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Many, many times. Very early in the relationship (maybe about six months in), we were hit head-on by a drunk driver. In the ambulance--that was totally unnecessary, but Mistake was wired to say his n…
How should this sub respond to reddit's api changes, part 2 — We stand with the disabled users of reddit and in our community. Starting July 1, Reddit's API policy blind/visually impaired communities will be more dependent on sighted people for moderation. When …
Why do so many websites of major companies suck? — I just went on [sephora.fr](http://sephora.fr) for the first time in years (I don't really shop there anymore, or I go in person). The website not only looks like it was designed 15 years ago and has …
5 Best SQL Books for Web Development - JV Codes 2025 — Welcome to the [SQL Books](https://jvcodes.com/category/free-books/sql-books/) section on [JV Codes](https://jvcodes.com/)! If you’re starting with SQL or want to strengthen your skills, you’re in the…
Lately, it seems like every new client I get is either a weed company or a yoga/spiritual guru. — I’ll trade you for a good old-fashioned plumber or landscaper—seriously, I’m offering a two-for-one deal. Also, a friendly reminder: a yoga mat does *not* make a good logo background. And no, “Namast…
What AI Assistant can I use to copy or clone a website? — Hey everyone! I’m looking for an AI tool or any easy method to help me copy or clone an existing website—mainly for learning purposes or to use as a template. I don’t have much experience with web dev…
Can someone explain to me why my competitor is ranking second on Google when the homepage is just the shop with no text and his menu has the shop and a contact us page? — I’ll DM links if that’s allowed and anyone would like to see both sites. I’m currently building out a site (it’s basically finishing just setting up payment gateways and adding product to the shop on…
[I will not promote] curious does affiliate marketing still work for early stage startups? — hey folks just wanted to share something i’ve been building on the side i’ve been trying to grow an affiliate program for a while but finding the right people is tough outreach feels like yelling in…
Failing to Find Google Maps Scraper (that does everything) — I've built a directory listing website and I'm using WP All Import plugin to pull in data from a spreadsheet (which consists of scraped business info from their Google Maps / GBP listings). Being tha…
Is WooCommerce the Right Fit for Your Wholesale Business? — If you're a wholesaler considering WooCommerce for your B2B operations, it's essential to weigh its capabilities against your business needs. Here's a concise breakdown based on insights from Qoblex :…
What's your opinion on custom radio select inputs? — Hey folks, I'm currently working on an interface that lets users choose between two options. Technically, this is a radio input. But I've used Tailwind's peer classes to create a custom interface for …
Shopify Free Plan? — Hey friends! I used to run my online store via Shopify (sold it last year), and now I’m recommending it to a lot of people in my marketing course. I *thought* there used to be a free plan, or maybe I’…
LogWhisperer – AI-powered log summarizer that runs locally (no OpenAI keys, no cloud) — I built an open-source CLI tool called **LogWhisperer** that uses a local LLM to summarize Linux system logs into human-readable summaries. It’s useful for triaging noisy logs, quick postmortems, or j…
We Fired a Developer But Not Because He Was Bad, But Because He Wasn't Right. Only 2 Legit Reasons to Fire Anyone. (i will not promote) — After building a small team and running a startup for a while, We’ve come to a hard conclusion: There are only two legitimate reasons to fire someone. 1. They are not the right fit for the company.…
Marketing Digest: Google tests new AI mode outside Labs along with more features, ChatGPT introduces shopping features with personalized product recommendations, Google confirms search signals used to train Gemini AI — Hey guys! A new week means a fresh batch of marketing insights. Google’s keeping us on our toes as usual, and AI is busy finding new ways to take over the digital space. Let’s read: **SERP features /…
MySQL Database Quota Reached - Clean database — Hey everyone, I’m currently hosting several websites on SiteGround’s GoGeek plan which comes with 40 GB of web space. Most of my websites use between 1–3 GB, with one around 5.3 GB. However, one of m…
Best low-effort analytics tools for Shopify optimization? I'm drowning in data... — I'm struggling to make sense of all the analytics data from my store. The native Shopify reports give me tons of information, but I'm finding it difficult to determine what metrics I should actually f…
Junior sysadmin looking for project ideas to modernize a simple infra — Junior sysadmin looking for project ideas to modernize a simple on-prem infra Hey everyone, I’m a junior sysadmin working with a fairly basic on-prem infrastructure with about 45 users, and I’m look…
Alternate for 'Please share bank details' to transfer money — Hey folks, I’m working on a simple tool aimed at helping small service businesses — like tradies, pet groomers, caterers, mobile cleaners, etc. — get paid faster. Instead of sending invoices or shari…
Anyone know of an alternate for 'please share your bank details' (I will not promote) — Hey folks, I’m working on a simple tool aimed at helping small service businesses — like tradies, pet groomers, caterers, mobile cleaners, etc. — get paid faster. Instead of sending invoices or shari…
Small Business Case Study: How We Grew Our Instagram & TikTok with an AI Social Media Assistant (No Ad Spend!) — **Post Body:** Hi everyone! I co-own a small business (a boutique cafe + online store) and wanted to share our experience using an **AI “social media assistant”** to grow our Instagram and TikTok. W…
Looking for early adopters - Customer Review Reminder — I'm a solo builder and recently launched a simple tool called **ReviewReminder (https://www.reviewremind.com/)** to help small businesses automatically remind their happy customers to leave a review. …
Wordpress Staging vs. LocalWP for website redesign — Hey everyone, I’m working on a full redesign and cleanup of an existing WordPress website, and I want to make sure the development process doesn’t hurt the site’s current SEO at all — both during deve…
I built a lightweight tool to automate Google review requests for small businesses – looking for feedback — Hey folks, I recently launched a micro-SaaS called **ReviewReminder**, designed to help small businesses (dentists, salons, auto shops, etc.) get more Google reviews *without manually following up wi…
I found a digital marketing course that teaches 10+ income streams—even if you’re starting from ZERO. — Hey y’all, I just wanted to drop this here in case anyone’s been looking for a way out of the 9–5 grind (or just wants to make real money online without all the sketchy stuff). A few weeks ago, I sta…
Seeking honest feedback on an early mockup for a sustainable toothbrush brand — Hey everyone! I’m working on creating a sustainable toothbrush brand and I’m still in the early stages. The name, logo, and product design aren’t final yet. Before I move forward, I’d love to hear yo…
How are you managing/identifying multiple AWS accounts? — Which tool or extension are you guys using to manage and identify multiple AWS accounts in your browser? Personally i have to deal with 30+ AWS accounts. An old devops team over engineered our AWS la…
My DA bf broke up with me Saturday morning. — We’ve been together three years, living together for two. He (38m) wouldn’t ever give me (43f) emotional depth or physical connection. (I had to *ask* for hugs. Anything more was off the table.) Pri…
Women I’m dating is afraid I’ll lose interest when I learn who she really is. Seeking FA perspective. — I’m ramping up my dating efforts because I’m doing well—both financially and mentally. Things have been going really well with a new woman I’m dating. We shared a nice moment on our last date, and I’m…
Struggling with losing my best friend/coworker, anxious attachment + limerence making it unbearable — Hi everyone, I apologize in advance for this long post. I’ll just post the TL;DR at the start. TL;DR: Lost my best friend/coworker of 7 years after a conflict. He’s now cold/avoiding me but friendl…
The most painful relationship and breakup I've ever had, but it cracked me open so that I could heal. I created a text message llm analysis tool that revealed insecure attachment. — EDIT - TLDR; 8-month, high-intensity relationship. I was DA-leaning; she showed a lot of push–pull/negative lensing. We loved each other and still couldn’t repair, so we went NC. Post-breakup I focuse…
I broke no contact — Well - after a month I broke no contact. I thought I was in a really good place for it, and I still believe that I am. But he did not answer and it hurt still. My message was a friendly check in, and …
Need advice: Is it possible to be anxious anxiously attached to a specific person? — Good evening everyone! I am 25 M Recently, things ended pretty badly with this woman I was close to with. She was aware I had feelings for her, and well would flirt back sometimes. I was and still am…
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…
Don’t Contact Your Ex. For Anything. Let Go Quietly. They Watch You for Access Without Intent. — We had a bad breakup. He was very cold and distant at the end, as always (we broke up several times). He made a joke about how I can be single and rushed me off our last phone conversation when I was …
The Cheat Code to the Universe — After 5 years of meditating and studying this, I have been unable to disprove that there is a Cheat Code to the Universe and that is to Relax & Be Nice in all situations. I would like to discuss this …
A friend fell for me, even though he knew I'm happily married. After trying to distance himself for a while, he's now back but acting hostile towards me. I don't know what I've done to deserve his anger, nor how to fix the situation. Any thoughts or advices? — Me (31F) and my husband (32M) have a friend group we often hang out with. We used to be pretty close with this one friend there (30M), who would hang out with us often even outside the group. He came …
DA healing update: searching my true self, my inner child finally seen — Some of you may know me at this point. I'm (40M) dismissive avoidant, my wife fearful avoidant (41F), together 17 years, married 13 years, 3 children. I've been working on my attachment style for 5 mo…
Reflection on over friendly therapist? — Hi readers. This is something that has been on my mind for months and I don't know how to wrap my head around it. Some professional insight might be helpful. I left therapy a few months ago. I had …
Job hunt anxiety — I have had a very, very challenging job hunt over the last year. I have developed some pretty intense anxiety as a result. These are the things helping me to get through it. I'm wondering what has wor…
Pretty privilege success manifestation — I’m like one month into manifesting and I have multiple success stories already but the one that I love the most is about my self concept. JUST KEEP IN MIND, you absolutely DONT need to be like 100% …
Behavior of Asian boys vs. White boys? — I've been wondering about a topic regarding EA and SEAsian boys, socialization, and racialization: do Asian boys behave differently from White (European, non-Latino) boys in any noticeable manner, and…
She snuck out with a "friend" while we were at a party — Hello everyone, this is all still very new since I just founf out about everything 3 days ago. I (24M) am in deep intense pain in knowing that my girlfriend of 3 years cheated on me at least 4 times …
Not feeling like myself - suddenly cold & not sure why — I, 26F have always been quite positive and friendly. And even on my worst days I’d keep a level of kindness and respect to others. But lately I’ve just been feeling so different as if nothing matters …
How to deal with an avoidant person — As I've read it's really normal that me and her would have an intense connection deep talks future talks like all good she's deflective me being sweet but she joins in just light jabs but she has alwa…
My parents raised me to just serve people — I'm 22(F) and have moved away from my parents place but might have to go back because it has become too expensive to live alone and my parents bought a bigger house so it would all work out for me if …
I honestly don't know what's going on with me: feeling oddly good after so many days without using any substances — Hello there and friendly greetings! As per title. I had my last trip on 7 Feb of this year with LSD and ever since then, I feel as though I’ve been living off my "psychedelic savings". I am not rea…
Do you experience the paranoia of being in trouble? — I'm constantly monitoring other people to see if I'm "in trouble". Can anyone relate? Someone I've done work for who I like a lot hasn't answered a couple emails. This happened with another higher up …
Energy Exchange: How We Give, Take, and Protect Our Vital Force — Energy exchange is, essentially, communication. The energy a person generates is given outward. But, in accordance with the laws of conservation of energy, a person must receive energy from outside. …
I normally don’t like to talk about my issues outside of therapy because I just want people to see me as normal, but I’m 36 and still can’t get past the effects of trauma from my childhood. — I grew up with a mom who is obviously mentally ill, very likely borderline personality disorder at the very least. I grew up white trash in poverty surrounded by drugs and trashy people my whole life …
New to CE5s Should I be concerned? — Hi everyone. I’m new to the CE5 community, though I’ve seen orbs throughout my life. For years, I’ve followed Dr. Steven Greer’s work, believing that advanced intelligence must be peaceful or they wou…
Hi! So one thing I can tell you from lots of therapy and recently spending time around her is I realized I had been only remembering her good qualities and putting her on a pedestal in my mind. When w…
honestly, it's pretty situational and depends on the person and the relationship, but in general with interpersonal stuff that i have dobuts over, i try to not take any action immediately and instead …
ok so i typed up a hypothetical example haha let's say i have a coworker/acquaintance who seems like they'd have a lot in common with me, but we don't know each other well. i want to become closer to…
Wow, that’s… I mean, that’s seriously sociopathic behaviour. I can’t even imagine how you felt. It’s such a mindfuck. I hope you kicked him out and never looked back. What a toxic piece of bovine excr…
I know it's not quite what you're asking, but I'd happily advocate for spending the big money again on DataDog and Auth0. Both get very costly at scale, but both solve their respective problems very…
Hey! We’re Spyral Media, and we help early-stage startups launch fast, professional websites. Our Rapid Web Launch service delivers SEO-optimized, mobile-friendly WordPress sites **in just 7 days,** p…
Yes of course next parts will be around how to deploy production ready MinIO cluster on K8S, This two articles were like introduction beginner friendly, as POC for devOps and developers who wear the …
Yes, I am fairly secure & friendly guy and almost want to have more authentic friendly relationships, she probably wanted a casual banter acquaintance. It hurt me & had to try very hard not to fall i…
I literally felt the same, and so needed a second opinion. Here's what Claude Opus 4 had to say (after copy pasting it): Why does this reddit post feel like an ad? My spidy sense is tingling: Yo…
Yep, it seems so super simple, yet my ex was allergic to it. I also had my fair share of protest behaviors, I admit, and I'm working on that now. However, even when I tried to explain my needs in extr…
Well, but that is indeed the thing: you cannot have a healthy fulfilling relationship without becoming secure! Not as a DA/FA and not as an AA. Extreme anxious will either push away even a secure pers…
Openness to a future? No I don't see that. He's saying either friends or friendly. And he's going to work on himself. But not to get back with you as far as I can see
I agree with this! But be careful about jumping to conclusions too... "Ironically, her vulnerability in sharing that actually made my infatuation deepen into a real crush." I would go as far as s…
before exploding and engaging you could sing. i had the urge to explode too but i knew that i wasnt able to handle it. so when i feel rage turning up and i feel like an argument is necessairy i sing …
Text of original post by u/Musician-Kind: Well - after a month I broke no contact. I thought I was in a really good place for it, and I still believe that I am. But he did not answer and it hurt still…
i think it was as attempt to get the " daddy dont wants me" wound solved . i was physically attracted, never had proper social contact in my life and wasnt able to read between lines. he was always …
Good!!! Keep using it! And if you ever need a friendly human, my DMs are open.
*Should I text her or stay silent? Don’t want to restart hope or regret not trying.* I (male) am really confused about a girl and could use some clear advice. Around 2 months ago, I confessed to a …
About a year ago, we got new seasonal hires at my job. One of them ended up being this woman. I usually chitchat with new hires if they have questions regarding the job and that’s about it. I would ch…
I’ve been dating an avoidant woman for 4 months, we’ve been through two short break ups (2 days and 5 days long respectively). We’ve been together for about a month since the last break. Last week, a…
Avoid conflict: definitely. I also avoid people who are too friendly, even if there is no relationship.
I just had an issue with an fa today this is why I feel like she hates me; this is our third goal round of no contact in a relationship that never happened. We had sex one time and a bunch of text con…
every day I wake up regretting the previous night’s texts with a new guy. He reaches out every day, is completely respectful if I can’t reply until after work, takes what I give in stride. It’s friend…
I could have written this post myself. I turn 27 in a month. And well, I have never been in a real relationship (although I dated for a while in a very avoidant non-committed way that makes me feel st…
Sadly, the time is untenable for Europe 🥺 Though, seeing the votes, the choice for a US time wasn't a complete blow-out. The Europe-friendly time was a few votes short from coming on top.
I guess that’s exactly the reason why I’m asking if time will help. I’m deciding if it would be better for my nervous system to walk away. I could see talking to him for years just for friendly banter…
That's an interesting question. 6:00 p.m. would be too early for me, I'm off and out and about during the days and evenings. 7:00 p.m. might be possible but I wouldn't want to lose anybody who's avail…
I’m new to Reddit but find it of good use to try and find answers to my problems. I’ve been in a LTR with a man but we’ve always had issues where he has said I’m narcissistic - I couldn’t understand w…
Hi everyone, I need some outside perspective. Last summer I had my first relationship at 31. It lasted about 2 months. I was very inexperienced and insecure. She is also very insecure and has hot-and…
I want to know more about this. I tried this 6 months back and it backfired on me so bad. I was going through a breakup and got into meditation and chanting. I am already introspective and ruminate a…
My ex broke up with me a month ago. We had a powerful connection but life goals and bad timing meant it likely wouldn't work, there was zero toxicity. We'll talk again sometime in the future, it proba…
It was just an ad hominem. This user thinks that my my acknowledgement of sexual dimorphism and differences in gender constructs and societal expectations is an endorsement or that I'm somehow using t…
Finding best friends really is all about timing. All you can do is try to be as friendly, open, and warm then through some miracle you might find your best friend. I had a best friend of one yea…
Yeah I feel like that is a common issue among anxiously attached people. My suggestion is start small by just being open and friendly with people. I have even made friends on Bumble BFF
Boundaries are the lines between us and other people. They're the rules we set for ourselves to protect our wellbeing and ensure we are acting in accordance with our values and beliefs. Sort of like …
Well, so I'm pretty new to dating, was with my x-wife for nearly 20 years with kids and decided to try dating after some time alone. Never dated before her either, so eventhough im almost 40 I've got …
Whoop whoop! Which app did you pick? You most likely can have in on your computer (or mobile web browser…) but it’s not as user friendly I guess
One hour is good enough for something you don't see going further. I think we owe people some grace and we can have a decent friendly conversation even if nothing is going to come out of it. After tha…
> I don't understand why would you keep your exes as friends Did you ask her? Personally, I have a couple exes I'm friendly with as I like them as people, we share social circles and free time activi…
I have never had a woman be this friendly/flirty to me out of the blue. Not even close. I didnt consider that she would wear a fake ring, though. I appreciate the insight. Idk why you are talking abou…
Im so confused. After our first date she agreed to a second but just wants to keep things friendly, no terms of endearment or things like that. Ok, I can try my best to keep things strictly friends. …
In my experience immediately asking someone out never works well. Send a few nice, friendly messages. Mention that her parents gave your contact info. Ask for some basic details about her. After a me…
I've met a lot of my partners at events or parties. In some cases, I didn't know anyone at the event and in others I did. I usually talk to a lot of people when I'm out. I chit-chat to anyone who see…
This happens all the time. Most dates go "well" in that most people show up on time and are cordial and friendly. His rejection of you isn't a reflection of you and how you behaved, but rather an pers…
Third date today. We went for brunch at a popular cafe, with good food but short 1hr bookings. It was nice to catch up after two months, due to holidays and him rescheduling, and conversation was ligh…
My brother in Christ - >After our first date she agreed to a second but just wants to keep things friendly > sent a photo of myself from work today and got accused of fishing for compliments and t…
As a woman- it means they aren’t attracted to you or don’t feel romantic chemistry with you. They can’t picture having sex with you. Remember that attraction is more than just looks; their disinterest…
This is also why I sometimes do a little messaging back and forth before a date, even though it's annoying. Sure, everyone likes to say "let's go grab a drink and not message forever on this app" and …
Is there an alternative site to imgur that is UK friendly so I could share photos of my dating profile on Breeze? I'd like a review. I just can't land any matches, no dates even.
Yeah, that’s all fair enough. I’ve been meaning to join more team based things, to be honest. So it’s easier said than done! I mean, socialising just for more friends is always good. You get more fr…