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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: What's the worst fitness/nutrition advice you've ever been given?
POST: I think the worst fitness advice I've ever heard came when I started trying to lose weight and get in shape. Every nutritionist says that the key to losing weight is to have fewer calories in than calories out, which is a perfectly logical notion. I didn't start hardcore calorie counting, but I did check the nutrition information when it was available. I was running late for work one morning, so I picked up a chicken sandwich and a single-serving bag of kettle chips at a gas station on my way in. As I was eating lunch, I noticed that the chips, despite being less than 1/3 the weight of the sandwich, had more calories, and the fat calories were almost triple that of the sandwich.
Upon mentioning how annoying this was in passing on Facebook, a girl I know said, verbatim: "Who cares anyway. *(sic)* The key to weight loss truly lies in increasing movement and heart rate. Do you see how much body builders or athletes eat???? How many calories a day they have?? Its insane!"
I facepalmed so hard I think I cured my carpal tunnel.
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I got told that it didn't matter how much I eat, as long as I exercise, because professional athletes and body builders eat tons and are still fit.
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I got told that it didn't matter how much I eat, as long as I exercise, because professional athletes and body builders eat tons and are still fit.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Right person, wrong time?
POST: I'm in a right person, wrong time situation right now and it's a very hard, sad thing to sort out. We have been dating for a year and a half and at the end of the summer I'm moving away to the UK to attend a prestigious law school for three years and my boyfriend has three years left of his degree in Canada. He's the first person I've ever loved and we get along so well. I consider him my best friend, we talk everyday, and we're just easily compatible. Our relationship isn't perfect and neither is he but nobody is and I could see myself being with him and being happy for a long time. However, studying law and studying abroad has always been a dream of mine and I've worked really hard to get this so it's an opportunity I can't pass up. It doesn't change the fact that I have to end this amazing relationship with a guy I love. I hate the thought of him being with another girl but I know it'll happen and I'm terrified of losing contact with him and becoming strangers. I wonder how long it'll take for me and for him to move on. Do you think if we were to meet again at the right place and right time in our lives we could be together again?
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in love with my boyfriend of one and a half years but I'm moving across the world for my dream education opportunity and we have to break up. Right person, but wrong time in my life.
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in love with my boyfriend of one and a half years but I'm moving across the world for my dream education opportunity and we have to break up. Right person, but wrong time in my life.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [20F] girlfriend and I [22 M] still haven't had sex after 7months of dating and still no "I love you"
POST: My girlfriend and I have been dating for 7months and I've never fallen for someone like this before and she tells me that is the case with her as well. However, I am not able to tell if the fact that she is still not ready to have sex as a red flag or not. She is a virgin and is waiting for the right person, it isn't for religious reasons. But it worries me that after this much time she still doesn't believe that I am "the right person". We still hook up and do other things and after talking about sex a couple times I basically just said I wouldn't ever bring it up and let her decide when she is ready. I don't want to pressure her but I don't know what to do.
In addition, neither one of us has said those big 3 words yet after that much time. I am certain that I feel that way towards her, I have completely fallen for her, but I don't know how I feel about expressing that before we are completely intimate. I also have reservations about being the first to say it because I have always been the one to initiate conversations about our relationship and intimacy. It would mean so much more to me if I heard her say it first rather than the "yeah, me too" that I am so used to hearing.
Should all of this be a red flag that maybe things aren't going to go anywhere? Should I let her find someone else that maybe she would feel more comfortable with? I'm not sure what to do.
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GF and I still haven't had sex or said I love you after 7months. I'm not sure if this should be a red flag.
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GF and I still haven't had sex or said I love you after 7months. I'm not sure if this should be a red flag.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit, I need your opinion!
POST: So I was with my best friend the other day (I'm a guy) and we were talking about random things. Then for some reason, she literally told me that she thought she was a whore because she had multiple fuck friends. Obviously I was a bit shocked because I didn't think she thought of herself like that, but after maybe 2 seconds of disbelief, I told her that she wasn't. She 18 and.. well she has done some pretty outrageous stuff : to this day she has slept with 16 guys, 2-3 girls, she did two threesome and that's about it. Because of that she thinks she's a whore... I told her she wasn't, that she was just having fun and that it was totally fine but obviously it didn't really work, she still thought of herself badly. I'm a bit confused because I never EVER thought she was a whore, slut, skank or whatever. In my head, I believe that if I had has much success with girls, has she has success with guys, I would probably be dying from HIV because I would've slept with every girl I could and because I would've slept with so many girls I would probably be a hero among my friends. So why are people judging her because she likes to have sex? Why is it bad for her to have fun sexually speaking but not for me? Why is a girl who likes sex has much has the average guy being labelled as a whore? Am I the only one who thinks like that? Am I the only one who thinks society is fuck up to think this way?
So tell me reddit, what do you think about that? Feel free to speak your mind freely even if you're saying that she's really a "slut" I just want to get a general idea on what you guys think.
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Friend (girl) who's 18 slept with 16 guys up until now, thinks she's a whore. What do you think?
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Friend (girl) who's 18 slept with 16 guys up until now, thinks she's a whore. What do you think?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Boyfriend's [24m] friend [24f] is getting married - I [23f] am not invited. How do I handle this without overreacting?
POST: I have been with my boyfriend for 5 years and we have been living together for the past 3 years. We live a couple of hours away from our hometown, as we both moved to the city for job opportunities/university.
At the start of the year my boyfriend's good friend, let's call her Emily, got engaged. We were so happy for her and both attended her engagement party (with a present I picked out). While I am not especially close with Emily I have met her many times, I was at her 21st, have been to her and her fiance's house and we have always gotten along well.
Yesterday my bf received a call from Emily and she told him that I would not be invited to the wedding, as the guest list was getting too large and expensive, as well as the fact she doesn't see me often. While I understand that weddings are expensive and guest lists must be a huge pain, I also feel incredibly insulted that she has decided to cut me out.
I know that other plus ones have definitely been invited, and while I know that I don't see Emily very often the reason for that is my bf doesn't see her very often, as we live 2 hours away.
My bf is very non-confrontational, and while he is also upset that I cannot go I do not believe he would even think to not attend the wedding, even though he will know very few people there. But I feel like after 5 years, our relationship warrants a plus one to a wedding, and to not invite me is insulting and dismissive of our very serious relationship.
I am really hurt by this, as I thought we were also friends by association, or at least friendly. Is it an overreaction/too controlling to ask him to consider not attending? How do I manage the hurt feelings?
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Boyfriend of 5 years has a friend getting married - she has specifically not invited me. How should I handle the situation?
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Boyfriend of 5 years has a friend getting married - she has specifically not invited me. How should I handle the situation?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [22/M] confused about sudden break up with girlfriend [22/F] (X-post)
POST: I'll attempt and keep this short...
Been with my gf for 6 years, lived with her (200 odd miles away from our hometown) for 3. She attends university and I work a crappy job to pay the bills.
Past week or so she's not been feeling good so I didn't expect much affection. Yesterday morning I texted her from work after dreaming she dumped me, realised something was up. She said she loved me and she wants to find a solution as she feels unsure about us. I stupidly forced her to admit we were breaking up. Got let off work, met her at uni briefly, seemed very upset but final. Went home, my friends came over, she brought a friend when she finished uni a few hours later for a group chat (bad idea). She wants to sort out issues with our apartment instantly so we can move on.
I'm astonished this has come out of nowhere but she says she's been feeling a bit unsure for a little while. Says she never told me because she didn't know how to talk to anyone about this. Didn't even tell any of her friends. She says she's still not sure what the problem is.
Our friends left the room and we had a goodbye, she held me tight, cried a lot, and then kissed me three times (everyone I've told has been amazed at that part). She left to stay with her friend. I spent the night alone in our apartment.
I took a walk this morning and bought her a rose. She's coming back here for a few hours this afternoon so we can talk.
So basically, from talking with my parents and friends, I believe I've been lax on doing stuff she wants to do (taking walks, eating out etc) but she wouldn't tell me, instead we've just been going to the movies/watching GoT/playing Xbox together though she seemed happy with that. She said she thought she might be stressed with her university stuff and wine tasting so I think that has amplified her worries.
I'm not even sure what I want to ask. I just can't get my head around this weird situation. I hope you can help me.
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girlfriend breaks up with me with no warning, doesn't even seem sure, wants us to sort out moving out instantly.
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girlfriend breaks up with me with no warning, doesn't even seem sure, wants us to sort out moving out instantly.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [M 21] dont know how to convey to a girl that I like her and want more than a friendship.
POST: Basically my issue is that I'm terrible at telling someone I'm interested in them in ways more than a friend. I'm not sure what it is or why it happens per say, but I just cannot break that barrier. I'm great at forming long lasting friendships but they form due to my interest in the girl as more than friends.
As stupid as it sounds, I quite literally get "stuck" in the "friendzone" as a result of my own inability to act on my feelings and tell the other party I am interested in more ways than just friendship.
Lately I've been wondering if this is just something I personally deal with or if its common. Any help/advice/tips/changes I can make to myself/my perception would be greatly appreciated.
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suck at telling someone I love them, probably cause too afraid/dont want to ruin the friendship. need help fixing this.
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suck at telling someone I love them, probably cause too afraid/dont want to ruin the friendship. need help fixing this.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit, I need new friends. I have no idea how to make new ones, please help.
POST: I have friends and they are not bad but they are not people I feel connected to on a deeper level of beliefs and aspirations. I want friends who are competent in the way they communicate and carry themselves but still have a sense of madness and eccentricity that leads them to pursue unusual ideas and practices. I don't care what it is, just that they have a passion and taste for exploring and experimenting with life.
Needless to say, my current friends aren't like this. I hang out with them less than I had been lately, but that doesn't mean I'm progressing toward the person I want to be or the lifestyle I want to have. I know I need new friends, new minds to learn from and bounce ideas off of in order to do this. I am pretty introverted and don't know where to look or how to connect even if I was in the right place. I'm talking about friendship on a strong intelligent and experimental foundation, not just another bro to bro out with.
Anybody got experience or suggestions, I'd really appreciate it.
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I need new friends, old ones not satisfying. Like to make acquaintance on a intelligent and experimental level. I want to enter into a circle of some really interesting people.
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I need new friends, old ones not satisfying. Like to make acquaintance on a intelligent and experimental level. I want to enter into a circle of some really interesting people.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My GF[21F] told me she doesn't know why but she feels like a spark is missing after 1.5 yrs.
POST: I'm a [22m]
Background: my girlfriend's mom is just finishing chemo for breast cancer, she just spent 3 months living at home for the summer to be with her family. Her dad was laid off, last week she turned 21. She lost ~40 lbs since dating me, I have always found her stunning and beautiful, but I think some of the new attention is surprising her. She was never fat, but now she is very fit. Her previous boyfriend got over committed to fast and started talking about future and marriage and she couldn't handle it.
In the last 3 months we saw each other around 5 times but always for a short period last weekend we spent 3 days straight together day and night and it must have been too much for her. Months ago we started to talk about our future and it was what she wanted. now we have been dating 1 year 5 months and this is the longest relationship she's ever had. She also says everything Is perfect she feels crazy because we work really well but she feels like "a spark"is missing.
She just left with her single best friend to go to concert tonight and for the next few days will be gone living with her mom again. I think the wave of guys hitting on her at bar ECT when her and her pretty friend may make her question us. But I think she might also be really stressed and worried of commitment.
I call her pretty, beautiful or sexy constantly like many times a day, almost every time it crosses my mind maybe it doesn't mean much from me now idk.
We are still working on things and trying to be more open but we both admit this has been the best relationship in either of our lives, she said she just wants to live in the now and have fun with me again. I took her on a "first" date bought her flowers and held doors ECT things have been going good but idk for how long...
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we seemed fine and suddenly I dont know how to feel, she says it feels we lost our spark, we feel more like friends than dating. I think it might be due to her stress with family stuff and worry about commitment.
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we seemed fine and suddenly I dont know how to feel, she says it feels we lost our spark, we feel more like friends than dating. I think it might be due to her stress with family stuff and worry about commitment.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [26/m] Not sure how to address girl's [24/f] drug use.
POST: *
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Dating a girl that does drugs more frequently than she led on to. She wants to make our relationship more serious, but this could be a deal breaker. Just not sure how to bring it up because this can be a sensitive topic.
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Dating a girl that does drugs more frequently than she led on to. She wants to make our relationship more serious, but this could be a deal breaker. Just not sure how to bring it up because this can be a sensitive topic.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [24/F] just found out my LDR boyfriend of 3 years [23/M] has slept with multiple women in the past 6 months. Stuck with him in his country until my flight, help
POST: Hi Reddit,
I'm a long time lurker of this subreddit, never thought I'd be posting something like this here but I know you are all so helpful and I feel I've no one else to turn to right now.
I've been in a long distance relationship with my bf for almost 4 years. Ups and downs, as in all relationships, and 8 months ago I found out he cheated on me (kissed an old friend of his).
This devastated me, but I took him back as I believe mistakes happen, and people deserve second chances - he swore it was only a drunken kiss. The past month has been incredible, but today (I am in his country the past 2 weeks) I read an old message on his phone from last November saying, 'fucked another girl last night mate, shit that's 3 now'. Obviously confronted him, massive screaming on my part, and he admits he slept with 4 people between September and December last year. Finally get out of him, that the first was the friend he kissed.
Obviously, I'm not stupid enough to ever forgive/take back his disgusting cheating ass.
But because we're long distance, I'm stuck in his country until next Saturday, I can't get a flight home earlier as these were booked months in advance for price. I've booked a hotel in his town for tomorrow night so I can leave immediately but stuck in his for tonight (it's midnight here), and can't afford hotels for another week.
Please Reddit, what the hell do I do from here.. Stuck in a foreign country by myself and distraught. No idea how to continue on from here? Any advice?
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Found out LDR bf cheated multiple times last year, ended things but stuck in his country where I know no one for another 11 nights
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Found out LDR bf cheated multiple times last year, ended things but stuck in his country where I know no one for another 11 nights
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Parents/College Students of Reddit: How did you deal with your/your parents' empty nest syndrome?
POST: I am leaving for college in about three weeks, and my mom is already freaking out quite a bit. In fact, she has been getting progressively more upset ever since I graduated from high school in June. I feel awful because I know that she's upset, but it's really starting to drive me up a wall. Some background:
* I am my mother's only child. After breaking up with my father, she eventually got married to my stepdad. They have decided not to have any more kids, though she does have two small dogs to nurture.
* As my mom has pointed out, I have been in her life longer than she's been without me. (My mom got pregnant at 17, and I'm currently 18.)
* My stepdad has a strange need to update me every time that my mom cries or gets upset about my leaving, and the guilt is really getting to me.
* Both my mom and my stepdad seem to have some jealousy over the amount of time that I spend with my boyfriend, which I find to be unreasonable because I'm usually out with him when they are at work or in the evenings, when they are tired and reading or sleeping. The guilt over this is also starting to get to me.
* I suspect that all of this is complicated by the fact that my college is about a 14-hour drive from my home.
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What are the best ways to deal with a parent who is experiencing empty nest anxiety? As a parent, what would make letting go easier on you?
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What are the best ways to deal with a parent who is experiencing empty nest anxiety? As a parent, what would make letting go easier on you?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [16F] lost my virginity to my boyfriend [16M] and the two times we had sex he made it all about me and did not let me do anything to him. How do I ask him to
POST: Hi so I have never used Reddit before. I have read the guide for submitting so I will hopefully be good. This is probably a really simple solution I am just having trouble seeing it.
My boyfriend had a girlfriend before me and he has some experience from that relationship. I have never been in a relationship before now and I have only had sex twice. My boyfriend is really outgoing, loud, popular at school and I am the exact opposite.
I am to too shy. Which I am it's a major flaw I have I am always really timid to ask people for things. I have always been and I don't know why. Even if I know the person super well I am always to shy to ask something of them.
I lost my virginity to him several days ago and we had sex again last night. He made it a very enjoyable experience but he made it all literally about me. He did not really let me do anything to him and he focused on me the entire time.
I know this is probably a simple solution but I can't see it, how do I ask him to let me do some things to him?
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I lost my virginity to my boyfriend and he keeps making sex all about me. How can I ask him to let me do some things to him
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I lost my virginity to my boyfriend and he keeps making sex all about me. How can I ask him to let me do some things to him
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [24 M] with my Close friend [21 F] mad at me, i dont get it
POST: Okay first of all English is not my mother tongue, sorry for the errors in the text.
We have this group at the Gym, 4 people incl. me. Friday it was my friends birthday (close friend). She was going to have dinner with the other 2 and then meet up with me for going out. She called me at 8pm to meet up 9pm at the park.
I was at the park 8:50pm, at 9:30pm she called hey im sorry we are running late, so i asked how much time do you need, she said will be 15 more. at 10:15 i went home because i was tired of waiting while they are having a nice dinner. At 10:40 she called again, asking where i was i said im home, laying bed. She said just come now we are at the meeting point. I said no because i was pissed of by this. But it is my Birthday you should come! I still said no. Then the other one came on the line dude just come its not her fault. And i was like no, i have waited for almost 90 mins im home now and about to sleep.
Next day she ignored me all day, and i was like lets celebrate your birthday another day because i was just pissed at this point but still had the intention to celebrate her birthday. But nothing from her...
So yesterday i said, i dont want to be the annoying friend but please talk back? which she then replies with, Funny how you call yourself a friend after what you have done...
So clearly she is pissed but i think i made the right decision...Did i do it right or is she overreacting?
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Shes pissed at me that i left the meeting point after 90 mins because they didnt showed up. Did i do the right thing?
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Shes pissed at me that i left the meeting point after 90 mins because they didnt showed up. Did i do the right thing?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [20F] with my ___ [20 M] 1 year 8 months, broke up three months ago, I can't get over it.
POST: I asked my now ex-boyfriend for a break while he was backpacking for a month after having been abroad for two months. I felt neglected and powerless. The relationship seemed entirely one-sided. I needed time to think if he was what I really wanted. We didn't talk for six weeks. When we finally talked, he was not interested in addressing the core issue. He implied that he didn't love me as much as I loved him. I can't seem to get over how much that hurt.
I keep waking up, three months later, forgetting that we've broken up. Then I realize and get emotional. I know that he is what I want. I've known it for a while, I told him and he wanted nothing to do with me. I just feel like a terrible person for everything that happened. I hate myself. I just want him to be happy but I can't seem to move on. I really need help. I have a previous issue with self-mutilation (but I haven't cut in four years).
Any advice for moving on with my life?
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Broke up with boyfriend because I felt neglected, now I regret it and he doesn't love me. I can't get over it. I need help.
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Broke up with boyfriend because I felt neglected, now I regret it and he doesn't love me. I can't get over it. I need help.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/personalfinance
TITLE: Uninsured and deep into hospital bill debt at only 20. Don't know how to tackle the debt. Also, I might have been scammed.
POST: Hi, here is some background info on me.
Due to my weight I have gone to the ER for the first time at 19 due to chest pain, and twitching(thought I was dying). The doctors said it was from stress, and that I need to learn how to not be so stressed out. Gave them my insurance info, turns out my insurance was obsolete, mom never informed me, so they billed me about $900. Ever since I have made an effort to try and pay off the debt, even getting a second job, and haggling to a lower monthly premium. Since then however I lost both of my jobs and was unable to pay it. Strangely, they just stopped taking the $75 from my bank account every month.
In fact, this has caused me to believe that I might have been scammed because...
I called the debt collector Grace, she never picks up
* They don't send me letters anymore about the debt
* Every time I call she seems to be away* Once I called and they said she "switched directories or w/e"
* They don't send me letters anymore about the debt
I have also been sent another bill from the hospital. I was in a car accident and was hit from behind by a truck. Somehow I lived, but my spine has never been the same. I am nervous about paying this bill because of my experience from the last. I don't even think I can pay it off due to my other debts that piled up from me losing my jobs. I make $7.50 an hour, how can I pay off this money while affording to eat...??
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Might have been scammed when trying to repay bills, have more bills to pay and not making enough to pay them off, what to do?
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Might have been scammed when trying to repay bills, have more bills to pay and not making enough to pay them off, what to do?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/offmychest
TITLE: I was given an out today....I don't know what to do...
POST: So my boyfriend of about 2 years is dying from cancer, it's in his lungs, his stomach, intestines, probably his prostate ect. It's literally eating him alive. I knew he was sick when we got together, and we've had a couple of great years, but he had some more scans today because he's been in alot of pain lately. He got bad news, it's overtaken most of one lung and about a quarter of another.... I knew this day was coming, I just didn't think it would be here so quickly... and tonight at dinner he looks at me and says I'd understand if you got up and left me, but do it soon if you're going to, so I can go do things if I want to.
I should point out at this point that we're both brutally honest people, and he's a bit older then me, thus has move savings to go and travel.
Part of me wants to stay because I do love him and I want to be around for him, but at the same time, I know if I'm here he won't go do things he wants to because I don't get alot of vacation time, and he does, but he won't go anywhere without me... and I'm totally okay with him going without me with his friends, I've said this so many times and he still just shrugs it off... Part of me wants to go... and I feel guilty about it, really guilty about it, because I don't think he'd eat if I wasnt here to bother him into eating dinner...I'm afraid he'd die faster without me, which is both a gift and a curse... I'm so conflicted, and a little hurt that he'd actually say something like that. I helped him recover from a cancer surgery... I don't understand men...
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Boyfriend of 2 years is dying, said he'd understand if I left him, but that I need to do it soon, I feel conflicted...
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Boyfriend of 2 years is dying, said he'd understand if I left him, but that I need to do it soon, I feel conflicted...
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My cousin [45M] just sent me [22F] an apology/thank you letter and I don't know how to respond
POST: A couple of years ago, my uncle (by marriage prior to my birth) was diagnosed with cancer for the second time. It was a very final situation, with everyone preparing themselves for when he passed away.
I was going to university nearby and when I went to visit with some vegetarian food for my aunt, they asked me to move in to help out. They paid me, I wasn't entirely a paragon of charity in all this, but when I agreed, it was to maintain a small farm and do all the cooking and cleaning and some of the care to let my aunt focus on her husband while still keeping her job.
A few months in, my cousin moved back too to spend time with his father. This was really hard for him on a few levels - he was close with his dad, he moved away from all his friends, he was in a wheelchair in a rural environment, so found it difficult to leave the house further than the deck out front. And he took it out on his step-mother and I upon occasion, generally acting like a snarly teenager despite being twice my age. I didn't take it too personally, just mentally labelled him a bit of a dick and kept on keeping on.
Once my uncle passed away, I stuck around to help out with the funeral and so forth, and then left to go travelling. It's been two years since that six month period in which my cousin and I lived together, and I just received a hand written letter from him.
It apologises for his treatment of me and talks about how great I was, and how envious he was of both my attitude and my ability to concretely help. It references several specific events that he has clearly been lingering over that I... Just haven't, honestly. I basically forgot about it a few weeks later, and have been way too busy to linger on.
What's the protocol here? Am I supposed to write a letter back, acknowledging that his behaviour was unpleasant but understandable and that I forgive him for it? It's clearly been weighing upon him much more than the other way around.
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My cousin just sent me a heart felt apology letter for something I honestly don't care much about. How do I respond without dismissing that?
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My cousin just sent me a heart felt apology letter for something I honestly don't care much about. How do I respond without dismissing that?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: She(22f) confuses me so much, I(22m) don't understand what she wants.
POST: Me and this girl have been friends for a little bit. I felt like there has been an attraction between us so I asked her if she thought so. She said she thinks there is something between us but she doesn't want to pressure it.
I asked her if her if she wanted to see where it could go, no pressure. Then she said she's doesn't know and wants to stay friends. I'm okay with that.
Now we hung out again, and she says things that seem like she wants something. Like she's implying that she wants me. For example, We were talking and i mentioned that im slighty younger then her(by 9 months) and she says, " I dont know if this is going to work out between us, i dont go for younger guys" in a flirty way.
What does she mean? I dont get it. Should i make my move next time?
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I told a girl i was liked to her, she said she wants to be friends but now shes saying suggestive things like she wants something more.
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I told a girl i was liked to her, she said she wants to be friends but now shes saying suggestive things like she wants something more.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [30 F] stopped dating [28 M] after about a month, felt horrible anxiety with him but cannot figure out why
POST: I was dating a wonderful man for about a month, but had been talking with him more as friends for a couple months prior to that. He has so many qualities I want in a partner and I felt a good, fundamental connection with him. I found him cute and enjoyed being physical very much although I never really felt a 'head over heels' feeling for him. He completely accepted me and liked me very much. He is the first person I have dated in years and the first person in a very long time that I felt had great long term potential.
Very soon after we began dating I got horrible anxiety and would think about breaking up with him constantly. I would get tightness in my chest and would think over and over that we just had to break up, although I was not certain why. It intensified as we started sleeping over with each other and then having sex. We eventually ended things after one of my anxiety episodes since we were both feeling horrible about how I would get anxious with him.
I usually feel anxious in my relationships but it has never been to this extent. I'm terrified of always having that feeling of 'this isn't right' in the back of my mind with someone. I'm so sad things did not work with him. I can't figure out where these feelings came from.
I'm wondering if anyone else has had these types of feelings and if you have gotten past them, and if so, how. I am already in therapy and trying to up my self care routine (meditation, exercise, yoga). I am not that young and would like to figure this out so I can be in a healthy relationship some day.
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Felt horrible anxiety while dating someone wonderful and don't know why. Want to know if anyone else has had these feelings and what they are.
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Felt horrible anxiety while dating someone wonderful and don't know why. Want to know if anyone else has had these feelings and what they are.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit, what area of your life have you romanticized?
POST: This question was brought on by an old mix CD that I've been listening to recently that me ex-girlfriend burned for me a long time ago. First of all, I'm assuming (hoping?) that I'm not the only one who does this. But I think we all do have areas of our lives that we romanticize and feel very nostalgic about, where we only remember the good parts. So, what part of your past do you look at through rose-tinted lenses?
For me, it was 2005. In the beginning of that year, I had this one group of friends that I hung out with mostly. When drama started to ensue within the group, I started talking to this girl that I had a class with, but really didn't know that well. We kept on talking, and I started shifting from that old group of friends to a different group (which obviously included this girl).
We started dating about a month and a half after we started talking. I think the rush of hanging out with this girl, and these new people just seemed so foreign, but also fresh to me, that it was strangely exhilarating. She also was into a bit of the same music, but also a lot of different stuff than what I listened to at the time (a lot of stuff I wouldn't really even appreciate until long after). She also made me appreciate a lot of other things around me that I'd never really thought to appreciate before. I know it all seems very Manic Pixie Dream Girl-ish, but I'm pretty sure that's just because how it seems to me looking back on it now after romanticizing it.
We were together for three and a half years, and while I loved her all that time, I think I've looked at that first year, and that version of her, in a very golden perspective. Whenever I listen to certain movies I watched, or music I listened to because of her, it always brings back the rush of memories, and my nostalgic view of the time.
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I look back at the first year of my relationship with my first girlfriend super nostalgicly. What part of your life do you do that to?
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I look back at the first year of my relationship with my first girlfriend super nostalgicly. What part of your life do you do that to?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: I hadn't spoken to my dad (Who lives down the street) in about a week. Text him to find out what he is up to, and my Step Mom lets me know he moved to New York (We're in Utah) without telling me...What's the most insane thing someone in your family has done reddit?
POST: So a little backstory, my Grandma lives in New York, and my Grandpa died. She has 3 sons who live out there with her, but they are kind of jerks and not helping out as much as they can. So my dad has loosely tossed around the idea of moving to New York...
However he has a job, home, wife, car...you know everything here. Well I texted my Step Mom (I said Dad but he doesn't really text) to find out what he and her were up to. Usually see them every week at least...and she lets me know he moved to New York and left everything behind including HER! (She has a pretty legit job she can't just up and leave on.)
On the one hand I am glad what he is doing helping his mom out. But on the other hand, I feel like it's just a little batshit crazy he didn't bother to tell me he was moving away, and left so suddenly. I'm kind of sad now because I won't be able to fly and see my Dad until at least next year...
My Step Mom won't be able to move out there for at least a year as well with the obligations they have here (taking care of the home they rent out, job, etc.)
But it is nice to see my dad do something spontaneous like this, he is not one to just up and really do something...especially if its completely change his life.
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Dad decided within the course of one week to just leave everything, and move to New York. Didn't tell own son.
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Dad decided within the course of one week to just leave everything, and move to New York. Didn't tell own son.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Best friend's wife is taking advantage of him, ruining his life, and I'm afraid to get involved. Help.
POST: My closest friend has been married for a year and a half now to a woman who completely walks all over him and doesn't bring a single good thing to the table. She has gotten worse and worse over the last year, and currently makes him do all the household work (cleaning, cooking, fixing things, snow removal, dishes, laundry, etc). I just found out last night that she is now quitting her job with no prospects for a new one. He works full time, somewhat manual labor, in a high stress position. The job she left was at a bookstore, and she quit because it was too hard and she "didn't like it". She also has a new (gas guzzling) car that they make payments on, while he drives an old beater because they cannot afford anything more. She is constantly telling him he can't buy things like a certain grocery item he wants because it's "too expensive", while she goes and buys designer clothing at the mall often. The worst part is that she is a massive "feminist" (read: hypocrite) and feels as if she is entitled to an easy life and should be taken care of. She also treats him like shit on a daily basis and is not afraid to order him around and berate him, even right in front of me. The final straws for me have been his recent need to start taking anti-depression meds, and her deciding to quit her job. He is absolutely blind to how bad the situation is (or possibly in denial), and anytime I mention something about it, he gets very defensive and sticks up for everything she does. We spend a ton of time together and have been friends for 15 years, but I'm afraid he will completely close off to me if I sit him down and tell him everything I see and explain how badly he is being treated. I really do not want to lose his friendship, as it means the world to me, but I feel so horrible letting her treat him like this without trying to change the situation. Reddit, what do you think I should do?
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Best friend is completely taken advantage of and having his life ruined by his selfish wife, and I'm afraid he'll side with her and I'll lose his friendship if I try to confront him to help the situation.
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Best friend is completely taken advantage of and having his life ruined by his selfish wife, and I'm afraid he'll side with her and I'll lose his friendship if I try to confront him to help the situation.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Stickers are still awesome! Right?
POST: Hey, all. Long time lurker here (and I'll probably go back to it for months to come until I'm done here / get enough help).
Also, I love stickers. Like shirts, I believe stickers are a great way to express one-self.
So... I've been looking into stickers for my laptop to put on to show people what kind of person I am. The thing is, I have enough as is already, but I have this one big spot open for a specific sticker I can't seem to find. The specific sticker I'm talking about is more like something I want to say to the people who look at my sticker(s).
I basically want a sticker that says, "I encourage you to interact with me".
While I am not home or with friends, I WILL wear headphones (even if my mp3 player is dead or not. Its comforting for me to wear them. Like a pair of socks) 95% of the time. I find that discourages most people to even converse with me. I'm also a silent type until someone sparks a conversation (in which I will not shut up till we have to. I'm very open minded).
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I was wondering if there's such a sticker out there or a website where you can make custom stickers with text or maybe certain graphical images.
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I was wondering if there's such a sticker out there or a website where you can make custom stickers with text or maybe certain graphical images.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: My girlfriend referred to me as "my friend" in front her friend...did I overreact?
POST: I helped my girlfriend out today picking up discarded books at public libraries for her project. She needed my truck to load up all the books. We fill my truck and drive into the city to drop them off at school. I also had class at 6. We get stuck on traffic, eventually we get there around 6:40. I'm late as fuck, so she calls her friend down from the dorms and she was like "hey I was wondering if you could bring down a bin so I can load up all the books because my friend has to go to class" as soon as she said this I was like "WTF!?" but didn't say anything and I was like "get out of the car and lock the door" and she immediately knew she fucked up and she was like "what's wrong!?" but I didn't have time to argue so I just went to class.
During class she sends me a text saying "hey sorry I wasn't thinking. We got invited to go out so I hope you didn't make any plans."
At this point I was like FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUCK YOU!! After 3 years of brig together she calls me her friend. It came out so natural. Almost as if shes referred to me as her friend so many times whenever she speaks to them about me, I'm just her friend. I don't know if she hides me or something or doesn't want anyone on her class to know she has a boyfriend. She's in college.
After class I made plans to grab a beer with a friend and she was waiting for me after class, I walked right past her and I told her me and my friend were getting bears. She stood there all sad. Now I feel kinda bad because I feel like I overreacted.
What would you do?
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girlfriend for 3 years referred to me as her friend on the phone with some dude from her class and I lost my shit. Now I feel like an asshole cause I may overreacted a little
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girlfriend for 3 years referred to me as her friend on the phone with some dude from her class and I lost my shit. Now I feel like an asshole cause I may overreacted a little
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: I think my family is being stalked
POST: I'll try to make this as short as possible. For the last few months about 330-4 in the morning my wife and I have heard a car drive by. It has an after market muffler so it's very loud and can be heard in our room (which is on the opposite side of the street.) In September she had our baby so that is when I would occasionally hear it while feeding the baby in the middle of the night. I had just assumed whoever this was, was going to work, but the other night my wife was feeding the baby and saw the guy stop at our driveway, pull in and then turn around and leave. Obviously it was the same car because of the muffler. So last night my wife wakes up at 3 and goes into the living room to see if she can see if they do it again. Just as she was about to say screw it and come back to bed she hears the the car, and sure as shit it pulls in our driveway, and leaves. At this point my wife wakes me up quite frantic. So I have her call public safety and see what we should do. They had a detective call her back and they said they would patrol the neighborhood tonight and see if it happens again. Now we do not know if this happens every night or what, but it's kinda creeping me out. We have an alarm and I sleep with a .9 mm under my bed, but we have two children and this is fucked up to say the least. So tonight we are going to wake up at 3 and go into the living room and see if they come back and if they police get his ass. We live in the back of a quiet subdivision, hell I leave my keys in my truck, and nothing has ever been stolen, so for this area where we live it's quite odd. I also cannot think of any good reason this person would be turning around in our driveway. So anyways that's my story. Figured Reddit would be the perfect place to share my story. I will post what happens tomorrow. My question is what in the fuck is this guy doing? Your thoughts are welcome and anticipated. Thanks for reading.
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Some person keeps turning around in our driveway at 330-4 in the morning. Called the police and they are going to try and catch him tonight. Will post tomorrow if anything happens.
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Some person keeps turning around in our driveway at 330-4 in the morning. Called the police and they are going to try and catch him tonight. Will post tomorrow if anything happens.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me (27f) with my mother (53f) and her abusive partner (55m). They have reconciled and want us to accept it. Advice please!
POST: Last Christmas, my family found out that my mom's partner had been physically abusing her for years. We found out when she called the cops on him after he viciously attacked her and my brother (22m) and fled to my aunt's. It was quite traumatic for all of us, as we had accepted this man as family.
Since then, they have reconciled. None of us wants anything to do with the man or to offer any endorsement of this reconciliation. She is pressuring us to invite him to family events and wants to host a big "family" Easter. Our relationship has pretty much disintegrated in the last year (particularly as he attacked my brother again since then).
So my question...do I suck it up and attend events being aloof but polite to make my mom happy and not do further damage to our relationship? Or is acceptable to continue avoiding the situation? (Bonus points if you have advice on whether I need to extend a wedding invitation to him).
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Mom's partner abuses her and attacked my brother. Do I need to have anything to do with him now that they've reconciled?
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Mom's partner abuses her and attacked my brother. Do I need to have anything to do with him now that they've reconciled?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [19M] really like her [19F] but both of us are afraid of commitment.
POST: Hi,
so here's the situation:
I (19M) just started studying abroad and I met this girl (19F)... We seemed to get along together very well, though we're both somewhat socially awkward around other people.
We started cuddling and kissing three weeks ago. (We're both still virgins so we agreed not to have sex in the near future and I'm really glad we did. It takes a lot of pressure off.)
The problem is that we'll go on Christmas break for 6 weeks in two weeks time and there's no chance we're going to see each other during that period.
What are we going to do? Neither of us is experienced when it comes to relationships and we are still in a "wait and see" mode because both of us are afraid of commitment and we only have been knowing each other for two months.
She said she's not really comfortable with this situation - cuddling but not "really" being with someone.
She always asks "What do you want?" and I never know how to respond. I think I want to be in a proper relationship with her. But I'm not entirely convinced. It might be too early. I might enjoy "just" the cuddling. I might not be ready for a relationship (though I don't know if I'll ever be.)
So what should we do in the next two weeks? Should I tell her I want a relationship? Or should we wait and see what happens when we see each other again after christmas? Any advice is muchly appreciated :)
I'll be back in ~6 hours and I'll reply to every comment.
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Unsure what I should do with the girl I've been cuddling with. Cristmas Break coming up and we won't see each other.
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Unsure what I should do with the girl I've been cuddling with. Cristmas Break coming up and we won't see each other.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [21M] girlfriend [20F] has me confused beyond belief and I don't have a clue how to fix it
POST: I have been dating my girlfriend for approximately 3 years, since our junior year in high school. We're now in our sophomore year of college, and are at the end of our ropes. We both love each other and don't want to spend our futures with anyone else, but she goes to school states away while I work and go to school at home. The past few months something has been off, and we have been trying to work on it.
The problem really can't be anything other than the distance, as everything is fine when we're together, but when she goes back away she gets this really odd attitude. She's very transparent and I know for a fact she's not cheating on me and the problem isn't the other guys and seeing room to grow, she has told me this repeatedly. It's strictly the distance when we're apart.
The other day she called me and said she was somewhere in between wanting to go on a break till she's home in May and ending it completely because the distance was just too much. She was in tears mostly because neither of us can realistically see a future with anyone else and both our families love the two of us, respectively. I woke up today feeling more empty and lost than I knew was possible, and I don't know where to go without her. I need to know how to fix the problem because I have given this relationship my absolute all and to think that there's anything else I could do is ridiculous. I don't have a clue what to do but I know we both want this to work out, it's like we both know we found the perfect person, just at a shitty time.
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Girlfriend thinks the distance is too much and we both found the right person at the wrong time. How to not let her become the one who got away.
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Girlfriend thinks the distance is too much and we both found the right person at the wrong time. How to not let her become the one who got away.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/pettyrevenge
TITLE: My friend's asshole housemate.
POST: Background: my friend/co-worker, Nate, started renting a room in his friend's house a few weeks ago. Nate is an awesome guy; he is funny, responsible, reliable and I always look forward to a shift with him. Nate's friend Liz asked him to move into her house (which she had just bought) and told him he would be the only person living there besides her. They agreed that his room needed painting so he bought a deep shade of red and got started covering up the ugly yellow old paint.
Over the next couple weeks things went downhill. Liz had another friend, and then her boyfriend Mark move in. Despite not being on the mortgage and not paying rent Mark started to 'take over' as Nate put it. Mark would eat Nate's food, move his things, complained about Nate having 2 cars in the driveway (something Liz had previously said would be fine) etc. It all came to a head two nights ago when Nate got home late from work (as an EMT) and accidentally woke Mark up closing his car door. Mark confronted Nate, got in his face, screamed at him "YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE ME MAD BRO!" while Nate backed off confused, trying to de-escalate the situation. Mark went back to bed and Nate sat in his room fuming. Nate resolved to move out the next day (no lease or security, so no problem) so I, along with a few other friends went over and got all his stuff packed up. While there I noticed that his room was about 90% painted; all the roller work was done but it wasn't painted all the way to the ceiling or to the trim. On our last sweep through to check that everything was out Nate grabbed the last gallon of paint that remained and loaded it in the truck.
Liz and Mark have no idea what color of paint Nate bought, and therefore have no way to precisely match the same shade. The red is also so dark and vivid it's going to be a bitch to cover over!
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My friend's roommate was such a dick my friend moved out, but he left them with a time-consuming problem.
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My friend's roommate was such a dick my friend moved out, but he left them with a time-consuming problem.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: I live in Montreal Quebec. I have been accused of rape at my college about 9 years ago. I got expelled with no appeal and have not gotten over it since. How do I get justice?
POST: After the success of this post:
I have built enough courage to ask Reddit for some advice.
About 9 years ago a young girl was confused and thought it would be therapeutic to tell our college that I assaulted and raped her. There was a shooting in our school a few month back and I guess they just expelled me with no trial or appeal.
I wasn't the best student (I had aspergers and was going through a lot) and really going through a lot. I shouldn't have been in school but the whole thing through my life even deeper.
After years I re approached the school (about 2 years ago) and brought a mountain of evidence to clear my name. They kicked me out of the school and refused to speak to me or give me my appeal.
During this time I approached the accuser and she openly admitted to going through some stuff and lying to them. I have this confession as a recording.
I feel I have enough proof/evidence to sue either the women or the school but I am too 'weak' and 'battle worn' to really do anything about it.
I often ask my friends to help me call a lawyer but no one has come through. Maybe Reddit can?
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I was accused of rape and expelled with out a trial at my college. I have hard proof that she lied and no idea how to do anything about it.
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I was accused of rape and expelled with out a trial at my college. I have hard proof that she lied and no idea how to do anything about it.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: My [24M] girlfriend [20F] has depression and refuses to get a job.
POST: So I am stuck and dont know what to do. Im not asking for a solution im just asking for your opinion.
I have been seeing this girl for about 6 months now and it started out well. She was unemployed and actively seeking employment and living a healthy lifestyle with regular exercise. She is a nice girl and my freinds like her and get along with her well.
She had a previous relationship that ended badly and she got abused by her partner. She is on heavy medication to treat her depression and sometimes will cry for hours for absolutly no reason. I do my best to comfort her but it is hard for me to understand how it feels as i have never really felt bad depression.
I have been helping her look for work but now she doesn't even try. She has done self harm in the past and has bad scarring up her left arm. She has also stopped exercising and gained weight but she is still the kind person she was when i first met her.
I have talked to her about work and exersise and she gets upset when i mention her weight and just says she is still looking when i ask about work. She texts me at least 40 - 50 times everyday when im at work because she is bored. She says things like "promise you wont leave me" and "i dont know what i would do without you" things like that a lot.
I have tried talking to her parents aswell but they baby her too much and wont push her to do anything which i think may be the cause of the problem.
If she is away from me for more than 2 days she gets upset and depressed. It is starting to affect my personal and work life but i am honestly scared she will harm herself or go off her meds if i break up with her. To be honest i dont want to break up beacause i like her a lot. I only want to help her but how can i do this if she wont help herself?
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my girlfreind has depression and wont get a job or exersise and has a past with self harm. I like her and dont want to leave her but she is starting to drag me down with her.
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my girlfreind has depression and wont get a job or exersise and has a past with self harm. I like her and dont want to leave her but she is starting to drag me down with her.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My friend [22F] has totally changed and is acting very bizarre. [22F]
POST: I have been friends with this girl for about 5 years. Best friends all of high school. We went to different colleges so we did not remain as close, but would still spend time together over christmas and summer break, text each other, etc.
One day, she deleted me off Facebook randomly. After we had hung out about 2 weeks prior and everything had been totally fine. When I asked, she said I wasn't a good friend, that she didn't want to be friends, and that "I know what I did". I continued to contact her over the next few months or so, hoping she would cool down. I tried everything. I was so upset. It escalated into her personally insulting me and even threatening me. After countless attempts over the course of 6 months or so I finally gave up.
She totally changed personalities. She was always a girly-girl that was into fashion. She shaved off her hair, got very dark and negative tattoos, dropped out of school, etc. I was very worried about her. Her sister told me her parents were also going through a divorce that was affecting her. I wanted to be there for her but she would not talk to me, no matter what I said. What could I do?
This was all about a year ago. She recently contacted me saying things like, its been too long! Lets hang out soon! I am very confused. I know she went through a tough time, but the things she said to me were very, very personal and insulting. The last time we had spoken she threatened to kick my ass for no reason. She was my best friend and completely cut me out of her life and I'm still very hurt by it. Should I give her another chance? What do I say to her?
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My best friend cut me out of her life about a year ago, in a very aggressive and hurtful manner. Now she is contacting me again.
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My best friend cut me out of her life about a year ago, in a very aggressive and hurtful manner. Now she is contacting me again.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit, I need your advice.
POST: I have been a resident assistant at my college for a full year now. I have enjoyed it, but this semester things have changed. Housing has a bunch of new people and they are all trying to change things. They have also begun piling a lot of work on us and it's starting to effect my school work. In short, my heart's just not in it and I needed out. On top of that, I can't afford to be an RA anymore because I need a job that makes money. The 200 a semester they pay me just isn't cutting it. I decided to step down and told my boss a couple weeks ago. Living on campus is very expensive, and there is an apartment complex a mile from campus that is cheaper. I, along with 3 other RA's that quit as well all decided to move in together. We've done all the paperwork, and I'm set to move in this Friday. I wrote an e-mail to our assistant director of housing right after I quit informing him that due to financial hardship, I need to get out of my housing contract. As an RA, we are forced to sign housing contracts because they allow us to live on campus for free. i finally received an e-mail back from him today saying that because he saw that I receive X amount of financial aid, plus I'm eligible for a loan, he has no choice but to deny me the cancellation of my contract. He said the best he can do is change my status to off campus but obligated. This means I will have to pay 1920 to have a room on campus, even though I don't physically live there. I don't know what to do. I had to quit being an RA because I couldn't afford it, and now they want me to pay them 2000 dollars. Does anyone have advice for what I could do to get out of paying it? Or at least any alternative suggestions?
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Quit RA job because I'm broke, need out of housing contract on campus, only way is to pay 2000 dollars. Can they do that?
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Quit RA job because I'm broke, need out of housing contract on campus, only way is to pay 2000 dollars. Can they do that?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/running
TITLE: Got bitten by a dog today (pics inside). Advice for filing charges and/or prevention?
POST: My [vizsla] and I were out for a 7am run, and near the end I saw an aggressive pair of Rottweilers crossing their electrical barrier behind us in my peripheral vision. So I picked up speed. It didn't work, and they chased us, snarling, and tackled my dog to the ground. I yelled "no!" at them while my dog was yelping, but they were frenzied, and even at my most furious I am not that intimidating. I managed to pull my dog to his feet by his leash while yelling at the dogs, and we backed away, but as soon as I turned around the more aggressive dog charged and grabbed my calf. I screamed again and kicked it and kept backing away and yelling "no!" until they stopped advancing. Then we were over the hill and sprinting home.
I have 8 puncture wounds on my calf, some of which were bleeding out fatty tissue since they went through the skin. Sick. I had them treated at an ER, so my leg will be fine. Photos- [side of leg] and [back of leg](
I called the sheriff's office, and a deputy came out and maced the dogs--which didn't have their electric collars on, were still running loose, and ran at him when he entered their yard. He gave me the option of pressing charges, and I am trying to decide whether I'm over-reacting by going forward with it. The deputy did say he had a report of the dogs biting an elderly man's ankle in 2009, so I am leaning toward yes....
Anyway, advice? I'm at home taking care of my mom post-surgery, so it's not my usual route, but I kept on the opposite side of the street and didn't make eye contact. Maybe I can start carrying pepper spray.
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got bitten while running with dog, gory photos for your pleasure, how to successfully fend off dogs in future, whether to press charges?
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got bitten while running with dog, gory photos for your pleasure, how to successfully fend off dogs in future, whether to press charges?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me 22M with my 22 F girlfriend, 6m, she has a friend who wants something serious, but she doesn't want to
POST: We've been dating for a couple of months. I like her SO much and she tells me the same.
Flashback - She has a friend, who doesn't live in my country, who wants something with her, but she doesn't want to. In fact, he already told her his feeling for her, but she only sees him as a friend (This happened when she was with her ex, last year)
He told her when she were single, they should hook up. She told him she wasn't interested. They kept talking, she met me, we start dating. Somehow he knows about it, he reclaims her that he asked her to hook up when she were single.
Flashforward - He came to the country to try again with her, even when she told him she wasn't interested. Now, she just told me she was having "mixed feelings about her situation and our situation, but not about her feelings for me, because she is sure she loves me so much". And she needs to talk to me. I'm scared of losing her, and I like her SO much.
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Friend of GF wants something with her, she doesn't want to. Now she has mixed feelings for her situation but not for her feelings for me.
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Friend of GF wants something with her, she doesn't want to. Now she has mixed feelings for her situation but not for her feelings for me.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [23 M] with my [25F] GF. Don't think I did anything wrong but I still feel guilty.
POST: I'm currently in a 2.5 year long relationship with the love of my life and I couldn't be happier. I went out for drinks with my brother last night and the night basically consisted of me drinking and watching him hit on women with no success which I found hilarious. Throughout the night we had this super nice waitress hooking us up with free food which was awesome. At last call, as we stumbled out of the bar, my brother said we had forgot to tip her so he gave me a 20 and I ran back inside, gave her the tip, and said "You're super cute, have a great night!" and ran back outside to get a cab. That's it. No flirting happened over the course of the night, no touching, no numbers were recieved but I still feel really guilty, I guess for saying that she was cute! I feel like a big idiot for blowing this up in my head.
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In relationship, told waitress she was cute while giving her a tip and now I feel like a dick, should I really feel that guilty?
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In relationship, told waitress she was cute while giving her a tip and now I feel like a dick, should I really feel that guilty?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My (31m) roommate's (31m) guest never leaves my apartment. Going on 2 weeks now and I'm annoyed
POST: Hey everyone. My roommate and I are coming to the end of 2 years of living together. Long story short, I will not continue to live with him beyond 2 years.
We used to work together and I thought he had his act together. Little did I know it was all a front. He hardly leaves the apartment besides to go to work, never buys household goods, barely cleans up after himself, and definitely doesn't do his fair share of things around the apt.
He's generally a nice guy but he's completely oblivious and can be really inconsiderate. For example we used to smoke (weed) together from time to time. I am for the most part cool with it. Then it started turning into 12 hour smoke sessions where he would sit in his room all day smoking. I eventually asked him to stop smoking inside, but slowly he started to again. Finally one night, I had had enough and I called him out and he's taken to smoking outside.
So here's what happened. At the beginning of the month he told me a friend of his needed a place to stay for a few days. I obliged under the agreement that she wouldn't be in the apt all day (I'm working from home and interviewing, speaking on the phone with privileged information, financials, etc.)
Here we are almost two weeks later. She's been here almost every day. The one day she wasn't here, he had his FWB staying the night.
I'm incredibly annoyed at this point. I texted him yesterday (as I knew I wouldn't be home when he was.) Yet he never replied. I texted him again this AM and still crickets.
My friends say I'm more upset than I should be, but I think my anger is justified. It makes more work for me (constantly emptying the dishwasher, trash I only take out, lack of any kind of alone time in MY own apartment.) I'm not sure what to do at this point. I know I have to confront him but I feel like such a nag with these situations he puts me in. Any type of advice for confronting this would be really appreciated.
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Roommates houseguest has overstayed her welcome. Tried to ask roommate how much longer she'd be staying and he's avoiding answering me. Need advice with how to proceed.
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Roommates houseguest has overstayed her welcome. Tried to ask roommate how much longer she'd be staying and he's avoiding answering me. Need advice with how to proceed.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: 26/F (ME!) greatly struggling to get over ex (25/M) even after lots of time and a new relationship
POST: I am not sure if I am looking for advice or just some reassurance here, but here goes. Two years ago, I was in a relationship that I was very happy with--it did have its issues, as all relationships do, don't get me wrong--and saw lasting pretty much forever. Marriage, children, the whole shebang. It was a long distance relationship and on one fateful Tuesday night, completely out of the blue, he broke up with me via Facebook (we rarely ever communicated that way) and then literally never spoke to me again until just recently, again via a Facebook message. I had come to accept that I would likely never hear from him again after many unanswered attempts to contact him, and was proud of myself for responding with just a short "thank you and hope you are well" message rather than delving in to all of the emotions I felt upon receiving it.
I have been patient with myself because I know that the circumstances warranted a longer "recovery" period before being ready to move on, but there is still rarely a day that goes by that I don't think of him or his family. Sometimes I feel truly overwhelmed with sadness and/or anxiety when I think of him, especially if it crosses my mind that he may be getting married or having children with someone else. It is all I can do to not look him up on Facebook--the only way I'd know now to contact him--and send him some pathetic message about still being in love with him.
I am an independent person, I have started a career, traveled, dated other people, and still I feel this way. Is there anyone else out there who understands this or has suggestions about how to cope? I feel so alone in it.
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My life is continuing after a breakup two years ago but I still often feel overwhelmed with sadness and anxiety. Looking for support.
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My life is continuing after a breakup two years ago but I still often feel overwhelmed with sadness and anxiety. Looking for support.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Should I [16M] try to get back together with my ex [16F]?
POST: First time posting here, sorry if I screwed something up.
About a year ago my girlfriend of roughly 6 months broke up with me. It wasn't the perfect relationship. We both made mistakes, but I really loved her.
A few weeks before the breakup she started being very distant and quiet. I tried talking to her, but she just never wanted to say anything to me. She just shut down whenever I tried to talk to her.
The breakup was nothing noteworthy. She just walked up to me one day, said she was done with it, and left. It really broke me down and I spent a very long time moping.
The following months were summer vacation, so we didn't have much contact and I just went around being sad.
The first few months of school were really tough for me because we have many mutual friends and classes so we saw each other a lot. The only contact we had were occasional glances and uncomfortable conversations between classes.
Then she started dating one of my close friends. Seeing her move on really hurt, but I knew I couldn't get mad about it. I tried to find love in someone else, but there was nobody that made me feel like she did. Their relationship ended after about two months.
In recent months, we've been having longer conversations and I'm much more comfortable with her now. One thing I have noticed is that she talks to me more if we're alone, not really if there are many people around. I'm getting mixed signals from her.
My friends have encouraged me to ask her out again, one of which is the guy she dated after breaking up with me. We are both different people and I've learned a lot, so I know I can be better to her than before. I still care about her, and I feel like a part of her still cares about me.
One of my worries if I do this is that she'll just shut down again one day. Once that happens it's like she puts up a wall that is impossible to break down.
I am overly analytical and I've been running through this in my mind for months with no results. I need help making a decision.
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My girlfriend broke up with me a year ago. I still care about her, but I don't know if she does. Should I ask her out again?
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My girlfriend broke up with me a year ago. I still care about her, but I don't know if she does. Should I ask her out again?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Advice
TITLE: How do you tell someone that their spouse is cheating on them?
POST: I've been carrying this guilt around for a long time and it's time that I man up (figuratively, because I'm a chick) and I tell the wife that her husband is cheating on her.
We have known this family for a number of years. I went to school with their older daughters, and our younger sisters are best friends.
A while back, our families got together for dinner and polite company. The next day, the father gets my number off of facebook and proceeds to text me for a few hours. Myself being totally innocent at the time had absolutely no idea what he was doing until he asked me if I would like to have some fun. I pointed out that he was married, to which he said "I get bored."
I told him that I wouldn't rat him out to his wife as long as he kept his distance and left me the hell alone.
I went to work the next day, and vented to my coworkers about it. A lot of us had attended high school and knew the family as well. Turns out, this dude has gotten with more than a few girls my age. This dude has been stepping out on his wife for quite a while, and I feel like shit for telling him that I wouldn't say anything.
A few months ago, he contacted me on facebook.
This obligates me to spill the beans, but how do you tell someone that their husband is a cheating asshat?
What do, Reddit?
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Dude is porking other girls outside his marriage and propositioned me, now the guilt of not telling her is getting to me.
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Dude is porking other girls outside his marriage and propositioned me, now the guilt of not telling her is getting to me.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me[26F] with my husband [38M] of six years, yells more and more everyday. How can I make it stop???
POST: My husband turned down an offer and hasn't received another one in two weeks. He has applied at 100+ places and is stressed. He has begun to yell.
My husband grew up in a family where the dad yelled his wife and siblings into submission. I do not want my husband to become his dad. Within the last few weeks though he has. Today he even tried to yell me out so I'd succumb to his desires. He also has been turning things around and blaming me for everything.
I want my calm loving husband back. Instead I have a man who yells. How can i solve this?
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I miss my non yelling husband and am concerned he'll become verbally abusive like his dad is. How can I fix this?
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I miss my non yelling husband and am concerned he'll become verbally abusive like his dad is. How can I fix this?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [29 M] with [29 F] ex-gf, co-worker, says she no longer has my things -- what to do (or write it off)?
POST: EDIT: Fairly sure I'm just going to visit her office in peace and ask what happened to my things. And smile and walk away at whatever the answer is.
Had a relationship for several months with a girl living with her 5-year boyfriend.
We were very close friends before and were (and still do) work for the same, large company (little chance of running into each other beyond elevators). After taking a break, I sent her a letter ending things, as the situation became very unstable and intolerable (as she wanted to have both me and the other boyfriend, it seemed). I received a vitriolic response, and she said she planned to leave some of my things in my office.
I was working in another office at the time, and assumed my things would be waiting for me when I returned a couple months later. They were not. I sent her a text asking for them, no response. A couple weeks later, I sent another text, she says she does not have them (meaning she either threw them out or destroyed them, or she's lying and keeping them). It's my favorite sports jersey and a couple of nice watches, probably ~$1k total.
I have no ill-will towards her, but I think I am owed my belongings or at least an explanation of what she did with them (and perhaps the ~$1k). But perhaps it's just not worth it....
Do I just write it off? If not, how do I go about approaching this?
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Ex (who I work with, but in large company) says she no longer has some of my favorite things (worth ~$1k). Write it off? If not, how to approach this?
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Ex (who I work with, but in large company) says she no longer has some of my favorite things (worth ~$1k). Write it off? If not, how to approach this?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: During interviews, I [25/F] slept with a graduate student [25/M] in my department
POST: After graduate school interviews for a PhD program last spring, I went out to a bar with some graduate students already in the program. I got fairly drunk and ended up sleeping with one of the grad students. I am pretty sure some graduate students saw us leave the bar together...I know I should have been more discreet.
We stumbled to his place and started having protected NSA sex, which was fun. I was sober enough to give consent. In the middle of sex he started trying to have unprotected sex multiple times, which I refused (he took off his condom and tried to penetrate me, I had him put on a new condom, he tried to take it off, hoping I wouldn't notice, I ended the sexy times). I think unprotected sex is really wrong to push on anyone, especially on a stranger!
Now I have chosen to come to this school to start my PhD program. I have mixed feelings about the hookup because I feel like the grad student tried to take advantage of me while I was drunk by trying to sneak in unprotected sex. I don't want things to be awkward between me and this student because we have a lot of research interests in common so he would be good resource to talk to about courses and research. But I don't want to talk to him with the hookup hanging over my head.
So I'm wondering, how do I interact with this guy? Should I pretend the hookup never happened? How do I have this guy treat me normally, like a coworker? I am not interested in hooking up again, and I doubt he is either. We don't have the same PI but we will both be working in the same small building so I can't really avoid him.
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Slept with a grad student during graduate school interviews, how should I act when I see this guy in the hallway or in class?
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Slept with a grad student during graduate school interviews, how should I act when I see this guy in the hallway or in class?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: What do you do when your dog bites you?
POST: I adopted a six month old dog, I have had him for 3.5 months, and he's in the early stages of training. He has never shown food or toy aggression before, in fact I make it a point to wiggle my fingers in his food bowl or add a treat when he eats to curb just this situation.
Tonight he was chewing on a ball with a biscuit inside, nothing out of the ordinary. He had chewed off some bits of the ball and to make sure he didn't swallow them I reached to remove the rubber bits. That's when he snapped and bit. I have a pretty good bruise, but he didn't rip my flesh open. Considering the strength of his teeth I'd say I got off lightly. I admit reaching for a toy a dog is enjoying is a dicey business, but as I said before he has never shown toy/food aggression with me.
There was no warning growl, just the snap and bite. The boyfriend came out of the back room and much drama ensued with a total dog freak out (snarling, baring of teeth, growling) as he took the dog by the collar to the time out kennel. We kept the dog in the penalty box for fifteen minutes then calmly let him out, gave him some ice to chew on, gave him a few commands (sit, down, watch me) and praise.
Is this an appropriate punishment? I'm wondering after this incident am I royally screwed and now he'll be toy/food aggressive from now on? I'd really love to hear other stories from reddit dog owners on how you guys have dealt with your own dog aggression issues.
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My dog bit me in a first time show of toy/food aggression, I gave him a time out, did I handle it correctly? Thoughts?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Hey Reddit, how do you deal with problems in the workplace? [Serious]
POST: A little background: I recently got my very first full time office job about 8 months ago. I work in a small team of 5 people. My position however, has had a very high turnover rate.
I sit in a pretty excluded area. This is not by choice, but just how our office works. We all work in an open cubicle type area, where 4 of my co workers all work within close proximity. I am on the other side of the space, working by myself. If i want to talk to one of my co-workers, i have to raise my voice or walk over to talk to them. The only time anyone really talks to me, is when they need me to do something.
I believe this might be the origin of my issues at work. I feel quite lonely, and have the suspicion that no one really likes me or even cares to get to know me. I've tried to put myself out there...but i am worried of judgement, rejection and annoying my co-workers. I cannot move desks, its just not possible. So i genuinely wanted to know if anyone had ideas on what i can do to improve my daily experience at my job, and how i can create positive work relationships with my co-workers.
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] how can i not feel lonely and excluded at work when my desk is so far away from my co-workers?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [25F] am considering an open relationship with my boyfriend [30] of 3 years. Is this a bad idea or could this work?
POST: It's a very long story so I'll try to summarize and provide details when asked. We have lived together since almost the start of our relationship and have always been extremely close. One of our issues has always been sexual needs. We split up a couple of days ago over this because he met someone at work who he immediately wanted to fuck their brains out and felt guilty and like it wasn't fair to me.
I explained to him tonight that every human in a relationship has these feelings at one time or another (correct me if I'm wrong). I too have wanted to fuck other people before but have never considered ending the relationship because of it. I feel like it's important these things remain sexual-only and no emotions involved which he has already stated would be the case with the current girl in question.
He also didn't have many other sexual partners before me so it's definitely coming into play. This situation is also something I have considered in the past without him (being polyamorous/non- monogamous-not sure?) We have also discussed threesomes and such before.
The reason none of it has come to fruition before now is because of my own insecurities with my body. I'm trying to reach the point now of knowing its my only body and working it. I'm in the process of losing 30 lbs and have lost weight since we started dating. My weight has always been a strain on my sexual confidence especially in bed with him.
So on one hand I feel mostly okay with letting him fuck other women (and me fucking other men when I find someone appropriate) but I don't want to be jealous. I have thought all of this out without getting emotional at all so it's all with a clear head. I want to have our amazing and awesome relationship as partners and still be open to other things. I also don't want to be completely neglected by him and find a balance of healthy sex and also occasional sex with others. Is this possible?
Is this appropriate? Would I be better off posting this to r/polyamory or something?
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A relationship in which we can fuck other people is something I have always been interested in but I'm afraid of my own insecurity getting in the way. Help?
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A relationship in which we can fuck other people is something I have always been interested in but I'm afraid of my own insecurity getting in the way. Help?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [24 M] with my boyfriend [22 M] of 3 years, not sure I can handle his chronic pain
POST: I feel like a shitty boyfriend for even thinking about it, but it feels like I get nothing out of our relationship anymore. We got together for a common hobby, one that he almost can't participate in anymore because of chronic pain issues in hands, shoulders and feet. I'm as supportive as I can be, goes with him to doctors appointments, helps with calls, deals with his anxiety when it gets out of hand, it feels like I'm more of a caretaker than partner at this point. He has been out of school and job for a year at this point because of pain.
I have 5 hours of school Monday to Friday while he's out 2 hours, I'm still the one who starts cleaning when I get home. 5/7 days a week I fix dinner, I wash our clothes and do most of the dishes. When I bring it up he says it just seems like I do most of the work because I'm away more than him, but I remember what state I left the rooms in. I can absolutely tell when he hasn't done anything all day.
I don't feel like I can ask more of him, because there's always an issue with pain, or suddenly the anxiety flares up.
He will usually tell me about his pain every day. Some days he will tell me it's especially bad, it just feels like I lack the empathy at this point, and I feel bad for not being caring enough. It's not because the pain isn't real, and he is in the middle of new medication for it, but it might very well be forever.
I recently got the option to go to another country for my education. He can't go with me, if I choose to do so, and I would basically drop him on the floor because he's dependant on me, and I would feel like the world's biggest asshole. He has done so much for me, and getting chronic pain put of no where isn't his fault. I still love him, but I'm not sure I can live with him when he's like this. I feel drained and stuck at this point. Who the hell leaves someone for being unable to keep up with housework or common hobby.
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Boyfriend got chronic pain in limps a year ago, don't know whether I can handle taking care of everything.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: [53/f] My fiancé's kids hate me, and want him to break up with me. Need advice on how to resolve or avoid this conflict.
POST: Hey, I've finally decided to create a reddit account just to ask the internet some advice on this issue. I'm a 53 year old woman. I've been with my boyfriend (age 58) for 2.5 years, and we've recently decided to get engaged. We've now been living together for around 1.5 years. He has 2 girls, ages 14 and 19, but they only come over to his house a couple times a month, as they actually live in a different (although nearby) city.
And this is where my problem is: since we've gotten engaged (a couple months ago), they've both told him that they will no longer visit him if he doesn't break up with me. Their threats have since proven to be empty, though, as they still end up coming as usual.
I've been very nice to them, but they have nothing but very rude to me and they have made it very obvious that they disdain me, although they do not know me (never have they asked me anything about myself, not a word from them when my mother died a few months ago, not one thank you/thank you card). I have put my best foot forward at all times, thinking they may have adjustment issues with their parents divorce (4 years ago).
My fiancé's response to this seems very avoidant on this issue, and it seems like at all times he passively acknowledges their complaints and does nothing to attempt to resolve or mitigate the drama. He told me that if they seem open, and if they want to, he may ask them about their feelings.
I suggested that upon their next visit we need to all sit down to talk, ground rules, etc, but he said that in no way does he want to make them uncomfortable. What about me? I'm not al that comfortable with these two hating me.
What should my course of action be? Should I just try to passively placate them as much as I can, should I leave the house when they visit? I don't know what to do, as it seems like a lose-lose situation.
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fiancé's daughters hate me, are openly hostile, and want him to break up with me. He has since done nothing to attempt to resolve or mitigate this drama.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [27f] want to propose to my boyfriend [25m] on our 5 year anniversary.
POST: Boyfriend and I have been together for almost five years (August 30th!), in the most loving and amazing relationship I think anyone could ask for. We value the same things, make each other laugh until we cry (or fart), love each other's families, share interests, and respect one another's personal time and space. I can see myself with this man in 60 years, two old farts having a laugh at our grandchildren's expense. He is my guy, and I am his gal. That's really all there is to it. Also, the sex is AMAZEBALLS.
I know he wants to marry me, but I feel like he's waiting until the "right time". Waiting until we are a little more financially stable, until blah blah blah. I think within a year or two we will be financially ready to move into a larger place and get a dog and do all that "pre-kids" marriage stuff. A nice long engagement, and we're all set.
I want to propose. Personally, I think he'd get a kick out of it. He comes from a long line of feminists. I don't think he'd say "no", and really my biggest fear is that I'd steal his thunder. I have something truly spectacular in mind, but would like Reddit's take on it before I do something crazy.
What do you think, guys? Should I go for it, or wait to see if he possibly pops the question first?
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I want to propose to my boyfriend of five years, but don't want to steal his thunder. What to do?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Am I [21 M] wrong to feel upset with my girlfriend [21 F] of 7 months when she has lunch with a friend during the time I really needed to see her?
POST: Today I had a really shitty day. Not devastating, just run of the mill awful day. My girlfriend and I had planned lunch during the 1.5 hour break I had between 6 hour shifts at work. I walked 30 minutes in the rain to the restaurant, and find out she brought along one of her friends she knows I don't get along with. The wait at the restaurant is 30 minutes, and I tell her I don't have time to wait that long, but she decides to stay with her friend and eat there. I walk home to eat.
I was really looking forward to that lunch to help me through a really stressful day, and she knew I was stressed and frustrated with work. I feel like she shouldn't have asked her friend to come to lunch. On the other hand, I feel selfish for wanting to keep her from seeing her friend today, because they don't hang out all that often.Am I being selfish and needy, or do I have a decent reason for being kind of upset with her?
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Girlfriend wanted to spend time with a friend she doesn't see often during the time I really wanted to spend time with her and offload from work.
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Girlfriend wanted to spend time with a friend she doesn't see often during the time I really wanted to spend time with her and offload from work.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: She [20 F] said to me [24 M] "(...) if there's going to be another time" How should I respond to that?
POST: I met this one girl and asked her out. We didn't know each other, only had like 5min. conversation before.
Now, yesterday was our 3rd date. She initiated it, but at the scene suddenly seemed distant. She even said a few things that baffled me:
1) She mentioned going abroad in two years to finish her degree.
(it's like she wanted me to lose interest in her)
2) She told me that her mother tried to match her with some of her colleagues over the last few years, but she found them boring or selfish. It's like she wanted to show me that she was not in a commited relationship for a long time.
3) Later we got some ice cream and she offered to pay for everything. I said OK, because I would have to change my money first. So she paid, and I told her I'll change it on the way back.
But there was no such possibility so I said (while getting out of a tram): "I'll return it another time" and she responded:
"If there is going to be another time". I was so baffled by this that I didn't respond. I just kissed her and had to leave.
Now, as you can see, she's less interested in me than I am in her. I suppose I have three options now:
a) try to schedule a next date and make it really special
b) give her some space and time to rethink (?)
c) she's not undecided - I already lost her and should let her go and move on already
What would you do and how would you respond in that situation?
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At 3rd date girl seems undecided. What are my options and how would you respond to "(...) if there's going to be another time" ?
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At 3rd date girl seems undecided. What are my options and how would you respond to "(...) if there's going to be another time" ?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/askwomenadvice
TITLE: Would like some advice and help on an apology based on depressive behavior and women ,to women. Women who have had depression would be a HUGE help
POST: About a year and a half ago, I found I hand depression. Now depression to a person that has never had it and just hears it might label it as being sad and angry and down alot.
Depression is actually much more than that, and it is hard to explain so I have a link here on 13 things to remember about a person with depression
Basically, without creating an excuse, I was a bit rude,pushy and angry plus other things to some wonderful ladies I have met. One who has been absolutely incredible and I appreciate so much. I like talking to them and hanging out with them when I can. They have helped alot, I am getting better
I dont ask here because I would not treat a women different when apologizing or that I want to sound stupid, I just want them to feel like my apology was genuine not like im giving them crap and will still be that way. What does everyone suggest I say? Do I tell them I have depression?
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Was rude to great ladies, found I had depression and want to apologize so they understand what I have been going through and know im not giving them crap ,need help
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Was rude to great ladies, found I had depression and want to apologize so they understand what I have been going through and know im not giving them crap ,need help
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: I did quite a disservice to a friend and their dogs, how can I make up for it?
POST: I have a friend in production who was actually working Al Gore's Climate Reality 24 Hour program, and he asked me a few days ago if I could walk his dogs because the nature of the show required him to work from 4:30AM to 3:30PM. He said he was exploring his options, but on Tuesday I texted saying I'd be available for Thursday. I never heard back and assumed he didn't need me, and Wednesday night I got booked for freelance work the next day in the morning. An hour later he calls me to talk to me about walking his dogs the next day. Long story short, I cancelled on him when he was banking on me and literally he was about to go to bed at 9PM for a 4:30AM calltime. He got very upset, and I felt very bad for the dogs because I don't think he found an alternative that late and they might have stayed in their cage for a whole dozen-plus hours.
What's done is done, but what can I do to make it up to him? My non-dog-owner mind would say a lot of dog food, perhaps toys, but if you have any better insight I'd be obliged.
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I pissed off a dog-owner friend and definitely made his dogs very uncomfortable for a day. How can I make it up to him?
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I pissed off a dog-owner friend and definitely made his dogs very uncomfortable for a day. How can I make it up to him?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [23M] interested in a girl [23F] but I'm trying now to be a rebound
POST: So I've been friends with a girl for several months now. At the time we met, she was dating and living with a guy I considered a friend for a while. She told me they were having issues and could end up stuck here (she's from out of the state). I told her that if that ever happened she could stay with me until she figured out what to do. Fast forward a few months and she finds out he was cheating on her, so she packed up and has been staying with me for a few weeks now. Her original intention was to go home but she decided to keep working at her job and live with me a while longer.
We grew close and developed a physical and somewhat of an emotional relationship. Things were fine, and she's been sleeping next to me every night. So the other day, things were fine, but her ex wanted her to come over and talk, so she did. When she got home, she came home late, and was very distant. She promised they didn't have sex or anything. She started to apologize saying she's a burden to everyone and she's tired of ruining everyone's life. She wouldn't tell me what she talked to him about, just that he seemed like a different person and she feels he is up to something. Since then she won't lay next to me, or hold my hand or anything. She said it's just a "mood" and she has them quite often.
I know most people would say, "Get out now, don't be a rebound". But I still feel like there's the potential for more. I'm not sure if I should back off some and let her heal, or back off because she's trying to work things out with him. I want to avoid being a rebound, but I also feel like if I distance myself, she'll get lonely and start to see him more. I'm sure he's going to ask to see her again, and I don't know if I should try and stop her or tell her to go. Any advice is appreciated.
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Girl I like is living with me. She acts like she likes me but still seems hung up on her cheating ex and went to see him. She's been distant towards me since then. How should I act?
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Girl I like is living with me. She acts like she likes me but still seems hung up on her cheating ex and went to see him. She's been distant towards me since then. How should I act?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I'm so confused.. any insight?
POST: My boyfriend ( 37yo) and I( 41yo) have been together almost a year, we moved in together about 3 months ago and everything was good, but about 2 weeks ago he stopped having sex with me? He is still affectionate, still comes home every night nothing else has changed he just says he's too tired to have sex?
I'm starting to get a complex about it, feeling unwanted, unattractive and frankly I am a bit lonely. I try talking to him but it's like talking to a wall he says nothing is wrong he loves me yet I get nothing in regards of intimacy.
I know the "honeymoon" period wears off but after only a year I didn't think we would just not be having sex... can anyone offer some advice on how to get us back on track?
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My boyfriend not having sex with me anymore.... Should I be concerned? Can anyone offer me some advice on anything I could do to spark the flame again?
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My boyfriend not having sex with me anymore.... Should I be concerned? Can anyone offer me some advice on anything I could do to spark the flame again?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Infection...[f20, m25]
POST: I'm not sure if this is the correct sub, if not direct me to a more appropriate one.
My boyfriend and I have been together a year and during our relationship I have had maybe 5+ yeast infections (l had never had one before then...). I've ent to the doc, got antibiotics/used monistat etc. They keep coming back so I've decided that maybe we had sex before the yeast was gone and he got it and keeps giving it back to me. I've asked him to go to the doctor and get antibiotics too. That way it's all cleared up on both sides. He won't. He wants ME to go the doctor and get the meds for him. He doesn't even really think he needs meds. But of course, now we're not having sex and he's mad because of it. Wtf did he expect? So my questions here are: where do I go from here if he won't go get the meds? If I'd never had one before, did he give me the first one initially (we both ended up with HPV/warts)? And how can I convince him to go the doc?
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bf and I keep giving yeast infections back and forth, I'm getting medicine and he won't. Mad I won't have sex, what do?
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bf and I keep giving yeast infections back and forth, I'm getting medicine and he won't. Mad I won't have sex, what do?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [29 M] with my new SO [26 F] problem with sexual arousal.
POST: So to not beat around the bush basically looking for help/advice in how to best handle the problem.
I had trouble maintaining an erection while first being with her. For some reason condoms have always made me feel like I lose 80% of sensation which is a big buzz kill but the only protection we have atm. She's also a larger girl which makes positioning difficult.
This is what scares me the most. I've only been with a handful of women and the only time I've ever had performance problems was with one other larger woman. I attributed that first time to being on a rebound from my shambles of a marriage not to mention she really wasn't that good of a person.
But now I'm with a larger girl and having the same problem... this frightens the hell out of me because she's an amazing person. I am truly attracted to her but when the condom became an issue I took it off and it was great, stayed hard, made her orgasm. But stopped because it made her too nervous.
I don't want to scare her off because of the issue. Her weight really doesn't factor into who I want to be with but if I can't perform I know she's going to think that's why.
I guess im just mostly conflicted about my feelings because with that first larger woman I couldn't...just couldn't have sex. But now I did with this woman that I really care for but not without complications... any objective thoughts?
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Trouble staying hard with a condom, afraid because of a past relationship that had a similar problem which at the time I attributed to lack of sexual interest.
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Trouble staying hard with a condom, afraid because of a past relationship that had a similar problem which at the time I attributed to lack of sexual interest.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/jobs
TITLE: Changing jobs just after starting (xpost /r/advice)
POST: I just graduated with my Canadian bachelor's a few months ago and started at a company (Company A) 2 weeks ago. While I was interviewing with Company A, I was also interviewing with Company B, but because they have a longer interview process, I only got a job offer after being at Company A for a week and the job start date is September 1st. I have now accepted the position at Company B.
I took the job at Company A because I really, really needed the money and knew I wouldn't last until September. I am realizing that Company A is not one that I want to work for long-term and am now trying to decide on an exit strategy.
I have realized that I don't like the working conditions or management and the job is menial at best. (I have caught up in 2 weeks to staff that have been there for 6-8 weeks, and they have education levels of 2-year diplomas AT BEST.)
I suspect that I will get let go the moment I give notice and so I am tempted to give only 1 week of notice instead of 2.
Note: I have yet to officially accept Company A's letter of proposal and it was only provided to me after I had already started there. In contrast, Company B already sent me an official offer and will be sending me the employment contract this week for advance reading.
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Should I inform my boss at my 2 week old job in 2 weeks(1 week notice) or next week(2 week notice) if I strongly suspect I will get let go immediately.
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Should I inform my boss at my 2 week old job in 2 weeks(1 week notice) or next week(2 week notice) if I strongly suspect I will get let go immediately.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by asking our my best friend of 10 years
POST: So, the actual thing happened about 2 weeks ago on my birthday but I currently don't know what to do.
I've had a small crush on her for about 3 years now, but never wanted to risk messing anything up between us.
So it was my birthday and she called me and asked if I wanted to spend the day out with her, having nothing better to do I say yes. It started out with us going to the park and walking around for about 2 hours, then we went and watched a movie, and afterward we were hungry. We decided to go get some food, after about 10 minutes of talking and laughing at the restaurant table... I don't know what clicked in my head, but I decided to ask her out on an actual date...
The words escape my mouth "Hey, uh, do you want to go out with me?"
She starts crying... She got up and ran out... And while doing so, she accidentally slammed the table and I got a crotch full of ice cold water...
I haven't heard from her since... Won't respond to my calls or texts... And school started back today and she avoided me like the plague... I don't know how to face her...
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asked best friend out, she ran out, accidentally hitting the table and leaving me with a crotch full of ice water, she's now ignoring/avoiding me.
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asked best friend out, she ran out, accidentally hitting the table and leaving me with a crotch full of ice water, she's now ignoring/avoiding me.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [21 M] with my Ex [19 F] she starts initiating conversation after over a year of silence, then stops when I start initiating...what gives?
POST: My ex and I had a fairly rocky break up, it didn't end because we stopped loving each other but for other reasons. We were trying to stay friends but communicating quickly died down as she got a new boyfriend fairly quick and we didn't speak for about a year and a half.
Then suddenly out of nowhere right before Christmas she sends me a message on Facebook asking how I'm doing and that it is so nice to talk to me again. We talk for a good hour or so before she says she should go to bed because she's got work, but before she leaves she asks if I still have the same number and I say that I do and she says "well here's mine in case you lost it: XXXXXXXXXXX. Good night, hope we can talk again soon :)"
And that was that, I didn't try talking to her since she had a boyfriend and I didn't want to be that annoying ex so a few more months went by and in March she suddenly messaged me again saying she saw something on TV that reminded me of her and we spoke for a few hours before she went to bed. I checked her profile and noticed suddenly that it no longer said she was in a relationship and I remembered she changed her profile picture to one of just her a few weeks back. After this I tried initiating conversation a few times, she took about 2 days to respond the first time, but I didn't mind. But I noticed that her messages seemed quite short and uninterested with the exception of a few and she''s not initiating any conversations...so...what gives?
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My ex starts talking to me after one and a half years of radio silence and when I started initiating conversation with her she seems to have stopped...What's going on?
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My ex starts talking to me after one and a half years of radio silence and when I started initiating conversation with her she seems to have stopped...What's going on?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [25M] with my girlfriend [24F] of 2.5 years, she's going as a friends date to his christmas party...
POST: My girlfriend has been asked by a mutual friend of ours (25M) to accompany him to his staff christmas party later this month. Normally I would be alright with it but this is a bit different in my mind.
We have both been friends with this person for a long while, longer than our relationship. My SO and myself were friends for years before we decided to have a relationship as well. The thing is with this guy is that he's a scumbag, I have cut ties with him an no longer friends for the most part but she continues to talk and hang out with him regularly. He has just done a lot of questionable things in the past, such as going to Europe and while on vacation he told every woman that he came across that his fiance was murdered back home and gave them a big sob story to get himself laid. Little did they know that she was alive and well, just getting cheated on. Their relationship has been over for a year now.
It makes me quite uncomfortable that she is going to a huge party with him as he does not seem like someone to be trusted anymore. To add icing on the cake, they used to fuck back in the day and he has professed his love to her as well as to me about her back then, but not in recent years. He has also been talking to her over the last two weeks about how lonely he is and how miserable he is.. Maybe if he wasn't such a piece of shit and treated women better they wouldn't continue to leave him.
She has not come home from work yet so we haven't had time to talk it over but I was just reaching out for some advice... Personally I have quite a problem with it and wish that she wouldn't go but she really wants too and it sounds like she will be. Now she's talking about going out to buy a new dress and looking into getting contacts so she can get all dolled up and go out without her glasses... she didn't want any of these things when I asked her to my Christmas party last week. Maybe I'm just looking in to it too much...
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Girlfriend of almost three years is going to a male friends Christmas staff party as his date, they used to sleep together and he was madly in love with her. I don't want her to go, she does.
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Girlfriend of almost three years is going to a male friends Christmas staff party as his date, they used to sleep together and he was madly in love with her. I don't want her to go, she does.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: I am being gifted a car. Need some advice on how to best to handle it when it comes to taxes. (State of Washington). (x-post /r/taxes and /r/tax)
POST: Story:
My dad's mom passed in July. He and his brother are to split her estate and all things included in it 50/50. They both agreed that I can have her 2009 Lexus RX350. I will receive it on Saturday. I plan to sell it at some point in the near future and combine the money from that sale and the money from the sale of my own vehicle to buy a newer vehicle.
Questions:
Part 1: I read that Washington State has no gift tax on the amount that the value of the car would be. However, there is a federal gift tax on values of $14,001 or more. From what I have looked at, this vehicle has a value of $18,000 - $25,000 in my area.
Does this mean that I will have to pay taxes on the full value of the vehicle being given to me?
Part 2: I am new to the state of Washington, and new to having sales tax. This means I have no idea how sales tax works when purchasing a used vehicle from a private seller. Would it perhaps be more reasonable in terms of the amount of taxes I will have to pay for me to "Purchase" the vehicle from my father for the low low price of $10? Would this avoid the gift tax? I probably would still have to pay sales tax, but whatever the percentage is on $10 wont be much at all.
Is this a good idea?
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Being gifted an expensive vehicle, is it better to let it be a gift and pay gift tax, or to "purchase" it for a very low amount and pay sales tax? Is that even allowed?
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Being gifted an expensive vehicle, is it better to let it be a gift and pay gift tax, or to "purchase" it for a very low amount and pay sales tax? Is that even allowed?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: I have a final for my summer class tomorrow and I thought I'd ask everyone: What are/were you're pre- college final routines?
POST: Some story. My freshman year of college first semester I took this extremely difficult linear algebra class. I was between an F-D all semester but arrogant me would just say after every bad test "Ah I'll figure it out, I don't need to drop." Well it came to the night before the final (a Friday and my first college final) and I still didn't fucking get it. So I said fuck it and went out and got shit faced with my friends. I woke up the next morning hung over as all hell and went to take my test. Low and behold I aced the fucking thing and got a B+ in a class I thought I might fail. I now go drinking the night before every final. And it keeps working.
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Was bombing freshman math class. Got messed up night before final. Aced it. Now I do it the night before every final.
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Was bombing freshman math class. Got messed up night before final. Aced it. Now I do it the night before every final.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: Tifu by watering my crotch
POST: Obligatory, this didn't happen today, but it was yesterday so not too much of a gap.
I was sitting in a meeting with about four other people. One person was presenting so it was quiet. The meeting room was freezing. Like someone was piping in cold air just to keep you awake. To mitigate against smuggling raisins/hypothermia I had got a cup of boiling water to hold. After ten minutes I had already sat that hot wonderfulness on both legs, forearms, back and front of my hands and it was now nestling snuggly pretty much in my crotch. This was the fuck up. My boss was sat beside me and turned to nod in agreement to me about the presenters point. I had zoned out as I had been focusing on staying alive so I sat up and vigorously nodded to look like I had been paying attention. In this moment, I had forgotten the cup of water. Which I let pour into my crotch. Cue, desperately trying to look interested in the presentation, not draw attention to myself, and not move due to my lady bits being swamped with water that was far too hot to be acceptable in that area.
I sat the rest of the presentation as I felt burnt, then warm, then even colder than before and dreading having to stand up at the end to leave.
When it was over, I faffed about with my notebook until everyone else left and I took my wet frozen self to a bathroom.
Lesson learned - if you're going to use boiling water as a hot water bottle, don't warm the crotch.
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used a cup of hot water to warm lady bits. Poured it on said bits to avoid disapprovement from my boss.
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used a cup of hot water to warm lady bits. Poured it on said bits to avoid disapprovement from my boss.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit, am I being too protective?
POST: So my girlfriend and I have been friends for many years and just started "dating" a few months ago. Now that we're together I'm realizing how many other guy friends she has. I mean, it's ridiculous, I think she has like 3 close friends that are girls. It seems to me like she treats them the same as she treats me. It's to the point where we'll be hanging out and she'll get a call from a guy and go talk to him for half an hour on the phone. At lunch today she was asleep on the table (she didn't sleep well last night) and the guy on the other side of her decided to grab her and start tickling her right in front of me, and she just laughed as if that were totally normal. Now, I have a good friend (female) and my girlfriend doesn't like her cuz she's kind of a bitch, and a whore, and I honestly can't really disagree. So, I stopped talking to her, and basically all girls in general, because I know how it feels to me when she does that kinda stuff. It's really starting to get to me now. So here's my question: Am I in the wrong for thinking other guys should back off? I've been cheated on before by a girl and it killed me inside. I trust her enough to know that she wouldn't cheat, but I don't trust other guys as much. Am I being too protective?
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My girlfriend has a copious amount of guy friends, and it gets to me sometimes how many guys she has around her all the time. Am I being too protective?
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My girlfriend has a copious amount of guy friends, and it gets to me sometimes how many guys she has around her all the time. Am I being too protective?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Should I let my GF know I'm coming to visit from halfway around the world?
POST: (Throwaway account)
I'm in a relationship with a girl from Japan. We met when we were both studying abroad in the US. We've been together for one and a half year and half of the time has been in a long distance relationship(I live in Norway). However we're doing awesome and are really happy together. The thing is though: she was suppose to come visit me in Norway in the summer, but because of some understandable circumstances she most likely will not be able to after all.
Today I found out that I won't have nothing to do for like 3 weeks in June, so I've found out that I will go visit her instead. I thought it would be fun to surprise her. The first time I brought her home to meet my family(when we came from the US) I told them(my family) to meet me on Skype and then we just showed up at the doorstep, it was awesome. She however was a little nervous about the whole thing, but it went quickly over as soon as she met them, and it made a fun story today.
She did however tell me not to do that to her in Japan, but I'm not sure if she was joking or not(and thats why I need advice). We're both in our twenties, we talk almost every day and joke and laugh a lot. Its been too long since we've met though, last time was in december when I met her family(which were also awesome). So should I let her know that I'm coming? How would you react if your BF/GF did this to you?
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Need advice to decide if I should let my GF in Japan know that I'm coming on a surprise visit from Norway.
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Need advice to decide if I should let my GF in Japan know that I'm coming on a surprise visit from Norway.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/personalfinance
TITLE: Temporary Investment income for stay-at-home mom
POST: 30 years old. Car paid off. Student loans are paid off. $45k in retirement. Great credit. 3 years worth of emergency funding. No debt other than my house, which holds a lot of value right now in this sellers market where I live.
I don't particularly like my job. I also HATE the city I live in. And I'm expecting my first kid early next year. No one in my line of work gets pregnant because it's a male dominated field. They get their wives pregnant and then continue working long hours.
I'm considering quitting my job, selling the house, taking my emergency savings and moving close to my family where I could afford to pay cash for a new home similar to the one I'm in. The problem is my job title is practically non-existent back home unless I start up my own gig, which would make this future motherhood thing much easier if I could work from home.
If I do this, I need to consider that my start-up might take a year or two to take off. In which case, I'm looking for some reliable investment income that would just pay the bills and health insurance, let's say $2400 a month. I'm planning on buying a couple properties to rent out, but I want to be sure to diversify with the additional funds I have. Is it even realistic to think I can generate $1000+/ monthly from stocks/bonds/etc. if I were to invest only $50k?
Up until now I've been playing around on etrade like it's vegas... investing a little here, getting back a little there. So far my 5 month return has only been $4k, but that was with only an $8k starting investment, and since I didn't know much I kind of feel I just got lucky.
Any help would be gladly appreciated!
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total life overhaul. Looking to generate $1000+/monthly to pay bills with $50k starting investment. If that's not feasible, throw a more realistic number at me.
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total life overhaul. Looking to generate $1000+/monthly to pay bills with $50k starting investment. If that's not feasible, throw a more realistic number at me.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My mom's boyfriend [M/48] wants me to move out as soon as I turn 18. My mom [F/41] is agreeing with him. What can I do? - Update
POST: [link to original post](
On mobile. I apologize for any mistakes. Small update for those who want it.
it's been a while since I've updated. I logged in this morning to see a few messages, mostly asking if I am okay and how are things going.
To make an incredibly long story short: I am currently sleeping on a friend's couch. Mom's boyfriend kicked me out, mom didn't say/do anything. She signed away her custody of my sister and sister is now living with my grandparents. As far as I know, her and her boyfriend and his kids are still living together. I have had minimal contact with her since her boyfriend kicked me out.
Things have been...okay. My friend's parents are charing me $25 a day to stay here, but money is getting tight. It's hard to save up when my only income is mostly tips. Add what little bills I now have into the mix, I really don't have a lot.
Going to try and stay here with my friend until June so I can graduate high school, then move to VA to attend, but that isn't set in stone yet. Friends parents can kick me out any time, and that worries me. Now I'm just trying to find more/better ways to make money.
A lot of you gave me great advice, and I really appreciate it. More than most of you will know.
Will update again whenever things change. Sorry this isn't much, but it is an update for you all.
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Things got crappy. Then got better. Are getting crappier now. Money is tight. Really unsure of what to do.
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Things got crappy. Then got better. Are getting crappier now. Money is tight. Really unsure of what to do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: What's the worst thing you've ever seen a cop do?
POST: I'm sure that there are good cops out there, but for the most part I've only come in contact with bad ones. What's your worst cop story? I'll start:
I was at a T intersection late at night, waiting to turn left onto the main (horizontal part of the T) road. There was one car ahead of me and when the light turned green and the first car started to turn left, a cop car came barrelling through the intersection at high speed without any lights (including headlights!) or sirens on. Luckily the person in front of me had quick reflexes and slammed on the brakes, otherwise I'm pretty sure the cop would have seriously injured him or her.
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Cop ran a red light at high speed in the middle of the night without headlights on and nearly hit a car making a legal left turn.
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Cop ran a red light at high speed in the middle of the night without headlights on and nearly hit a car making a legal left turn.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/BreakUps
TITLE: Ex and 'Friend'
POST: Hi guys!
So I broke up with my girlfriend of 4 years about a month ago. The main reason was that I was going studying abroad and she wasn't supportive of me at all. Also we wouldn't see each other for a year at least as she was going travelling too. Basically she made me feel crappy for taking this study opportunity and as we are both quite young (21) I thought we could do with some time apart. We left it on ok terms and decided maybe after some time we could get back in contact/be friends.
Anyway her 21st birthday was at the weekend and my best friend was at the party (Mutual friends). He told me that another mutual friend who I've known for about 7 years hooked up with my ex.
Now I was trying accepting the fact that we would be moving on and meeting other people but I never expected this! I knew she would be getting with other guys but I never thought it would be my friend!
I basically emailed them and told them that I thought the 2 of them would have had a bit more respect for me and a bit more class. I also told them I wanted to completely cut contact.
So guys I have 2 questions:
1) Did I over react? I mean technically they are both single and can do what they want. Personally though I would never get with a friends ex just out of respect. I mean if I got with any of her friends I would feel awful and probably be ostracised by our mutual friends! Double standards?
2) How do I get over this and move on as quick as possible?
Thanks guys
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Broke up with girlfriend of 4 years about a month ago and she hooked up with my friend of 7 years at the weekend. Don't know how to feel.
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Broke up with girlfriend of 4 years about a month ago and she hooked up with my friend of 7 years at the weekend. Don't know how to feel.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [25 M] with my 24 [F] of 4 years keeps putting off moving in together.
POST: Almighty Reddit, lend me your ears..
Throwaway on the off chance she goes to reddit, goes to this particular sub and see this specific post...
The Turn:
So we've been together for almost four years now. Awesome relationship, insanely close all those good things. A couple of rough patches but we persevere. Girlfriend, who was living with her friends, had to move home because of a teaching internship she received, no pay only stipends towards her grad school.
The Pledge:
So last June my lease was up and I wanted to move out of into a better area without my college friends. My girlfriend is ecstatic, we talk about moving in together.
Awesome possum, we find a nice place close central to both of our jobs. She lets me know she won't be able to pay her full share of the rent due to aforementioned internship. Ain't no thang. I can front the bills and she can chip in what she can. We both sign the lease.
Lease starts in September, due to school and shit, her move in date is December, I'm cool with it cause well I am. Well December turned into a January move in...which turned into a February move in...which turned into a beginning of March...which turned into end of March.
The Prestige:
So I just got off the phone with her about an hour ago and the topic of her move in came up because I need to request time off from work to help (retail manager :0 ). Well she doesn't think she can do March now. What the actual hell.
I want to get on with our lives but she keeps coming up with excuses. I am not getting married until I know I can live all the time with her. I'm frustrated about what I should do. I don't want to give her an ultimatum because I do love her but at some point I need to know if this relationship can bump up to the next level i.e. marriage. At this point I'm trying to figure out if there's something wrong with me, our relationship, or her. Any input?
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Girlfriend adopted a platypus and doesn't think my Siberian Husky and it will get along. She doesn't want to move in until we figure it out.
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Girlfriend adopted a platypus and doesn't think my Siberian Husky and it will get along. She doesn't want to move in until we figure it out.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Pets
TITLE: 12 year old fox terrier with nagging cough.
POST: This is a wall of text, so I apologise in advance.
My 12 year old fox terrier (standard size) has had a nagging cough since March of this year. At first it seemed a random cough and we chalked it up to old age.
Recently it has become more persistant. We can't seem to find a pattern, except it does seem to happen more often after he poops. It doesn't seem to matter if his motions are soft or hard. He has always strained when pooping, mainly in his neck and back legs.
Rarely, he will cough up a thick white phlegm. This is not common, but its disturbing when he does.
We have taken him to our Vet, and they did X-rays, blood tests and a urine sample. Confirmed he does not have kennel cough, cancer, a collapsed airway or any tumors or growths in his throat. We are given a course of antibiotics (7 day) that slightly lessened the cough. $900 later we are told he is perfectly healthy and sent home. This was in June, and ever since it is clear he is not perfectly healthy.
He is an indoor and outdoor dog. He sleeps, and eats mainly in the house. He spends some of the day and does his business outside. We have one other dog (field spaniel) and two cats (one short hair, one long hair). The other animals are 10, 6 and 4 years old respectively. They have been around since before the cough so we dont believe it is their fur or dander he is reacting too, especially as the cough is not as common when he is indoors.
Basically, I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this with a pet? What was the outcome? What should I be asking Vet's to check for? I am considering taking him to the Veterinary School at SydUni, simply because I cant afford another $900 only to be sent away being told he is fine. Still, I hate seeing him this way.
Thank you for any help or suggestions you can offer. Also, I do apologise for any spelling or grammar mistakes, its been a long day.
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Dog has nagging cough since March. Vet does multiple tests, gives dog an antibiotic with clear bill of health. Dog is obviously not O.K.
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Dog has nagging cough since March. Vet does multiple tests, gives dog an antibiotic with clear bill of health. Dog is obviously not O.K.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My boyfriend [26] doesn't want LDR but I [20] don't want to end our relationship
POST: My boyfriend and I have been together for 1 year and we have a 6 year age difference. I moved acriss the country for school last fall and we talked about just remaining best friends but there wasn't a fine line between friend and bf/gf because we talked like we were still together. We saw each other during winter break and had a great time but that was when our cycle started. We acted like a couple and tried to stop talking and I tried to move on, but at the end it became too difficult because we both meant alot for each other.
By February, we tried to talk everything through and he said he really doesn't want LDR because his last gf screwed him over. i told him im not her and the least i deserved was a chance. he seemed to be going with that idea until a few days I went home for spring break, he dropped the bomb saying he couldnt do it. He cant handle being in a LDR because he doesnt feel in and thst hes always going through his quarter life crisis.
He doesnt want to settle down and potentially meet new people and that maybe we can meet again in four years. He also basically said "youre perfect for me but it's not you, it's me. I cant do four yr LDR and i feel like my youth is escaping and maybe if u were closer, we would be together." We really are awesome together. We get along and we both have big aspirations. We lived together also the summer before I left so we know each other really well. I guess it is timing and situation but what can i do? I feel like i still deserve a chance and it could be great But he is unwilling.
So Reddit, what can I do? Should i wait for him? I honestly don't want to move on, because we are so good together and I think we might be able to work out in the future..
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My boyfriend doesn't want to do long distance butI dont want to lose him and we are best friends and Imtrying to find a happy medium for both of us.
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My boyfriend doesn't want to do long distance butI dont want to lose him and we are best friends and Imtrying to find a happy medium for both of us.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/loseit
TITLE: Give it a second, it's going to space! My opinion on plateaus, loose skin, frustration and relapse.
POST: Hi Loseit,
A little bit of a rant because I see so many posts here that are along the lines of I've lost 50, 75, 100+lbs and have plateaued, or about loose skin, or feeling large even though they've lost large amounts of weight, or frustration with where they are fitness wise, and it makes me think of a running joke my partner and I have. Any time something is taking awhile, or we need to be patient for something we tend to say "give it a second, it's going to space" in reference to this Louis CK bit
My opinion is people need to chill a little when they hit these frustrating points. Bodies are natural systems, respect yours, it can only change so much so fast. The changes some people here are making are so all encompassing that encountering these problems means you deserve a pat on the back because they represent just how far you've come. Plateau after losing 100lbs? It makes me think "oh, you're frustrated? And are you virtually unrecognizable from who you were last year? Are you able to fucking enter a gym without feeling awkward? Let alone exercise without feeling like death?". The plateau will break, the loose skin will rebound, and mental perceptions will shift, but your body might as well be going to space for how much you're asking it to do. It takes years to get really unfit give yourself time to get healthy, internally, externally, and mentally.
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Congratulate yourself for where you're at and keep working towards the person you want to be. Don't berate yourself for where you feel you should be.
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Congratulate yourself for where you're at and keep working towards the person you want to be. Don't berate yourself for where you feel you should be.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I am currently a SAHM and my husband [30/m] seems to expect me to do all the housework -is this fair?
POST: I am a stay at home mom right now (not a permanent thing) with two kids not in school yet. I breastfeed and am up 2 -3 times during the night with the children. I never get a full night sleep. My husband works long shifts five days a week, and leaves for work early so he has 20-30 minutes of personal time before work. By the time he gets home, they are both asleep.
He has recently stopped doing chores and seems to expect me to do them all. For chores, I had asked him to take out the garbage (I get it together and leave it near the door) and to wash/dry the laundry. I said I would fold. We don't have laundry in our unit and the garbage is a short walk, and it's a huge inconvenience trying to carry the kids and a laundry pail or garbage bags -especially given the ice, snow and cold. He usually cooks once or twice a week but makes a mess and doesn't wipe down the stove or clean the pots. I have talked to him before, and he says he just forgets sometimes.
I know as a stay at home mom I should take on most of the housework, and have decided to start using a cleaning schedule so it doesn't seem so overwhelming, but I really feel like he needs to help more. I just don't know what is fair to ask. I need to sit down and talk to him since he isn't doing anything, and am wondering if it's okay to ask him to help out with more than those two things. For now, with two at home, breastfeeding, and taking care of feeding/diapers at night, what do you think is an appropriate split? I feel clueless.
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Husband not helping with housework. Going to talk to him about it and am wondering what is fair to ask of him since he works full time?
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Husband not helping with housework. Going to talk to him about it and am wondering what is fair to ask of him since he works full time?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by ignoring what a stranger was saying to me
POST: Happened a couple years ago but another TIFU reminded me of my experience.
I was at a Cubs game in chicago with family. I used to love going to the games but they sucked and never won. I think i went to 20 games and they only won one of those games. So im at this game with my brother and cousins and we are winning at the 7th inning by alot. it is looking promising.
My brother gets a phone call and has to leave. Everyone else starts talking "yea lets go now, they won, i dont want to get stuck in traffic". Not me, i wanted to stay. I called up my buddy and asked if he can pick me up from the train station (orange line at midway) if i decide to stay at the game. He agrees and sends his sister.
Game is done, lots of fun, i leave and im waiting to be picked up. There were alot of people so his sister calls me and has trouble finding me so im on the phone trying to direct her to where i am and some guy approaches with a cup in hand. Hes trying to talk to me even though im on the phone talking. I point at the phone to him and he continues to try. i dont like giving money to panhandlers that look like drunks but i wanted him to get away from me so i pull out a single and stick it in his cup.....then i hear him say "what the FCK!"
the cup was full of a drink. he wasnt homeless, he was just a guy asking for directions. i basically made him feel like he looked like a homeless guy. :(
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stranger tried talking to me while i was on the phone so i thought he was homeless. put a dollar in his cup. cup was full of a drink, not homless.
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stranger tried talking to me while i was on the phone so i thought he was homeless. put a dollar in his cup. cup was full of a drink, not homless.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [20F] and my best friend [20M] since birth. We had sex and I need advice on how to talk to him about it
POST: My best friend and I had sex. We talked about sleeping together a couple weeks ago and I told him I didn't think it was a good idea because I know he has been talking to girls and I didn't want to get emotionally attached.
It kind of just happened Thursday, then he spent the night. I said I didn't want it to be weird now and he agreed. I felt him being different (distant) that day, so I texted him that night telling him I didn't want it to be weird, that it was just something fun that happened and I expect nothing from him. He said there's no awkwardness but he was still being weird! We usually talk all day every day and I have heard nothing.
He has been weird since and it is making me feel animosity towards him. I am very close to his mom, so this is going to cause us to be around each other a lot. We saw a movie with his mom today and I felt myself not even wanting to look at him. I'm mad he is making it weird and I just want some advice about how to talk to him so it can either go back to normal or we can decide what to do next.
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best friend and I had sex. Now he's being weird and it's making me angry. Need advice on how to talk to him
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best friend and I had sex. Now he's being weird and it's making me angry. Need advice on how to talk to him
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: How can i convince my friend (M23) to text a girl (22) he likes?
POST: Hey guys my friend and I are in a debate about this girl and we thought we'd ask Reddit for your opinion. Basically my friend met this girl over summer in community college and he's liked her ever since. Since they go to different universities they have had close to no communication for four months.
Fast forward to now my friend has since graduated and has been texting her to try to hang out and she has agreed, but haven't been able to settle on a day and time that works for both of them. My friend said that she is probably not interested and is only trying to be nice while I told him she is just busy. They live about 30 mins from each other now compared to 4 hours from before so meeting up now would not be that difficult.
I told him to message her again anyways as a last glimmer of hope. What say you, Reddit? Should he bother continuing to try to hang out with her or give up now?
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my friend likes a girl that lived far from him so they couldn't hang out before. Now he's closer and wants to get to know her but she may or may not still be interested.
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my friend likes a girl that lived far from him so they couldn't hang out before. Now he's closer and wants to get to know her but she may or may not still be interested.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Is it wrong for me [32M] to skip my sister-in-law's wedding [26F] so I can go on a once-in-a-lifetime guy's trip with my friends? Wife [30F] not happy.
POST: I'll be honest. This wedding has been in the making for the last year, and the trip I want to go on is sort of last minute. I've never formally agreed to go to the wedding, but realistically it's always just been accepted as a given that I would be at the wedding since it is my wife's sister.
One of my college buddies just recently told our group of friends that he's going to Australia in October for business but plans to spend an extra week there just kicking around and exploring. One thing lead to another and two friends from our group decided to join him. I've wanted to go to Australia ever since I was in college, but I never could get a group together. It looks like that's finally happening! The problem is that I'll have to miss my sister-in-law's wedding because it falls right in the middle of the week we're planning to go, and it wouldn't make sense to leave early or go late. It's an expensive trip, but I can make it work. I think it would be money well spent.
Of course my wife is not happy about this, which I can understand. She's very close to her sister, so I can see why the wedding is a big deal to her, but I don't think she really understands my position. I like her sister, but we're not close. The same is true for her fiance. I have nothing against them, but the only reason I would be going is for my wife. Normally, I'd be okay accepting this, but I have a chance to go on an awesome trip with good friends that I don't get to hang out with that often. I think I'm justified in wanting to go and am being both reasonable and fair.
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I have a chance to go on an awesome trip with my friends to Australia. Wife doesn't want me to go because I'd miss her sister's wedding.
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I have a chance to go on an awesome trip with my friends to Australia. Wife doesn't want me to go because I'd miss her sister's wedding.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: give up hope, reddit?
POST: Backstory: I was dating this wonderful woman for about 6 months. We would talk everyday for hours on the phone and hang out weekly, etc. My impression was things were getting to serious and she got scared and ended things. Told me she had "intimacy issues" and wanted to be friends. Shes blunt so she told me she usually says that to guys to soften the blow but genuinely meant it with me since we became close enough to consider each other best friends. Well whatever.
Issue: we hung out for the first time (actually second but I don't count the first time) in like 3 months celebrating my recent acceptance to grad school where she is partial reason why I applied. It was a fantastic time. I went in with the mentality of not to expect anything so I wouldn't be disappointed. We hung out until the bar closed. She took me to a park and we sat and talked about life until about 3 or 4am. Got to her house sat in her car and talked some more until about 6. I walked her to her and she asked to come all the way to my place to sleep over. We didn't do anything luckily plus I was exhausted since I was up for 24 hrs straight. Drove her home when we woke up.
Summary: I'm ecstatic that our friendship is established and we can genuinely be in each others company without arguing or discussing "us" every convo. However, it's been a week and we haven't talked. I try not to think too much into it but why would she do that knowing I still have feelings for her? I accepted the fact that we prob won't have a future together and I'm fine but I still have that little hope in the back of my mind. The more time passes the more I give up hope. Should I give up on things ever being the same? Is it safe to say fate has something else in store for me? Thanks for hearing me out...
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I met the "perfect girl" everything was going good, then it ended because of her "intimacy issues". She slept over 3 months after breakup and disappeared again, should i give up hope for a future?
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I met the "perfect girl" everything was going good, then it ended because of her "intimacy issues". She slept over 3 months after breakup and disappeared again, should i give up hope for a future?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me[23/M] with my "friend" [24F] 5 months, not worth continuing friendship if I am nothing but a shoulder to cry on?
POST: Met a girl at a gaming meetup event and we started a friendship. We've done stuff together (play games and go see movies, meet for coffee) and I enjoy the friendship we've had up until now. I know she's developed feelings for me but I already told her I am only interested in a friendship and nothing else.
Her marriage has been deteriorating and when we are together on an outing or online chatting she's slowly over time been confiding in me very personal stuff (which she should be discussing with her husband and not me). I understand people need to vent, but I get the feeling I'm becoming nothing more than a shoulder to cry on. It feels like emotional cheating, and morally I wouldn't infringe on anything like that.
I already brought it up with her and she's using the pretext as a "friend" to continue to divulge personal things... Am I just better off cutting ties?
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Met a girl who I have had a good friendship with for 5 months. I like her as a friend and only want a friendship, nothing else. However, I get the feeling I'm nothing more than a shoulder to cry on.
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Met a girl who I have had a good friendship with for 5 months. I like her as a friend and only want a friendship, nothing else. However, I get the feeling I'm nothing more than a shoulder to cry on.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I (22/M) am unsure whether I should pursue a relationship with my lovely girlfriend (28/W) due to our age gap
POST: My girlfriend and I have been dating for 2 years, and I could honestly say that I've never been so happy with someone before. We are getting rather serious, and we both love each other deeply, but I could never stop worrying about her being 6 years older than me...
My girlfriend was a virgin when we met and I was the first guy she's been in bed with. She also never lived on her own before, and is very dependent on her parents. I, on the other hand, was living on my own at the time, and had a lot more experience with relationships before. Thus, despite the fact that she's 6 years my senior, she's much more immature than I am, and looks at least 8 years younger than her age. I'm much more serious and responsible than her and have had a lot more experiences in my life. As a result, I've always felt like the older, more mature one in the relationship, and I've always seen her as someone who is a couple of years younger than myself.
Despite this, when we are not seeing each other, I can't help but worry about our age difference. How will she mature when she gets older? Will she still be her young vibrant self? Much of my worries stem from my traditional father, who never approved of our relationship since she's older than me. According to him, such relationships are temporary, and I would get bored of being with someone who, down the line, will have less energy than myself. These worries are getting in my head, because we are starting to get really serious, and I am wondering if I should spend the rest of my life with this absolutely gorgeous woman, whom I have a strong connection with, or if I should stop wasting her time and move on...
So my question is, do any of you have any experience with relationships like this one? Is 6 years even something to worry about? What are the pros and cons of being with an older woman? Do I have to worry about anything as time progresses?
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I love a woman who is 6 years older than me, but I'm worried that the age gap will lead to this relationship's end.
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I love a woman who is 6 years older than me, but I'm worried that the age gap will lead to this relationship's end.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Help with a sophomore guy (15M) fix his relationship with his freshman sister(14F).
POST: Okay. So, during my sophomore homeroom, we had this activity about thanking someone who isn't in our usual friend group. There's a girl in my homeroom, who is kinda close friends with my freshman sister. Y'all know that person, that one who's in your grade but hangs with the freshies. There's also this one girl who thinks they're friends, but who everyone hates. For the sake of privacy, let's call my sister Nancy, her friend Kate, and the girl which everyone hates Brianna.
Last night, Brianna and my sister had a "talk" about being friends again, even though Brianna is being a huge bitch about it. My sister and Kate are talking about this subject, and Nancy is telling me everything cause I'm the only one who she's close to in the family.
Fast forward to homeroom, being the incredibly dense person I am, I give Kate the thank you note, which says, " thank you Kate, for talking shit with my sister about Brianna." During lunch, Kate goes on to tell everyone in their friend group about the note, so now everyone knows about it. Shit starts going down, Brianna confronts my sister, trust between Nancy and Kate is lost. Fast forward a bit to when school has ended, and my sister is crying in her room.
It's Friday where I live right now, and I have homeroom again on Monday. Is there anything I could do to fix my somewhat close relationship with my sister, and the trust between her and Kate? Thanks in advance, hope someone who actually has experience in this can help. Also, apologies for any grammar mistakes, I'm on my phone.
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I ruined my sister's social circle, and she hates me for it, enough to ruin her trust with a close friend of hers. How can I regain her trust and our relationship back?
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I ruined my sister's social circle, and she hates me for it, enough to ruin her trust with a close friend of hers. How can I regain her trust and our relationship back?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: I think my roommate might be brainwashed. Help?
POST: I wasn't sure where to post this, so if this is the wrong place, just point me somewhere else.
My roommate went to this "training workshop" called [Pathways Core Training, inc.] over the winter break this year.
At first I thought it was just a group therapy organization, and thought he was better off for doing it, but recently he has been behaving strangely. Before this camp he was a lot like myself, and I'm sure many of you: cynical, skeptical, easygoing, and a smidge of socially awkward. In short, a great guy to be around. Nowadays he is constantly on edge (at least towards me) and refuses to accept criticism or any kind of insult. Not that I'm being cruel, we're just guys, and guys do that sort of thing.
Despite all this, he claims to be the happiest and freest he's ever been. He constantly posts statuses involving the word "blessed" but if I, or anyone, says something even slightly negative on it, he gets defensive and angry.
On top of the behavior listed above, he has also been actively recruiting for this "Training" workshop. His mother, two of his friends, and his girlfriend of barely a month have all gone since he was forced to go by his then-girlfriend last December/January.
I'm only an undergrad in my psychology program, but this seems to have all the warning signs of someone joining a cult/being brainwashed. Has anyone else heard of this Dallas-based group or had any experience with them? This guy was(is?) one of my best friends, and I'm worried about him. I'm also worried about my friends that he will get to also drink the kool-aid.
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My friend went to a training thing in Dallas and came back all different. I think he may be brainwashed. What do you think? What do I do?
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My friend went to a training thing in Dallas and came back all different. I think he may be brainwashed. What do you think? What do I do?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by drinking grapefruit juice
POST: I was sitting at my desk earlier this afternoon, redditing away, with a nice, tall glass of grapefruit juice on the little pullout-table thing that my desk has. It was sitting on my right side.
Now, for this to make sense, you need to know that my room is pretty small, and when I am sitting at my desk, my back is usually against the edge of my bed. A couple feet to my right, also against the edge of my bed on the floor, is my netbook.
Now, I am sure that you can all see where this is going by now, but as I absentmindedly reached for my glass of juice without looking at it (hey, it was an interesting post, ok?) I instead knocked it over with my wrist, and it spilled all over my floor, and my netbook.
I quickly realized what had happened and picked up the glass, but the damage was done. I picked up the netbook and immediately wiped off the bottom (it was sitting with the bottom up for whatever reason), set it aside, and cleaned up the rest of the spill.
After that was done, I looked up a youtube video on how to tear down the netbook and did so, wiping what I could and blowing off the rest with canned air. Once I was sure it was dry, I screwed it all back together, and in a very stressful moment, turned it on. Luckily, it works fine again, no harm done.
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Knocked over grapefruit juice onto netbook, had to completely tear it down and dry it, works fine now.
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Knocked over grapefruit juice onto netbook, had to completely tear it down and dry it, works fine now.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Girlfriend's[20 F] therapist [40's M] recommended that I [21 M] consume illegal drugs with gf
POST: Hell, I'm not even sure what subreddit to put this under. I've never heard anything like this before.
Basically, my gf (will call her Becca) have been together for almost 2 years. Never had any problem with intimacy over the course of our relationship. Recently, she began to attend some long needed but only recently affordable therapy. She's working with a psychiatrist and a therapist.
After some time, the psychiatrist diagnosed her with BPD, some nasty stuff. From my understanding, there is no cure, only treatment that will help. Psychiatrist proceeded to put her on antidepressants. All cool, however, she quickly encountered a problem that the psychiatrist warned she might run into. It's become near impossible for her to actually orgasm. She can't even get it done from masturbation.
Gf took to the net to research and found that marijuana actually alleviates this side effect for the most part...and sure enough, it oddly enough works for her. She can orgasm now, but only while under the influence.
So now today, we're speaking to her therapist (not psychiatrist) and the issue was brought up. The therapist not only totally endorsed her use of illegal marijuana for a medical (although sexual) purpose, but proceeded to suggest that I also be under the influence any time sexual activity is taking place in order to ensure that we are "on the same neurological spectrum during intimacy."
I thought he was joking but he's apparently totally serious. I'm not sure what the hell to make of this, total shocker. So my question...
Is this some sort of unprofessional anomaly? Are we dealing with a nut job? Is this valid advice? I can't decide whether this is something to embrace or something to report him to someone for. I can't believe I'm asking internet strangers a question like this after visiting a professional but this just sounds so bizarre.
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Girlfriend is using marijuana for "medical" purposes, her therapist has recommended I use marijuana with her to be on the "same neurological spectrum during intimacy." Advice?
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Girlfriend is using marijuana for "medical" purposes, her therapist has recommended I use marijuana with her to be on the "same neurological spectrum during intimacy." Advice?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: Told my girlfriend I love her but she's afraid to love back (Me 16/M, Her F/16, Length: 2 Months
POST: Here's the deal, we've been dating for about 2 months and about a week ago I told her I love her. In reality she had been dating one of my friends for a year and I liked her since then (Friendzoned obviously) but he didn't treat her right and was really hurt by it. Her parents are also divorced and been through many dads, has been bullied a bit and abused. Perhaps it's easy for me because she's the first girl I've ever loved. But she feels bad for not explaining it to me (I told her to not worry about it, she doesn't have to explain anything, i can't force her feelings). So any advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated.
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Told girlfriend i love her, she's had a bad boyfriend, parents divorced and abused, afraid to love back (what she said).Need advice
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Told girlfriend i love her, she's had a bad boyfriend, parents divorced and abused, afraid to love back (what she said).Need advice
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [23 M] and my girlfriend [23 F] of 6 months, have a conflict with my mom's belief
POST: Hi I will keep this relatively brief.
My girlfriend and I have been in a relationship for about six months now. She is a great person, with a rocky past but is trying to move forward in life.
She recently took a job with an organization that performs abortions. This isnt a health clinic, but a full service center for women and sexual health. She is working on the administrative side and this is a cause she feels drawn to.
I did not want to tell my mom about this situation, but my father accidentally told her through casual conversation (I was just planning on lying to my mom about her new job). So now my mom knows that she is working for this organization.
My mom is a pretty easy going person... except on this issue. She is very very very passionate about protecting the unborn. My girlfriend does not know that my mom knows yet, and I don't know how to handle it.
My mom basically said it breaks her heart and that I am breaking her heart by condoning my girlfriends career choice.
I need some help navigating this situation. I obviously don't want to hurt the great and mature bond I have with my mom, but I also don't want to break ties with my girlfriend or for her to be in a hostile environment when we visit.
To provide more context, my girlfriend and I live in the same town as my folks and we see them at least once a week if not more.
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My mom is super pro-life and my girlfriend just got a job at a place that services abortions... clash *boom* help please
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My mom is super pro-life and my girlfriend just got a job at a place that services abortions... clash *boom* help please
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: (AZ) I believe my friend is being extorted through her child.
POST: So I have this friend who comes to me for advice, and I've told her to go to a lawyer over this (and she did), but I believe she's being extorted for money through her child.
The kids father happens to have a few children with various women. His family member adopted one of the kids he has (my friends kid.) as part of the agreement she signed away all rights at the age of 16 in order to never pay child support. She has since kept in contact with him and continues to be a part of his life.
Fast forward to today. The "dad" got sued for child support from another woman. He has a hefty fine to pay monthly. Now his family member who had adopted their kid wants to abandon the adoption and force the guardianship to default to the parents. My friend was pretty excited about this and wants to care for the kid, but now the "dad" says the kid might not want to live with her part time and that she should pay him child support (he's brought it up several times about how she should pay him child support since he's been sued.)
Also another weird thing was that he wanted to live with her. (It's pretty obvious he's had a thing for her the past 5 years since they broke up.) She's in a happy relationship and really doesn't want much to do with him. (After this he again brought up the child support.)
The lawyer she saw says there isn't much she can do because the guardianship is going to go to her and she'll have to help support the kid. My thing is that any money she gives this guy is going to go straight to pay for his other obligations, and not towards the kid. She's offered to help in ways other than money but he always turns them down.
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Ever since this guy got sued for child support he's being trying to find a way to get child support out of his ex.
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Ever since this guy got sued for child support he's being trying to find a way to get child support out of his ex.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: How to be the peacemaker during mine [26/m] and gf's [26/f] terrible fights.
POST: I've been dating my gf for 11 months now and for a while I've been commuting 3.5 hours on 4 day weekends to stay at her place while I was in grad school. Now that we spend all days together, we seem to bicker a lot. In addition to the bickering, we'll have long 2+ hour arguments (at least once a week. Sometimes 2 days in a row) that always, ALWAYS end with me thinking "this is fucking crazy" and just apologizing and eating my words and feelings to settle down the argument.
In 11 months, I don't think once she's started the compromise/apology/or anything to end the argument. She thinks I'm generally selfish and that I "paint her out to be a bitch." And sometimes she'll straight up lecture me like I'm a child.
It's really hard to always have to be the first one to say sorry. And then take the blame for the whole argument.
Sometimes she even throws stuff when she's really mad. I'm also beginning to think she doesn't respect me at all.
The worst part is - I'm TERRIFIED of being alone. Before I met her, I had no real friends, no life, I spent way too much time on the computer. With her, I can be engaged soon, be living with her in an apt, have a dog (her awesome dog), and cool friends (her really nice friends). Without her, I'd live at my parents for a while, have very rare hangouts with very few friends, be lonely as hell. She's a great package deal. And the thing is, I really don't think I could do better than her at all. She's beautiful, smart, and when we do get along, it's like a fairy tale. We have a real strong connection and compatibility when we're getting along which is about 85% of the time.
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how do I make peace with being the peacemaker and come to terms with swallowing my pride every time? What do I do about the fact that I'm so much better off with her?
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how do I make peace with being the peacemaker and come to terms with swallowing my pride every time? What do I do about the fact that I'm so much better off with her?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Advice
TITLE: Trying to find a legitimate job working from home
POST: My wife has a dilemma (and by proxy, so do I)...
She's become quite frustrated with the job opportunities in our area. Her education is a combination of business and IT, you'd think that would be a good combination, but she hasn't been able to find a job she's been happy in. She seems to be able to snag IT positions fairly easily (especially internal desktop support), this is because HR departments seem to go all wobbly in the knees when they see a women in IT, but when she gets into the job, no one respects her as IT is, lets be honest, dominated by neck-beards and people who just like hearing the sound of their own voice. Any ideas she comes up with are often regarded as bad ideas initially, but after a week or so, a guy draws the same conclusion and its the greatest idea in the world without any credit to her.
Currently, she's in a low-pay customer service position, not her ideal job. We would move to another city, but I've found a very good job that's helping to solidify my career that I can't give up (I also work in IT, and I can't believe the crap she has put up with as I definitely don't notice the same in any recent jobs I've held).
So, she's expressed an interest in working from home, obviously these kind of jobs won't be posted on a local job site, is there a resource out there that actually guides you to from working from home? I largely considered 'work-at-home' jobs mythical in nature, since most that I've heard of are held by people who were already in a high-paying position at a company and could transition to being remote only.
Backstory
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going to work for douchbags sucks, want to work from home, need a place to start looking and get ideas.
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going to work for douchbags sucks, want to work from home, need a place to start looking and get ideas.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [20F] with a friend [20F] how do I set boundaries with her wanting to spend time with me?
POST: I feel stupid posting this because this seems so minor compared to other peoples problems but it's making me weirdly stressed out
Okay so I'm a uni student and in November I met a girl on my course called Fran. Fran seemed like a nice person, plus shes a girl and we're on a **very** male dominated course so I initially thought "jackpot" and I put in more effort than I usually do to be friends with her. This has backfired in ways I did not foresee.
I've met tons of people through out my life (as everyone does) and I have never really met someone I found annoying or irritating.
Until Fran.
I feel bad, because she's not necessarily doing anything for me to find her annoying, but god damn, I find myself wanting to tear my hair out after spending any amount of time with her. This feeling 100% intensifies because she's kind of clingy(?) I don't know how to describe it, she's not necessarily needy but she'll follow me like a little baby duck and invite herself along to things. I have a very low tolerance for this, so I was kind of not really thinking her doing this was that weird, but my friend that was reading my conversation with Fran and was really weirded out.
So far I've been dealing with this by lying so I can be alone but next year we're going to be living in the same building (but on completely different floors) and she keeps mentioning that she's going to be coming up to my apartment (I'm living alone) every day. I'm a tiny lil creampuff and have no spine (and no experience with dealing with something like this!) How the hell do I make solid boundaries that get her to back off without being a rude asshole?
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A girl I met is kinda pushy/doesn't take the hint that I want to be alone, how do I get her to not steamroll me into spending every living second with her?
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A girl I met is kinda pushy/doesn't take the hint that I want to be alone, how do I get her to not steamroll me into spending every living second with her?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I'm [25F] worried my 8 month exclusive relationship with [26M] is a rebound for convenience.
POST: I met the man of my dreams several years ago and we became social media friends since we were both in relationships. I watched him date about two other girls this way. His last relationship was very serious and meant a lot to him. They broke up in July of 2014. I saw him at a bar in September of that year and after a few innocent meet ups we became friends with benefits.
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We continued to see other people until January when we became exclusive. I worry this was not enough time for him to fully get over her. He has told me that she is the only ex he cares about. I lurk their past relationship and it seems so different than ours. He was constantly boasting about how beautiful she was and he very rarely even tells me in person i am beautiful. They took many trips together and he was always posting about "his woman". Other men are constantly complimenting me and begging for a chance.
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We live together and he has told me he loves me many times but it just doesn't seem as passionate as his last. We recently became "fb official" and he wasn't thrilled about it. His career does require him to have a public persona, which he didn't have back then. If i get upset or jealous he takes me seriously and reassures me i am the only one. But i just feel deep in my heart he is with me for convenience and is not in love with me. What should i do?
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I love him madly i wanna have his babies but i don't want to miss out on a man who only dreams of me. Am i a rebound?
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my boyfriend isn't as proud of me on social media as his last gf. They were only broken up for months before we started sleeping together before eventually getting serious. Am i wasting my time as a rebound?
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my boyfriend isn't as proud of me on social media as his last gf. They were only broken up for months before we started sleeping together before eventually getting serious. Am i wasting my time as a rebound?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [27F] called my husband [32m] of 8 years physically unattractive in the heat of an argument. I'm worried I destroyed intimacy forever...
POST: So my husband and I were arguing about how I don't feel heard/validated in any of my complaints but his get addressed and resolved promptly. I was trying to convey to him that his words towards me affect the way I feel about him sexually and I told him he's not physically attractive to me anymore.
He is morbidly obese and has been going to the gym daily for 4 months. He doesn't diet. His apathy about his health for the past 6 years has built up for me. We have 3 kids and I've maintained my health/looks. I know it sounds selfish to say that but I want him to take care of himself too. I will admit that throughout our relationship our sex life has been in trouble because of this and my low libido. I'm currently pregnant and want to have sex with everything that walks, I'd like to use this to our advantage because I know sex can be healing.
I know that I was too hard on him when he came to me the morning after and basically told me I had him boxed in. That there is nowhere for him to go from here and how do you restore intimacy after something like that. He even said that after he loses 100lbs its still not going to be the same. He's humiliated.
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How do I help my husband understand what I was actually trying to say and help him feel less humiliated? I want to restore intimacy and make our sex life better.
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How do I help my husband understand what I was actually trying to say and help him feel less humiliated? I want to restore intimacy and make our sex life better.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I, 18F, have been seeing 35M for about 2 months now, and it's been great, but I don't know where to go from here.
POST: We met the week before I left for 5 weeks, and spent hours together pretty much every day before I left. We've talked constantly since I've been away, and I get home on Sunday.
We started out wanting something casual, but after the first time we were together, it became pretty clear that wasn't an option. The feelings are there, the sex is great, he's really good to me, but it feels like there can't be a future.
We've established that we both really care about one another, and we want to spend as much time together as possible, but I don't know where this is going. I'm going to college across the country in the fall, and I won't be home until Thanksgiving.
The age difference is an obvious issue, but I'm mature for my age and very independent. He still acts like he's in his twenties, so that hasn't been a problem. I've never been attracted to guys my own age, and I have been so happy since we started seeing each other.
I definitely don't want to stop seeing him, but it feels strange carrying on knowing that I'm leaving in a month. He said that he can come visit, but
I don't think I want to keep up a long distance thing while I'm starting out somewhere new.
Thoughts?
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I, 18F, am seeing a wonderful 35M, but I'm leaving for college across the country in the fall, and I don't know what to do.
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I, 18F, am seeing a wonderful 35M, but I'm leaving for college across the country in the fall, and I don't know what to do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [19 M] disappointed my girlfriend [19F] of 6/mos by saying I didn't want to go to a haunted house
POST: For the past few week my girlfriend has been wanting to go to a haunted house. She has asked my multiple times and I had curved the question by jokingly saying "Yeah, only if someone holds my hand." And I even said that I'm not really into scary things.
The truth is that I have trouble coping with large amounts of anxiety and I barely even watch scary movies because of it.
So about a week ago I said I would go to a haunted house, at my girlfriend's request. Today, the day we were supposed to go, I told her I was nervous and I didn't know if I wanted to go. I told her I wouldn't enjoy the experience because of my anxiety, but I would still go if she wanted to.
My girlfriend seemed to take me confiding in her more as me letting her down than anything else. She started talking about how I should have said no to begin with, and why did I wait until the last minute to say I would be uncomfortable.
I apologized and said if you really want to go, I will still go, but it just might not be enjoyable for me. She just shut down after this and is continuing to focus on me letting her down.
I then suggested that we should still go out and do something, even if she wants to stay in because I wouldn't be comfortable at the haunted house. She initially rejected my suggestion, but eventually said, "You plan what we'll do then. I just wanted to do something that we couldn't do any other time of the year. Where could we even go out to dinner that we haven't already been." (This is not verbatim, but just the gist of what she said)
I understand I could have communicated more directly when she first brought up the haunted houses a few weeks ago. I take responsibility for that.
My question is: What do I do now that my girlfriend is so disappointed that it almost seems like she's depressed? How do I make this into a good night, or is that not possible anymore?
Any additional feedback unrelated to my primary questions is appreciated as well. Thank you!
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gf is disappointed that I don't want to go to haunted house we planned to go. How do I make her feel better?
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gf is disappointed that I don't want to go to haunted house we planned to go. How do I make her feel better?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by asking a coworker if she would like some of my "Nut Harvest"
POST: This actually happened a few weeks ago. I live and work in the Kansas City area and the day before the Royals won the world series. I stopped at a Quick Trip to pick up the local newspaper. Since the Royals only win the world series every 30 years, I thought I would treat myself to something special. That something special was a nut and fruit mix called "Nut Harvest" by FritoLay.
I had the package opened at my desk and a coworker walked by and saw the open package and remarked that it looked good.
Without missing a beat, I asked:"Robin, would you like some of my Nut Harvest?"
Nervous laughter followed from the both of us.
I quickly walked over to her cube and shook a nice quantity of my "Nut Harvest" on her desk - careful not to make eye contact. I'm sure my face was beet red.
I think the marketing department at FritoLay is a bunch of teenage boys.
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Bought a nut & fruit mix called Nut Harvest. Asked a coworker cutie if she would like some of my Nut Harvest. Embarrassed laughter follow.
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Bought a nut & fruit mix called Nut Harvest. Asked a coworker cutie if she would like some of my Nut Harvest. Embarrassed laughter follow.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by wearing baggy trousers
POST: I'm sitting down at a Chinese takeaway, happily waiting for my food, and notice that the buttons on my trousers had come undone because my trousers are way to big for me. I stand up to button my trousers back up, and midway through I'm caught staring right at a newspaper. Normally this wouldn't be too bad, but this newspaper was on page 3. The lady who took my order had just returned from whatever she was doing, to find me - stood there, buttoning my trousers after what looked like a quick jerk off by the till, aided by the fake tits on page 3. there was genuinely no way to explain, so eye contact was avoided during the next 10 minutes spent waiting for my order. I've never seen a face so shocked.
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got caught buttoning trousers up after they popped out due to trouser size - which looked like a page 3 wank-fest at a Chinese takeaway.
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got caught buttoning trousers up after they popped out due to trouser size - which looked like a page 3 wank-fest at a Chinese takeaway.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I'm not in a relationship but I'd like to hear people's opinions on a question that has been on my mind.
POST: Hi! I'm 19 years old and I am not in a relationship, but lately I've had this question on my mind that I'd like to hear your opinion about! Is it uncommon for 2 people to date, when they've known each other closely for a couple of years and when she's had a serious relationship but the guy (me lol) hasn't ever had one?
I got to know this girl (19) when she was in the middle of her relationship and we've always been close (although I would definitely not call it a friendzone, as there has always been flirting going on).
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Known a girl close for a couple of years, she had a serious relationship, I've never had one, is it possible to date her (I can't seem to find a better word than 'possible').
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Known a girl close for a couple of years, she had a serious relationship, I've never had one, is it possible to date her (I can't seem to find a better word than 'possible').
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