DANCING WITH THE STARS: THE PROS' MOST ICONIC QUOTES ✨

Day	Pro Dancer	Quote
1	Karina Smirnoff	"Is there any reason why your head looks like a pigeon?"
2	Valentin Chmerkovskiy	"Bro, you're one big wrong already."
3	Witney Carson	"What do you need, a snack?"
4	Anna Trebunskaya	"Some people say I'm a tough teacher. And I am."
5	Brandon Armstrong	"I was born in '94..."
6	Cheryl Burke	"So the name of the song is 'Call Me Irresponsible', remind you of anybody? I think it's perfect for you!"
7	Edyta Śliwińska	"I'm wearing so much clothes that I got tangled in it!"
8	Artem Chigvintsev	"Fine! I watched 'Fifty Shades of Grey'!"
9	Corky Ballas	"Now we're doing the Mambo which originated in the '40s!"...
10	Chelsie Hightower	"South America speaks Spanish?"
11	Derek Hough	"I'm rough, I'm tough, I'm Derek Hough."
12	Charlotte Jørgensen	"Get your heel up on your back foot, or I'll kill you."
13	Allison Holker	"Team Rallison!!!"
14	Julianne Hough	"I felt like you just had to phone it in so you could get back with Meryl."
15	Alec Mazo	"Josie is deceptively unfit."
16	Alan Bersten	"It's a little shaky in here!"
17	Jenna Johnson	"ADAM! WE GOTTA QUICKSTEP!!!"
18	Ashly DelGrosso-Costa	"It needs to be equal teamwork, and I can't play a tug-of-war anymore."
19	Gleb Savchenko	"You look like a dancer when you're not moving."
20	Kym Johnson-Herjavec	"I should never have made us try that stupid lift..."
21	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	"With all due respect, this is my show, I help make it what it is."
22	Lacey Schwimmer	"STEVE!!! How am I supposed to be in love with you if you keep farting all the time?!?!"
23	Mark Ballas	“And you said habede habeduh de de. Daba da dip bah da be. That’s what you said when I asked you."
24	Lindsay Arnold	"That salsa will get ya-every time!"
25	Louis Van Amstel	"I was jealous of Mark on Season 5, but I got the girl now!"
26	Koko Iwasaki	"You're a real Jersey party boy, and I need you to be a suave English gentleman for Bond Night."
27	Keo Motsepe	"If Len gives a 10, I'm gonna run down and kiss him!"
28	Peta Murgatroyd	Her scream after finding out that she and Tommy Chong had made the semi-finals.
29	Pasha Pashkov	"You don't know who I am, but I've been praying I get you!"
30	Sasha Farber	"If you wanna dance, you know it would be my honour. My main worrybis your health."
31	Jonathan Roberts	"Let's take a commercial break."
32	Daniella Karagach	"YEAH! OH SHIT!!!"
33	Dmitry Chaplin	"I feel like I'm cheating on Jewel with another partner."
34	Sharna Burgess	"I got to do the Backstreet Boys' move next to a Backstreet Boy, and I think it's kinda awesome!"
35	Tristan MacManus	"And I got a 7. Hurt my feelins!"
36	Britt Stewart	"Daniel!"
37	Rylee Arnold	"Isn't that James Bond, not James Brown?"
38	Tony Dovolani	"I Quit."
39	Emma Slater	"We're dancing to 'Beefburgers in Paradise' by Jimmy Buffay!"

DANCING WITH THE STARS: THE PROS' MOST ICONIC QUOTES ✨

The last round was won by u/CoffeeAndCurls76 's suggestion!

A MASSIVE Thank You to the amazing u/Invader_holly who recommended I run this game! I always love hearing your ideas and we're all SO greatful that you're a part of this community! 💕🥰

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She works at a fast food place (does this still count as retail hell?). An older man (with his grandkid no less) blew up at her and told her "you shouldn't have children". She's used to customers saying mean things, but this really upset her. I'm so mad. Someday that man will be in a nursing home and people like my sister (who applied to volunteer in a nursing home) will take care of him. He doesn't work food service. He most likely doesn't have to work anywhere anymore. And why would he think it's okay to say that to somebody, ever, let alone a teenager? What's the point of saying things like that to people? Over a milkshake or something? I just can't understand.

I (19F)met my ex ( 19M) 2 years ago and had a rocky relationship with him.I had been dealing with a very hard time in my life and he was everything I have wanted in life at that point.I was 17 who never had a proper relationship at that point,so I was intrigued. When happy phase ended after 5 months,I started to saw the red flags.He was childhish.He would just coldly broke up with me,saying that he didn’t love me anymore and next day,he would come back crawling,saying sorry,crying.At that point,I did not know any better,so I tolareted this behaviour. We dated for a year after this After the uni acceptance exam I was screwed up.İt meant I had to take again next year. He basically told me that he was going to university and didnt want to deal with a high school graduate while he was off to another city,saying he wanted to live a “uni life” and dumped me in cold blood again.I found out he met someone that day and gave his Instagram and that was why he dumped me.He even described this girl as “drop dead gorg,made me forget my gf lmao”in his groupchat I was heartbroken.Crushed all over and did not want to leave my room for a whole week and crying all day. This is when my best friend(19M)comes to story.Let’s call him Edgar. He was there for me. Edgar and I have dated back in middle school when both 14.We were kind of that silly childhood sweethearts who randomly name their imaginary child.We broke up but wanted to stay in touch,so we decided on staying friends.We quickly got comfortable and even called each other “best friend”.We never lost touch and were always close.My boyfriend knew aboout us and claimed he had no issues,said he respected our friendship and even met him on my birthday. Edgar was there for me when my boyfriend dumped me and basically dragged me outside when I did not want to leave my room.We spent time together which helped me heal a lot but I can’t deny that he was getting more touchy than ever (without being sexual and unappropriate) and always said phrases like “if we were 14 right now”or “if we were back to middle school,what would you do?” That being there,my ex reached out to me and quickly started trying to reconcile.He was trying nonstop and bombarding with me with all the apologies.I am an idiot for this but I once again took him back. But it only got worse from there. He was getting better and I was starting to notice that he was more serious about our relationship,was more warm and but I had trust issues now. We had a fight when his family didn’t want to meet me.Appearantly,his mother hadnt even met his sister’s boyfriend (40F)because she did not think marriage.I found this off since we were fresh 18 back then and barely adults and had a huge fight about it.So,I invited Edgar to my place to talk and rant to him. Drinks were involved and we ended up sleeping together that night which was my first time.I would never try to justify my cheating but I felt like he brought me back to life that night and felt an immense connection to him.Maybe,it had been there all the time? I couldn’t keep it and came clean about everything to my boyfriend.He was furious but decided to forgive me. Me and Edgar never talked about that night and had a fight over some trivial matter and hadnt speak for 9 months.Meanwhile I continued to date my boyfriend but I just felt so empty and really missed Edgar.My boyfriend always knew. 9 months later;everything started to clear up.We broke up with my ex after dating almost 2 years and we even made up with Edgar Well,we are trying to make it work.We have our problems after 5 years of being friends and suddenly getting into a relationship but it is great.I love him and he has became my everything. We had date and I decided to post it.My ex’s bff saw and ss’ed it to him. He was angry and started to roast me on his WP status,calling me names,posting edgy/angry musics and making his friends comment mean things to my post. I reached out to him and told him to get over it and he got even more angry,told me I am a cheating bed toy who deserves all the bad things in life. I just dont understand this reaction when he LİTERALLY did cheat on me too and forgave me after mine too?And even knew he knew I had never gotten over that night with Edgar Comments are getting mean but he refuses to get over it. Aita?
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First off, lets note that this year has been extremly challenging and traumatic for me. It is some heavy topics that I would rather not talk about.
This go back to when I met the ex friend, we’ll call them A. They were a friend at first, I meet them last year during the end of school. I began defending A because people made fun of them for being transgender. I am very against any hate towards anyone, and will defend people with my life, even if it costs me some. Days went by and I began feeling uncomfortable due to the drama they were purposely putting me through. I also dislike drama unless its again defending someone.
Fast forward to february of this year, I was in a studyhall/win with A. There was a guy at a another table during this, we’ll call him L. A and I were working in the studyhall, note that I was dating someone else at the time. L handed A a note. It was for me, I don’t remember exactly what it wrote but it was something along the lines of ‘you’re cute’ or ‘hey baby’. I told him I was taken back on the note. A handed it back, and L wrote back again. Again, don’t remember the exact words but it went along the lines of ‘He doesn’t have to know’ or ‘You’re still cute’ again Im not sure as this whole situation was traumatic for me. Then I wrote back again I wasn’t intrested, and I thougut that was the end of it.
As the bell rings, A heard him say something extremely inappropriate and I thought I did too. We reported the incident and L got in trouble. Again, thought that would be the end of this.
The next day A gets a note that would be an extremely important part to this whole situation. Apparently L had given A a note that he had written, saying ‘Lets f in the bathroom’ then his number on it. Scared, I ran to the office to report it. I don’t remember exactly how much time passed, but as it did the most shocking thing had happened.
IT WAS A’s HAND WRITING.
A had written a fake note, saying it was L. A had lied to me, betrayed me. Then A, TRIED BLAMING ME. Saying I told them too when they had no proof I did!! Thankfully, that staff there are amazing and know me well, so they know I didnt do it. And that was the end of that. We haven’t spoke since.. until a few days ago.
On may 16th, I was having a shit day. First my brother was being a butt, then all my stuff fell out of my bag, I had nausea and cramps and realized I had forgotten my pads that morning, all under thirty minutes. Then I had almost passed out, nausea got worse and other problems. Then studyhall/win came. I had win with both L and A. That whole time, my mind was saying punch A. I tried to hold myself during it but my intrusive thoughts won, and I stood up. Went up to A,
And punched him in cheek.
I had cried because I had never really did anything like that and was scared of being in trouble.
I dont regret what I did, my parents were surprisingly not angry. Nor was any of the staff. Even the detention teacher was proud of me, saying that she would but me icecream. Apparently, that was the second time he had gotten punched that week. If that doesn’t say much about A I don’t know what will.
Along with that, a different friend told me that apparently they said that they didn’t deserve being punched and that my friend wanted to punch them too, again if that doesn’t say much I don’t know what will.
There probably won’t be updating this story unless something drastic changes.
In the end, AITA for punching my ex friend?

Today I asked my step dad if he would co-sign for me. It would normally not be an issue, because if he were to say yes or no, no worries. But he blew up at my mom over it, because he doesn't respect our family any more.
My mom is a hard worker but she is a 50 year old with servebartender money and a lot of debt she accrued from when she supported her manipulative mother (for decades). My uncle is a former convict who can't even pay his own phone bill, and has had car and severe back issues so is unable to even work to pay back money he owes my mom.
I have been living out of my car for a couple months, however last year I was earning an average of six figures, and just recently got hired for a job where I will again be averaging as much.
My friends and I are looking for an apartment together and found something great. However, I was initially concerned about my poor credit score, something that wasn't really an issue for me until I got laid off. I didn't care if he said no, but I had no idea that it would turn into him feeling like somebody was trying to 'take advantage' of him. He yelled at my mother, brought up a bunch of shit he always does and acts like he is better than her just because he is closer to retirement, and before leaving for work early he once again told her to leave.
I feel so powerless. I frankly want to kick his ass, but that's more of a mental thing than a literal thing. He deserves an ass whooping that's for sure, but there's no use crossing that line as so much worse can go wrong.
My mom doesn't want me to 'poke the bear' any more. I feel so helpless because she will stay with him. I told her how I feel and I know she can't afford a place on her own.
i would like to try to help her if she were to make that choice, once I get my own living situation figured out of course, but for now. I just feel so powerless in being able to improve my mother's situation.

(((((Disclaimer: While I do think it's possible that kenjaku might have hijacked gojo's body , I don't actually think this is the case at all
Not only did kenjaku get a conclusive ending but him coming now makes no sense as if gege really intended for him to return as gojo , then he would have waited until AFTER todo and yuji beat sukuna since that would not only parallel shibuya with kenjaku coming after mahito was defeated by yuji and todo (especially since both sukuna and mahito tormented yuji and laughed at him ) But him coming now would overshadow sukuna and I just don't think gege will do him like this after all this build up
So yeah , while I don't think it's kenjaku in gojo's body who came , I don't think it's impossible or doesn't make sense as many put it )))))
But now on to the points on why I thinks it's possible
1) how is kenjaku still alive : -------‐-----------------------------------------
Gege already told us before that kenjaku got defeated by 2 six eyes users before but yet somehow survived both encounters
This indicates that somehow kenjaku has some last tricks up his sleeve to survive certain death and that might be his fourth technique
Yuki already theorised that kenjaku might in Total have 4 techniques since that's the maximum number of techniques a brain can handle
And we know kenjaku lived over a thousand years , meaning he had more than enough time to find powerful techniques to keep , but yet we don't ever see it ?
The reason for this is that his last technique might be a fail safe to save his life incase he's about to die (maybe like haruta's luck technique) , which is why he was able to survived the 2 encounters with the Six Eyes users
And it honestly just doesn't make sense for kenjaku to only settle for 3 techniques when he previously had blood manipulation and discarded it for no reason

2) how would he be able to do anything as a brain :-------------------------------------------------------------

That's the thing , we barely know anything about his body hoping technique
The only things we know is that it requires a dead body , it transplants kenjaku's brain and there's a some binding vow that involves the stitches as gege mentioned
It very could be that kenjaku's technique can make him body hop from a distance as he already has 2 dead bodies close to him , the uro look alike and hazenoki
And even if he can't do it from distance before , he very well could have had an awakening and changed the target and conditions of his technique like sukuna and todo did
Allowing him hop into one of the 2 bodies from a distance
3) how did he get gojo's body and beat everyone guarding it ? : -------‐---------------------------------------------- ----‐------------------
Simple , kenjaku's previous techniques are Ingrave into his brain
As even after changing bodies , he still had kaori's gravity technique
Meaning if he changed bodies again , he would also keep curse spirit manipulation and the gravity technique , he would only lack curses to use
Not only that but Kenny also gains the curse energy of the host
Not to mention that he would still be able to cast a domain and considering the sure hit of his domain seems to be gravity, then its very likely the efficiency of his domain isn't effected by his lose of curses
Meaning if he ambushed the good guys , who are recovering from the sukuna fight, then one domain expansion is Enough to take them all out and allow him to take gojo's body for himself
The last point I want to mention is that even of this happens, it still makes no sense for him to go after gojo's body , he's already dead Meaning he doesn't have the Six Eyes anymore, meaning his limitless is useless
If he wants a powerful body he would more likely try to take yuta's instead of gojo's
which Is the main reason why I don't think it's kenjaku in gojo's body

Me (F26) with my boyfriend (M24) almost have a constant short arguments about things everyday. Our relationship is literally just 2 months now. Here are the things he did that make me mad and started to dislike.
(Note: He is single for 6 years before he met me and he has a situationship last year and got cheated on sort of. His friend describe him as nonchalant and he admit tht he always will put himself first. Thats why he is not interested in having relationship as much before he met me. He said he like me so much that he determined that he want me as his gf)

1. Never use condom. I BEG him to buy condom for months (even before relationship) and his reason is "IM LAZY" all the time. "im just lazy". He will hangout with friends and he said he dont hve time to buy. Everytime we had sex my genital area feel itchy and now i have yeast infection due to unprotected sex. (this really scares me)
   
2. Constantly ask me to blow him. He said he also fantasize me blowing him while him driving. Honestly I hve no prob but bcs he constantly ask me to blow him, it turns me off.
   
3. Whenever i said i felt hurt bout certain things he said or do, he will said he is hurting too bc i said it. Im not the only one. & sometimes he being so mean that i felt so hurt. When i ask why is he being so mean, he said thts a form of self-respect. He wanted to protect himself.
   
4. Did not actually make it up to me after arguments. He just woke up the next day and act like nothing happen.
   

All arguments usually lasted not more than a day and he always say he want to work this out and that he really wanted me. I saw somewhere says that men always just lusted u and not really liking u. Im really scared if this statement is referring to my relationship right now. Btw, we re not staying together. His house is 20 mins away. What should i do?

My sister seems like the worst person in the world to me and I need some outside opinions on this. Right now, I'm a minor in middle school, I would not like to specify my age, and the sister mentioned in the title is 24. My oldest sister is currently 26. I'll call the sister I really hate Sarah (24), and the other one that I really love Katie (26). As more context, Katie works a great job in a big city, she's super independent, and she treats the family to lots of nice things. Sarah lives at home and freeloads off my parents. Sarah has diagnosed ADHD, depression, OCD, anxiety, and probably more that I don't know about. I understand that when she was little my parents had very different parenting styles and I know that lots of things traumatized her mostly parents and teachers. The thing is, ever since I was little, she's been the one traumatizing me. I remember very clearly there was this one time where she had locked me in her room again (she did this multiple times a week to me) so she could yell at me about things I didn't understand. I was probably between the ages of 3-5 at that time. I remember that one specific time I was crying really really hard and as a child if I cried too hard I would have this feeling like I would need to puke. This specific time I remember my mom was banging on my sisters door to tell her to let me out, and I remember thinking if I could just throw up on her bed them she could definitely let me out, so I forced myself to cry harder until I threw up, and she let me out. Even after that, she would still always shut me in a room with her, and since my parents told her that she wasn't allowed to lock the door with only me and her inside a room, she would just hold the door shut and I couldn't open it because she was 10+ years older than me. Even today I hate being in the same room as her alone even with the door open for that reason. From when I was in preschool to probably 2nd grade in elementary school, she would always argue super loudly with my parents, specifically my dad, and she would always scream at him to divorce my mom and I just remember it was really scary. In recent years, her depression has been bad, so I've been trying to help out. When she needs food to be cooked, I cook for her, and when she moved back to our house from her apartment, she didn't do any work and it was just me my parents and my oldest sister moving her stuff for her. This is important because of an argument we had today. My mom was helping me clean out my room because my cat had been sick so we decided to deep clean my room to have a better environment for her, and while my mom was wiping stuff down, I was fixing a waterbottle, which was a task I had put off for months. She walked to me, told me to help my mom, and then got mad at me when I told her I wanted to finish fixing my water bottle first. For context for the next part, she always yells at me about things I do wrong and how I'm so entitled all the time. I understand that the way I'm raised is very different than the way she was because my parents have changed a lot in 10 years. I hate it when she yells at me, I can't even defend myself or say anything back, and if I ever say something mean to her she can't take it because she's struggling with mental health and it impacts her so badly. I don't get it, she always tells me to tell her what she can fix, and when I do, I admit I say those things at not the best times like during argument and stuff, she gets so pressed about what I say. Apparently its ok for her to insult every family member, but they can't say anything back to her. (mostly me and my dad, she always yells at him about how my mom always does all the work around the house, which is mostly true, but I also see him putting in an effort to take on chores. He does work until 6-8pm every day, but my mom is almost the only one taking care of me. My sister acts so proud of herself when she drives me to class, which I'm grateful for, but then she insults my dad for not doing it. As a literal freeloader, I don't get why she thinks she gets to insult him so so much. I am a feminist, I get what she's saying, but my dad is far from the horrible man she probably sees him as.) I've been struggling with suicide ideation for around 4 years, I've always hated school because it kills my creativity and it makes my life feel like a never ending cycle, and I always use home as my safe space. Sarah ruins the safe space and makes me unable to enjoy my own home. She is a huge part of why I literally don't want to live. The argument today escalated because when she called me entitled and lazy for not helping my mom with cleaning my room, which I did previously, I had just stopped to fix my water bottle when she had started talking at me, and so I said she can't speak on that because when she was moving back to our house everyone in the family helped move furniture except for her. She got so angry, told me that I was throwing her depressive episode in her face, and told me I was demonizing her mental health. I understand that depression is hard to handle, I've had two friends go to both hospitals and recovery places for depression and attempts. I completely understand that depression stops you from doing things, but I don't think that those things should just be ignored either. It's ok for her to not be able to move her own things because of depression, but I don't think its ok for her to preach about it to me and call me a horrible person when I bring it up. I'm not blaming her for having depression, I'm just calling her out for being a hypocrite. Another problem I have with her is that she's always trying to parent me. When I was little, whenever she was crying and sobbing and screaming I always brought her water and tissue paper, but she did nothing for me. I remember Katie always taking care of me when my parents were to busy with Sarah. I love Katie so so much, she does so much for me, she inspires me so much, and whenever she raises her voice at me it's because I'm in danger and whenever she lectures me its because I actually did something wrong. I always listen to Katie because I always feel like she's qualified to tell me things, because she's a great person and I know she will never tell me to do something that she herself cannot do. I don't think Sarah is qualified to take care of me. I hate how she tries to act like a big sister to me when I'm literally ashamed to have the same last name as her. I don't know what to do, I can't get away from Sarah because she still lives in my parent's house, has no job, and has not shown any sign of a plan for her future. Please help, I just want to stop letting my life be this impacted by her.

Someone is trying to ruin my marriage
A couple days ago my husband got a text from a person claiming im cheating with them. My husband has been texting this person for 2 days now. He wont show me the messages or give me details. I think because he’s believing them.
The little tidbits my husband has let slip is the phone number (it’s a TextNow number-I tried calling it), that this person told him I said he’s a bad dad, and that this person has sent “evidence” or “proof.” I also know they called me by name.
I can’t even begin to imagine what this person has said. Me and my husband are both active duty military. The number has the area code of where we live, so this person is most likely local. We don’t have friends really outside our units so it’s someone one of us works with. I suspect someone I work with more than my husbands coworkers because I’ve had issues with some higher ups at work in the last year. I think it’s probably someone with kids because I don’t think someone without kids would think to make up the “bad dad” lie. The other alternative in my mind is that there’s some crazy woman who is secretly obsessed with my husband and trying to ruin our marriage. Whoever it is obviously has something wrong with them mentally.
Another reason I suspect someone I work with is because they would know all the times my husband is gone (he’s gone often) and in my mind that’s the only logical “evidence” they could have is mentioning times I would have been cheating. That and the fact that this is obviously an attack on me and not him. This is meant to hurt me. And I have people in my work center who don’t like me. Never thought any of them would do something this deranged though.
Im frustrated with my husband and freaking out because of the situation. Adultery is against the UCMJ and this accusation could ruin my career. If this person is ballsy enough to message my husband lies with a clear intent to break us up or cause issues between us. And is dedicated enough to use a fake number and continue on talking to him, they are absolutely capable of making a report to my commander. Even if it’s found not to be true it will still negatively effect my career. You can’t do damage control after an accusation like that.
Without knowing the context of the messages I’m speculating a lot. I know my husband stayed up all night messaging this person and he made a comment about how he was obviously drunk and then this morning he suddenly didn’t have a lot to say.
My husband is trying to find out who it is and says he’ll share the identity if he finds out, but that’s it. Im also trying to find out who it is but have been wildly unsuccessful because of the use of a texting app. I’ve thought about filing a police report for defamation and seeing if they’ll trace the number, but I don’t have any proof because my husband won’t share the messages.
To be clear I have never cheated on my husband, messaged another man, anything. We’ve been rocky for a good bit of our marriage which may explain why he’s not believing me, but I love the hell out of him and things were just starting to get better in the last couple months.
All that to ask, does anyone have any advice? Know of a way to trace this person? Anything?
Also is you know a better place to post this please tell me. Im struggling to figure out where to post

i like my guy best friend and idk what to do anymore. we’re both sophomores in high school and we’ve known each other for a couple of years now. it wasn’t up until this year that we’ve gotten close. we’re both in the same tight circle of friends and i really enjoy being around him.
idk if i should tell him that i like him because i really can’t tell if he feels the same. we share two classes together and being around him makes me really happy. we occasionally text but it’s nothing flirty.
even if he did like me i don’t think i would be able to tell because i don’t pull much. no guys have really told me they’ve liked me, i’ve had no talking phases, never dated anyone, etc. due to this , i pretty much automatically assume no one’s really liked me.
if i tell him i like him things might get awkward if he doesn’t feel the same, especially when we share the same friend group. i really enjoy being around him and he makes me laugh a lot. idk what to do anymore. i need advice on what to do.

I (20F) have a 22M friend that's like an older brother. We both have difficult backgrounds (abuse, loss, grief, etc.). When I tell him I'm struggling with something, he's always present, asks questions, and generally is super comforting and kind. I try to do the same for him too & let him know how much I appreciate him.
A week ago, he briefly mentioned a family issue. I asked him if it would be okay to ask further about it, and he strongly declined as it was very sensitive. I validated that and reassured him that we don't have to discuss it, and our conversation moved on.
In our conversations since then, he's occasionally briefly mentioned it on his own,. Each time, I validate his feelings, and it's been very clear he doesn't want to discuss it in depth. Yesterday though, he said he recently suddenly realized that he is actually really sad about it (completely understandable) and that he has taken a step to try to resolve it but doesn't think it will work.
After validating his feelings (saying it makes sense he would feel sad and that it really is a difficult thing to go through etc), I didn't know what to say. We were quiet for a bit after that. My usual way of comforting people is asking questions to understand what they're going through and validating what they say - but I got the feeling he wouldn't appreciate being asked any questions due to how vulnerable he feels around this subject. To be 100% sure, after a while I asked him how open he is to talking about it, and once again he made it extremely clear he did not want to discuss it. I again validated him here, and asked him if there is anything at all someone can do that's helpful when he doesn't feel like discussing it with that person. He said no.
So after some more silence, I moved on to occasionally asking him questions about the game he likes to play etc, nothing heavy. A while later, I also clarified that I'm being more quiet than usual because nothing feels right to say, but I'd like him to know that all his feelings make sense and that this family issue really is a big deal. (Stumbled over my words quite a bit here, but I do think I got the message across). Couple hours after our meeting, I also followed up through texts, letting him know that although I still can't find the right words, I still would like him to know that I'm thinking of what he shared, that my heart hurts for him, and that I am here to help any way I can.
The thing that's bothering me is that there was so much silence in this conversation. Coupled with the fact that he generally interprets my silence as me shutting down (I'm generally super talkative), I'm super concerned that he might've felt that he shared something so vulnerable only to be met with a cold response. He also has an anxious attachment style and abandonment wounds from his past. Is there anything else I could've done, or that I can do going forward? I want to be just as supportive for this friend as he has been for me in the past. I'm concerned I'm letting him down and making things worse for him. Our text conversations since then have been pretty normal - sharing jokes and all that, but I'm concerned he might just be concealing his hurt feelings.

So we all thought that Glitchtrap was the digital consciousness of Afton, then the Mimic came along and threw everything off. Now we think that Glitchtrap is just the Mimic mimicking Afton’s behavior. However, I think that Glitchtrap could still be Afton’s consciousness hooked up to Help Wanted. Now I’m going to pull a Candy Cadet and tell you a story.
Vanessa was working for Fazbear Entertainment on their new VR game. She knew this really was just a big cover up, but she was powerless to do anything about it. She had an inexplicable interest in the history of Freddy’s. More specifically the mysterious killings and the unidentified murderer that ruined Fazbear’s brand. One day, when she was testing the game, she noticed something strange in the corner of her eye. A purple tape on the track in the introduction section. Once she collected it, she entered the main hub and saw it. The green figure of a humanoid rabbit costume was standing in the doorway. It didn’t look like Bonnie. She wanted to notify management, but once she listened to the tape, she wanted to take matters into her own hands. And besides, it’s not like management was going to do anything about it anyway. Vanessa continued to collect tapes. As she collected them, she learned what had actually happened to one of her coworkers Jeremey. Management just said that he had an accident and had to be put out of work. But it was so much worse than that. He cut off his own face with a paper cutter! She needed to find out why he would do that. But each tape she collected, the rabbit would come closer and closer. She noticed more details as it came closer. The costume looked hand sewn and very low tech. And that smile. It was so unnerving, yet somewhat comforting to Vanessa. Once she gathered 15 tapes, the woman on the other side told her to stop collecting them. But she came this far and her curiosity got the best of her. She found the last one and was surprised by the switch of mood the person on the tape had. She said that bring the tapes together was the only way to get rid of whatever this virus was. But that was not correct. Venessa unknowingly brought together all of the parts that this thing needed. She tried to manually face this virus, and it seemed to have worked. The game ran nominally, minus the weird green rabbit plush in the hub. But as the days passed, Vanessa began to hear voices in her head. She would spend more and more time in the game. Coworkers said that on occasions, she would be found talking to herself when the headset was on. She had the ability to communicate with this virus. It told her to make an in-game rabbit mask, and she obeyed. She didn’t know why, but it was like she couldn’t help but obey. She had the mask and the plush, so now she could have an actual conversation with this being. It explained that it was William Afton, and that he was trapped in this game to escape death. But that was impossible! Mr. Afton died many years ago. Fazbear’s higher ups said that he retired and lived the rest of his life in his house on a hill. But he told her his fate was much, much worse. He was so close to death, but he had a safety measure. He figured out how to copy part of his consciousness into a circuit board so that his memories, thoughts, his very essence can live on in case anything happened to his physical body. Vanessa remembered that the game scanned old circuit boards to expedite the process of making the VR game. That must have been how he appeared in the game. He also explained that he was the one that killed all of those kids back in the day. Vanessa couldn’t believe it. The co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment was the man behind all of these slaughters? At first she was horrified, but then she felt a sort of happiness. In some sort of twisted way, she found it funny that a man so bent on making children happy was the one that took the lives of so many of them. She knew in the back of her mind that it was wrong, but she couldn’t help but laugh. Over time, Vanessa, now given the new name of Vanny by Afton, continued to complete tasks for Afton, because he couldn’t do them in his predicament. She was reluctant to say the least about doing these things, but Afton’s influence was so strong that she couldn’t say no. One day, she quit being a beta tester for the VR game, and instead was hired on to be a security guard for the new Mega Pizza Plex. In this position, she would have access to areas that were of importance to Afton. More specifically, under the Pizza Plex. The entire building was built over an old Freddy’s location. The one where Afton’s body still is. Vanny was tasked with finally freeing Afton from his digital prison and creating a new body for him. While this was happening, Vanessa’s coworkers took notice of her odd behavior. From her spending a lot of time in the basement, to her incriminating search history, it was clear that she needed help. So management sent her to therapy. There, she was always so distracted by that voice in her head. She would talk and answer questions, but if the therapist ever got too close to knowing the truth, Afton made sure that they were silenced. Vanessa didn’t want to do it, she just wanted a way out. But she was in too deep. It was finally time to put Afton’s plan into action. To do this, Vanny needed some way to create a new body for Afton. She read through old files and eventually stumbled across the solution. Deep under the Pizza Plex, in the storage section, held the key. An endoskeleton that was specifically designed to mimic things. It has the ability to mold into any animatronic costume. All Vanny needed to do was activate the robot, and transfer Afton’s consciousness into the robot, which will be in Afton’s old burnt costume. But after she turned on the robot, she got a bit preoccupied with Freddy and a small child. They could hinder her plans, so she had to go and stop them. But when the kid stepped out of Vanny’s hideout, she could feel a weight come off of her shoulders and the voice’s suddenly stopped. Vanessa was unknowingly freed for Afton’s control. Without Afton’s puppet, he is stuck in VR indefinitely. However, the robot that was supposed to be Afton’s new body is now freed under the pizza plex. The program that was inside it initially is still there and still dangerous. Vanessa knowing this, goes back with the help of Gregory and Freddy to trap the Mimic in the basement. But the Mimic heard Gregory’s voice, so now it has a tool to escape. Vanessa now feels like she is finally free from this horrible nightmare.
That was my interpretation of the Glitchtrap/Mimic/Vanny story so far. Sorry it was a long read but I think it’s worth it. I’d like to know your thoughts.

Me (30F) and he (33M) is married for 3 years. We met in college so we have a relationship for 10 years. The first 2 years of our marriage was like a dream, I was pretty sure he is the one and he always said he thinks the same for me. Is he still gentle and loving? Yes. But he changed so much. Sometimes I'm just disgusted of him because he is becoming a cuck.
One year ago, he suddenly started to criticize the way I dress. Literally the opposite way you might think, he was saying I was not dressing "good enough". I generally wear blouses, jeans dresses etc. He said for a hot woman like me I dress like a granny. At the first he said that like a joke, but as he started to repeat it many times I was a bit pissed off so eventually I asked him what's his problem. He said he just wants to see me beautiful as his woman.
By time, I thought he will be fixed but he got even worse. I generally chose long t-shirts when I wear leggings, not wanting unnecessary stares. I was getting ready for gym and he made a comment on that too, told me I dress like a sister in the church and that's not how women dress for workout. Next day, he came with literally ten pairs of leggings and cropped tops. He told me to try them. I was happy for his surprise at first but when I tried them I was a bit shocked. Not being offensive against anyone who wears it, but it turns out he bought these "butt lift leggings" which completely fits the butt and shows it so detailed. I thanked him although it was a bit awkward, and told him there was no need for such a buy. He said he will like to see me wearing them for gym and take pictures. Strange right, well this is only the beginning.
He went even worse. By time, he started to come home buying supermini dresses with deep cleavages, even more butt lift leggings, lingeries, really short skirts etc. I'm definitely not conservative and I have no problems with the way people dress, but wearing these was making me uncomfortable. When I rejected, he was making a drama and one time he even cried for it. Once I rejected it all and threatened him to throw them away, he cried again and screamed at me. After that, he literally never talked a word with me for a straight week. I was loving him so much, so eventually I agreed to dress the way he wants.
Last summer, we planned a vacation. He bought micro bikinis for me although I didn't want. I told him I'm not gonna wear any of these, but he threatened me to cancel the vacation which I longed for so much. He made me wear these micro bikinis all the time during our vacation, and he didn't seem like having a sign of jealousy when I could even feel all other men's eyes on me although I tried to ignore.
The time I was really starting to concern about him to be a cuck, was when he took me to meet one of his coworkers at a cafe. I took a bath and when I went to our bedroom for getting dressed he immediately stepped in, he just picked a crop top -with deep cleavage of course- and a really really short tiered skirt, it was barely covering my butt. When I asked what's all this about, he told me to not wear any underwears. We started arguing again and he was about to make a scene again... So I said whatever and accepted. I was disturbed of all these other men's looks on me, especially his coworker. He didn't seem like he cares.
I was starting to get used to this life although I hated it. It only went worse by time. I was going everywhere in the way he wants. But I was loving him still, and I knew he is manipulating me. By time, he discarded all my previous clothes from our wardrobe and filled it with the seductive and revealing ones he wanted. As I tried ignore and move on, he made it far. One morning, I caught him recording my butt while I was sleeping. It was the breaking point and I argued with him about it again. It was the biggest one so far. I forced him to give me his phone and I was literally horrified by what I saw. It turns out he was doing this repeatedly, there were dozens of pictures he took secretly. Me sleeping, in the bath, tons of our vacation pics, my naked pictures etc. I left house for a week and stood at my parents, but not telling them about any of these.
He eventually apologized and said he is sorry. He said he just wants to be proud of having a hot wife, and he started crying AGAIN when I called him a cuck. And eventually, I came back to our house while he didn't even change a bit.
This situation is traumatizing me everyday. A few years ago, I was dreaming of a happy family with that guy, not he enjoying while I dress like a pornstar and other guys fuck me with their eyes. I completely lost my hope on him, and although I loved him so much I can feel it's finally waning everyday. I'm planning on a divorce already but didn't tell anyone anything.
What should I do? Is divorce the way? I always hoped he will get better with therapy, but at this point I completely lost my hope. Sorry for any grammatical issues, I'm Croatian and I moved to USA with my parents 15 years ago, I still try my best while I write and speak.

Usually I can tell when I'm an AH. But this happened quite a while ago and it still bothers me a bit when I think about it, because I can't be sure. Probably yes, but ...
I was in a long-distance thing, most AIM and email and chatboard communications, and a lot of phoneage. We met on an eBay board (that's how long ago it was!) and just clicked. Big time!! We only met in person one time, after we'd been flirting heavy cyberly for a couple of years. We lived on opposite coasts; didn't meet him for a couple more years, when I traveled to meet him and spent a few days with him.
I should say that I have a very skimpy relationship background. Never dated, didn't have that kind of thing going with anybody, from school on. His past was much more relationship-heavy. The way we talked, the things he said to me, the comfortable exchanges we shared, all made me think we really were ... real. You know?
After I had gone back home, we still communicated as before. He had to be away from his online business for about a week and asked me to keep an eye out if there were problems on a particular deal he was handling. I was to do this via his email, so he gave me his password. He trusted me.
But others who knew us both had been saying things about his tomcattin' around, while he would never be straightforward. So while I had access to his email I found out about one specific episode others had made jokes about, but which he would not answer me about.
Thing is, I am prone to romantic delusions, so this "relationship" likely had no hope or chance of being "real," but still ... I was in love/lust. And I snooped. And I told him what I had found, and he was pissed that I had looked.
So, was I the AH for going into his emails to find out he'd been deflecting and bending the truth?
This question isn't really about him or the relationship (because there's a lot more to it than just this), but ... was I wrong to take the opportunity to snoop?

On my second rewatch after a couple years of falling in love with for the first time.
I want to know if anyone feels the same about Dufresne. I like him in the first season and with the recast of him for season 2 I can't really put a finger on why other than the actors face and maybe how stoic he is which wasn't how the first season actor carried himself.
Anyone else have similar feelings about him or anything particular because I think I might just be an asshole?

Hi, I have a group of 9 people wanting to play a D&D campaign, and instead of doing a massive party, I decided on splitting the campaign for it to be in the same world, and in the same time.
At first, I asked them to make me a quick overview of their character, and whether they would prefer the Forgotten Realms or just a homebrewed world, they picked the Forgotten Realms (so fuck me), and since their characters were really unique with unique motives, I had to make a homebrewed campaign that is 100% lore accurate with the Forgotten Realms (double fuck me).
Basically, after reading all of their backstories, I decided on the campaign setting being the Vast Swamps in the year of 1336 DR. Basically two years after Azoun IV's 2 year-old son was murdered, one year after he was crowned king and there was an assassination attempt on him by the Zhentarim who are occupying the Dalelands.
The plan is, I throw the players into the midst of this setting, 2 groups, one DMed on a Sunday and one on a Monday, and whatever action a group takes, it might very likely affect the other group.
So after rewriting the lore at this time, and adding alot of plots, conspiracies, and mysteries regarding the current tension in the air and the assassinations by Zhentarim, the Fire Knives, and other organizations. It is time for the players to discover the world, how or what do you recommend I should do in this 2 campaign climate?
Since currently there are a lot of factions, each with a lot of plots and characters and hidden secrets (its basically a mystery fantasy political campaign at this point), I have this feeling that the two groups would probably align themselves or help different sides of the conflict, leading to each group being the antagonists to the other group. I am planning to use this in my favor (if this is indeed something the players like and want to see more of), so for example, if the first party angered an NPC, this NPC could talk shit about them to the second party, and there are many other examples I could use to help create this dynamic world with two groups doing their own shit in but also hating the other group.
The campaign will probably last 7 sessions, its not really that long, but since my first rule of DMing is to never take away a shred of player agency, I still got no idea what the BBEG for each party will be... In the final session, they could possibly fight enemies from their backstories, cults, a dragon, or even themselves... i really dont know lol
what advice would you give me to run this type of campaign?

When Burke has George move in with them. Don't get me wrong I think Burke and George's friendship is really sweet, love that Burke packed George's lunches, and they were doing everything together. But that's exactly the thing, Cristina was feeling left out in her own home. Burke and George were acting like it was a frat house.
Even though Burke supports this friendship I think he would be annoyed if Cristina and Meredith lived with him and just spent all their waking time gossiping with each other in the living room, while he has to hide in the bedroom to get some peace and that's exactly what Cristina was having to do. And let's not forget it was Burke who pushed and pushed Cristina to move in with him, this wouldn't be an issue if he had let her keep her own place.
Maybe if Burke had said he was actively helping George find some other place to move into ASAP I'd feel differently but Burke didn't seem to be doing anything because he loved having George around.

(English is not my first language sorry in advance)Hi i’m 16y/o and I really think I only like girls, first i thought i was bi but i think I was just telling myself I’m bi because im scared that I won’t find a girl who I like,that likes me back. I had a huge crush on one of my best friends, who I confessed to but she didn’t like me back, it really broke my heart and im still not over her. And I’m afraid it will just always be like this while im still a teen.
A few weeks a go I hung out with a boy who is into me, I was really pushing myself to like him back bc i knew he wanted to kiss me that evening, it was really wrong of me to “use” the guy and i stopped him when he wanted to kiss me bc i didnt want my first kiss to be with someone i dont even like. I apologised to him and it kinda was an awakening that im not into guys i dont really know what to do now im just scared that ill never experience teen love with a girl.

I(17m) have this under the relationships flair because idk what else to mark friendships under. TW: Abuse, SA
I grew up in an abusive, divorced, and neglectful household. Abusive father, neglectful mother. They didn't get along at all and I never was able to build a social circle. I think due to the trauma, I seek deep, emotional relationships/friendships with people I do choose to get close to, and that normally ends up with me getting in a relationship with them and self isolating if I get broken up with (I've been in 3 relationship in the past 2 years). I'm not wanting to date because I'm tired of getting hurt, which means I keep myself emotionally distant.
My school/social life is kinda growing, but limited and a little awkward. I tend to stick to groups so I don't have one on one time with people because I am that awkward. My three closest school friends are E (we play chess at lunch), J (we play volleyball in car riders), and W (we just kinda... are friends?). E lives in a separate county though so I don't really know how to ask him to hang out, W's parents don't let him go out, and I've never asked J before because that's more of a friend group friend.
I have some other not as close friends like A, who is asking me if I wanna go hang out tomorrow and idk how to respond. I wanna try to get some more people to go because I'm that awkward and I don't wanna be out with her alone. Idk much about her as well. She did tell me she was SA'ed recently, and I believe her, but I have a tiny whisper telling me to not be alone with her in case she was lying and I get that said about me.
I don't think I need to say this, but I would never SA anyone. I've always asked every time I've touched a partner if they were okay with it (teased/fingered). Outside of that like hugging/kissing, if they stopped me, I've backed off and asked about it at a separate time to set boundaries. My point about this is that I don't want that attention on me because I wouldn't ever do that.
Back to the point, idk what to do. I kinda wanna go hang out with her as long as a group goes because it sounds like it could be fun, but maybe I'm looking for an "okay, you can" or what to expect because idk what to expect.
Is there really anything you can say that could/would help me calm my nerves or know what to expect? Thanks for reading if you got this far.

So for some background, my 10 year old golden finally messed up his back right leg during a walk running around like a goof. We weren't sure if it was an ACL tear or hip issue as he could barely get up, and was toe pointing down. We have had 2 vet visits, one with X-Rays where they think the issue is Hip Dysplasia based on the alignment of his leg in the x-rays.
Since he is 10 surgery was a hard recommendation for us and I understand why.
It's been about 2 months and he has had some very good progress. We cut his food down to lose weight for it to be easier on his leg. We got a front and back harness and we carry him every single time he has to go outside (lots of stairs), combined with strict rules about how much he can get up and be moving around, only goes outside to pee/poop.
So fast-forward to today, it's been over 2 months and the progress has been amazing. We still carry him up and down, but he walks around (with limp) maybe limp is not the right word but the angle his back leg moves at is off (vet says that will likely be permanent).
We even started small walks to try and build up some strength again and just let him enjoy life and all. Been fine no issues. Some
Now to today, he was fine in the morning, same routine as every other day. Carry him down to sniff around outside pee etc. Comes back in completely fine no issues at all. Then about 3-4 hours later I tell him we are going out back, and as I'm getting the harness I see him coming over completely limping, not putting any pressure on the back leg. Like to the levels of a day or 2 after the initial injury. He can get up fine by himself so I got him to lay back down and have been stopping him from getting up. I have no idea what he did. Do I just monitor him for a day or 2. Is it really possible he lost 2+months of progress in 1 day just from getting up awkwardly which is what I assume he did.
Picture of him standing: https://i.imgur.com/mBfwhKP.jpeg
Sorry for the rambling just stressed.

I played a lot of gp since season 8 during the end of last season I haven’t played much gp because he felt pretty bad to play. Now this season I’ve been trying him out again he feels even weaker early with low kp unless the laner walks into you like a bot since you can’t rush your sheen (futures market gone) and the nerfs to first strike, essence reaver(no sheen higher price) and navori price of triforce making his build path into crit clunky limiting your haste unless you build navori. Now has anyone else noticed how decent it feels building IE again? I’ve been going triforce > IE > navori and if I crit even once they kinda just die instantly even from behind that 3item spike feels really strong I don’t really see people talking about how it feels the extra attack speed also feels decent on gp what are you alls thoughts?

A couple of weeks ago, I had an acquaintance over for movies and pizza, a nice sober night of fellowship. I ordered two pizzas because I assumed I would have leftovers for the next couple of days, but this guy ate most of those two pizzas. Then he had the nerve to ask me if I could order pizza from somewhere else next time because he did not like the crust.
I told him to fuck off and go home at that point, and that he really should have thanked me for feeding him that much pizza instead.
Now he decided to respond to that by going to a bar and drinking and saying I drove him to break his AA sobriety.
WTF is this? Logically I know that’s on him, but emotionally I feel the need to take full responsibility over a newbie in AA going back to drinking.
Perhaps I was too hard on him.