I (33F) met this guy who I seemed to hit it off with. We met on tinder and at first he constantly messaged/texted me. We ended up going on a date and it was amazing. Me being the horny mf’er, I slept with him the next day…not my intention at all. Since then communication has been down. He barely initiates texts to me and when I text him he takes awhile to respond. When he does respond he always apologizes and has some excuse. We’ve only been on one actual date (the first one) and have been to each others houses. When we’re together he talks about future plans like he wants me in his life. He has asked what I wanted out of this and I told him I wanted a long term partner so it’s not like he doesn’t know what I want. I’m just really confused about if he’s actually interested or is just playing me to get sex. He is an engineer so maybe that’s just his personality? Idk.
I am divorced and have been out of the dating game for quite some time, it’s so different now!

I recently discovered the definition of limerence and I was alarmed at how much it resonated with me. I have experienced short bouts of infatuation pretty often, but there is one person who I’ve had frequent thoughts about for over 5 years even thought we just met once.
When I was 20 years old, I went on vacation to Europe (I’m from the US) and met a guy through Tinder. We hooked up one night and never saw each other again as I was leaving the next day. We had good conversation and he was very good looking, but I didn’t develop strong feelings towards him until after my trip. I was excited to have met a stranger in a foreign country, as I wasn’t a particularly risky person so this was very thrilling for me. He also said that he had never hooked up with a stranger before.
We followed each other on instagram afterwards, and I would like his posts usually. He messaged me a few times that year asking how I was, but other than that we did not have much interaction. I unfollowed him a few months later because I was in a relationship, and to be honest, I felt guilty for how much I thought about him. Even after I unfollowed him, he was still in the back of my mind. I am a maladaptive daydreamer. I have since gained some control over it, but I used to spend hours daydreaming. He was a frequent subject of my daydreams. I would think about us randomly bumping into each other and hitting it off, or him reaching out to me again. The thoughts would come in waves, with maybe a few months of not thinking about him at all. At one point I thought I had completely rid myself of my thoughts of him. I told myself “You met this man years ago, he probably doesn’t even remember who you are. You are never going to see him again. You are feeding into an unattainable fantasy for dopamine because you’re bored. This is crazy. Just drop it.”
That worked for awhile until my ex and I broke up last year. Then I decided to follow him on instagram again 6 months ago and he dmd me for the first time since 2019. He started reminiscing and telling me how much he thought about our night together. I was shocked that he remembered me, let alone that he could recall the night in such detail. I was extremely flattered, and I felt a sense of closure. Like “Ah, I’m not crazy after all. He thought about me too. I can move on now.”
I was seeing other people casually and felt like I had moved on from him mentally. Except he continued to message me afterwards. He asked a few times where I was, which I thought was odd because I’ve been living in the same city since before we met. The most recent time he dmd me, it was an audio message of him saying that he’s in the city where we met and that he was thinking of me because we had good memories there. He said that if I was ever in city we met or city he lives in now or anywhere in Europe to let him know in advance because he travels a lot. This nearly sent me into cardiac arrest. I couldn’t believe that he was essentially saying that he would meet me. This ignited my feelings like never before.
It also confused me, because I had been fighting off feelings for him for so long that now feel reciprocated. I still feel delusional, and think that maybe he is too? I can’t think of a logical reason why he would be interested in me after so long. He is an extremely good looking guy, by my standards and conventional beauty standards. He definitely does not have any issues meeting women. So why the hell would he be hung up on me unless A) He is also experiencing limerence/delusion or B) He is not actually hung up, he’s just dming every girl he ever slept with for idk… entertainment? None of it makes sense to me. We barely know anything about each other.
The only other person I have thought this much about is my ex, but we were dating for 5 years so that’s pretty understandable. I’ve known people much better for longer periods of time, and I would have dropped them in a heartbeat for this guy. One potential explanation I can think of is that there was a defined “end” to these relationships. I saw things through and then it ended. With this guy though, there is a lot left to the imagination.
My friends have said that it’s “romantic” and “cute” that he said he was thinking of me, but I haven’t gone into full detail on just how much I’ve thought about this man. I can’t tell if I’m experiencing limerence or potentially denying myself happiness by staying away from this man. If it is limerence, is it a bad idea to meet him? Could this offer some form of closure, or would it be feeding a dangerous fire? I have no expectations of developing a relationship with him. I don’t really know what my expectations are, I just have a burning desire to meet him.
I’ve been reading some of the posts here and I see that limerence can last for years, but 5 is pretty damn long. Does this sound like a case of limerence? How do I deal with this?

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So, the last guy I dated would always make me feel bad about myself. He would always make it clear that he could do better than me and also tell me constantly that he had other women or that he had other women hitting on him. He continually put other women in my face and showed me photos of better-looking women. Sometimes, he would act like he couldn’t remember times with me. He would say oh, was it you or another woman I was with he would act like we were interchangeable and that he didn’t remember me or times with me. I met this guy at a bar, so I thought I should try online dating. A lot of the guys I swipe on I feel like don’t swipe, or they don’t message me back. Do you think that I’m going for above my league, or maybe my pictures aren’t very great? I don’t understand why men treat me so terribly. What could I change about my profile to get men to treat mebetter? Why are men not interested in my profile?

Me (F19) and my ex (F18) have been broken up for around 2 weeks now. I broke up with her because she was lying and just in general treated me badly. Ever since I broke things off and blocked her on everything, she has been making new accounts and calling me from no caller id numbers, the couple of times I have picked up it was just her begging me to give her one more chance. I refuse.
Today she showed up to my house, I asked my dad if I should open the door for her, he said to. So I did, she gave me a scrapbook of us which she made and was asking to get back together again. I said that the book was cute but firmly said no again. Well, we ended up in my bed and I was sleepy so my eyes where closed. Then I wake up to her jumping out of my bed mumbling to herself. I’m like what’s going on? Turns out she went on my phone and saw my messages between this person I had just started talking to earlier today. We were planning a date, nothing more. Well she took the book back and left my house crying. Then she called me off her no caller id around 10 minutes later screaming at me that she hates me, she never wants to see me again, she thought that I was better than this, and that she would never do “that” to me. Am I in the wrong for this?
I could have went through her phone as well today but I didn’t because, we aren’t together anymore. And I’ve told her this at least a million times. I mean she was talking to a guy WHILE we were together actually (this being one of the reasons we broke up) , so I just don’t understand why she’s so upset? It’s my fault for letting her in 100% and even answering the phone ever but her saying she hates me is kinda crazy.

[IMPORTANT CONTEXT: me (male) and my bf (female) have always made coupley jokes but she made it clear she was gay which I was okay with seeing as I'm bisexual. I also treated our friendship as purely plutonic] Anyways onto the main thing. About two weeks after me and her started texting and calling everyday she became very flirty with me, I was quite flattered but I thought nothing more of it at the time as her just being nice. two months later and I had a week-long project I had to do a photography project for my course that would take a week. Seeing as I was doing it with other people and my social battery drains very quickly, I let her know that i wouldn't be able to keep in touch till Friday night because of it. We both agreed it was good as she was busy on most of the same nights as me. However when it hits Thursday she's panicking wondering whether I'm okay and I said "hey everything is all good. Are you okay, you sound worried". She says "you haven't texted me all week, I got worried." after reminding her that I'm extremely busy I told it was important and I'd have to message her the next day. On the Friday we caught up and spoke about our weeks, I told her that someone I'd met on the project and I were going out on a date. She suddenly gets extremely snappy and I stopped talking about how I was excited and all of a sudden she was fine. After going on the date, my date and I agreed that we would hang out and be friends as technically we were set up by a mutual friend. About an hour after the date I get a text from my best friend about how her girlfriend broke up with her. It was about 5pm so it wasn't too late so I told her I would bring my stuff and bike over to her place to comfort her. We had alot of fun, we played Mortal Kombat 1 on her switch (mind you the graphics are terrible but i had fun) and watched a few movies. After a while we just started talking about how life isn't turning out how we wanted to be and after a really intense conversation she kissed me. I didn't know what to do so I went along with it. I kinda sat there dumbfounded and just said "what the actual fuck was that, it was amazing but dude what the hell?!". She started cuddling me and massaging my back and we got into our PJ's put YouTube on and she cuddled me till I went to sleep. I woke up before her and gave her a kiss on the forehead and left. I wrote her a note saying "I wish you could have told me earlier, I know you were probably figuring things out but I don't know how to process this. I need time but I don't know how long. I did feel something when you kissed me but it just felt wrong as if I just wasn't right for you" and now here I am 2am and I just got home writing this I am an idiot, should i go back?

Im 17, and I’ve been struggling with loneliness all my life so far. Not loneliness as in no partner, but I have no one. I’ve never been loved, I haven’t been told ‘I love you’ by someone that’s not my mom. I haven’t had anyone say to me irl that they love being around me. As a result, it affected me. Imagine no friends since elementary up until almost the end of highschool. I haven’t had made a single memory with anyone and I’m graduating in a month. I look decent, I shower, Im in sports(XC last sem and track this sem), my height is ok (5’11) but I still haven’t made any friends. I’ve been so desperate for friends, or just care from someone else that I’ve become rather desperate(I don’t show it though). My loneliness has become absolutely painful to deal with, and it’s a factor as to why I hate myself because I feel like no one wants me
However, this one girl saw me somewhere and she showed me interest. Also, this is online. But someone was still interested in me. Then she made it clear she wanted to start dating. However, I then found out that she’s been commenting on porn subs, and now I feel like I shouldn’t be in this relationship since it could just lead to sin potentially. Me as a christian shouldn’t be with someone like that
I feel like the right thing is to stand in my faith and not get with this person. But this is one of the first time someone talked to me romantically. She even complimented me on my looks and called me cute. And it’s really hard to let go because this is something I don’t really experience. I get attached easily and the fact that someone actually cares about me makes it feel impossible to pull away since I’ll just go back to getting 0 messages. What should I do?

Okay, now that this is all typed out, I realised this sounds really, really silly. But I don't know what to do, and I've already put some time into writing this, so I might as well post it, and maybe get some much needed insight.
TL;DR: My fiancee's friend is hitting on me, my fiancee doesn't seem to mind and even seems to encourage her behaviour, and I can't make sense of what the hell is happening.
Now this is a story where nothing happens, except a very strong gut feeling that something is out of the ordinary. First things first, I'm not in the US, so I don't want legal advice, because it probably doesn't apply in my country (unless you're brazilian...). Anyway, I (M26) have been engaged to my fiancee, Lara (F29) for about three years, but she's in my life for almost ten years, and we've been dating on and off since 2018. This will be relevant in a while.
Our relationship is great in every sense since the beginning. We're what most would call a "bland" couple, so we mostly don't fight and agree in pretty much everything: life goals, career, bedroom, living standards, work-life balance, you name it. And one thing we always agreed on was that we were monogamous. I have my personal views about open ralationships, that are very strong. Lara's not much, but she agreed that as long as we were a couple, we would be monogamous.
But things started getting a bit weird since this girl, let's call her Amanda, got into her life. So I'm pretty sure Lara met (or reconnected with) Amanda at work, after the Covid restrictions were lifted. And they went into a pretty intimate friendship in a matter of weeks. To the point of spending a lot of time messaging or facetiming each other, going together on girl nights. I found it rather strange at first, because it's so out of character for my fiancee, normally very private and even a little shy, to go from "I just met this person at work" to "she's my best friend".
Well, I confronted her about it, not because I'm jealous or anything, but because it was weird coming from her. She told me that Amanda was, in fact, an old friend of hers from school, and that they used to spend a lot of time together but lost contact, and now are reconnecting. Okay, this explanation went good with me, and I stopped thinking about it, and would not have thought of the matter anymore if it weren't for what happened afterwards.
You see, Amanda is very, VERY flirty towards me. She always strikes up conversation with me, compliments me a lot, makes sexual jokes/innuendo directed at me, and it happens even in front of my fiancee. Honestly, I can't say I'm used to being flirted with, but I know the difference between when someone is being nice and when someone is actually hitting on me. But I let it rest for a while, it might be just how Amanda is. But then something weird happened back in January (not getting into detail, but Amanda crossed some of my boundaries), and I felt the need to confront Lara. I talked to her in a very serious manner, about what I thought Amanda was doing, and asked Lara if she had ever noticed something as well, and if it bothered her. Lara all but laughed at me, told me not to stress over it, and to "go with the flow". She even gave a little wink when she told me that.
From that day onwards, I didn't speak to Lara about the subject anymore, but I kind of noticed that Amanda's flirting started to get more straightforward. She even asked me out (although in a very subtle fashion) once, while Lara was on a work trip. I obviously refused, told her I loved Lara and we were monogamous and stuff, and she shrugged it off. But what is keeping me awake at night is something that happened just yesterday.
As you might know already, the southmost state of my country (Rio Grande do Sul) is going through a very dire situation right now, with terrible floods. I happened to be there traveling for work when the floods hit. I won't get much into the details, but I was scheduled to be there for a week to attend some training sessions and workshops, and I ended up having to stay for a few days more, since all flights were cancelled. I decided to come back via bus, out of my own pocket. It was a very demanding trip, a day and a half in total just to get to [State Capital]. From there, I would have to wait about ten hours for the next bus to [My Town], which would be another three hours.
So I arranged with Lara to make the trip to [State Capital], pick me up at the bus station, and get a hotel room for us to spend the night, so I could get some rest, and we would come back to [My Town] in the morning. She loved the idea, and told me not to worry, that she would get a hotel, and yadda yadda. Well, when she sent me the address, I looked it up and realized it was in fact a love hotel. And a fancy one, by the way. Well, I loved the idea, first because she was paying for it (haha), and second, because we had spent the past two weeks without any intimacy. I reckon she wanted to catch up in more than one sense... But I digress.
Okay, so last night I arrive at the bus station, she gives me the instructions to find where she is parked, I go there, see our car, and as I approach it, almost instantly the door opens... and Amanda comes out. What the heck! She had her hair and makeup done, and I mildly panicked: why was she there? Did something happen to Lara? She was all giggly, too, told me nothing was wrong, but that Lara asked her to come and get me to [Love Hotel]. I stand there, flabbergasted, and she grabs my arm and tries to coax me into the car. Now, I'm a quick thinker of sorts, especially when my gut feelings kick in, so I tapped my pockets, pretended to be anxious (it wasn't very hard, and not much of pretending - I was VERY anxious) and told her that I had forgotten my phone on the bus, so I had an excuse to dart back into the station.
From there, I immediately texted Lara, who laughed at me. I understood at that moment that she was behind it, so I told her I was not going to spend the night with her friend at [Love Hotel], and she just kept laughing and told me it was fine, but that I was "stupid and oblivious" to "miss that opportunity", and that we would talk when I got home. I was very confused by this altercation, and being already tired from the trip, I took a cab, asked him to drive me to the nearest hotel, and booked a room for the night. I spent the night awake, overthinking, and irrationally afraid that Amanda would find me somehow.
I called Lara this morning. we had a quick chat, where she told me that Amanda was a bit disappointed at me but not mad (I didn't even ask), and that I could come back by bus, but she refused to engage in any conversation about the subject. I told her I was feeling confused, in the sense that I really don't understand what's happening, she reassured me everything was fine. I told her that I didn't think so, I was feeling very weird, and she once again told me she wants to talk to me only in person. So what the heck is happening? I booked one more night, so I won't be coming home today. But has anyone here gone through anything similar to this? Why did Amanda "catfish" me? And with Lara's avail, after all? The things that are going to my head is that either Lara wants to "test" me of sorts, or that she is seeing someone else and wants me to "reciprocate". I can't see any other possibility, and honestly, I feel like I don't know my own fiancee anymore. Am I overreacting?

Hey all! This is a bit weird for me being almost 40 and looking for friends. But here I am anyways lol. Mainly looking for someone to message throughout the day and get to know. Maybe game with if we have that in common. I do work from home so there’s no one to really talk to during the day.
I’m married and have 2 kids, a 6 month old son and a 9 year old daughter. I’m into basic nerdy things. Gaming, star wars, super heroes, DnD, anything Disney, etc. Also trading card games like Disney Lorcana and Star Wars Unlimited.
I watch a ton of Critical Role stuff especially Campaign 3! Currently on episode 74, so if you watch too, let me know! Also like to watch Battle of the Brands on YouTube.
I’m also into movies and tv, some sports, pro wrestling. Collecting action figures and retro games is one of hobbies as well. Anything 80s/90s nostalgia i absolutely love so if you want to talk childhood and growing up back then, i’m down! I miss the good old days where we went to arcades and italian sunday dinners at the grandparents and where the world just wasn’t as nutso as it is today lol.
My kids are everything to me and I do love talking about them. Love being silly with them and spending time with them (when they aren’t driving me crazy 🤪 lol)..I would prefer you be around my age and have kids as well just so we have that stuff in common off the bat! I’m socially awkward most times but very easy to get along with. I’m definitely considered an introvert. But once you get to know me I break out of that awkward shell. I do like to use sarcasm, and mostly like to try and make people laugh because a world without laughter would just be horrible.
Alright i’ll shut up now but I’d like to think i’m an awesome person to get to know and hopefully there’s more you’d like to know so feel free to DM me! (I looove using GIFs so if you message me, open up with a funny one! Especially since then i’ll know you actually read this 😂)

For a little back ground I've been married for 10 years and a few years ago we had something horrific happen in our family and me and my husband both did not cope well at all. We both (mainly me) handled it incredibly badly and our relationship started to break down. Also on mobile and really need to vent so sorry if format is weird and I'm all over the place. Sorry this is long
During this time I got a new job and I loved it and loved my colleagues and made some great friends. During this time "Nice guy" and I started a friendship and I felt comfortable enough talking about my marriage problems. At the time I thought he was just being supportive and not aware of other motives. Eventually "Nice guy" convinced me to cheat on my husband and be with him obviously my husband found out and we took a break.
During this time I started dating "Nice guy" and after a few months I realised I didn't want to be with him, there was no attraction and I found out I hated more about him than I liked and some of it is disgusting such as littering, spitting and the one that really irked me (because I used to work in a fast food chain) was leaving the table a riot because its the workers job to clean it. Anyways During this time I was still in contact with my husband as we had to be due to the family situation and had to know about legal matters.
So I dated "Nice guy" about 6 months maybe less as I had personal things going on as well as mot being attracted and not liking his behaviours. So I broke it off and tried to let him down nicely as possible but unfortunately he mistook this as a "break". Never once did I say break I said finished. I removed his number and didn't have social media at the time apart from reddit and removed him from whatsapp.
During the time we were together my best friend who moved to the otherside of the country so he has never met her added him on Facebook just being curious they never really spoke before this.i just also want to add I'm when I broke it off I got the full shebang of "I don't understand I'm a nice guy" "why would you throw away the one person who ever truly loved you" (lol I've had previous partners and got friends and family that love me) and we can't forget the "I can change."
Anyway I get radio silence for a about a month I get a message on freaking goodreads asking me to contact him because he misses me. I just ignore and delete I've got my own stuff going on and I've really only new him the 9 months I had the job. Next day I get a text saying new number and same misses me. I didn't want to deal with it so I just reply pretending to be someone else and just say they have the wrong number.
Then I get another text the next day and says oh hi OP this is random initial not his. So I have a friend who starts with this initial and she was the last person I had gone out with on a night out she has never had my number ever and wouldn't be able to get it as no one in that friends group have my number and also we weren't super close we would talk now and again. So I say the same thing wrong number and block the number.
Now back to my best friend who lives on the otherside of the country basically he has never met her, never spoke to her until a few weeks ago says he's just wanting to make sure I'm okay my friend replies dryly she's fine. Now to finally get to the title my friend has replied to one message being dry but over the course of the week has sent 16 messages to her which doesn't seem like a lot. I would post but I don't know how to edit the video she sent to protect her name. But these aren't like one word messages these are pages long about how much he misses me and loves me she didn't even open the messages. She accidentally only opened it today and showed me.
Also after I broke it off I left my job due to more illness related than anything else but he was also apart of it and I hate that. I've also still got my work badge that I haven't handed back because I do not want a conversation with him.
Me and my husband and currently going to couples therapy and have talked about everything and trying to fix our marriage my best friend isn't aware of this yet as we've only started the process and don't want People involved yet which is why she hasn't told "Nice guy". I am also very convinced that if he new my address he would turn up. But yeah 16 messages doesn't seem a lot but when there pages long and over a short span of time.
I also don't think she's blocked and deleted him because she tends to just ignore Facebook and let people delete her and she just ignores the messages anyways.
Oh I also wanted to add he admitted to people he was proud that he broke up marriages as his ex was also married. At this point I'm just waiting for a message on some weird app again or another new number. He doesn't know or understand what reddit is so he won't message here but he would know clearly its about him and I would love to just name and shame him.
Sorry its long just had to rant

The "Comedy Quens" Stand-Up Challenge results are in!
DURING THE EPISODE...

• After returning from the elimination, Angeria wipes off Elektra's mirror message, with the girls being gagged by the fact that both US girls were eliminated back to back. Plastique says that she thinks Elektra was far too in over her head & that she should've put up a more brutal fight regarding the elimination. She was trying too hard to make alliances instead of proving why she needed to be there, which Plastique seconds and says that that's why she chose her lipstick, on top of the fact that Adore had not only saved her last week but is her season 2 sister so she couldn't do that to her.
• As the queens look over the lipsticks, the girls are gagged that Plastique said everything about Elektra and still picked Adore. She says she knows it isn't against her, but it was for her gain. Adore is a considerable threat, and after 2 weeks of being at the top, she knows that Adore can do what she needs to do to win this competition, so she is confident in her skills enough to send home a big threat, especially because Elektra hadn't been featured in the competition at that point. Adore says that there are no hard feelings, but she does want her to expect there to be hell to pay for trying to eliminate her because she's fighting for a crown.

Monét X Change has won the "Cameo-Style Filmed Videos" Mini Challenge!

• After the mini-challenge results are announced, Monét isn't that happy but plays it off by saying that she'll finally be the one to win a maxi challenge, which the girls laugh at. Shannel, yet again, says that so far, it'll be all that she wins a confessional. Finally, it's told that they're doing stand, and Monét is incredibly happy that it's another comedic challenge that's up her alley & she gets to pick the order. She begins asking the girls what they want, placing herself last. Both Shannel & Eva wish to go first, so Monét picks Shannel and pulls Eva aside and says that she's confident that she'll do better than Shannel in the long run, so it'll place her in a better standing.
• The girls all prepare for the challenge, and Angeria is just practicing her stand-up set, trying to be as funny as possible. She reads off some of her jokes to Adore, which Adore finds super funny & reads off some of hers back to Angeria, where Angeria tells her that she's worried that Adore doesn't have the best jokes for this kind of challenge. The girls all go to the main stage to practice their sets, where Angeria does extremely well yet has some problems with letting the room breathe for laugh lines.
• They continue to practice on the main stage, where Plastique is told that all of her jokes so far are very convoluted and have a little punchline, with her performance all over the place. Monét says in a confessional that she thinks she's got this in the bag this week and messes with Plastique by heckling her just a tad, to which Adore laughs. Plastique says in a confessional that this is more of a reason why she should've sent Adore packing last week. Shannel does some of her set, to which the judges are seen laughing at the opening joke, but the jokes start to get more offensive, and they cut her off.

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ON THE MAINSTAGE...
The tops and bottoms of the week step forward to hear their critiques...
Adore Delano receives negative critiques from the judges. Brad told her that the main problem with her performance this week was that she started well and did well overall, but she let them see she was sweating too much. She kept dropping the f-bomb every 5 seconds and dropped her cards when she knew they were out of order. She didn't let it flow as much as needed. She was allowed structure like every other queen, but she relied on the structure instead of being her naturally funny self. Her runway this week, though, is gorgeous. She blended her rebel aesthetic into this gorgeous elevated punk look.
Angeria Paris VanMichaels receives positive critiques from the judges. Brooke told Angeria that her performance this week was just a fantastic level. She came out and told them the funniest story on the planet, and even though they didn't believe it was 100% true in hindsight, the way she said it had them hooked every second. Facial expressions, voices, body movements; she put everything into that performance to make them laugh, and it worked. This week, her runway also disappointed them; loving how she made this southern belle mixed with this plaid aesthetic but noticed minor clashes.
Eva Le Queen receives positive critiques from the judges. The judges say that she's one of those queens who don't know what she'll do next because this comedic performance was fantastic. She blended stories from her childhood into this funny stand-up set, even working with the crowd to make them laugh and make herself relatable. That's what she did best as a comedienne, making herself relatable to the crowd and making sure they felt comfortable laughing at every joke she made, no matter how wild. Her runway was gorgeous and different for her, but just because it's plaid doesn't mean it's Vivienne Westwood.
Monét X Change receives positive critiques from the judges. Traci says she had the best performance of the entire night. She made an intelligent decision by putting herself last because she warmed them up again with one final excellent performance. She told these fantastic stories, complete with crowd work and whole-body movements where she dove across the stage and made them laugh. She had no holds barred with this challenge because she put her everything, clearly so hungry for a win. Even though her runway this week isn't their favorite, they love how she blended the plaid into this dragged-up lumberjack.
Plastique Tiara receives negative critiques from the judges. The judges say that she is more than just a pretty face; she had to prove that when it came to comedy. It wasn't that she wasn't funny; it was just that she performed it as more of a roast than a stand-up. She came out and started telling them stories about the competition and making fun of the other girls. It was funny at some points but oddly unrelatable for others since she was saying things that would only be funny if the audience had been there. Her runway, though? It was a superb Heathers-inspired ensemble with a funny death reveal.
Shannel receives negative critiques from the judges. Brooke says that the main thing they have to say about Shannel is that she left them more to be desired this week. She had to start the whole thing since she wanted to be first so severely, but she didn't do what was required of her. She is a drag professional by the way she handled the scene. Still, she seemed to be monologuing consistently and needed to make more effort to interject the comedy into a speech. This week's runway also disappoints them since this is her 6th time wearing a gown, and she needs to switch it up.
Angeria Paris VanMichaels, Monét X Change, Condragulations! You are the Top Two All Stars of the week!
Plastique Tiara, Shannel...I'm sorry, my Dears. You are both up for elimination.

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DURING UNTUCKED...

• The girls all enter back into untucked, and Monét cheers over getting her second win in the competition and having been the only one not in the Bottom, to which Angeria congratulates her as well because now they've both won challenges after being underestimated by the other girls. Shannel rolls her eyes and finally says Monét won, which she doesn't appreciate and quickly corrects her. She rolls her eyes and sits back from starting a fight. Eva and Adore shudder because they're thankful to be safe but feel bad for Plastique, who walks off. Eva walks after Plastique, who's outside the door, saying that she's afraid of going home and feels like giving up, to which Eva tells her that she better not because there are people back in the UK counting on her. They hug after a long emotional talk and enter the werkroom again.
• Plastique first talks to Monét and says that they're both sisters from the UK and that even though she didn't appreciate her heckling, she tells her how she felt about it, and they have a mature conversation where Monét apologizes. Monét says that she sees how badly Plastique wants to be here. Plastique says the same to Angeria and emphasizes how much this competition means to her and how much bigger it is than just her being here. Angeria nods along and agrees that it's much bigger than both in these rising political times.
• Shannel walks over to Monét and apologizes if she's offended her throughout the competition. She stresses that she must keep representing her country correctly since she's the only Down Under girl. Monét agrees but says she's already been able to do that for weeks. Shannel says she's a lost cause when fighting with Monèt and goes on to Angeria. She stresses that as a pageant girl, this is the biggest pageant in the world, and she wants to keep competing. Angeria agrees and says that she isn't sure, to which Shannel responds with reasons why she needs to stay with Angeria, just nodding to everyone.

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AFTER DELIBERATION...
Angeria Paris VanMichaels and Plastique Tiara make their lipstick choices and walk back to the stage, where the other Queens are waiting for them...
TOP2: Angeria Paris VanMichaels / Monét X Change
HIGH: Eva Le Queen
LOW: Adore Delano
BTM2: Plastique Tiara / Shannel
The Top Two Queens will Lip-Sync for their Legacy to "Your Daddy Don't Know" by Toronto. This is your chance to impress me, win the challenge prize, and gain the power to give one of the Bottom Queens the chop. Good Luck, and Don't Fuck It Up!
POLL / Track Record

Hey all! This is a bit weird for me being almost 40 and looking for friends. But here I am anyways lol. Mainly looking for someone to message throughout the day and get to know. Maybe game with if we have that in common. I do work from home so there’s no one to really talk to during the day.
I’m married and have 2 kids, a 6 month old son and a 9 year old daughter. I’m into basic nerdy things. Gaming, star wars, super heroes, DnD, etc. Also trading card games like Disney Lorcana and Star Wars Unlimited.
I watch a ton of Critical Role stuff especially Campaign 3! Currently on episode 74, so if you watch too, let me know! Also like to watch Battle of the Brands on YouTube.
I’m also into movies and tv, some sports, pro wrestling. Collecting action figures and retro games is one of hobbies as well. Anything 80s/90s nostalgia i absolutely love so if you want to talk childhood and growing up back then, i’m down! I miss the good old days where we went to arcades and italian sunday dinners at the grandparents and where the world just wasn’t as nutso as it is today lol.
My kids are everything to me and I do love talking about them. Love being silly with them and spending time with them (when they aren’t driving me crazy 🤪 lol)..I would prefer you be around my age and have kids as well just so we have that stuff in common off the bat! I’m socially awkward most times but very easy to get along with. I’m definitely considered an introvert. But once you get to know me I break out of that awkward shell. I do like to use sarcasm, and mostly like to try and make people laugh because a world without laughter would just be horrible.
Alright i’ll shut up now but I’d like to think i’m an awesome person to get to know and hopefully there’s more you’d like to know so feel free to DM me! (I looove using GIFs so if you message me, open up with a funny one! Especially since then i’ll know you actually read this 😂)

(If I mess up I apologize, English isn't my first language.) Don't get me wrong, men get dissed for making jokes about women but that's usually only with famous people because of cancel culture, but in my day-to-day life this is something that I notice.
I could go on and on with examples but I'll just give one- One time I was with my boyfriend and a group of his friends and they had been making S.A jokes, r**ist jokes, sexist jokes (a lot were towards me), ect. They somehow got on the topic of one of my past relationships. The guy was physically and mentally abusive and his friends were saying stuff like, "What'd you do to make him hit you?" and some jokes that I don't think I can say on here.
My boyfriend sort of meekly said, "That's not funny" but didn't really say anything else since they're all really close friends.
I just responded with, "See it is all men, I think we should just kill them all off"
I was joking like they had been the entire time but they all got pissed at me and were ranting about modern feminism lmao
They know I'm a feminist (I've posted abt going to protests for ending violence against women), so they made sure to point that out. They were saying that it's *so* hard to be a man, and all these women hating men (aka not wanting to date them) makes it so much harder. You probably get the jist of it.
So anyway I broke up with my boyfriend and I'm gonna be staying single until I'm in college. Hopefully dudes will be more mature by then. I'm honestly tired of the way men treat me. 👍
Also just for clarification feminism is women being EQUAL to men, not being ABOVE men. <3

Hey alll! I’m mainly looking to find new gaming friends that share the same gaming interests if possible. I have all consoles and pc and i play alot of games. Ranging from retro to new!
Current games i’m playing are WWE 2k24 and Fortnite too (zero build). But i’ll olay mist anything!
I’m married and have 2 kids, a 6 month old son and a 9 year old daughter. I’m into basic nerdy things. Gaming, star wars, super heroes, DnD, etc. Also trading card games like Disney Lorcana and Star Wars Unlimited.
I watch a ton of Critical Role stuff especially Campaign 3! Currently on episode 74, so if you watch too, let me know! Also like to watch Battle of the Brands on YouTube.
I’m also into movies and tv, some sports, pro wrestling. Collecting action figures and retro games is one of hobbies as well. Anything 80s/90s nostalgia i absolutely love so if you want to talk childhood and growing up back then, i’m down! I miss the good old days where we went to arcades and italian sunday dinners at the grandparents and where the world just wasn’t as nutso as it is today lol.
My kids are everything to me and I do love talking about them. Love being silly with them and spending time with them (when they aren’t driving me crazy lol)..I would prefer you be around my age and have kids as well just so we have that stuff in common off the bat! I’m socially awkward most times but very easy to get along with. I’m definitely considered an introvert. But once you get to know me I break out of that awkward shell. I do like to use sarcasm, and mostly like to try and make people laugh because a world without laughter would just be horrible.
Alright i’ll shut up now but I’d like to think i’m an awesome person to get to know and hopefully there’s more you’d like to know so feel free to DM me! (I looove using GIFs so if you message me, open up with a funny one! Especially since then i’ll know you actually read this 😂)

Based in NSW.
I was rear ended by another driver when I stopped at an intersection 3 weeks ago.
He was initially fantastic in replying through text messages, very apologetic for the incident as well.
I have his Licence number, date of birth, address (screen capture from his service app) and his member number for his insurance.
Being a P plate driver, his excess is well over $2500, I feel like this may be why he is stalling.
He is not willing to initiate a claim with his insurance and is no longer replying to my requests.
I have contacted my insurance (AAMI 3rd party), but they will not assist with the claim because I am only 3rd party, not full comp.
I contacted his insurance, they will not initiate the claim either because I am not the insured party. Although, they were able to confirm that he was currently insured with that vehicle.
What would be my smartest move here?
Thank you.

ೃ༄🐛ೃ༄ introduction ೃ༄🐛ೃ༄

if you are involved in the shifting community, you may have seen the mention of some sort of 'lifa app' with no explanation as to what it is. sometimes, in scripts, it will say stuff such as...
'when i shift to this reality, i will have a lifa app to check in on my cr self and it cannot be deleted or destroyed.'
but what is the app that everyone is talking about? is it an actual app or sort of app in another reality that everyone just knows of?
in this post, i will be explaining the lifa app as a full guide of how to use it. its features, and what it is.

༊·˚🌿 what is the lifa app? ༊·˚🌿

the lifa app is a reality shifting based app that lets you keep track of your dr or multiple drs in literally every way imaginable. from the time it is to your memories. it even gives you diary entries for yourself. it is meant to be used as a tool to help shifters keep track of all of their information about them and their dr. it also allows a gateway to meet other shifters like yourself and shift with them to the same reality.

｡･ﾟﾟ･ 🥞 🥯 features 🥯 🥞 ･ﾟﾟ･｡

the lifa app has many features. the main ones you can see first are dr details, visualizations, group shifting, sharing.
let's go over each feature one by one.

: ̗̀➛ dr details

the first thing that you will get when you are greeted by this an i icon that says about this dr. when you click on it, you are able to type the location and a background story about your desired reality.
: ̗̀➛ time
this feature allows you to add a time and date to your dr. time will pass the same as it does here. for example in my dr, it is currently november 19, 2130 and is 1:47 pm. i chose to freeze time in this dr and submitted it.
: ̗̀➛ theme
this holds the name of what your dr is called, the icon it has, and the background of it when you click on the app. you can also choose the font color and a background tint as well. it also holds your name in your dr.
: ̗̀➛ timeline
you are able to establish a timeline of your desired reality before the point that you shift. i recommend keeping it brief to the important stuff. main instances of childhood and things that you remember with the same importance as you do now.
: ̗̀➛ notion script
this feature is if you have a script on the website notion script. it is a website in which you can gather and fill in shifting templates and is a great way to organize yourself. this is not necessary though. there are other features you can use for your script on here.
: ̗̀➛ about me
this is just a section where you write all about yourself. your name, your age, nicknames, safe word, height, hometown, ethnicity, race, nationality, sexuality, pronouns, gender, language(s), positive traits, negative traits, habit, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and skills.
: ̗̀➛ relationships
when you enter this tab, it will take you to a screen that has a place where you can add family members, friends, pets, significant other(s) or 'other'. the other tab has you in it.
when you decide to add let's say a friend, you start off by adding their name. then there age, closeness, and appearance. you can follow that up by adding a photo of said friend. you can type in relationship dynamic, how you met, and extra info. the format is the exact same no matter the type of relationship aside from pets.
the pet section is a little bit different. you add their name, age, species, pet bed, size, and about them.
there is also a recorder option where you can move around the placements of these characters.
: ̗̀➛ scenarios
this includes upcoming scenarios that you had planned, past scenarios that you did while in your reality, desired upcoming scenarios that include no date but you want to do or have plans to do. finally, you have memories which has no date. these are things that you will automatically remember when in your dr.
it's just a brief section where you can type in a title and add as much as you want of details of that memory. you can add a photo and select if it has a date or if it is a past memory or not.
: ̗̀➛ calendar
this just has the date of your dr. you can also create events on specific dates. that's pretty much it, this section is short.
: ̗̀➛ diary
you can write diary entires. talk about your day, memories, anything that may make you feel closer to your dr. this section is also short.
: ̗̀➛ playlist
so is this one. you make a playlist. and link the playlist, whenever you open the playlist, you get a new tab that takes you to that playlist to listen. i use it to keep my shifting subliminal playlist, but you don't have to.
: ̗̀➛ hero/villain
this is a tab within a tab so i'm bolding it. the first tab is customize, but that feature is locked behind a paywall with a monthly subscription of $3.99. i will talk about the subscription later.
then you have powers. you type the name of it and what your powers do. you have weapons which have the same explanation as powers. missions means you can make your own missions.
then there is combat skills. you list your strength, speed, agility, intelligence, compatibility, stamina, and flexibility out of five. then you can add your backstory. it's a blank sheet where you can type it out.
next is costumes where you describe what your costume looks like.
ally team includes your team name, how well you work together, specific events and upcoming battles, and other details. you can also add relationships from your relationship section and names of that.
enemy team is relatively the same. a team name, specific events or battles, other details, and can once again, select relationship with each member.
finally, there is timeline which has a title and description. you can also add scenarios if needed.
thankfully, that is thee last feature about dr details and we can now move on to visualizations.

: ̗̀➛ visualizations ‧₊˚🖇️✩

this tab focuses all on the visual aspects of your desired reality. even if you can't visualize, you can still use these to get a good idea on what things will look like.
: ̗̀➛ appearence
you can add a hair claim, face claim, body claim, hand claim, voice claim, and specific features claim. personally, i think that the last one could be explained easily in body or face claim.
either way, when you press one of these tabs, you can type in a detailed description on what you look like. now, i didn't notice at first but all the way at the bottom will be a small section that says add photo to which you can go into your gallery and choose a photo for yourself on that specific claim.
: ̗̀➛ wardrobe
this section will include an area that says wardrobe. you press the giant + sign on the top right hand corner and it takes you to a section that says create wardrobe. all you gotta do is add a title and a description. once you do that, you click on the tab again and then add a photo of a specific outfit of yours. you can add multiple photos, move them around using the recorder option right next to photos.
: ̗̀➛ photo gallery
you can make multiple photo galleries , customize albums of different things relating to your dr.
: ̗̀➛ pinterest boards
here you can add the link to your pinterest board...and a title. that's about it.
: ̗̀➛ wallet
this does not connect to any funds in this reality. it's supposed to keep track of money in your dr. i find this feature a bit dumb tbh and seems to waste more time preparing to shift than actually shifting.
: ̗̀➛ outfits
again, this is the same as wardrobe but more customized. you can add each individual clothing item separately if you wanna do that.
: ̗̀➛ belongings
you add photos and a title of what you own and its sentiment. yeah.
: ̗̀➛ or self
it has a stick figure of you. you list your family, what they're doing, their location, and your action, mood, and location.
: ̗̀➛ music group dr
without paying, you can only add one music group and one album. there is a members tab but you need a monthly subscription in order to access it.
i use this feature in one dr to describe my favorite band to listen to and an album i like. if you wanna add more than one album, then you also need to pay,
: ̗̀➛ school app
this is a doozy and has multiple tabs so this will be rapid fire.
you have your student i.d. report card, schedule.
schedule contains period, subject, and teacher. your school in your dr. you can add a photo, location, mascot, colors, class song, traditions, and history of your school.
you can also add your school uniform if you have one. this includes daily uniform and gym uniform. you can add a school map and a yearbook (????????)
again, these are fine i think but the yearbook seems unnecessary, just script who is in your class with you.
also there's a teacher mode but you can only access that with payment.
: ̗̀➛ chat
you can make a chatroom. and roleplay as every single member in that chatroom...for some reason. i don't need to repeat myself here, you already know what i'm going to say.
: ̗̀➛ chat ai
this is locked behind a paywall. just use character ai, it's free and you don't have a limit of 200 messages per day.
: ̗̀➛ family tree
for some reason you can't add siblings. the only way to add siblings kinda is to make them have the same parents as you on a new family tree.
this is just so not necessary. just write down your siblings in your script. no need for your entire extended bloodline. the universe will figure that out.
: ̗̀➛ places
you add places in your dr.
: ̗̀➛ fame phone
you can make a knock off insta account, twitter account, a wikipedia, and a youtube. again, not needed. just shift. also the settings and notifications features are locked behind a paywall.

: ̗̀➛ group shifting

you need to convert your account into an online account. but you can connect with other people and plan to shift together as a group. for those that don't know, group shifting is where you and one or more people collectively decide to shift to the same dr as different people and basically share an experience in that dr.

: ̗̀➛ sharing

the exact same thing as above. except this time you can just share your dr. you need an account to access this feature. it can give others ideas on scripts, drs, or anything else of the sort. it can be a great way to connect with others.

𓍯𓂃ᥫ᭡.🩹 final thoughts 𓍯𓂃ᥫ᭡.🩹

i think some of its features are helpful! however, other parts of it can be very distracting from shifting. i almost felt like this was an oc maker rather than shifting app. some of these i think didn't need so many features. the amount of features there are is crazy. the features section alone i needed to divide into several sections because it took so much longer to get through than i initially thought. it took about two hours to review each of them and i had to take breaks in between. to a new shifter especially, this would be so overwhelming.
you don't need face claims, body claims, or special features claims. as long as you have a general idea of what you and your desired reality is like then you're fine. this is just gonna over complicate shifting and make it seem more fictional in a way. if anything, this makes you less connected to your desired reality since your focusing so much on this one.
it wouldn't be a waste to download it but i wouldn't recommend buying it. but if you do, then more power to you.
please stay safe and happy shifting ᥫ᭡

F (25) from Asia. I met this Moroccan friend of mine last year in a travel app. (To be clear, this is not a dating app, this is for Solo Travelers)
We met couple of times while he was here, he was really nice and funny. Wanted to give him something when comes back again this year, any suggestions? (Just a simple token, not the expensive ones something that a Moroccan guy will appreciate)
Any suggestions? Thank you

If you or anyone you know makes a physical product or is a retailer of locally made products in Lane County, Eugene Made is officially accepting applications as of today! :) For more info, go to https://eugmade.com/join. The website is also a great place for residents, visitors, and area businesses (looking to buy locally) to discover amazing artisans and producers! We also have a groovy Instagram you can follow.
We're in early talks with orgs like Eugene Saturday Market and Lane County to create resources/opportunities, and we've already had our first networking mixer last month at Swallowtail Bar in Springfield, it was a really great time! The next members' mixer is planned for mid-June, but no solid date yet. We'll keep all the members posted. Hope you'll join us! ❤️

My story:

• We dated for just over a year (she broke up with me a week after our one year)
• She told me the reasons were a) I was too giving and she didn't have the ability to give b) Her needs weren't being met
• After breaking up we met once to talk, once to give me my stuff back and then she contacted me again a week later that she found something and we met again
• We haven't spoken/seen each other since that last meeting on 4/23 (3 plus weeks ago) - at that time she told me she needed space & would speak to me when I have my surgery (having surgery on my leg)
• On 5/8 I met with my Dr. scheduled my surgery and texted her to tell her that I'm having my surgery (didn't tell her the date). The text I got back was thanks for letting her know/best of luck.
• About a week ago I muted her stories on Instagram so she knows I'm no longer viewing them
• This past Thursday she texted me that she knows we haven't really been speaking, she's "checking on me" and wanted to know the date of my surgery. A few back and forth texts and she told me she's happy there are no hard feelings/it was good to chat. I then asked if she'd like to meet for a drink/a walk in the near future and she said "yes"
• She moved two days ago

Questions:
Did she break no contact?
I was planning on sending her a text on Monday somewhat kitchy "You have a drink in your future this week, you can't say no!" with a funny gif of someone voting yes
Does the above seem like she's interested? Being kind?
Thanks in advance :)