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After 10 years of me (F 28) begging my partner (M28) to stop soliciting sex behind my back I am finally leaving. I don’t have an ounce of trust left for him and honestly I get the worst feeling he’s been sleeping with other people behind my back. He’s become so sneaky and honestly just a liar. He lies about everything so you can’t take word for anything. I’ve finally had enough. My self esteem is in the trenches but I have to leave for my kids and my sanity. I deserve better and I realize that his behavior is not normal nor should I live an anxiety filled life constantly trying to catch him cheating. I’ve caught him on dating apps, posting naked photos, messaging other men and women, looking for escorts and even messaging them to meet up, leaving in the middle of the night and he’s lied about his location so I’m pretty sure he has met them. I usually make excuses for him, stay, and take his word about seeing therapy or whatever he feeds me but he never follows through and just keeps doing the same things. I’ve allowed him to really run me into the ground just so he could do these things. I felt at times he was just doing the bare minimum to say he was a good person against these allegations. I’ve been a wonderful mom and partner to him and his family. I did it sleep deprived, tired, hungry, spent my last dollar on him constantly going above and beyond for birthdays and holidays and constantly got bare minimum from him. I’ve allowed him to make me believe I wasn’t good enough for far too long. And I just don’t deserve how he’s done me. Someone who truly loved me wouldn’t be looking for sex outside their relationship constantly. It’s a struggle a lot to do on my income alone but I am picking up a second job to make sure I can care for kids and myself. I’m afraid how the kids will feel about us separating but it’s necessary for us to do so. I’ve strapped a metal rod to my spine and just keep repeating all the bad things to remind myself to not give in or go back on my word.
TL;DR After 10 years of my partner cheating behind my back by being on dating apps, posting naked photos, messaging people for sex men and women,lying about his location and asking to meet up with escorts I am finally leaving. And just constantly lying. I have finally realized I deserve better and cannot keep allowing him to tear my self esteem down.

Hi everyone,
I’ve been a nanny for several years and I’ve recently started picking up weekend babysitting jobs to make some extra money. I had a terrible experience yesterday and I’m having a hard time sitting with it.
A mom saw my ad on a nanny fb group and messaged me. She said she has 3 kids, ages 9, 5, and 4 and needed occasional help. I told her I was available and she said we would set something up.
She text me the next day at 9am saying that she needed a last minute sitter at noon. I was available and honestly needed money so I agreed. After agreeing, she told me that another nanny would be there when I got there. I thought it was very odd that I wasn’t going to meet mom before watching the kids but I went anyways.
I showed up to a very exhausted looking nanny, 3 high energy kids, and a messy house. The nanny introduced me to the kids and left. I started talking to the kids and realized that 5yo is neurodivergent and nonverbal. Ok, another red flag. Mom did not mention this. I have experience with kids on the spectrum so I was prepared but I felt blindsided.
Later, I smelled something bad. I realized it was coming from nk5. I text mom asking if he wears diapers. She says “yes! Sorry, forgot to mention it!” Ugh. So many red flags. At this point I had decided that I definitely wouldn’t be working for them again. I changed nk5s diaper.
Our day is going pretty well. I can tell that these kids have very little structure but they’re all sweet and wanted to play with me. We were playing at a water table outside when nk4 and nk9 started to argue. Nk4 grabbed nk9s hair and would not let go. I got his hands free and carried him inside. I locked the back door so he couldn’t go after his older sister and all hell broke loose. He started attacking me. Punching, kicking, and scratching. When I moved away he chased after me. This was not a typical tantrum.
I called mom, she told me to put him in his room with an iPad. The whole phone call, he’s hitting and scratching me. Then, NK5 starts hitting me too! I think he was just copying his brother. Mom said someone would come soon so I could leave. I got off the phone, put him in a room with his iPad and he finally calmed down. I left him alone. About 30 minutes later, the doorbell rang. It wasn’t mom! It was another nanny! I asked her if she had worked for them before and she said yes. I told her what happened and advised her to keep the peace until mom got home.
I left with scratched arms and a pit in my stomach. The whole experience felt off. Those children are clearly not getting the support they need and it seems like mom just cycles through nannies. I’m not going back. After consulting for a friend who works for CPS, she agreed that the situation is not good but that their needs are being met and CPS likely would not intervene in this scenario.
I feel bad. I know I’m going to be thinking about those kids for a long time. My heart hurts. Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.

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THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN (1975) - FULL TRANSCRIPT 2000 Year Old Man is an old Brooks-Reiner comedy routine turned into a half-hour animated TV special. Reiner, a TV reporter, interviews Brooks, a man claiming to be 2000 years old. The interview consists of a serious of questions regarding the history of the world. Brooks' answers to Reiner's questions are priceless.
About four days ago a plane landed at Idlewild Airport.
The plane came from the Middle East bearing a man who claims to be
2000 years old.
He spent the last six days at the Mayo Clinic.
Ei, sir.
Sir, is it true that you are 2000 years old?
Oh boy.
-Yes. -You are?
It's hard to believe sir because
in the history of man nobody has ever lived more than 167 years
wich a man from Peru claimed to be.
But you claim to be 2000?
I'll be, not yet. I'll be 2000, October 16th.
You will be 2000. When were you born?
We didn't have formal years and names and writing.
We didn't know. I see.
Nobody kept time.
See, we didn't know.
We didn't write. We just sat around, pointed in the sky
and said wow hot there wow.
-That's all they said? -We didn't even know it was the sun.
You really didn't know anything.
Anything, we were so dumb.
We didn't know who was a lady.
-But they were... -They were with us.
But we didn't know who they was
we didn't know who was the ladies and who was fellows.
You thought they were just different type of fellows.
Yes, stronger or smaller or softer.
The softer ones I think was the ladies all the time.
What about that? How did you find out?
Well, they are cute, a fat guy,
could you could have mistaken him,
soft and cute.
Who is the person who discovered the female?
Bernie.
Who was Bernie?
Bernie, one of the first leaders of our group.

• And he discovered the female?
• Yeah.
  
• How did that happen?
  
• Ladies, ladies here.
  

I'm very interested to find out how Bernie discovered the woman.
-Well, he... -How did he come to find?
One morning
he got up smiling. So he said:
I think there is ladys here.
I said, well, what do you mean, you know?
He said: 'cause in the night.
I was swelled and delighted, see?
So he went into such a story that
it's hundreds of years later, I still blush.
Could you give us the secret of your longevity?
Well, the major thing.
The major thing.
Is that I never, ever touch ripe food.
I don't eat it.
I wouldn't look at it and I don't touch it.
And and I never run for a bus.
There's always another.
Even if even if you're late for work.
You know, I never run for a bus.
I never ran.
I just stroll, jump it, slowly walk to the next bus...
Yeah, well but there were no buses at the time.

• No, in my... -Right.

In my time ahnn...
What was the means of transportation then?
-Mostly fear.
-Fear transported you? -Fear yes.
You could see.
A lion, he would would growl, you would go two miles a minute.
I'd like to find out about some social customs
the origination of social customs.
For instance, singing how that started?
Oh it stems from fear.
-Could you explain? -Because in the old days,
I said old days.
I don't mean the georgian cars.
-Did you.. -I mean rocks and caves...
I'm asking you, sir, how song...
Some song came about when you really had to communicate.
-But in trouble you couldn't say help. -Yes.
But have to use your mouth.
Yes, I know.
Hello.
-I mean, I wouldn't say help, I say good morning.
Yes. You're really...
you know you in trouble.

• But somebody said eeeh eeeeh. -That was the first song.
  
• I don't know.
  
• In other words, fear, right?
  

I was singing.
We thought happiness did.
Oh, and the song came out of it.
A lion is eating my foot off.
Somebody call a cop.
A lion is eating my foot off.
Somebody call a cop.
A lion is eating my foot off.
Somebody call a cop.
A lion is eating my foot of
Somebody call a cop.
Very interesting to hear the derivation of songs
The first songs,
the first songs were all the anthem songs.
We always thought...
We always thought...
Wanna hear an anthem song?
You had an anthem song?
We had a national anthem.
-What was the anthem? -Well, ah...
you see, was only fragment...
-Fragment? -It wasn't a nation.
-Yes. -It was cave, each cave. Yes.
Each cave had a national anthem.
You remember the national anthem of your cave?
Ok. I say I'll never forget it.
You don't forget a national anthem in a minute.
Let them go to the hell
except cave 76.
For instance, how did the custom of two people shaking hands
how the handshake come to be?
The handshake? As you know...
I don't, that's why I'm asking!
The handshake has also stemmed from fear.

• Everything seems to stem from fear.
• Of course.

Everything we do is based on fear.
-Even love? -Mainly love.
How can love stem from fear?
How can love stem from fear?
What do you need a woman for?
You know what you need for?
-In my time? -Yes.
To see if an animal is behind yourself,
you had to get eyes in the back of your head.
you take two eyes that is to be a lady.
I see.
You say, lady, you look behind me for a while.
And that was the first... the first marriages.
What if you take a look behind me ok?
How long you want?Forever, we are married.
You walked back to back to the rest of your life?
Yes. You only look at her once in a while,
when you knew you it was safe?
When I knew I was in a highground.
-The handshakes they started how?
-They started to see if the fellow had a rock
or a dagger in his hand.
Where is you hand? Hi, Charlie.
How you're doing Jumpy, where is you hand?
Then you open it and you look...
And you shook another one.
And that's the way the handshakes started.
Yes, the shake.
May have a stone or a marble to stick in your eye.
In the older days
you should get a snap and all.
How the dancing started?
-Dancing is the same thing. -Fear again?
Just fear. The only thing you could do with a hand
was to see if there was a rock or a marble
or rubber band or nail or something that would stick in your head.
Right. Ok.
But while imobilizing my hand
dancing gets to complete the imobilization.
Dance and keep the feet busy so he can't get you.
Yes, but I think most people are interested
in living a long and fruitful life.
-You mentioned? -Fruit is good food, you mentioned.
Fruit kept me going for 140 years once
when I... was on a very strict diet,
mainly nectarines, I love that fruit
half a peach, half a plum, such a hell of a fruit.
It's not too cold
Not too hot, you know, just nice.
-What if... -A rotten one?
That's how much I love. I'd rather eat a rotten nectarine than a fine plum.
-What do you think about? -I can understand that.
Yes, that's how much I love them.
-Yes, I can understand, sir. -Some good things.
What did you do for a living?
Well, many years ago, thousands.
There was no heavy industry.
We know that.
Most things that we manufactured or we made,
most things we ever made,
was we would make a take a piece of wood
and rub it, rub it and rub it and rub it
then clean it and look at it and hit right with it
and hit a tree with it.
-For what purpose? -Just to keep busy.
There was not. There was absolutely nothing to do, had no job.
What other jobs were there?
Must've been something else besides hitting a tree with
the knowledge, hitting a tree with a
piece of stick was already a good job.
You couldn't get that job.
Mainly was sitting and looking in the sky
was a big job
and another job was watching each other.
-And what language did you speak? -They spoke...
-Rock, basic rock. -Years before Hebrew.
Yes. 200 years before Hebrew was the rock language, the rock talk.
Could you give us an example of that?
Hey, you don't put that rock on me.
Hey, what you do with the rock?
Do you remember you remember your Hebrew sir?
Yes, I would just I think I remember fluent...
Because I understand the modern Hebrew is different from the...

• Yes. The difference in some of the

-phonetic alliteration paterns. -Yes.
Can we hear an example of the ancient Hebrew?
A very ancient Hebrew is...
Oh, hi there, hello.
Hello there. How are you.
-Hi. How are you. -That's English.
-Oh wait, wait. -You remember any Hebrew?
Very little.
I don't think I remember.
I must have forgot a great deal of it.
-I think you forgot it all. -Maybe all, yes.
Maybe all. Thousands of years since I needed it.
Now, sir, did you ever...
Did you ever have any formal job as we know it today?
Yeah, well, I was a manufacturer. I was owner.
What kind of a factory did you have?
I had a I used to make the star of David, Jew stars.
Making a little money?
Where's that? Yeah.
Soon as religion came in, I was one of the first in that.
I figured this was a good thing.
How did you make them? Did you have tools?
Well, we didn't have a lady.
I employed six men each with a point.
They used to run together in the middle of the factory
A great speed, it was huge.
They were making a star.
Yes. We would make two a day because of the many accidents.
Six men running and... you know.
Lots of accidents.
You never thought of going into anything else?
Oh, no, I had an offer once.
-It came to me. Simon. -What Simon asked you to do?
Said he had a new thing, a new item,
a winner, looks like a winning item.
That was gonna be a big seller is called a cross.
And I looked at it and I turned it over
and looked in all sides of it
and I said, it's simple. It's too simple.
I didn't know then. Element.
-I didn't know with such a -You turned him down?
and I said, I'm sorry, but I'm too busy.
See, I could have I could have fired four men,
two men run together, bang, that is a cross.
Would say that I would I would have earned
over a hundred dollars doing that crosses and everything.
Yes, certainly.
Do you have a few moments, sir?
What do you mean? Money or the time.
No, we have to cut way for messages now.
-Okay, let's do it. Is it in English? -Yes.
By the way, sir, are you married?
I have been married several hundred times.
-Several hundred times? -Yes.
You haven't, man. Do you remember all your wives?
-One I remember well. -Which one was that?
The five one, Shyla.
I remeber her well.
I'm afraid to ask the next question, you had many hundreds of wives...
-Hundreds and hundreds. -But how many children you have?
I have over forty two thousand children.
And not one comes to visit me.
It's awful, sir
well, sir, it's really you mean to say there isn't one daughter...
there's many daughters, but, but they
you know how they are, children.
Good luck to them, let them go.
I don't want listen, let them be happy as long they're happy
I don't care. But they could send a note
write how're you Pop how you're doing Pop
you know, they don't.
Sir... ahn, you must have known
some great men in your time, you did travel to...
I knew the greater and the near greater.
Can I ask you about some of these...
Certainly, I'll tell you the true
the true whether I knew or not.
For instance, people are people are
very interested in somebody like Joan of Arc.
A lot has been written about her, we read a lot...
Aah what a kiss.
You knew Joan of Arc?
I went for her, damn it, I went for her.
Nowhere in history do we know of Joan going with it anybody.
Well, they don't print everything.
You did marry her? No.
No. I didn't marry her because she was on a mission.
she used to say to me
she used to say to me, I've got to save France.
I should say I look.
I've got to wash up. You save France.
See you later after you save France. I'll wash up, you know.
-How did you... -Hold it, I... yet.
How did you feel about her being burned at the stake?
Terrible.
I didn't I didn't know.
Sir, how about some of the legendary characters
who supposedly might have existed?
For instance, Robin Hood.
-Did he...? -Oh, yeah. Lovely man.
Ran around in the forest.
Did he really steal from the rich and give to the poor?
No, he didn't.
He stole from everybody and kept everything.
Out of the legend?
Out of the legend let's bring up that
he had a fellow monk, hired a press agent
running all the paper and roll and scroll.
He takes from the rich and gives to the poor, who knew?
You knew you took such a knock in the head
when he robbed you wouldn't knock him down.
-In other words... -A tough guy.
I hate to have our legendary figures smashed
Well, I hate do smashing for you.
So much to discuss, for instance,
-somebody like William Shakespeare -Oh what a pussycat.
-You are saying that you knew -A pussycat.
You did know it, for instance
Oh, that little beard, that cute hair...
He was reputed,
I guess you are agreeing that he was the greatest writer of all times.
Oh no, hey, hold up he was small.
What you mean? You just said he was great.
-Oh boy!
-And I said he was great... -No sir.
A cute man and a pussycat.
William Shakespeare was not a great writer?
Not good writer at all.
He wrote 37 of the greatest.
Shakespeare was not a good writer, no.
He wrote 37 of the greatest.
Would you ever see the original the first folios?
You mean they were edited by someone else?
Never mind the edit, did you see the folios?
No, I never saw them. Did you see?
I saw that folios, your wanna see how they are?
A blast...
A 'm' you know that look like a 'D'
an 'M' didn't look like an 'M'
I know that is a 'V'
Every letter was cockeyed and crazy.
Don't tell me he was a good writer.
The worst printmanship I ever saw in my life.
What he did? He did as it was reputed,
he did write 37 of the greatest plays of...
-38! -I only know 37.
Would you care to look at this list sir?
These items are listed come down to the ages.
-You know one that should be there? -Yes.
What's that?
Queen Alexandra and Morris.
Is there any copy of this unexistent?
This is a play that I put invested money in.
Probably the only one that didn't come to light.
Come to light and closed in Egypt.
Sir, you remember...
you remember any of the dialogue of Queen Alexandra and Morris?
Queen Alexandra turn to Morris and said:
Oh, Morris. What could it have been that I have seen?
Is it not in my marrow or we not have one on ourselves?
And he would say to her:
What are you hollering?
What are you hollering?
-Sir, what... -Wake up the whole castle, you know.
Sir, what did you do 2000 years ago to entertain...
-Walk and wing. -I want to know wether...
-Were there comedians -Oh sure sure, we had.
You remember any of the... 2,000 years ago...
A matter of days, let me see.
I remember one comedian gave us some laughs
while we were hysterical.
Well, who is he? Some good laughs.
Murray the Nut. He gave us a laugh.
A tiger came in the cave one afternoon.
Soothed in uninvited naturally.
Nobody asked how a tiger did walk in.
Tiger came in and Murray, you know, the joker
the tumbling, you know, the Nut
jumps at and grabs the tiger by the tail
yahaa, yahaa, yahaa...
and the tiger turn around and ate him in a minute.
and we get histerical laughing and laughing.
Best joke we ever had.
Oh sir, that's not very funny.
That was all we have, our chaos then that was all we have.
Terrible, I would consider that...
Have to pass me out, Murray took the tiger.
-That was entertainment? -Yes.
I would consider that in the realm of tragedy rather than comedy.
It's a point of view, to me tragedy is... is
if I cut my finger, that's tragedy.
It clinch and I cry and I run around
and I go into Mount Sinai for a day and a half.
I'm very nervous about.
And to me comedy is if you walk into an open sewer
and die, I like that.
Comedy I say.
-My finger is important. -Yes
In the 2000 years you've lived, you've seen a lot of items.
Certainly.
What is the biggest change you've seen?
In two thousand years the greatest thing mankind ever devised
I think in my humble opinion is saran wrap.
You can put a sandwich in it.
You can look through it. You can touch
you can put over your face and fool around and everything.
It's so cool you could wrap up
-You would ate it? -I love it,
put three olives in it and put a little one.
can put ten sandwiches and make up this.
-Whatever you want, It's clean and it sticks with.
-You equate this with... -You can look right through.
You equate this with man's discovery of space?
That was good, that was good.
-Sir, we ah... -Yes, yes.
We have to take time out for message now.
Why do you have to take time out?
You take the message, I'll keep talking.
That was a good message.
Well, sir, if we don't have too much more time
but we all here would like to know your code.
Well, alright, is this it?
A farewell? -A farewell address.
Hello there. This is 2000 years talking to you
from the depths of back there when we was
now I'm still and they not and I just want to say
keep your smile on your face.
And stay out of a Ferrari
or any small Italian car.
stay out of them. I wanna tell you that it's been
it's been a wonderful two thousand years
and you've been a wonderful civilization
and it's been a thrill living for 2,000 years
and eat a nectarine, is the best food ever made.

When did you know it was time to breakup with your partner?
I'm 23F and my bf 24 M have been dating for 4.5 years now. We've been doing long distance for about 10 months while he's in med school and I've been working full time as a nurse.
On the outside we have a really solid rs. My friends and family like him. He's a nice guy, plans dates, communicates effectively, remembers our monthly anniversaries sure.
However, the mistrust occurred 6 months in the relationship, and it hasn't really left since?

• P*rn, OF, liking girls online, saving pictures
• He used to check out girls in front of me, but I guess he got better at it??
• Breaking personal boundaries

I addressed my concern early on in the rs, but I still feel like he's doing it and he's just hiding it now. I used to look at his phone and see all that stuff, but now I don't even bother because I get too tired. The hard part is he lies to me about it and says he doesn't do it anymore. Eventually that led me to have a lot of body image issues, and not feeling very confident in myself when I'm with him. Whenever I talk about it, he kind of just lies to me or tells me what I want to hear so we don't have to talk about it anymore. Like I just need to get over it. But how can I get over it if I know he's still doing it?
Now, that we're doing LDR everything just feels worse?
Last yr before med school he met up with some of his friends and he purposely didn't tell me about girls that were going to be there because he thought I "hated" them. Btw I never said I hated them or anything. I didn't even have any issues with them, it was a different girl I didn't like and if he had just told me I would've been okay with it? But the fact that he lied about seems so sus??
Last yr for my bday I bought plane tix for him to fly out to meet me for my bday. We stayed at a hotel and the room next to us were having intercourse and I suddenly felt very uncomfortable. It was like 2am. I wanted to leave, but it seemed like he wanted to stay. I walked out of the room that night and had the worst birthday ever.
And for Valentine's day this year he got me flowers from target. But because it was LDR he just bought them online and asked me to go pick it up myself.
It's just little things like this over the years seems so blurry. Now I just feel like giving up. I'm more isolated now because I'm working so much I don't get to see my friends often and I've been feeling really depressed and lost ever since. Whenever I bring up a breakup he kind of just shuts me down. I don't know what to do anymore. Leaving feels so isolating because he's been my biggest support system, but staying with him feels ???
I don't know what to do.

So I have more evidence of the duration of contact. She's 7 months married. 6.5 months pregnant. It started out sexual from his first words. Calling her sexy. Asking to video chat. She didn't, but deflected in a passive way. I know they transitioned to Snapchat after he asked to video chat and stopped using Instagram. ~3.5 yr gap from then to when they added each other on this latest instance of his Snapchat. Proof I nailed it on at least two counts in our previous talk when I told her that "I don't remember" isn't the defense she thinks it is. It's just harmful stonewalling and lying and I'm going to operate under the assumption: of the possible answers, it's the worst one. Don't remember how long it has been going on for? I take that to mean it's been the whole time. It happened before our relationship and never stopped. She acknowledged that he had asked for sexual pictures. I asked when he started that. "I don't remember." Well that just means that's the status quo. You don't have an event to point to because it didn't stand out. That's just the nature of your conversation. It's always been him pushing boundaries and asking for it. So when I ask what video she sent and she says "I don't remember?" When I ask what else she has sent and she says "nothing else inappropriate?" Well I don't have proof but I know what my gut feeling is. Let's not get into the "inappropriate" nature of the admitted venting to your ex who about our relationship problems... Time for another confrontation with newfound evidence to poke holes. Let's see if it's enough to trigger her to come clean now on the rest. She tries to minimize it. Reiterates that nothing else inappropriate was sent. I tell her that the whole thing is inappropriate and should have been shut down when it started in the way that it did. I asked what was exchanged on Snapchat. She said he asked for more but that she told him I'm married and don't want to do that. I pointed out that he was calling her sexy and asking to video chat and there's no hint of that sentiment in the months it took to move to Snapchat. All I see is (AP):"you're looking sexy" (WW) "thanks. you're looking good too!" and "Im 8 mo pregnant, tired, and don't want to be on camera." Nothing even vaguely expressing its inappropriate or that you want it to stop because you're married. Just quick on the draw when he asks to see that sexy belly or that cute face. Asking to video chat, a shared Snapchat username, and right on over to the platform designed for sexting. Either it's as you say, that you didn't care about him at all and just went along in the most passive way imaginable or you were an enthusiastic participant. I think it's the latter. She deflects and brings up me texting my ex at one point with a picture of our new baby. Also mentioned a girl I have on Snapchat. Turns out she must have snooped in my phone? Well she never mentioned it to me despite "it shaking her." Another example of a huge personality flaw of hers. No communication. She just bottled it up and used it as justification for eroding our marriage. If she had mentioned it at the time, it could have been addressed and put to rest. One benefit to living a clean life. I told her that my recollection of the nature of the conversation I had with her was that it was short, congratulating her on getting married and sharing that we had our daughter. That I haven't spoken to her since. As for the other one brought up that's a Snapchat friend, she is a childhood friend that was a few years younger and not an ex. Our parents worked together and our families hung out a lot. That she's in a happy long term committed relationship on the other side of the country and that I havent seen her since we were like 15 and 12. That we had previously talked in college and before our relationship about each others' relationships. Mainly to vent about ones that had ended or complain about the lack of options. At one point she was in one where he wasn't very committed and I told her she deserves better. I hadn't said anything during a relationship besides being happy and wishing her the same. This all being prior to our relationship. Since then it's pretty much just random pictures you send out to everyone like stuff our family is doing or of her and her SO/dog, but not engaging directly. So yeah, nice try at deflection, but these are wildly different actions. All this gives me the idea to go see if she's got her old phone around somewhere with old messages from before we dated. I had seen the stuff mentioned in the previous post, but had drawn a line back then to not look at anything from before we dated. I feel it's relevant now for texts with AP at least, to be an example of how they interact. Found it, and checked when she was away. Read their conversation history. Everything out of his mouth is sexual. Pushing for photos. Sending nudes. He was married at the time. She wasn't super cooperative at first, bringing up the wife, but still ended up sending nudes in response to his. About a year and a half before we got together, while she was between boyfriends, he asked to meet her at a hotel when she came back home for the holidays and she agreed. Later said she couldn't because she just started dating someone and wasn't the type of person to do stuff with two guys. Partial credit I guess? Still not a great look into the character of my wife to be comfortable as AP. Anyway. Stashed away the evidence. I did do some internet sleuthing and found the address, phone numbers, Facebook, etc of him and his wife. More on that later. In our conversations about him and their history together, she did mention that before we met, she was in a relationship where the guy was suspicious/jealous and was physically threatening (punched a wall next to her) and sexually assaulted her. That she had told the ex and he confronted the guy and made him back off. So there's a new aspect of trauma she hadn't shared fully. She had shared early on that she had a relationship with someone she was scared of who got jealous and started stalking her but hadn't shared the rest. She won't tell me his name which is probably good for my own continuing "not in jail" legal status, but fuck.... I can appreciate what he did for her and still think he's scum. I can understand the sense of owing him for that and wanting that as an option for protection, which lead to putting up with it despite not wanting to follow through (as she claims). That doesn't excuse continuing into marriage though. It's also fertile ground for an emotional affair if he's the confidant she talks to when things are rough. There's also the "well I've seen it already so it's not a big deal if you send more pictures" aspect that makes it easy to slip into that dynamic.
More to follow. I did however have a session with an IC thru talkspace which went well. She brought up BPD which after looking, I can't say hits on all counts but there's definitely a lot of overlap with the Petulant subtype.
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Hello im Rory I thought everything was fine but then one time i saw a notif on my phone and it was tita (my bf’s mom) open kasi acc nya sa phone ko that time then i saw the message sa lockscreen ko saying some negative words at first i was like “huhh?” then theres the curious me i saw the whole convo and it was about me LOL she was jealous pala sa simple na gift sakin ng jowa ko. Note this ha… my bf never fails to spoil his family mapa wants or needs. Lol i saw the small signs from the start pero di ko inisip yun because im really starting to love them na e. I love my boyfriend so much amd im sure about him, i got no other intentions on him other than make him happy and be successful in this life with him and just grow old with this man. Then yeah yun na nga i saw some signs na i think his mom doesnt like me but i was just gaslighting myself that its fine and normal but then now ??? Even the smallest things like my boyfriend posting me in his fb story, shes jealous about it?? why ??? this hurts me so bad kasi naapektuhan kami ngayon. Even messaged him “oh bat ako di mo iniistory huhu ” GIRLLL?!!???!?????? IS THAT NORMAL???? FOR A MOM TO ACT LIKE THAT??? AM I WRONG FOR BEING HURT AND I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT I FEEL RIGHT NOW tho my bf always assured me that no matter who it is, he will not let me be disrespected and he told me na selosa na talaga mom nya but OH MY MY I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO FORGET ABOUT THIS.
NOW MY BF DOEST POST ME ANYMORE AND IT BECAME A HUGE FIGHT TODAY.I was in a bad place kasi today and ayun medyo tinoyo ako and I overthinked that maybe he jus doesnt wana show me up anymore so i opened that issue up and medj naging argument or whatever but then nadulas sya and nasabi nya na nagseselos daw pala mama nya AHAHAHAHAHA NAKNAMPUCHA ANUNG GAGAWIN KO???? LOOK I WOULD NEVER DISRESPECT MY MAN’s MOM AND FAMILY BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO CONTAIN THIS FEEELING ANYMORE. IM HURT NA NAGUGULUHAN NA MAG DDOUBT I JUST DONT KNOWWWWW. SEND SOME ADVICE PLEASE REDDIT COMMUNITY.
DONT SA AND POST THIS KASE MAHILIG SA SOC MED SI TITA 🙃💔
Loook i stayed at their place for a month ha, cooked and cleaned for them and im not nanunumbat ang akin lang i was really genuine to them I mever faked anything. I cared. I had good shares of stories and laughs with them lalo na sa mga kapatid ng bf ko and i thought what she made me felt was real but yun pala inside she really didnt like me and it broke my heart and i dont how to recover. this hurt me in a different way yall. I POURED OUT MY LOVE OUT THERE AND GOT THIS. :(((

I (26F) met a guy (43M) on Tinder in November and we started dating in January. We only chatted through Snapchat because he didn't like the way messages from iPhone appeared on his Google phone. It was a decent relationship but I broke up with him earlier this month, because he started a new work schedule which put a strain on his mood and gave no time for us to hang out and I just really didn't want to add more stress in his life. He seemed to take it real well and when I asked him if he wanted to keep streaks alive, because he was my first Snapstreak and I really only kept them going because he liked them so much and he said yes, so I've been still sending them every day.
Two weeks ago my ex from teenage years (45m) started messaging me on Snapchat because that was also our primary mode of contact so he could access my location when he needed to and I won't get into it but he just sends some really stressing things. Because of this, I deleted my Snapchat and made a new one.
When I messaged my ex (43M) I apologized for ending the streaks and didn’t get into the why but told him "I had to delete my old account because some really disturbing things have been being sent to me" and I offered to start streaks up again, but as I was adding some of my friends on there his name disappeared and when I searched him again, it showed he blocked me.
I texted him and asked him if he blocked me and if he did, he doesn't have to unblock me, but just why. A couple hours later I tried calling him and found out he blocked my phone number. I re-activated my old Snapchat to see if I could save our streaks and maybe that was the reason he was upset but after I messaged him on there, he blocked me on that, too.
I don't really understand why he did what he did. I am very confused and I don't think I've ever treated him poorly. Did the streaks mean that much??? The first thing I did when I chose my new Snapchat name was add and message him, so doesn't that show more than the Snapstreak??
I don't think I'm really sad about losing contact with him because this is a real big turn off for me, so I definitely don't want him as a friend, but it's just so out of the blue and I don't get it!!! I know this is something I'll never really get closure on so in my mind, I'm just going to think he lost his phone in the woods and a rando picked it up and went through deleting all the fine ass honeys on his snap to give him a little rush

I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost a year after ending a horrible loveless marriage about 2 years ago. When my boyfriend (55) and I (40) met, sparks flew and we hit it off immediately. I had already given up on the idea of having children after being stuck in an unfulfilling marriage so it was a surprise when my boyfriend and I learned we were pregnant with my first baby (he has 2 teenage children). During the duration of our relationship (much of it being pregnant), he has given me various nicknames including some that I find hurtful and rude. He’s trying to be funny and gives other people nicknames but I just wish it was something more endearing from him, especially being pregnant and carrying his child. Things between us have gotten more strained at we approached our baby’s due date, yesterday, and I can’t help but start to internalize his various nicknames. In the duration of our relationship, he’s called me “not too choosy floozy”, “mostly white woman” (I’m multiracial), “5/8 fiancée”, “incubator”, and most recently “almost MILF.” Not only does he call me these names but he’ll change how I am identified in his cell phone so these various names have come up at different times on his cell phone. I have told him that its offensive and hurtful, especially “not too choosy floozy” since I had recently been separated before meeting him. Right now, I feel like I’m losing autonomy in my pregnancy having had the due date come and go yesterday and I truly just feel like an incubator. There was some concern 4 days ago about decreased fetal movement and we called L&D triage who advised us to do fetal movement counts. The baby started moving more normally and has been pretty active since then but he was still upset and concerned about the decreased fetal movements, despite me telling him and trying to reassure him that I was feeling the baby actively move normally in the last few days. I also tried to get him to feel the movements but he was too impatient and didn’t feel what I was feeling. We had an argument last night and ended up going to get checked out at L&D triage to appease him and all the fetal heart monitoring and activity was normal. They checked my cervix which had no signs of dilation or effacement yet. I’m just not in early labor yet, which is what I also have been telling him, but I feel like things are progressing as expected with some BH contractions and low pelvic cramping but not consistent with any patterns. On the way home he basically told me he’s only worried about the baby and not what I’m feeling. So not only do I not feel heard and unsupported, I truly feel like I am just an incubator at this point. I feel like I’m stuck and not seen for who I am as a complete person and it feels so degrading, especially trying everything I can to be a good mom to our unborn baby. When it comes time, I don’t know that I even want him in the delivery room.

I set my son’s phone up to share his location. It stopped as of two weeks ago and just says he is at the house. I went in my iMessage with him and it says he is still sharing it. I tried turning on and off. Any suggestions?

Hi all. My current phone (Moto One 5G UW Ace) is almost paid off and I'm in need of an upgrade. I've recently changed jobs and this is the first time I've had to use my personal phone for business, so I need one with some good specs. I'm hoping you guys can help me find a good android that meets my needs below, but if an iPhone is what I need then tell me.
I've been an android follow ever since I was able to recognize Apples shady business practices, but I'll bite the bullet if I need to.
My needs:
Large memory capacity - for personal use, I use large apps like PoGo and stuff like that, but for work I need a lot of storage space for pictures (I'm an engineer and need to collect a lot of pictures at client sites). And I believe memory is what governs agile app functionality (apps opening and switching quickly). I also currently use a micro SD card for all my pictures, so it'd be nice if the new phone had that capability so I can take the SD out and put it in the new one.
Good and FAST camera quality - as mentioned above, I take a lot of pictures for my job. I need a camera that takes clear pictures in a variety of lights while also being FAST. My current camera isn't bad, but it locks up my phone whenever I try to use it. I had an iPhone for work once and switching between the camera and other apps was so quick and non-intrusive and I'd like to get that again.
Battery life - The longer, the better. I've only ever used Motorolas in the past (I currently have a Moto One 5G UW Ace) because of their battery life, but nowadays it doesn't seem line Motos are heads-and-shoulders above anyone else in this regard.
Connectivity - My phone does not play nicely with my wife's iPhone. Pictures we send to each other turn out poor and sometimes there's a delay in receiving messages.
My wants:
Fingerprint scanner - I'm not a fan of the face-based unlocking, but I do love the quick opening of a fingerprint scanner.
Car connectivity - My current phone is garbage at connecting to my car via Android Auto. It takes way too long and I feel is actually kind of a safety hazard because of the delayed response times.
Separate profiles? - I think this is more of a software thing, but I'm asking just in case there's a company that really good for this: Since I use this for both work and play, I'd like to keep them as separate as possible. It'd be nice if I had two different instances of the OS running at the same time (like having different desktops running off the same machine) so that files and apps I have for my personal use can't bleed over into my work environment.
Large size - I don't think this will be a problem because of how the market works, but the larger the screen, be happier I will be. Not super critical though.
Peripherals - I'm looking into a smart-watch in the future, so something that plays well natively with my phone would be nice. USB-C port for hooking into things. Wireless charging would be cool, but it's not super critical.
Country of origin - I know Chinese companies have been making waves recently, but I'd prefer to stay away from devices affiliated with geopolitical rivals of the county in which I reside (USA). I don't really care THAT much, but I feel like it may save some headache in the future.
My constraints:
Carrier - My carrier is Verizon and I'm still squatting on my parents' account (yay millennials) so this would be purely a hardware upgrade. No new lines, no changing of plans. I know good phones probably run around or above $1000 now but the more affordable I can be with Verizon, the better.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And again, if the answer is an iPhone, just rip the bandaide off so I can make piece with myself before making my wife happy.

i want to die before my 13th birthday so im doing it tonight. I know some people might say you still have a lot of time left and you will be an adult and be better but i dont care i still want to die. I dont even go to school i dont have freinds and my dad doesnt like me he just shouts at me and hits me and my mum doesnt even care she just beleives everything he says but sometimes my dad is nice and buys me sweets but he shouts at me if i eat more than he wants me to and he pushes me when i dont do as he says and it hurts my arm. I dont understand what im doing wrong i want him to like me and i messaged childline and they say the same thing everytime and they are annoying me now. Im depressed all the time and tired i just dont want be here. Im not changing my mind im going to do it so dont tell me not to. I just want to say goodbye and hopefuly you can get better i love all of you.

I read some older posts and this seems to be something others have struggled with. I will download a Spotify playlist to my watch and then go for a run without my phone. I get about a block down the road and as I get further from my house the song starts to cut out and ultimately just stops playing.
Spotify on my watch will give me a connection error message when trying to play songs on the playlist I downloaded.
Is there a way to get this to work or should I just cancel and get an Apple Music sub? Really want to stop carrying my phone with me on runs.

Hey people,
I have a tough situation that i'm going through right now and i could use some advice to see if things can be mended or if this is not possible. This is going to be a very long one, my apologies....Even with all this, it does not contain half of the whole story. (sorry for the spelling errors, English is not my frist language)
Short background: i live in Europe and she lives in the U.S. we were planning on moving in together in my country due to family/friend issues that she had in the U.S. and after being here she found that my country felt more like home than her home. We were set to get married this year and had everything planned out. She would take her 3 dogs and her cat with her, work or study here and we would settle here. It would be a little bit of a tough start, but we would figure it out. We both had a little worry for our finances but it would be okay eventually.
pregnancy and panick: In late january of this year we found out that my then fiance was pregnant with our child. At that time i panicked over it because of the situation we were in at the time. In short, neither of us owned a house, i did not own a car, she had substantial debt to pay off, there would be 4 pets, a wife and now also a child under my responsibility and it scared the shit out of me. I'm absolutely not proud of what i did and ashamed of my behavior, but what i proceeded to do over the span of a whole weekend was the following: ask if she would be willing to go for an abortion multiple times, drink a bottle of wine and get intoxicated, buy a pack of sigarettes (i don't smoke), and basically just act inconsiderate and like a total ass.
After the weekend where i had my tantrum, i head her cry over the phone and it woke me up from my stupid behavior and i realized (too late) that i royally screwed up. I apologized for it and we talked about how angry she was and rightfully so. In that moment, again, i started to do things i shouldn't have done by: continuesly try to talk about it, fix it, and not give her space where she needed space. All i did was say "sorry sorry sorry please forgive me, sorry sorry sorry". That again, is not the way to go about it. She did ask me to fly to the u.s. to talk face to face so i booked plane tickets that same day for the next week. After 3/4 more days of that i pulled myself together (again...too late) and sent her a message stating that i know what i have done and been doing is wrong and i have a lot of difficulty not trying to fix it because i knew i messed up and hurt her and from that day i would just leave her be and not talk. Finally giving her the space she needs from me.
Anger and breakup: After all of the above in the weekend that followed, she called me and said that she had an amazing time together, but she did not see a future with me at this time. We had a long phone call about it and se said that if i were to come over to the U.S. for that week, that would be up to me but that is where she stands. So that is what i did, i came over to the U.S. and she said that we will spend this week getting to "re-know" eachother. She did say that we were still in a relationship and still engaged...which i found odd to hear but i was happy about it nonetheless. In this week i made sure to take a moment every day to sit her down somewhere and simply take a moment to apologize for my behvior and that i am incredibly sorry for what i have done. We went out to dinner a few times and just talked about everything. Though in the end it led to the same result, she did not see a future with me. I had tried a last time to have a conversation about it, but she gave me back the engagement ring and said no. Hurt by this, i went out for a long walk and just breathed and accepted that i screwed it up and went back to her saying that she is right, i will give her the space she asks for and let her go. She became angry and sad over this and said that she had just went through the fase of dealing with the breakup and now i am making her do that all over again, she started packing up all my gifts and gave it back to me. I did not understand that and am still a little confused about it. The day after, i had my flight back home and she dropped me off at the airport. she said that "despite how it looks, she still loves me" to which i said that i love her too. We hugged and siad goodbye and i left.
Back home week 1: In the first week, she had told me that i could call her 20 times a day and she would still pick up her phone. We can talk to eachother and we still love eachother and want the best for eachother. She kept me updated about the child and i was happy to simply talk to her and hear her say that she loves me. She had planned to talk to a pastor from her church which did couples counseling and wanted to first do this by herself and then together with me (over skype or zoom etc.). She gave me a book called "how to be the love you seek" and said i could listen to it on her spotify because that is exactly how she identifies and she relates a lot to this book, so i started to give it a listen and took notes of everything i thought was important. We made a plan t odiscuss teh book together over the phone soon and go over the notes that i made. We were broken up but there was hope.
week 2/3: I tried not to text her too often anymore and said that i am available at any time should she need me and will give her the space she asked for by not constantly texting. After a few days she was becoming more agitated and short in her responses. My words were often twisted in to something negative and they constantly made her angry. I didn't understand what was going on, but i thought she was angry and just wanted me to know. We had planned a phone call to discuss the book one weekend and the phone call started off by her telling me "i asked for space and it's not being respected". We taked about everything for a moment and then ended it where i told her that i love her and she said "good to hear". She said that she didn't want to say anything she didn't mean. After a week we texted a few times a day, but barely anything, just a good morning, baby update, and goodnight. I would check in on how she was doing, and that is it. I didn't know what to do or say anymore because for some reason everything was mkaing her angry regardless of what i say, and so i tried not to text her unless she texts me.
week 4 end of conversation: In the first week of march, she had her appointment with her pastor, where she would talk about us, but as she said "not in theway that i think she was going to talk about us". After the conversation she wanted to discuss it with me. though the day she had the conversation she texted me and said "i do not feel ready for a conversation, i will let you know when i am." and she asked me to make bulletpoints for the conversation. I was also not allowed to speak to her cousin anymore as she was trying to be a "middleman" for the both of us, but my ex wanted to have all the conversations between the two of us. i told her that i will do that, and i told her i also started therapy. Yet that was the last thing i have heard from her untill 2 months later.
2 monts of silence and my letters: Whle not speaking to her for 2 months I had been going to therapy twice a week and sought help for why i reacted the way that i did. I had time to reflect and started to slowly piece together a better mindset. I had noticed in the mean time that she had deleted me from social media and deleted some of the piutres she had of us. then later on deleted everything and started selling her engagement dress and date dresses she had bought and finally blocked me from social media entirely.
Late april, i thought it would be a good idea to send her a letter instead of a text. i had written page after page where i had written down the many things that i did wrong and how much shame i feel for it. In the end i realized that i was simply doing too much again and i decided to send her an envelope with 2 letters. 1 containing the many letters combined, and 1 containing a single letter that simply said (summarized) "i am sorry, i will be there for you whenever you need me, you don't have to do life on your own". She did not react to it and 2 weeks later i sent her a text asking how she was doing and if she recieved the letters. she responded by saying she did and she has been sitting with the content they contained. I offered that if there is anything she needs, she can let me know and she said "i am torn between wanting to just update you on everything but a bigger part of me is still hurt and trust entirely broken". I told her she can take all the time she needs, there's no need to pressure anything, and i will just be here if she needs anything.
She said what i can do to help is this: Be respectul, respect her boundaries, respect her wishes, and financial support. I said i can do all of that, though due to circumstances (i bought a house and a car) money is tight right now and i can't do anything right now at this moment. She said that confused her, she had no words for it and it was a good idea to stop the conversation for the day and she will let me know when she is ready to talk. that is the last i have heard from her since 2 weeks ago.
Outlook: Let me make this very clear, i know i have messed up very very badly, you don't have to tell me that. Though i would like to know what other people's take is on this situation on the future and if there are thing i could possibly do to regain the ability to talk to her so that i can support her and my child in any way that i can. If the relationship can be saved, that would be my dream, however supporting them is my number 1 priority regardless of the relationship.
TL;DR: I aboslutely destroyed my engagement by acting like an idiot for a whole damn weekend when finding out my fiance was pregnant. She broke up with me and now we have no communication whatsoever for months on end.

Hi everyone. I am a college student about to celebrate my birthday in a couple weeks. Over the years I haven’t enjoyed my birthday. The last true celebration I ever had was when I was 13 and I’m turning 23 this year. My birthday is only 3 days before my moms and usually they are usually celebrated together (although my mom insists that my day is my day). I usually get nice gifts but lately I’ve been dreading my birthday.
Whenever I plan something it rains or people can’t go because my birthday is always on a holiday weekend (or very close to it). Even if I wanted to celebrate it earlier or later something always comes up or people can’t /won’t show up. It’s been even harder since I moved across the country twice (my family moved right before my senior year of high school so I had no friends in my new state and I moved for college to another area but my birthday is during summer break when all of my college friends are home). The last few years I’ve just wanted to stay in my room and play the Sims (lol) without being bothered but that never happens. My dad will make me go somewhere and then he’ll make me choose to do something or get something even when I say I don’t want to. His rationale is “you always want to do nothing so you need to do something since it’s your birthday.” My parents make me feel like enjoying my birthday is a task or chore and their attitudes about how much money they spend on me (or not) takes the fun away. (To clarify: My parents are very well off my dad is vp for a small company in a very profitable industry and my mom doesn’t work at all since she takes care of my brother and is healing from being sick.)
I guess I’m a little upset that no one ever plans to do anything for me. The responsibility of my birthday is always on me but the people around me never accept what I want to do. I just get a million texts, calls, and social media postings wishing me a happy birthday followed by “what are you doing to celebrate?” and then “you should do something nice it’s your birthday!”. I’m just tired of that. I’m probably going to shut my phone off and pretend I’m not home. But I feel bad about leaving everyone in the dark. So would I be wrong for telling everyone to not acknowledge my birthday?

Does anyone have any advice on how to tackle this? My younger brother is in a haram relationship. We caught him a few times through messages on his phone and my parents took his phone away for some time. However, he hasn't stopped and I recently read messages indicating that him and his girlfriend also kiss. I am so lost on how we should deal with this, my parents are out of country right now so they don't know about the recent messages and I don't know if it's worth telling them and worrying them. He's overall a good kid Masha Allah, he reads Quran, prays, fasts, and spends time with family. But he is a little rebellious at school and has been in this relationship for the past few months. He keeps reassuring us that she's going to a different high school in the fall so he just wants to continue the relationship until the end of this school year (1 month left) but we don't trust him anymore. I could use any advice. I'm so lost on how to handle this, right now l'm kind of brushing it aside until my parents return but I feel I need to be more firm with him. I’ve had long talks with him on multiple occasions but I don’t think they’ve had an impact. Since I'm looking after him these days, I don't want to shut him out which is why I haven't taken action.