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Trust your gut, even when your mind is unsure

Trust your gut, even when your mind is unsure — Not exactly infidelity, but the same effect, I think. This is a bit long, apologies up front. I and my gf (both well past our 30s) started dating three years ago. We both had been married previousl…

r/survivinginfidelitypost4/11/2026
Broke up with DA after a year.

Broke up with DA after a year. — Met her a year ago, almost to the day. Things started well, relatively slowly which was nice for a change compared to other situations I have been in around that time. After two months, we became offi…

r/attachment_theorypost3/8/2026
What Happened?

What Happened? — Just looking to gather perspective from someone else. I (M34) matched with someone (F36) on Hinge back in December. Got along really well and had two dates in January, which went really well. We kiss…

r/datingoverthirtypost3/26/2026
I don’t want to cling onto this situation

I don’t want to cling onto this situation — 24F. I’ll try to make this short. My ex boyfriend broke up with me in November. I keep having breakdowns and so on. The reason why I’m posting this is that, almost a year ago (before meeting my ex) i…

r/BreakUpspost3/29/2026
I (29F) found out he (30M) had a girlfriend of 3+ years after dating for 4 months and he FAINTED TWICE

I (29F) found out he (30M) had a girlfriend of 3+ years after dating for 4 months and he FAINTED TWICE — I met this guy through a mutual friend. He had his eye on me for a while via social media and asked my friend about me. My friend then showed me pics of him and I said he’s cute. He would do this thin…

r/relationship_advicepost3/30/2026
UPDATE: I (32m) found out my partner (32f) cheated on me while she was away on holiday. She doesn’t know that I know. How do I navigate this?

UPDATE: I (32m) found out my partner (32f) cheated on me while she was away on holiday. She doesn’t know that I know. How do I navigate this? — Here's some context from my previous post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship\_advice/comments/1s6r5cv/comment/od55fnc/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/1s6r5cv/…

r/relationship_advicepost4/2/2026
Time to let go…

Time to let go… — A final sort of love letter… My 2-year relationship ended in September, shortly after our anniversary. I’m still heartbroken as fuck. I’ve recently learned he’s already moved on. And I have a feel…

r/ExNoContactpost4/2/2026
Me (25M) and my girlfriend (25F) of 6 years. Need to know if this counts as cheating.

Me (25M) and my girlfriend (25F) of 6 years. Need to know if this counts as cheating. — For context, I'm someone who has always wanted to improve myself and become the best version of myself. I've always worked on things in my own way and at my own pace. My girlfriend had grown frustrate…

r/relationship_advicepost4/4/2026
Potential New relationship (25F/27M) but minimal engagement outside of meeting up. Help?

Potential New relationship (25F/27M) but minimal engagement outside of meeting up. Help? — So to set the scene. I (25/F) met this guy (27/M) a little over a year ago at a music event (bear with me for one second. I do have a point and this is relevant). We really got to talking when the ev…

r/relationship_advicepost4/5/2026
i (22 f) am in love with my friend (22f) and i'm not sure how to approach it?

i (22 f) am in love with my friend (22f) and i'm not sure how to approach it? — i've been friends with this girl since the beginning of the school year. after about two months i realized i was developing feelings after we went out with a new group and somebody thought we were dat…

r/relationship_advicepost4/5/2026
he (26M) rejected me (20F) after we’ve already make it..

he (26M) rejected me (20F) after we’ve already make it.. — We were friends 3 years ago. We weren’t that close, but in the last 5 months we went on many trips together, studied together, and talked every day. I started to catch feelings for him, but I didn’t …

r/relationship_advicepost4/8/2026
He (32F) hasn’t replied in over 24 hours (22F)

He (32F) hasn’t replied in over 24 hours (22F) — I’ve been seeing a guy and we’ve been on three dates (we kissed on the third). It’s been going well so far and from the beginning he said he’s looking for a genuine relationship. We met on Bumble. On…

r/relationshipspost4/8/2026
how do I get closure from being essentially ghosted?should I reach out myself?

how do I get closure from being essentially ghosted?should I reach out myself? — hi, I've posted here before about this situation and I'm back because I genuinely need some outside perspective. I'll try to give enough context for this to make sense. I'm 20F, this was my first ev…

r/attachment_theorypost4/8/2026
awful heartbreak

awful heartbreak — i had this relationship with this girl i really loved, it started freshman year when she invited me to her quince (birthday party), we had 9th period together and she sat next to me and talked to me, …

r/BreakUpspost4/10/2026
I feel like I, F19 might've messed up my first ever date by giving the guy, M23 a BJ?

I feel like I, F19 might've messed up my first ever date by giving the guy, M23 a BJ? — For some background I F19 just went on my first ever date with a guy M23 and we had talked all night about basically everything. We hit it off extremely well, he also had two long Island iced teas. (i…

r/relationship_advicepost4/10/2026
I F25 think I have feelings for my M26 best friend

I F25 think I have feelings for my M26 best friend — Like the title says I think I have feelings for my best friend. I have known them for a very long time, we didn’t really start building a stronger friendship until a couple of months ago. We kissed an…

r/relationship_advicepost4/11/2026
Need help moving on

Need help moving on — A guy asked me out, he was not my type at all looks wise but I was really lonely so I lowered my standards and we went on a date. We had a good time and I found out he is completely opposite of me whi…

r/ExNoContactpost4/11/2026
“Good” breakups are honestly probably even worse

“Good” breakups are honestly probably even worse — Broke up today. He initiated the “we should break up” line but I think we both saw it coming. We hugged and cried a bit and ironed out our misunderstandings and miscommunications but we still decided …

r/BreakUpspost4/11/2026
I (27M) and texting a girl (23F) at the moment and she dry texts but then always replies fast?

I (27M) and texting a girl (23F) at the moment and she dry texts but then always replies fast? — So, I am currently texting this girl I've been on one date with (where we kissed a lot) and since then, she's not as engaged in texting anymore? Her texts feel pretty dry (although not to the level o…

r/relationship_advicepost4/12/2026
This is what happens when your FA ex comes back

Did you notice that each time they came back the deactivation happened quicker each time? My experience From 1st kiss to deactivation around 2 months Went NC for 2 weeks She came back and we b…

r/attachment_theorycomment8/12/2025
antidepressants and avoidant attachment

I've had an experience with FA about strong and brutal avoidance showing up after getting to intimacy while early dating and him and anti depressants. Like we used to see each other regularly for one…

r/attachment_theorycomment10/30/2025
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! New? Start here!

Thank you so much for being with me in this strange moment and thinking through this. I totally agree. I am just so so so confused. This is what I wrote about him before (so it's not like I have been …

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/8/2026
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I'm sorry I asked basically the same thing a few days ago, but I have so much trouble understanding this part of dating. It's time for me to ask for a 3rd date. I like spending time with her. But whil…

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/13/2026
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Went on A 3rd date date yesterday and I'm unsure if I want to continue pursuing this. My biggest issue is that she doenst offer to pay anything. First date she offered to split which was nice and I pa…

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/16/2026
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I got dumped after sex! He said he took some time to think about it and his feelings weren’t romantically there. Before that he dated me for a month and we kissed a lot. What the hell happened? I was …

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/17/2026
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10/10 agree. To be honest, when I'm talking with someone who happens to have a septum piercing, or rather several or large piercings in their face, I can't help but be distracted and stare at the pier…

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/18/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! New? Start here!

Last week I went on a very nice date with a guy from the apps, he is attractive, easy to talk to and we have a few things in common. At the end of the date, we kissed. I can tell that he likes me. We …

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/23/2026
What's your experience been with an activity on a first date ?

I think it depends on you and the other person! My last first date was wonderful and was this. We walked. Then got coffees. Then sat by the waterfront. Then got dinner. Then he drove me home. Then we …

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/23/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - February 23, 2026

3rd date lined up for Saturday. We had our 2nd date this Saturday. Met for a museum, then went to a coffee place, took a little walk, and ended at a bar for some drinks. He drove me home (he didn't dr…

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/23/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 02, 2026

You guys! I finally told my guy friend how I feel about him last night and it went really well. I gave him the valentine I was too nervous to give him before. At first he just stared at it, with a b…

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/2/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 02, 2026

Oh yes. I should have clarified - of course, I am not going to meet the 2nd guy if I am seeing the 1st one.  I cannot do multiple dating, actually that was the reason I sent the text back then to the …

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/3/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 03, 2026

Had my 3rd date with 38M Saturday. We cooked dinner, watched a movie, made out a lot. No sex (I was on my period), but he clearly wanted to. Duh. I wanted to, but not when I'm on my period. Slept ov…

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/3/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 04, 2026

Had an amazing second date tonight, realllly good food at a Thai restaurant and fun deep conversations. When I said goodbye we hugged, then I started to lean in and she met me and we kissed. She said …

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/5/2026
Do narcs enjoy kissing?

Mine love kissing, all three of them. We kissed for hours non-stop.

r/NarcissisticAbusecomment3/7/2026
Do narcs enjoy kissing?

He did kiss me everywhere, but not on the mouth. I remember we kissed each other once, but it was very fast and I had to go to the bus. The other times he kissed me in my face, but always left out my …

r/NarcissisticAbusecomment3/7/2026
Do narcs enjoy kissing?

At one point I was told I was a bad kisser, so we didn't kiss for a long time. Not that we really kissed much before that. When we were just getting to know each other, we kissed all the time. He …

r/NarcissisticAbusecomment3/7/2026
Do narcs enjoy kissing?

Yep, same. I don’t think I even remember his kisses? I think we kissed a lot at the beginning and we have many pictures kissing on the first year. But after that, it was like we wouldn’t even kiss goo…

r/NarcissisticAbusecomment3/9/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 10, 2026

Went out for dinner with a friend who I've been seeing more of recently and we kissed at the end of the night. I was so nervous beforehand because we were already friends and I had it lingering at the…

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/10/2026
Seinfeld-esque reasons you broke up with someone

I met a guy a bit older than me, while we were both on vacation in Mexico. We hit it off and hung out for a few days, one night I invited him back to my Airbnb for a drink on my terrace, one thing led…

r/datingoverfortycomment3/10/2026
Seinfeld-esque reasons you broke up with someone

He checked off so many boxes, which is rare. It was a third date. We kissed for the first time, and he was good, but he was drooling all over my face. I literally had to wipe my face when I got in the…

r/datingoverfortycomment3/11/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 11, 2026

> She initiated our first kiss after the second date, we kissed again after the third and last night on the fourth date I intentionally broke the ice early by asking "is it okay if I kiss you now and …

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/11/2026
Seinfeld-esque reasons you broke up with someone

I dumped a guy because he had weak lips. We kissed and it was like, he didn't pucker, or put any kind of muscle into it. He just smooshed his mouth against mine? It was one of the most disgusting thin…

r/datingoverfortycomment3/11/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 11, 2026

Oh man that's too much uncertainty for me My bf and I were friends for almost a year before we started dating. Once we kissed, it was very clear that we were exclusively dating and we were bf/gf shor…

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/11/2026
Great guy, but after 4 months, there's just no physical touch

Good point! It doesn’t add up, something else is going on. My bf also came from a no affection marriage, we kissed on date 2 and it has been great since then so I have personal experience.

r/datingoverfortycomment3/13/2026
Great guy, but after 4 months, there's just no physical touch

ED, micro penis, asexual, gay. So many possibilities. But the only answer that matters is that he won’t talk about it and he hasn’t touched you for a full third of a year. OP— someone else suggested…

r/datingoverfortycomment3/13/2026
Some men have questionable hygiene and it has made dating even more challenging than it already is.

I went on a date with a guy and his teeth were almost yellow. I kept thinking if we kissed, his breath must be so nasty.

r/datingoverfortycomment3/15/2026
I texted her. Here's what I said. I hope this was honest and vulnerable enough.

We kissed and spent the day together, I told her I loved her and I don't want to keep it in this time, and while things are still shaky, she doesn't trust me and listens to me, I also realized I'm fig…

r/BreakUpscomment3/15/2026
Great guy, but after 4 months, there's just no physical touch

After 4 dates you are officially in the friend zone. If physical intimacy is important then he is not for you after 4 long months. Stop wasting your time. Even a guy that I dated that is Muslim that i…

r/datingoverfortycomment3/15/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 15, 2026

Thank you, dear. I went to many many dates since last September. And I just didn’t feel it with anyone. When he and I started texting he was texting somehow differently than others, in such a sweet an…

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/16/2026
One of the worst parts of the breakup

so my story starts when i was 17. i went to a club alone, no friends, no знакомые. i’m pretty social so i quickly met some girls and we were hanging out together. after a while i left them and was ju…

r/BreakUpscomment3/22/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 21, 2026

Hi All, I’m really interested to get other view points on a person I am dating to see if I should be concerned. Me (M34) and the person I’ve met (M34) are both bisexual men who met on a dating app a…

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/22/2026
How to date seriously when you are in a city you dislike

Be careful. I once lived in a city I hated to move to an area of the country I always wanted to move to. Had a date to move months away. Had a place in mind. Had enough savings for a few months to l…

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/23/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - March 25, 2026

Update on my [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/datingoverthirty/comments/1rqw716/comment/o9vupi5/?context=3) asking about how to tell the difference between a slow burn and "she's just not that into you…

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/25/2026
Dumpers who were emotionally overwhelmed.

Your story is sad and beautiful, thanks for sharing it. I’ve gone through a lot of the same things. It’s crazy how much we endure. It sounds like you found an amazing man! I sadly found an amazing man…

r/BreakUpscomment3/25/2026
What Happened?

All posts are manually reviewed before being approved for posting. This usually takes less than an hour, though it can take longer depending on moderator availability. While you wait for your post to …

r/datingoverthirtycomment3/26/2026
Reasons for their Affair?

Ah yes, trickle truthing. Mine was 1. Just friends 2. We kissed and hugged 3. We had sex and stayed in my hotel room together while I was away at labs(in school to be a nurse) It was planned and I …

r/survivinginfidelitycomment3/30/2026
Exclusivity talk: when is the right time?

See, I don't think my boyfriend and I followed any clear rules here. We talked online for a month before we met for the first time in person, so we were comfortable having conversations on the first d…

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/1/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - April 02, 2026

He lives quite close, and first time after 4 dates we kind of just fell off .. literally, I had told him I know it's a match, I just don't feel it and it was frustrating, because it did match and he d…

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/3/2026
Me (25M) and my girlfriend (25F) of 6 years. Need to know if this counts as cheating.

>In November 2025 she broke up with me and gave me an ultimatum with three conditions, she wanted me to get into better shape, get into a better paying job as she was earning more, and work on getting…

r/relationship_advicecomment4/5/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - April 04, 2026

i’m not from the US. I visited NYC for a week, and the last 2 nights of it, i went out with a guy i met on tinder. We’re both 36. I only downloaded tinder because i was bored, and wanted to have new …

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/5/2026
Divorce because of suspected or admitted infidelity after trying to work it out

I’ve suspected for 2 years. Checking the phone and finding minor flirt texts and was greenlit to believe I was crazy and there was nothing going on. They kissed and I found out and the story started a…

r/Divorcecomment4/6/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - April 06, 2026

Well, I would go on a date with him if he’d talk to me 😂 I mean it was very flirty and we kissed at the outing last week. That should be obvious…

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/6/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - April 08, 2026

My current lover, we kissed on our second date and slept together on our fourth. That’s probably around my perfect timeline, though I will admit with previous partners it’s been a lot quicker than tha…

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/8/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - April 08, 2026

I was dating a girl for January and February that was really intense, really quick. Met each other's families, met each other's friends, spent multiple nights a week together. Pacing has never been a …

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/9/2026
Sticky Thread Until Reddit Fixes Their Shit - April-ish

Posted about this on Wednesday, but went on what I thought was a great first date Monday where we kissed and she told me she wanted to see me again, texted Tuesday asking if she was free this weekend,…

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/10/2026
Sticky Thread Until Reddit Fixes Their Shit - April-ish

I went on a date with someone who sent me a rose on Hinge. Which turned out to be a double-edged sword. On one hand, she was drop dead gorgeous, and her sending a rose had me feeling she felt the same…

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/11/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - April 11, 2026

Please tell me I’m overthinking this. Went on a first date last Monday. We kissed, she said she wanted to see me again. And then our communication has been this: Me on Tuesday morning: Are you free T…

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/11/2026
Confused about second date

Yes… if someone kissed me I’d expect the texting to go up in frequency and/or quality, with some degree of complimenting me and showing additional care/attention because we progressed physically.. at …

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/11/2026
Confused about second date

As a woman, I find it quite charming when a man texts me after a date to let me know he had a good time or is looking fwd to seeing me again, etc. ESPECIALLY if we kissed. But to go multiple days with…

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/11/2026