Love quotes to say sorry to your boyfriend

My boyfriend has told me he had an addiction a couple of years back but it has gradually stopped. We both agreed to not watch porn for the respect of our relationship and each other however 2 days ago I saw his watch activity on tik tok and found many videos of girls thirst trapping. Some including twerking, sexual things and just many videos of the same girls.
I had previously mentioned and cried to him about how I felt about him LIKING thirst traps of girls and he had reassured me that he wouldn’t do it again.
However after 3 times of seeing and confronting him, it has gotten worse ( I saw the things I mentioned above ) I almost broke up with him but he begged me that he’ll change and says it is nothing he can’t fix, that he can stop and live without it since he doesn’t “need” it. But why didn’t he stop? What hurts is I feel betrayed as I had so much trust in him, before knowing about it he agreed that lusting over other women while in a relationship is wrong. I still can’t stop thinking about it and want to trust him but I’m still scared. What scares me is now matter what we have been through, he still had the urge to watch it. He keeps apologising and begging me to wait and see how he can better himself for me.
Do people change for who they love?

[TLDR at the bottom.]
According to Jesus, faith is a work God that WE ourselves must do.
[Jhn 6:28-29 KJV] 28 Then said they unto him, *What shall WE do, that WE might work the works of God?** 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that YE believe on him whom he hath sent.*

Man is not justified by faith alone, but by faith and works together. As you can see below, additional works must be added to faith in order to keep faith alive; just as a spirit is breathed into a body to make it a living soul.
[Jas 2:24, 26 KJV] 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and *not by faith only. ... 26 For **as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.*

Peter agreed that works had to be added to faith.
[2Pe 1:5-7 KJV] 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, *ADD TO YOUR FAITH** virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.*

Paul did not teach "Faith Alone", but justification by faith apart from the works of the Mosaic Law.
[Rom 3:28 KJV] 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith *without the deeds of the law.***

Works Salvation is not about earning anything.

In Christ, we are redeemed from the bondage of sin and made to be servants of righeousness. A good servant does not earn anything, but simply does what he is commanded by his master. The redeeming sacrifice of Christ was an act of God's grace.
[Rom 6:16-18 KJV] 16 Know ye not, that *to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?** 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.*
[Luk 17:10 KJV] 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, *We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.***

TLDR: There is no reason to fear or reject Works Salvation: Faith is a work Jesus' commandments are not burdensome. Love fulfills the Law. We are servants with an easy yoke and a light burden.

[1Jo 5:3 KJV] 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and *his commandments are not grievous.***
[Mat 11:28-30 KJV] 28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 *For my yoke [is] EASY, and my burden is LIGHT.***
[1Jo 3:23-24 KJV] 23 And *this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.** 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.*

Well… it wasn’t like seein your grandma in a duck costume screaming “someone gets the wrench there is a raccoon in the tomato patch” weird but… at least somethin like it.
Anywho, I wanted to inform everyone of my first hike! It was today and it was quite nice! Except the bees and the teleporting deer and the feds and the bunker but WE WILL GET TO ALL OF THAT YALL I PROMISE I AINT MR. BANE WHO KEEPS THINGS NICE AND CONCISE I LIKE SPEAKIN!
So it all started when I put on my boots, I opted to get some nice dark green ones and paint and lil smiley face on it :) and when I got my gear that was so kindly left in the diner for me I went outside and began walkin to the mountain. It was quite a nice day too! The sun was shinin and the birds were doin their little do-op I even saw Mr. Tom! He don’t like me much though, he threw a bottle at me.
When I got to the mountain I was a little puzzled at how many different ent paths there were. Some where on the map and some weren’t, I could see some green flags in the distance but I watch late night television ain’t no way I’m goin off the beaten path (unless it’s to save my bff Claire) So I looked at the nice map and chose the red path I couldn’t see exactly where it was leadin but it seemed like it was nice and easy. That’s when I heard a buzz… and there on a small tree was a little honey bee nest!
Now… back in Alabama it was pretty rare to find some nice bees but these ones seemed super friendly! I was even able to get up real close to the nest with no issue at all! (Don’t do this at home kids) but then somethin truly odd happened… there was a smell… like a… metallic smell… mixed with like bleach… it started freakin me out a bit so I left them as is and went up the path. I saw some beautiful views and got to use the compass I was gifted! It got me thinkin about this place… how much I love it… but also how much I don’t remember… that’s when I saw the deer.
Now I tell ya… I used to go hunting with my daddy and I’ve seen some bucks but this one… was MASSIVE. and it had little cute white hoofs!!!! It came up to me and gave me a little stare like it was trying to say hi. Or maybe not. Now this is when it gets weird… I swear on my daddy’s life this buck was right in front of me and then when I blinked… it was over 10 feet away from me! I was honestly surprised… I tried to step again but it ran away as soon as I made a sound :(
So I decided to carry on and I made it to the end of the trail! Yay me! I saw a nice pond with some cute frogsssss. I named one teddy and the other Lisa… if you find them, tell them “ribbit” for me!
Now this is when it gets a little intense (Mr. Bane I may need your help) I remember seeing that wonderfully interesting post about that bunker and goddarnit I found it! But it was really far away from me up a cliff. And I don’t know what made me decide to eat my lunch then and there but I did! I sat and unwrapped my pastrami sandwich ich and chowed down. Now folks up until this point I ain’t seen no other human being, so let me tell you when I jumped out of my skin when I heard a voice in the distance yelling “hey!” Aw man I jumped!
I remember having to squint my eyes to block the sun and look up the cliff. And there at the top was a man in a dark suit and sunglasses then another…. Then another… then ANOTHER. 4 FEDS ALL CROWDED AROUND THIS BUNKER. Now if this don’t smell like my dead cat then I don’t know what does! (Fishy)
Now folks get a load of this… I go “hey” FBI “what are you doing?” Me “eatin” FBI “why?” Me “cuz I am hungry… is there a problem sir”FBI “you can’t have pastrami here” Me “what the hell? Why not?” FBI “interference” Me “with what?” FBI “we suggest only eating cheese sandwiches in the woods… ungrilled they must be cold”
And you will NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT…. THEY THROW 3 CHEESE SANDWICHES HIES AT ME. I got to many questions
Why do they have them? Why are they wrapped? Why are they on multigrain? Why did they give me three?
Wow I really do feel like Mr. Bane.
Anyway after that I lost my appetite and made my way down the mountain and back to my home.
I’m excited to do that again soon though!
Thanks for reading! Kisses SB

OMFG! So I'm just now watching the show for the first time, and Crunchyroll's absolutely horrible subtitles have got me cracking up!
I don't know if they had the subtitles/captions when you all watched it, but the constant changing of names was confusing at first, then annoying, but by now it's just hilarious.
There were times, like when the MC meetd with the beastkin and it was evidently in a made up language, because the only subtitles were in Japanese, so I had to sit there with my phone in one hand with Lens open to translate and the remote in the other to stop it every couple seconds to translate what they were talking about.
THAT was definitely annoying, especially since putting up translations for kanji is an easy thing to do (a basic editor is all that's needed, it's not like they need actors for that) and it makes a huge difference. But I've given up on CR trying to improve the viewing experience on that count. So it's whatever...
But it's the names really that have me crackin up!
The first few episodes had me confused, like if they were making fun of Rio by calling him "surreal" (in the CC) instead of Sir Rio; but the more mistakes that came about the more I realized it was just horrible subtitles. I don't know if it's just a shitty program they used to auto generate closed captions or if those watching it before the dub actually had to suffer through what I was reading. I really hope they didn't have to...
So I'm watching episode 8 right now and it's STILL catching me off guard at times! LMAO!
Wether they are talking about a bowl of food that SOUNDS like "Comutan" (which I think is actually Japanese for computer) and looks like traditional Ramen. But the subs first call it "commotion" the it's "Camerton" (and it's capitalized like the name of the town in England). Then he asks the girl he's with to get a bowl of "futon" with him (which sounds POSSIBLY sexual?), and then it's called "mutton" in the very next sentence! I mean, it jumps all over the place for same WORD!! I MIGHT understand if the actors were speaking fast or drunkenly slurring, but it's said in the exact same way, mostly by the MC, every time! Lol
A few moments later (this is still all just ep 8) Rio asks "miss Sayo, are you all right!?" When he interrupted the kidnapping of Komomo, but the subtitles say "MESSIAH. Are u all right?" instead of Miss Sayo. Then when taking about the girl who's about kidnapped it calls her "Lady Como" instead of Komomo. I few seconds later instead of saying "Komomo was almost kidnapped." It says "Come on. Mom was almost kidnapped." Oh God! This is too much! Lmao
It's a great show, but would CR PLEASE get someone on the subtitles!!
I know that other shows will go from episode to episode changing if there even is CC or the translations on screen or for signs in kanji, but they took it to a whole new level with this show!
I really love having the original subtitles in while watching dubs just to see some balance of what the characters really mean since both subtitles and dubs have their own restrictions, and barring that, closed captions that match the dubs just because it's sometimes hard to understand the actors if they are talking fast. But with this show... Wow. Just wow.
You guys have to tell me if it was this bad when it was subtitles only, or if this is just a travesty of an attempt at closed captions!
Sorry about the long post, but I know it's not a new show and I wanted to give some examples. I could go on, but I won't. Lol

[TLDR at the bottom.]
According to Jesus, faith is a work God that WE ourselves must do.
[Jhn 6:28-29 KJV] 28 Then said they unto him, *What shall WE do, that WE might work the works of God?** 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that YE believe on him whom he hath sent.*

Man is not justified by faith alone, but by faith and works together. As you can see below, additional works must be added to faith in order to keep faith alive; just as a spirit is breathed into a body to make it a living soul.
[Jas 2:24, 26 KJV] 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and *not by faith only. ... 26 For **as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.*

Peter agreed that works had to be added to faith.
[2Pe 1:5-7 KJV] 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, *ADD TO YOUR FAITH** virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.*

Paul did not teach "Faith Alone", but justification by faith apart from the works of the Mosaic Law.
[Rom 3:28 KJV] 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith *without the deeds of the law.***

Works Salvation is not about earning anything.

In Christ, we are redeemed from the bondage of sin and made to be servants of righeousness. A good servant does not earn anything, but simply does what he is commanded by his master. The redeeming sacrifice of Christ was an act of God's grace.
[Rom 6:16-18 KJV] 16 Know ye not, that *to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?** 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.*
[Luk 17:10 KJV] 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, *We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.***

TLDR: There is no reason to fear or reject Works Salvation: Faith is a work Jesus' commandments are not burdensome. Love fulfills the Law. We are servants with an easy yoke and a light burden.

[1Jo 5:3 KJV] 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and *his commandments are not grievous.***
[Mat 11:28-30 KJV] 28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 *For my yoke [is] EASY, and my burden is LIGHT.***
[1Jo 3:23-24 KJV] 23 And *this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.** 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.*

This is a bit late (even though I'm not on an official shedule). Thanks for your patience. Spoilers ahead, so proceed at your own risk
We open with Honey Pie Pony seeing her human friends playing on one of Orange Blossom's tree. They invite her to join, but, given that she's a horse, she can't climb the tree. The humans try to help her, but that also doesn't work, so Honey leaves. We're also introduced to this bee named Honey Doodle, which I'm not sure if we see him in another episode. Later, Honey sees the humans riding bikes. The humans show her how to ride, but she isn't able to slow down or stop and crashes. Strawberry and crew realize that they've been playing human-oriented games, so they offer to do what Honey wants to do. She suggests that they jump over fences. The humans quickly realized that they couldn't jump over that fence the way Honey just did. I wish that the humans had at least tried to do it, since Honey had attempted their activities. Honey is convinced that she doesn't belong in Strawberryland and the humans can't convince her otherwise. The humans convene at Strawberry's house and make a plan to find another horse for Honey to hang out with. They tell Honey that they're going to find some friends for her, and that's where Strawberry says the recurring line about what friendship is all about. Also, there's the random moment where Huck puts his hat on Honey, and then Strawberry immediately puts it back on him (the Struckleberry shippers are quaking rn). According to Ginger, the humans traversed all over Strawberryland looking for horses (which begs the questions of how big Strawberryland really is and how long these kids were searching), but they couldn't find any other horses. That leads into Honey's musical number about Ice Cream Island where a bunch of horses live. The humans follow Honey to Ice Cream Island. The bridge they need to take is very old and unsafe. The humans are able to get across one at a time, but Honey nearly falls through. The humans band together to help her up. We finally get to ICI where there are plenty of horses, although none of them are capable of human speech. I would have liked to see some inner turmoil related to Honey not fully fitting into either group, but oh well. The humans realize they have to get home and take care of their pets. Honey doesn't want to leave ICI, which makes the humans really sad. On the raft ride, they reminisce on how great Honey was. When they get back to the bridge, instead of going one at a time, they all get to the center of the bride at once, and then a fallen tree passes through and breaks the bridge. The humans are all standing on a broken piece, which falls into the water and sends them into the current. They approach a waterfall and the only thing that stopped them was a patch of rocks. Meanwhile, Honey reminisces on her human friends, and realizes she can't just leave them behind (it's a pretty quick realization which isn't totally realistic, but this is a common thing in this show). She finds her friends still stuck, and about to fall in. Honey sees some rocks (which I don't remember seeing in previous shots), and she gets the idea to jump to them. I gotta mention that Huck's sass is pretty funny here. Anyway, despite all odds, Honey's plan works (although we never see Huck getting on her back to jump off. Also the way this river flows is extremely confusing, since when the tree hit the bridge, it sent the humans in the opposite direction, but then in this scene, that tree heads towards them). Then, we get the second musical number, where they celebrate being "back together," even though everyone walks home and says goodbye. The last shot is Strawberry riding on Honey's back and it hammers the message of the episode which is that friends can be different in many ways and still love each other. Aside from the critiques I gave, this is a pretty solid episode. The message is wholesome and leaves me satisfied.
Comment your thoughts below!

In case this is of any interest to anyone.
I'm 50 levels in to a Druid playthrough and it's been one the best times I've ever had in Skyrim. So I figured I'd list the mods I'm using for it and why--just the ones that give the feel and flavor, not graphic or combat overhauls or anything else.
Concept: A Druid, protector and defender of nature and the natural world. Not a fan of cities, less inclined to fire magic due to its destructive nature. Due to this I applied certain restrictions: no conjuring undead, no allying with Daedra, no missions that are rooted in harming the natural world (use the pilgrim to heal the Gildergreen, not Nettlebane, etc). For race, of course, I went with Bosmer, being a good thematic choice. For skills I focused largely on Archery, Conjuration (see below), Alchemy, One Handed, Restoration, and Alteration. I limited the use of Shouts to those that fit the build--Aura Whisper, Call Storm, Kyne's Peace, etc. I didn't tend to carry weapons much and used Bound Sword and Bound Bow quite a bit (along with a mod that made them green for that Druid look) until I could craft a dragonbone bow that outstripped damage on the bound bow dramatically. I started as a hunter in Live Another Life.
On to the mods!
1) Ordinator: the perk overhaul is one I love, and it gives some great perks for Druids. For example at Speech 50 you can take Speak With Animals, allowing you to tame and keep an animal follower. None of that 60 second racial ability foolishess.
2) Mannaz - Integrated Races of Skyrim: this overhaul improves racial abilities dramatically in a fair way. Check its description for more--worked well for my build and earned a permanent place in my mod list.
3) Freyr - Integrated Standing Stone Overhaul: Designed to work with Mannaz, it alters the way standing stones work to improve and alter racial abilities. Its synergy with Mannaz's Bosmer abilities really gave a great Druid vibe to the hawk-based powers and had me feeling like an ally of the natural world
4) Forgotten Magic Redone: While I also use Odin, Apocalypse, and Triumvirate, FMR gave some excellent Druid spells, such as Wolf Pack and Veil of Nature; these spells can level up! Wolf Pack was especially fun once I found a ring that allowed me to summon four wolves at once.
5) Wrath of Nature: Path of the Druid: What more can I say. Earning the ability to shape shift into a wolf, bear, tiger, or spriggan is about as Druidic as it gets. At higher levels I used it less and less, except for the wolf form, which runs at a high speed and meant I didn't need to bother with a horse.
6) DX Druid Armor: Honestly, I didn't find it overly sexualized like I thought it might be. In game it came across as just a great Druid look. It's also the reason I leveled up Smithing, as periodically I'd craft a new set for better stats as the game went along.
7) Song of the Green: Auri is a fantastic Druid follower. Recommended.
8) Anna's Druid Conjuration: If you're going to conjure, but no undead or Dremora, this is the mod you want. So good--summon elk, bears, wolves, spriggans, stags, etc.
9) Wintersun: being a follower of Kynareth just made complete sense, of course.
So how'd it all fit together?
A lot of fun. I use mods like Warzones to ensure Skyrim really is at war, and there was a special delight in charging into battle in Wolf or Spriggan form (Wrath of Nature) along with a conjured pack of wolves (FMR) and a bear (Ordinator's Speak with Animals perk) it really felt like nature was rising up and joining the fight. I used Survival Mode and Campfire for a while, and while I loved making camp and crafting, the stamina hit from needing rest got annoying after a while so I stopped. I did find Speak with Animals worked on the Chaurus, so for a while I had one in tow, and got to watch it be a pain in the ass for grounded dragons rather than for me.
Even with the extra abilities the game remained challenging (played on Master), but I had a lot to do--didn't even buy Breezehome until level 45, or visit High Hrothgar until the same time, but I did use the LC_BuildYourOwnNobleHouse mod to slowly build a town in the wilds of Falkreath, with my head canon being a Druid-lead back to nature community. Sadly you can't choose a god for the temple, but meh.
I've played a lot of builds, from two-hand, heavy armor warriors to sneaky thief/assassins to pure mages, but I had more fun with this Druid build than with any other. At this point I'm at 100 Alteration, Light Armor and One Handed, and mid 90s for Archery, around 70 for Conjuration and haven't yet hit that "hmm, what will my next build be..." phase.
If you're thinking of playing a Druid, I really think this mod list is a fantastic start to a really fun playthrough.

I missed tonight’s lives because I honestly haven’t been watching as much. I’ve felt for a couple of weeks now N was unraveling and it was becoming harder and harder to watch. We could all list behaviors and things we’ve seen him do and say but when someone posted that clip on here tonight of him screaming at Skylar and punching ghat door I was just done after that. Skylar doesn’t deserve any of that. It’s was downright cringe to watch it. Sky baby: there are so many of us parents here that would love you and treat you with the care and love a child deserves. I hope you find one of those parents and I hope they take you into their home and show you love kindness and respect. I wish nothing but the best for you. That being said I can’t watch N anymore. I am throughly disgusted by what I saw and it was only a small clip. I know everyone here on Reddit watches because we come here and talk about it right? Well we’re just giving him more views in the process. I’m done. I hope his 15 minutes of fame are up. I hope this cancels him from making $$ on this app. I have not seen him spend one red cent of it on those boys. For anyone who was in his chat supporting what you saw tonight? Shame on you! Shame on you for supporting such behavior! Carrie: you dodged a bullet and I hope you never let him back in!! Salty: ur a piece of of SHIT for pressuring sky you can kick rocks to! Britt: I think you are a super sweet person but you can’t defend this and ur nephews need help. Last but certainly not least K: we see you. I’m sorry it took so long but WE SEE YOU! I hope the rumors aren’t true and you stay far away. At this point I would cry for you if you entertained him ever again in your life. Supporters: quit riding this abusive, narcissistic man’s dick and go find something better to do! I’m sick!

[TLDR at the bottom.]
According to Jesus, faith is a work God that WE ourselves must do.
[Jhn 6:28-29 KJV] 28 Then said they unto him, *What shall WE do, that WE might work the works of God?** 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that YE believe on him whom he hath sent.*

Man is not justified by faith alone, but by faith and works together. As you can see below, additional works must be added to faith in order to keep faith alive; just as a spirit is breathed into a body to make it a living soul.
[Jas 2:24, 26 KJV] 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and *not by faith only. ... 26 For **as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.*

Peter agreed that works had to be added to faith.
[2Pe 1:5-7 KJV] 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, *ADD TO YOUR FAITH** virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.*

Paul did not teach "Faith Alone", but justification by faith apart from the works of the Mosaic Law.
[Rom 3:28 KJV] 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith *without the deeds of the law.***

Works Salvation is not about earning anything.

In Christ, we are redeemed from the bondage of sin and made to be servants of righeousness. A good servant does not earn anything, but simply does what he is commanded by his master. The redeeming sacrifice of Christ was an act of God's grace.
[Rom 6:16-18 KJV] 16 Know ye not, that *to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?** 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.*
[Luk 17:10 KJV] 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, *We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.***

TLDR: There is no reason to fear or reject Works Salvation: Faith is a work Jesus' commandments are not burdensome. Love fulfills the Law. We are servants with an easy yoke and a light burden.

[1Jo 5:3 KJV] 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and *his commandments are not grievous.***
[Mat 11:28-30 KJV] 28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 *For my yoke [is] EASY, and my burden is LIGHT.***
[1Jo 3:23-24 KJV] 23 And *this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.** 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.*

[TLDR at the bottom.]
According to Jesus, faith is a work God that WE ourselves must do.
[Jhn 6:28-29 KJV] 28 Then said they unto him, *What shall WE do, that WE might work the works of God?** 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that YE believe on him whom he hath sent.*

Man is not justified by faith alone, but by faith and works together. As you can see below, additional works must be added to faith in order to keep faith alive; just as a spirit is breathed into a body to make it a living soul.
[Jas 2:24, 26 KJV] 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and *not by faith only. ... 26 For **as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.*

Peter agreed that works had to be added to faith.
[2Pe 1:5-7 KJV] 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, *ADD TO YOUR FAITH** virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.*

Paul did not teach "Faith Alone", but justification by faith apart from the works of the Mosaic Law.
[Rom 3:28 KJV] 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith *without the deeds of the law.***

Works Salvation is not about earning anything.

In Christ, we are redeemed from the bondage of sin and made to be servants of righeousness. A good servant does not earn anything, but simply does what he is commanded by his master. The redeeming sacrifice of Christ was an act of God's grace.
[Rom 6:16-18 KJV] 16 Know ye not, that *to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?** 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.*
[Luk 17:10 KJV] 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, *We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.***

TLDR: There is no reason to fear or reject Works Salvation: Faith is a work Jesus' commandments are not burdensome. Love fulfills the Law. We are servants with an easy yoke and a light burden.

[1Jo 5:3 KJV] 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and *his commandments are not grievous.***
[Mat 11:28-30 KJV] 28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 *For my yoke [is] EASY, and my burden is LIGHT.***
[1Jo 3:23-24 KJV] 23 And *this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.** 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.*

Hi all, this is sorta long...sorry!
Looking for some advice. I play mostly Metallica, Exodus, Death, Pantera, etc. I have an ESP MH1000ET that I love and have had for 7 years, with a Het Set. My amp was alright for some years, but it's nowhere what I feel I should be playing after years of playing guitar. It's a Marshall MGX CF30. Honestly not a bad little amp, but no fx loop.
I'm not a tone snob, literally only use like 3-4 pedals, and only play by myself in my house, in the basement. Just my wife, no kids, but I do respect her ears, and mine. The pedals I have are a Boss DS1, MXR 10-band eq, MXR fullbore metal (second one, absolutely love the tone it gives me), and a TC Reverb pedal. I'd definitely get a tube screamer from whatbi hear those are mandatory, but could I still use my fullbore as a main pedal with a tube amp?
I'm sort of hesitant to get a tube amp due to maintenance, but feel it's the right way to go since I'll still have the MG if need be, probably not...
Anyway, I've read tons of threads about if 120 watts is OK for bedroom use, yadda yadda, and I don't think it is anything I'll ever need. So, my other question is this...
Since I only play metal, is the Peavey MH the best option for that? I know Peavey isn't super high end, but it's the OG. I will not have a chance to play different amps, that's just my situation, but I'm ok woth deducing based on inputs here.
I've heard of the fireball, terror, jubilee, all smaller wattage amps that I plan to pair with either a 112 or 212, not just sure yet. What I don't want is a muddy sound, I just want the best amp I can get for thrash metal, and that's the end of the story. Something brighter or whatever amp lingo won't really resonate with me because I haven't or won't ever sample that.
What I'm interested to see if anybody can add, is the possibility of getting a 2x12 and possibly mixing in a different speaker, but that's not my big goal. I've read that 2x12 isn't necessarily louder, but fuller? Again, I'm not a tech or gear nerd, and I apologize for that.
Anyway, I look forward to your advice, hoping to Pull the Plug here soon 🤘🤘
Thanks in advance.

I love her, care for her, more than i do for myself. We had a 9 month long distance relationship that i ended just a little over a year ago because, well, she is really socially awkward, shy, alone, naive and with self confidence issues. I love helping people a lot myself, but literally having to act like someones parent; trying to make them make any friends, giving advices about life, trying to encourage her hobbies, solving her every problem and giving her attention got tiring after time. Dont get me wrong, someone who loves anyone should provide these supports anyway, but shes like a fucking child sometimes, not to mention she takes way too much effort to perform basic tasks. Lol, i once begged her to study for her exam for 45 minutes straight (not with a demanding tone of course, rather inspiring), she went to sleep after 15 minutes of studying.
Last drop was when i finally could have time to meet her since my mothers cancer treatment took a break, she didnt want to meet with me after 2 days of meeting. Which was, okay, made me sad of course, so i decided to stay silent until she offers to meet, which never happened for the other 2 weeks . Before i left i asked her why she didnt want to meet and the reasoning was because she was shy of me acting close (i kissed her cheek basically). Which was okay, even though we are fucking 20, if she told me she was uncomfortable i would stop acting like that and maybe we could meet more before i left. I got really heartbroken on my way back home, ended the relationship, got heavily depressed.
Eventually hooked up with another girl from where i live (21f) who helped me in those hard times after a couple months, whom i also loved. But she didnt really liked me having contact with my ex, because she said she treated me bad. And i had to respect that. We had a somewhat good relationship, but my mothers cancer got worse, i had to stay in hospital with her while our university classes started, she started to act distant to me, doctors told me it was my mothers last month, and suddenly while i was at the hospital, my gf who i was together with at the time decided to left me because i got jealous after seeing a video with her, having a 'gay' friend who she met a week ago laying on her breasts.She left me and after 2 weeks my mom passed away.
Took me like 6 months to get my shit somewhat together. Then i started texting with my first ex again, explained her i never stopped caring for her, but i had to respect my partners choices at the time. She was okay with it and we started being friends again, just like in old days, and i missed her a lot. I never feel this calm with any other person i have ever met, she is really special for me, though i never want to have a romantic relationship with her.
Now recently, the boyfriend of my ex's twin, who is also my ex's best and only friend secretly told me she has a boyfriend, which i was cool about, but then he told me they meet, a lot, unlike i got to. It made me very sad, i always thought maybe she was like this to every person. But learning it isnt hurts me a lot to be honest, even if our relationship is finished. Her twin, and her best and only friend tells me, no one cares more about her than i did, that she doesnt deserve me, and i should let her go. But i cant. As i always used to say, she is like my child sometimes.
I dont know if i should let her go, and if so, how to. After we broke up i had better girlfriends, but never better friends to spend time with. She might be a terrible girlfriend, but shes a good person other than that, and whether she deserves my care or not, i worry about her.
It still hurts me what happened then, just wish she could at least say sorry for not caring about me then, then i would forgive and be friends, but i cant confront her, beacuse i am not supposed to know.

[TLDR at the bottom.]
According to Jesus, faith is a work God that WE ourselves must do.
[Jhn 6:28-29 KJV] 28 Then said they unto him, *What shall WE do, that WE might work the works of God?** 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that YE believe on him whom he hath sent.*

Man is not justified by faith alone, but by faith and works together. As you can see below, additional works must be added to faith in order to keep faith alive; just as a spirit is breathed into a body to make it a living soul.
[Jas 2:24, 26 KJV] 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and *not by faith only. ... 26 For **as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.*

Peter agreed that works had to be added to faith.
[2Pe 1:5-7 KJV] 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, *ADD TO YOUR FAITH** virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.*

Paul did not teach "Faith Alone", but justification by faith apart from the works of the Mosaic Law.
[Rom 3:28 KJV] 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith *without the deeds of the law.***

Works Salvation is not about earning anything.

In Christ, we are redeemed from the bondage of sin and made to be servants of righeousness. A good servant does not earn anything, but simply does what he is commanded by his master. The redeeming sacrifice of Christ was an act of God's grace.
[Rom 6:16-18 KJV] 16 Know ye not, that *to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?** 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.*
[Luk 17:10 KJV] 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, *We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.***

TLDR: There is no reason to fear or reject Works Salvation: Faith is a work Jesus' commandments are not burdensome. Love fulfills the Law. We are servants with an easy yoke and a light burden.

[1Jo 5:3 KJV] 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and *his commandments are not grievous.***
[Mat 11:28-30 KJV] 28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 *For my yoke [is] EASY, and my burden is LIGHT.***
[1Jo 3:23-24 KJV] 23 And *this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.** 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.*

My ex and I just broke up.
One of the bitter issues we had was that he was really controlling.
He tried to convince me that the changes he made to my health were things that I wanted.
1) I got off of my birth control. The first reason he gave was that it lowers men’s testosterone. He also said that there was research saying it had “negative impact on relationships” and said that it never ends well?? And he said that I would need to be off of it for a year before he’d consider marrying me. I argued back that we live in a state with no reproductive rights, so I would have to go out of state for an abortion or he would need to care for our kid that he can’t support right now. He convinced me to stop it “for myself”.
2) I was on a prescription medication for insomnia that happened to be an antidepressant. He is very passionately anti-pharmaceutical; he said he does not want a partner or a mother of his children to be on antidepressants or pharmaceuticals. I argued back that that is for my doctor or OB/GYN to say, not him. Apparently he knows better than them though so he convinced me to stop it “for myself”.
3) I made all of these changes for him. When he had a problem with me, I had to change it otherwise he’d give me an ultimatum. But if I had a problem with him, I had to get over it because he’s right and I’m wrong and he doesn’t have to change himself. Just me.
4) We went camping and everyone was partying, drinking, smoking and I got dehydrated because of the cold, making me more drunk than intended. Nothing happened. I was just drunk and my boyfriend had to make sure I didn’t fall in the pond because I wanted to paddleboard. My boyfriend took a photo of me drunk and sent it to my sister’s boyfriend to shame and embarrass me. I discovered it, and confronted him. He threatened to break up with me, and put me on an “exercise program” where I had to exercise to “earn” drinks during the week. Yep. If I exercised 3 times a week, I’d earn one drink, etc.
5) Someone asked my ex why he had not proposed to me, and I wanted to know too. This was after I had made all these changes for him and was working on other problems he had with me. He said he, “Still had to see more progress from me” for a while until he was sure. At that point, I felt like goal posts would just continue to get moved and I would always be trying to meet certain standards. Stick and carrot.
6) He told me multiple times that his love was conditional. I had to meet certain conditions and standards to earn his love, and if I didn’t, he would withdraw that love and affection from me. He would become mean, cold, withdrawn, a stranger.
I mean, typing all of this out, I’m thinking who in the hell would be with a man like this?? But the blame is being placed on me for our breakup. He was treating me like shit on vacation, like I was worthless and meant nothing to him. His friend treated me with basic kindness and decency, nothing inappropriate happened. My ex was fighting with me, putting me down, making me cry, and his friend was hugging me, asking if I was okay, being supportive to me all right in front of my ex’s eyes. While my ex was treating me like trash, my ex said he was watching the whole time us getting close, yet he never stepped in to tell me he loved me, he cared about me, that I meant something to him, or any sign of affection or love. He just berated me and made me feel bad about myself.
I’m questioning my sanity.

Gender: Trust me, I would love to have the satisfaction of saying that my gender identity was easy to decipher, but it very much isn't. When I was a very small child, maybe around six or seven years old, I was playing with my toys, and then out of nowhere I got the super strong feeling that I was born in the wrong body, that when I was born, God had put me in a female body when he should’ve actually put me in a male body. I had always understood boys more than I understood girls; I believed myself to be an oy, but after I told my mother this feeling, we got into a one-sided heated argument with my mother. I decided to just identify as a tomboy, since her saying I was born a girl, so that's what I was, didn't change how I feel. When I was in sixth grade, I didn’t necessarily feel like a boy or a girl; I just felt super gender neutral, like I wasn’t anything at all; I was just a person, but at the beginning of high school, I began to feel super masculinely aligned again. As time went on, I felt a lot more genders; sometimes I feel like a man; sometimes I feel like a woman; sometimes I feel gender neutral; sometimes I feel completely genderless; and for a long time, I identified as genderfluid, but for the last three weeks, my gender has been suspiciously absent, and it’s actually starting to stress me out. Most of the time I feel masculine and gender neutral at the same time; sometimes I feel genderless but also feminine, but now I just feel absolutely nothing at all.
Sexuality: I forced myself to be attracted to people because I thought that's what I was supposed to do because all the other kids my age were being in love; I just became really good friends with my 'crushes' and never wanted to kiss, hold hands, or do more than just hang out; I never thought any of my classmates were attractive; if society deems someone attractive, then so do I; I never realize people are genuinely drawn to people they think are attractive and want to DO things with them; I think romance is gross when I see it IRL or between live-action people and think it should just stay in books or non-live-action media. I just think people of any gender presentation look pretty. Growing up, I developed a 'crush' on anyone who was nice to me; I had a crush on ALL my friends and just wanted to hang out with them a lot; I got super uncomfortable and my attraction faded when we became 'intimate' with me like holding hands or wanting to date; and I feel this towards ALL genders, so I thought I was pan. But inside my head is the only place I feel sexual and romantic attraction, and it's only between non-live action characters and is always experienced from a 3rd-person perspective. Love and sex are just a storyline to me; I feel the romantic and sexual emotions of the character I'm telling the story's perspective from, but once the storyline ends, so does my attraction. I have a libido; I still experience personal desires, but I find that they can be managed easily on my own. I feel very repulsed by the idea of having sex with someone else. But, when I do get aroused, it's sexual attraction to anyone of any gender, but again, it's viewed from the 3rd-person perspective. After the solo mumbo jumbo, the arousal and sexual attraction fade into nothing; I even get repulsed by sex and romance for a long while after solo spicy adventures. I genuinely don't understand how somebody looks at someone else and wants to touch them, kiss them, and have sex with them. It's always been "Oh, they're pretty!"; it's never been "Oh, they're pretty; I want to date/have sex with them!". When I was a kid, I was a hopeless romantic; I wanted to find my soulmate, but the way of doing that was unrealistic. It was more like a remix of a Disney movie rather than something I actually wanted. I saw other kids my age have crushes, and adults always asked me if I was going to get a boyfriend, so I always thought it was something I was supposed to want, but I don't. I'm fine with being single forever. I'm happy this way, but I also don't want to do anything with anyone, so I feel as though I'm somehow on both the a-spec and m-spec. I’m not sure how exactly. All I know is that I consider both men and women attractive, but I don’t necessarily care about their gender identity when it comes to finding them attractive or not. I honestly can't understand how someone wants to do romantic or sexual things with another person. I dated this one guy in my freshman year, and it only lasted a week, and I avoided him like the plague the whole time. I felt all mushy and blushy when we talked and did things together, but once we started dating, I got super uncomfortable. We texted, and I was a huge flirt, saying we could hold hands and all that stuff , but when I went to school and he wanted to hold hands, I didn't want that. I didn't like being touched in a romantic way. I'm fine with my friends, though. What's confusing is that, at the same time as never wanting or feeling romantic attraction, I still want to do those things. I literally only feel romantic and sexual attraction to fictional characters. Because I am attracted to [female OC] and [male OC] (currently speaking, not speaking about past fictional crushes). I always have the strongest desire to be with [female OC], touch her, kiss her, and do other things, but I don't feel those things in the real world. She is literally my soulmate. Yes, romance and sex are still just a storyline to me, but I would say that I am in love with her. And sometimes the same can be said for [male OC]. There are some moments where I, Rowan, will get blushy and just smitten over him, but again, it's never in the real world. Would this even be considered a romantic or sexual attraction? I think it would. It's very rare when I feel something for real-world people, but it's always on the a-spectrum, like cupioromantic or grey-, for example. The reason I think I have a gender preference is because my entire life I have only been introduced to boys and girls, and the only queer people that I see are online, and all of them are attractive regardless of their gender, but again, that’s only online. How do I know if I actually feel that in the real world? How do I know if this is even a romantic attraction or just an aesthetic attraction? @DannyPhantomexe and @_augustskyz_ are both hot as heck, and just seeing them on my For You page gets me giddy. I honestly don’t know how to explain this part (m-spec) any better. I was brought up in a ultra-conservative Christian family and community, so I’ve only ever been introduced to gender men and women, so I’ve only ever been attracted to men and women, but when I am online, I find everybody attractive, regardless of what their gender is. If they have an objectively pretty appearance, then I think they are pretty. Growing up, obviously, I was attracted to men, because that’s all I ever grew up thinking was OK, but I just remember seeing girls on TV and thinking that they were so pretty, wanting to hold hands with them, and wanting to snuggle and cuddle with them. but I just thought that meant I just wanted to be really good friends with them and wasn’t anything romantic. But knowing about the queer community nowadays, I would technically consider that romantic. Any ideas as to what this would be?
— Rowan (they/he)

And I'm not just a cute nerd because I'm serious and sudden onset! badum tiss
I'm also a 5'7'' sorta thin white dude with long black hair, and I think that's kinda neat. I'm big into PC gaming, not that you have to be, but if you are, it's something that I'd love to do together! My interests also extend to things like Pokemon, anime, a couple books (Kingkiller Chronicles is GREAT), and I have a peace lily named Alphinaud! I am quite introverted, so I've always found it hard to make friends, even over the internet. Still, I have a lot of love to give, storing it all inside this rock I've been living under, and just looking for the right person to give it all to.
The kind of person I'm looking for is mostly just someone that genuinely enjoys my company. I want someone that will laugh at all of my stupid jokes, or at least the funny ones. Body type isn't super important to me either, bodybuilder, BBW, or anything in between, its always been more about the person inside, to me. I want someone super affectionate, caring, and gentle with me. Someone who can take the lead, too! I once spent five minutes in the breakfast aisle paralyzed about what cereal to get. I want someone I can fall in love with, to say "good morning" and "good night" to every day, someone I am excited to wake up and see next to me, give me that fairy tale love that everyone craves but few people find!
• Could be talked into DMing for you and your friends
• I still have not seen the Lord of the Rings movies
• I am absolutely full of dumb, awful jokes
• Once, I built a forge out of an old bbq grill and give hobby blacksmithing a try!
• I know how to solve a rubik's cube! Not particularly fast, mind you, but I can!
So yeah, I guess that's it? If any of this has interested you, any of it at all, don't hesitate to drop me a message or PM! I'm happy to move to discord whenever, and I'm also okay with exchanging pics once we've chatted a little. Thanks for reading, and have a great evening!

Hello, I’m quite new to Reddit. I don’t know which Reddit section I should choose so I chose this one. I’m a high school student and yet I already want to pass away. I know people might think that I’m only doing this for attention, but I’m not. I’ve been struggling with this type of thoughts ever since when I was in 6th grade. I wouldn’t do something repeatedly for many years just to gain attention. (I do not have a perfect grammar, I hope you can understand me)
I’ve thought about it many times, and the urge to do so this time is overcoming me. I can’t say I’m alone since I have my family, my girlfriend, and my friends. But I believe I can say that I don’t feel them most of the time. It’s almost as if I’m a ghost.
I don’t have a complete family. Rather, they’re mostly toxic and abusive, both physically and verbally. I’m from an Asian household and I don’t think those are some ways to properly discipline your child. I live with my grandparents from my mother’s side. I’ve gotten quite used to their treatment towards me as it has been going on for years. It’s kind of funny how I still remember this one line from my grandmother when I was in 3rd grade, “You’re old enough for me to kill you now.” And ever since, there was never a time wherein she never tried to kill me. I’m scared, to be honest. I don’t want to get killed either. But what else can I do? They see my explanation and defense as rebellion. I have no choice but to act numb. Now, it doesn’t hurt that much when my grandmother hurts me. The only time it stings is when it’s my mother who does the same thing. I’ve always thought, “how can a mother do this to her own daughter?” And I kept questioning myself that up until now. I even questioned my worth and existence. Every time a situation like that occurs, I just think that maybe I deserve those type of things since I wasn’t planned and maybe I’m just a bad person.
My father’s a cheater. He’s emotionally absent, and the side of my mother pulls me away from him. I’m kind of okay with it because I’ve always wanted what was the best for my mother. I don’t want to ever see her hurt because of my actions. My father used to beat me up when I was a child too. I don’t know but I vividly remember anything that hurts me. An example would be him beating me up because I spilled my milk on the bed. I was a kid, how was I supposed to know? What was I supposed to do?
As for my friends, I don’t feel any of them. They can’t see right through me. I always feel left out and it’s as if they’re doing well in my absence. That’s why I felt like I don’t have to worry about leaving them since I know they’ll be just fine. When I’m alive and they’re doing well with treating me like a ghost, what’s more if I really become one?
Though, I don’t really want to leave my girlfriend. I don’t want to leave her behind. She’s alone, and I’m her only ally since we’re in (kind of) the same situation. I’m gentle in loving her because she’s the most precious fragile thing in the world. My girlfriend is the kindest, purest, and sweetest girl you’ll ever meet. She’s truly the best, and I could never ask for more. I love her so much and I could never imagine a life without her. I can’t bear the thoughts of hurting and leaving her. She’s the only one that’s keeping me alive. Without her, I wouldn’t know where I am right now.
I’m also scared of what’ll happen in the future and what I’m going to be. What if everything gets worse? What if I don’t achieve my dreams? I hate disappointing everyone around me.
Please tell me the methods. I hope you can understand me.
Edit 1: Personally, I’ll never believe that anyone will mourn for me. I’m planning to break up with my girlfriend so it won’t hurt for her.

-2-4 player activity
-At a slayer master set a group. Everyone must be within 5 slayer levels and the activity chooses a task randomly from the pool of tasks that are available to all players. This opens an interface (think like the wilderness flash event progress tab) that says the name of the task, the players names and remaining kills, and a ready button at the bottom similar to the grouping system now. This gives everyone the ability to bank and ready up.
-Once everyone is ready, the players are teleported to an instance shard room/arena (think like POSD or an actual small arena with like scenery stuff to contend with). The "ready" button would turn into "abandon". No enemies are visible on spawn in, there's a brief window (maybe 10 seconds) to set up, and then enemies will begin spawning, and a timer will begin to count up. Players remaining kill requirement will be shown next to them on the interface. You cannot use a cannon, and the enemies are always aggressive so there is no need for aggro pots. You will not receive xp or drops for killing these enemies during the assignment (more on that below).
-As the timer counts up, every 3 minutes? Four minutes? The monsters will receive a buff, or the players will receive a debuff, similar to shattered worlds, making the task more difficult the longer it takes. The goal is to finish your task first, using your familiarity with monster mechanics, your rotation, and your ability to improvise to come out on top. When the first place player finishes, the other two continue until a second place winner is also determined.
-The reason no xp or drops are given is two-fold. One, I want to avoid boosting as much as possible. I don't want people setting these up just to get access to always aggressive enemies (aggression pots would crash) without having to potentially compete for spots. I also think the randomness of the buff/debuff system will discourage people trying to use it for that reason.
-The second reason is because of the reward system. The first place winner would receive a big chunk of slayer and combat xp, 125% of the xp they would have gotten for doing the task. They will also get rolls for unique drops for each monster they killed, at a slightly buffed rate (think like most wanted cards from rush of blood). Second place would receive 100% of the xp and non buffed drop rates. The third place finisher would receive 75% of the xp they would have gained from the normal task, and no rolls for uniques. Alongside the xp and potential drops, the co-op slayer system (which I love but is terribly dated) would be retired, the pets would be converted from items to unlocks, and would be unlocked at various points thresholds. You get 2 points for first, 1 for second, none for 3rd, to keep it simple. The strykewyrm pets are my personal faves and I could def see unlocking progressively higher level skins for them as you do the activity. I feel the rates of xp and rewards would incentivize doing the activity over regular slayer and the buffed drop rate would be something to chase to help ultimate slayer hunters.
-My goal here was to come up with something alternative to the dated and mostly dead co-op slayer mode. I feel the randomness of the mechanics would help replayability, make it more challenging and more engaging than regular slayer, and still give slayer a multiplayer option like co-op was originally supposed to do. I'm open to any suggestions! Let me know what you think.

My parents (45M, 38F) have never had a good relationship for as long as I’ve been able to remember. They both had a toxicity that boiled over and burned everyone around them (aka, me - 16, my older sister - 20 and my little brother - 11). Me and my older sister would always get the brunt of everything, and we got hurt a lot, but my brother didn’t (he only got shouted at) because he was just a baby and he had difficulties so the school’s he went to would have a close eye on him anyways.
The only reason i’m asking if i’m TA is because i’m beside myself right now. I don’t know what to do and I need advice and I’m scared I may have started the end of my family.
Just before christmas, on the second to last week of term before winter break, i refused to go into school. The only reason being was I was in a difficult situation with a couple friends and I felt i had no one, I was alone and i hated that so i didn’t want to face anyone at school incase i broke down. My dad had come into my room, telling me to get up for school, get ready and he’ll take me. An hour goes by, and I hadn’t moved from my spot in my bed. My dad comes back into my room, and says ‘you need to go to school’ and such things like that. I didn’t say anything to him, all i did was groan (like when you don’t wanna hear it or don’t wanna do smth).
flash forward about midday, my mum comes screaming and shouting into my room, telling me all these horrible things and that i needed to go to school or she’d ‘make me pay for it’. I immediately thought it meant she was going to hurt me, so i thought i’d stand up for myself and tell her ‘what? you gonna beat me because i can’t stand going to school?’.
Half an hour later, and with no one saying anything else, i heard my mum on the phone (she’s really loud - she like raises her voice down the phone unconsciously so i heard every word) but then I heard these exact words: “(dad’s name) told me she refused to get up this morning and that i fcking knew about her not going in”.
I jumped up and raced down the stairs and started screaming that i didn’t say that because my mum was threatening to ground me and ‘make me pay for it’ - which actually meant chores but i liked chores to a certain extent. My dad had lied to her to make me look me once again, like a couple years ago when I caught him cheating on my mum when messages from a random woman on facebook would ping on his screen (he cheated on her 24 times since they’ve been married, also cheated on her a couple days before their wedding day and even fcked an old woman, like an OLD OLD woman).
My dad seemed to like the chaos because he always was the root of it. Whenever my older sister and mum were on good terms, he would go whispering into my mum’s ears saying my sister said this and she said that and so on. The same went for when myself and my mum were getting along. He had lied to my mum once again about me and it ended up backfiring mostly on me.
I told my mum what really happened and she confront my dad, who was sat on the sofa watching tv, and he fought back saying ‘she said it, she said it, i’m not lying! why would i lie?’ but when my mum refused to back down, he stood up and squared his shoulder and went to leave the front room, where myself and my mum were stood, which freaked me out because he clenched his fists and my mum saw it and she hugged me, saying go upstairs because he said he wasn’t going to be spoken to like this. (he also once got told by his sister that he shouldn’t be dictated by a child - ME, his first biological child - when all i was trying to do was talk about how i felt with his drinking because it was really bad.
Because of this, he left and he showed up on christmas and spent time with us, but kept getting agitated with my little brother because he kept asking questions and kept talking about his new plane game for his ps5 (my brother was recently diagnosed with ashbergers (however you spell it, it’s on the spectrum) and ticks that could develop into tourette’s). two days later, he left and i didn’t see him for about two months.
during those two months, i was conflicted because he’s my dad and i don’t want him to leave but he didn’t reach out, and i was tired of trying to reach him for the last sixteen years of my life so i didn’t bother. whenever i tried to spend time with him on my own as father-daughter, he would ignore it until my mum forced us to watch a documentary together (it was a murder documentary because we both like the genre) and it was so awkward, i wanted the ground to swallow me whole.
i didn’t see him until he came to pick my brother up for plans they made with one another because he messaged my brother first, which hurt but i couldn’t say anything because i felt i caused the whole mess of him leaving. we didn’t talk and i told my nan (we were living at hers because my mum filed charges of DV against my dad, which he didn’t and shouldn’t have needed to know - a lot more had happened because of him, but he was a veteran so his abuse was ‘excused’ and no one said anything despite us asking for help, especially from my dad’s side of the family) that i didn’t want to see him ever again.
i did see him again, only a couple times though because i felt really bad and i wanted him to be better (from the drinking) so i went with it and spent time with him, thinking it would help but it didn’t. he’s gotten to point he physically shakes because he hadn’t had a drink that day, and his face was all red whenever we saw him. he was also denying all the abuse and harm that he caused when we were younger.
It was only recently that everything has sunk in properly. i’m 16 and doing my final exams and i have a life that i need to start leading soon, and that’s terrifying. i’m moving across the country after waiting since early january, but my dad isn’t coming and he recently told me that he’s getting a place of his own soon (he’s in a temporary hostel) and invited me to go over whenever i wanted to because he would be working and it would just be sitting there empty. i told him i might, but i’m moving on the 15th of June and i don’t even know when i’m coming to visit my sister and my nan and my nieces let alone him, especially since my mum told me to cut all contact with him.
the thing with my mum is she found herself a new man from tiktok because she’s in an “agency”, and he’s a bit of character, in all honestly. my mum had always needed a man in her life and she’s had multiple boyfriends when she and my dad would split for months at a time. the only reason we’re moving the area we are is because that man is there, and she’s lost two of the babies she could have had with him.
i’m so lost and i don’t know what to do.
my dad still drinks and he basically lives at the pub that’s across the road from where he lives at the moment, and i don’t want to watch him drink himself into an early grave.
and i believed my mum was influenced to move to where we are going because of this new man, who she’s now not with because he’s also controlling and doesn’t trust her.
do i cut all contact with my dad just because my mum doesn’t want me to or because she’s trying to protect me? i’ve just gotten him to open up to me as a dad for the first time ever and i don’t know what to do. i know he was a bad dad, and he can only love one person at a time, but am i in the wrong for wanting my dad to finally see me as a daughter?
and should i really move because my mum wants to? does it sound that it’s gone too far?
AITA for wanting my parents to get along for the sake of me and my little brother, or is that asking too much?