Crazy ex boyfriend quotes

TLDR- girlfriend of SAer found out and is posting anonymously on fb and I’m not sure what to do?? Please help!! It also involves doxing me online when I’m part of the address confidentiality program and careful online to an excessive degree to hide my location.
Idk how to share this because I don’t want to be TMI but I really need help so I’ll include the details as a spoiler and you can look, but the gist is someone put me on a homewrecker Facebook page. They won’t just send me proof of who posted it anonymously?! They included details only my rapist her boyfriend would know and timing and whatever. I need it taken down and they’re somehow allowed to have pages where people can claim I (or anyone, for that matter?!) is doing things like taking 3 men per week, condomless, being a quiet week. There’s no proof for me or anyone, though! No proof any of us did these things and it’s harassment and bullying and trash and idk it’s bad if the instigating instance wasn’t rape and worse right now because it was. Idk. I didn’t know before now.
Here’s the part where it gets hard to deal.
I’m on “medical/disability leave” because it was too hard to pretend to be fine after having your close friend of nigh on 2 years manage to forcibly separate your legs while you cried after saying no and I wish I was overdoing it but you should see the fucking bruises on my legs?? I tried so hard not to remember!!!
I happen to work with his girlfriend out of pure coincidence. I was unemployed for over a year and didn’t even know she worked there until I did, too. She’s horrible to everyone and has no inside voice. I can be understanding of what seems to be clear hearing loss, but customers are complaining about being able to hear her say sensitive info. They’re right. There’s nowhere in the office you can’t hear her. All of my coworkers complained before any of my bullshit!! …but she’s also the hang up on why I can’t manage to go back to work. I can’t manage being able to constantly hear her, and rapist ex-friend told me she’d really hurt me if she found out.
I was hoping unveiling her as the person who doxxed me and was so horrible to me online would make it so I can have the ability to at least be a person? The ability to keep her from hurting me like was claimed. I get none of anything and I just need help.
The group mods ignored me. How do I get this information??? Who else can I ask??

I recently watched Miss Americana and the following quote from Taylor really struck me (and made me so sad for her):
“Be new to us, be young to us, but only in a new way and only in the way we want. And reinvent yourself, but only in a way that we find to be equally comforting but also a challenge for you. Live out a narrative that we find to be interesting enough to entertain us, but not so crazy that it makes us uncomfortable.”
First, this feels like a precursor to America Ferrera’s monologue in Barbie. Anyone else see the similarities?
Hearing these words from Taylor also has me thinking about her eras. Of course having different eras and versions of ourselves is natural, but I wonder if she would have such defined eras if she didn’t feel this pressure to constantly reinvent herself.
Do we think she’ll continue to have new defined eras post-TTPD and once the Eras tour concludes? If so where do we see her heading on future albums?
**I am here for whatevewherever she goes, hopefully after some very well-deserved time off!!

Me and my ex recently broke up over the weekend, he was going to main a friendship with me. He was nice enough to do that but I couldn’t give up on our relationship, and I let that get the best of me and went crazy. Begging him to take me back trying desperately to save us even though he told me me it was over. He told me to stop or he would block my number but I didn’t, I was to focused on trying to fix it. Which in turn only ended up ending our friendship and ended with me blocked. Is there any coming back from this?

I remember so little but it's driving me crazy!!!
One song is sung by a male voice and he's signing about a bad ex who he took care of, especially financially. He sings something along the lines of after all that I did for you, ect...
The other song is a love song and I heard it in a TV show or movie. It's older, sung by a boy band with lots of intermittent music between the lyrics. The lyrics are something along the lines of how can I ever tell her I love her? One verse the signer goes to tell the girl how much she means to him but then he shies away...

For context, my boyfriend and I were in school together 6th grade-11th grade. We had all of our classes together 6th-8th grade and shared none in high school. I decided to go online during senior year when given the option during COVID due to 2 reasons: sexual assault and mental health.
We have been together for a little less than a year now. He used to hate my guts in school. We never actually held a conversation with each other. I always feel I was never given a real chance but also know I am a very difficult person to force to open up. I was known for not speaking. He hated my guts because I liked him and everyone knew it. It wasn't a secret. I feel like I embarrassed him and he was ashamed of me. He always looked like it was hell even having to sit in the same room as me. He had this friend, lets name her Sam, who was a lesbian. They were in marching band together. Sam is now transgender and a he. They stopped being friends after high school. We both agree Sam was a cunt and we hate her-now-him. According to my sister, in the 8th grade Sam approached her asking for advice on me as she (at the time) knows that I am straight and wanted me for herself. My sister was in a particularly bad mood that day and brushed Sam off saying something along the lines of "well, like you said shes not like that so you're just going to have to move on and get over it" and walked away. Sam was always particularly cruel to me after that.
Everyone hated and despised my (now) boyfriend for his promiscuity in 8th-12th grade. He has a history and is a recovering porn addict. He had lower self esteem than I ever knew and felt like he had to manipulate girls in the grades below us into sleeping with him. He has gone through therapy and is now much better and has become the person he wants to be. I did not know at the time that he is also diagnosed Bipolar 2 disorder and was on a medication that made him numb and indifferent and kind of an asshole who was unable to cry, according to him. He has gone to therapy and is a completely different person than he was in school. He has always been outstandingly mature compared to everyone else. He has been extremely patient and healthy towards me. He is the healthiest relationship I have ever been in. The healthiest person I have ever met. He makes me very very happy.
But.....I was on their side. I hated him the same way he hated me. Which he has apologised for and says Im the coolest and nicest person he has ever met and he doesn't know why he didn't give us a chance sooner. The reason I was so so angry with him, and still get frustrated with him when he mentions exes even if its to tell a funny story, is because everyone, particularly Sam, liked to rub his promiscuity in my face. It makes sense. His friends thought he hated me. Everyone else knew I liked him and spread rumors about him. Somewhere along the line with being abused at home and raped by my ex and never quite knowing how to talk to people or about how I feel, and developing the inability to make any objective statement about myself without feeling like a liar, or being tormented at school hearing how the boy I love is with yet another girl and did this or did that, and all of the back and forth between hating his guts and wishing him the best, I developed high functioning internalizing borderline personality disorder. An excruciating mental illness to have. It creeps up on you. I feel....nothing....numb or perfectly fine most of the time. I now find myself drunk crying typing this. I am the shut down type. This messes with my boyfriends anxiety. He starts crying realizing he may have said something he shouldn't have and his face always turns purple when he cries and he tries to sit me down to talk about things. The most I've been able to physically get out is the bare minimum: I don't like anything related to exes. And that was bad wording on my part. I feel he is now under the impression that I am just the "jealous type" or suffering simple retroactive jealousy rather than having been bullied by a friend who couldn't have me, or overly informed by his haters.
I do not know how to tell him how his every move impacted me so badly. He seems completely oblivious and unaware. Im so sick of being labeled as crazy when this was done to me. I was born normal. I could have been normal. So many things happened to me that shouldn't have. I feel especially guilty for still being f****ed up over this because he is so wonderful and living up to his potential. He is so loving towards me. I sometime feels like I've been murdered though. Like I was killed before we could start.
I just want to know if there is anyone out there who has experienced anything similar to this or how one could go about communicating this experience to a loved one.

So, my boyfriend has this girl best friend he's super close with, and honestly, it's driving me crazy. They’ve known each other for years, and I get that they’re really close, but I can’t help but feel jealous every time they hang out or text each other constantly. They have all these inside jokes and memories that I’m not part of, and I feel like an outsider sometimes.
I’ve talked to him about it, and he assures me there’s nothing to worry about, that they’re just friends. I trust him, but it doesn’t make the feelings go away. I’m not usually the jealous type, but seeing how well they get along, I can’t help but wonder if I’m being unreasonable or if there's something more going on.
Anyone else been in a similar situation? How did you deal with it? Should I just suck it up and deal with it, or is it worth bringing up again? I don’t want to be that insecure girlfriend, but it’s really starting to get to me. Would love to hear some advice or experiences from you all.

2 days ago when i was on my train back to where i lived and randomly met my ex gf (we broke up last year in nov after few years of being togh,) she said hello to me and i just froze there on the corridor didnt know what to say., she hugged me and things escalated really quick(i was on a corridor bc i didnt have a seat, nobody was staying there with us so we did have a semi private space) we kissed so much and so intense it felt that we missed each other so much, we talked lots of things and she asked me if i wanted to come over to her place.... i did went to her place we proceeded into talking diff things and she told me she s been with a guy for few weeks this time but he was never like me and couldnt feel what she felt w me then we had a really hot night..one of the most special ones it felt so real and so intense it was incredible i couldnt believe what was happening, my question now would be, is cheating what she did? i cant wrap my head around i am still in a shock bc of what happened, after i left today we talked for 5 h straight over the phone .. i just feel like i am 17 again, about what she did, is that cheating guys/girls? in my book tbh it is cheating but i just want some advice on what to do, thank u
adding some context; i was the toxic one, in the last months of being togh i was add to weed and i did cheat on her few times tbh and she found out each time and bc of that she had some trust issues that made me go crazy at times, now in 2024 i am no longer an addict i exercise every day and i feel so much better, best version of myself in the recent years, she is really into this and i am as well is just that i am not able to cope atm bc of what she did, i just want my women to be mine and only mine but at the same time i was an asshole

My moms ex boyfriend signed on my car but I pay the payments and now that their split up he’s trying to take it from me and sell it, his name is solely on the title but all of the payments and down payment are from me he hasn’t paid a dime towards the car and I have proof, is there anything I can do to fight this?/can he do this?

My boyfriend likes to argue and play devils advocate frequently. It’s a bit infuriating sometimes but I try to be patient. I am a very sensitive person and get emotionally drained easily so it’s hard for me to put up with sometimes. tonight we had a fight over something like this.
Something he likes to do is after we argue about something he goes to work and will strike up a conversation with his coworkers, take on MY opinion, and then debate with them. He’ll then come back and tell me about this, sharing in detail the persons opposing thoughts. This has happened twice, once he asked a gay coworker something revolving around gay rights and this most recent time he asked a black coworker about if he felt white people should wear black hairstyles. He comes back to me and shares how THEY feel- when it opposes my opinion. After saying he acted like he believed what I believe. He says he doesn’t get how it’s wrong or annoying- that he just finds it interesting and wanted to share a fun conversation he had a work bc it related to something we talked about. he’ll act like he’s suddenly agrees with my opinion despite arguing against it heavily before. I got really upset with him about this and am still being irritable with him because it really bothers me that he does this. to me it seems like he’s trying to get others opinions in order to prove me wrong but he says he doesn’t care about that. idk if i’m being a crazy girlfriend or if i’m right to find that annoying… should i apologize for lashing out over it? or try to explain again to him how it’s an issue?

I guess this could also be delayed grief. I have no idea what I’m even trying to say in this, I just can’t imagine speaking these thoughts to anyone in my life right now because I just can’t stand the way people look at me or speak to me or go quiet when I talk about him. Today just sucks.
I thought it would be last year that would suck, being ten years without him. And it did, but it sucks as much as it always does. Right now feels particularly hard.
I’m just thinking about how unfair it all is. I was 10 when I lost him, and I’m just thinking about how much I’ve missed out on with him. How much he has missed out on in his kids lives. Which doesn’t feel fair, because he had some shitty fucking things go on for him throughout his life and I think he at least deserved to watch his kids grow up. And it’s not fucking fair for me either. I looked up his obituary impulsively at work, and someone had left a story there about him that I’d never seen or heard. And I can’t imagine how many stories I’m missing out on, or how many things he could’ve guided me through. And I just feel so angry and tired about it all.
I just got my first apartment last year, and my moms boyfriend helped me build the bed and get it up all the stairs. He’s a sweet guy, we aren’t close, and it’s not his fault, but that should’ve been my dad. I don’t want men to do anything for me because it just fucking sucks because that should be my dad helping me, it shouldn’t be some fucking guy it should be him. I should be able to introduce him to all my partners, I want him to walk me down the aisle, I want to hear all his crazy stories, I want to show him stupid Tik toks and let him meet my cat. I wish that he had been there when I dropped out of school, when I went to detox, when I was couch surfing and trying to stay sober. I wish I could’ve gone to him. I wish he could’ve been there when I finally graduated, and when I got my dream job.
I want him to embarrass me in front of my friends, I want to make fun of him for being old, I want to listen to his ridiculously mish mash mixtape that was way too long, I want to show him what music I like. I want to show him all my tattoos, I want him to be disappointed in my new stupid tattoo ideas. I wanted him to be there when I was being a stupid teenager and tell me to stop being an idiot.
I want to scream at every man who tried to father me for daring to try and take his spot when that was his job and that was for him nobody else deserves to take that role from him just because he isn’t here.
I want to go back to when I was little, and we were sitting in his car just us and playing around with the new speech to text and he was reciting the jabberwocky poem, and we couldn’t stop laughing at the nonsense it typed out, and I want to stay in that car forever.
Today sucks. And FUCK cancer.

ADHD is not an excuse. I (27f) have very severe ADHD and I know that he(27m) has ADHD as well, but the problem is that my boyfriend is too lazy to critically think or reflect on anything. I know this topic is full of similar posts about a loving, attentive, well-meaning boyfriend who just seems to lack common sense and critical thinking skills, but the conclusion of those posts tends to universally be “he has ADHD and medication”. I’m a clinical psychologist. Again, I have adhd as well and while I understand we all have different levels of executive function and varying abilities to complete tasks, my boyfriend has expressly made laziness part of his identity. Any time I ask him to do any task (big, small, 1-step, 4-steps, immediately, tomorrow, anything) he says “that’s too much work”. And it’s not about me because that’s his reaction to anyone. If he’s playing a game with his friends and they suggest he grab an extra weapon he will definitely need, he says “eh, that’s work”, and will literally die in the game rather than do those extra steps. So when it comes down to behaving like a complete idiot when put in the position to critically think or reflect on information, he will just not. He was raised by an idiot misogynistic unmotivated father and his mother who is a hard workeseems to think for them both and I think i might have to break up with him before i end up living a similar life. And it’s extremely difficult because even as a grown man he worships his father and blames his mother for their recent divorce because “why couldnt she just be happy instead of constantly trying to push his father to do more and more”. He doesnt see that his father is an idiot nor that his mother should have left him longggg ago. So as a result he lives life with no critical thought like his father and (as another redditor so well put it) just does things based on what he feels would be a good choice instead of taking 10 seconds to think about what to do. His father has convinced this grown man that “as long as you tried, you did it. It doesnt matter if there were directions or a specific intended goal, just trying anything at all is more than enough effort for him”. And that is incorrect 100% of the time.
For example: I visit his house and have to clean the shower before i get in because its typically dirty. One time i was unable to finish the cleaning, only able to sprinkle the comet around. I asked him to finish cleaning it for me and he just rinsed all the cleaner off. Didnt think to use the scrubber or any other sort of cleaning tool, just rinsed it all off. Was there a single reflective thought about the resulting appearance of the shower? No. Because he did what i asked at all so he must have done it correctly- I’m just being picky.
We’ve had many conversations about this. He’s cried because it seems like “no matter what he does he cant do anything right” and while i would never want him to feel like an objective failure, I WISH I COULD DISAGREE AND HIGHLIGHT THINGS THAT HE DOES IN FACT DO CORRECTLY. He takes any criticism as a personal attack, which deeply emotionally hurts hum. On top of that, he always dismisses me and my concerns as being picky which hurts MY feelings because what the fuck makes you just know that everything on earth just has no correct way to do it or intended outcome? If I tell you to feed the dogs, why not change their water too? Yes there is still technically water in their bowl from 24 hours ago, but its less than a half inch deep and WHO DOESNT NEED FRESH WATER ON A DAILY BASIS? What one organism? Please tell me because the way i have had this specific conversation with him so many times and he still refuses to change their water ultimately makes me feel like im crazy. The time it takes to refill water (not even with the bare minimum expectation of washing out the used bowl which would of course be too much) is about 20 seconds more than just feeding them. And this doesnt stop with household tasks, those just come to mind easily but the overall issue is a refusal to participate in critical thinking. If I want him to complete a task completely, i need to give him specific directions, usually in writing, as well as a verbal reminder again immediately before he does it or else he will completely forget any directions and just do whatever tf he feels like doing which usually messes up some plan. Like the others, I love him and he is a very loving person and partner, but I wanted to know if there were any sort of courses or apps to look to for basic critical thinking development. The process of using multiple sources of information to solve problems, thinking about the best option of the ones you have, and how to plan anything at all are skills that I remember learning and practicing in elementary school. So I’m hoping there are any resources not focused on phonetic reading or something that I could direct him to/work on with him. As a literal clinical psychologist the ADHD is only prt of the problem but the lifelong atrophy of problem-solving skills is not something medication will address. Individual counseling can help with the self esteem which certainly plays a part, but learning how to put a square peg in a square hole instead of slamming it into every hole there is until it works is something he (and a lot of these other men trained to be thoughtless meat bags) needs more than anything. Sorry I’m SO angry about a specific conflict earlier this afternoon so I know my tone is reflecting that but JFC i need help and yall are the last resource I have confidence in.
We’ve discussed weaponized incompetence, he clearly makes more effort on the specific tasks i highlight to him, but not enough progress globally.
TL;DR: Man refuses to think because his dad told him that’s dumb and extra work. Resources used to teach critical thinking skills to children please. I dont want to leave him but might need to if nothing helps.

A few years ago, I met a guy at a convention in Phoenix who did cosplays similar to my cosplays. We got along well and eventually began to have more intimate experiences together, although he insisted it was "just friendly". Whether kissing and making out is "platonic" or not is up to the person doing it, I suppose. Anyways, we broke up a few months after meeting and the whole experience really traumatized me for a while. He had sent his friends after me and all that. Normal teenager online drama. I avoided him at all costs for a good year or two until I started pursuing cosplay as a bigger thing. I discovered that he had a big following for his cosplay on TikTok and Instagram. He followed my group's Instagram account and I realized it probably wasn't worth avoiding anymore. That was when I began noticing strange behavior between him (who is now an adult) and a 16 year old non-binary fan artist. They would publicly flirt in the comments of posts, post about how much they love each other on Instagram stories, and for a brief period of time they publicly roleplayed pregnancy on Instagram. I watched all of this go down over the course of several months and screenshotted everything even remotely concerning. I am now also an adult and currently in a happy relationship with my boyfriend. I shouldn't be so concerned with my ex-boyfriend's behavior, right? But.. this guy is showing some weird signs of possibly grooming a minor and it's getting to be really weird now. I want to come out publicly about it, but I know I can't because of my status and my career at the moment. So instead, I've spoken privately to a few people associated with the ex-boyfriend and they've all said that it's weird, but I should probably stop looking at it. This feels like something much worse developing. Am I the asshole for wanting to call him out publicly?

Hi all. I know I’m probably being insecure here but I feel embarrassed to bring this up to my boyfriend so I just want some clarity.
I’ve been dating my boyfriend for 3 months and he told me that before we started dating his type was different (he liked east asian girls and also said he liked girls with bangs). My type was also different than what he looks like. He told me I’m his type now so I know he was just trying to be sweet — I just started to overthink. I noticed that one of his good friends is exactly his “old type”… east asian and has bangs.
However, he treats me super well and their relationship doesn’t interfere with ours. She says I’m sweet and wants to go on a double date. They’ve been friends for over two years and he also introduced her to her current boyfriend.
I know I’m overthinking, I just can’t stop thinking “what if something is going on?” Even though there is nothing to base this on! I have been treated poorly in the past and cheated on so maybe it’s just me projecting.
Sorry if I sound crazy, I guess I’m just looking for some reassurance. I feel like if I bring this up to him he would be freaked out by me. I also want to note I’m fine with them being friends, she is super sweet! I just don’t know why I am feeling so insecure about this one friend.

This dream woke me up last night and the came back when I fell back asleep so I feel like there must be something I'm supposed to get out of it.
I was in a rustic looking house (maybe cabin?) that had a rough wood floor. In one version, an ex boyfriend was there. In the other I don't remember him being in the house. The floor explodes and it revealed what seemed to be a vault. It wasn't a basement. It was reinforced and there was a metal briefcase embedded in the wall that I couldn't remove.
It's all I can remember. Any thoughts?

this is ridiculous, i haven’t had intense feelings like this in so long. i feel like i am truly in love with this character on a tv show and he’s the only thing i can think about and the desperation is crazy. i genuinely feel like i’m heartbroken that i’ll never be able to be with this person. i know that’s insane but it’s true. why can’t shit in shows and movies be real. i wish i wasn’t so terrified of getting close to people and i wish i didn’t have a demon ex that ruined any possibility of me believing any real human could be good ever again. all i want is passionate love but i’ll never get it. and i wish there was a million episodes of this show bc i can’t handle it bro i am going crazy

This is something I wonder about. I notice that in general, people seem very intrigued by mixed race women (something I’ve noticed before on Reddit, a person here has even suggested that mixed race women tend to be more attractive) but it also seems to be a big issue within the black community. As someone who grew up in an area with a low black population, I have always noticed that if black boys/men weren’t specifically aiming to date white , Mexican/Latina or Asian women, they would date mixed race (1/2 black 1/2 white generally,) girls/women. I’ve had a black man who seemed excited before about the idea of me potentially being mixed with something, and came to understand in high school that there are black boys/men who do specifically seek out “mixed” girls, sometimes even over white ones (my ex boyfriend was like this to an extent.) I remember that at some point as a child, I had this idea in my mind that mixed race girls were more attractive, even though no one had ever directly told me this. I have realized that, although I am perhaps a colorist and am working on unlearning that sort of mindset, it is in my opinion largely because I didn’t see many dark skinned women in films and television growing up. By the age of 8 or 9, I had an idea in my mind, somehow, that having a darker skin tone was not ideal, even though no one had ever said this to me.
But why? Why are mixed race women considered more attractive, and uprooted within our society?

O.J. Simpson is gone-dead from cancer earlier this year. Rewind back to the 90's. O.J, or not O.J. depending on who you ask, stabbed his ex-wife and her boyfriend to death in Los Angeles. The whole country was subsequently held hostage with round the clock O.J. coverage in the wake of the murders*. Its all anyone talked about and there was no way to escape it. There weren't thousands of channels to flick to, or dozens of streaming services available to seek refuge-in far away from the insanity.
However, after his acquittal he seemed to simply fade from public view-absorbed back into the stained fabric of American society. That was of course before he was locked up for nine years in 2008 for attempting to rob his own memorabilia at gunpoint. So what was he doing with his freedom in the years prior?
Nothing. Well, almost nothing. In 2006, executive producer Rick Mahr, famous for the highly-cerebral Backyard Wrestling series, decided it would be a good idea to tap into the reality show boom with an MTV Punk'd themed prank show featuring O.J. Simpson.
It was a one-hour special that featured O.J. himself engaging in a series of pranks ranging from dressing in rags while selling oranges on the side of a highway, to him serving and insulting fat customers in a fast-food drive thru. At the end of the gig, he'd come clean and tell the victim with a smile "you just got Juiced!" Most of the pranks fell flat on their face: people sometimes didn't recognize O.J. or didn't understand the prank, or the whole idea was just too damn stupid.
But the icing on the cake was the skit where O.J. attempted to sell a replica of his white Ford Bronco, which incidentally was discontinued for years after the murders (but that's another story, you can see below for a few more details). The Bronco even sported a real bullet hole, which The Juice himself signed right above it.
O.J. seems to reflect on the whole Bronco chase as simply comical. Is this some dark type of new-age therapy? "It has great escapability!" he keeps informing customers. Does he admit that there was a dead body in the car? Was it him who placed it there? I have never heard O.J speak so candidly about details from the aftermath of the murders.
Here are some exchanges between O.J. and potential 'customers' as reported in the NPR This American Life episode 564-Too Soon?:

Man: Is there $10,000 in here?
O.J: Nope, Nope. No $10,000,
Man: ...You were carrying it, you know?
O.J: Naw, naw. They say that, I was carrying about $3.
Man: $3?
O.J: Yeah, that's why they never brought it up in court.

In another exchange:

O.J: It was good for me.
Man: Yeah?
O.J: Got me out of harm's way.
Man: ...Ok, I'll sit in it...there was a dead body in there.
O.J: Yeah. Well, um, hopefully there's no bodies in this thing. And I can guarantee you, the car has escape-ability. I mean, if you're ever getting into some trouble, and you've got to get away, it has escape-ability.
Man: (Laughing)

He'd be locked up soon after this aired. Apparently only about 100 DVDs ever sold, and there are no other details about the profits made from the pay per view event, or O.J.'s fee for appearing in the special.
All in all, it was a completely ill-conceived idea with even worse execution that somehow was spewed into existence. It reeks of a desperation for money from all parties involved, none of whom seemed capable of creating any well-written gags for the camera. However, it is memorable in the shock-value of seeing an accused murderer making light of the truck he rode in after he supposedly stabbed his wife and her boyfriend to death.
Most humans will live a rich, full life never knowing this even exists. For the woeful few who do see it, you can't help but leave with an overwhelming feeling that O.J. was a twisted and broken man at this point, straining to grasp at even the the slightest hint of his former celebrity and adoration.
\To most people born post 1980s, OJ Simpson was a famous athlete accused, then acquitted of murder who'd later serve time for a completely unrelated crime.*
But to the rest of us, OJ is the single most infamous athlete name of our lifetimes--the shockwave that was sent through the country when it was announced that his ex-wife and her boyfriend had been murdered in Los Angeles, was unprecedented.
Its impossible to recreate the magnitude of this mono-cultural event that was the OJ Trial, and words don't begin to describe the fall from grace of one of the most beloved sports stars ever.
We'll never be able to forget the image of the low-speed white Ford Bronco chase with dozens of police cars in not so hot pursuit, or the inhumanly long trial that fractured the country along racial lines, or the glove that don't fit (so you must acquit!).
To the younger generation: try to imagine waking up to read that one of the Manning brothers had been accused of bumping off their significant other. Maybe that serves to illustrate the disbelief that we were all hit with that one night in June, 1994.
After the 8 month murder trial (yeah, how many of you had forgotten it lasted that long?), OJ was a free man. Images of him happily golfing sent waves of anger through white America, who felt like justice was cheated by a slick defense team that highlighted the racist tactics of the LA police department. On the heels of the Rodney King video and subsequent riots, this was not only a brilliant strategy, but one rooted in a great deal of truth.
A civil lawsuit followed in which OJ was found responsible for the death of Ron Goldman and ordered to pay his family $33 million. To my knowledge, they never received a cent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOEcsIghRpg

Burner account. Looking for information, but I will unfortunately have to leave out some details to protect my identity. An ex boyfriend from a number of years ago was abusive. I luckily got out, moved away, then later moved several provinces away. I have an established life and I have never really hidden, but also have resisted any efforts the ex has made to get in touch over the years. Here’s the thing: this guy was violent back then and from what I can tell has gotten far more violent since then, and has done jail time for a violent act. Now, I hear (and have confirmed) that he has been posting old photos of me, and that he’s “looking” for me.
My question is, do I have any legal tools available to me that would protect me from this guy a couple provinces over? While I understand that posting old photos in and of itself is not a threat, knowing this guy, it’s enough for me to be worried. I will be taking screenshots of the pictures and giving them to my husband, in case something happens, but is there any way to be proactive without getting this guy’s attention?

Hi. I’m sorry if the format for this is poor. I (21M) am writing this on my phone. I would like to start by saying please no judgment. Of course you’re your own person and I cannot control what you do, however I am 100% no doubt my biggest critic and that is judgment and punishment enough, believe me. I’m a prisoner of my own mind. I’d also like to preface this isn’t me seeking counseling or therapy on here. I’m seeking advice on how to deal with my temper.
I am a truck driver. I’m a flatbedder so my job is very physically demanding (I don’t like exercise so this is good for me) however it comes with a lot of tasks that are not worth the time for what I get paid for, which is really not enough for what I do. A lot of it is free labor. This does cause a lot of stress but I really feel like it doesn’t have anything to do with my temper. It does make my temper act out though. I recently got a dog in late January of this year. I love him to pieces though he’s proven he’s just not a smart dog. Like at all. No matter how much I discipline him he’s just not getting it. He’s going on 6 months now. I picked up my german shepherd the day he turned 8 weeks. So he’s been in the truck a lot by now. He should be starting to get it. He is not.
This is where it’s getting bad. I had a really nice truck. 2024 freightliner. It’s a company truck but you’re supposed to treat it and care for it like your own, after all it is what pays the bills. I paid $1,000 for him to be approved to be in the truck per my companies pet policy. Most of it is refundable when I leave the company. However if they deem it necessary they will charge me even more. He’s shit and pissed on the driver and passenger seats more times than I can count and peed on my bed far too often. I wash my bedding 2-3 times a week most weeks because of him. Yes there are times he doesn’t go out for a while. But there are also times he does and he still does it. Just now I went to take him out and he just peed all. over. the. place. as I was going to put his leash on. He sprayed all over a brand new white shirt my mom got me that I loved and wore like twice.
It’s just so excessive and it’s pushed me over my limit. I love him. But this is ridiculous. I refuse to be one of those pet owners who just gets rid of their pet when it hasn’t even been a whole year but come on. This is where I let myself go and lose control. I just get so angry and it getting worse and worse because he just. won’t. listen. I do hit my dog. I don’t punch him, I don’t kick him, I don’t throw him. Nor would I ever. I hit him and sometimes I lose control and I just get so angry I just keep going and going. Even after all is said and done I’ll still look at him and just get so mad at what he just did again and hit him once more. I do usually always shower him with love to let him know I do still love him. But no matter what I even try to do he still won’t get it. This isn’t a post about seeking advice for my dog, however. I will keep trying with him because that’s what pet owners do. But when I act like this, I physically hate myself.
It makes me not want to be alive anymore. It makes me feel so invalidated and sad. All my life I’ve wanted someone to love, a life partner. But when I lose my temper it makes me feel unworthy of not only finding love but even having friends or feeling any type of emotion, really. I would NEVER harm a person. I had an ex boyfriend that I was with for 9.5 months who was the most mentally/emotionally abusive person I’ve ever met. Never once did I lay a finger on him to purposefully hurt him. I hate feeling so worthless and invalidated. I know im not this person. I don’t get off on being angry. I hate it. I want to control my emotions better. But in the moment it just gets so hard. This doesn’t just happen with my dog. It happens with a lot of things such as my job too. Only then I just get anxious and say stupid crap I don’t really mean. Any advice would be great, please and thank you.

My best friend and I are both 23 and have known each other since 10. For backstory she moved away at 14, we texted but that was it. She ended up moving back at 20 with her mom when her parents divorced and although we had not seen each other for 6 years, it was as if nothing changed and she once again became my best friend as an adult. We caught up on life and she was obviously emotionally stunted.
I found out when she moved she was homeschooled, she never made a single friend, she never worked, did not learn to drive, stayed home all day. It wasn't her fault but her parent's fault and I feel terrible that's how she was raised when she moved. Well I'm the opposite. Moved out at 17, have been working since 15, very social, always dating and trying to meet new people. Lived though a lot of crazy shit and want to do as much as possible lol. Ive always been aware my friend has some mental problems (abandonment issues, ocd, anxiety). Since she moved back we have never argued or fought until a couple days ago.
If I was hurt or upset by something I usually kept it to myself because I know she's sensitive and means well. But recently she used me by taking my idea to open a bakery and excluded me from the project when I asked her to partner with me. At first I didn't tell her it upset me because I was happy she was finally making money but after a couple months I decided to be honest with my feelings. I just told her it hurt my feelings when she excluded me with the business and stole my logo, theme and business name. Well.... she broke down. She told me she didn't even realize she took it from me and that I was actually interested in doing it. I stayed calm and told her it was ok and just a misunderstanding and I should have communicated better with her but I just wanted to tell her my feelings instead of holding them in and was happy I heard her side. She started sobbing and freaking out. Ive never seen anything like it. I kept reassuring her it was ok but she kept saying how terrible she is and how she now hated herself and wished she was dead. It freaked me out so I just kept reassuring her it was ok until she calmed down.
I now feel terrible. I always put others feelings above me and for once I admitted how I felt and ended up having to apologize and now I'm worried about her. After she calmed down she then told me she wanted to be honest with me as well. She told me she fears I will meet new friends and leave her because I like making friends. I told her she is like a sister to me, that no matter what she's my best friend. But she wouldn't let up. She said she has no desire to make friends and all she needs is me. Now, I understand this Is because her dad abandoned her, she never made other friends and I'm all she has. She even told me a couple years ago she does get jealous and what not. I have no idea how to deal with this. I suggested therapy and she shot that idea down. I wasn't very pushy with the idea but I am going to hang out with her soon and would like some advice.
I told my boyfriend and he says this is psycho behavior. It sucks because I totally understand how she sounds insane but I know she isn't a bad person. She had terrible parents and no one to guide her. Some of her behavior reminds me of me when I was younger so she does just seem emotionally immature. Ive grown a lot in the past few years (been sober 8 months, working towards a career, taking care of my mental and physical health). No matter what, she is family to me and I want to help guide her in the right direction because I wish I had someone to help me when I was lost in life and mentally unwell. Should I have a deeper conversation about therapy with her? Should I ask her more questions about her past to get her to open up and realize the root of her problems? Any advice is greatly appreciated.