He is 12 years older than me and we have been married for 10 years, in the start of our marriage our personal best record was 16 times in 3 days, we did pretty well but as soon as our first kid he got all the attention on the kids and to be honest me too but i missed the intimacy and sex it went from 2-3 times a day to 1 time a week, i use to think it was because i gained weight and i worked my ass off to lose it all and get in even better shape than i have ever been as now i got the curves in the right places. We have sex once in 6-7 months since the last 4 years and his mind just doesn’t go there anymore.. i have recently started to sleep with the kids because whenever i sleep with him it’s just way more disappointment for me, it baffles me how sex is out of his mind completely, i have thoroughly checked he is not seeing anyone and is not cheating he just doesn’t have desire for sex since the kids, he treats me like our kids not as a wife, i make his breakfast i pack his lunches i do whatever i can for him and the most i get from him is a kiss on the forehead, i miss sex, i miss the passion and i definitely miss the feeling of someone longing for me, i have been and i still am a person of a really high sex drive, i’m horny everyday and i play with myself everyday for at the least of 2-3 hours i got vibrators etc but it isn’t enough i want someone to kiss me, play with me in bed i fear i might end up cheating on him which i don’t want. What can i do to fix this situation? No i don’t want a divorce he’s a great guy and a great father nothing is wrong except the sex part. I’ve tried every single thing possible. I’ve told him i play with myself, i try to sit with him and talk about it and he just blows me off saying my mind is just busy in work, even on his holidays he isn’t interested doesn’t initiate.. i see my friends having a sex life good or bad atleast they have it.. mine doesn’t exist i’ve been dying inside for a very long time and honestly anything that can fix it please tell me. Therapy didn’t work i tried getting him a session he didn’t continue after one session.. is there any pill or anything that would get him horny i don’t know what i’m asking just anything tell me and i’ll try talking to him..

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It’s been almost exactly a month since I started eating again and most of it was spent with me being so hungry all the time and I hate it so much. I’ve already gained a lot of weight and probably even more since I last weighed myself, I think I’m about the same weight I was pre restricting, I didn’t really pay that much attention to it before, and I’ve found that maybe it’s starting to slow down a little bit so that’s good.
There have even been a few times when I had my normal appetite back and it was amazing. I could eat whatever I wanted and feel full after a normal amount, I could think about food at any time without wanting to eat the entire kitchen after, but it only lasts at best for a few meals before I go back to being rly hungry.
There’s also been some times where I straight up have almost no appetite at all tho, like today for example, and everytime I use it as an excuse to restrict a little bit again, I just naturally go back to those thoughts it feels like, I start counting calories again, picking lower calorie options and not allowing myself some things even if I want it, especially if I haven’t exercised enough for it. And every single time I do it I get struck with the worst hunger soon after, the same day even and then I have to sit with the guilt of feeling like I’ve failed again.
I’ve eaten so much today and I still have to eat dinner and maybe I’ll get even more hungry later and I’ll have to eat again if the guilt isn’t stronger than the hunger, which it probably won’t even be atp. God I hate this so much the only thing that makes me think I’m not straight up binge eating is that I don’t do it cause of emotions but I don’t even know anymore. I don’t even enjoy the food I’m eating. I hate how much weight I gained so quickly already I’m so not used to it. People probably can’t even tell I ever starved myself now and for some reason it makes me feel even worse. Idk what’s even the point of this

I will post the comment and post that was deleted for full transparency. I believe that we should all be able to speak freely to uphold the authenticity of the threads.
Pls lmk if I was out of line but I truly believe that do not want any criticism of brooke which is unfair to tana.
“Brooke is panicking that she’s JUST NOW realizing that she’s the side kick and tana is the star. You can’t ride the coattails of tana then wish death on her (say she’s going to relapse which is wishing death bc we know the situations and medical events that happened during tanas active addiction)
From Brooke interrupting tana to her thinking that they should be paid the same or have the morphe brand deal together is abhorrent and delusional.
Brooke is a certified sorority social climber that will brown nose and snake her way up anyones leg for some clout or monetary gain.
It would also make me uncomfortable if I saw someone online talking about me on multiple podcasts then that random girl suddenly shows up where I am to “befriend me” which is just stalking point blank.
Brooke’s “new best friends” are people she has genuinely stalked and pursued aggressively. Everyone please remember that lilah and Brooke would drive around harassing and stalking influencers locations from their online posts.
Tana and Brooke spoke about it and confirmed that when Brooke got fired from waitressing she just squatted and in her words “I just never left tanas house after I got fired”.
That was the comment and post that was deleted by mods so sketchy.

Has anyone here ever taken out a personal loan?? We’ve fallen on hard times (car troubles and job layoff), and our needs are heavily outweighing our households income. I’m at the point of considering a personal loan. However, I don’t have the best credit (680) and have a couple open cases. If I do end up qualifying for a loan, is it worth it? Its money I could really use, and that would be put to good use. However, I am nervous about the payback process. Is anyone familiar with this subject?

Hello everyone! Lately I’ve been experiencing this and I wanted to know if you guys also experience this. So do you ever encounter a specific trope that you love, and you have so many expectations for the way the author executes it and it completely falls flat.
Sometimes it’s just a moment in the book, maybe it’s a confession, and the build up is getting you excited, and you can almost feel the reactions from the characters and then you flip the page and it’s extremely underwhelming.
And then sometimes it’s also like the entire premise of the book, for example I read the Fulton U series which I really enjoyed! And I got to my most anticipated book which was book 3, {The Third Best Thing by Maya Hughes} and overall the book was enjoyable of course. But I expected the book to be extremely angsty, basically she writes him letters and has feelings for him but he doesn’t know it’s her (they’re neighbors so it’s kind of a one-sided, anonymous situation). And there was just so much that could’ve been done with it. I expected the reveal to be a little more grand? I just wanted to feel his shock, and for it to be more emotional. But if I recall correctly, instead of having a purely emotional and angsty conversation they just had sex which….did not satisfy me at all (not blaming the author of course, just wasn’t what I expected).
And this happens very often for me unfortunately, I love the premise but I just want to feel more from what I read. Often times this leads me to gaslighting myself into thinking that I will just become an author and write more satisfying outcomes but I don’t even know where to begin. So yeah just wanted to know if anyone also experiences this and which books did this occur for you?

Hey guys, took a break from BG3 for a bit but recently came back for my, I think, 7th playthrough and recently finished the first step I always take when starting anew; Setting up my companion's classes beforehand lol
Idk how many other people do this, but I always plan out what classes I'm gonna make each companion before starting, each time being slightly different, and I refuse to have any subclass overlap and I always try to keep each canonically accurate. This time I decided I'd go back to their main starting classes but I'd make them all unique multiclasses, again with zero subclass overlap and all entirely canonically accurate.
Normally I just go about this on my own but a friend was asking me about it and was asking for help cause as he put it he's really bad at making multiclasses that work but wants to "mix up" his companions for his 2nd playthrough, so I shared my current "load out" with him and he loved it all so much he said I should share it "online or something" lol Well I'm sitting here at work waiting for some crap to load before I can actually do anything with it so figured I could pass the time with sharing my newest origin multiclasses for anyone interested in smaller mixups!
This is gonna get long, also there will be spoilers as I'll be talking about WHY some of these work based on their lore, sometimes lore that's revealed later in the game, you've been warned lol

1. Shadowheart - Life Cleric lvl 6/Gloom Stalker lvl 6

For starters, Trickster Doman sucks ass, secondly this idea leans more into Selune anyways. The premise of this one is to lean into the fact she's a "torn person," even if she doesn't know it at first she's stuck between this divine rivalry of Selune and Shar, so splitting the classes evenly is kind of a representation of that.
Gloom Stalker more represents not only Shar and her influence but also her earlier upbringing, we know her parents were druids and she had to go through some sort of rite about going off into the woods at a young age, so her being a Ranger by default works in my mind (can also choose Sanctified Stalker for lore). Life Cleric leans more on Selune thematically, but is also chosen to mechanically make such an even split work.
The Life Cleric's ability to increase the amount healed works based on a flat amount plus the spell level, so you don't need a lot of specific class levels to make it work, and getting at least lvl 5 in Ranger provides extra attack, placing such a multiclass in the role of damage dealer but with a fairly substantial amount of healing compared to other options. You will be lacking in higher level spells but as the main focus will be as a Ranger I don't think that'll be a hindrance to effectiveness in the slightest. Ranged will also work better, imo, as you want to have access to your bonus action for healing words and hunter's mark usage so dual wielding won't be as good and no other melee option available to Ranger will match the effectiveness of focusing on archery, but that doesn't mean you can't do it if you want to lol
I changed her stats slightly to focus on Dex and Wis, mostly just syphoning points from her Str into her Dex and leaving most everything else as it is, then started by leveling the Ranger first, fit better for the early game being all about Shar, and also getting to extra attack asap.
2. Lae'zel - Battle Master lvl 4/Great Old One Warlock lvl 8
Now I know the most common reaction will be "warlock!?" But here me out lol
Githyanki worship Vlaakith, their god, but she isn't actually a god, she's a powerful lich trying to become a god. So making Lae'zel some sort of Cleric doesn't actually make any sense, since her deity technically shouldn't be able to grant any divine powers, but we do see her more powerful followers having abilities, specifically psionic abilities, almost like a GOO Warlock. Now I know Gith all have latent psionics so that's largely why they also have such powers, but why not accentuate that further with Pact Magic? You can also play it off as not actually being a warlock, since it's never mentioned in game regardless, and it's just her own psionic abilities manifesting, simply choose the most psionically reminiscent spells, even if they won't be the most effective her spells won't be her main strength anyways.
Obviously make her a PotB Warlock, and focus on melee combat with BM maneuvers, but having access to Hex and potentially even Eldritch Blast will just make her that much more powerful as a damage dealer. Both subclasses also recharge on short rest, adding some points for convenience lol
Initially stat wise I was a bit torn, cause she's NOT a "charismatic" person, but then I remembered that Charisma doesn't just mean "social skills," it's also "force of person," it's why Sorcerers use it for spell casting, and Lae'zel is most definitely a very confident and expressive person, so I think it actually works. That being said I still focus her Str more then her Cha, just taking some points out of all her other stats to boost it but keeping them the same relative spread, so more in Dex and Con then Int and Wis. Starting her in Warlock until lvl 5 is also advisable, then I like to go straight to Fighter lvl 4 to get BM and a feat, then gonna finish the last few levels in Warlock to get to 4th level spell slots.
3. Gale - Abjuration Wizard lvl 10/Fighter lvl 2
This one in particular is more about mechanics then lore, but I think it still works for both.
Obviously Gale has to be mostly Wizard, he talks about it SO MUCH that it wouldn't make as much sense if he was mostly anything else even if thematically it would work, like Bard or Sorcerer. However I find most Wizard schools to be boring and the ones that work best as multiclasses work better as dips, like 2 levels into Evocation for spell sculpting. Abjuration though works very well as a focus, and feeds into being quite tanky. That's why Fighter, for armor proficiencies, so either need to start as it for heavy armor, use a feat to get it asap, or just give him 14 in Dex and use medium armor. This gives him a high AC while being able to reduce the damage that does hit him, all while still being able to focus on a lot of high damage spells, with lvl 2 in Fighter you also get Action Surge for a round of double spells (double fireballs are great lol).
I think any Wizard school works for Gale canonically, honestly, and Fighter may not make the most sense but he is a well off human with a stellar education from one of the richest cities on the Sword Coast, so part of that education being in the basics of martial combat (no subclass, need lvl 10 in Wizard and makes sense he doesn't have one if it wasn't a focus) makes just enough sense for me to say it works lol
Stat wise you can honestly keep it the same as default, he just needs Int and going for Con secondary works very well, I also just like to give him some Cha cause he's a well spoken man.
4. Astarion - Swords Bard lvl 10/Rogue lvl 2
First things first, I think Astarion simply works better as a Bard by default then he does a Rogue, what with how he apparently would seduce people non-stop to bring back to Cazador, and going College of Swords fits that same "stabby stabby" theme lol
Also yes he can still be your lock picker since Bards get expertise as well.
So in reality I would actually just go all 12 levels into Bard for him, but I did that a number of times and wanted everyone to have their canon class in a multiclass, so 2 levels in Rogue works best. You kinda need lvl 10 in Bard for Magical Secrets, as it's super strong and a lot of fun to add what-the-fuck-ever you want into any build, and 2nd level in Rogue gives cunning action, so go for the Dueling fighting style, focus on bows anyways, and keep your bonus action open for cunning actions as well as his bite.
I redo his stats a fair amount though, to focus entirely on Dex and Cha ofc, but I also tank his Int and Wis to 8 cause it makes sense to me (he's clearly not the wisest and the writers have said he's probably the dumbest of the OG cast lol), and I think a vampire spawn should still have decent Str and Con anyways. For leveling I go straight to 6 in Bard for that extra attack, get 2 in Rogue cause cunning action is fun, then finish the rest of Bard.
5. Wyll - Fiend Warlock lvl 2/Draconic Sorcerer lvl 10
In this case I'm taking some liberties but here me out, again lol
So obviously need Fiend Warlock first, but lvl 2 is important for those first invocations, namely Agonizing Blast. Afterwards just go full Sorcerer! The stretch for how it works is that we know about Ansur now, a bronze dragon confirmed to have been living in Baldur's Gate for YEARS, so who's to say he *wasn't* involved with someone in Wyll's genealogy? lol I know it's HIGHLY unlikely, but it's still possible and I wanted at least one Sorcerer!
So ofc go Bronze ancestry, for the lore, but obviously Red would have the most synergy if you don't care, and make sure to grab quickened spell when you can for meta magic, why? DOUBLE ELDRITCH BLASTING! LOL That's the whole thing with this build, yeah you'll get a lot of spells, high level ones too, so it'll increase his versatility, but doubling down on Eldritch Blasts is incredibly powerful and thematically still sticks with the whole Warlock thing. I like to focus fire based spells to go with the whole Fiendish Patron stuff, but like I said the spells are secondary, believe it or not lol
This is another case of being able to leave his stats as they are, but I personally like to give him a bit of strength, as he is "The Blade of Frontiers," higher then average Str makes sense to me, and I just drain his Wis for it cause dh lol But a focus on Cha and a secondary on Dex is the important part.
6. Karlach - Berserker lvl 8/Thief lvl 4
I think this one is the most straight forward one but also one of my favs mechanically.
Build her like normal as a Berserker, but have her dual wield weapons with finesse, even if she's using Str for them they'll still sneak attack, and when you get the second bonus action her damage will become pretty crazy. Other then a pair of bracers you can find in Act 2 from Dammon I think, there isn't really any way of getting two weapon fighting without a third class dip and I just didn't want to, but at some point some how it'll be necessary.
The reason this works is cause of her upbringing. We all know why she's a Barbarian, but she tells us she was a ruffian when she was younger, even worked for Gortash as basically a thug, so Rogue fits well for me and if she wasn't keen on the law for a while then her being a thief also fits, imo.
Where this build takes off those is all the throwing! lol With Berserker and Thief you can throw a TON of shit per round, you can even take Tavern Brawler if you want to focus on this and carry around a bazillion daggers, the damage actually gets so insane sometimes that I specifically avoid Tavern Brawler cause I already find the game too easy and don't need to clean house THAT effectively lol
Her stats can also be left alone, I like to focus on Str regardless even if Dex might be stronger without Tavern Brawler, but it's an option if you want. Once again though rush through Berserker to lvl 5 for extra attack, then go to Thief lvl 4 for the subclass and feat, then just finish off with Barbarian afterwards.
7. Halsin (yup I also do all the other companions LOL) - Moon Druid lvl 2/Open Hand Monk lvl 10
Dude is a giant, I want him to punch people super hard with those tree trunk arms, it's THAT simple lol
I honestly wouldn't even bother with Druid levels if not for the fact it's so engrained into his character, but grabbing two levels to get the subclass allows for the bonus action wildshape which just provides some further versatility, and he gets a Bear shape regardless so might as well keep access to it. This is also where I might recommend sticking in a Tavern Brawler build, as I obviously want to focus on Str for this big man, plus it kind of makes sense if you forget about the actual name of the feat. He grew up in nature, is a mostly self taught druid to my understanding, so using the Tavern Brawler feat also kind of implies a degree of "self teaching" when it comes to unarmed striking, ya know? Open Hand is also just the best Monk subclass, Four Elements miiiiiight make more sense but not enough for me to not just use Open Hand.
Stat-wise I shift them around a lot, as they don't make much sense to me to begin with, keeping his Int low (he grew up in the wild even if he is a smart dude) and I drop his Cha (again grew up among animals, even if he is well spoken and kind it makes sense if his social skills are lacking), then focus on Str with a decent spread between Dex, Wis, and Con.
He also starts at a higher level so I grab 2 lvls in Druid right away then just rush down Monk afterwards.
8. Minthara - Vengeance Paladin lvl 2/War Cleric lvl 10
Here's the endgame Cleric for ya! lol
I have found it's super helpful to have a Cleric with lvl 5 spells in the later portions of the game, not necessary ofc but I personally wanted one and Shart was more of a Ranger with this setup, and this is a build I've always liked even in regular DnD.
You will ofc be forced to make her a Cleric of Lolth despite her having renounced Lolth, but if you know how Lolth works then it actually still makes sense. If Minthara is still upholding her oaths and actively in the midst of some chaotic shit, then OFC Lolth would continue to approve, no joke! Plus with how all female Lolthsworn are raised her being some degree of Cleric actually makes far more sense then being a full Paladin. If you're unaware, female Drow of Menzoberranzan ALL go to learn divine (cleric) magics in an elite school before they're allowed to really join their houses, it's actually a requirement that Minthara (being a Beanre) would not have been able to avoid.
The reason it works so well though is cause of smites and the War Domain. She'll have the high level spells for utility, damage, and healing, but she'll have access to more smites being mostly a full caster AND if you can use her War Priest bonus action attack it can also smite! With this build she's far more of a caster and support character then a smiting machine, but give her the auto criting tadpole power (since she has extra tadpoles anyways) and you can nuke something with this CLERIC lol
I personally swap her to sword and board and use a finesses weapon, so I can focus her stats on Dex and Wis, with Con secondary and I spread out her last three stats evenly, cause she is strong, charismatic, and smart, so I couldn't bring myself to dump any of them fully lol
Just like Halsin I always start her off with 2 lvls in Paladin then just jam through Cleric afterwards.
9. Jaheira - Spore Druid lvl 7/Champion Fighter lvl 5
This one in particular was specifically so I could keep her as a dual wielding combatant since that's always kind of ben her canonically preferred style.
I don't think this is an uncommon build at all, getting 5 levels in Fighter for extra attack then just jamming Spore Druid for all the damage and survivability, so I won't go into too much detail on it, but the reason I chose Champion was cause I wanted Lae'zel to be a Battle Master but also she's literally a champion of Baldur's Gate, it works fucking perfectly! lol Spores actually fit less well but hey, it's still druid and the build is super strong, so I'm not losing any sleep over it.
I mostly keep her stats the same, but I do put a bit more into Dex, usually drop Wis a bit and dump her Str to get Dex up, but that's about it and technically it could still work without any stat changes. I mean you could get the dual wielder feat on her then give her the rapier Wyll gets from Mizora when you save her, keep one of the Scimitars she starts with, and she'll then be attacking with her Wis entirely at that point, so that is also an option, I just like to keep the rapier on Wyll and not even bother with that feat for Jaheira.
10 Minsc - Hunter Ranger lvl 4/Wildheart Barbarian lvl 8
This one should be obvious, ngl. He's already known as a Ranger, loves animals, is a Rashaman berserker, he even gets his own custom Barb screams done by Matt Mercer (unlike Halsin, disappointingly enough). There should be no question why this combo works for him lol
Make sure to take Colossus Slayer as a Hunter, then go Bear Barbarian, give him a big two handed weapon, and you've now got one of the heaviest hitting and tankiest combos in the game, straight up. He has very little versatility, that's the main downside, he pretty much just rages, run him in, and attack shit, but even THAT fits Minsc perfectly.
For his stats I pretty much just swap his Str and Dex, maybe put a bit of his Wis into his Dex as well to hit that comfortable 14 and give him medium armor instead of using his unarmored defense, but this is ofc flexible. At the time you get him as well you should be able to just fully build him to lvl 12, maybe 10 or 11 if you rush to him, so order of levels doesn't really matter.
BUT THERE IT IS! All done, hope someone out there finds this useful or at least interesting, and thanks to anyone who read the whole thing, I know it was a lot lol
As a final note, I'm not interested in arguing how good or accurate any of these are, or of other options (like Shadow Monk/Cleric Shart, for example, but my Tav is a Shadow Monk/Assassin so didn't want that to overlap), like I said I'm on my 7th playthrough and I haven't done their standard classes and subclasses since my very first run and I've always tried to keep stuff that fit them accurately, this is just the current one I'm using and so far has been one of the most fun "load outs" lol
If you give any of them a try then I sincerely hope you enjoy it :D

Hi, I'm here to talk about how I'm done with one of the friends I've ever met. Now I'll explain everything, by thread and by sign. Initially, I made fun of, in an ironic way, a girl, who is currently his girlfriend. But I didn't do it behind his back, I did it in front of him, and he was laughing. After the start of their dating I didn't joke about her anymore, until they had a fight for the first time, but this time I made fun of her girlfriend behind her. I know I was wrong and I take responsibility. Despite this, I was aware of a lot of things about this girl. And as a good friend I thought it appropriate to tell him how to behave, since she has been through a lot. That said, after a vacation, where I reassured him that I wasn't making fun of his girl, we go back to school and while I'm talking to my friend, she makes fun of me by calling me 'monkie'. My friend takes it and from there we fight, because he assumes that I made fun of his girlfriend. But the intention was another. Anyway, in the discussion he told me that I was a shitty friend, worthless, with mental problems and so on and so on. He doesn't want to believe me and even thinks that I told him behind his back that he was a bastard etc... when the reality these words practically didn't come out of my mouth. Despite this, even today he doesn't want to believe my version and I feel so stupid to think that this miss understood joke may have made us close the relationships. However I have a way to see his reposts on tiktok and I notice that he still minds, but I don't understand why he doesn't want to believe me. Ah yes he even told me that I would spend 300€ to go with him to Imola to see the WEC championship... What should I do? A friend of mine also told me that today at school she was talking about me with everyone, in short, I think he wants to destroy me
TLDR: What should I do? Am I going to expecf anything from him?

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This is my first write-up of any kind of unresolved mystery, on any platform, so I apologize for any formatting errors and my storytelling ability. Today I would like to hear your thoughts on the very mysterious death of Noah Presgrove, a 19 year old from Comanche Oklahoma. I have tried to be as thorough as possible with the details, but there is a great deal of conflicting information in the news reports, so I primarily used facts stated by Noah's family in interviews. With that said, let's begin...
Noah Presgrove was a handsome, athletic 19 year old from Comanche Oklahoma, which is located just south of Oklahoma City in the middle of the state. Noah had recently graduated high school in the spring of 2023 and was waiting for his cousin to do the same the following year so they both could enlist in the Marine Corp together and serve our country. By all accounts Noah was a ladies man, standing at 6'2" with an athletic build, in high school he was a 4-sport athlete with American Football and Wrestling among them. His family also says he was adventurous, kind and very much a jokester who would happily play pranks on his family. Last Labor Day weekend, the first weekend of September 2023, Noah was deciding between attending Rocklahoma, an annual 3-day hard rock and metal festival held in Pryor, Oklahoma, with family members or attending a 4-day Labor Day weekend bash/22nd birthday party of a friend. Noah considered going to Rocklahoma, but changed his mind when the family members he'd be attending with said they didn't think it was a good idea for Noah's 16 year old friend to join them there, since they didn't know this friend's family and Rocklahoma is big for consuming alcohol. With that, everyone went their own way to celebrate the holiday weekend.
The Labor Day/Birthday party was for a female friend of Noah's who was turning 22. It had been advertised on Snapchat, even containing the address, so quite a few people were expected to attend. Noah drove himself to the party on Saturday and by all accounts enjoyed himself. He did text his family member who was at Rocklahoma and express regret at not going with them, but it doesn't appear that this put too much of a damper on his attitude at the house party. After spending Saturday at the birthday girl's house, Noah returned home Sunday, probably to freshen up and take care of any outstanding errands or just check in with his grandmother, with whom he lived. Also, Noah's car was leaking from the oil pan, so it sounds like part of the reason to return home was to leave it there so he wouldn't have to worry about it. There are two stories about what happened next: The first is that one of Noah's friends picked him up from his house on Sunday, but took him to a truck stop so he could grab some food from the Sonic there. Oddly, the friend who took him there says he left him there and Noah was then given a ride to the party by the birthday girl, who had to come pick him up. The other story is that his best friend picked him up from his house and took him directly to the party, leaving him in the driveway. Either way, Noah was back at the party on Sunday and according to those present, was very much enjoying himself. There were videos from the party showing Noah and his friends doing "guy things" like the Slap Game, where two people try to slap each other across the face as hard as they can. Just "macho" drunken teenage guy things. There was also video from the party of the guests playing "classic" party games such as beer pong.
With all the drinking going on, some issues were bound to arise. A confrontation happened between Noah and his best friend. Noah had been in a corner with his best friend's girlfriend and apparently they had their backs to everyone else while talking. The best friend took exception to this and an argument ensued. Luckily, it did not become physical and they made up shortly after, but this event with the best friend and his girlfriend is important for later. A second confrontation occurred between Noah and a 16 year old guest that did become physical. The 16 year old accused Noah of hiding his phone, although the reasons why he thought Noah did it have not been stated. During the argument the kid "fishhooked" Noah and Noah returned the favor by biting his finger. It seems like the other people there were able to diffuse the situation and the kid's phone was found underneath another guest who was sleeping on a couch. As the day went on, things continued to become crazier as the people at the party drank more and more. At one point girls at the party started signing their names on Noah's torso and buttocks, writing things such as "Noah's hot!" and drawing a cartoon penis on his rear-end. Noah and the best friend he had the argument with even drove a John Deere "Gator" UTV "Side by Side" around the property, but stopped when Noah scrapped his hand almost flipping it over. Some people even say that Noah was tossed from the UTV, but he was checked out by a nurse at the party and she said he had nothing to worry about. Another event worth mentioning is that the birthday girl seemed to have a crush on Noah. Noah realized this, or was told this, and while talking to her about it called her a "fat, nasty b*tch". I assume that they were close friends and this is just a drunken teen being a drunken teen. An odd thing to mention is that this girl's mother, who also lives in the home, had told Noah's family that she believed Noah wanted her sexually. Whether this is true or not, I have no clue, but it seems a very weird thing to say to the family of a 19 year old your daughter is friends with.
So here's where the mystery comes in. Early Monday morning (September 4th, 2023), after 2:00am, the guests say that Noah was upset about something and that it might have had to do with sleeping in either the birthday girl's or her mother's bed. One of them either heard, or saw, Noah attempting to sleep in their bed and demanded that he go on the floor. This apparently upset Noah so much that he said he needed to go out for a walk, completely drunk, very early in the morning. The guests say Noah was wearing his best friend's shorts (we'll get to his clothes later) and could only find one of his shoes, so he grabbed another shoe lying around the house and took off out the front door. The house had a 1/2 mile long driveway that then went out to US-81, a major North-South highway that runs for 1,200+ miles through the central US. At 3:41am, a friend of Noah's posted a weird Snapchat: a photo of a girl at the party smiling, with the caption "well, Noah's missing". This was the last Snapchat posted by any of the partygoers after days of constant videos and pics. Around 5:00am, a semi-truck driving along US-81 saw something he believed to be a body lying on the shoulder of the road. After driving past, he became concerned and turned around to confirm what he saw. By the time he got back, two other vehicles had stopped in front of the lifeless body of Noah on the shoulder. He was completely naked wearing only 2 mismatched shoes and curled up in a fetal position. He appeared to have blunt force trauma to the back of his head. He had small scrapes on his left shoulder and left hip and his fingertips on both hands were reported as being "shredded", down to the bone. Noah's front top and bottom teeth had also been knocked out and they were found scattered at the scene. There was no blood found at the scene, other than a small amount around Noah's injuries. Very concerning was the fact that there was no writing on his body anywhere. Not on his torso and not on his buttocks. The shorts Noah was wearing were found folded up next him. The people at the party said "They must've been knocked off when he was hit.", which obviously does not make sense.
Around 6:00am, with the police already notified by the people who found Noah, all Snapchat's/social media from people at the party was deleted. His friends and acquaintances at the party say they have no idea what led up to his death and they were unaware of it. The police did not search the house because they said: "Noah wasn't found there.". They did eventually conduct a "mass" interview with all the partygoers. During this interview, Noah's best friend's girlfriend, the one that led to his first confrontation, told police she had never met Noah. She had wiped her phone so completely that even her boyfriend's number had been deleted. When the guests were asked about Noah being naked, the girls said they gave Noah a "shower", but Noah's mental state at the time, whether mildly drunk or completely inebriated, has been an area of dispute among the guests. Some say he was joking around and being himself while being showered, other accounts state that he was barely conscious. Noah's clothing he wore to the party that night has never been located. Police were told that after Noah showered his clothes were dirty, so he wore his friend's shorts. There is a rumor that his best friend's father found Noah's shirt from the party, which was then cut-up and distributed to the party attendees as a "memento". In addition to this event with his shirt, there is also information that his best friend's father had some of Noah's teeth in his pocket. He stated he "accidentally" picked them up from the crime scene. It's worth stating that this particular individual has been on Noah's family's Facebook memorial page for months, arguing with others on there. Just very odd behavior from an adult father who's son's best friend died mysteriously. But, on this same topic, NONE of the partygoers or their families have ever visited Noah's family to express their condolences. Never once.
Since Noah's friends and others at the party said they didn't know what happened, the police had their work cut out for them. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol obtained a "geofence" warrant covering a 1-1/2 mile radius around the party house. What they found was a bit disturbing. Around the time it is believed Noah died, 2 phones were traced as having left the house, heading to the location of his body. After briefly staying there, the two phones returned to the house. People at the party told a private investigator hired by Noah's family that they went out looking for Noah in the UTV/Gator that Noah and his friend had been on earlier. If they had really done this, they would have found him since the phones were at the spot Noah was found. It has not been released who exactly this was. Also revealed when police searched phones was a video of the birthday girl and her sister on their front porch, screaming at each other about Noah leaving the party. It is believed that this could be relevant. The Texas Rangers also became involved, due to the fact that two men at the party were from Texas. It is not known if these men are persons of interest. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol also quietly issued a warrant for a "black pick-up truck" believed to have been used to dump his body, but it is unknown why they are looking for this particular vehicle. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has unequivocally stated that this was 100% NOT a hit-and-run. They have now also said that this is NOT a murder investigation. The Medical Examiner's report released on Monday, May 13th 2024 stated that Noah died from "Multiple Blunt Force injuries", but list the manner in which this happened as "unknown". His report also detailed extensive injuries to the teen's upper body, including 10 broken ribs, serious skull, neck, and spine fractures, internal bleeding, brain and organ damage, and cuts and grazes all over his body. The autopsy also revealed air in both his cranial cavity and spinal cord, extremely rare conditions only caused by massive head trauma. The family has heard rumors that a golf club from the set in his best friend's truck may have been involved, but nothing else has come of this.
The family has engaged with a private investigator, who did uncover previously unknown information, and gave that to the police. They have also said that there is much more which has not been publicly released and that the search of the phones did uncover good information. Also according to the family, some evidence has been covered-up or lost and that the day after the party, the birthday girl's house and property reeked of bleach. Despite this, his family says good things are going on behind the scenes.
So, with all of the above information, it doesn't seem to be a stretch to say that someone from the party knows something. It is my personal belief that this case will be resolved, but I think three things will have to happen: Time, Pressure and Guilt. At some point in the future, someone from the party will feel guilty, or media pressure will get to them and they will talk. Unfortunately, it may take some time unless the police uncover new evidence sooner. Thank you very much for reading this, but please let me know your thoughts on this case and feel free to ask questions.
Sources:
Podcast (Interview w/ Noah's family): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jimny-carpenteepisodes/The-Suspicious-Murder-Of-Noah-Presgrove-Part-1-e2dchac
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13421341/Oklahoma-teen-Noah-Presgrove-beaten-death-gang-doctor-claims.html
https://kfor.com/news/local/m-e-releases-more-details-in-19-year-olds-death/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/oklahoma-teen-military-hopefuls-family-cant-imagine-was-murdered-offers-theory-about-last-hours

Crosspost from Vent subreddit so if you see it twice I'm sorry but I wanna make sure all of Gen Z is aware of this and also, sorry if you don't care about American politics because you don't live here but at the same time, the stuff proposed could have Internetational consequences so it might be worth at least looking at.
Have you guys seen Project 2025?? I just need to vent about how we DO NOT pay enough attention to what is happening behind the scenes in politics. We just don't. So for the love of everything, please research and inform yourself about what Project 2025 is because it can and should heavily impact your vote for president at the end of this year.
Imma be blunt so nobody has to wonder where I lean. I lean democrat, but I love seeing moderate politics in action and we have seen some of that with Biden and I know it's upset many Democrats but moderate is compromise and compromise is healthy!! I'm so done with playing extremes! Let's calm down! Let's compromise! Let's be peaceful! We're all Americans and we should want what is best for ALL OF US together as a country.
These extremes we are playing with are dangerous. Like, looking at Project 2025 there's stuff they want to prioritize like centralizing things around stable families and combating the porn industry to defund and end sexual exploitation and attack human trafficking. That is GREAT. I LOVE THOSE IDEAS!
However, even with how much I love those ideas, they're taking it WAY TO FAR. It's incredibly extreme. We can stabilize families without annihilating terms that help people understand themselves and their sexuality. We can demolish the porn industry and recognize that porn is addictive without further victimizing the people impacted by porn by suddenly outlawing and banning it and metaphorically pulling the rug out from underneath people's feet. I mean, people work for a living in the porn industry and addicts will either experience severe withdrawal or find themselves on the wrong side of the law because they can't stop themselves from looking at something that is suddenly illegal.
What I'm getting at, is I like some of the things they want to do! I just look at this group that's organized itself into what is now called Project 2025 and I terrifies me! They want to make drastic and extreme changes very rapidly, things that society is not capable of withstanding, and even the governmental and legislative changes they want make push us more towards autocracy and away from democracy and being a republic. I can't stress this enough, this next election has the potential to bring about EXTREME, permanent, chaotic, or reforming change. This could be good or it could be VERY VERY BAD.
I'm not here to tell you how to vote or what to do, I'm just here to show you that this is a thing. I want everyone to know there's organizations that are pre-meditating to gain power and control and bring gigantic change to the government and society at large. Sure, we say this every election, but this is different. I'm 27 and I haven't had decades of voting under my belt but I've never seen or heard of anything like this Project 2025 and my parents and grandparents have never spoken to me about seeing anything like this either. The fact that there's a gigantic slew of politicians organizing themselves to basically overrun government offices and implement immediate, drastic change is something we as Americans should consider carefully! If you want these changes and you believe they can pull it off, then vote that way! But I urge you to consider how much dysfunction and choas they can cause in a short amount of time if they defund the DOJ, dismantle the FBI and DHS, completely turn away from the climate crisis, eliminate the department of commerce, and look at ending things like the department of Education, the Federal Communications Division, and the Federal Trade Commission.
They're also talking about getting rid of all abortions, even medically necessary ones, country wide. They want to ban contraceptives. They want to, and I quote from Project 2025s own mandate "delete the use of terms like sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, inclusion, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, abortion, reproductive health, and reproduction rights"
All I'm asking is for us all to pay attention, to see what this is, and see if you WANT to support this or not. You WON'T find this plan on Trump's website or as an official part of his campaign but even Project 2025 itself admits they believe Trump will win the presidency and then they and Trump will be able to accomplish all of Project 2025s goals.
Again, I'm not telling you what to prioritize or how to vote, but I want you to know a vote for Trump is a vote for Project 2025 as well. If that's what you want, then vote Trump in. If not, vote for someone else. And, for those of you who find that you too, like me, genuinely agree with some of what they want to do, consider the big picture, NOT just the part you agree with. Also consider how this impacts your friends and families. No gender equality and no reproductive rights greatly impacts ALL women. Think about your daughters, sisters, wives, and mothers. They may not ever want an abortion or a hysterectomy or birth control but what if something happens to their health and they suddenly NEED one of those things to save their life or improve their quality of life? If you have any friends or family that are trans or identify as anything other than heterosexual, they are trying to DELETE their identifiers. They're trying to ERASE entire parts of people.
To end my vent, again, I'm not telling you what to do, I'm just telling you to be aware. Don't think "Oh we always say the other party is going to destroy American, it doesn't really matter as it always works out fine anyways" because Project 2025 is the evidence that CHANGE WILL HAPPEN. I can't foresee if it will destroy us or not, but I can say that trying to do THIS MUCH DRASTIC CHANGE will alter our country permanently.
If ever there was a time to take an election seriously, NOW IS THE TIME! VOTE YOUR CONCIENCE!! Don't vote by party lines, don't vote with your wallet, don't vote based upon who you hear about more... Do your do diligence and vote carefully and with purpose!
To wrap this up, here's some sources for people to read for themselves:
This is from project 2025s website and if you find the "read the mandate" button under the picture of their book it goes in depth on what they want to do and why.
https://www.project2025.org/policy/
Scrutinize me for using Wikipedia all you want but it's a good way to get a brief summary that discusses concerns and narratives as seen by the people pushing this agenda and the people worried about if this agenda is seen to fruition.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
Please feel free to add other sources in the comments. Feel free to discuss as well, but don't turn this into Trump vs Biden or Democrats vs Republicans. This is meant to put a spotlight on Project 2025 and whether or not it's goals would be good for us! For our country! That's it!

Well Hello there, my name is Zak and I am from little Ole RI. I'm a genuine bona-fide simp, nerdy, and caring guy. Looking for the Ramona Flowers to my Scott Pilgrim.
My talents include, but are not limited to; - constant compliments - carrying your shopping bags as you shop - hyping you up no matter the time, place, or day, - showering you with baked goods and gifts - being a good boy.
I enjoy many things, nature walks, bowling, swimming, DnD, video games, new to watching WWE and the like, going to every concert I can afford to go to, and spending as much time as I have to give with my friends. I've undergone a lot of health changes recently and am in the best spot mentally and physically in my life than I have ever been. I still may not have all my life figured out, but I know what I want, and what my passions are.
In all seriousness, I'm looking for a genuine connection. I'm looking for someone who can share my passions, and who isn't afraid to share there's with me. Someone who wants to grow and learn and kick life's ass with. I'm trying to be the best me I can be, and I want to find someone who can help better me even more and who I can also bring the best out of. I prefer no younger than 23, and no older than 33. All shapes, sizes, and identities welcome, as long as your female presenting. Hope to talk to you soon!

My bf (m31) and I (f31) have been together for almost 3 years. We are both bisexual. He has never been in a relationship with a man, but has had many sexual encounters with men. This was all understood and talked about previously. Neither of us took issue with our bisexuality and history. We still fell completely head over heels in love. He's the most amazing man I have ever met. We truly have a wonderful partnership.
However, like any couple, we have had our ups and downs. Mainly regarding our sex life. Our sex life was passionate and amazing the first 6 months of the relationship. Then he started having issues getting/staying erect. This took a toll on my confidence and made me extremely self-conscious, as I thought he was no longer attracted to me. I even asked if he might think that he is not bisexual, but gay. But he always assured that that was not the case and that his mental illness was causing the issue. We tried different things (pegging, introducing porn while being intimate, and even Viagra.) This somewhat helped, but only a short while. Things progressively got worse and it caused much turmoil in our relationship.
He finally revealed to me that he has times when he is so intensely desiring men that he cannot perform with me as a woman. This devastated me, as he had never brought this up. We knew of each others history and bisexuality, but this hit me like a ton of bricks. Because, although I am bisexual as well, I only love and want him. I only find that level of attraction and sexual intimacy with him, as my partner I am deeply in love with. He explained that it comes in waves, but very intense waves and then will go away. We eventually talked it out and things seemed to get back to how they were after his wave had passed.
Recently though, we've been having more issues. He rarely touches me, kisses me, cuddles me, etc. Even when I try to initiate, I can feel from his body language that something is different. We have not been having sex, as he is still having issues with getting/staying erect. This all came to a head this week, when he revealed to me again that he is having another wave of intense desire for men and he does not know if it will go away. I have been on a roller coaster of emotions to say the least.
He says he is deeply in love with me and that we have the best relationship he's ever been in. He cried, I cried, and it all came out to he thinks we may have to breakup. He says he does not want to hurt me anymore. He says the only option would be to open the relationship, so he can get what he needs from men and I can get what I need from someone else as well. But he hates that idea, because we each established that we only wanted monogamy and he knows that would crush me more. He said he would be ashamed for me to see just how promiscuous he can be on Grindr and could not bear to hurt me like that. When I told him I could be open to the idea if we had rules, he followed up with the scenario of him enjoying an open relationship to be with men so much, that he would not ever want to have sex with me again.
Each of us has been through a lot in the past 3 years, but we've stuck beside each other through it all. He made mistakes that, although hurt by them, I was able to move on from and use it as a bettering tool for us. We had growth.
Now, I am sitting here, almost catatonic and disassociating. I have nobody to talk to and he cannot give an answer on if he wants me anymore or not. He just keeps saying that he wants to talk to his friend for clarity. He keeps saying he is in love with me and the best relationship he's ever been in. That I am the most wonderful woman he has ever met. But that his desires to have sex with men are so intense right now that he does not see any other option but to break up.
I am devastated and scared. I have been through so much trauma and abuse in my life. Thrown away and forgotten, by family, friends, significant others. I believed I had found the one, and it is all crashing down on me. Idk what to do, but I am having a mental crisis about it right now. Please give any advice. I'm broken.

Hi Reddit, I (21M) and my partner (22F) have been together for about a year and a half. We had our fair share of fights over that time, but we also had many perfect memories. Maybe I should preface this also with the fact that my girlfriend recently told me that she believes she has BPD and has a history of mental health struggles.
Over our relationship, there have been many times where she's gotten extremely upset and even broken up with me over trust-related issues. We met a few summers ago and went on a couple of dates during the summer. She ultimately told me before she left to go back to school in Washington (from California) that "it's okay if we were just friends," so we continued texting super often. So, after college started, I started trying to meet other people through dating apps and whatnot, and she seemed to be having tons of fun in school, too. Anyway, she came to visit once, and we fell in love that one day, and we spent the whole day together. It was the best, so we started long-distance until she finished the semester. (this is kind of all preface for later issues) Well, the whole time we've dated, it has been very drastic swings in whether she wants to be with me. There have been many times when, within a day, it went from you're my favorite person in the whole world to her literally saying she wishes she never dated me. However, after a few days of talking, these would resolve, and it's like nothing had happened. One of the biggest things was that after she had gone back to school during the summer before we started actually dating, I had gotten back on Tinder (because, in my mind, she had very clearly said we were just friends), and I hooked up with people off there and whatnot and also met one of my best friends who even though it was off Tinder it was always highly platonic between us. After my partner and I had been dating, she would randomly start to get very upset about trust-related things like when I told her I was thinking of going to see that friend on a trip during the summer, she was at first calm and then got extremely upset and said I clearly just wanted to go date her, etc etc. this eventually led to me cutting off that friendship to help her feel more secure. This didn't really feel fair because she also is friends with someone whom she actually went on a few dates with and had planned to stay with his family on a trip over the summer too (they seem very platonic, and I wasn't at all worried but it feels hypocritical) well other stuff like that has continued to happen over time consistently, for example, she has looked through my insta and got extremely mad that I'm following girls who have posted pictures in bikinis and whatnot (one that she sent me was literally my cousin) most are just people I had met from school and I don't really know but I told her I was sorry and I can understand that it could be hurtful even though I don't really get this and so I deleted Instagram. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and randomly she texted me saying I should go date X, Y, and Z and I have no clue who shes even talking about. She said they're girls I'm following on insta (I did'nt even have insta at this time) and am "clearly cheating on her with" two I have never even talked to and had just gone to my same college, but one I had met at the beginning of college and we had texted a little through insta about getting ready for college and stuff, and I showed her all of our texts(these were also before we had started dating. Well, she said that because I still like her pictures, and I never really like many people's pictures. I'm clearly in love with her. There are lots of these types of things that happen, and as I said, after I tell her that, I understand she's hurt and apologized and stuff, it like flips a switch, and we seem good again until the moment we're not.
I really don't know what to do. I love her so insanely much, and we have the best time ever when we're together, but idk if I can handle my partner, just never being able to trust me.
Tldr; my partner often thinks im cheating on her with other girls and has broken up with me multiple times about it before the relationship goes back to normal.

I know a lot of people here are just lurking, and I’d bet you’re good patrons. Here’s to you. I’m sry if this is cheesy, I’m trying to focus on some positive stuff…
Here’s to all the people that come into a restaurant and actually make our day better. The people that send us compliments, want to know about the feature, and are capable of complaining without being an asshole.
Here’s to the sweet old lady that directly tipped me $20 cash because I came out and asked if she wanted to try my chicken salt with her fish n chips. Here’s to the couple tourists that came in because I was running a Reuben, and they said it’s the best they’d ever had. Here’s to the homie I see twice a week that asked me for a ‘stir-fry’ while I had roasted pork belly and chili oil, and said it’s the best he’s ever had.
That’s sounds a lot like bragging but I’m here to say that those situations mean a lot, and they’re fucking memorable, at least to me. I take a lot of pleasure out of feeding somebody and getting compliments and I know a lot us do.
I also know we don’t all get to interact with patrons often, or at all. I’d recommend trying a job where you can do that. There will be the assholes but that’s not what I’m posting about. Hats off to everybody that’s walked into a restaurant and didn’t act entitled. Hats all the way off to all the people that walk in and actually send us some love, that shit can sometimes truly ‘make my day’.

I figured I would share this experience as there seems to be quite a bit of cross shopping between Stingers and K5s. (Or at least used stingers now 😭) And maybe someone will find this helpful.
5 years ago I purchased a used 2018 Stinger GT with 8k miles on it. I paid $32k. I absolutely loved that car and outside of some minor paint issues it was one of the best cars I ever owned.
Long story short I end up hitting a deer (after paying the thing off) and totaled it. I was heartbroken 😭
I really wanted another Stinger GT but figured I would go for a new one to get the 100k warranty but the prices had gotten outrageous. There were severa Stingerl GTs sitting for $55k+ on lots in my area. So things had clearly changed in the world since I last bought a car.
I shopped for GT lines and used GTs but still found those prices above my budget (or with too many miles for my comfort). I was clearly needing to lower my expectations. 😬
So I give up and go back to the drawing board. While doing research I stumble on the K5 GT which to me seems to have a very "stinger-esq" look and is embarrassing a few V8s in comparisons and long story short I end up getting one new for under my budget.
This car is not a stinger, but dang if it's close. Yes, the stinger was faster but not THAT much faster. Yes the RWD was nice but I'm not exactly drifting while driving to work so the FWD is fine for me.
The K5 has more bells and whistles, gets about 8mpg better, and runs on regular. All pretty big perks.
Now I'm not gonna say the K5 is the better car, that would be silly, the stinger was perfection for me. But for today's prices I think it's a really good car for the money and I think most people will have just as much fun in this car as they would in a stinger. And the performance times between the K5 GT and Stinger GT Line are uncomfortably close. (At least in a straight line lol)
So if you are on the fence between the two, let me assure you as a long term driver of both that you won't regret getting the K5 GT.