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Miss, first let me say, I am so sorry for the loss of your father. It's devastating even when we know it's coming. You deserve to be supported during such loss, and I hope you have other friends or fa…
Happy New Year and Bye-bye 2024: 6th Kill - $20,000 from Futures Trading — # 6th Kill: $20,000 Money Mission **Mission**: To make $20,000 from futures trading **What I achieved:** I made $20,000 from futures trading **How long did it take:** 5 and a half months **Backgro…
How do I know if I simply don’t like someone enough to be with them or if I’m simply running away from what is safe? — I am dating someone for a week and I feel like I don’t like them enough and I would like something more exciting. They also feel like coming in too hard with double and triple texting. I know howeve…
I learned SEO on Reddit, now learning LLIMO anyone else? — I gathered a lot of my SEO knowledge right here on Reddit,and now I’m starting to get into LLIMO (Large Language Model Optimization).It seems like a really exciting shift,anyone else diving into this?…
What's new in AI for marketing: YouTube is testing AI reviews, will it reduce clicks? Google discusses search ranking volatility, beyond — Sometimes it’s so hard to keep up with all the AI news. It seems like it's taking over every platform and us as well. But the most important thing is staying updated on everything important. So let’s …
Building My First B2C SaaS Product – Learning, Struggling, and Still Going — I’ve been working on my B2C SaaS app **Gamify** for a little over a week now. It’s a habit-tracking, gamified to-do list app — a mix of fun and structure I’ve always felt was missing in other tools. …
Seeking Technical Co-Founder for Fantasy Football Punishment Platform (I will not promote) — Hey everyone, I’m in the process of building an exciting startup focused on **fantasy football** and I’m looking for a **technical co-founder** to join me and help bring this idea to life. The core i…
Are Powerful Social Commerce Solutions Actually Helping Small Businesses Or Just Making Big Platforms Richer? — We keep hearing about powerful social commerce solutions—tools that connect shopping directly to social platforms like Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook. Sounds exciting, right? But here's the real quest…
Anyone else feeling overwhelmed by how fast AI tech is moving? I will not promote — Anyone else feeling overwhelmed by how fast AI tech is moving? It feels like every week there’s a new AI tool or update — from chatbots to image generators to stuff that can write code or summarize l…
Medium sized win I wanted to share — My wife has ran and operated a women’s boutique for 8 years and in March we purchased it from the parent company. She has two full time employees and 8 part time employees as well as an online store a…
Turns out I needed a "middleman" to have a successful relationship with a DA — Now the title may sound wild, but stick with me. # The Story So I (26M) have been dating someone (24F) who, as I came to realize, is a dismissive avoidant. It's been about a year now - though truthf…
For those hurting, advice for your 2026 and my story — Hello everyone, **Preface** I am an anxious attacher, so my experience by-and-large is with dismissive avoidants and fearful avoidants. It is not my intent to villainize these attachment styles; thi…
aromantic, avoidant, or both? — recently i discovered i'm definitely on the asexual spectrum and this lead me to also wonder about whether i was aromantic or not. looking into my romantic feelings (or lack thereof), i found out abo…
Meta Dating Monday - Flowers, Candy and Wrestlemania — Welcome to Meta Dating Monday! With Valentine's Day just around the corner and my kids now old enough that I no longer have to sit there trying to write names on lumpy candy bags, I can finally focus…
Has anyone here just gotten back with their ex after seeing what’s out there? Lol — Ok, so, I know there’s a lot of “hey she/he is back what do I do” posts on here. But, I just wanted to field a question about simply getting back with your ex by choice after playing the field in yo…
my(F28) bf(M30) thinks themed bridal shower of my friend is stupid and my costume is stupid. — I (F28) am a teacher and my boyfriend(M30) works for a company. we have been together for 4 years and are highly compatible. He has always been reserved and quiet and introvert by nature. i'm more of …
When did you finally realise, your life would never be ‘normal’? — I am 47M I grew up in an EXTREMELY dysfunctional household, with every type of abuse you can imagine, and death of a parent at 12. I’ve had to fend for myself since that age, whilst being used and a…
Break up + no contact update (post 4 months) — I thought I’d give an update into my healing progress since my breakup, in hopes to shed a little light on the small positives that can come from heartbreak. For context, my ex and I broke up in Octob…
Keeping the conversation afloat — The most difficult part I've found in OLD as a recently divorced, early 40s male is that many of the women I meet are terrible conversationalists. The most engaging and exciting exchanges have a rhyth…
SPICY Shifting Tarot Pull (collective message)? 𓆩༺✧༻𓆪 — Hey friends, I am a tarot reader (for myself and others) and I just did a tarot reading for myself in regards to some blockages I have to shifting to my DR specifically. I wanted to preface by saying …
Finally sober, but I bedrot every day and can't do anything... need help — Hey all, 31F with ADHD and struggling to get out of bed lately. It takes so much energy just to survive. To eat. To go to work. I used to be a drunk, and I drank all of my 20s away. I was an ugly drun…
Why do I struggle to form intense friendships/relationships? — Hi everyone Since young I’ve always had a bit of an insecurity about not having much intensity or overt vehemence to my personality and I think it’s affected my relationships with people for a while …
Manifested a $32K scholarship with accidental SATS!!! — Hi all :) I have a pretty amazing success story that I’d love to share, and I hope it may motivate some of you in your manifestation journeys 😊 Basically, I accidentally manifested a $32,000 scholar…
Overarching Energy of the New Moon in Pisces on March 18th, 2026 — Even if you are not an artist, philosopher or feel things deeply, the New Moon in Pisces could give you an open, dreamy quality, where you want to dig into more abstract subjects. You may be thinkin…
Older men who lie about their age in their dating profiles — I posted a question yesterday about how surprised I was to find that men who were claiming to be 55 (only 8 years older than me) seemed so old, and I was trying to understand why they would age so fas…
Nowadays, would you say it's easier to have kids / start a family in Asia or the West? — I know flings and casual sex and "game" and all that keep getting brought up in these communities, and I understand why. But let's suppose you eventually (or currently) want to settle down, take it ea…
I stopped chasing happiness and started building contentment instead and it made all the difference — For years I was obsessed with being happy. Every self-help book promised that if I just did this one thing, happiness would follow. Gratitude journals, affirmations, visualization, cold plunges. I tri…
what finally got me to shift - I broke my mind ⋆˚࿔ — I used to be the person who would try to shift every single night and wake up crying from a failed attempt because I was so frustrated with the fact that I wasn’t shifting. I thought that I fully be…
April 2026 Astrology: Key Dates, Weekly Forecast and Mundane Astrology World Events — April is one of the most active months we’ve seen. Not one planet is in retrograde. Aries fire and cardinal energy sets the stage for initiation, assertion and spontaneous energy. There is a bit of na…
How to stop thinking about my ex? — My ex and I broke up about 7 month ago. We were together for 4 years. I broke up with him and I stand by that decision/don’t want him back. We were very different. He was nice to me, but he was not a…
It’s so hard to move on — And I mean it. We met in the most exciting chapter of our lives and we absolutely glowed the first year and half together. Exchange students in Japan, and by a miracle found ourselves together back in…
I'm a crappy friend, I'm not someone good to be in a relationship with. I want help — Hello, everyone. So, I realized basically that I'm a very bad friend and was a bad partner in my past relationship. I'll list my bad actions both in my relationship and friendship, cuz many of these s…
Why should one person do all the work? — I saw a post yesterday with a lady complaining how men on dating apps ask boring questions like "how's your day?" and "how's it going?" when first matching on dating Apps. My question is this: Matchi…
[Update] Is there a good way for me (21F) to tell my partner (24M) that I’ve never enjoyed having sex with him? — Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship\_advice/s/nd7fe72m8L First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who commented and gave me advice. The past few years of my life have been p…
Both speaking different languages — We met over an OLD app. She (43F) mentioned her English isn't great so we spoke through Google translation - conversation mode. As someone who loves technology, I (47M) found this added a few new thi…
I feel hurt and don’t know what to do. — \*\*TL;DR;\*\*: Girl is making relationship difficult . Me (22M) and partner (22F) have been dating for 4 months now. When we first met is was very nice and the freshness of it all made it exciting, …
Pushed into open marriage? Sorry, just some unsorted thoughts — My wife and I first talked about an open marriage during our vacation in the Maldives in 2025. At first, I didn't think the idea was that bad. However, I have no desire for another woman. I told her i…
Building a life and identity for the first time — Hello! I (23M) have been unemployed for a while so I’ve been grinding a shit ton with that. I finally got a job that starts next month so that is exciting. However, for the entire day today, I’ve be…
My boyfriend hasn’t had a job in months and I’m now the sole provider. That’s just part of it. — Chase (35M) and I(30F) have been dating for close to two years. For the first several months, we had a great sex life and honestly moved way too fast–I moved in with him after only dating for six mont…
If someone "hates small talk" why is that anyone else's problem? — I've seen people on apps claim to "hate small talk". It comes off as them telling their future matches to make the conversation "exciting" as to not bore them. My question is this.. if you hate small…
anxious when excited? (36nb) — it's something I just realized recently and wanted to explore a little before addressing it properly with my therapist in a couple weeks for decades, like for as long as I can remember, I have always…
R with a side of limerence — Currently working on R with my WP. She has a strong need for NRE and feels like all relationships lose their excitement after a while. WP is in IC and we are in MC. It is something that WP has been wo…
I have this question all the time, and would someone, PLEASE answer it?! Why my body isn't there whenever i astral project? And why I can see in the dark, although my room is pitch black darkness? — I didn't planned to astral project, just awake up to do something else entirely, because for some unknown reasons when I tried to astral project multiple times in the past 2 years, I usually end up…
Movies :3 - Day 17-18 of Recovery — Two day combined post again because I keep forgetting sorry... First off, I wanted to give an update on the meditation, I still think it's kinda silly, but it's definitely working. my emotional regul…
(25F) Not sure if I can stay with bf (25M) — 25M Bf and 25F (me) been together 3 yrs, happy and healthy up to now. Thought I wanted Bf to propose but not sure of the future anymore. Bf cheated a few yrs back and I let it go because Bf swore they…
I (18F) want to explore, but love my bf (19M) — Hi! I’m 18F and my boyfriend is 19M We’ve been together for 3 years. Which is quite a lot for people our age. To put it bluntly. I really really love my boyfriend. But i feel like im missing out on…
Currently spiralling — Is this reason enough to leave my husband? I have been thinking about this since summer, this conversation has come up 3 times and he is in agreement so I’m pretty sure I am making the right choice …
Missing having someone to talk to all the time — I miss having someone to talk to all the time. I loved talking to her about my day and also hearing about her day and what was exciting to her. I miss seeing the joy in someone’s eyes when I was aroun…
Bad astral projection experience — Years ago as a teen I was really interested in AP and listened to binaural beats and frequencies etc while falling asleep. First time I successfully projected, I was flying around my bedroom. I could …
My girlfriend [19F] told me [18M] she is still in love with her ex. — My girlfriend \[19F\] told me \[18M\] she is still in love with her ex. Me '18M' and my girlfriend '19F', have been dating for around 6 months now. We began dating in December after she had broken up…
Very limited orgasm options — My new partner (44m) and me (44f) have a loving relationship so far but my very limited orgasms start to be a problem for him. I can only orgasm when lying on my stomach and having sth rub against my …
Sounds like you might be getting too excited as the dream starts. Perhaps practicing meditation might help? When a dream starts, it's exciting, but you have to reel it in so you can sink into the drea…
Don’t Try focusing on controlling too much immediately or getting Carried away trying to do influence it strongly at first . Try just remaining calm by focusing on your environment and exploring as yo…
People who are unavailable are exciting because of the inherent conflict involved. Find healthier sources of conflict.
You might want to look into relationship attachment styles, love bombing, and whether you're mistaking the slow burn as boring because it's stable and consistent. The excitement ppl often feel is actu…
You probably overwhelmed him. Even for someone secure (taking him at his word that that is what he was), it can happen. It's happened to me, and it was difficult to get across in any kind of wording t…
let's goooo, sounds exciting have u get started yet?
I feel Iike people are feeding into your avoidant tendency and I’m not sure if that’s what’s best for you in this moment. I think that your healthy relationship seems like there is no connection just …
I know how hard it is to make friends as well as how exciting it feels to make a new one. However it is important to keep working on making new friends and not go overboard on the new one. Especially …
Getting the exciting feeling isn’t the issue. It’s what you do with it. Using it as a reason to attach yourself to someone you barely know is the problem. Ignoring red flags is the problem. So try dig…
Friend is distancing and I’m not sure how to correctly deal with it. I very much believe I have an anxious attachment style and it’s very closely linked with my BPD and OCD. In the past year, I bec…
I can relate to this and give you some hope. You will get better. It’s not a quick journey. I am still struggling with it, but I get better every day. It is going to be hard, especially at first. Yo…
I think the love bombing. Planning to many dates. No exciting things etc I'm not really sure so I'm sorry If I'm wrong somewhere
Yeah, I think you may be right. Loss may feel inevitable. When I was younger, I found new relationships including friendships exciting and full of potential, but I realized that they all ended in the …
He said he needed space for his life to change. I accepted this and was happy because I assumed it was going to be a few months. Nope, it was about all of a week. I feel frustrated because I've litera…
thanks for taking the time to write such a well-thought response! for me i didn't worry about romance for a good while, assuming it would "become stronger" in the future. also things like never havi…
You’re confusing chemistry spikes with compatibility. Healthy relationships are not supposed to feel exciting all the time. If they do, it’s usually because there’s instability, uncertainty, or interm…
Release? No, not for me. Yes, connection. The most exciting and fun game, it's like an amusement park but much better. Expression of love, love language. Sexual chemistry is super important, for su…
In order for people to be interested in you you need to be interesting first. You might have interesting hobbies, exciting stories and all of that, but if none of it is obvious, the safe (and easy) as…
Unpopular opinion: guarding your heart is fine and normal. I'm pretty open in these threads that I do not "get excited" for dates until several dates in, I simply cannot muster the energy for someone …
Coming up to date number 3 with a woman I just started seeing. While physical touch is one of my love languages, I've always struggled with it early on besides maybe a hug at the start or end of a dat…
I'm completely lost with this too, and honestly I think it's partly why I'm still single at 34. It's hard to let things develop naturally over the app datings... But I think that has to happen for …
So exciting! I hope you find the house of your dreams to take your relationship from casual to homey! :)
Haha ok but introverts are still exciting and passionate, you just have to share those parts of yourself. Dating apps work well for people that are interesting, no matter their social recharge style
I still think about the woman who ended things after two weeks of talking and one date a year and a half ago. I also still think about the woman who told me she wasn’t looking for a relationship after…
How did dating change for you after 30? Men and women, both experiences please. Obviously this is the internet, and there is a lot of misinformation out there - and the reddit experience is not that …
How do you start conversations? I get a match or two on the apps and I send a message saying "hey, how are you?" And I never get a reply. Am I suppose to be exciting or drop pick up lines, cause I am …
That's so exciting, hope it is lots of fun :)
I am sorry if my questions felt intrusive. I wanted to give you the best advice I can. You are in a great position to meet someone new right now and to put this guy in your rear view. Let me know how…
I am actually planning to spend Valentine’s Day with someone for the very first time in almost a decade. I don’t celebrate, I do not particularly care for the holiday, but I’m so excited to be picking…
I planned a nice date today for an early Valentine's Day, and then last night my partner told me he planned us a surprise date for tomorrow! Whaaaat is this?? Someone making an effort for V-Day? For m…
Changed my tinder bio from detailed description of what I’m like and what I’m looking for in a partner to ‘I’m looking to meet new people and have interesting experiences’ and I feel my energy has shi…
I guess it’s probably true it’ll be harder to find a woman like that as you get older. For myself, I’ve been supporting myself and independent for a long time now. I have a nice house, and a nice life…
Congrats!! How did you find him boring at first, and what do you like about him? I do find warm/kind/consistent > 'exciting'.
Started talking to someone quite exciting. Normally I would ask them out but I'm gonna wait this time. That's all I'll say for now!
I know when I got healthier I didn't feel a crazy electric spark of a crush at first. My feelings were quiet for my now boyfriend when we first got close and were flirting. I liked him, but I was terr…
Good luck!! That sounds so exciting!
I'm going to just give my personal version of advice. Which is likely going to be much more broad than an expert opinion about attachment theory, but here it is. Think in every single moment in time…
She is going to meet the kids this weekend for a first time exciting and stressful at the same time
I don’t know if people are settling, like what does that even mean. That you’ve dated and experienced ups and downs and you have a relationship that’s pretty darn good and want to keep it, even though…
I can relate! But it is also very exciting, so try to enjoy it and have a sense of humor…because we are all human
I'm 32/F, one of those people who is super independent to a fault and rarely asks for help. Over the years I've had many friendships and men who were interested in me, but I tended to just friendzone …
Yeah, I get that OP's attempt at following this advice is a little disingenuous, and while I really do think joining social events that you enjoy is a great idea, I wonder how many people actually met…
Agreed…I suspect she said I love you to keep him around a while longer. They should still be in the exciting phase and want to spend loads of time together. You are right - everything comes down to co…
Had a fun evening at a social drawing class last week. There was a very attractive and talented man there who mostly kept to himself but at the end we got chatting. He was a bit older than me, maybe m…
How exciting! And he bought you a drink… that’s fun. I feel like your next class will help inform you!
Ooo yay! Exciting. Good luck!
Pick something with a strong rhythm that's low in your range, avoid long sweeping melodies up high. Pick something that you find exciting and fun. eg: thrift shop = yes; I am sailing = no. But obvious…
That’s exciting! I’m sure it’ll more of the same tonight!
That sounds rather exciting! Hopefully the vision with the match becomes more apparent in-person, who knows.
Oh man, I'm the opposite. My (Asian) parents have literally never said ILY to me, but I'm very open with my affections. I get it, though. It sounds like he's getting there. Also I don't necessarily th…