rumor anyone could ignore. it was a rumor where i had a “sex tape”, have 3 bodies, and had sex with john even tho non of it is fucking true. it was getting so bad my friends were getting dms saying “your little friend had sex with her boyfriend and i have proof”. it was so fucking bad. not to mention, im a minor and i live in a small fucking country shit gets spread so fast here. and so i would go to eric as ask him about timmy because i was gonna take legal action against timmy because it was going so fucking far. and john didnt like that. because he knew i used to “like” eric. which i fucking didnt and i just thought the dude was good looking lol
and so i would only speak to eric to ask about timmy and i would let john know about. except this one god forsaken time where i didnt show a fucking continuation of a conversation and he got so mad he started threatening to break up with me
keep in mind, im an anxious attachment and im pretty sure john is avoidant even tho in the relationship he was surely an anxious so i dont know cause we havent spoken in a fucking month lmao
we both are borderline by the way.
so this is a part where i fuck up
the reason why i use the name eric is because eric is like someone who associates himself with eric cartmen from south park, he makes him his entire personality and its just a joke between him and everyone 😭 as immature as it sounds, i dressed up as eric cartmen for characters day in school and i showed eric the outfit because i thought it was funny and didnt think anything of it. i didnt show john but i didnt hide it from him either because i know john would go through my phone and i didnt see anything wrong with what i did, until he went through my phone and saw the chat, keep in mind, i do delete chats with my friends sometimes because i dont want john to see some things because of privacy, not out relationship, but between me and a specific few girls he doesnt like and doesnt want me to be friends with
and so he saw the message and got upset, and i took the hint that this guy just doesnt want me to interact w eric at all and i understood but i understood him way too fucking late and he broke up with me
which for some reason my dumbass was shocked even tho he made it clear that he didnt want me speaking to john so this is where i realized i fucked up
i took it as a lesson and learned to not do it again but i was too late
me and john break up and i wanted him back badly. an hour after the breakup i started posting on my story about a random guy that i made up and acted like i liked him to piss off john and make him jealous which was a bad fucking idea
to me, the more someone doesnt want me, the more i want them. thats how i thought it was
and he found out and got pissed off. he ended up texting alex and found out i met up with alex after me and john kissed. but no one was aware that i was actually sexually assaulted by alex and i found out later because my friend went through the same thing. me and john stayed talking to see if we could work it out and i fucked up by telling him to stop basing our relationship over something from the past that happened over 8 months ago. he got pissed and blocked me
i later found out he followed back the girl he told me not worry about and said he didnt know why he was attracted to her but at same time would say “i dont know if shes actually pretty or if im trying to move on” (as in move on from me) i got so fucking pissed, i texted the girl w my friend we and told her that john was using her and a rebound. john found out, threatened to ruin my life and was so fucking mad over it, but i later then realized he just thought she was pretty and didnt want her like that. i ended up apologizing to john because i wanted him back but it didnt work because he was standing on business lmfao
during this time, my friend told me he would always consider going back to me and missed me and loved me so much. and john did love me. a LOT. he bought me flowers, a ring, everything. like he did everything for me and he did love me so deeply
and now we havent spoken over a month and its slowly killing me because my friend who was close with him said he was dead set with his decision n doesnt wanna get back with me. i dont know if this will change because right now he has new priorities like studies since hes graduating soon. but right now, he seems dead set with his decision even tho his biggest fear was losing me. i saw the way he would talk about me and we were so deeply in love.
but john thinks i cheated on him with what happened with alex. my friend told him he sexually assaulted me but it was very vague and he doesnt know the details.
i was johns first love. first EVERYTHING. we broke up march 18 and last spoke april 19 where he thought i was shit talking him and i proved i wasnt. he later said he was worried about me but right now he doesnt seem to care.
please dont tell me to “let him go”. if u have any other opinions on what u think will happen and if he will come back please let know because i really want him back. my family friend who is a psychic told me he was coming back if this helps lol.
let me know if u guys think hes coming back. this is all fresh but yea.

I (19 F) and my Best Friend (19 F) have been lying to everyone we know that we are cousins.
For context, I have a summer birthday and turn 20 in 2 months. I graduated high school early (as did a lot of people in my area due to covid) and came out to college at 17 the winter semester of 2022. I was at college for a year and a half before I met my now best friend from randomly rooming in an off campus apartment at the beginning of this last school year This was her first year at college, as she is almost a year younger than me, and graduated in 2023. We clicked INSTANTLY and have become inseparably close ever since.
Our entire immediate and extended families all know each other, and we will often take trips and stay with her family. And when my family came into town, she stayed with us the whole time. Our families love each other, and meeting her has been the best thing that has ever happened to me, I feel like I have known her my entire life. My cousins who live in the area all call her cousin, and she comes to all the family functions.
Because we lived together, we share all of our belongings and even grocery shop together. Since we became so close so fast, and stayed at her family's house only a few weeks into the school year, people always asked us how we knew each other and would not believe us when we said we were random roommates. So instead, we started saying we were cousins and nobody questioned it. We became curious if we were actually related as we both have pretty large families, and used the app family tree to see if we were. To our surprise, we were somewhere between 3rd and 5th cousins, I can't quite remember. It was through my Grammy, and our moms sides of the family.
We are close with a few of both my cousins on my mom's side and her cousins fromher mom's side, and both of them just call the other "cousin", and have all accepted the other into the family. We even call each other's parents aunt and uncle as we will see or talk to them frequently. We will stay at each other's family and extended family. Everyone has welcomed the other with open arms into the family, and this made our lie seem even more real. This became so normal to us, that we would forget sometimes that it was sort of a lie. Whenever cousins would come to stay with us during the year, they called us both cousin no matter who's it was.
There were a couple other things that inadvertently helped our case too. For one, she was online at a different school the first semester as she had started college the last year of high school and had to finish it but still wanted to live in the college town she would be attending next semester, so people assumed she moved here to live with me. Second, my mom's mom is called Grammy and her mom's mom is called Gammy so whenever we talk about them, nobody notices that we are saying something different as they are super similar. And lastly, all the cousin's that came to stay with us or that we are close to are all from both our mom's sides and the ones we are still both technically related to.
During the year, we would tell all the people we met and it wasn't ever really an issue. The most people would question is that we don't look super alike as she is blonde and I have dark brown hair with tan skin, so sometimes people would ask how we were related and we would say our moms as both our moms are blonde. Early on we met a bunch of guys that ended up becoming our best friends. I started dating one of the guys in the group a few months later. The 3 of us became super close, and we never told him that we weren't cousins. One of the guys in the group that i'll call B, has two cousins in the group but from opposite sides. Because they were actual cousins, they wanted to know how we were related so we said our moms and when they asked if they were sisters we agreed.
Up until about 6 months ago, this was all there was to it and it wasn't really a big deal or that deep, just kind of funny. But things took a bit of a turn when one of B's cousins E had a thing with one of my actual cousin's roommates. Her roommate accidentally let it slip to E that me and my best friend weren't really cousins. Luckily my cousin gave us a heads up, so we knew they might ask. E ended up telling all of the other guys while they were at the gym that day and my boyfriend texted me saying "Bro no way you guys have been lying to me this whole time" when I asked how, he said "yall aren't even cousins" and then added "by blood".
We probably should have come clean then and there, but we had another one of our friends over who also thought we were cousins and didn't feel explaining to him or everyone that we had been lying for months. So naturally, we doubled down. But my boyfriend didn't believe us and asked for proof. When I said I would find a picture (my mom's family is huge so we could have played it off) he said to show him the family tree app. So we took an ss of our relation to each other and put another ss on top of it so it looked like it said we were just cousins instead of 3rd. That ended the debate as E and the girl never became anything so the guys just assumed it was bad intel, and never asked us about it again.
Now here comes the major problem. My best friend decided to do a year and a half long humanitarian trip and is having a party to say goodbye at her house this weekend. Me and my boyfriend are going up on Thursday (which is in 2 days) and her family is all coming into town. Her dad's mom and her mom's parents will all be there. My boyfriend has been with us when we were on a face time call with her family and her Gammy months ago, and has also met my Grammy, and was even at a family dinner this past weekend. However, since talking to Gammy and meeting Grammy were spaced apart so far he never questioned or asked about it, and we never gave it a second thought. The other day when we were at my Grammy's house, he snapped my best friend who is currently home saying "guess where I am", it was clear he assumed that Grammy was our mutual grandparent so she just went along with it.
We have been lying so long that we don't know what to do about this weekend. We talked to her mom and one of her aunts who know about the situation and they think it is hilarious. It started out as an innocent joke and just letting people assume our grandmas are the same person, but we are so deep in it at this point that we don't know if we should come clean or not.
At this point we have 3 options: 1: we come completely clean, 2: we slightly lie and say we are 2nd cousins which isn't that far from the truth, or 3: lie even more and keep pretending to be first cousins.
Her mom thinks we are in too deep to come clean at this point and is willing to go along with whatever we tell him. We came up with a plan that would further enforce the lie that goes as follows: Her Gammy and my (now dead) grandad were married and had 2 kids: the first one died (my mom has a sister that died as a baby) and the second one was her mom. They divorced after the death as it was hard on the marriage and both got remarried. My grandad to my Grammy, and her Gammy to her grandfather. Gammy got custody of her mom, and both couples had more kids and moved on with their lives.
This would make us half cousins and our moms half sisters. You wouldn't really refer to your half cousin as anything but a cousin, and it would explain why we were weird when people asked if our moms were sisters. Additionally, the sister that died is a real thing and asking anyone about it would make our lie seem true. It is messy enough to where it would be like oh we don't talk about it and he won't want to ask questions, but not messy enough with like affairs and cheating to where it makes our families look bad. Her mom and aunt and cousins will all go along with it as the find the whole thing funny. The issue is, this would make us get involved so deep and having lies that include dead family members feels disrespectful.
At this point I don't know what to do, should we come completely clean now? Should we come partially clean and admit to lying about our mom's being sisters and the family tree app ss being fake? Or do we keep lying and go with everything we've said for a year now? I'm worried that my boyfriend will feel betrayed by everyone lying to him, no matter when it is if it's now or if we keeping lying and he finds out later. I don't want him to be hurt and question other things in our relationship, as this is the ONLY thing I have ever lied to him about. There is a chance that if we keep lying he will never find out, but there's also a chance that he will. I honestly forgot about all of this, and when me an my best friend facetimed a few minutes ago we realized we are so screwed.
Please help lol I feel like an idiot and I don't know what to do 😭

I was talking to my best friend who also hits the gym and I realised we workout differently so I wanted to know what is more common and when influencers post workouts which do they mean? I do let's say if I am gonna do 3 exercises for 3 sets I do all 3 exercises with little to no break in between and then rest 3 mins and repeat that 3 times He does the first exercise once rests for 3 minutes does that 2 more times and then moves on to the next exercise Do Influencers mean his way when they post a workout I am not a beginner but this has confused me

So I got a job in January as a dental assistant when I applied for the receptionist position. I got sabotaged and bullied that first month and was let go because I couldn’t learn everything it takes to be a dental assistant in less than a month. I got bullied really bad there and glad I got fired. Anyways, I have a new job now. All is good until last week a new nurse started and she continues to size me up, glare at me, talks to me with an attitude and gets aggressive/raises her voice sometimes. I went to my manager at the old company and this company and both managers said they had a talk with the bully. But it continues. She started last week! Someone also stole my flowers that I bought from Trader Joe’s yesterday morning. I carried them into a box and the bully was the only person to see me drop the box off (they were expensive) and they’re gone. I know for a fact she took it because she made it a point to comment saying I “have issues” because I bring fresh flowers to work every week. I didn’t tell my boss that I think she did it. But I left a note in the break room telling whoever took it to return it because it was for my friend in the hospital. My boss sent a mass email to return the flower. This flower is a exotic orchid I paid $30 on top of 4 bouquets of peonies. They only took the orchid. And it’s convenient that we don’t have cameras and the bullly isnt here today. Idk why I keep getting targeted? Not to toot my own horn but everyone sees she is bulling me and is saying that it’s because I’m very attractive and she’s jealous. Because I’m very very nice to everyone in the office. I even handed out peonies flowers that are pricy to the 17 women in the office. And when it came to me giving the bully one, she grabbed a different one out of my hand and said “I want this one” like? Why does this keep happening to me with women?!

I’ll try to keep a long story short as much as possible while still providing the most relevant details. I’m a 29/F and have been involved with my boyfriend 30/M for two years.
Basically my boyfriend who I recently moved in with has had this female friend from work since before we met. Let’s call her Ren 29/F. My bf helped Ren & her husband with their wedding, attended and everything, & since they’re all around the same age / have similar interests, Ren would invite him to their group outings (music festivals, dinners, etc.) with all their other coupled friends.
My bf (before we started dating) was the single guy of the group at the time. Ren’s husband didn’t like my bf because he felt threatened by him or whatever and in turn, got the other males in this friend group to have the same, we’ll call it hesitancies, about him so my boyfriend expressed to me he always felt like the outsider of the group.
Ren & my boyfriend would also hang out just one on one every couple months or so (in addition to seeing each other at work almost every day). While my boyfriend and I were in the “talking stage”, he’d share a lot about how he would talk to her about me and that she was excited to meet me, etc.
When I met her, I’ll be honest, nice girl but I didn’t get the most genuine vibes… i’ll just leave it at that. Even then, I tried to give the benefit of the doubt as I didn’t have any other reason to be suspicious.
Anyway. My boyfriend & I started officially dating & were doing the long distance thing for about six months before I moved out to the state where they all live. He would freely share a lot about their conversations and hang outs (between him and Ren), which I appreciated he did on his own as I hadn’t expressed any concerns at that point.
I’ll bullet point what were the “final” three straws for me before I felt I had to say something, as this is already getting way longer than I was hoping and don’t want to dilute the main concerns lol

1. While Ren & my bf were talking about me moving out there, she said “snarkily & playfully” (his words) that “she better not take my best friend”….. this was the moment everything switched in my mind as I thought it was majorly inappropriate and not something I would ever say to any of my guy friends with girlfriends even as immature as I’ve been in the past, let alone the fact that this is coming from a MARRIED woman, but I still didn’t say anything as I didn’t want to make an issue out of nothing since I do trust him. Also didn’t want him to stop telling me things..

*Even if I felt that way in some past past friendships, that’s something that I always had enough respect for my male friend’s relationships to leave in a thought bubble. As a single person but especially as a married person. The fact that she felt comfortable enough to say something like that really irks me.

1. A couple months after #1, I was having a little insecure moment about my aging appearance & he was telling me how lucky I am to have good genes & don’t need botox etc., that Ren has a lot of wrinkling on her face that she gets botox for. I think he may have felt bad about commenting “negatively” on a woman’s appearance so he said something right after like “but she’s still very pretty… i’m treading lightly here” etc. I didn’t appreciate this comment at all. Individually I might not have read too much into it but considering #1 & now #3.
   
2. I’ve lived out here for a month now and we’ve been busy settling in, and so haven’t really hung out with any of his friends yet (even outside of this group). I decided to travel out of state for a weekend to spend mother’s day with family. What a coincidence… Ren’s husband also happens to be traveling out of state, and so since they’re both going to be alone with the dogs all weekend, they were talking about getting together to do something with the dogs. I clearly wasn’t thrilled about it when he told me, so he said nothing was set in stone and it might not even happen. I said well maybe you guys can meet at the dog park down the street lol
   

While I’m out of state, my bf tells me that “oh we might end up going to a dog friendly brewery”. And this is where I couldn’t take it anymore and had to say something.
I’ll admit, I didn’t confront the situation in the best way possible but I was already day drinking with family when he told me & I felt I had to say something before he went through with meeting up with her.
He was defensive when I brought up my concerns. I only brought up #1 & #3. His reaction made me very sad to the point I reacted to his reaction poorly, but I clarified it wasn’t that I thought he was cheating… it’s that his reaction to my concerns wasn’t what I was expecting. He pretty much ended the conversation promptly to go take a shower. I realize he may have just needed time to think but overall the defensiveness just made me feel like my concerns were even more validated.
He said after taking time to process, he could see where I was coming from and didn’t want to jeopardize what we have, etc. I thought everything was OK but then I get home from my trip, he’s acting unusual.. we ended up talking about it again and he once again was going back to me making something out of nothing basically. When we brought up how the brewery was the moment I felt I had to say something, he said how that’s not a big deal, that brewery tours was kind of “their thing” they would do since they both moved here from out of state….. I said “well that’s interesting because I pretty much had to beg you to go to a brewery with me here and you wanted to leave so quickly once we were there. But i’d hate to ruin your guy’s thing if it’s really that important to you.”
I felt weird asking him not to hang out with her one on one, that I could put my feelings aside and be cordial with her in group settings. It’s not like we talked much the day I met her or that she made any real effort to get to know me.
Sober, I was able to better articulate my feelings in a less emotionally charged way and we talked it all through, had a delightful rest of the night, and now everything’s ok. But honestly that comment he made about the brewery tours being their thing is still sticking with me and all the things considered, I wonder if I’m overreacting or how ya’ll would feel in my shoes?
Sorry for the typos I’m tired of typing. Thanks if you read all the way through or even if just skimmed. Thoughts are appreciated.
TL;DR; : This is a sample summary of the TLDR rule, all things are bold. Is this going the right way?

I (M30) look back at who I am and tell myself that I am no longer interesting or active enough for a relationship with a woman.
I did interesting things but, it's getting old (creation of a skatepark at the age of 15 for my city) or not necessarily glorifying outside the joke (owner of a adult network online ) and making a living with investment.
I have isolated myself for the last 9 years and I realize that I do not fit into work/ life stereotype , I have just seen the career of an ex who has now a PhD in cognitive psychology and I realize that her work is recognized/ understood by all/ visible/ respectable and crazy..
Having helped my family and become rich is good but it’s not amazing or talented, finished projets brings nothing, i'm 30 single, no driver license and no friends.
until I was 22 I was lucky enough to have girls who do the first step, bring me home or invite me out. but I never had to flirt, so now without ring of friends or workplace I feel like It's over for me. my job is money so the subject quickly becomes vulgar talking number it’s sad, and talked porn it’s weird.

Hello! My name is Ralph and I am 36. I am looking for friends and also my future bestie.
I am 36, and I am flight crew so I get paid to travel the world. I live in Florida but since I travel for work I am not on any specific sleep schedule and time zone, and I am naturally nomadic since I travel full time. I am married, I have been with my wife for almost 13 years. But I still need friends!
I am a nerd and I also produce electronic music, such as house, drum and bass, trance, etc. I love gaming and I am a huge gamer.
I am looking for friends who are like me. People who get my level of sarcasm and can vibe with me from the beginning and laugh with me, etc. I am extremely picky with the friends I choose.
If you think you can become friends with me or one day my bestie, message me! The bestie thing takes time, it just has to happen. But message me and let’s vibe!!! I am eventually though looking for my best friend. Someone who I can be friends with and get along with, someone who actually gets along with my wife which isn’t hard. Being friends with her isn’t a requirement though. Someone who gets me, and I get them, and we laugh, hang out one day and in general, and overall just an awesome best friend.
US only! I am looking for real life friends not just online. Let’s talk! :)
I literally own so much stuff, a PS5, gaming PC, gaming laptop, switch OLED, and I have lately lacked motivation to game. Maybe a future friend or bestie can get me back into gaming! Especially multiplayer!

My cousin's relationship with her boyfriend has become increasingly toxic, and despite my concerns from the beginning, she seems blinded by her feelings for him. Now, I find myself blocked from contacting her, and it feels like we're no longer even family. Despite his repeated wrongdoings, she continues to forgive and forget. I'm deeply worried about her future but feel powerless to help. Even worse he thinks that I have ulterior motives for being close to her, believing I may desire something physical, He's dictating who she can and can't talk to online, insisting she only posts pictures of herself or him, and won't let her mention specific male or female friends, not even for their birthdays. He's even making her delete all her old posts and stories about me from Insta. And this is just a small part of how badly he's treating her.
Despite our religious differences - We are Hindu and he's Muslim - that's not my concern; I'm solely focused on my sister's well-being and future. What steps can I take to ensure she's safe and supported?'

I (18f) just moved back in with my mom (40) after living on my own (my mom moved away 2 years ago and didn’t take me with her, so I’ve been figuring it out since then). My plans with this are to get a job and save my money so I can move back to my hometown again, buy a car, etc. I can do this within the span of a year or so. I am also starting my college general education which costs money.
My mom lives with her boyfriend (45) and my older brother (21). I am the only one in the house who is employed and has work experience. My mom, my brother, and her boyfriend live on government checks. My brother doesn’t work or pay bills.
Ever since I moved back in my mom’s boyfriend has been treating me like an asset. Saying things like “once you start helping to pay our bills I can save up to buy ___” which is usually a recreational thing like boats, guns, cars, electronics, or pot plants and dabs. I tell my mom that my paychecks will not go towards their fun when I am the only one in the house who is working full time, especially when I will not be living with them for all that long. She tells me not to listen to him because most of what he says is bullshit, but it pisses me off.
I’m afraid they see me as a steady source of additional income. I do not have a problem with paying my portion of rent, but it bothers me that my 21 year old brother doesnt pay rent but I’m expected to.
It especially bothers me that her boyfriend at his age doesn’t have a job and also barely pays rent. My mom is stuck paying most of the rent. He doesnt have a car and uses her car to drive everywhere. My mom pays for all of his things and then complains to me that she does everything for him. I dont want to help with bills if it means he will be able to save more of his money for his own fun.
I don’t really know what to do but I am annoyed that I am being treated like a benefit, and I will not pay bills if it means he gets to save his money for stupid shit when I am saving for my tuition and future. He doesn’t even call me by my name, when he talks to my mom, he refers to me as “your daughter”.
WIBTA for not paying their bills?

I (25f) have been working for my company for a year and a half. It is an incredible company that I planned on sticking with through graduation. My team is a fairly small, tight knit team. For reference it is international company and very corporate. We also have another location in the area, which is relevant.
I recently went out with my coworkers for one of their birthdays, there were about 6 of us total. We had a few drinks, danced, hung out, and had a lot of fun. I know most of these women and they're all around 40-50 years old. There was only one guy (47m) there, and he is from our other location. I don't know him super well but I've met him before. He is friends with the birthday girl.
While I was dancing, I looked over and saw that he was recording me. I confronted him, and even though I shouldn't have, I grabbed his phone to delete the videos. He ended up physically pinning me down to grab his phone back and I proceeded to tell him that I felt like that was predatory and that I wanted to see him delete the videos. He did delete them and I left the party shortly after.
I was just going to let it go until I found out that he is planning on applying to the open position on my team. I want to talk to management but I'm scared it's going to reflect poorly on me because I am the youngest person on the team and they already have an opinion on how I am outside of work (as in I go out, go to concerts, etc). I don't even know how to approach this with them without it potentially coming back and biting me (Well how much did you have to drink? That happened outside of work. You shouldn't have been out with your coworkers anyway.).
Any advice on the best way to broach this is greatly appreciated. Also, birthday girl has defended him to me saying that he didn't mean it to be weird and that she is still going to give him a reference.

I (M23) and my best friend (M23) both attended a mutual’s friend’s party earlier in the day and went out to some bars afterwards. We both got drunk and we were drinking for hours before we went. I ended up meeting and hooking up with a girl at the bar and I was talking to her for most of the night. My friend ended up talking and meeting another girl which we realized at the end of the night was the girl that I hooked up with’s friend. We all got food together after the bar closed where he asked if we could all go back to mine house. I obliged and the two girls brought an additional friend with them. We all took an Uber and when we arrived to my house, my best friend had to use the bathroom and went into some bushes on my lawn. I started to let everyone in and told everyone to be quiet while we entered my house. I still live at home with my parents and left the door open for my friend who was using the bathroom outside. About 1 minute later my friend rang the doorbell thinking he got locked out which woke up my mom and dad, and as a result got them worried thinking something happened because it was 3 am. I explained I was bringing some people back from the bar, which they do not have a problem with as long as we are quiet. As we got to my house the girl that I hooked up with and her friend immediately fell asleep on my couch. My friend continued to make advances on the friend he was talking to, as she was still up while her friends and the girl I was going to get with fell asleep. My mom still awoken up by my friend ringing the door bell came downstairs to find two random girls sleeping on her couch. I talked to her and told her what happened, we both agreed that it was best to have them leave as they were people I didn’t know other than meeting them at the bar earlier in the night. When I went back to wake them up and ask them nicely to leave, I found my best friend and the girl he was with having sex in the other room on our living room couch. I told my friend to get up and that I needed to talk to him, which he responded that he was busy. I told him it was important and he put his clothes on and came over to me, which I then explained that I had to get everyone out because my mom did not want people over anymore. He then called me jealous and a piece of shit of shit for wanting him out while he was having sex with another girl in my parents house. They eventually all got in an Uber and left and I went to bed. I awoke the next day to my friend apologizing that he pushed me to have everyone over. I told him that wasn’t the issue but that he has a lack of respect for me. He not only rang the doorbell at 3am which woke up and upset parents when he knows my parents are always home when we come back that late, but he tried to have sex on our living room couch which I find disrepctful and disgusting. And instead of helping me remove everyone he said that I was a piece of shit. I told him over text how I felt the next day for which he did apologize for and said he was drunk and needed to be better. I want to let this go, but I think the biggest issue here is since we are so close and my parents know him well that he thinks he can act anyway he wants in my parent’s house. There have been other times that I have let go in the past where we have come back to mine after the bar and he immediately goes into the kitchen and starts eating and making any food he can find without asking beforehand. On top of this, he never has anyone over at his and I guarantee if I acted in anyway close to this, his parents would not appreciate it and make me leave. I feel like since he never has people over, he doesn’t know what it is like to host and deal with people and acts the way he does. Aitah here for getting mad at him?

24 year old male here. Absolutely no friends. Sure I have some guy that I’ve talked to since high school that I play Xbox with almost every day, but that’s really it. They never text or call me on the weekends. They are always hanging out with each other or others, yet I am never invited. The only one that ever invites me anywhere is a kid I’ll call T. Anyways, I was so bored Saturday night and wanted to go out to a bar. I called T and he didn’t answer. That was it, my night was ruined. There isn’t a single other soul I could call at all.
My 20’s are being completely wasted down the drain. I’m doing absolutely nothing at all with my life. I’ve never given a single fuck about money or anything like that, so I don’t care about that shit. All I want is friends to do things with. Girls to go out on dates and have fun with. I have absolutely none though.
My dad expects me to move out soon. He is riding my ass all the time about it. I’ve lived on my own before, and it’s not like I don’t want to move out, but I have nobody to move out with at all. If I ended up moving out on my own, I’d just end up completely depressed with a lack of human contact at all. One buddy and his girlfriend said they wanted to move out together, but they are procrastinating like crazy

So, I've been kind of overhauling my live pedalboard, as we always do, and it got me to thinking. How would you arrange the following pedals with traditional rules, non-traditional ideas, and everything in-between. I've always been pretty by the book with compression up front, into gain stages, with modulation at the end. But it got me to wondering how random people would initially order these. The rig:
1961 Gibson SG reissue into:
Boss TU-3 Stage Tuner XTS Modded Boss Equalizer (boost) Wampler Ego Compressor Wampler Euphoria Overdrive Wampler Sovreigm V2 Distortion Dunlop Uni-Vibe Aqua Puss Analog Delay Omni Reverb
Into a 50 watt JCM 800 with a 2×12 loaded with Greenbacks.
Just generating conversation but it did get me thinking. How would a random Redditor arrange the chain? Or has anyone had any surprising outcomes from non-traditional signal chains?

I don’t like this girl. Let’s call her Kayla. We been friends since the third grade when I begun, and we went to sport together. We even begun in the same class in high school, but she has always been kinda “special”. She gets really mad easily if things doesn’t go her way, she is jealous if I do better than her, doesn’t like that I have other friends and always tries to be “better than me”. She is also really in her head about me being her best friend, and really pushing that on me. But I’ve never felt close to her on that level, but she is so.. idk annoying and clingy.
Lately she has also been asking to hang out EVERY SINGEL DAY, and I’m getting so tired of her drama. I know it’s sounds simple, just ditch her but it’s not. For the first, we’ve shared many good memories and she is so funny. And on top of that, she is really manipulative and I’ve already seen what she did to her other friend when that other friend got a new friend.
She also is always talking about how hard it is to be her, but I know for a fact she cut her arm up a little, then bragged about to other’s so they would show her sympathy.
In these last few months as I’ve mentioned, it seems like she can’t be alone, she always has to hang out with somebody? And it’s driving me insane, I’m really bad with boundaries and she just keeps on asking. And I think she knows for a fact that I don’t want to hang out with her.
Sorry this is all over the place, but any advice? I can’t ditch her, at least not till high school is finished, but is there something I can do to make her distance from me? Or am I being an asshole and should just suck it up?

I (20F) have been talking to this guy (22M) since June 2023. I’ve never been in a real relationship, but have been with only a couple guys sexually (I’m very very selective). During that summer, he was really sweet and consistent. He told me he wanted to learn everything about me and take me everywhere. Near the end of the summer, he began to get distant and when I brought it up he would say he was busy and dealing with a lot. I was patient, but eventually had to end it eventually. Fast forward to now and to make a long story short, we’ve been on and off ever since.
He is very inconsistent, going a week or two without reaching out. Recently, I found out he was on hinge and was going to bring it up, but decided against it because my friend said we’re not exclusive so he can talk to others. We’ve never had sex and when we’re messing around, he typically works on me, but the next day, I let him over and ended up giving him head for the first time. I felt very awkward so I found an excuse for him to leave, but he told me it was really good. The next day he texts me asking how I’m doing and stuff, when he never reaches out on the next day. He also called me a few times and thanked me and kept telling me how good it was. He asks to come over again and I let him and end up giving him head again. This time, he tells me we’re locked in and he’ll definitely need this in the future and before that he said we should go on a date, but he also left immediately after I gave it to him. I’ve always had feelings for him so all of this is nice to hear, but I fear that it’s all for the wrong reasons. What do I do?
Why is he acting like this? Should I try to take him serious? Cut him off? Talk to him? What would I say? pls help :/

I am based in the UK. My employer has supported me with my professional development but I am looking to move on from the company as I am being approached about roles that will let me make a step-up.
I sat a course and exam in late 2022, and then a further course and exams in May 2023.
My contract states that 'should I leave the company all fees incurred over the previous 12 months will be required to be repaid'.
I have been informed the course sat in December 2022 was invoiced dated and paid in September 2023 (talk about poor credit control!) and the course in May 2023 was paid in August 2023.
I'm struggling with the definition of incurred here. Would it be the point it was invoiced to my employer, or at the end of the course/exam?
Appreciate any responses, thanks!

i was talking to a friend of mine about how would sunny progress in shadow dance if he didn’t have a true name, we had two guesses, either he creates an anchor similar to a true name but that doesn’t have the risk of him becoming a slave again or something like mind weave. That got me thinking, if soul weave it’s not the last one then it will obviously have 7 (that’s how it works) so here is my theory of what they would be:
Blood Weave Bone Weave Soul Weave Mind Weave Muscle Weave Eye Weave Heart Weave
i think these fit perfectly with the theme, but let me know if there’s something better

What we're about

Friend Raid is a relaxed, inclusive guild that prioritizes fun and helping each other improve. Our main rule is don't be a dick and keep getting better. We are super LGBT+ friendly, welcome everybody, and strive to keep the environment safe and comfortable for everyone.
Our Mythic raid team consistently clears half of the raid each tier, our AoTC team achives AoTC every tier, and our Mythic+ players push high keys and participate in MDI/TGP. We also have things like Achievement/Transmog runs, we play other games in large and small groups, and usually have people hanging out in Discord every night.

Season 4 plans

We are taking season 4 pretty chill with raiding. We are running weekly Heroic raids in WoW Remix and Retail. Our M+ community is still running keys on retail as well for the season. We are recruiting with the plans to hit the ground running in The War Within.
Raid Nights - Tues/Thurs 8pm-11pm EST. We are running content together as a guild for Season 4. Normal raid times for our teams listed below.

Recruiting Needs

We are currently looking for players interested in raiding with one of our teams (Mythic/Heroic) for War Within, all M+ focused players looking for a community, and casual players looking for a place to chill.
Just Burn Boss (Mythic Focused) - JBB is looking for all roles, several of our raiders at the end of this tier got very good IRL news (job changes, life changes, things like that) and we're rebuilding for War Within. The goal will be to push to the "wall" boss and try and get it down tier 1.
Normally raids Tues/Wed 8pm-11pm EST.
Barely Contained Chaos (AoTC Focused) - Healers and DPS are needed, otherwise anyone interested in AOTC raiding who feels they'll vibe well with the guild are welcome and encouraged to apply.
Normally raids Thurs/Fri 7:30pm-10:30pm EST.
Mythic+ Players - We are always looking for more Mythic+ runners. We have a strict "no key begging" policy and high skill players looking for more fun folks to play with.
Casual Players - We are working on improving our casual community. If you are a mount collector, someone who just wants to run easy content, or are learning and want to get better to step into high level content, we would love you to apply. We are very active in WoW remix so this is the perfect time to join to get that sweet sweet bronze.

Links

Raider.IO: https://raider.io/guilds/us/stormrage/Friend%20Raid
Warcraft Logs Page: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/guild/id/585996

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You can fill out our short form https://forms.gle/5MK995UdZtu1u47a8, apply on Guilds of WoW, or shoot me a message and lets talk!

About me:
Hi. This is the first time im posting here. I’m looking for connections.

1. Iam working overseas.
2. Yearly naman vacation ko, mindanao ako originally.
3. 5’7
4. Mahilig sa kape
5. Im currently pursuing my post grad.
6. Love to have a good discourse on politics, events and about life.
7. Fur dad ako (cat)
8. Di ko na alam paano describe sarili ko haha but i dont do dating sites talaga. Im just trying my shot here been single for long time already.

About you; 1. 5 something ish ang height. 2. Mahilig din sa kape. 3. Someone na interested to talk about life at hinde takot magexpress ng sarili.
Yun lang. Hit via DM and lets talk about life! 🫣