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I’m at the conclusion of one of the weirdest situations I’ve been in my life. I’m 34/M she is 25/F let’s call her Unique. We met in 2022. Had a very intense thing going on for about 2 months. We never left each other side during that time. Met each other parents and all. We claimed to be exclusively sexual with each other but wasn’t in a legitimate relationship. After a while I asked to for a full blown relationship. She was apprehensive stating she’s not ready. I really felt some way about this and after went out and dealt with another woman a few days later(e.i oral.) Later, Unique finds out from finding a condom in my car. I initially tried to lie about it but within 30 minutes came clean about the about thing. I just knew it was going to be over and I would never hear from her again.
This is where I feel it gets weird. I feel horrible for what I have done but she wants to continue. But now I can’t shake this feeling of an brokenness between us. Like our little bubble has been popped. Since we were never in a relationship I felt it was it was only a matter of time she would leave. She a beautiful girl. So, one day I told her we should take a break as I couldn’t shake this dark cloud. After about two weeks, I wanted her back but it was too late. She said she just wants to be friends. I tried to convince her otherwise but ultimately respected her decision. I told her I can’t be friends with because I still have feelings for her and it wouldn’t be a true friendship but if she ever changes her mind on us being together again to reach out.
After I go my separate way crushed but accepting my fate. Crushed because I’m a man of my word and I broke our agreement and her trust. Knowing she will forever look at me differently. But then she reaches out a few weeks later and I believe it’s to work it out but instead it to “check on me.” I chat for a little bit and then explain to her the same thing I did before and to reach out if she has a change of heart. So let’s just say this went on for more than a year and a half. There would be every 1-2 months she would “reach out” saying all different things from “I miss you” “I love you” so on and so on. I would foolishly lean in only for her to pull away shortly after. One time she even blocked me for 3 months after I told how can I get over you if you keep contacting me playing this game. I’ve ignored and blocked her, she would call me from different numbers. Because I foolishly had these feelings for her I would lean in time and time again. After enough of that emotional roller coaster I started to tell her straight up leave me alone. No more “reach out if you change your mind.” It would continue until I changed my phone number only for her to reach out on email months later. I debated but reached back out to her. This time I thought ok maybe if she went that far as to email me she wants to figure something out.
This time I figure okay we can be friends get to know each other more take it slow this time. Only for me to have all of these negative feelings the entire time because we because we were hanging out again but things were massively different. After a while I realized tis wasn’t good for my mental health and told her I can’t do this blocked her and walked away. I spent the next 3 months(longest we went without speaking) getting myself together. Then one day I started to miss her and after a week or 2 I reached out to her. This time I’m thinking I’m just going to be friends. We started hanging out again. But I’m noticing I’m paying for everything and she asking me for money for things and favors. So I was going along with it a little bit because I thought maybe she feeling me out and because in most cases I genuinely wanted to look out for her. When I realized that’s not the case I told her I can no longer pay for her every time we hangout. She did not like this one bit. Mind you, I’ve always paid for everything.
She says to me it’s crazy that I don’t think a friendship with a female doesn’t consist of doing things for her and paying for her. I said not if we’re just friends. Sure occasionally I can do favor I can buy some drinks as a friend. She never once offered to pay anything not one round nothing even if invites out. One time, even gave me a hard time I ask for a ride when she still had a car. Asking to pay for your nails and stuff I feel are things you ask the man you’re romantic with. Said it seems manipulative on her part to constantly ask me someone who just a friend for all this. She said I’ll never see her because I still have feelings for her.
I admit I played my role in this dragging as long as it did(2 years.) I feel we should’ve ended when I asked for a full blown relationship and she said she wasn’t ready. My mistake not communicating then clearly that that’s what I wanted and if she not with then it’s so long. There a lot of nuance that can’t be explained here.She is now blocked on everything. I like to think differences in ages contributed to this.
What do you all think?

I am the author of https://www.reddit.com/AsOneAfterInfidelity/comments/16hkah9/trying_to_reconcile_but_feeling_lost_please_let/
This account is a throwaway, and I haven't checked it since I created the initial post.
Today, I decided to log in, and was surprised to receive a lot of follow up questions in my DMs.
Decided to create another post instead of answering each individually.
This is going to be a bit of a brain dump, rather than a structured thinking, so bear with me.

• After the post, I decided to break up with her. I approached her and told her it's over. Her reaction of total regret and repentance(?, sorry, not a native speaker) was so genuine, that I believed her. She promised she will cut her contact with him to an absolute minimum at work, or quit the job if I ask her to.
  
• I kind of didn't care anymore at that point so I told her not to quit, as it's the best job of her career so far.
  
• I went for a 2-weeks sport vacation with a friend of mine right after, and so my wife and I communicated only a little bit during that time.
  
• During that vacation and away from her, I realized that no matter what she did - I love her, and even if I left her I would still be loving her. It's like there is no escape from it.
  
• I came back with a renewed intention of reconciliation and started paying her more attention, spending more time together, etc. I still felt shit and sometimes even felt disgusted by her but kept going.
  
• After a few months it became easier, and I could feel similar intimacy with her like I felt before the betrayal.
  
• But still, 80% of my dreams were about the cheating, and about the guy she cheated me with.
  
• Around the new year, we had another deep discussion, from which I understood the following:
  
  • she felt unloved and unwanted by me for a long time, but never intended (as in planned to) to betray me;
  • but spending a lot of time with this guy at work, she felt close with him, and the thoughts about intimacty with him started crippling in. She didn't realise it clearly at the time, but she wanted to use him to get the attention and sex she was missing with me, because he was a safe option for that. She sees it clearly now that she used him, and that's one of her many points of regret.
  • at some point, she gave in to it, was drunk, and basically initiated it herself
  • she felt like she was on drugs and "on the peak" the whole time she was cheating: she was euphoric from their sex and his attention to her, which in turn made her more productive at work, etc; but at the same time she felt a complete detachment from who she believed she was as a person, and would cry herself to sleep for doing this to me pretty much every night. She would promise herself that "tomorrow she tells me everything"
  • she also felt like the guy fell in love with her, while for her it was more of a sex-first thing with some "warm" feelings, but not the "real" love. And so one of the reasons she kept communicating with him was that she felt like she hurt him badly, as well.
  • despite all that, I am still mad at the guy, and should an opportunity arise - I will make his life a hell (within legal limits, of course). Call me a little man, I don't care. That guy knew he was damaging our marriage and he has to pay for it. The colder the revenge served, the better.
  • after learning all of this, and some more, I actually felt easier. It wasn't nice to hear, but I knew it was the truth and it liberated me a little bit.
  • I still couldn't have sex with her for a few more months as every time I looked at her in the sexual context, all I saw was them together in bed
• But as time went on, I noticed I don't have nightmares about it as much anymore, and I felt like I could have sex without thinking about it too much.
  
• Fairly recently, we started having sex again. It's OK. But it's not perfect.
  
• I don't have the hard evidence (I stopped checking her phone), but everything about her tells and shows that she indeed has ended it and her attention and love are directed at me only. Even better: she is really trying, and I feel how it's genuine and how it's actually working.
  
• We are kind of like newlywed right now, and it feels good.
  
• That said, sometimes, I still feel like I am pushing through and can't really let it go and live with my choice. Logically, I would like to see it as a new relationship: the woman had partners before, and I had too, and I am fine with that. Not just a random woman - it's a woman I know very well and I love. So much better that being with someone really new, and potentially getting frustrated. But somehow this logical thinking is not helping me. Oftentimes, I feel I might never love her the same way again, and trust her the same way again. I don't know.
  
• It's hard, but the positives outweigh the negatives. At least for now.
  
• I am very grateful to the people who answered here to my original post. They supported me, and provided some really good feedback. But at the same time, I would like to highlight that in the end you should only listen to yourself. I am much happier now because I didn't listen to the most popular advice - to leave her - and gave it another chance, instead.
  

I got an iPhone 15 to get me started. I intend to get an iPad and some sort of macOS laptop. That's the part where I'm not because the specs don't translate to anything I know how to understand. I know I can expect to may more for similar performance to a PC in most cases. I''m not looking to do high end gaming, but I would like to be able to run Adobe Final Cut and do video and image editing. I'd also like to have enough juice to see what other things MacOS has to offer that I'm not even aware of.
My budget is flexible. I don't want to buy a top of the line PC .. but I can spend what I need to to make sure I get a computer that will do the job.
Can someone give me some reccomendations ? Is now a good time to buy ? Should I wait for the next generation?
Thanks!

Hi there! My name is Glow (I’ll share my real name once we connect) and I’m 20 and from the U.S. (east coast)
I’m very compassionate towards those I like and I love making you laugh but you need to make me laugh too! Sometimes I might be serious when I say jokes but I promise that’s my personality! and I’ll always be reassuring you about that :)
I’m a chubby Hispanic girl who’s 5’1” and I have long brown hair & I work as a pet care specialist but not sure if that’s going to be my job forever. I love playing dumb video games like Roblox & Minecraft. I also love cooking, reading, and doing makeup. I’m also studying to get my associates.
I’m looking to just start out as friends and see where we go from there :) someone who doesn’t want to play games (besides videos games) with me. I would like to state I want kids someday in the future. Not tomorrow but in 5 years or so.
Im seeking someone who is between the ages of 20-23. ( Im very strict about this so if you’re under 20 or over the age of 23 I will press ignore - no exceptions ❗️)
Also looking for someone who has goals and ambitions and someone I can someday bring back to mom & dad. Also only looking for those who are in the same area as me as in living in the East coast. Also someone Who is also willing to travel to meet me.
Someone with a sense of humor but knows how to be serious when need be. If you’re a stick in the mud please don’t even message me.
I don’t drink or smoke and looking for someone who’s similar as well, I find it very unattractive if you smoke or drink regularly/daily.
Im just looking for that guy who dates me, to watch me walk down the aisle - not to mess around. Just looking to be someone’s passenger princess ! (I can’t stand driving for more than 20 minutes)
Looking for a guy who knows what he wants, can hold a conversation, takes charge and makes me feel safe & secure. At 19 I already bought my own car & my own phone with my own money and I don’t expect anything less from the person I’m dating. Sorry not sorry 🤷🏻‍♀️ (No, you don’t need your own phone or car, but I want someone who strives for those goals and isn’t comfortable where they’re at, if I have those expectations for myself, my so should also)
That’s all I can think of :) sorry for the long post I just know what I want!
P.S. Parents love me

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I'm a 4th year associate who really wants to return to my hometown after working on the other side of the country. I just received an offer to join an Am Law 150 firm in my hometown. I can be as remote as I want, and billable requirement is 1800. However, the people that extended the offer only recently combined with the larger firm a couple months ago, so they're still in a transition phase. The incoming firm was previously regional with only about 35 attorneys. The larger firm is about 450-500. I've been assured that policies regarding billable requirement and remote work will not change.
Unfortunately, the offer amount was well below what I was expecting, based on reliable information regarding the larger firm's pay at two of its other offices in comparable markets, which is quite competitive (my recruiter placed a candidate with them already). After some discussion, I learned the incoming firm is still on its old pay scale, and they promised "significant raises" in January after they complete the compensation survey that is ongoing. Obviously, there is no way of knowing what comp will be. If I accept, it will mean an immediate $33k pay cut. However, if salaries land where my recruiter and I expect/hope, it will be a $20-25k raise above what I'm earning now. Salaries are not uniform nationally for this firm.
My parents and siblings advise that I don't take the job because the raise is too uncertain, and it's clear that supporting my family long term on the currently offered salary will be very difficult (cost of living out there is egregious). This is now the best firm in town (which admittedly is quite small for a firm of this size/caliber), and I'm afraid of missing out on this opportunity to go home. I'm willing to tighten my belt for 7 months if it will pay off, but I don't know if it will.
What questions should I be asking, and of course, what would you do?
Thanks!

Trying to just keep it all facts and keep the emotions out of text so you can make fair assessment Me and my girlfriend opened up our relationship after a sexless relationship she granted me a hall pass I never used not from lack of trying but every time I had a plan, I feel uncomfortable on it and bail on it. The more I thought on it the more it I began to entertain an open relationship based off of it would be easier for me to have sexual relations with people that actually cared for so I popped a question with my girlfriend about the open relationship. We talked about it for about two weeks. we both entertained the idea of the lustrous ideas we had. We listened to Dan savage podcasts whom my gf is an avid listener. She has been in open relationships prior to being with me. As far as sexuality goes she is far more advanced than I but when it comes down to emotional regulation I am by far more advanced but we both were trying to brush up on our knowledge of poly or just open relationships in general. With this background knowledge I shall proceed The partner I currently have was completely unexpected and unplanned by myself. Me and my girlfriend went to a house party of my partners house where I had no thoughts or plans of ever seen this woman sexually our house party ran out of liquor so me and another guest went out to buy some and upon arrival back at the house my gf almost told me that me and her friend were going to fuck I didn’t say no because I’m not the type to turn down sex. Fast-forward two days later, my girlfriend and our mutual friend my now current partner decided that they were going to go out on a whim my gf had no one to watch our kid so naturally I did on a moment notice no biggie though but I decided to take that time they were out to deep clean my bathroom. Well their night out only lasted an hour and a half which is very unusual for them usually they will close bars together so I continued cleaning my bathroom after they arrived at my house and ignored them after our mutual friend left my gf told me that I was specifically avoiding them to which I responded I was busy didn’t mean to seem like that. Will you apologize to her for me? She told me tell her yourself. to which I responded a few hours later in the morning after sometime to think that if I keep seeing this girl, I’ll probably going to develop some feelings for her and her literal response was you love who you love? So I reach out to her told her that I was not avoiding her. Then I did some more research into poly and based upon my findings, I told my GF we do not have a healthy enough relationship to support an open one. She insisted that we keep it open. So two nights ago, I told my GF that I was going to go work out with this newly acquired partner. The gym was closed in the complex that I live at. So we ended up going back to her place where she invited one of her friends play the drinking game. My GF called me at 10 o’clock. I told her where I was and what I was doing who I was with, she even talk to our mutual friend on the phone with me. After the phone call, we continue to play our games until 2 AM where the night ended with me sleeping with this partner and passing out at her house. In the morning, I continued life as normal me and my girlfriend have just recently started communicating through Snapchat for its excellent ability of transmitting and sending photos and videos I woke up to a video sent to me by my GF of my daughter, and I replied back with my reaction in my partners bed my GF began to call me a liar and a cheater. Because I did not expressly tell her I was going to her house but was aware of it when we talked on the phone and that I didn’t expressly tell her I was going to have sex I’m having a very hard time knowing if I am a liar and a cheater or is it a failure of communication? I felt and feel no feelings of shame or guilt because I feel like I adequately expressed what road this would lead down if I pursued this relationship and she encouraged it and then she was aware of where I was and what I was doing on the night in question There is probably some vital info missing if there is need for additional information please ask also wrote this with voice to text

Been dealing with a few recruiters recently as I vacant my role at my current employer and I have had to deal with a few recruiters.
Have noticed that while trying to find my successor that the recruiters who have contacted us about applications are all shite.
MCS, Hunter Savage, VANRATH and Staffline all put forward candidates but during the interviews they couldn’t even be fucked to tell them any details of the job, try explaining to a guy who’s 20 and only out of tech that he isn’t qualified for a job he was guarantined by some arsehole at MCS cause he dosnt have the degree we require.
Or the girl sent by VANRATH who was told we were offering 35k a year for the role, we are offering 30k, again try explaining that to someone.
Anyone else had a bad experience with these groups as someone recruiting or looking for a new job?

Anyone ever have co-workers like this? They insist on being invited to your meetings despite not having anything to say (they always lurk). Even when you call them out during the meeting and ask for their input, they always say "nothing to add" or something similar. Their job has nothing to do with the meeting agenda as in the meetings they want to be part of are usuallly a planning and a review in which they do not have any work assigned. Their work is assigned by their managers who is a complete mystery to me. When asked why they want to be invited, they always give the same bullshit response such as "to listen in."
Looking at their calendars, it's usually 90% free where mine is usually about 90% occupied. I wish I could have their job, little to zero meetings meaning I can focus on my work and not have to work into the early evening.

Hey guys so I've always struggled a lot with anxiety + other things growing up to a point where I just stayed in my room all day and struggled for about 3-4 years feeling like a letdown to everyone around me.
I've been applying for jobs for about a year and genuinely felt like I'll never get one due to struggling so much with interviews but I FINALLY GOT A JOB!!! It's pretty much an entry level IT job where I'll be helping people with any issues they're having and some other general IT stuff.
I received the phone call from the employer yesterday (i hate calls so much) but he told me the good news and I genuinely felt like crying because this is my first time getting a job offer LOL.
Anyway, after the initial excitement wore off after a day I realised that I am actually terrified of starting, as I've never worked before and the job will mean I'll be answering a lot of phone calls, which I hate, but I think this can help me out a lot with slowly getting over dreading phone calls. I'm also worried that I'll mess up A LOT and my coworkers will hate me for it.
I'm 24 so I feel like I'm starting my career really late compared to everyone else but I'm excited and TERRIFIED of the whole thing as it will be completely new to me. Does anyone have any advice of how dealt with their first job, how it went etc? I start in 3 weeks so I want to be quite prepared but I'm not sure if I'm overthinking this. so any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you.

I applied to a remote role thru LinkedIn. I got this email from the hiring person:

Dear Candidate, How are you doing today? Thanks for getting in touch. I'm really sorry to inform you that the (role) you applied for on our LinkedIn Job Post has been filled but the good news is that I have referred you to one of our clients looking to fill a remote position. If you are interested, please forward your resume to this email address (email) I have also sent him an email. Thank You,

Is this a scam? I didn't submit any personal information yet. The email sender seemed to be correct and the address was the hiring manager's company without spelling errors. I'm just wondering if this is a common scam that I'm not aware of? Is it worth a shot shooting that client an email?

3 months ago, my relationship with a borderline ended. The relationship was a constant rollercoaster ride.
I knew she had BPD, she told me about her diagnosis about a month or two into the relationship and we only lasted about 6 months.
I tried so hard to understand the disorder, to not let it define her or our relationship, I wanted to help her with it too, I researched it, spoke about what I can do for her when she is splitting or feelings her emotions. I tried to give her all the support I could.
Now that time has passed and I am no longer blinded by her beauty or what I thought was an intense, genuine connection I see things clearly.
Once the relationship ended I began researching BPD, I spent hours every day trying to understand her and what happened between us. This became an obsession for me, something that distracted me from the chaotic breakup and my thoughts about her.
I lost a lot due to her, I gave up countless opportunities, missed out on experiences which I won’t have again due to the circumstances of our relationship and location. I compromised my mental health for hers, I lost friends and distanced myself from my family and I lost what was a significant amount of money for me.
The relationship was abusive like many here, I was gaslit, blackmailed, controlled, called names, devalued, and continuously punished for past mistakes.
We would spend hours fighting about something stupid, this mostly consisted of her being withdrawn from me, listing everything that was wrong with me, asking me to leave and then when I go to leave punishing me for that. I would miss meals due to these fights which complimented the stress I felt and often times the fight would end with me being pushed to my limit and breaking down.
I noticed that when we would fight that it would end if I started crying, I started allowing myself to cry in front of her during these times to try and put an end to the fights and this made me feel like a terrible person or narcissistic for deploying my emotions to stop her attacks and now as I look back I find that so devastating that I did that and thought those things.
Once the fights ended things would magically reset like nothing at all happened, we’d usually reconnect with sex which was always intense and frequent. Then the clock started again until the cycle repeated.
I had been pushed to my limit mentally, she had taken so much energy from me so my only option was to remove myself from her which meant leaving where I was and moving somewhere far away from her, this was partly due to other circumstances but mainly because of her.
She begged me to stay with her and go long distance, we had broken up multiple times before I made this decision in the space of a month and I was so exhausted and under pressure from her mother who was now involved with us that I gave in.
I left her, gave long distance a try for two weeks and then we had a massive fight, it was like a nuclear bomb detonating. She tried to overdose and I was made responsible for getting her help, I spent hours trying to find out where she was over the phone in a different time zone so the emergency services could get to her, thankfully they did.
She was brought to hospital and the relationship was put to an end by me, I explained what had happened was too much, wished her well and blocked her on everything (apart from one thing which she then sent me the most horrible message I’ve ever received on the next day, but I didn’t reply, I blocked that account too).
There has been no direct attempt to hoover ever since, I have not tried to contact her either and have no intention or desire of ever speaking to her again.
Immediately after what had happened I was relieved, I felt a massive weight lift from my shoulders and I wasn’t drowning with her anymore.
I went through every stage of grief, I went to counselling, had a massive break down to my parents, I felt so guilty for what had happened, I was depressed too. The anxiety I felt was unmatched to anything before, I was terrified of the smear campaign she promised to deliver, I accepted that she would ruin my life but it never came directly to me, I have no idea what she has told her friends but no harm has came my way (something I am so grateful for as I know some here have gone through some very difficult circumstances following a breakup with a borderline and you have my absolute sympathy if that is you).
After three months to the day, things are getting easier. I do not think about her as much as I did, I recognise her for who she is and how she treated me and I have accepted that I didn’t deserve that.
I don’t hate her, hate can help but it does not heal and holding resentment gives the borderline more power over you, it is important to acknowledge what happened, educate yourself on the disorder and forgive the circumstances, forgive the person as they do not know what they do, but never go back.
A borderline is not like you and I, their brain structure and chemistry is different to a regular person, they are an emotional child trapped in an adults body who has developed unhealthy coping mechanisms and strategies to get what they want which take years to unlearn.
The life of a borderline is internally and externally destructive, the chaos they feel in their mind is projected onto those around them and the clock only stops with them. They do not care about you, they can’t. A borderline cannot recognise what they do to others and whilst I used this as a justification for her treatment towards me, it is never a justification for abuse and makes things extraordinarily difficult to leave them.
I had accepted when I was with her that this is my life now, maybe one day in some years she will get better and her symptoms will go into remission. This is not the case, yes a borderline after years of therapy can manage their symptoms better and life might get easier for them and those around them but it is never your responsibility to wait for them.
A borderline mirrors you, they use you to regulate their emotions, they are an empty vassal that latches on to you and it is your job to provide them with stability in their minds. They are parasites for your energy and emotional stability.
Before I met her I was a confident, easy going, happy young man. Now I am damaged, emotionally drained and my mental health is starting to get better but it was the worst it has ever been.
Things do get better though, it is normal to miss them, to think that things could be different, they make promises to work on themselves, they tell you things will be different but things will never change. They make you think you are a perfect person, they boost your ego by putting you on a pedestal and we become addicted to that treatment.
I imagine what my days would be like if she was still in my life and we continued long distance, I see myself spending hours on the phone with her, worrying about when the next outburst will be, spending hours getting her to come to her senses and stop splitting on me. Feeling on edge constantly.
I am much happier trading those feelings for the feelings of peace and freedom, I would much rather feel lonely and sad sometimes than have her in my life.
Yes, my relationship was short, we did not have children, we weren’t married and I got out quickly. I am lucky to be in that position. But for those who may be coming out of a relationship with a borderline, you have your life back now no matter how long it was, reality for what it is will return to you and you do not need to live in their chaotic fantasy world any more.
Educate yourself on the disorder, look after yourself and take your time to recover because you need it. Things do get easier and it will get better, remain in no contact and let time heal your wounds.

I applied for a job on April 18... heard back to schedule a phone interview for April 26.. then got asked to do a final in-person interview on May 2nd that was scheduled for May 14th. I completed the in-person interview and did extremely well.. the hiring manager gave me his business card Incase I had any questions. I also had someone from the company look at my LinkedIn page who isn't HR or a part of the hiring process/interview. 4 hours after my last interview I followed up with a simple yet effective thank you email indicating my passion to work with them as well as thanking them again for their time and consideration.. I also told them if they had any follow up questions to not hesitate to reach out to me. The only timeline they gave me during the interview is that the person they selected would start July 1st... and I should've asked about a clean timeline as to when I'd know if I would be selected or not. It's been a week and I haven't heard anything.. rule of thumb is 1-2 weeks.. but I'm wondering if I should follow up tomorrow and ask for a more transparent timeline. I'm not in desperation for a new job but I truly want this role and to work for this organization as I feel it's a perfect match.. what do you all make of this? Does it sound like I have a good chance? When should I follow up again? What would you say?

So, I applied to an entry-level e-commerce photography job. I don't have much experience in photography (lol), but the majority of my experience comes in years of graphic design, digital marketing, and overall managing e-commerce sites. So throughout the interview, I detailed my history with editing and how I would like to expand my portfolio from graphics to photo retouching.
I expected to be rejected, trust me lol. I knew there were definitely better candidates than me. But as I was showing him my portfolio, he said that, although I'm not a good fit for this role, he is very impressed and he believes I have a great future ahead of me, and that my passion is infectous. He told me I would be a much better fit for a promotional video editing and graphic design position in the company. He checked my phone number and asked for my email.
Is this a good sign or is this guy just being hella nice? This is my first interview this has ever happened in (I'm 18, high school graduate) and I don't know if I should expect something more or move on.

We been together about 2 years never officially started our relationship, I fucked up the first couple months because she was living with a man she used to have sex with and other men and said she didn’t care if I was with anyone else but to let her know and she was celibate, we got through that after some months but things weren’t the same she never stayed with me anymore we started fighting she went into deep depression, didn’t work didn’t go out I payed for her insurance her food her gas her dog basically everything in her life then we had more problems like me liking girls pictures or her doing the same then she also left her phone at home and went out with a guy friend and I pulled up to her house and caught her driving around drinking with him and her phone in her room because I had her location, basically a lot of ups and downs but we loved each other hard through it all and still spent a ton of time together. Through all this time we never had sex, she remained celibate and always made me feel I wasn’t doing enough or didn’t treat her well enough for her to fully commit to me even though she said she’s never done so much for anyone. 2-3 weeks ago I was using her computer and her search history was sugar daddy websites and online dating, she had a history of doing this before I was with her she was scamming men and other weird things for money from men, confronted her and she said she just wanted to help me with money and shit I wasn’t buying it. I took a few days to think and figure out what was going on. The same week she broke up with me to work on herself and because I didn’t talk to her right or do things right for her she said she was out of patience she also said she was getting a job and going back to school and didn’t want a relationship and it just feels like she completely used me

Hi I applied for a job and received 2 interviews and had my latest interview Friday I’m getting a little worried about callbacks and tried reaching out their HR via email and tried reaching out via phone but to no avail any words of advice from current workers or past?

Not really sure what to title this. Just kinda venting/looking for what others have to say.
I have everything I could ever want. A good job, an amazing husband, and a beautiful 5 yo daughter.
I wouldn’t call us wealthy but we are very comfortable.
I absolutely loathe going to work. 9-5, 4 days a week. I have it pretty easy compared to some.
I just feel so UNHAPPY. I cannot pinpoint why.
Ive realized recently it seems like my whole day revolves around doing for others. Which is probably pretty common as a mom/wife. But damn.
Wake up. Get myself and daughter ready. Take her to babysitter or school depending on the day. Go to work to make the owner of the company rich. Come home, do laundry, dishes, dinner, cleaning around the house etc. Get myself and kid ready for bed. Then bedtime. TV time with husband. I have ZERO sex drive by the end of the day. Doctors can’t find anything “wrong” but I know things like that sometimes take a few rounds of testing as far as hormones, thyroid etc.
I don’t want this post to come across as my husband doesn’t help since I didn’t mention it above. He does help with cleaning and such so that isn’t the issue. He pays all the bills and I’m only responsible for groceries, my own insurance, and cell phone basically. He also does a lot in his spare time at night to make money on the side to give us a good life.
31 just seems so young to lose your sex drive. I would say this started about a year ago? Just the cliche “sex is such a chore” feeling. It’s always good, so why don’t I crave it? I feel like a terrible wife bc I’m not satisfying my husbands needs. He is very respectful and doesn’t make me feel bad about it but it still bothers me. I do have some past trauma related to sex but nothing too intense.
Everyday just feels like Groundhog Day. Same thing everyday. But then any change in routine, like vacation, a night out etc, absolutely exhausts me and completely throws me off. A break from normal life is usually more hassle than it’s worth. I’m a homebody.
That’s another thing that has plummeted in the past year is my energy levels. I’ve gained like 50 lbs even though my eating habits haven’t really changed enough to gain 50 lbs in my opinion.
I’ve tried a few different supplements over the past year or so. St. John’s wort, ashwaganda, Berberine, olly libido pills, probiotics/prebiotics. Nothing really makes a difference.
Anyone else struggled with similar feelings? I just don’t know where to go at this point. Any advice or input is appreciated.

I applied for a job on April 18... heard back to schedule a phone interview for April 26.. then got asked to do a final in-person interview on May 2nd that was scheduled for May 14th. I completed the in-person interview and did extremely well.. the hiring manager gave me his business card Incase I had any questions. I also had someone from the company look at my LinkedIn page who isn't HR or a part of the hiring process/interview. 4 hours after my last interview I followed up with a simple yet effective thank you email indicating my passion to work with them as well as thanking them again for their time and consideration.. I also told them if they had any follow up questions to not hesitate to reach out to me. The only timeline they gave me during the interview is that the person they selected would start July 1st... and I should've asked about a clean timeline as to when I'd know if I would be selected or not. It's been a week and I haven't heard anything.. rule of thumb is 1-2 weeks.. but I'm wondering if I should follow up tomorrow and ask for a more transparent timeline. I'm not in desperation for a new job but I truly want this role and to work for this organization as I feel it's a perfect match.. what do you all make of this? Does it sound like I have a good chance? When should I follow up again? What would you say?

I'm reaching out because I'm looking for some validation for this idea I've been building a proof of concept of.
A little about me to set some context, I, along with my roommates, make free cycling related tools in our spare time, including a routing tool, https://sherpa-map.com, a physics simulator tool for cycling, https://sherpa-map.com/cycling-route-calculator.html, and a GPX activity racer tool https://sherpa-map.com/activity-racer.html .
I've made a few others as well, but this post isn't about that, I just wanted to showcase the fact that I can build the upcoming idea, but I'm wondering if it would be worth it to develop it for anyone else.
The idea:
A phone app that lets users import a route GPX file and/or start an activity. The app is designed to work entirely offline, in your pocket, without much of a GUI, providing voiced turn-by-turn directions if following a route.
While you are riding, it allows you to ask questions or give commands into your Bluetooth headset, like, "What's the distance until the next aid station?", "Route me back to the beginning on the flattest possible route.", "What's my best 20-minute normalized power so far?", "What's my current distance?", "What's my net elevation gain?", "What mile has the beginning of the biggest climb on the route?".
Utilizing the physics simulator code and your riding so far, it could even determine when you'll be where, so you can ask, "How much longer until I'm back on pavement?", "When should I start heading back to avoid the sun going down when cycling?".
I also plan on having it continuously monitor and analyze your ride, so if you finish a climb it can recognize this and state "Nice job! You managed 340 watts for 3 minutes up the last 300ft climb!".
Basically, the idea is, that this could replace your head unit (or accompany it nicely).
I even intend it to have rerouting capabilities, i.e. "take me to the nearest gas station".
So far, I've managed to develop a functioning Android app that works entirely offline, monitoring for speech using webRTCVAD, recording speech to memory, transcribing speech using a specially trained Mozilla Deepspeech model, on the phone, tokenizing the transcription with a WordPeice algorithm, and feeding it to a specially trained BERT Tensorflow model which maps your intent to a particular function.
I plan on developing this app no matter what for my purposes as I feel having practically limitless knowledge of the entire route, and the activity thus far, as well as voiced turn-by-turn directions that function entirely offline could help me with upcoming gravel races. However, if people find this concept interesting, I'd buy a MacBook to make an IOS version and flesh out the interface to be more user-friendly and have things like, a login, a connect with Strava feature, etc.

So I am 26 years old. I am from Melbourne Australia. I am single and I live with my mother, my step-dad, my brother and my sister in law who have just moved back in recently after having moved out of home 3 years ago, but have moved back in to save money to eventually move out into the country somewhere. They are not really city/suburb people. The prefer regional/rural areas.
Anyway, the problem in our family is my step dad. I would say for the last 5-6 years, he has withdrawn alot from us. He spends the majority of his time (when he is not at work) sitting outside smoking, drinking and watching YouTube videos on his phone. We barely see him except for weekends because he works the afternoon/evening shifts.
When we do see him on weekends, he barely ever wants to do anything with us. We are always inviting him out to do things with us, but the majority of the time, he says no and uses the excuse of staying home to look after the dogs to get out of it. The only thing that we really do anymore is watch our show together on Saturday nights (if we haven't got something on, which we often do), but even that he is starting to lose interest in.
He also get sick quite often. He has a really bad cough due to his heavy smoking. I have never smoked in my life. My mum, brother and sister in law have, but they have all given up regular cigarettes now and either vape or use marijuana. I would honestly prefer if they just ditched the vapes and just smoked the marijuana to be honest and I have never had a problem with people who smoke pot as long as you do it safely and don't drive on it. It smells way better than cigarettes or the horrible artificial smell of vapes. Anyway, that's not the point.
He (my step dad) has also claimed to be on a meat and dairy only diet for the past couple of years now, basically the complete opposite of a vegan, yet we constantly see him eating bread, chips and other regular foods that are not part of his carnivore diet. He also makes a massive mess in the kitchen every time he cooks his food and never cleans it up because he cooks and attempts to clean in the dark without the light on.
We all think (myself, mum, my brother and sister in law) all think he had some severe health problems like potentially lung cancer and maybe even early onset dementia, but her just will not go to the doctor.
My brother and sister in law even said that one of the main reasons they moved out in the first place 3 years ago was because of how uncomfortable they felt around him and now they are saying the exact same thing again. They said it again literally tonight.
He also does not have a very good relationship with either of his biological children (my step brother and step sister). He says that he wishes that he talked to and saw them more, yet he makes little to no effort to see them or spend time with them outside of special occasions like birthdays, despite the fact that his son lives 10 minutes around the corner. His daughter lives a few hours away, but you would think he would make the time to see her more often, especially since his daughter now has a daughter, making him a grandfather.
He also sleeps in a completely separate room to my mum too which I believe severely impacts their relationship. Couples who do not sleep in the same bed together (for the most part) I believe do not wore every well in general. Now to be fair, this is mainly due to the fact that he snores very loudly and has too wear a massive CPAP machine at night which would keep mum awake, so he eventually just moved into the spare room. That part of it I get, but it's still not ideal.
And the worst part is, all that is just scratching the surface. My mum is constantly ranting and complaining to me about how much she has had enough and is fed up with him just doing nothing and not wanting to be a part of the family any more and just retreating into himself and I completely agree with her as well.
My mum and step dad have been together for 20 years this year, but I know for a fact that she does not love him anymore and wants to break up with him and end the relationship. Not only has she flat out told me this in private, but she wouldn't even have to tell me for me to know.
The biggest problem however and the primary reason why she won't separate from his is money. They have a mortgage for the house in both their names, many contracts are in both their names as well for things that we have done to the house like adding the solar panels, the battery backup for the solar panels, the renovations etc. A few joint accounts too.
Mum has told me so many times that if she were to win the lottery, she would leave him in a heartbeat. The money side of things and so many things being in both their names makes the situation so much harder. Mum has also said that she could not afford to live in our house if they split up as just a one person salary would not cover everything. I currently do not have a job and am actively;y looking for a new one after leaving a toxic work environment recently, but I do my part by paying for the houses monthly internet bill which lowers the cost of my board and my brother and sister in law also chip in in their way, but I still don't know if that would be enough.
Now of course, I love my step dad. I really do. He has been my main father figure in my life for the past 20 years since my mum divorced my real dad in 1999 when I was 2 years old. I still see my real dad on a regular basis and we have a good relationship, but I obviously have not lived with him 24/7 like I have with my step dad for 20 years. It's just that unfortunately, he is just not working in our family anymore and something has to change.
I guess what I am asking for is some advice and some help. Is there a way that we can move on from him? Is there a way where we can get him out of our lives without our lives being shaken up in the process. We have lived in this house for 18 years and it is our home. The thought of moving somewhere else just because we wouldn't be able to afford it anymore is heartbreaking to me. I know I may eventually move out one day if I get a girlfriend or whatever, but more heartbreaking for my mum than anything else.
So my question to you all is, has anyone out there reading this experienced the same sort of thing I have just described to you and if so, how did you manage to get out of it (if you did) and get your family back again? Any sort of advice or information or whatever else you can give me would be so much appreciated.
Thank you for reading and listening.