more life experience

I'm happy with myself for staying detached from someone that doesn't really engage or seem intentional. It's the first time I dated someone I met in person in a long time, but when she's a decade youn…

Help PLEASE — so hi everyone, I've been looking for an app like this where I can feel heard and understood by older people with more life experience and more emotional knowledge than me. I also need some advice on …

Are meaningful connections actually rare? — I’m asking this because I’m still young, and I feel like people with more life experience might be able to give me a better perspective. Is it really rare to truly “click” with someone? I recently w…

How do I (24F) get back the romance with my boyfriend (21M)? — My boyfriend (21M) and I (24F) met working on an island where we are currently living now and hit it off from the first day he got here; we’ve now been together almost 6 months. I like him a lot but a…

So… what now? — Last saw narcissist parents in November, last messaged in February. I’m ok with building a HEALTHY relationship on my terms. Told them give me some dates to arrange a neutral location chat in my area …

how can i be a good person? — right now, the current me is too timid, shy, and cowardly to even speak my mind... i (16f) have always been shy and quiet my entire life. even now, i dont know how to speak louder. (should i take vo…

Pocket dimensions! I am my higher-self’s pocket universe. Here, I solve problems for it by emotionally processing the daily issues which must help my higher self. Similar to how dreams help up process…

It's always those who are the stupidest, think they know everything. The ego, narcissism and pride get them in the end. I feel the same way about my family. They come from surviving the Vietnam war an…

As a woman who is from the same cultural background, was in your exact situation (did well in school, etc) , and had kids very young...get an abortion. It is a very simple medical procedure, and you …

Don’t force yourself to do something you don’t enjoy. Being “well-read” is only valued by people who are into reading. It just means you read a lot of books. If you’re wanting the insights that come…

You're living life right now and have to focus on the physical game for a bit. It's happened to me off an on throughout the years. One thing to remember, just because you're not having "Lucid" dreams,…

Much older perspective here but maybe the reason your parents want you to extend some grace is because it is very appropriate at both of your ages to experience life including other people. You descri…

man you’re still so young. Go have more life experiences before you settle down with one person even though it might feel like such a “right now” thing. I’m just turning 33 and so glad my previous rel…

You do not like younger guys because women in general often prefer someone who is more mature and has more life experience. This brings me directly to your argument about power imbalance, which I find…

I wouldn't say a finish line exactly, it's not a race and there's no "end". However, it does fade away. More like a stop sign that's been in the sun for 30 years, slowly over time it gets more and mor…

I am going to go ahead and make a bunch of assumptions here. This type of an age gap in itself is not a huge issue. Men date younger women all the time, it's just not societally normalised for this t…

First, please try to be kinder to your 18-to-21-year-old self. You weren't 'doing nothing'; you were battling severe clinical depression and suicidal ideation. You were surviving a life-threatening il…