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thankyou for summarising it for the others! i'll still do me :) the "noise" is my way of conversation mate , i can't be "straight forward" when in irl i am not, and while i really am grateful for you…
How to fully be present in my dating break (build momentum at the start)? — You'd think taking a break would be straight forward, but I feel like it's more challenge for us anxious attachment/pure-O OCD types who struggle with rumination or feelings of inadequacy about their …
advice on how to be more playful while chatting on the apps? — I (38F) find that sometimes I get into this mode of chatting with folks on the apps where it’s not necessarily dry, but just sort of straight forward and earnest? “Oh that’s a cool hobby/travel spot/b…
How do I change my state of being to "I have" if real world experiences are telling me the opposite daily? — This is the hardest part for me. I understand that I have to live and think like I already have it, I don't yearn for it because it's already mine. However, every day I experience the opposite. How do…
I Changed Myself and Got it All — Hello, I’ve been wanting to write this post for a very long time. Grab a snack and come along for the ride! **The Beginning: April - October 2022** I discovered Neville 4 years ago; after a year of …
I won’t forget — I’ll never forget how wrong you did me, how you made me feel like I was the problem, how you made me apologize over and over for things we both knew I wasn’t wrong about and still you didn’t forgive m…
20 years and want out — Ive been married to my wife for 20 years, and we have 2 grown up kids, 20 and 28, both of whom live in different countries now for study and work. My wife and I run a family business, so we have spent…
Struggle with autistic friend — I’m really struggling with feeling triggered by an autistic friend. She’s a friend of a friend but is really nice and we have lots in common. However because of her autism she’s been straight forwar…
This girl is ruining my self appreciation — I've known this girl for almost 3 years now, I'm 19, I was 16 when I first knew her, I got attached very fast to her, and she too did, we believed we were soulmates, we talked for a while before she s…
i can’t get a straight forward answer about him cheating and i feel i’m loosing my sanity — i posted yesterday asking how to rebuild trust as the person who was cheated on but i still felt so unanswered. not bc of the advice bc you guys gave me amazing advice, but bc i was dancing around the…
Still learning my way in dating — Thought online dating for 40+ would be straight forward — oh boy was I wrong. Just ended a relationship with a 43M, doctor, never been married and no kids. Serial dater with the longest relationship …
Omg yay, how long did it take? Who reached out to who? If they reached out what did you do and say? Did you become friends again and work at a relationship or were u straight forward?
It’s funny you say that but she told she appreciated how straight forward I was. Not everyone is afraid to be straight up.
Oh girl I have this same problem too. New to communicating so I just try to be clear and straight forward and honest, it always comes back to bite me because it comes out as hurtful. And then I fail…
Thank you for sharing. It sounds like you might be describing the 'Drama Magnet + The Citadel' trauma attachment patterns, which often come from emotional neglect childhood experience for you, and con…
Text of original post by u/wordsworthcrafting: You'd think taking a break would be straight forward, but I feel like it's more challenge for us anxious attachment/pure-O OCD types who struggle with ru…
aw.. i wonder if he felt flowers was too "predictable" and he wanted to make it more personal. I didn't get anything from my bf even though I'd asked for just a card. He said he was going to write m…
Yes. Currently dissolving the roots of the human identity altogether. My vision is to completely free up the dreaming mechanism and use it as a kind of lucid "reality" that can switch planes and scena…
You go to quora website palms and charts forum ask Vir Bhagat. He will give you a straight forward answer .
Boundaries are terribly hard work. Being out there in the world is terribly difficult. We are constantly having to negotiate boundaries and limits Obviously in this current climate it is even more …
After saying he broke up with me because he resented me for not giving him $1k to fix his car his last sentence to me was “Anyway I’ll try not hold a grudge over my grievances” and before that he said…
I've met someone and I found him really interesting. I think he just wants to hook up. I would be fine with that, but I actually found him really really interesting to talk to. He is younger and gorge…
This isn't polyamory though. And she was very straight forward and downplayed nothing.
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I love that! Not trying to be so hard on yourself. Unfortunately I feel like a lot of people do that. It’s a shame really. You definitely got the right approach to this. As you say it should be a stra…
I think I understand. I will say that the term emotionally immature is quite liberal and inclusive to speak to the spectrum of emotional maturity. I think it’s more straight forward to say emotional…
Sometimes that rude actually means Koreans be straight forward and honest and saying them the racist part is actually White ppls entitlement
"Being gentle" insinuates you are afraid to be straight forward so as not of offend or anger anyone. When someone is taking advantage of you, you shouldn't have to be cautious or gentle for fear of of…
First i need to be clear that i only deal with facts not feelings on something or the fabricated details someone else created to help their own idea of a situation. Be functional and factual. Origi…
Its about house lords. House Lord assignment is straight forward. Leo-Sun (Fire) Cancer -Moon (water). Then every 2 blocks you assign the next planets in the order from the earth Mercury-Venus…
I was in a similar boat and I’ll be straight forward with you. Just need to do it. That’s it. Write down something, maybe it’s lifting or going on a walk, and just do it no matter how you feel. …
yes of course, I always start with I'm so thankful or I'm so happy because of Isn't it amazing that this thing happened to me. I don't care about affirmations "feeling natural" to me, for me is more a…
Honestly bud, you gotta go with your gut, do whatever feels right, at the end of the day your mental health is more important than what she thinks you feel if you say no, especially if you don’t get a…
Very insightful ty for sharing. The part where the being commented on how the human face has changed since they last interacted with one is fascinating. I imagine from their viewpoint in a higher dime…
Im worry you had to go through that. It is a very normal thing these days that a lot of women/men enjoy. Im usually straight forward and I tell ppl my hard limits before anything happens with someone.…
I mean it sounds like every mundane story there is. Parents who clearly have expendable income, have thought their son was damaging his car since college and he's been in multiple accidents. They've o…
OP is infuriating. “Idk how to be an adult and have uncomfortable straight forward conversations so I’m just gonna let this happen because AwKwaRd” as if this in itself isn’t already “awkward”.
Yes, for myself at least. And that involved not just dropping the mask but casting it into the abyss. I tried masking in elementary school (not that I knew the term back then) but that quickly became …
But if you're honest and direct and avoid making a flowery emotional speech when you break the news The boy will respect you for your frankness And honestly, he'll appreciate the kind of straight forw…
I’m going to give my perspective on this and just so you all know I am a heterosexual man. And I’m posting because my partner showed me this conversation. I think way too much emphasis is put on orga…
Are you in love with this other man or have feelings for him, if not what’s to hear? Your husband is right and doing everything properly. Stop making this straight forward situation, complicated.
Would you advise I mention the reason for the break up? or just keep it clean and straight forward?
Fun stuff. I felt like the 30 word recommendation was impossible to hit with very straight forward simple questions being asked. Results were fun but not particularly insightful
>It is true that statistically, men get less alimony than they are entitled to. In many states, if they advocate for themselves and demand, they will, because those states don’t look at gender, but ju…
I would just tell her straight forwardly that you need to be "in the zone" to get work done, and interrupting breaks that focus. a lot of people don't think that way/haven't done that kind of work.
I did, I am a very straight forward person…
Be honest and straight forward. Stop trying to be nice. She will just use that to manipulate you into staying. She does not need to know about the cheating. Take any of your stuff at hers, pack any…
I hear you, when my ex gf left she immediately got a new man and they looked so happy all over socials, holidays all the time, nights out everywhere in the country etc. it got to me, it made me doubt …
Were you imagining scenes of a trip? How would you explain your end state? I'm curious why this happened but it certainly sounds like your intention is what got through :) It's like the woman who w…
I honestly didn't think leaving him my number was coy. Maybe indirect but pretty straight forward lol isn't that a classic move? Idk I haven't dated in a long time
I like to keep things simple. As someone once told me, flirting is about expressing interest and seeing if they reciprocate the interest. That’s all. People will say banter is flirting but I don’t thi…
It doesn't matter how he spends his money. Child suport is pretty straight forward, and to calm your nerves or see what's what, you can use an online child support calculator for your state. You w…
If hes a virgin I totally get his anxiety, as a guy loosing my virginity was intense, it did not go straightforward, erection difficulties, delayed ejaculation, was initially unable to penetrate woman…
The reality is that people who are divorced are rarely baggage free and sometimes this will include debt. In my country, lawyers are expensive. I filed for a solo divorce, which was not contested, …
I agree with this to the extend of one part where, many people just don't know how to do that without failing at it. Romantic gestures and acts of service are definitely learned with trial/error. Tho…
I like that ur straight forward
The dude is probably ADHD, on the spectrum, depressed, or a combination thereof. This isn’t a straight forward situation.
She hasn't used the income thing at all, perhaps I should've worded it better. I'm just kinda worried on the inside is all. Honestly, she's a great person and I don't think she's manipulative. I prob…
Neville tells us to imagine something *implying* our desire is fulfilled but how do you make that present? When Neville tells us the feeling is the secret, that's the feeling of "it's done" and in a …
Original copy of post by u/bexyrocks: Thought online dating for 40+ would be straight forward — oh boy was I wrong. Just ended a relationship with a 43M, doctor, never been married and no kids. Seri…