So the story goes like this: My ex best friend F31 asked me F23 to come stay with her because she lives closer to where we had our internship although i had my space well equipped .and i did , and during that time i was going with my bfM32 from back then, things went wrong we broke up and i wanted to recover my belongings from his space , he didn't care even after many times s i asked him ,so one day he did agree ro bring em to me and i was having a walk by the beach with my exfriend , he came drunk and his friend was drunk,and before we knew that we had to get in the car because he was in the middle of the road, my ex friend nd had to call her dude M32 to come save us from this weird situation before we get SAed . He came and kept on asking me about the dude and i was very responsive because i felt like he hd the right to know since he saved us . He drove us back at her place i thanked him and he and went first to let them have a private convo . 5minutes later she joined me saying that he had something to do and he went . And for the records this guy is her ex . She already has a bf that lives thats was back then in a different country so it was our only option . The next 2 days , he kept asking her about me alot like crazy and she only mentioned that without telling me her responses. And i didn't give it much thoughts because she was my friend and i trusted her . Afew days later we got an invitation to an event 3 hours away from our city and we (girls) didn't feel safe to go alone so we thought we should bring with us someone(a guy) from the same field to keep an eye on us and it was my suggestion to call him since he was very protective and handled the situation well he seemed decent and worked where we had the internship. She talked to him(via messages ) and didn't wanna sound desperate trying to find reasons to call so she asked me to him -she said that i wanted to tell him something i talked to him(in a call) in front of her told him exactly just about the event and she took the phone went to the kitchen and finished talking . She came back saying he said he will see his shifts and will let us know asap . Again she said i dont want him texting me ,i already took his consent to share his number . Send him a message to tell him it's u so he will let u know if he is going or not . That conversation happened but it didn't end there he kept having a conversation about random stuff while my ex friend had access to the conversation and told me what to answer sometimes, at a certain level she said from now on i don't wanna know your conversation anymore yall seem very compatible and im just gonna tell u (me) this from a friend to another , he is a bad person manipulator ...telling me all the bad things he is , and that she's only warning me because im her friend and she cares about me. I was like girl do u have feelings for him and she went like no im just scared for you he knows how to talk . I had this conversation with her 10 times exactly and each and every time she was like know to me he is trash knowing that she is already with someone.
Now is where the weird behavior started , she started talking less with me , avoiding eye contact but she has always had a similar phase where she just hates u for no reason so i was like it must be it ignored her behavior until one day i told her that i wanted to check on my house it has been more than a month and i decided to sleep at my place ,texted her the morning im on my way to your house so we can go together to work like we do every day and she was like didn't sleep at my place just go without me . I did and then she started telling me about an aunt and how she met her cousins and stuff and she had fun while i know she has no aunt in the city ,i didn't wanna go hard on her and acted like i believed ed it . After we finished the shift i asked her about going to her place to recover some papers i had there and again she was like im going to have lunch with my aunt ,im not gonna be at home but ill be that at this hour if you want to come pick the things you need , i understood that she no longer wanted me there but maybe it's because of her room mates maybe she is running low on money maybe she just want some alone time although i wasn't intending to stay this long at her place she begged me every single le time to stay and not go and that i had nothing to fo there alone , i passed by a day later to take some of my stuff i couldn't nt take everything ng because i dont have a car and thanked her for her hospitality and left . During all of this time i was still talking to the dude very casually until ill one day he was like don't disappear for a long period of time and from that day on we had a continuous conversation but still very decent . Until one day we have met and he was like i can sense that we are not going to be just friend but u (me) keep lying to urself, nothing happened but we did agree that being friend is not enough for how much we are compatible in an implicit way nothing was directly said . I kept my relationship with her very normal when i met her at work because im not a fan of drama at work but she is so the next thing after kicking me out of her house is causing me problems with the supervisor complaining to him about how i just waste time and dont work and when i confronted her about it was all manipulative answers like u shouldn't have this much of a reaction don't raise your hands while talking i just left the argument because i didn't t wanna cause a scene at work .
Things with the dude are going slow and healthy she was right about some stuff but the majority was wrong not that it didn't happen between thembut because they didn't match it was always them fighting over the tiniest details .
Later on the dude started asking me about when did my parents get divorced and my financial crisis thing thats were never mentioned before in front on of me and no one took my consent to share -so basically she was telling everyone at work , him and her roommates that i was going through tough times and that i had to stay with her because she is helping me financially- and speaking about my parents they have divorced when i was 2 i was used to having my mom only and she did a great job providing like he didn't even have a space im my memory or my brain idk why she decided to mention that and make me look petty . She has also said that im in a huge fight with my older sister which is not true . I had to explain everything to the dude Also he asked me about how i feel now that we are going out out together knowing that she was my friend and stuff i also explained to him how i talked to her about this and how does she feel ,and he interrupted me saying we have only met a couple of times in the car we never went in a date. she is not my ex and it could be possible that she has feeling for me.
Me and the dude are having a stable relationship rn and idk how to feel about it please give ne ur analysis of this situation !

So the story goes like this: My ex best friend F31 asked me F23 to come stay with her because she lives closer to where we had our internship although i had my space well equipped .and i did , and during that time i was going with my bfM32 from back then, things went wrong we broke up and i wanted to recover my belongings from his space , he didn't care even after many times s i asked him ,so one day he did agree ro bring em to me and i was having a walk by the beach with my exfriend , he came drunk and his friend was drunk,and before we knew that we had to get in the car because he was in the middle of the road, my ex friend nd had to call her dude M32 to come save us from this weird situation before we get SAed . He came and kept on asking me about the dude and i was very responsive because i felt like he hd the right to know since he saved us . He drove us back at her place i thanked him and he and went first to let them have a private convo . 5minutes later she joined me saying that he had something to do and he went . And for the records this guy is her ex . She already has a bf that lives thats was back then in a different country so it was our only option . The next 2 days , he kept asking her about me alot like crazy and she only mentioned that without telling me her responses. And i didn't give it much thoughts because she was my friend and i trusted her . Afew days later we got an invitation to an event 3 hours away from our city and we (girls) didn't feel safe to go alone so we thought we should bring with us someone(a guy) from the same field to keep an eye on us and it was my suggestion to call him since he was very protective and handled the situation well he seemed decent and worked where we had the internship. She talked to him(via messages ) and didn't wanna sound desperate trying to find reasons to call so she asked me to him -she said that i wanted to tell him something i talked to him(in a call) in front of her told him exactly just about the event and she took the phone went to the kitchen and finished talking . She came back saying he said he will see his shifts and will let us know asap . Again she said i dont want him texting me ,i already took his consent to share his number . Send him a message to tell him it's u so he will let u know if he is going or not . That conversation happened but it didn't end there he kept having a conversation about random stuff while my ex friend had access to the conversation and told me what to answer sometimes, at a certain level she said from now on i don't wanna know your conversation anymore yall seem very compatible and im just gonna tell u (me) this from a friend to another , he is a bad person manipulator ...telling me all the bad things he is , and that she's only warning me because im her friend and she cares about me. I was like girl do u have feelings for him and she went like no im just scared for you he knows how to talk . I had this conversation with her 10 times exactly and each and every time she was like know to me he is trash knowing that she is already with someone.
Now is where the weird behavior started , she started talking less with me , avoiding eye contact but she has always had a similar phase where she just hates u for no reason so i was like it must be it ignored her behavior until one day i told her that i wanted to check on my house it has been more than a month and i decided to sleep at my place ,texted her the morning im on my way to your house so we can go together to work like we do every day and she was like didn't sleep at my place just go without me . I did and then she started telling me about an aunt and how she met her cousins and stuff and she had fun while i know she has no aunt in the city ,i didn't wanna go hard on her and acted like i believed ed it . After we finished the shift i asked her about going to her place to recover some papers i had there and again she was like im going to have lunch with my aunt ,im not gonna be at home but ill be that at this hour if you want to come pick the things you need , i understood that she no longer wanted me there but maybe it's because of her room mates maybe she is running low on money maybe she just want some alone time although i wasn't intending to stay this long at her place she begged me every single le time to stay and not go and that i had nothing to fo there alone , i passed by a day later to take some of my stuff i couldn't nt take everything ng because i dont have a car and thanked her for her hospitality and left . During all of this time i was still talking to the dude very casually until ill one day he was like don't disappear for a long period of time and from that day on we had a continuous conversation but still very decent . Until one day we have met and he was like i can sense that we are not going to be just friend but u (me) keep lying to urself, nothing happened but we did agree that being friend is not enough for how much we are compatible in an implicit way nothing was directly said . I kept my relationship with her very normal when i met her at work because im not a fan of drama at work but she is so the next thing after kicking me out of her house is causing me problems with the supervisor complaining to him about how i just waste time and dont work and when i confronted her about it was all manipulative answers like u shouldn't have this much of a reaction don't raise your hands while talking i just left the argument because i didn't t wanna cause a scene at work .
Things with the dude are going slow and healthy she was right about some stuff but the majority was wrong not that it didn't happen between thembut because they didn't match it was always them fighting over the tiniest details .
Later on the dude started asking me about when did my parents get divorced and my financial crisis thing thats were never mentioned before in front on of me and no one took my consent to share -so basically she was telling everyone at work , him and her roommates that i was going through tough times and that i had to stay with her because she is helping me financially- and speaking about my parents they have divorced when i was 2 i was used to having my mom only and she did a great job providing like he didn't even have a space im my memory or my brain idk why she decided to mention that and make me look petty . She has also said that im in a huge fight with my older sister which is not true . I had to explain everything to the dude Also he asked me about how i feel now that we are going out out together knowing that she was my friend and stuff i also explained to him how i talked to her about this and how does she feel ,and he interrupted me saying we have only met a couple of times in the car we never went in a date. she is not my ex and it could be possible that she has feeling for me.
Me and the dude are having a stable relationship rn and idk how to feel about it please give ne ur analysis of this situation !

So the story goes like this: My ex best friend F31 asked me F23 to come stay with her because she lives closer to where we had our internship although i had my space well equipped .and i did , and during that time i was going with my bfM32 from back then, things went wrong we broke up and i wanted to recover my belongings from his space , he didn't care even after many times s i asked him ,so one day he did agree ro bring em to me and i was having a walk by the beach with my exfriend , he came drunk and his friend was drunk,and before we knew that we had to get in the car because he was in the middle of the road, my ex friend nd had to call her dude M32 to come save us from this weird situation before we get SAed . He came and kept on asking me about the dude and i was very responsive because i felt like he hd the right to know since he saved us . He drove us back at her place i thanked him and he and went first to let them have a private convo . 5minutes later she joined me saying that he had something to do and he went . And for the records this guy is her ex . She already has a bf that lives thats was back then in a different country so it was our only option . The next 2 days , he kept asking her about me alot like crazy and she only mentioned that without telling me her responses. And i didn't give it much thoughts because she was my friend and i trusted her . Afew days later we got an invitation to an event 3 hours away from our city and we (girls) didn't feel safe to go alone so we thought we should bring with us someone(a guy) from the same field to keep an eye on us and it was my suggestion to call him since he was very protective and handled the situation well he seemed decent and worked where we had the internship. She talked to him(via messages ) and didn't wanna sound desperate trying to find reasons to call so she asked me to him -she said that i wanted to tell him something i talked to him(in a call) in front of her told him exactly just about the event and she took the phone went to the kitchen and finished talking . She came back saying he said he will see his shifts and will let us know asap . Again she said i dont want him texting me ,i already took his consent to share his number . Send him a message to tell him it's u so he will let u know if he is going or not . That conversation happened but it didn't end there he kept having a conversation about random stuff while my ex friend had access to the conversation and told me what to answer sometimes, at a certain level she said from now on i don't wanna know your conversation anymore yall seem very compatible and im just gonna tell u (me) this from a friend to another , he is a bad person manipulator ...telling me all the bad things he is , and that she's only warning me because im her friend and she cares about me. I was like girl do u have feelings for him and she went like no im just scared for you he knows how to talk . I had this conversation with her 10 times exactly and each and every time she was like know to me he is trash knowing that she is already with someone.
Now is where the weird behavior started , she started talking less with me , avoiding eye contact but she has always had a similar phase where she just hates u for no reason so i was like it must be it ignored her behavior until one day i told her that i wanted to check on my house it has been more than a month and i decided to sleep at my place ,texted her the morning im on my way to your house so we can go together to work like we do every day and she was like didn't sleep at my place just go without me . I did and then she started telling me about an aunt and how she met her cousins and stuff and she had fun while i know she has no aunt in the city ,i didn't wanna go hard on her and acted like i believed ed it . After we finished the shift i asked her about going to her place to recover some papers i had there and again she was like im going to have lunch with my aunt ,im not gonna be at home but ill be that at this hour if you want to come pick the things you need , i understood that she no longer wanted me there but maybe it's because of her room mates maybe she is running low on money maybe she just want some alone time although i wasn't intending to stay this long at her place she begged me every single le time to stay and not go and that i had nothing to fo there alone , i passed by a day later to take some of my stuff i couldn't nt take everything ng because i dont have a car and thanked her for her hospitality and left . During all of this time i was still talking to the dude very casually until ill one day he was like don't disappear for a long period of time and from that day on we had a continuous conversation but still very decent . Until one day we have met and he was like i can sense that we are not going to be just friend but u (me) keep lying to urself, nothing happened but we did agree that being friend is not enough for how much we are compatible in an implicit way nothing was directly said . I kept my relationship with her very normal when i met her at work because im not a fan of drama at work but she is so the next thing after kicking me out of her house is causing me problems with the supervisor complaining to him about how i just waste time and dont work and when i confronted her about it was all manipulative answers like u shouldn't have this much of a reaction don't raise your hands while talking i just left the argument because i didn't t wanna cause a scene at work .
Things with the dude are going slow and healthy she was right about some stuff but the majority was wrong not that it didn't happen between thembut because they didn't match it was always them fighting over the tiniest details .
Later on the dude started asking me about when did my parents get divorced and my financial crisis thing thats were never mentioned before in front on of me and no one took my consent to share -so basically she was telling everyone at work , him and her roommates that i was going through tough times and that i had to stay with her because she is helping me financially- and speaking about my parents they have divorced when i was 2 i was used to having my mom only and she did a great job providing like he didn't even have a space im my memory or my brain idk why she decided to mention that and make me look petty . She has also said that im in a huge fight with my older sister which is not true . I had to explain everything to the dude Also he asked me about how i feel now that we are going out out together knowing that she was my friend and stuff i also explained to him how i talked to her about this and how does she feel ,and he interrupted me saying we have only met a couple of times in the car we never went in a date. she is not my ex and it could be possible that she has feeling for me.
Me and the dude are having a stable relationship rn and idk how to feel about it please give ne ur analysis of this situation !

Currently coming to the tail end of our baby moon in Mallorca and wanted to note a few things/recommendations.
Flew out at 31 weeks pregnant, flight was direct and just under two hours. Over 28 weeks pregnant so I got a fit to fly certificate 5 days prior to flying. Extra long compression socks to be on the safe side.
Husband and I have been to Mallorca before for our mini-moon when we got married two years ago.
ACCOMMODATION: We decided to get self-catered accommodation and are staying in the north-east part of the island this time. Last time we were in Santanyi which is more south-east. Our rental last time had a pool which we’ve really missed having this time around. It was nice to start or end the day with a chunky dunk.
TRANSPORT: We got a car rental when booking through the airline and that rental company ended up being Goldcar. They aren’t great and feel a bit scanmy. We paid 60 eur ahead of time to get full insurance, but on arrival you have to have credit card only in the bookers name to be able have that full insurance option, otherwise if it’s a debit card you need to pay 300 EUR extra for full insurance (even though you’ve already paid for full coverage via the airline). I took my belly seatbelt adjuster that pulls the belt below the belly for comfort.
FOOD: Breakfast/brunch has always been at the rental, then we’ll take a picnic to have on the beach as lunch. Dinner we either cooked or ate out.
BEACHES: It’s quite cliff-y around here so we were worried about beach accessibility and walking. Our first beach day we did Platja Cala Gat which is super easy to get to. Steps down to the beach, there’s a little cocktail bar and paid toilets. Perhaps our fav beach this trip.
Another day we did Cala Torta. You used to be able to drive down a lot closer to it but they’ve closed off the access and the last 1.5-2km until the beach is only accessible by foot. It was hot, but we took several breaks along the way down. Very windy though. There was a signpost saying that the beach was unsupervised/unmanned which had me a little worried in case something happened, but when we got down there, there were actually two lifeguards posted who were there until 5pm. At the end of our beach day we found a restaurant/hotel atop the hill and it had the most insane view (Agroturismo Sa Duaia).
WEATHER: Last time we came here end of April/beginning of May and the weather was very Goldilocks - not too hot, not too cold (22’C). Definitely needed a cardigan in the evenings. This time around we’re here at the beginning of June and it was pretty hot by Northern European standards (think 28’C at its peak), but still a little cool and windy in the evenings.
SLEEPING: I’ve definitely missed the comforts of my pregnancy pillow and some nights have been ROUGH with my worsening pregnancy rhinitis and post nasal drip, consistently waking up one or two times a night around 3am in a sneezing/coughing fit but the lazy days, sandy beach snoozes and the weightlessness I feel in the water is so dang worth it!
SKINCARE: I made sure to pack extra sun screen, after sun body lotion and a travel size version of bio oil.
Might come back to edit this as I think of more things to add.

When I say this I mean starting directly from the beach, finding shadowheart, gale, astarion, and lae'zel, getting to level 2, then doing the dank crypt to get quickest access to withers.
In addition to the base stats and classes I do,
Astarion - war cleric: divine favor is a nice damage boost similar to the everburn blade and war priest gives you an extra chance to sneak attack per turn
Gale - bard: divination's portent also works instead of bardic inspiration, but I personally prefer the versatility of the bard spells
Lae'zel - war cleric: see above for divine favor. Worth noting at this level war priest gives you the same daily amount of attacks that action surge would but you're not limited to once per fight.
Shadowheart - druid: shillelagh and thorn whip immediately fix shadowheart's inaccurate cantrips problem. Druid spells aren't bad either
This also gives every character access to healing word incase anyone gets downed

Hallo halloooooo. Been trudging though my days lately and would love to have someone to chat with and get to know. Little tidbits of me here and there that we can get through. First off I got a little spicy brain. Not in the "lets get it on way", more of the, getting some help for it type of way lol but it hey, builds character and makes me funny so I want to say a win is a win.
Hobby wise, I'm definitely a little copy cat here and there. I've dabbled in crocheting, plants are still alive somehow, and I tried guitar but my little baby hands didn't agree with me. Right now its photography, just don't expect much lol I use it to get myself out the house which is a good excuse. Other than that, we love being active in this house. Or at least when I'm feeling it. You name it, I'm trying it. Big one is just going out to drive. Nights are always best, especially with people in the car. I'll gladly be the driver for a party bus with the right vibes. Don't get me started at night trips to the beaches, heavenly.
I'm not much of an athlete but I've been raised around a lot of sports, so just keeping my body moving is a blast. Right now its just been either pickleball or the gym, but looking to add biking or hiking to that list soon for the summer.
Lastly for home when I'm not feeling like going out, video and board games rule me. Not to be a fucking basic boy but I got no preference on the genre, I don't discriminate to a good time. Lately co-op, horror, and strategy games have been my little flavors of the month in May but I'm always open to more. I think thats about it but I'm sure we can deep dive later in chats, happy to hear from yall :)

My husband, kids and I are moving in 2.5 years from Virginia Beach. We have a trans child who will be around 19-20 years old when we move and they are coming with us. They would like to stay in Virginia, so I'm trying my best to find a place that is safe for them while also being affordable (we may potentially only make $50k per year by then but have potential to split costs with the older kids, yet will still be well below $100k total), close to good medical care (we have complex healthcare needs) and also not blazing hot summers or freezing cold winters. An acquaintance says to look into Floyd, but I have already checked and home prices there are not affordable. One caveat that's a want but not necessarily a need is my kid would like to go to Super Smash Bro tournaments since they make money doing that, so it also can't be super rural, I suppose.
I know this is probably a lot to ask for. It's why I haven't figured it out yet.
I'm considering Louisa county but I really don't know anything about it.

Hi people thanks for the helpful tips! You lot finally convinced me to visit Khao Sok too. We will travel Thailand for 3 weeks in July and have chosen Phuket - PhiPhi - AoNang - Kao Sok - Koh islands - Bangkok.
Few things I can't figure out after searching online and browsing options on 12goasia maybe someone can help me here.

1. Some say skip PhiPhi and do day trip from Krabi. Is it wise to not book a night on the island? And fast boat Vs 2h ferry?
   
2. My main question, how do you get from Khao Sok/ Chew Lan Lake to Don Sak pier? We planning to spend 2 nights there, 1 last night will be on the lake with a tour of the national park. But I can't seem to find transport options from the Lake pier to bring me to Loprayah 3pm fast ferry From DonSak pier to Samui. Anyone has any advice?
   
3. I can't seem to find a good combination of transport to Bangkok from Tao, as flying at 9am from Chumphon is not possible without staying over in town, the ferry + bus options seems like a waste of time, so our best consideration now is to take the latest ferry from Tao to Chumphon, chill at the beach, head to town and night market before boarding the overnight train and arrive in the morning in Bangkok. Unless anyone has better suggestions?
   

Thanks you all, sorry for the questions that may seem obvious/beginner, its our first time traveling Thailand.

I have no idea if anyone else has experienced this but figured I would post it on here. This isn’t exactly lucid dreaming but it’s in that category I guess.
So for some background me and this friend have been friends for 10+ years at this point. We grew up together and have basically talked on the phone almost every single day since then. Obviously as we have gotten older our lives have gotten busier and we have talked less but we still at least text each other every day.
There were a few time periods where we didn’t talk at all like for example the start of quarantine. At this time she had just got a new boyfriend and she was pretty busy with him and it didn’t help that I couldn’t get out at all at this time. I would say after about 3-4 months we started regularly talking on the phone again. However I wouldn’t be able to leave the house for another 6 months I would say.
After quarantine and the school year was finally over I instantly started going to her house every weekend. Basically all we would do is smoke weed and listen to music, however we didn’t know it was laced with small amounts of pcp. We have theorized that the pcp could have had a role in it but obviously we are not sure.
So that night we fell asleep back to back and the following dream played out. (Some details might be wrong but to be fair it’s been like 3 years) We were in a dark brown limo. She had her dog with her and I had my cat with me. For some reason a random lesbian couple were with us. One had ginger hair and the other one had darker hair. We just chatted with them until we reached the water park. The slides were neon colors and originally I thought it was outside but the walls were just painted with trees and there were plants everywhere too. There was also a beach area for the pets. Along with the water park there were also games you could play to win stuff like a carnival. My friend ran off to win some stuffed animals while I continued talking to the couple. I remember her coming back with an arm full of them. I specially remember one being a black and white giraffe. However this is the part that pisses me off so much. The alarms started going off because a shark had gotten into the slides so my dumbass runs off to find my cat so me and my friend were separated the rest of the dream.
After we woke up I casually started telling her about the dream and she just sat there dumbfounded because she had the exact one with the exact same details except it was her own point of view and her lighting was a bit more dimmed than mine was.
Please comment if you have had any experiences similar I would really like to know 😭
Edit - I really hope this is within community guidelines. This isn’t paranormal or pseudoscience but because this seems like such a unique experience I don’t know where else to post it

Let me start by saying that it wouldn't come to a surprise to anybody, that news and InternationalNews are anti-Israeli. People have been saying this before, ever since Oct 7. However, yesterday, following the IDF rescue operation of 4 hostages from Palestinian terrorists, I was finally able to watch it happen live, before my eyes. To me, it's another concrete proof of how much effort is being invested to "lie through omission" and discredit Israel on social media and how scared anti-Israelis are of facts, how scared they are of a counter-narrative. I've taken screenshots as time went by because I had a sense of what's coming. I can't seem to attach images to this post, though. I would if I could.
Quick background: back in March, a Palestinian terrorist attacked innocent civilians in an Israeli mall, killing 1 and wounding others. I've posted about it on news, only to find out minutes later, that the post was removed and I was permanently banned for "breaking the reddit rules". The post was not tagged for the removal reason (e.g. "questionable source", etc). I did the appeal thing, explaining that I didn't break any rules and showed other war-related articles that were posted. I was ghosted completely. I contacted other reddits and realized I'm not alone.
Now, let's look at yesterday's turn of events, still happening as we speak, after the hostage rescue, reported on many social and news media channels worldwide.

• Naturally, someone posted it on news. At the time I saw it, it had started accumulating upvotes, reaching around 2K. Here's the link, just in case it still works in the future, now showing 3.3K upvotes
• I was surprised to see such news on that reddit, knowing what I knew, so I decided to track the post and refresh the comments
• A few minutes later, someone asked "will this post be removed like the other posts covering the hostage rescue"? I didn't know there were previous removals, let's keep going.
• A few minutes later, the post was no longer in the main feed, and about half of the comments inside now appeared as [removed]
• A few minutes later, a second post was made from a different news media source. It had 41 upvotes at the time. There was only one comment: "I don't take a side in this, but seriously, 8 comments - all deleted?? So much for liberal free and open discourse"
• The post disappeared again after a few minutes like the first one
• I then scrolled through the feed, looking for any related posts about Israel, Gaza, etc. I found the following posts in the immediate vicinity of the feed - these are still posted:
  • About the US Gaza Pier delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, again, with people commenting things like "stop removing posts you ...", followed by a bunch of deleted comments
  • About the Israeli annual flag march (BBC), usually associated with far-right people
• A few minutes later, after the hostage rescue posts were deleted, a new one came up, claiming US involvement in the rescue. It was removed shortly after, tagged "questionable source", although the source is no longer in the post so I can't tell what it was. The comment section was mixed, but one thing was certain: the title revealed the fact that there was a rescue. Keep that in mind, let's continue.
• A few minutes later, a new post comes up about the resulting casualties of the rescue operation, Al Jazeera was the source. The comments were livid because of the removal of the previous posts. I was able to take a screenshot before they got removed. As one of the users who read the source has written: "2 sentences buried at the end to attribute this to the hostage rescue". The entire post was removed without a tag, which initially puzzled me since AJ is very anti-Israel, however, I realized that, like in previous posts, the comments were telling the rescue story, which could be why it was not serving an anti-Israel narrative and instead discrediting the reddit and the source.
• As of now, a new post is up, this from BBC, titled "Four hostages rescued in Gaza as hospitals say scores killed in Israeli strikes". As if the two events are unrelated. Currently, it as 1.8K upvotes, but the comment section is already locked
• Another post uses the same CBS source as the one I saw yesterday, with people complaining again about the removal of previous posts: "Rare to see inarguably newsworthy posts with 40k upvotes linking to stories from Reuters, AP, BBC or whoever else get locked and removed multiple times for no clear reason.". I now realized the original post I didn't see got 40K upvotes
• Update Jun 9: a post about UN sanctions on Israel is now live, not removed yet despite the UN source link being broken, leading to a UN 404 error page
• I'm keeping track and will update later.

Mind you, news currently has 28 million subs that are being lied to through omission. This is a massive-scale propaganda by Reddit mods. With much respect to this reddit, it has 90K subs. Since I'm not an expert of reddit mechanics, I'm here to consult the masses... is there a way to act so the news channel becomes much less biased? Get reddit management's awareness? Maybe if we work together, we can make a difference for millions of readers.
Update: an idea that came up privately by some reddit users - maybe involve less- or counter-biased news/social media sources outside reddit to cover this? Anyone has connections?

So this is my first time posting a DnD story here. I'm not sure how long I can make these but I just think this was funny and so far has been a highlight of my relatively short DnD career.
So I was DMing a 1 on 1 game a few months ago with the premise of the PC and a bunch of people getting isekaid into this fantasy world and accidentally taking over the bodies of people in the forgotten realms. One by one at seemingly random times throughout the month, a random person from our world would die horribly to get forcibly borrow the body of a fantasy character. And coincidentally, the PC was thrown into the body of an elven woman with a missing older brother, Eize, who apparently got a reputation after his disappearance. And PC believes that guy might have some clue how to get back home and plus the girl she's accidentally taken the body of, Luna, is now in her head and wants PC to carry out her task and find him. So both of their paths are set on finding this one guy. Perfect. The whole time, the fact that this elf woman was actually this random human from another world hijacking her body was kept a secret to most characters she came across. Including an NPC party member who I just kind of made to guide her through the basics of DnD.
It was her first time playing so I made the elf she was hijacking have an archer roommate friend who tries to see if she can shoot an arrow well, lift, and other stuff that would translate into different rolls at the start. Turns out the PC really liked him so he tagged along to help her find her missing brother not knowing that the person in control of her body and voice was... someone else entirely. Occasionally, since she's in the body of someone who already has a history with the weapon she's using (A bow. She picked a ranger) we'd just let any exceptionally good rolls be explained by the trained muscle memory of the woman whose body she's possessing kicking in and doing the heavy lifting for the PC. And occasionally, said elf woman would appear in her head for commentary, ideas, brief explanations and just another outlook on whats happening. Sometimes even throwing in a random wisdom save for select moments to see if the elf would momentarily take over. Small things like when PC is trying to get drunk, a failed random wisdom save would make the normally lightweight elf refuse to lift that mug to her lips for a brief moment. Or in another scenario when she successfully rescued tutorial NPC from being captured (which is a... whole other story), a failed random wisdom save made PC lunge forward and wrap him in a hug since the actual elf has known him for a long time so naturally she'd want to hug him. Just to remind that these were people with their own lives before they were bodyjacked. But these were just very fleeting moments of free will... fun for flavor though!
But anyways after meeting another isekaid soul who's using his host's magical powers as a means to steal and be a pretty shady dude, PC and Luna get a little tip that the guy isn't on the same plane thanks to a magic map that can track anyone in the world. PC used it on herself and someone she met but couldnt find the one they were after. So where to go next but PC a school of mages that can take her to other planes via a staff they have made specifically for this. But in exchange she has to jot down anything she can find to help them document the creatures since one of the students casted fireball in their library. Its a deal! The downside to this staff was that it needs 24 ingame hours to recharge so she has to make sure she knows where shes going. But... she doesnt. And theres like 16 planes in DnD.
So she guesses! And after a little bit of body horror explaining how the staff melts and sucks the PC into itself before teleporting to the other plane and spitting her out, the PC's sent to an area where only what is directly in front of her is visible. If its a little in her peripheral, it'll just disappear into a void. The main reason for this was because I got bored or lost trying to study what the actual planes are like and just kinda made something up for one of them. But after looking around what was basically a desolate landscape with a few abandoned towns, she finds this tall.... thing just kinda standing in a grassy field looking off somewhere. So of course, she decides now is as good time as any to draw the big fella. Was her first time drawing anything ingame. Nat 20. Turns out the person she took the body of is a Davinci-level artist and she didnt even know it and every single art PC wants to draw after this was an automatic masterpiece
But then, when she turns around to at least look for a resting point, theres something off. Roll perception: passed! Something following her.
Due to the nature of this area, she cant tell exactly what or who unless shes looking directly at it so she cant even sneak a glance over her shoulder. So she turns. Dex check: failed. Nothing.
Instead, her one and only party member NPC pointed behind her. And what she sees is the man of the hour; a big tall creature arching its freakishly long neck and spine downwards to get a better look at her with a huge array of masks with different expressions lining his back and somehow staring right at her. And on its face was a joyous mask described as being akin to one of those old tragedy/comedy plays.
PC asks "who... what are you."
And this is where I finally got to cement the name and the creature answers, "I am Gay... Though, this word has a varying meaning though does it not? Call me Happy."
We did not call them Happy. Because me and the PC were both 12 at heart and Gay is just funnier. So Gay is a Aasfaraaba, creatures who are basically just named an emotion so legally, by the books own admission, I can name a character in the most serious context, Gay. He's Gay. And that just makes me smile.
And despite the PC trying to keep the fact that she's hijacked someones body and the fact that the real elf is kind of just a bystander in her own mind a secret, the first thing Gay does is stare directly at the PC and ask "why are there two of you" completely ignoring the NPC party member and nudging forward the idea that Gay can see both people inside her. And no im not rephrasing that because I dont know how to for this one. Gay gives her some information on where the guy she's looking for is while politely says that Eize and his "parasite" are in a different plane entirely called Baator. Frankly, what else could you call these isekaid bodysnatches if not parasites? And as the creature explains this, the joy mask switched seamlessly to a different one with the only real sign its not just the mask physically changing was the discarded expression suddenly being in their hand. With more being added the more the conversation went on and the expressions had to change.
Despite Gay being a weird eldritch creature, me and the other player loved the dude and the fact that fact that their presence meant i could seamlessly make gay puns. Turns out the dude just like to come here to listen to the stories of lost souls that find their way to this place. And that they just like the weird phenomena like chocolate rain appearing at a certain time and shows off how magic simply touching the air makes a bunch of weird and random effects like summoning a simple ball of light and watching as it slowly morphs into pink strawberry icecream. Dude was just here for fun and noticed these people who dont belong here.
And after a short interaction, Gay said they didnt want to miss the chocolate rain starting soon and asked if PC had any other questions. The NPC party member is freaking out still and the actual elf woman forced as a bystander is weirded out but PC really likes him and says "I like him! Her? Um… do you have a gender by chance we can call you by?" Gay's response?
"What is that?"
Gay was just Gay. And Gay had no gender.
And that was it. A character made from a monster i thought was cool and a joke i thought was funny that quickly became a favorite among me and the player despite the dude not even showing up much. He did appear another time much later after this when she went to a different plane, Baator, which to my knowledge is basically Hell. And Gay was just kinda sitting by a river of blood and rapidly moving, outstretched arms. PC runs over to the mask enthusiast screaming, "Hey! Gay!" which of course got a nice out of game chuckle cause we are once again both 12 mentally, and this dude pulls out a mask with a guy cupping his chin and says "do I know you" And after a short awkward shift in tone with PC thinking she was racist thinking all weirdly tall mask collectors were the same person, Gay cackles, swaps to a mask of wild laughter, and says "Did you appreciate my joke?"
Turns out PC caught Gay sitting by a river of souls, stating they find it "relaxing." And proceeds to turn a piece of one of their shattered masks into a beach ball that gets tossed around by the flailing souls being whisked away. Gay gives her a hint, light plane lore, and directions on where to go when asked at this point, Gay was just the PCs very hands off guide when she goes to other planes so as to give her SOME kind of hint as to which direction her main goal is. But mostly sticking to a few random spots far away and immediately leaving to do whatever they came here for in the first place after a bit of talking.
And the FINAL of the three Gay events happened when PC finally found the elf's brother and bested him in an incredibly close boss fight with a very confused party member. Turns out the one hijacking Eize was body to- somehow successfully gain a pact with nearly every demon including Glasya, who in DnD lore, I think? is a big deal since shes the daughter of the big boss of DnD Satan. And the PC isnt fond of Eize's "parasite" using his body for evil. PC is upset. The elf whos watching her brother being puppetered like this, is upset. And the NPC is completely clueless as he lacks the context of wtf they're both talking about.
But loyal to the end, NPC helps his friend beat up her suddenly evil brother and with just a bit of health left, she tries to teleport them back home...? Back... to the normal DnD plane. i don't know what its called. But she forgot to bring Eize and the NPC tutorial friend. The guy she spent all this time trying to get and several irl months trying to find. Because all creatures need to touch the staff to teleport to a new plane and she thought that simply holding hands with someone else would drag them along. It didnt. So now she has to wait several in game hours while her ally is in literal Hell with the enemy while she has a measly 2 hit points left after the battle. So she goes back to the wizards who give her a health potion and casts a plane spell. I dont remember if thats a thing they can do but i did mention they could do it once months ago so PC just asked them to just teleport her there.
With limited time and limited health, she's spawned right back to where she did before in Baator with Gay still just chilling by the river of souls. PC desperately asks Gay to take her to Glasya's castle where Eize and her friend are still probably laid out. Gay just looks at her and says "...You're still here?"
And so engages an attempt to persuade Gay to help.... and it fails. Because I, in my brief and probably flawed readings, understood devils in DnD to be really into the idea of only helping IF you have something to offer, Gay says, "I must obey the rules of this plane, and that requires me to only help you in return of something of value. However there is nothing of value you have for me. So I cannot aid."
She tries again, saying that if she doesn't get to her brother soon, they could start a massive war against the other planes. Which... didnt need a roll. Aasfaraabas dont really give a hoot about any of that. So that one just automatically failed. "Oh, my sweet girls. The safety or conquer of the planes does not concern my kind." Didnt work either.
So in a huff PC was about to just leave. Then one more idea comes to mind. In the form of the elf shes hijacking asking her to trade knowledge about PCs non-fantasy homeworld. A persuasion roll here and it actually works!
So Gay yells something in another language and just stops time so they can hear her story. For Gay has Wish. Any spell is theirs to use including the one to stop time. "Very well. If you wouldn't mind, I will take my payment now." So they sit down and after telling Gay all about her own world with bikes, trains, cars, and a bunch of technology, And so Gay is content and simply snaps her around the proper location she needs to be. Not the exact area since theres no way to know exactly where to put her but Gay had a general idea and made the trek significantly shorter.
And that was it. Thats the final appearance of the most powerful random NPC i've ever created who just so happens to be a favorite among me and the player AND a very fun character to write. Half of the time, the descriptions of what the guy were just vague and confused as though I, the DM, didnt know what to call him. Saying things like "the tall.... thing stared down at you." "The masked.... thing" The word Aasfaraaba was foreign to the player since i didnt tell her. It was her first game and I wanted things to be naturally told via the game and the species name was never brought up in Gay's 3 whole appearances. Gay was just Gay. It became a little joke that "Gay was just Gay" The other player didnt want to know what Gay was. Didnt need to know Gay's gender. Gay was just Gay.

I've been afraid of the dark for a long time. I don't think I've ever been not afraid of it.
I thought there were monsters in it all throughout middle school and high school. I would have to wake up at 4am to get ready for the bus at 6 and half the year I would have to wait outside in the dark in the woods, my nearest neighbor a half mile away. Needless to say, it didn't help
I had lights and nightlights but I always felt like there was something there watching me. I should probably add that I've been having visual hallucinations since childhood but I never had access to psych care. Still I don't think I had schizophrenia back then. It seems unlikely to see visual hallucinations without other symptoms. I did end up getting a delusion around 12 that still pops up today about a fear of being abducted by aliens. Like I was terrified if I saw the clock at 12am so much so that I would stare at it until it turned 12:01 to make sure that time hadn't slowed and I was safe (not that it mattered). I even put thumbtacks upside down on my windowsill and angled my bed so I could see behind me in my mirror and tv while I tried to go to sleep.
I've gotten better about dealing with it. I know I do better in populated areas rather than in the country. The last time I was in the woods at night with a now ex, we had to call someone to come pick us up because I couldn't continue
Up until last night. My current boyfriend and I went to go camping and for me it was an opportunity to reclaim a ptsd trigger. We hit a few snags on the way there and then before even spending five minutes there, they asked if we were stealing firewood from people's campsites. We paid a pretty penny to go glamping to make the experience as gentle as possible and this employee had just given us a ride back beforehand. We hadn't even unpacked before I was balling my eyes out over the stress and the oncoming paranoia that I felt creeping up. I felt like we were being watched from then on. I'm usually good about ignoring it
It was like a tsunami. There was nothing I could do to avoid it. I cried late into the darkness. My hallucinations badgered me and they always say cutting shit. Then my ptsd trigger kicked in at nightfall so I spent then until the incident in, for lack of better words, "Rambo mode" sitting at the stable watching the door. Staring at the door into the night. I tried to sleep but every twig snapping meant certain death. I didn't know if I was waiting for an animal or my abusers. Probably both.
Then, as if things couldn't get worse, I had to use the restroom and the nearest restroom was down the trail. A somewhat lit trail. I had my boyfriend walk me and I was fine until the lights ended. It was like I hit a wall of darkness, in every sense of the word. I stopped in my tracks and he tried to get me to go forward but we decided to try the main lodge instead. Yep, the lights only went so far. This whole time I'm certain there's a curious mountain lion watching us. Like absolutely certain with no proof.
He tried everything. He couldn't get me to go any further. So we turned around and I told him I would just wait until daybreak that was at least 8+ hours away. I definitely couldn't do that so eventually we tried again and he managed to convince me to walk with him.
When I tell you that I have only been more afraid once in my life, I freaking mean it. I was on red alert. I knew that lion was going to pop out the second it saw me fall behind. I almost broke his fingers from squeazing it so hard. I probably look just great on the trail cams "is something there ranger Jim?" guy looks the next few "not a fucking thing Mike. Heh.. Not a fucking thing." hits record.
I will admit that after all that and getting to the lodge, I was rather determined to get back to the campsite and very angry and humiliated. This was the first time he's seen me react so strongly to something he can't perceive. I talk to my hallucinations all the time (usually they're pretty nice/neutral) but he's never seen that completely irrational side of me. I was even jumping from nothing sounds (like just the idea of it popping out made me jump).
I still think the worst part was being so out of breath that it legitimately took an hour to breathe normally (I'm chubby but I had a lot of issues with covid and other lung stuff) but having to stop for only a second because you're too afraid the mountain lion is going to kill you is so unreasonable. We were close to other campsites too so it's not like we were all alone. I could see there tents. So they probably heard a lot of what happened too which was extremely humiliating.
The rest of the night was dealing with a mix of ptsd and emotional overload until I was able to pass out for 4 hours.
We pretty much left the next day after he drove us around to some of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my life. It's so weird too because he took me to a beach I've been going to in my head for awhile. I don't know if other people have vivid imaginations with schizophrenia but I swear I can feel the sand and taste the salt in the water. There's been a nice old man there for a little bit too. The real life place he took me to was so eerily similar but I could barely lift my head from shame. I couldn't even go get breakfast at the lodge because I was too ashamed to show my face. I dont want to be noticed as that "weird girl" even though I wear a lot of black.
I promised not to yell at them and after I talked to the staff they informed me that they didn't think we were stealing firewood at all and they'd talk to the employee. They gave us a full refund which they didn't have to so I'm going to leave them a stellar review because it was super super nice otherwise. It was essentially a catered experience.
So that was my Saturday night.
How do I deal with this? It's bound to come up again in life

So let me just start this off I'm (24m) let me tell you its been a while the people in this story name will be fake for safety reason and i don't want anyone know who i am so there are if i remember 6 people in this story (op as me) (cm as classmate) (t1 as teacher 1) (t2 as teacher 2) (vp as vice principle) (p as principle) so lets get started i just got a memory when i was in elementary school so i was either in 4th or 5th grade when this happen it was lunch time and i was sitting in front of a cm that was in my class and he accused me of kicking his leg under the table and i said it wasn't me (and i can tell you i was the nice kid in that school but i did have anger issues) and so cm went to tell the t1 that i kept kicking him and t2 was in a different classroom teaching and t1 as t2 to watch over me while they get the vp and the p and i tried to tell them the truth but they believe cm instead and kept pressuring me to admit to something i didn't even did. i kept telling them that I'm saying the truth and nothing they said if i kept "lying" i will not be able to participate on the surprise that they planed for everyone and btw t1 t2 vp and p was surrounding me and pinning me to the wall "and the surprise was a pizza party" and so i tried to stand my ground but at the end i just gave in and lied that i did kept kicking. i just felt that no one liked me telling the truth so i lied and so when i did lied to say i kicked him i still wasn't able to participate in the pizza party and so i had to sit in class watching everyone eat pizza without me and i just cried in my seat for the entire thing. was i AITA

It's so easy to see the negatives of our current education system (which ABSOLUTELY has issues), but I just want to spread some positivity about teaching as a profession with this post. I'm a grade 12 student in Ontario doing a co-op in an elementary school and I just love the classroom environment, working with the kids, and everything about it! I CANNOT wait to get to the point where I am a teacher myself and can do my best to create the same kind of class culture and experiences the main teacher of my current placement classroom creates every day. Even though I accept the reality that I may become jaded towards it eventually, I know I'm gonna adore the profession and that it will bring net positivity into my life. I've known so many amazing teachers who have permanently changed my trajectory for the better by being there and getting up in front of the class every day. Education is a field of unsung heroes, but I'd just like to say how awesome the job and the people who do it are. Despite the Ford government's best efforts, the dream is absolutely, unflinchingly alive.
I'd love to hear some positive teaching perspectives/anecdotes/stories in the comments!

TLDR

About me - 29M - Initially awkward, introverted Hufflepuff. Anti-patriarchy, atheist, non-smoker, social drinker. Looking to slow-burn from friendship to relationship. Not in a rush to "settle down".
Looking for - Kind, empathetic person with a good sense of humour. Someone who doesn't believe in gender roles, is financially independent, and is working on her childhood traumas. [These are the only non-negotiables, although it would be great if you currently stay in Hyd, but any location is fine by me.]

IN DETAIL

Looking for Slow burn romance -

• Acquaintances > friends > great friends > relationship [in this order - Not looking for hookups/FWB/ situationship]
• I'll be honest, I can't just jump into dating or a relationship. I need the base of great friendship before I would be comfortable getting involved in a romantic relationship.
• I know that this might not sound ideal, or a potential "waste of time" in case nothing comes out of it - but I just can't do it, I wouldn’t feel emotionally safe to get intimate. I tried my best with Bumble but it just feels off to me.
• I would rather be single in my 70s & die alone than rush through a relationship where I am miserable.
• After the initial icebreaker, we don’t even have to text every day, we can exchange the memes and slowly open up to each other.
• I don’t have a defined timeline. We can take our own sweet time getting to know each other - maybe hours, days, months, or even years is fine by me.
• I can't [and don’t want to] be physically intimate if there is no emotional connection. I just feel that I would perform a lot better if we had a good bond & I felt emotionally safe around you.

About me -

• Appearance
  • 5'4
  • Overweight - Have been hitting the gym almost every day for the past 5 years [and love it], however, I binge-eat a lot, and my weight has stayed the same for the past 4 years.
• Non-s\xual turn-ons*
  • Well-formatted Excel sheets
  • Miniso, FabIndia aesthetics
  • Stationery [especially from Japan]
  • Good Typography
• Kind, empathetic
  • As a kid, I always thought being complimented on being "kind" was something people did if they had nothing else to say. That it was so basic, that it was a non-complement. Only in the past few years, I have come to realise how rare of a compliment it could be.
  • Growing up I always wanted to be in Slytherin, my friends thought Ravenclaw would be a better fit for me. But in the past couple of years I have realised I was always meant to be in Hufflepuff.
• Smart, but not that smart
  • Basically, on any given topic I might vaguely know about it, in broad strokes, but not in specifics. I get into a lot of Wikipedia rabbit holes.
• Anti-patriarchy, anti-gender-role
  • Grew up watching how much patriarchy shackled my mother [and women in general]. Hate it.
  • There is a lot of conditioning about what men/women are - "supposed" to do, what to wear, how to behave, what activities they are supposed to be interested in. I don’t want to conform to it.
  • I still do, have interests/hobbies, that can be perceived to be "guy's thing" - but I want to shed those layers. I might want to paint my nails or do any activity that might be perceived to be a "women-only" thing - I am not saying I will or that I am interested in, but I could. And if I wanted to, I hope you are encouraging and open-minded about it.
• Working on myself
  • Grew up as a people pleaser, and have major self-esteem issues. I know my flaws in greater detail than anyone else and I have spent the past decade slowly working on them. Always one step forward, two steps backwards.
  • I don’t need anyone to coddle me or do the work for me, I just need a partner who is empathetic and can hold the space so that I can do the work without being judged.
  • I want to spend the rest of my life, unlearning & re-building my life, one step at a time
• Hobbies/ Interest
  • I have a lot of interests but am not good at any of them. I guess I just love the idea of it - usual stuff like traveling, reading, dancing. Slowly trying to change from being a content consumer to creating/doing things.
  • I stopped understanding math when I was in 6th grade, and a couple of years ago I stumbled across 3B1B on YouTube whose videos are fascinating to watch even though I hardly understood them, so I am re-learning math.
• Political views
  • Oscillate between being up-to-date with events and not paying attention.
  • I pay attention till I get overwhelmed and hopeless about it.
  • I am extremely happy with the 2024 election results.
• Misc.
  • Non-smoker - Don't smoke, or intend to start. I don’t mind smoking up though
  • Social drinker - I love drinking cocktails.
  • I can't stand toxic positivity [& LinkedIn influencers]
  • I really hope to FIRE and live in the mountains during summers, and beach for the rest of the year. For now its just a dream.

My green flags

• Financially independent
• Good listener
• 50-50 on everything especially house chores.

My beige flags

• I know a lot of things but vaguely & at surface level [spend a lot of time on Wikipedia]
• It takes time for me to open up and initial conversation might seem a bit bland.
• I can't dance or sing [am learning to dance though]
• I am still a v*rgin - My college ex wasn't ready and haven't felt such a connection with anyone else since then. However am an eager learner and open to experimentation. [Not looking for hookups/FWB/ situationship]
• Have a few friends - all of them scattered around. But I do have a great connection with them.
• Homebody - it's not that I don’t like going out, but that I feel must more comfortable at home, chilling.
• No posts on my Instagram - I just can't think of a perfect first post. I have another account which I use as my photo journal & I can add you to it. But it's personal, so I would remove you once you go through it.

My red flags

• Disorganised attachment style
• People pleasing
• Self-isolate myself to feel safe
• Hyper-vigilant & hyper-independence

FAQs

1. Why Childfree?
   • Childhood trauma, raising a child is too expensive, don’t want to get shackled for the next 20+ years. I have written a detailed post here - LINK
2. Why slow-burning romance?
   • I hate dating app culture - I hate it, always hated it - I find them soul-sucking. I hate being ghosted. I hate the bland conversation. I hate the stress of coming up with something witty to say without sounding like a broken machine. I hate being rejected by indifference. I hate it. But the only reason I signed up was because I am a homebody. I hardly venture out. But those apps have sucked on my soul enough and I have deleted my account everywhere and don’t intend to go back.
3. When was my last serious relationship?
   • College, almost a decade ago.
4. Why such a long gap?
   • I never had the same connection with anyone else the way I did with my college ex. We were best friends before we started dating - but as soon as we started dating it brought up all my repressed childhood traumas and relationship anxiety. I was afraid I would eventually turn into my father, so I cut it off. Although we were on & off over the years till COVID-19, we couldn’t revive our relationship. And I never felt the same way about anyone else since then so I never got in another relationship.
5. How many casual relationships since then?
   • Maybe 2? It hardly went on for more than a week. It was just off. I really can't get it on without an emotional connection.

Sorry for the wall of text - I just thought it would be easier to put everything on the table. Feel free to DM me if you feel more comfortable than commenting on this post.

This is the first time I write here. First of all, I don't speak English (but I'm learning), so everything I'll tell you is translated from a page, so I hope the translation doesn't change too much (sorry if it does).
I graduated in early March, and while waiting to find out if I was accepted to university or not, I killed time on the internet, or reading something. One day in April, I saw the statuses of my friends, including that of my friend (now ex-friend) Elena, where she uploaded a photo at the beach, which got me thinking that I would also like to go out to the beach or some other place, because until that moment I hadn't gone anywhere.
Days later, my mom woke me up early asking if I wanted to accompany her to the beach, to which I agreed, and while we were on the way, I sent a message to Elena, telling her that I had seen her statuses and that it made me sad because I also wanted to go out, and now I was going to do it, as if I had manifested it. I thought she would laugh, because that's why I sent her the message. She saw the message, but didn't reply, and I didn't pay much attention to it, why should I?
Months went by without us talking, I didn't pay much attention either, because I'm not someone who spends all day sending messages to my friends. But recently was Elena's birthday, and I didn't find out until she posted photos of her small gathering with our group of friends.
That took me by surprise, and to be honest, it made me very sad.
I asked my friend who went to the party about Elena's birthday, and he asked me why I didn't go, and I replied that I wasn't invited. I asked if he knew anything, and he said no.
He told me to ask her why she didn't invite me.
I sent a message to Elena wishing her a happy birthday, thinking that when she read it she would say something about why she didn't invite me, but instead she just replied thanking me for my congratulations.
My friend insisted that I should ask her, but to be honest, I felt embarrassed to ask her because I thought she would see me as resentful, so instead I downloaded a meme and edited it as an indirect message and put it in my status for Elena to see (all as a joke), in fact, I was laughing along with my friend about it.
I was sad because I didn't understand why she didn't invite me, not so much because I didn't go to her birthday, I'm not resentful about that, what made me sad is that we were supposed to be friends and she didn't consider me. I spent a long time wondering what I had done wrong for her to be angry with me, but nothing came to mind.
The whole night passed and she never replied.
I begged my friend to ask her, but he said I had to do it, but I still felt embarrassed to write to her, so I downloaded more memes, edited them, and put them in my status (they didn't have her name, just things like what represents me in the background and the others representing those who have fun. I didn't see anything wrong with it, they were just that, memes of what I found funny about my situation).
After a while, before my first class started, she replied to me.
She said she didn't invite me because she didn't like what I had written to her last time. I asked her confused about what thing, and she replied about how I had overlooked many things, and that she tried to be a good friend and that she hadn't even treated me badly. I asked her again about which message, and she replied with the message I had sent her about how I also wanted to go to the beach.
I was shocked.
She wrote to me that she didn't like that message, that even though it wasn't her way of being, she behaved like that because of how I had behaved with her, that she was going to invite me to the party but she had discussed it with other people and they also didn't like my attitude.
I was confused, I replied saying that in the message I meant that I also wanted to go out for a walk because I hadn't done it, and that I had no intention of offending her.
She replied saying that my message was out of place and that along with other things that had happened, that's what had made her angry.
She brought up a problem we had in the past to which I had already apologized and never did anything to make her feel bad again.
The problem was this:
Years ago I had a friend, let's call him Alex, he and I became friends in my second year of school through a mutual friend (now ex-friend). Elena came in when we were in virtual classes, and we became friends when we all returned to face-to-face classes.
It was by chance that we started talking because it turned out that Alex and Elena were dating. Great, I didn't see anything wrong with that.
But as time went by, she started having a lot of problems with Alex, and she always vented to me.
It got to the point where I could never say something that made me happy, or that made me sad because she always changed the conversation and made it about something that made her happy, or sad, which I always listened to.
One day, tired of her never listening to me and of her always making the conversation all about her, I told her that if Alex was so bad to her then she should break up with him (I didn't say it impulsively, it was something we had been talking about for a long time, and I didn't tell her to break up with him until she hinted at it first), but Alex found out that I had said that so he ended his friendship with me.
I was very sad because I value my friends a lot.
She took his side and they continued to be boyfriend and girlfriend.
Many things happened, that and including my recent breakup of friendship with another friend, which ended up making me angry.
I admit that I wasn't the best friend to her during that time, I was angry, I was indifferent, and because of her attitude of "I didn't do anything wrong" every time the topic came up, I would talk about how she had treated me and her attitude (I didn't start the conversation).
At that time, I couldn't even recognize myself, I was never mean to her, but I was going through depression (I had just ended a very toxic and manipulative friendship, and along with that, other personal problems), so I wasn't very friendly with her, to say the least (I never yelled at her or insulted her, it's not like I humiliated her in public or anything like that, to be honest, the only thing I did was to say that she had been mean to me), why didn't she make an effort to support me when I supported her? Aren't friends supposed to do that?
On Christmas, she invited all the girls from our group of friends, including me, and I realized that I didn't want to be angry with her anymore.
So I asked her for my most sincere forgiveness, which she accepted.
After that, I was kinder and more friendly, as I really am, but the point is that I thought we had solved everything.
I invited her to all the gatherings we had at my house, and we always had fun. Even after our graduation, we kept texting each other.
Everything was fine until the issue with the message about going to the beach.
She got angry and threw everything back at me.
She wrote to me that she thought I was jealous because Alex was with her, that it seemed like I liked her. To which I made a confused face.
What was she talking about? Nothing of the sort, I just saw her as a friend, let alone being jealous.
She talked about her religion and about God, about forgiveness, and turning the other cheek to those who are mean to us.
She told me all this so that I wouldn't do it again with my friends and so that I would know how to value them.
Damn. I value my friends a lot because I'm someone who has had a lot of bad luck when it comes to making friends, so I value those who have been good to me.
She said she would have liked our friendship to last longer, but unfortunately it couldn't, and she told me to take care of myself and to do well.
I replied that I understood and that I was sorry, that it was never my intention to hurt her. But since she reminded me of what had happened, I reminded her of how much she had hurt me first.
She hurt me a lot, I only responded in a bad way because of how she treated me, and I apologized for that.
To which she replied that this time it wasn't about me, and that what had happened she had already apologized for (not that I remember).
At that moment my class was about to start so I didn't reply quickly, I spent all four hours of classes that day distracted because of what she had told me.
All of that was in the past, our friendship had returned, it never crossed my mind that she was angry about that.
And all because I wrote to her that I would like to go to the beach too. I just wanted her to laugh about it because it was so silly, and she interpreted it so differently, as if I had written an insult between the lines or something like that.
I wrote to my friend (the one I asked about the birthday party that she didn't invite me to) and asked him friend to friend if I had done something wrong, and he replied that he didn't see the point of why she was upset, and that if Elena didn't want to reason with me then I should distance myself.
I apologized for involving him.
I asked another friend (who doesn't know Elena, but I was honest and told him what had happened with her) and he said that there are friendships that are good and others that are bad, and that the people who are bad should be told to go to hell.
So I replied to Elena one last time.
I explained that I didn't want to fight, much less make her feel bad. I didn't understand why she was treating me like this when I thought we had solved everything.
I defended her as much as I could from the people who tried to hurt her, I was always there when she needed me, and I did everything to integrate her into our group of friends.
She always justified her actions with God, and she firmly believed that he would solve all her problems, which made me angry but I never told her, I believe in God, I have the belief that he helps you, but you have to help yourself too.
I wished her a good life full of happiness, but that I didn't want to see her again.
She continued to tell me, throwing in my face why her friendships lasted longer than mine.
She told me it wasn't true that when we talked everything was about her (it was), and she justified herself by saying that when she talked about herself they made her shut up, whereas with me, when I talked about something they never shut me up (I get very excited when I talk so I tend to talk a lot), but that didn't mean I didn't listen when others spoke, because I always paid attention to them.
She emphasized that when past friends hurt her she never stayed stuck, and that you don't die for a friendship (she knew perfectly well what happened with my old friend).
She said she didn't hold a grudge against me and that what I did didn't affect her. She wished me well, and that was it.
After that, I blocked her from everywhere.
I'm still confused.
Did I really have the blame?
She was the one who started it all.
I didn't tell you in more detail what happened between us, but that was a summary of what happened.
She's right about one thing, I'll never understand why all my friendships end badly. My only fault is being too complacent, letting myself be manipulated, and not seeing how bad they were with me until our friendship ended.
I promised myself that I wouldn't let myself be trampled again, so I got defensive when Elena started treating me the way she did.
I had just come out of a friendship that was very bad for me and that literally had me on the verge of death. For the first time I tried to defend myself, all this happened.
I was depressed for months, asking myself if I was to blame for why the people I called "best friend" ended up hurting me worse and worse.
And even though Elena wasn't someone I would consider my best friend, she was someone I loved and appreciated a lot, she hurt me a lot when she put me aside. I faithfully believed that we had solved our problems, why is she coming at me with this now?
Really. Am I the bad one?

My bf (M18) and I (F18) have been dating for just under a year. We had made plans for Saturday to go to the beach because the weather was nice. However, last night he thought he was invited to a hangout with his guy friends but it turned out to be a party with girls. Him and I have gone to a party with group a bit ago so I was upset that when he found out that it was a party party he didn’t ask if I could come. He texted me while he was there saying he wished I could’ve been there and he missed me. (I could’ve he just had to invite me) He stayed up all night drinking which I immediately knew he would be cranky and tired for our hangout the next day. I let it go and continued with my night, the morning he was tired and being rude to his family when I got to his house. During our day he was complaining and when we got to the beach all he could say was when are we going home. I drove us home and he fell asleep for 2.5 hours so I just played games on his computer. I’m so irritated because it felt like he ruined my day by him being so sour and by something that could’ve been avoided(him not drinking as much or staying out late). I feel as if he does not acknowledge my existence when I’m not with him and doesn’t think about how things will affect me.
TL;DR My bf made last minute plans before our hangout and was tired and rude during our day together.

I expected to have this posted very soon after my trip, but time got away from me! Even the prospect of writing this out is kind of daunting lol so props to all of you who post your trip reports (and I greedily read every word!). Whenever people say stuff like “this is so long, I don’t expect anyone to read this!” I’m always like “of course I’m going to read every word and love it!” But now I am the one telling you guys, this is very long and I can’t imagine who out there is going to read this lol
Thursday 5/16 - Travel Day
Flew to Naples where my friend lives. Plan was to stay two nights with her before we headed to Orlando for one “girls night” before my solo trip began.
Saturday 5/18 - Travel to Disney!
Left at 6:30am to drive to Orlando. It was her and her two girls (age 11 and 5). We had reservations for one night at Beach Club. We bounded as princesses (Tiana, Ariel, Aurora, Jasmine). We walked to Epcot at 11:30am and that short walk was INCREDIBLE. I can’t believe how close the park is!!! Beach Club is amazing for location alone! Here are the things we ate and experienced:
~~Toasted Pretzel Bread (Germany): 20/10 This was absolutely delicious and over the course of the week I think I ate it like 5-6 times lol
~~Raspberry Radler (Germany): same as above, LOVED
~~Harvested a Pearl (Japan): This was seriously THE BEST experience! We all got them put in necklaces. One of her daughters got a gray/blue pearl and it was gorgeous. Lots of attention when she showed mine bc it looked big and she kept moving it up the sizing plate. I ended up with an 8.5mm pearl! It was very exciting and lots of celebration by the workers and crowd. They said it was the largest of the day. Honestly, I recommend this to ANYONE. It was less expensive than I expected, $29 to harvest the pearl, then I think I spent $23 on a cage for it, and I chose to buy a necklace for it to wear right away and that was $26. I am 100% doing it again in September when I go back for my 40th birthday (and I told my hubby he is doing it too and will love it!)
~~Lemon Drop Shandy (The Citrus Blossom): 7/10 good! nothing exceptional, I liked the radler better
~~Cinnamon Roll Bites (Brunchcot): 6/10, I was so excited for these but they were just average. I think maybe if we had a batch that had more frosting it might have been better. They weren’t bad, just not outstanding. Loved the bacon crumbles though!
~~Guardians of the Galaxy: the only reason this is making it into the notes is bc of my Reliefband. I get motion sickness. I tried Guardians last fall (after 2 dramamine) and still had to sit for about an hour afterward to chill and not be sick. I decided to purchase a Reliefband (classic version, Amazon, $129) to try out this trip and see if it would work. I was very skeptical. But I am here to say it worked 1000000000%. I was so blown away. Absolutely ZERO feelings of motion sickness during or after the ride. Kept my eyes open the whole time (it’s the visual speed that usually gets me, screen rides get me too). I am not a big thrill ride person, so incidentally this time around I realized this isn’t the ride for me. I just don’t enjoy it that much, BUT the big deal is to find out that is my ride preference and has nothing to do with motion sickness. It was so liberating not having my motion sickness control me! Ooooo, also, I was absolutely ecstatic that I got the song I’ve always wanted!! Everybody Wants to Rule the World!
We left Epcot at 4pm and went back to the resort to check in. First of all, it’s so gorgeous there. The room was wonderful, the lobby is beautiful and smells amazing. I wish we had the money to always stay deluxe bc I get why people love deluxe resorts so much!
Dinner at Ale & Compass (Yacht Club): 7/10, again, food was decent but nothing exceptional. Actually the Parker House Rolls were 1000% worth the hype, I got the NY Strip Steak though, asked for medium rare and I think it was more medium and that ruined it a bit for me (also taste was just meh)
We spent about an hour and half swimming at Stormalong Bay after dinner. That pool is seriously incredible. I never want to experience anything but a sand bottom pool again. The. Absolute. Best.
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Sunday 5/19 - Girls Leave and Solo Begins
We checked out and then had a Beaches and Cream reservation at 11:30am. We shared the Bacon Ranch Totchos (7/10 tasty but too much topping for me), Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup (grilled cheese 9/10, tomato soup 6/10), aaaaand the Kitchen Sink Sundae (9/10)! Was it smart for us to get this with only two adult women and two children? Probably not. But boy was it fun and delicious and we put way more of a dent in it than I thought we would lol. A little siren goes off in the restaurant when one is brought to a table and there is a back and forth with kitchen staff and customers (they say something about a “whole can of whipped cream” and customers answer back as a group) and it was a very fun vibe! In fact that is one of the reasons I rate it a 9/10 haha, bc I think there is just too much whipped cream and a lot of the ice cream is just buried.
We swam at Stormalong bay for 2 more hours before they dropped me off at All-Star Movies and they headed home to Naples.
Magic Kingdom (solo)
I got into my room at All-Star Movies (Love Bug building 6) and tbh I didn’t mind its distance to the bus stop, maybe bc it was just me, but I didn’t have a problem with it, I thought the walk was quick enough. I was in Magic Kingdom by 5:30pm.
6pm PeopleMover (walk on) 5 min posted
6:30pm Pirates of the Caribbean (walk on) 10 min posted
6:45pm Thunder Mountain (10 min) 15 min posted
7:10pm Enchanted Tiki Room (10 min) 15 min posted
7:40pm Haunted Mansion (20 min) 20 min posted
8:25pm Got the Sweet and Spicy Chicken Waffle sandwich at Sleepy Hollow: 7/10, the taste was great, I don’t like spicy stuff but this wasn’t too spicy. The only con is that the bottom of the waffle was kind of soggy and I didn’t really eat that part.
8:55pm in spot for HEA
9:40pm Peter Pan’s Flight (25 min) 10 min posted
Spent a lot of time in gift shops and doing photopass on my way out of park
11:10pm On bus back to resort
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Monday 5/20 - Animal Kingdom
6:45am On the bus to AK
7:22am Scanned into the park
7:32am Nav’i River Journey (6 min) 10 min posted
8:05am Kilimanjaro Safari (18 min) 25 min posted, was off the safari at 8:45am
9:05am Pongu Pongu - tried the Pongu Lumpia! I know this snack is controversial, it seemed like it was up my alley, but others have said the same and didn’t end up liking it so I was expecting to ultimately dislike it. I enjoyed it! 8/10 would eat again!
9:15am Gorilla Falls Trek, walked for 20 mins
9:45am It’s Tough to be a Bug - this was my first time, honestly, I think I have read articles and seen so many vlogs calling it startling and scary that I think I was expecting the worst so much that it wasn't….that….bad? I didn’t mind it? (side note: the ONLY time this entire trip that I wore tennis shoes was the morning of Animal Kingdom. My feet were hurting by the time I went into this show, so while it was going on I switched to my flip flops and my feet took a complete 180 degrees. I wore flip flops the rest of the trip and had zero issues with sore feet. I guess I’m just a flip flop girly???)
10:15am Feathered Friends in Flight - was actually heading to 11am Lion King but a CM I passed was announcing to people that the bird show was starting at 10:30 so I decided to detour there. It was great!
11:00am Maharajah Jungle Trek, walked for 20 mins, this was the most beautiful trail for me, absolutely lovely!
11:30am Eight Spoon Cafe - got the BBQ pork MacnCheese, found a spot to sit down by Drinkwallah and that is my go-to spot now. It is shaded and the carved tables and chairs are so pretty. I really like that little (hidden?) sit-down area!
12:00pm Discovery Trails, walked for 10 mins, then looked around shops in Discovery Island and Asia
12:50pm Rafiki’s Planet Watch (5 min) I did not get off the train, at this point I needed a break but I did not want to go back to resort, so I sat on the Wildlife Train and drank lots of water, I went around the circuit twice, got off at 1:30pm
1:45pm Festival of the Lion King, got in line for 2pm show, this was my first time…it BLEW MY MIND, absolutely loooooooved this. So so much. It was wonderful!
3:00pm Dinosaur (5 min) 15 min posted - first time! Honestly, I have heard so many disparaging comments about this ride I expected it to be terrifying, painful and just not fun. Again, I had an opposite experience! I love dinosaur movies (like Jurassic park) so I really enjoyed this one. I hope it is still there to ride when I am back in the fall!
3:30pm Nomad Lounge (added myself to waitlist on app, there was no “wait” got the text pretty much immediately) This was such an important break out of the heat. I spent an hour here to recharge. I drank a lot of water, had a delicious cocktail Lamu Libation 10/10, Ahi Tuna Poke Bowl 8/10, and Churros 10/10. I was able to charge my phone in an outlet at the bar. It was the perfect break!
5:00pm Left AK and headed back to resort
7:20pm Scanned into Hollywood Studios, walked around, looked through gift shops
8:20pm Catalina Eddie’s: got the Toffee and Coconut Blondie to take with me into Fantasmic! You guys…this is an absolute favorite of mine! My friend got it at NYE and forced me to try it (I didn’t want to bc I am not a coconut fan) but I fell in LOVE. Definitely a 20/10. I was so excited to get it again this trip. If you don’t love coconut, I find it very mild, you should definitely give it a shot.
9:00pm Fantasmic!
10:00pm Got on the bus to All-Star Sports instead of Movies bc in the gift shop at my resort the worker had told me I could find the pin I was looking for at the Sports gift shop. It was the 30 yr Anniversary pin of All-Star Resorts. I bought that and walked all the way back to my building, was back by 10:30pm
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Tuesday 5/21 - EPCOT
10:00am Scanned in at Epcot - kind of embarrassing…I was “that person” to hold everyone up. The past two days I did not need a park reservation, so I didn’t even think anything of it, but they told me one was required this day and he was setting one up for me on his ipad but then it kept erroring out, I felt TERRIBLE.
10:25am - Living with the Land (5 min) 5 min posted
10:50am - Nemo and Friends (15 min) 15 min posted
11:15am - Journey of Water walkthrough
11:40am - bought the Spike’s Pollination Exploration Scavenger hunt, it was nice bc it was 30% off with the rest of the F&G merch and I got my 20% discount on it. I mean it was only $10 regular price but I was still pretty happy lol
11:50am - got food!!! Toasted Pretzel Bread and Raspberry Radler (Germany) still 20/10, Frushi (Japan) 8/10, Fruit Punch Ale (America) 8/10 good but I would get the radler over this every time
1:00pm Frozen (40 min) 60 min posted, I got splashed a lot more than normal this time for some reason! Sat next to a girl who was videoing on a go-pro, asked if she was a vlogger but she said no and then we chatted for a min about our love of Disney vlogs, it was nice!
2:10pm Kringla Bakeri - Viking Coffee, 9/10 excellent!
2:30pm The Honey Bee-stro - Liquid Nitro Honey-Mascarpone Cheesecake, 10/10 LOVED, the cheesecake was smooth and creamy (even while “frozen”) and the tart blueberry compote that comes with it is a perfect pairing. Plus I was able to Pixie Dust someone here! There was a young girl in line in front of me by herself, she was maybe 13? Anyway she was trying to scan her magic band for payment and the CM told her the band was not authorized to be used for payment, she seemed a bit surprised and embarrassed and I stepped in and started scanning my magic band. It was honestly only $6.50. She tried to tell me no and that she would go get her mom, but I just overrode her and said “It’s Disney! Let me!” with a smile. We were both at the window to pick up our items together and when she got hers she unexpectedly leaned in and gave me a hug and thanked me again. I was so surprised and heartwarmed (and also felt bad that I was kinda sweaty lol). But anyway it was a wonderful moment!
2:45pm Bought the Spaceship Earth cookie jar that I have been wanting so badly! I got it with my gift card I got for “mothers day” from our pets :D
2:55pm Spaceship Earth (walk on) 5 min posted
4:00pm Bus back to resort for a break and shower bc it was a very hot day!
6:40pm Scanned back into EPCOT
6:45pm Spaceship Earth (walk on) 5 min posted
Walked around to find Spike for scavenger hunt
7:35pm Toasted Pretzel Bread and Raspberry Radler (again! lol)
8:00pm watched Garden Rocks concert
More Spike hunting!
9:00pm Luminous
9:10pm Started heading out of park
This was my toughest day of my whole solo trip for several reasons. 1) I don’t think I did enough sit down things, I was on my feet a ton 2) I was not being “park smart”. Epcot is huge enough in the first place but I was not navigating the park in an efficient way and ended up walking WAY more than I should have. Around 7:30-8pm I started to feel something pulled in my leg (after googling later maybe a mild issue with adductor tendon?) it was high up in my inner thigh, I decided to leave the park only 10 mins after Luminous started bc I really wanted to not push myself, the next day was going to be my Magic Kingdom day and that is my favorite park and would likely be a long day and I just didn’t want to ruin it.
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Wednesday 5/22 - Hollywood Studios (not Magic Kingdom!)
Woke up before 7am and decided to pivot on my plans bc of my leg. I decided to stay in the resort room until midday to rest my leg, and due to that decision I switched my park day from MK to HS. I figured if I was going to be in a park for less hours of the day I would rather sacrifice time in Hollywood Studios than Magic Kingdom. I bought Genie+ and bought an ILL for Rise of the Resistance for 1:40pm. This ended up being THE BEST decision I could have made. By the time I left my room, my leg was feeling 100% better and I did not have any issues with it for the rest of the trip!
1:15pm Scanned into Hollywood Studios
1:30pm Frozen Sing Along - I love this fricken show, I always want to see it every time I go to HS, I could watch it a million times, I am always impressed by the Arendelle Historians bc they are so funny, and while they will make jokes in a similar vein, they still have so much variety that you don’t see the same jokes when you watch shows with different historians. A++, this will always be one of my faves.
2:15pm Rise of the Resistance ILL - full A mode, also…bc I was wearing my Reliefband I was able to keep my eyes open during the drop with the simulation of flying through space. It was great!!!
3:00pm Smuggler's Run (G+) - okaayyyyyy, I have never been on this (due to motion sickness fears) but I decided to take the plunge. I got all the way to sitting in the seat and tbh I was terrified. I was by myself, I didn’t know exactly what to expect and I was not so much scared that I would be sick, I was confident in the Reliefband, but I was worried I would hate the simulated feeling of flying. That kinda freaks me out. So then, the ride doesn’t actually start and they tell us that a CM will be in to let us out bc it has malfunctioned and we will be given a LL back. I was quite literally SO RELIEVED. I will try that ride, but in September when I am with my husband!
3:30pm Woody’s Lunchbox - Adult Lemonade 10/10 and Raspberry Lunchbox Tart 7/10. I ended up getting two more Adult Lemonades throughout the night bc I thought they were delicious!! The tart was fine, it tasted “good” but nothing unique or outstanding.
4:00pm Beauty and the Beast Live
4:35pm Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway (G+)
5:15pm Toy Story Mania (G+)
6:00pm Baseline Taphouse - Charcuterie Board 9/10 and Blood Orange Hard Cider 7/10
6:30pm Frozen Sing Along - I am not kidding about how much I like this show lol
7:10pm Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway (40 mins) 45 min posted
8:20pm Rise of the Resistance (used the anytime pass I got for Smuggler Run going down) this time around we ended up having to walk down a hallway bc there was a technical difficulty with the 2nd pre show (where you enter the craft and get pulled in by the first order) we skipped that part and walked down a hallway straight into the storm trooper room. Everything else worked except for Finn.
8:45pm Ran my ass through Toy Story land (picked up an Adult Lemonade!) and hightailed it to Fantasmic! This ended up being a very good lesson for me. Getting to Fantasmic! just as it was starting was NOT a good idea. I was in the bleachers in the last section at the top, like with the walkway in front of you. You can hardly see anything back there. I will not make this mistake again. I left just as the floats started bc I could not even see them at all.
Browsed a lot of gift shops!
10:20pm Got on bus back to resort
I go back and forth on whether G+ was worth it today. Ultimately, I side on yes bc I didn’t even get to the park until 1pm, got to walk the park a ton, I did the most photopass spots here than I did on any other day, so Genie+ allowing me to just hop on 3 rides with no wait gave me the time to do all of that (and watch Frozen twice and B&B show), and I had the time to wait for Runaway Railway standby again. Also, bc the Smugglers Run malfunction allowed me to use a “LL” on Rise again, that alone made it worth it!
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Thursday 5/23 - Magic Kingdom
Wooooohoooo! My favorite park! I decided to get G+ today and get an ILL for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train for 7:40pm
9:10 Scanned into MK
9:25am Thunder Mountain (walk on) 10 min posted, this ride has never gotten to me in the past (motion sickness) but I was in the second to last cart and that made this ride feel faster and “dippier” and I did not care for it lol
9:40am Westward Ho - Crispy Chicken/egg/pepper jack breakfast biscuit, 9/10 would get again!
9:55am Pirates of the Caribbean (10 min) 15 min posted
10:25am Enchanted Tiki Room (walk on, got there just as they were ushering people in)
10:45am Enchanted Tales with Belle (12 min) 20 min posted
11:20am Little Mermaid (G+)
11:35am Mickey’s Philharmagic (10 min) 15 min posted
12:20 Carousel (15 min) 5 min posted - tbh this one pissed me off lol, bc I would have never gone on it had I realized I would wait 15 mins, 5 mins was a cruel trick haha
12:50pm Winnie the Pooh (G+)
1:05pm it’s a small world (G+)
1:35pm PeopleMover (8 min) 15 min posted
2:05pm Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin (G+) - I didn’t remember thinking this ride was this hard! But after having just done Toy Story Mania the day before, I did not find this one to be as easy to “play”, I prefer Toy Story Mania!
2:20pm Monsters Inc Laugh Floor (17 min) 10 min posted
3:05 Peter Pan’s Flight (G+)
3:25pm Pecos Bills - slugged some water, had a coke (12/10 refreshing!) and nachos (4/10, I did not remember these being so spicy, I mean I don’t like spice so I am probably a wimp saying this but I did not enjoy these bc of the spiciness, will not get again)
4:00pm Stopped in Columbia Harbour house which was not too busy and found an empty table next to an outlet to charge my phone
4:45pm Haunted Mansion (G+)
Walked to First Aid station for Tylenol (headache)
5:20pm Pirates of the Caribbean (G+)
5:50pm Sunshine Tree Terrace - I tried the I Lava You Float, and I was sure it was going to be too sweet even though I have read many people’s reviews who loved it. I LAVA THIS FLOAT! 10/10 very much looking forward to getting again in fall!
6:05 WDW Train (Frontierland) (6 min) 10 min posted - I felt like chilling for a bit again so I did a full circuit and then went on to Fantasyland
7:05 Mickey’s Philharmagic (5 min) 10 min posted
7:35pm Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ILL - felt the same way about this one as BTM earlier, I was in one of the last carts (row 8) and it felt faster and dippier than in the past, no thanks!
8:10pm PeopleMover (20 min) 5 min posted - this should have been a walk on, but the ride went down as I was in line, I kept debating back and forth about leaving the line and coming back, but I just kept sticking it out a few more mins and a few more mins. Some people in line behind me were speculating if someone had puked on the ride bc of the workers going up. Not sure, doesn’t really matter, PeopleMover is the BEST at night!
8:50pm Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (35 min) 35 min posted - Listen, I wasn’t expecting to be on this ride during HEA, I was just trying to hop in line while everyone was waiting for fireworks bc the wait would be shorter, but the fact that I actually got on it in perfect timing to see fireworks?! Let me just say it is just as cool as everyone says it is! Also, they put me in row 8 again, grrrrr, is that the designated solo rider lane?
9:30pm TRON - I tried getting a boarding group at 7am and didn’t get in. So then my plan was to get in at 1pm but I totallyyyyyyy forgot about it and I remembered at 1:55pm and I was like “crap! I guess I will see if I can still buy an ILL”. I was about to do that and then I thought to myself, “maybe I should just see if the VQ is still open?” AND IT WAS! So I literally got a boarding group at 2pm, an hour after the VQ started, I was shocked and thrilled when I got one! Plus TRON is always so gorgeous at night. I actually have yet to ride it in the day lol And LISTEN, I get that most people prefer Guardians to TRON, I really do get it. BUT bc I am not that much of a thrill ride person, I like easier going coasters. I seriously love TRON so much. It is such a horizontal coaster that it’s like my ideal. You get the thrill from it being fast and a little dippy, but nothing crazy. It’s a fave for me!!!
10:30pm Casey’s Corner - French fries and coke, both 10/10 refreshing and needed the pick me up!
10:45pm Main Street Confectionary - It was on my to-do list to get the popcorn mix from here. I chose Butter Popcorn, dark chocolate sauce, pretzel pieces and snickers. 10/10 definitely recommend. Will be getting a mix again in September!
11:10pm Got on bus back to resort
Friday 5/24 - Bonus Day?!
This was supposed to be my travel day back home. My flight was set to leave at 5pm, but in the morning my husband told me about storms in the midwest and I got an email from the airline about “adverse weather conditions”, so I called and changed my flight to the next day at 7am. (It ended up being the right choice bc my original 5pm flight out of MCO was delayed multiple times until it was finally canceled at like 10:30pm) I was thankfully able to book another night at All-Star Movies and could stay in my same room. I quickly formed the plan to go back to Animal Kingdom to see Festival of the Lion King again bc I had enjoyed it so much earlier in the week and then go to EPCOT to finish the final 4 Spikes that I had not located yet for the scavenger hunt!
11:00am Scanned in at Animal Kingdom
11:50am Mr. Kamal’s - got the Chicken Dumplings that were on my list to try but I did not get the chance to on Monday, also went back to my favorite spot by Drinkwallah, the dumplings were like a 6/10. Idk just pretty average for a potsticker that you can get anywhere, I probably would not get them again
12:15pm walked around Dinoland to really soak it in just in case next time I come it is walled off!
1:pm Festival of the Lion King - man, this is just fantastic! Be Prepared is my favorite villain song and I get so pumped when they do that part!
1:50pm Satu’li Canteen - got the wood-grilled chicken protein bowl, with rice and black beans and the creamy herb sauce. Literally OH MY GOD, this was so flipping good! 20/10!!! Best thing I ate hands-down all week. I wasn’t sure I would eat the slaw in the bowl but that was delicious, the creamy herb sauce was amazing and those little boba balls that add the citrus burst?!?! So so good. I have already altered our plans for September to include two meals here so I can get this bowl twice next time lol
2:45pm Took bus back to Resort
5:30pm Scanned in at EPCOT
5:55pm Living with the Land (walkon) 10 min posted
6:15pm Awesome Planet (walkon, went into theater immediately and show started) This was my first time checking this out, I really enjoyed it! I will def watch again especially in the heat of the day when I just need to sit somewhere cool for a bit!
6:45pm Found Spike (1 of 4 left) by the Butterly Landing!
7:00pm Found Spike (2 of 4 left) in France
7:10pm Checked out the Annual Passholder lounge in Restaurant Marrakesh
7:35pm Gran Fiesta Tour (walk on) 5 min posted
7:50pm Found Spike (3 of 4 left) in Mexico
8:00pm Got another Toasted Pretzel Bread and Raspberry Radler from Germany (dont judge! lol)
8:10pm watched Lit at Garden Rocks concert (who doesn’t love “My own worst enemy”!?!?!?)
8:35pm Found final Spike in Japan!!! - this one was my ultimate nemesis. I had searched Japan on Tuesday, I had searched Japan (twice?) earlier on this day and I was all set to give up bc I couldn’t find the Kokedama garden. I just hadn’t looked up the stone path to the left of Japan. Finally saw it when it was dark out and got my final Spike!!!
8:50pm Journey of Water walkthrough (always better at night!)
9:05pm Shoutout to the photopass guy who I stopped by on my way out of the park, those were the most awkward poses I have ever done in front of spaceship earth but you tried your best and the photos make me laugh every time I see them!
29,941 steps
Overall Thoughts
10/10 Amazing Trip. I found out about people going on solo trips here on reddit late last year and I was immediately certain I had to book one. While I can be a very social person, I am also a loner in the fact that I do enjoy spending time in my own company (not everybody does) so I knew a solo trip was right up my alley. It was everything I hoped for and more. I didn’t have to consult anyone else, I could do what I want, when I want. Also, (not to brag….shhhhhh…I’m not bragging I swear) but I am not a complainer. The heat usually doesn’t affect me too much, I have a good amount of endurance so I get tired of course but it takes a lot. I’m pretty unflappable because I’m just happy to BE AT Disney World. Others I’ve gone with are not like this so much lol so it was nice to just be in my own company in the sense that I was always in a positive mood and didn’t have anyone dimming that? If that makes sense?
Safety
I am a petite woman. I am 4’10” and 118lbs so I am very aware of my size in terms of my safety. I can honestly say though that I felt safe throughout the whole trip. The one time that I got off the bus at All-Star Sports at 10pm to go to the gift shop and then walked all the way to Movies, that did worry me a bit but only as I was walking through the parking lot sections.
And I did get the crap scared out of me at the resort due to the requirement of a “visual check”. I had not ever heard of this, but I was in my room for a midday break and I had a knock at my door by housekeeping. I thought it was odd bc I had my “room occupied” sign out the whole time bc I didn’t feel the need for housekeeping, it was just me in the room. I said “no thank you” and they knocked and announced housekeeping again. I said “no thank you” louder. (internally I was thinking, can they not hear me through the door????) and they did it again! I finally went closer to the door and I heard the person mumble something about a “visual check” and I very sternly and loudly said “no!” bc I didn’t know what the heck they were talking about. I peeked through the curtain at my window and watched the guy walk past holding a phone in his hand. I think he was wearing a uniform shirt but I couldn’t totally tell. I decided to call the resort in the event this was someone trying to pose as housekeeping staff. They ended up relieving my fears by telling me it was legitimate. Apparently, you have to have your room checked at some point in your stay (I was staying 5 nights) if you choose not to get housekeeping. He explained this has to do with the Pulse Nightclub shooting. I guess they had stockpiled guns in their hotel room and kept not letting housekeeping in. He explained that is why they do the visual check, for the safety of all resort guests. I was 100% supportive once he told me that and I felt bad for yelling at the guy. But also, I am a solo woman and I had no idea what the hell was going on, and to be completely frank, I had just showered so I was in a tshirt and underwear which made me feel even more vulnerable bc I was not fully dressed! I was not letting that person in my room. The guy on the phone totally understood that and apologized for alarming me. I told him to have the guy come back and do the visual check. I apologized to him when he came in. He was in my room for all of 10 seconds and that was it. But it was certainly a crazy ordeal!
Walking
I was doing 20-30k steps each day and other than hurting my leg on Tuesday I was honestly fine. I had shin splints too but again, they weren’t terrible and by Thursday they were gone. I brought tennis shoes and flip flops intending to switch on and off throughout the week in order to prevent my feet from getting sore but that never happened. I spent 3 hours in the shoes on Monday before my feet started hurting and I never wore them again. I had 2 different pairs of flip flops the whole time. I guess that is what my feet like!
Backpack vs Loungefly
I typically wear a normal size backpack to the parks, but also I can usually share wearing it with my husband. I didn’t really consider how hard it would be to wear a backpack alllllllll day long. And it wasn’t even heavy, I didn’t put much in it at all, but still it wore on my shoulders and made them sore. On Wednesday I ended up getting a Loungefly even though they have never really been my thing. It honestly ended up being perfect. It felt different on my shoulders and I wasn’t getting sore like I was with a regular size backpack.
Waiting in Lines
I have often read that one of the things that bothers solo travelers the most is waiting in lines by themselves bc it’s boring and they have no one to keep them company. I thought I might feel this way too but waiting in lines was not bad at all to me. It’s so easy to be on your phone that whole time. I was looking at my photopass photos, browsing reddit, and inputting trip notes. I felt like waiting in line was not a hardship for me as a solo traveler.
Photopasses
This trip exceeded my expectations with photopasses! The number of photos each photographer took and the variety of positions and magic shots was awesome. I am assuming part of that is because I was solo? I am not sure but I just felt like the quantity and time spent at each photopass location was better than normal. Special shout out to Hollywood Studios, that day in particular was just awesome. Every photographer was awesome, but especially the ones in Galaxy’s Edge. I was having such an amazing time getting them!
Total Photopasses each day:
MK - 6 photopass spots
AK - 2 photopass spots
Epcot - 3 photopass spots
HS - 7 photopass spots
MK - 6 photopass spots
AK and EPCOT - 7 photopass spots
I can’t wait to do it all again in September with my husband!

Hello, I come in somewhat desperate need of help when it comes to my relationship. Some things have come up that have legitimately started making me question my relationship with my GF of ~3 months.
This comes from a throwaway account, so I'll refer to myself as Shelly, and I'll refer to my GF as Phoneix.
A bit of backround first:
I'm 16 and a half, and I'd describe this as my first "real relationship", I do have Aspergers, so it kinda makes it hard to properly communicate my feelings towards anything, but I don't hold these feelings in either. I'm kind of a nerd when it comes to school and I achieve the highest grades I can, as I was a sophomore last school year (now technically a junior, due to the end of the 23-24 school year). I strive to be successful in my future. I had just moved to a new town where I still reside (I moved in August).
As for my girlfriend, (like I've said, I'll refer to her as Phoenix), she's recently turned fifteen in February. She, unlike me, does not have any conditions that could hinder anything in her life. She is a bit shy when it comes to talking with new people, she also strives to be successful, but hasn't been receiving the best of grades in her ninth grade year (as of now, shes technically a sophomore because of ghe end of the 23-24 school year). She's been in this town all of her life.
As per how we met... We had a class together in the 23-24 school year, it was Theatre-Art Studies, but we didn't actually meet until we were about 3 weeks into the class. Eventually, we met as we were assigned a project about emotions in the class (which was a one on one project), she seemed reluctant to talk to me at first, but as we progressed throughout the project, she seemed more eager to speak with me.
We actually had a funny conversation about each of our families, and she then thought I was a senior, when I also thought she was a junior (because she's really tall, I assumed she was a junior). We cleared it up, and when she found out I was a sophomore, she kinda smiled and told me "You're cute for a sophomore", which completely gave me a shock. (This is because I would never think a girl would call me cute or anything). All I could really say was a simple "thank you", and I told her how shocked I was hearing that. We had been talking so long at that point we realized there was about 5 minutes kept of the class (there's about 41 minutes in each class, and we started five minutes in class). So we rushed the project and turned it in to be looked at the next day.
The next day, I asked if I can sit a seat behind her, Phoenix said it was fine and she exclaimed how much of a nice conversation she had with me and said "I thought I'd never had a good conversation with a boy again, but you proved me wrong". (This will be examined later, as I've had no knowledge of her past at the time). I questioned her on it and explained that it wasn't something that needed to be talked about.
Over the next week, we got more close with each other, and on a Thursday, we were assigned a project about building a movie set with Legos. Being the planner I am, I wanted to construct a plan with Phoenix (as we chose our own partners aside from being chosen by the teacher, who we'll call Mrs. Ness, she'll be important later). I (very awkwardly) asked her for her phone number, and she accepted, and Phoenix began scribbling her number on a torn piece of paper, she gave it to me, and this is how we started talking out if school.
We passed with flying colors on the project, but anyways...
During March, after we had met over two and a half weeks ago, she wanted to talk to me about something, and she asked me if we could sit and talk in the back of our auditorium (where this class usually was held), and we started talking and she said she's had a crush on me since we met, (In reality, I had also developed feelings for her). She admitted all of this to me and said "I wanted to tell you this, and it's okay if you don't like me for doing this" (something that WILL be brought up later). I said that I didn't hate her for doing that, which she kinda refused to believe, but when I said I had feelings for her too, it looked like a wave of relief hit Phoenix's entire body. So we were sitting there, and she says "A lot of people hate me, especially boys in my grade, but you are one of the few that care about me". To which I said I always strive to treat everyone with trust, equality, and respect.
So... as of that day in early March we began dating! But we kept it secret from anyone else, as we communicated mainly over text, we fell for each other FAST. I found her personality to be sweet, she is a genuine, passionate, and beautiful girl. She finds me dreamy, cute, nice, and respectful. So we have love there
One day Phoenix admitted to me over text (and later on in person) that she had at least 9 breakups since 6th grade, which I felt was strange but I pressed her on the topic, she said that was one of the reasons she disliked boys. I later learned that she had (when we had just met) been suffering through her ninth breakup, and she promised to herself that she'd never date again, that was (as she says) until she met me during that emotions project.
As a person who's had poor experiences with girls in general in the past, I legitimately felt the same way about dating, and I had a back of mind thought of "What If I can't date anyone?".
We had a minor fight in April, but all turned out well in the end, but the way it happened (looking in retrospect) really raises a red flag for me. We were just texting one day when my parents came home and I had forgotten to do the dishes, which they had told me to do, so I went to let Phoenix know that I might be a bit doing chores, she accepted the response. At the same time my parents got home they also brought home groceries, which caused me to take longer than expected, then I got finished with everything.
I hurriedly ran to my room to begin texting her again, she was happy at first, saying she was worried for me, but then began saying "How long you took was sus" (and I'll be completely honest, this was the first time I heard this word, so I didnt know what it meant definition wise), so I asked her what it meant, and she basically reiterated that I was suspicious for being gone that long. I told her that my parents brought in groceries and I had to also do dishes, which was something she didn't believe, as she kept insinuating that I was trying to "keep away from her". Which was not what I had expected. But around thirty minutes later, it was all resolved.
This is one of a few things that make me question the situation I'm in right now...
We began having "spicy" conversations, but not adult-themed conversations, we were essentially saying how much we loved each other and we started talking about kissing, in which she asked "Could we have a kiss?", and me being me, I jumped to saying yes. She says "This could be your first real kiss, Shelly". That just made me excited, then the topic of French Kissing came up, and we were actually going to go through with it, that was until Phoenix's mother looked through her texts and advised Phoenix to "simmer" these conversations down. The next day in person, Phoenix said that her mom did not like me and her exactly being together, (which later changes), but she still gave her permission to talk to me (In reality, this was both of our faults because we got too carried on with a rather passionate conversation).
During our relationship, she had said that her bullies treated her really poorly, and she thought that everyone in her grade disliked her, and even suggested her exes hated her too. She said that her previous ex (I'll call him Max, was a freshman), and her former friend (I'll call her Abby, she was a senior) were her main too aggressors when it came to her bullying. Max was her ex, and Abby (like me, has autism) had a following, and would constantly tease Phoenix to the point of her eating habits being absolutely destroyed. Phoenix said that Max had usually said "I wish your past health issue was bad", and that she was ugly and nobody loved her.
Oh, I forgot to mention that she also had a major health issue in the past, but I would not like to talk about it.
However, on a very hot night in early May, the topic of Phoenix's bullies came up again. It seemed like the usual complaint at first, but she... she kept getting more aggressive over text. It was nearing eleven o'clock at night, and as I had taken a three hour nap that day after school, I was nowhere near tired.
She later went on to say that she'll start a fight with Max, and "win it", which immediately tipped me off that something was wrong, and it rose a large red flag and alarms basically blared in my head (later on, she later also detailed how she would also fight two others as well, both of whom I did not know). The things she said were terrible to hear (I'm a pacifist, and I would EVER only fight in self-defense), I kept telling Phoenix to stop, and to reconsider. (I have text records, and... looking at them now... it's very hard to look at.) I literally begged her to reconsider what she was doing, and she said "I'll win this for you, cutie😈", and after I told her to stop again, she said "I'll only stop after today, and just for you".
I was legitimately scared at this point, and I sought to end the conversation, which ended successfully, but that was when I said "Phoenix, if you continue to go through with this, you are breaking my trust, my morals and values as a person will be broken. I know how to fail your plans, even if I won't get physical". This was my warning to her.
It was around midnight now, and I actually got on a text hotline and reported her behaviour, and provided as many details as I could (I swear, this is making me stressed as I right this now). They ended their report and info collecting at one o'clock, and feeling deathly scared, I tried sleeping. I don't know how I got any sleep that night.
It's the next morning, and Phoenix texts me at around 7:40, saying "Hey cutie, sorry I came in late this morning, but I'm going to for sure win that fight. I'll talk to you later, Shelly". I told her, as a last warning, "Phoenix, please don't do this". That would be my last text for the next thirty minutes.
At around 8:10, I got a text asking "Did you report me?!?!" And I spilled absolutely everything on her. I told her that going through with this, she was breaking my trust and every value I had as a person, and yes, I did indeed report you. I told you I could foil your plan (I was saying this as a reference to my previous text to her that night). She said that she hated me, absolutely hated me.
Okay, look, I was very scared here. I was legitimately scared that she was going to do something to harm me.
This is my lunch period, my fourth period, and I immediately ran in to tell my friends to NOT talk to Phoenix at all costs, and I told them a summary of what happened, they all sympathized with my side of the situation.
Now, I'm very fortunate to have Mrs. Ness as one of the lunch supervisors, so I pulled her off to the side and explained everything to her, I even said that I felt completely unsafe and that I didn't know what she could do to me. She asked if we were "an item", but when she defined it for me, I denied anything relating to the sort, but now I care about being safe, and she said that she would help to protect me at all costs. We were presenting our final projects in the class those next few days, and I asked her if I could sit the closes I could to her while staying far away from Phoenix, she absolutely agreed and promised to have my back. (Thank Jesus).
In class, when she presented that day, I absolutely refused to look at her, and since our tables faced one another in the classroom (we were in a classroom to present these final projects), I felt trapped, I quickly glanced at Phoenix a few times, ans I caught her looking at me. She looked absolutely sullen, and I refused to look at her during her presentation, but instead looked at the ground the entire time while she was presenting, it felt like ages. She was done and I finally felt safe.
After school, I received a text "I don't know if you've blocked me or anything, and I don't know if you hate me. But I'd like to apologize for everything and I want to talk with you in the morning". I reluctantly accepted, and when she came up to my breakfast table in the morning, I still felt scared, but I managed to walk with her to my class, where she would hand me a letter (she knew that I loved her writing, it's still adorable to this day). I read it later on and she said she saw she made a mistake, and that she would like to restart our relationship. I didn't consider ending the relationship there, but it was a stark reminder that I was on the fence about absolutely everything.
I love this girl to death, and in the letter she promised me she wouldn't do anything like this again (which she still keeps to this day), and she said she saw how wrong she was for going as far as she did. I later texted her that I'd take some tike to think about us being together (I was being genuine, and Phoenix accepted)
That Friday, she sent me another text, but with different meaning and wording about the apology and clarified that I did the right thing, and she was in the wrong, and she took fault for that. She just didn't want me to hate her (surprisingly, I wasn't finding myself angry or hateful of her, but rather... deeply disappointed.). I guess that made me decide that I would restart everything with her, and I guess we hit it off again. I felt safe again in her presence, and we resumed our normal routine like nothing had happened. At this point, she was a lot more friendlier towards me than ever before. I let Mrs. Ness know that we had made up and said that she was glad we made up.
Phoenix then invited me to have ice cream at a local parlor, and I'm like "sure, I'll absolutely go". We went on June 1st, which was very convenient as a Saturday and after the last day of school. We were enjoying ourselves, I paid for the ice cream, absolutely everything went well. I even met her mother (at this point I had legitimately forgotten that she once looked through our "spicy" texts), she met my mom and they hit it off well, talking about the town we were originally from, to how our futures would pan out living there, to potential future visits. I legitimately like her mom, she's a sweet lady.
Communication actually became better after this, on a phone call, she demonstrated a sweet French voice, and I called it hot, but she called me sexy, which also shocked me, and I was speechless the entire call. We also started calling each other baby/babe like a few days before. We actually talked more than ever before.
Now, my most latest concern comes on June 8, where I had another "You're sus" incident, this was about our third incident since April, where she accused me of not wanting to play Roblox with her (in reality I was forced by my parents to play a board game with my brothers, which turned out to be fun in the end). She then accused me of hating her, just like her exes, and she accused me of saying that I liked her as a fake confidence boost so I could "later pull her down and destroy her". My mom wanted me to get off her phone for the night (my service on my ohone was shut off June 2nd, so I had to use hers) and I responded "Look, Phoenix, I don't hate you, I love you, and I want you to have a sweet night babe" I don't know if she ever responded to it, since it was quite early (like seven o'clock at night, she usually ends her convos at ten).
Now... now I'm stuck on the fence, and I'm questioning absolutely everything about our relationship. I love this girl to death, and I know her past with this kind of stuff before, but I don't want to be treated the way I am, K don't want to be treated like I'm suspicious, and I don't like the way she puts herself down around me. I absolutely love this girl, I really do, I could say it a million times over and I could still say it some more. I just don't know what to do, can I get some needed advice here?
Thank you for reading this long post, being typed out for about two hours straight in the middle of the night. I hope I can get some outsider perspective on this, because I really need it right now.... thank you!

first time I've used discussion flair. huh.
anyhow, recently I have seen a few complaints in the discord here and there regarding queues and it's beginning to pop up in the reddit as well, so I thought it would be interesting to talk about. This is going to be a bit of a long post and I'll try to make it as interesting as possible but since neither you nor I have the patience to sit through a five paragraph essay feel free to just scroll down for the discussion question and a tl;dr.
I could make this sound fancy shmancy and all that shit, but the problem is really simple. not enough beta realms, players stuck waiting in queues. as you might expect this gets pretty annoying because people would rather play the game than sit there waiting for funny number to go down and the realm suddenly closes when you're position 0 in queue because deca says haha fuck you you can't have fun!
now for those of you not familiar with rotmg this might blow your mind: there are different servers in this game. different servers also have different activity levels and some of them are more dead than me inside because people like to clump up in the most popular servers. this is an MMO after all. and what you can do is that if your current server doesn't have an available realm, you press esc, click servers, join another server, rinse and repeat until you find a server that you can actually play in. yippee, now you can play realm of the mad god and not wait of the mad god! and it takes practically no effort on your end. you don't have to do some crazy regedit bullshit.
on the flip side of this, however, there are some caveats... which are also very obvious. every time you switch a server you are put into a 120 second tp cooldown that can only be bypassed if you are teleporting to a guildmate. it's another one of deca's futile attempts at stopping illegitimate players from being annoying and ends up being more annoying to legit players. this isn't a terribly big issue; it's just 120 second after all. if you can sit through fame cults or shiny hunting I'm sure you'll be fine with this, you can even chill on the beach and you might get a scarf or something i dunno. however, the other caveat (and the more serious one) is lag. while I have the luxury of a great internet that can play on Asia with minimal issues even in the US not everyone has good wifi and even the slightest server switch can set someone's ping fluctuating violently which can make the game nigh unplayable.
even more confusing is that deca actually has a system to create new realms. why this system is not doing its job very well is a question I can't answer but apparently euwest has one beta realm with a three digit number queue and one point and if that was true we have a problem. i do say that this system probably isn't very stable though, since it has broke twice throughout my one year or so playing rotmg.
tl;dr queue issue has an easy solution but it is only partial as it comes with a few caveats. do you think this is a serious qol issue deca should look into or do you not care about it too much?
(why did I waste so much time writing this)

This is one of the reasons why I hate this episode so much. It's not like Tori's phone had been confiscated or something. She could've easily used it to prove of Ponnie/Fawn's existence.
Like, at one point, she finds that Ponnie/Fawn changed her locket to say "Make It Rot". Why, for the life of me, didn't Tori just take out her phone, snap a picture of the locker, text it to someone in the classroom, and tell them to come to her locker while she waited? That would've easily solved everything and prevented Ponnie/Fawn from changing the lockers back.
Before anyone says it, I know this is a children's tv show. But 2 things.

1. Even when I was a kid, I kept asking that same question
   
2. Even a fictional tv character is smart enough to do the only logical think to prove that they're not crazy