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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/loseit
TITLE: NSV, I now take a bike and the stairs to work.
POST: As far as my weight goes, the short story is that I somehow got to be over 260 pounds at 5'9"-ish, and then lost about 80 pounds. That was a few years ago. I was in damn good shape. Could run, was thinking about joining the armed forces. Everything was awesome...
A few years later, and I fell off. I turn 24 next week, and I was recently juuuuust over 300 pounds. I live almost exactly 100 miles north of New York City. Last semester IU started commuting to the city for work and school. I still live up north, because I have another job up there. Train tickets got expensive, so I saved money by biking instead of taking the subway.
I only just started eating healthier a couple weeks ago, but I'm down about 10-15 pounds right now. Just hit 286, and I'm very happy. I know it isn't really progress, but it's nice to know that it's all improvement from here. I've done it before, and I can do it again. I know I won't let myself fall off.
So the first few times I took a bike a few miles from Grand Central Terminal to my job, only a few miles, I was so tired the next day. Mostly just my legs (Coat + Backpack didnt help >.<). Anyway, it has been getting easier, and I think now that it's warm I'll take up some weekend leisure rides. :)
Also, about 20 minutes ago, I took the elevator down to street level to go buy some food, and realized I forgot my wallet, which means I forgot my elevator key. I could have asked the door man, but instead just took the stairs 21 floors up. I was almost out of breath at the top, and I'm sure I will get muscle cramps tomorrow, but it was so worth it. :)
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I bike a few miles to work now, and finally took the stairs 21 flights up. Mostly just an "I'm excited" kinda post.
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I bike a few miles to work now, and finally took the stairs 21 flights up. Mostly just an "I'm excited" kinda post.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [29 M] found a great place to live, with a small catch. The house is owned by a 80 year old woman who lives downstairs and sublets two big bedrooms upstairs.
POST: Hello folks,
I relocated to Boston and have been searching for a place to live in Greater Boston for the last few weeks. Last night, I found a place through a friend. It is an old colonial house in a very upscale neighborhood.
The house is owned by an 80 year old woman whose husband just passed away. She is spending most of the pension going to Rabbinical school and is renting out two bedrooms on the second floor of the house. Not overtly religious, former English teacher and a very very nice person with good neighbors.
She is offering me one of the bedrooms upstairs (they are both pretty big) and full access to every amenity in the house for a competitive rate.
My question mostly comes down to:
1. Should I, as a single 29 year old male live in a house that is owned by an 80 year old woman?
2. Living with someone and having a nice friendly conversation are two completely different things. This lady hasn't lived with roommates in her life and I am not sure if she would be up to it. Also, I don't want to end up being bossed around by the "owner" regarding rules, guests, etc. She says that she has no problems with any of those things, but I am not sure she understands that there might be some adjustment required on her end too.
3. Finally, if something were to happen to her (she's pretty old), what would be my responsibility as a tenant? Would I be expected to take care of her to some extent? That is a dealbreaker, I can't do that for various reasons.
Any advice is appreciated. If someone has lived with an older adult with a huge age gap, personal experiences would be invaluable here!
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29 M found a place to life with 80 F for competitive rate, but not sure if it is a good idea.
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29 M found a place to life with 80 F for competitive rate, but not sure if it is a good idea.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [23M] with my girlfriend of nine months [22F] unsure what to think about her hanging out with a guy friend
POST: So my girlfriend of 9 months recently moved away for college. She is a 4 hour drive away so it's a bit long distance but we've seen each other most weekends. Recently a guy she previously knew started talking to her again and they've begun to hang out a bit.
I not sure how two feel cause this guy has previously told her that he had feelings for her (previous to our relationship). When we began our relationship he stopped talking to my girlfriend until recently (she lived away from him in the same town I'm in) . They caught up for coffee and had a chat.
My girlfriend told me he stayed away because he didn't want to sabotage our relationship. They have hung out twice both times just the two of them at coffee shops. I'm just not sure how to feel..
It makes me a bit uncomfortable (which I've communicated with her) but not sure if I should be more worried. I trust her completely... But him not so much. Guess I'm just asking how I should approach the situation.
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Girlfriend is hanging out with a guy who previously said he had feelings for her and I'm not sure how to feel
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Girlfriend is hanging out with a guy who previously said he had feelings for her and I'm not sure how to feel
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [21M] here. GF [19F] who I've been dating for 2 months is now acting strange. What to do?
POST: Hello everyone. I've been dating this girl for about two months and I liked her very much (still do). From what I understood she liked me very much too (even maybe more). From the very beginning she was super friendly, almost always texted me first, and so on. She even initiated our first kiss herself.
Now here's the problem. About a week and a half ago she started to act weirdly. When asked why, she said she's exhausted because of the things in her university and lessons at the choir she's singing in. And yeah, she's been really busy, a lot of concerts and blahblah. She also said, that she's sad or something, springtime sadness she called it.
6 days ago I asked her (through text, because she has a free week and is at family's home in different city) to tell me if she still liked me or is she tired of me, because I'm not a fan of her being like that. She said, that she's confused, kind of isolated from people or from communication and doesn't know why is she like that.
I was told by her to relax because she's thinking about things and doesn't want to do a mistake and that everything will be clear after that free week of hers. Then I told her "I kind of sense where this is going. Tell me when you're finished thinking. See you don't know when". She said "OK, see you soon". It's been about 6 days without any contact and that free week is ending tomorrow.
Sorry for the long text and for my bad english, but I'm feeling really sad and confused, trying hard not to text her. What should I do? Have anyone ever dealt with something similar? PLEASE HELP.
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Girl which I really clicked with became distant, strange and said she's confused and doesn't want to do a mistake. No contact for six days. Help please?
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Girl which I really clicked with became distant, strange and said she's confused and doesn't want to do a mistake. No contact for six days. Help please?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: (23/M) need to move on from feelings for friend, advice?
POST: Last year I (23/M) struck up a friendship with a married coworker (20s/F). We both had some issues going on in our lives and it felt really good to have someone to talk to. It stayed friendly for a few months until we both admitted that it was starting to become more than a friendship.
Neither of us were interested in having an affair but after another month we started spending a lot of time together. Eventually she felt that we should have some space from each other, which I reluctantly agreed with. Looking back now I see that it was the right decision but at the time it really hurt. I've done my best to keep my distance, but things have been awkward since then because I still feel strongly about her. I know that it's best for her to stay committed to her marriage, but I'm just having a really tough time moving on from how I feel. Any advice is appreciated.
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Married friend and I developed feelings for each other, ended up hurting our friendship and I'm having a hard time moving on.
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Married friend and I developed feelings for each other, ended up hurting our friendship and I'm having a hard time moving on.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: I [19/ M] lack the social skills to talk to anyone online and it is not helping my long distance relationship with a [18/F]
POST: I can not talk to anyone online like in a call on skype besides one person and this person is my best friend. When I talk to him I get more confidence when I talk to him. Well a few months ago I met a girl while I was on a trip I got her kik and stuff and we started talking and we started dating. I was not until later in the relationship however that we we started to talk on skype. Now here is where my problem starts because I don't know how to talk to someone online, I can do it in person, but online its different the only person I am able to do that with is the friend I talked about earlier. So my question basically is how do I talk to my girlfriend online?
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Met this girl in real life we talked on skype and I cant talk to her or anyone else online because of my social skills and I need help trying to fix this.
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Met this girl in real life we talked on skype and I cant talk to her or anyone else online because of my social skills and I need help trying to fix this.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: I (16f) have just started talking to this guy (17) and I'm trying not to overthink things while still figuring out if he's interested
POST: So we met last Sunday and we're planning on going longboarding this coming Sunday with a couple friends. We've been texting since then and we've exchanged probably like 250 messages back and forth. We talk a lot about longboarding but we also occasionally ask the other what they're up to and stuff like that. Any ideas on if he's interested or not?
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I've been talking to this guy my friend wants to set me up with for almost a week and want to know if he's interested in a relationship or just friendship
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I've been talking to this guy my friend wants to set me up with for almost a week and want to know if he's interested in a relationship or just friendship
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by inviting the locals to hang out with the hairy twins
POST: Ok as is quite common, this didn't happen today, this happened many years ago in the far north Australian town of cooktown
Cooktown, was a great place, heaps of Sun, good fishing etc.
But just my luck as a young boy, I ventured into the Bush to get my fishing line (my bad for a terrible cast) and disturbed some local natives, I didn't notice anything at the time.
The hours passed and I was enjoying fishing on the jetty, my body began to succumb to urinary urges and I went in search of a place to Pee, which as a guy is easy.
Anyway, for some reason I couldn't feel myself peeing, again, didn't think much of it.
Later in the day I needed to take a Shit, and I couldn't feel my Ass when sitting on the toilet seat, at this time I brought it to my parents attention. We went to cooktown hospital, or medical clinic, I don't really remember. The doctor had a look, specifically my rear end, and I remember the doctor quite well, he was a very chatty person and at the moment his eyes laid upon my rear end he went quiet, and after a few seconds of awkward silence he uttered words I'll never forget "oh Shit". A paralysis tick had found it's way to the back of my scrotum, that little bloodsucking demon, it's head buried deep within my manlyhood, after 4 hours of the doctor trying to extract the tick with the conventional methylated spirits way, and by the way, metho on your balls feels unusual. In the end I was anesthetised and a portion of my scrotum, including the bulbous little monster was removed. I couldn't Pee without crying like a little Bitch for a month and I cannot Pee straight anymore, on top of that I now have a tight shiny scarred scrotum.
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I wandered into the forest, picked up a vampiric hitchhiker that ruined my ability to urinate for the rest of my life and had lost part of my scrotum.
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I wandered into the forest, picked up a vampiric hitchhiker that ruined my ability to urinate for the rest of my life and had lost part of my scrotum.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Is it ok to text of ex of 2 years to text to see how she is?
POST: Hey, so its been two years, she met new guys, I met new women. When we see each other we talk casually about work, how we've been and so on. We didnt remain friends, which is totally fine by me, but still we care. A couple of weeks ago, we met at a business event, she mentioned that she had a lots of stress at work, up to the point where she got sick at the beginning of the year. We also talked about a mutual friend who got seriously ill.
My question is, is it ok to text her to ask her how shes doing now? If everything turned out fine?
Whats you opinion?
The problem is, I suspect that she is thinking I never got over her, and I dont want to make that impression. I still care, but not like that.
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Should I text ex? Sorry for the title. I dont know how i messed it up that bad :) can't change it though
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Should I text ex? Sorry for the title. I dont know how i messed it up that bad :) can't change it though
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by buying a phone
POST: I just got a job, got a source of income. My first job, I'm 18. I am intelligent- you can't say this without appearing pompous- for my age, and usually avoid mistakes people make. But by believing this, I thought it was true, I never make the mistakes, which was the mistake in itself. I bought a $720 phone- I won't advertise anything, or endorse any product, without receiving money- and well.. I have it. Yes, it's sitting next to me charging as I type this, mocking me. See I already had a phone, but it was 2 generations old. I'm upgrading for the sake of upgrading. My aunt talked to me about this, decision. Bringing up the marshmellow experiment, long term gratification. I myself am a psychologist enthusiast, this resonated deep within me. She's right, I am the kid who just licked the marshmallow, holy fuck. But by realizing this poor decision, as I am a college student with debt accumulating. This was a horrible choice!! I am becoming a consumer, but it doesn't stop there. Now it's a phone, then it's a smart watch charger, then god forbid an ice-cream! I'm out of control, but get this. This was a chain reaction. By realizing this, I remember about GIRL ( no name, pseudonym). She was into me, but I didn't realize it, because I was an idiot. Now, it relates to this TIFU (well, it was 2 days ago, when I bought it) But I remembered the expression every poor person uses, "Money doesn't buy happiness" I agree, but it makes it easier. I was buying my happiness, I realized I was buying this phone for momentarily happiness. I will need more, tomorrow. God I realized this so young, before it got bad. I need to get back with GIRL, because I have a hole in my heart. Happiness, she will fulfill my desire, leaving me sane again.
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I just got my first job, spend paycheck immediately. Thinking I was better than americans spending money, I was doing the exact same thing, driving me into debt.
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I just got my first job, spend paycheck immediately. Thinking I was better than americans spending money, I was doing the exact same thing, driving me into debt.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: I [22/M] haven't had many relationships need advice on how to make and progress a healthy one
POST: Ok so to start here's a brief synopsis of my past relationships:
my first official one was about a year ago she [20/F] (I was 21 at the time) was shy and lived in the next state over, and didn't have a car but worked with me to find good times to meet and I made an effort to visit her regularly. It was both our first real relationship so things didn't go very far in the physical department. when the fall semester started we were able to meet more frequently and I though things had been going well but suddenly it ended with her saying that she doesn't have romantic feelings for me after some introspection on her part. I reacted badly and too emotionally (crying and asking why, similar bs) mostly due that being my first real breakup.
My second relationship went better [21/f], we hung out a bit during summer (we lived closer and met more often and played some online games frequently) and got comfortable being close to one another but when college started back up I barely saw her. I tried every other week to set aside time for us but she consistently replied that she was too busy with work and school, I told her we could meet any time I wasn't in class but she rarely (once in 2 months) worked with me to find a good time. At this point I became rather dejected but kept it to myself and felt like she either didn't really like me and just wasn't telling me or I had done something wrong, but she said I hadn't done anything. So after a few weeks and only texting, with her changing the subject every time I tried to tell her how I was feeling and going out of my way to make time for us even if it was minimal and non romantic I broke up with her by basically saying that if she couldn't put any more effort into the relationship than she already was that we should just be friends. I was mad at her but I kept it to myself.
I feel I should also say that I'm a high functioning autistic (NLD/NVLD) who has adapted well but still has a lot of trouble interpreting body language and nonverbal cues.
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I want a healthy relationship but am unsure how to best progress to that point, my previous relationships did not get to the point where we were emotionally or physically comfortable with one another.
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I want a healthy relationship but am unsure how to best progress to that point, my previous relationships did not get to the point where we were emotionally or physically comfortable with one another.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by vomiting in church.
POST: As you all have probably guessed by now, no this did not happen today, but when I was twelve.
The day is Easter Sunday, and my sister is sick. I'm not a religious man but when I was younger my family insisted on going to church, so as usual my mother and I attended Easter mass. I felt fine for the whole hour and a half or so before communion, and then we line it up to collect our jeezit cracker. I put it in my mouth and my stomach rolls, and I tell my mom I'm gonna be sick. I remember her asking if I can wait just a little longer as we enter the pew but she couldn't even finish her sentence before my twelve year old self projectile vomited the body of Christ all over God's workshop. Everybody gasped and whispered to one another and I never realized until I was older that they all probably thought I was the antichrist or something.
They never made me go back to church after that, or Sunday school for that matter so I was chill.
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Projectile vomited the body of Christ on his rebirth day, was thought to be an antichrist and got to skip out on church for the rest of forever
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Projectile vomited the body of Christ on his rebirth day, was thought to be an antichrist and got to skip out on church for the rest of forever
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I've [31/m] got some interesting questions about my platonic friend [26/f]
POST: I've moved to a city, I'll be here temporarily. Through OKCupid, I've made a friend here who's about five years younger than I am. She and I are good friends, and other than a drunken kiss (For context, we were drunk, but I'm not comfortable with pursuing things with drunken women, so I paid for a cab to get her home safe).
Shortly after, she made it quite clear that we're better as friends, and in balance, that was a better thing to do. I am, however, having an issue with some of the ways she crosses lines – If she's not attracted to me, I'm pretty uncomfortable with the fact that she puts her head in my lap when she comes by to watch movies. I have spoken to her about it, and she sees that it's a space-and-signals thing. She also has no problem telling me about guys that she's slept with, albeit in oblique ways I'm less and less attracted to her because of some maturity issues she has, but she's a nice person to be around.
At this point, I would really like to know a few things, and would appreciate opinions:
1) Why tell me who you're sleeping with?
2) There's a clear maturity gap. I don't make friends very easily, and it's a pattern of behaviour which I've been trying to break, as it's important to have a diverse group of friends around. That being said, would it be a good idea to continue the friendship?
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1) Is it worth keeping the friendship when the maturity levels don't match? 2) She's not interested, but keeps pushing boundaries. What's up with that?
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1) Is it worth keeping the friendship when the maturity levels don't match? 2) She's not interested, but keeps pushing boundaries. What's up with that?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My ex?-girlfiend [35F] physically assaulted me [28M] during an argument for the first time, why do I feel guilty?
POST: My partner woke me up this morning after I muttered a patients name during my sleep (I work as a medical dispatcher) she assumed I was cheating on her and demanded to check my phone, I complied since I had nothing to hide.
She found a video of me at the clubs last year which I did not tell her, it was a video of just the club and I was with my boys with no girls present.
I refused to speak about this since I was not in the right mind set to talk about this since I was still half asleep, I went into the lounge and tried to ignore the situation until later on.
She did not agree to this and tried to wake me up and confront me about this, I was upset and I did tell her to "f*ck off, I'll speak to you when I'm awake". She demanded to to talk about this and grabbed me by the wrists, I still refused to talk about it as I was furious and did not want to make the situation worse.
She then got extremely upset and decided to punch me in the arm and slap me in the face numerous of times, I pleaded her to stop and told her it was not the right thing to do, I threaten to call the police and she kept going for 30 mins I called the cops to come and I did not lay a single finger on her.
The took her away and advised she was not to come back until tomorrow and I refused to press an charges.
She is an international student from Japan and English isn't her first language, I'm born in Australia so my English is fluent. We have been dating for 1 year, I understand there is some communication problems at times but we enjoy each others company and have not had major arguments in the past.
We just moved out together 1 month into an apartment and invested a lot of time and money into it.
Do I try and make it work?
Should I leave?
Why do I feel like I was responsible and guilty?
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moved into apartment with partner after 1 year of dating for 1 month and she assaulted me for the first time after an argument because I refused to communicate, where do I go from here?
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moved into apartment with partner after 1 year of dating for 1 month and she assaulted me for the first time after an argument because I refused to communicate, where do I go from here?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: Do I [25F] risk losing the friendship I've formed with ex [35M] and sleep with him?
POST: My ex boyfriend and I dated for 7 or so months. He was always really busy and I felt neglected, so much so that I ended the relationship. We had the best sex I have ever had in my life though. We've remained friends.
Then I began to date this other guy, Tom. Tom and I were together for two and a half years. We lived together and everything was great until it wasn't anymore. He is 28 and I'm 25 and he just stopped being attracted to me I guess, because he would never try to sleep with me. I had to initiate everything and half the time he would reject me because he was on adderall or something. We didn't click sexually. In fact, when I told him how I wanted rough sex, he replied about how he "isn't into rape" and made me feel really shitty. I broke up with him last Thursday (it was very civil, he didn't try to get me to change my mind, it's very obvious he's no longer interested) and he is in the process of moving out. He's not staying at my house, he is just packing on the weekends (while i stay at my sisters) and should be out by the end of this weekend.
I have been talking to my ex lately about my breakup and he's really been supportive. Not like a "I want to get in your pants" supportive, but just a really great listener. He's probably one of my best friends, but I really want to fuck him. In fact we've talked about it. Neither of us want to date again, we just both agreed it was like the best sex ever. My question is - do I go down the sticky friends with benefits road with my ex? I don't want to "ruin" our friendship, but we've already had sex before and I kind of feel like this would make our friendship stronger. He's the most open person ever sexually, we explore all kinds of fantasies. Of course I won't be sleeping with anyone until all of Tom's shit is out of my house because I need to make sure I close that door for real. Keep in mind I haven't have sex for about 5 or so months.
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I am super fucking horny and am getting out of a relationship with a guy who never wanted to have sex. Do I have sex with the guy who I dated before him, who is now my close friend?
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I am super fucking horny and am getting out of a relationship with a guy who never wanted to have sex. Do I have sex with the guy who I dated before him, who is now my close friend?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: Protecting my brand - question
POST: I'm starting a business (only local and online at first, no brick and mortar) and at first this will only be selling apparel.
I have a name of the business, a name of the apparel line, and a logo. I've check trademarks and everything is fine - do I need to trademark the name before I sell anything?
The trademark (I believe has to be done separate since the names are slightly different between company name and apparel line name) is expensive I think (700 up front maybe?) - didn't know without doing that if I had any protection if someone stole my name and or logo.
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if I start an apparel line and don't trademark the name or logo, do I have any protection against someone stealing my name/logo? [USA] [Pennsylvania]
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if I start an apparel line and don't trademark the name or logo, do I have any protection against someone stealing my name/logo? [USA] [Pennsylvania]
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My mom [51F] acts like a toddler and it's driving me [23F] nuts.
POST: My mother [51] and I [23F] used to have a fantastic relationship. We would go shopping together, we called each other every day if we were apart, and I could tell her anything. Then she got into a car accident which nearly scalped her.
Ever since then, she has changed. She focuses solely on herself and acts like a toddler or teenager. She only buys name brand clothes, always wears heavy amounts of makeup, and frequents the local tanning salon. Needless to say, I find it increasingly more difficult to be around her. I am now forced to be a mother figure to my sister [19] because of her ideals.
Now, my fiancé [24M] and I are planning our wedding and my mother's attitude is intolerable. She has taken it upon herself to look into the catering, but has become so focused on this, that she no longer cares about the rest of the wedding. She told me, "I want the food to be perfect because I'm going for the food because I don't dance."
I am constantly getting bombarded by my mother about the catering and she is concerned with nothing else. I feel as if she has lost sight of her family and is stressing me out about the wedding.
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Advice needed on fixing the relationship between me [23F] and my mom [51F] who acts like a toddler.
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Advice needed on fixing the relationship between me [23F] and my mom [51F] who acts like a toddler.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: Am I wasting my time with her? Need advice
POST: Let me explaine my situation (Sorry if I make mistakes, english isn't my first language). So I'm a 20yo male, been dating this girl for 3-4 months and it's my first relationship. I've known her for 3 years and she has been treated like shit by her 2 other boyfriends in the past, I should also mention that she is on heavy anti anxiety meds and has depression (this will seems like an important detail)
Anyway hear is why i'm asking this - everything was just perfect until about 3 weeks ago, at first the contact was constant, we would text everyday and with time it became more rational and we'ed text a bit through the week before we saw each other. This all stopped after one date where she told me the L word for the first time - one week no contact, and when i texted she replied 1 week later. The thing is, we still saw each other on a date, and she was affectionate and all, but then BAM she goes cold on me by text again but a week and a half latter we see each other again and it's all normal in person again.
I have confronted her about this, asked if everything was ok but she gave me very vague answers like "I'm the kind of person who needs to think about there problems before asking for others people's oppinions" and "You can talk about anything with me" (In my head I was like : wtf, you never answer your phone and text when the planets are aligned)
I should also add that I left the country for a month and a half 4 days ago (maybe that has somthing to do with her distance? but shouldn't it be the opposit?)
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My girlfriend's words contradict her actions, this could be her messed up head (or just mine) or somthing else, some advice would be lovely
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My girlfriend's words contradict her actions, this could be her messed up head (or just mine) or somthing else, some advice would be lovely
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [22/F] with my bf [25M] 10 months, is it wrong that I want to talk to his ex to find out why they broke up?
POST: His ex lives in a different city, and I've never met her, but I found her on Facebook and have gotten into the bad habit of checking up on her every day to see what she's up to.
She seems perfect, and she and my bf dated for like 5 years and he really loved her. A part of me thinks he still does because the relationship ended abruptly after she was unfaithful to him. He doesn't talk about their relationship.
I know he shouldn't, but I'm so curious to know what he was like with her, and what caused her to cheat on him. I'm insecure of their relationship because I've never dated before I met him, but he loved someone else.
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Boyfriend dated girl for 5 years. Is it wrong for me to contact her on facebook to see what bf was like in their relationship?
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Boyfriend dated girl for 5 years. Is it wrong for me to contact her on facebook to see what bf was like in their relationship?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My GFs [20 F] birthday today and I [21 M] feel really bad
POST: My girlfriend and I have been in a long distance relationship for nearly a year now and it is her birthday today. I wanted to spend some time with her but she didn't bother to reply.
I'm not proud of it but I logged onto her facebook and she was chatting with this guy continuously. I always figured when 2 people are really in love, they'd spend their best days with the other as well as their worsts. I had a lot planned for her and it hurt me when she didn't bother chatting with me. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to fight with her on her birthday.
I know on my birthday, I'd love to spend every minute talking to her. It kinda feels like she doesn't really care that much and she has other people and when things go to shit with them, she'll come back to me. Or am I really stupid and I should let her enjoy her day?
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Girlfriend ignoring me on her birthday because shes too busy chatting with other guys. Am I stupid to feel bad about it?
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Girlfriend ignoring me on her birthday because shes too busy chatting with other guys. Am I stupid to feel bad about it?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [17/f] I caught my brother [16/m] in my room wearing my clothes, he confesses to me that he has always been gay and wants to be a girl, how can I support him further?
POST: About 2 weeks ago, I came home one day from school earlier than usual because my teacher let us go early, and when I got home, I heard moaning noises in my bedroom.
Right there and then I thought things aren't gonna be good, I found my brother masturbating while wearing my panties, clothes and heels. Immediately shit turns awkward and at first I was creeped out like no tomorrow. But we sat down and he begged me to hear him out. He basically came out saying he is gay or bi but he doesn't know? His exact words were "I want to become a pretty girl like you sis". I kind of understood that my brother has been hiding all this and him finally coming out made me a bit happy and I want to support him 100%. Obviously he didn't tell anyone else, and our parents are honestly the biggest obstacle because they are the strict Asian types (we are 2nd generation Viet). So my brother has never told anyone until now. I want to help him and support him, so I promised him that I'll lend him some of my clothes and undies and even help him buy feminine stuff for him. I don't really know what else I could do for him considering our parents will likely kick him out of the house if they found out about his sexual orientation. I want to be the best big sister and be there for him, ever since he came out (about 2 weeks ago) we started hanging out more and connecting on a more personal level. At night when our parents are asleep he would just sneak over and we would have "girl talk" and play dress up, I know it might sound weird but it makes him happy and I am happy for him too, knowing that the only time he can be himself is with me. How can I help him further, I know its hard for him to hide it and he just seems to enjoy life so much more whenever hes in my room being himself?
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Caught brother wearing my clothes, turns out he is gay and has always wanted to be a girl. I support him 100% but our parents are super strict Asian parents. What else can I do for him?
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Caught brother wearing my clothes, turns out he is gay and has always wanted to be a girl. I support him 100% but our parents are super strict Asian parents. What else can I do for him?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Am I crazy?
POST: Dear Reddit,
On the Global Reddit Meet-up Day June 19th I met a few new people and friended 2 of them on Face Book. Not long after that I broke up with the man who introduced me to Reddit and started talking to one of my new friends. We set up 2 dates, and preempted one by watching fireworks on July 3rd before a cookout at his friends place on the 4th. We have seen each other nearly every day since then, its been 2 and 1/2 weeks.
In the first few days he gave me a computer. We had a wonderful time on all the planned dates and even just watching movies at his place and eating pizza was fantastic fun. On the 16th he gave me a key to his apartment so I could lock the door after sleeping in and since then I can come and go as I please.
I had found an apartment to live in from August 2010 to 2011, and he said if I needed help getting together the first months rent and security deposit that he could help me, also he could borrow a truck to help me move, and at that point he jokingly said that I could just rent his other room.
Now its not joking, it would be economically beneficial for us both if I simply moved in with him and he is serious in his offer.
We have future plans for a 4 day camping trip and if I do move in we will save enough money that I can go with him on a trip to Jamaica in November.
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We met because of Reddit, and have been dating 2 and 1/2 weeks. Am I crazy for even thinking of moving in with him?
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We met because of Reddit, and have been dating 2 and 1/2 weeks. Am I crazy for even thinking of moving in with him?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [EX] Me [23 M] with my Ex[22 F] 3.5 years, i want her back.
POST: Ok fellow redditors, here we go;
6 months ago my ex broke up with me because "she didn't feel the way she was supposed to feel anymore"
but..
As stated in the title, i want my ex back, probably sounds pretty generic but i cant help it.
We broke up 6 months ago, i was fucking pissed and got into a new relationship, thought it was a good idea at first i had great sex and great talk with my new girlfriend but something was missing all the time.
Found out my "new" girlfriend was a just a rebound to my ex so i decided i should end the relationship between us.. Also as a matter of fact i thought about my ex every single day during our relationship, about how it would be if she didn't break up with me and hearing all the voices of friends and relatives inside my head at the breakup; "its a shame, thought you would get married soon and get children and such" and all that crap.
After all, i miss her every day so god damn bad i'm thinking of asking her out just to check out her interest in me, maybe its something and we could start over again? right?
After all its the only person ever in my life i felt comfortable with in a relationship, in my eyes she was perfect.
So yeah, maybe its my head messing with me or maybe she is the one.. i don't really know anymore i feel that this post doesn't even make sense to you guys.
I still have about weekly (friendly) contact with her at the moment
What do you think? I'm just so fucking confused..
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Broke up, got new GF, broke up again because cant stop thinking of the love of my life; my ex.
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Broke up, got new GF, broke up again because cant stop thinking of the love of my life; my ex.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: How do I [26M] break up with my girlfriend [28F] of one year and minimize the impact on her?
POST: I have been dating my girlfriend for just over a year. The relationship has been more than great. It is the best relationship I have ever been in. She is caring, loving, respectful and loyal. There isn't a thing she wouldn't do for me. Unfortunately I have issues.
Lately, I have been thinking about the commitment. I don't think I'm ready to be committed to someone at this stage in my life. I need a few years to get certain things out of my system. Like sleeping around, meeting and dating more people. I know this sounds terrible, but I can't be dishonest with my girlfriend. When I go out with my guy friends, all I want to do is talk to women and hook up with them. I have not cheated on my girlfriend at all, but I am concerned that eventually I may slip. She deserves better than this.
How do I go about this without totally crushing her heart? I am so upset and hurt even thinking about breaking up with her. I'm the verge of crying as I'm typing this. She has been so wonderful to me, yet I am the asshole that wants to break up.
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I'm not ready to be committed to my amazing girlfriend at this point in my life. I don't know how to tell her this without crushing her heart.
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I'm not ready to be committed to my amazing girlfriend at this point in my life. I don't know how to tell her this without crushing her heart.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [33F] with my boyfriend [31M] of 6 months, I am curious about something but don't know how, or if I should, approach it with him.
POST: My boyfriend and I have been together for about 6 months and things are really great. I had some trouble opening up to him at first but I'm getting better at it, and things are going really well.
The only thing that sometimes bothers me is our sex life. It used to be more adventurous but it seems to be a lot of the same old same old now. We definitely don't sext anymore and it's dropped off a bit, where we have sex maybe once a week. And he only seems to be able to finish half the time. I don't want to ask him about it since I don't want to put pressure on him or seem like I'm bitching, but I'm kinda curious as to why it's happening.
I know I shouldn't let it bother me but it's started to a little. I want to feel like enough for him and when it happens I don't. Also, I might add that he's incredibly lazy and also that I don't think sex is the most important part of a relationship for him.
Any thoughts, especially from men or women who have been in this situation before, would be appreciated.
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My boyfriend only seems to be able to finish half the time we have sex. Seemed like a lot more in the beginning. Things are better than ever so I'm not sure why.
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My boyfriend only seems to be able to finish half the time we have sex. Seemed like a lot more in the beginning. Things are better than ever so I'm not sure why.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [22F] Girlfriend is leaving honeymoon phase and now I [22M] want out
POST: Together for 5 months. Dated for 2. I've never been in a relationship longer than ~3 months while she's been a few LTRs.
During the "honeymoon phase" when we made it official between us, we were extra affectionate. We wanted to see each other every day, would text and Snapchat often, and would have sex all the time.
After a while though, feelings faded. Hers faster than mine. Dates became dull. Texts became less enthusiastic. Pillow talk after sex would be brief.
She says she's in the comfortable stage. Where she's secure enough in the relationship that she can be herself.
I was left behind in the honeymoon phase. I would still get excited to see her. I miss the sweet texts of "thinking of you". I miss the pillow talk after sex.
She still tells me she likes me when we're together. It's gone from "I really really really like you" to "I like you" though.
Now I want out. I want another honeymoon phase. I want her to want me as much as I want her.
Am I looking for too much in a relationship? It's the first time I've been in a relationship this long. I understand the honeymoon phase can't last forever. Maybe I just want a more affectionate girl. Or that I enjoy the security of knowing she likes me as much as she does.
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No longer in honeymoon phase. I miss the affection and want to move on. First time I've made it this far. Not sure if I'm expecting too much from relationships.
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No longer in honeymoon phase. I miss the affection and want to move on. First time I've made it this far. Not sure if I'm expecting too much from relationships.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/BreakUps
TITLE: 18 year old guy, first relationship. Please help.
POST: We split up in the middle of the summer because she was leaving for the semester, and she wasn't into me anymore (or so she claimed). We got back together at the end of the summer temporarily when our families stayed at the same hotel for a week during vacation.
She left for the semester, started hooking up with a douche who eventually cheated on her and got expelled. I made a terrible decision and hooked up with one of her friends and had a brief fling with another one. I was incredibly depressed and looking for someone to cling to for support. She had a brief fling with another guy and is currently pursuing a third. We talk a lot over email and chat, although it's mostly me who initiates contact. Towards the beginning of the semester I asked several times if she wanted to get back together and she said it was too early to tell. The last time, I pressed her for an answer (was a month or two ago), and she rejected me pretty brutally.
She came back for thanksgiving break and didn't particularly want to see me, although she wasn't totally opposed to it. She went to a random party and hooked up with several guys but apparently they weren't particularly desirable. She posted a bunch of shit on her tumblr about lost love and missing someone. She could mean me, or could mean the guy she's currently pursuing. I have no idea. She posted a picture with the caption: "You used to be alright. What happened?" and said "[name], lovie, this is for you."
Those are the facts and I have no idea what to make of them. I think she still has feelings for me, but is also angry/disgusted with my hooking up with her friends. I've apologized and explained myself to her, and I don't know how best to help the situation now.
I would really like to get back with her when she gets back, but I don't know if that's possible or how best to go about doing that. My idea was to give her some space for a month (aka no contact) and seeing how she feels when she gets back. Am I an idiot? What should I be doing? I have no idea what to do. Please please help.
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my girlfriend and I broke up for the semester, I got with 2 of her friends briefly (huge mistake), but she may still have feelings for me. Is it even possible to salvage something?
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my girlfriend and I broke up for the semester, I got with 2 of her friends briefly (huge mistake), but she may still have feelings for me. Is it even possible to salvage something?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [20M] second date with a girl [20F] ended with a hug, not a kiss. But she said she wanted to see me again after finals/winter break end?
POST: Last night I went on a really great second date with a girl. Despite it being reading period, with finals approaching next week, we went to see a comedy show, and then got hot chocolate at a coffee shop afterwards and talked until closing. I walked her home afterwards.
At the end of the date I really wanted to kiss her, and I started moving my hands towards her waist to hold her, but before I could do anything else she leaned in and gave me a tight hug, and told me she wanted to hang out with me again after winter break.
Did she not want to kiss? Or did she just misread it as a hug?
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Second date was really good, tried for a kiss at the end but got a hug instead, and an invite for a third date. Rejection or miscommunication??
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Second date was really good, tried for a kiss at the end but got a hug instead, and an invite for a third date. Rejection or miscommunication??
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by not making sure my rats couldn't escape.
POST: A little background, I have 4 rats; 2 albino, 2 black and white ones. In the last week or so, one of the albino ones (mind you, they are practically blind) has been learning to jump from her cage, which is three feet up, and then explore our room. We've tried a bunch of solutions that didn't work, but yesterday we switched out the table and thought now she wouldn't be able to jump down, and she didn't for about three hours.
This morning we wake up to find the glass of water on my desk (which is about 15 feet away from her cage, and about 3 feet off the ground) is tipped over and the water spilled onto my gaming pc. We found her under the bed and put her back.
Now, I open my PC and dry off the parts with a q-tip, the wires, everything is dry it seems. I turn it on, motherboard, GPU, CPU,
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Didn't do a good job of not letting rat escape, she spilled my glass of water and fried my gaming pc hard drive.
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Didn't do a good job of not letting rat escape, she spilled my glass of water and fried my gaming pc hard drive.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [16F] really miss my dog, but there is absolutely no way I can see him.
POST: Recently, my birth family acquired a puppy. Cute little bugger of a Frenchie that would brighten my day immensely when I saw him.
However, I managed to get away from my abusive birth family by going to the police, and since then a contract has been in place that I am not to go home. I don't want to go home either, but I haven't seen my dog in months and I really,really miss him.
How do I cope with this? Is there any polite way to ask my new guardians if it's possible to bring the dog over for a little while? I'm not even sure if my pup's around anymore. :(
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Miss my dog at home, but home is abusive and there is a contract by CPS that states I am not to go home under any circumstances. How to ask guardians if I can see the dog?
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Miss my dog at home, but home is abusive and there is a contract by CPS that states I am not to go home under any circumstances. How to ask guardians if I can see the dog?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Redditors of Western NY, is a move to the Rochester area right for me?
POST: I am happy to comment and add information as you ask for it (less the intimate details of my exact geographical location), and encourage references where you feel you can offer any.
Just a little background on myself, to help you get familiar with my situation, and maybe try to sympathize:
I am a 21 year old college student living south of the Mason-Dixon. I have attended two different universities as of now, and have just ended my third year (it will take at least one extra semester for me to graduate due to a number of major changes, and the current degree I'm seeking isn't anything I plan to use. Fuck me, right?). I'm not happy at my current uni for a variety of academic and social reasons, and have considered applying to RIT to finish my schooling. My pull for this is that if I finish my last year of undergrad in the state I plan on attending grad school in, I won't be paying out of state tuition.
Grad school is kind of an "IF" though, as my career goals lay with training thoroughbred racehorses and getting a well rounded education with different aspects of farm operations (breeding, foaling, medical treatment, etc.). Finding a place / places to work in this field around the Rochester area is a vital part of the decision I would make to move to the area. If I can't work with horses, I can't make the move.
Other areas of concern as I weigh the pros and cons of such a life change are finances, the fact that I know very few to no people there, and complete unfamiliarity with the area.
Why do I want to leave where I am now? The place I've called home and spent the last 11 years of my life? Plainly- I hate it. The people, the economy, the school. I feel like an outsider in my own hometown. And though I'm not exactly spiritual, I've felt the Empire State has been calling to me for a long time. I just don't know if it's the right choice for the path I want to take.
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I hate my life where I'm living now, and feel like I'll never get ahead here. I'm thinking about moving to NY. Good idea or bad for an aspiring equestrian who needs to finish school?
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I hate my life where I'm living now, and feel like I'll never get ahead here. I'm thinking about moving to NY. Good idea or bad for an aspiring equestrian who needs to finish school?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: Is this relationship one sided, Or am I being shallow?
POST: Our car broke down in another state, and long story short we got jobs, found an apartment, started a new life here.
At first, I didn't have a job, and he paid for everything. Then, I got a job, worked my ass off and got promoted to full time. His contract was over and now he's looking for work again. I pay for everything now, with the deal that he will pay me back his half later. He said he would pay half of the rent out of his savings.
He's applied for about two hundred jobs, with no leads. He's been late giving me rent for the last two months, and he still owes me one hundred from last month. When I tried to explain that I was worried he didn't respect how important rent is, he quickly got upset, and stormed off into the night to find an ATM. Over the phone, i've begged him to come home- it's about 2am here- but he maintains that I just want his money, and "everything is about money" to me. For the record, it's not, I would pay all of the rent if he told me ahead of time he couldn't afford it. I'm worried about him walking for miles in a strange city so late.
His ego has been wrecked lately, because of lack of work and unhappiness with his appearance. He dislikes how he looks because his hair has gotten shaggy, but he doesn't have money to cut it, and refuses my offer to pay for one. I think I may have hit a sore spot when I asked about the rent. He has been feeling inadequate lately, and this may have rubbed salt in his wounds.
How can I go about his better in the future? How do I know if i'm being taken advantage off? I don't know anyone here, so thanks in advance for reading dear redditors.
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I'm paying for almost everything for my S.O and I. How Do I know if I'm being taken advantage of, or if I'm being shallow and money oriented?
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I'm paying for almost everything for my S.O and I. How Do I know if I'm being taken advantage of, or if I'm being shallow and money oriented?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Advice
TITLE: (SOMEWHAT URGENT) Training a worker that doesn't respect my authority.
POST: I got in to work today to find that I will be training someone to take over someone else's shift.
I've only been here an hour and so far, he's shooed me away from things, taken things out of my hands, interrupted me to boss customers around, and every time he does something the owner would kill him for (i.e. using the wrong soap or cups) I would let him know how he was supposed to do it, to be cut off by "yeah yeah yeah, I know how to do it."
Hes apparently worked at a different location previously and has forgotten a lot but insists on doing everything himself. When I try to tell him I need him to do something else he flat out says 'no.' Hes been in a phone call for the last 15 minutes.
Its just his first shift. I know I have to put my foot down. But how do I do so without starting an argument? I'm stuck here with him until 10 and will probably be training him again after today, but I need to make it clear that he DOES have to listen to me sometimes.
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new guy in training. Im training him. He wont listen to anything I say. How to professionally tell him to step off
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new guy in training. Im training him. He wont listen to anything I say. How to professionally tell him to step off
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I'm a little uneasy about the number of sexual partners my girlfriend has had. Am I being dumb?
POST: So my girlfriend and I have been together for about 6 months, we are both 21 years old. The relationship has been awesome, we have had minor differences but no huge fights. I know that we are still a fairly young couple, but bear with me. I'm not a very promiscuous guy (I've slept with only one other person before my current girlfriend, and the other person was a girl who I dated for a year). Basically, I don't really sleep around. This weekend, for some reason, I asked my girlfriend for the first time how many guys she has slept with. She told me I was the 9th guy. I was expecting around 3 or 4. To me, she doesn't seem to be the type of girl who sleeps around (I don't even know if 9 guys qualifies as sleeping around). Even in our relationship, being comfortable sexually is something we have had to work on. That's why I was kind of shocked when she told me I was the 9th guy she's slept with. She told me that she used to view sex as not very meaningful, but that it is very different with me. She's told me numerous times that I mean a lot more to her than any other guys ever have. I'm not mad at her, because I know that I can't be mad at her for doing stuff before we even knew each other. I'm just a little uneasy/put off by the number of guys she's been with. Am I being stupid for feeling like this? My apologies for the big block of text, I don't really know how to format these posts well.
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I've slept with 1 other person, my girlfriend has slept with 8 other people, and I feel weird about it. Am I being dumb?
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I've slept with 1 other person, my girlfriend has slept with 8 other people, and I feel weird about it. Am I being dumb?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by getting run over by an ice cream truck
POST: So, obligatory this did not happen today.
You should know I'm a guy with his pride. So when my SO started mocking my coordination for tripping over stuff, I got pretty mad and decided to prove to her that my coordination is perfect. Needless to say, just a few days later I was roaming the neighbourhood on my brand new unicycle while juggling some tennis balls (3, to be exact).
That's where the fuckup begins. One sunny day I was riding around the area when suddenly this ice cream truck appears from behind the corner and heads for me. I could do nothing but watch the kid behind the steering wheel desperately try to stop the truck - luckily, at the last moment he realised he can simply turn the wheel, so he did not break every single one of my bones, just a few ribs and a hip dislocation.
Turns out was also the time when a lot of illegal immigrants began to come over here - god bless you, Merkel - so some employers felt like it was a perfect opportunity and 'hired' many those people for some shitty money without any contract or training. What's even worse is that the kid driving was quite literally this - a kid.
We finally agreed not to call the police after he promised me a free vanilla scoop every time he was around. My SO was super mad and my unicycle went straight to the garbage can, but damn me if it wasn't worth it.
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Recently got hit by an ice cream truck that was driven by an under aged illegal immigrant while I was riding my unicycle and juggling tennis balls.
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Recently got hit by an ice cream truck that was driven by an under aged illegal immigrant while I was riding my unicycle and juggling tennis balls.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU because of Kobe Bryant
POST: This happened last night, didn't realize it was a FU until a few mins ago:
I was playing 2K15 on my gaming desktop PC. I am the home team (Lakers, of course), and am down by 2 with 2.5 seconds left and have the ball. I take the ball out of bounds and pass it to Kobe who was wide open standing at the 3point line. I shoot, the shot meter was almost perfect, just not quite, and the ball hits the front of the rim and I lose the game... Without thinking about it I kick my desk hard as hell, and everything just shakes, my speakers fell down, and the game freezes. Im too pissed so I just force shutdown and go to bed.
Now I have to do some very important, design-intensive work and come to realize that my GPU is dead and my pc will only boot with the integrated one, which is not powerful enough to work with.
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Kobe missed a game-winning shot and made me mad enough to kick the life out of my PC. Thanks a lot, Kobe Bryant.
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Kobe missed a game-winning shot and made me mad enough to kick the life out of my PC. Thanks a lot, Kobe Bryant.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: Stereotypical post school, university dilemma
POST: So I've been going out with this girl for a year and a half during sixth form. We went to the same school for two years and now we've both gone to university. The main problem with the situation is that she has remained in the home country but I've gone abroad and my degree is for 6 years, so I'll be here for a while. Now, we'd previously decided to just break it off soon as summer was over and just stay friends, but now I've been regretting that decision. My question is if any of you think that an open-ish relationship is a good idea? Basic principle of it is that when we are separate, we talk to each other etc but what any of us does on nights out doesn't matter. Then, when we're back together for xmas easter and summer we date like normal. If not feasible, are there any suggestions? I'm basically just looking for any advice.
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dating in sixth form, now in very distant university for long time. Decided to split, changed mind now trying to see if an open relationship is a feasible option.
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dating in sixth form, now in very distant university for long time. Decided to split, changed mind now trying to see if an open relationship is a feasible option.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I just realize I'm sexist towards women. I'm going to have a daughter very soon. What can I do to stop this train of thought before she is born?
POST: I'm M(27). I recently have discovered I have a very narrow mind towards certain topics regarding women. Whenever I hear women complaining about their partners in a relationship, I can't help but always take the man's side. I slut-shame. I refer to women as "bitches", or "sluts", or whatever other derogatory word. I have a belief that women are biologically inferior to men and as such, it takes a tremendous amount of talent and intellect to be shown before I will respect them. I get turned off from TV shows or movies where there is a strong female lead trying to portray a role that would have been better suited for a man, i.e. being an over the top badass. I believe you get my point here, I'm sexist and not proud of it. I don't know why I am and I don't know how to stop thinking like this. I fear because of this attitude I have towards women, I will discriminate against my soon-to-be-daughter and will treat her differently than I would if I have a son. I fear that this type of behavior could very easily damage my relationship with her and I do not want that. What can I do to get out of this mindset?
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I am sexist towards women. I feel this mindset will ruin my relationship with my unborn daughter. How can I get over this mindset?
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I am sexist towards women. I feel this mindset will ruin my relationship with my unborn daughter. How can I get over this mindset?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [26] bf [28m] wants me to verbally acknowledge everything he says.
POST: I'm not the best communicator in the world. I have ADD and sometimes that makes it nearly impossible to focus on more than one thing at once. My bf frequently gets mad at me for not listening. Part of the problem is that I'll be reading something when he comes in the room and sits down, then he just starts talking. I *literally* can't always hear him when he does this because I'm so engrossed in what I'm already doing.
This morning he said something that I didn't have anything to contribute to really. I was looking directly at him when he said it, but he still got mad because apparently I'm still not listening if I don't have anything to say.
I know I have to work on my part but how do I get him to understand that I can't drop everything all the time to pay attention to and verbally acknowledge every single thing he says. I've explained to him several times that he needs to get my attention before he speaks and I've been working extra hard on keeping my ears open and paying attention. How can I get him to realize that his expectations are unrealistic?
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bf says I never listen because I don't verbally acknowledge everything he says and doesn't understand that I can't.
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bf says I never listen because I don't verbally acknowledge everything he says and doesn't understand that I can't.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Pets
TITLE: Anyone have problems with a vet that jumps to the "surgery" conclusion without really examining your pet?
POST: So we just got back from the vet. We took our 10-month old Plott Hound/Boxer pup in because he seems to have a fluid sac behind his right elbow. It hasn't caused him any pain but it's been there for almost 2 weeks and when we called the vet's office to ask about it, the nurse suggested we bring him in to get it looked at. She warned me that our regular vet wasn't in today and we would be seeing another vet. I can't get off work next week and I figured anyone taking the place of our awesome vet would be just as awesome.
We go in, the guy takes one look at our dog, doesn't touch him once and says "Oh yeah, that's a hygroma. You'll need to have that surgically drained. We'll have to put him out, drain it, then he'll have to have drainage tubes in for the next week. Oh, and you'll have to keep him completely inactive for 2 weeks." Our dog has a hard time holding still for 5 minutes... there's no way he's going to go more than a day without running and playing without heavy sedatives. At this point, we were like, "uh ok, well if the swelling doesn't go down in a week we'll bring him back in." Cool, $54, have a nice day.
I got home and did some searching about [hygromas] The accepted treatment seems to be "make sure they stop damaging the area, put heat on it, take him back to the vet for correction if it gets really big." A lot of sites say that surgery is rarely done and, if it is, it's done when the dog is older and the hygroma has gotten large and/or infected. So we're going to make sure he has a lot of padded areas to rest and we'll put heat on it. We'll even take him to see our regular vet before too long to get his opinion.
I guess I'm just irked that the vet jumped immediately to expensive surgery without even really examining the dog or discussing with us what would happen if we don't get surgery. Has anyone else had a similar experience?
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Our dog has a common condition that shouldn't require surgery, but the substitute vet we went to jumped immediately to surgery as the answer.
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Our dog has a common condition that shouldn't require surgery, but the substitute vet we went to jumped immediately to surgery as the answer.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: What's the best way to answer multiple choice responces when fillling out a job application?
POST: It seems like this is always the longest and hardest part when it comes to filling out applications for jobs. I never know exactly how i should answer some of the questions and whether or not i should be truly honest. In most cases i feel as if i were to be as honest as possible then i would most likely come off a bit too bold for the job i'm applying for.
Another thing that confuses me is the use of the "*slightly agree*" and "*slightly disagree*" responses. I feel like if i were to respond with either of these options then it could be interpreted as if i'm trying not to lie or tell the whole truth.
I guess my overall question is **(
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) should i lie about myself in the multiple choice portion of a job application or should i come out and be as honest as possible?
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) should i lie about myself in the multiple choice portion of a job application or should i come out and be as honest as possible?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Advice
TITLE: We were too late to Austin, TX, so where should we go next in hopes of finding a good living in tech or commercial art?
POST: Hey Reddit!
My SO and I moved from Missouri to Austin, TX after graduation in the hopes of finding work in commercial art (we both have Graphic Design and Illustration degrees). After living here for a couple of months, some of my fears have become realities. We are far too late to really benefit from the huge boom that started in the late 90s, early 00s. At the moment, we are both working on learning web dev, in the case of my SO, and relearning Java OOP, in my case, in the hopes of being more marketable. But there's still a major problem...
The traffic here is a holy forking NIGHTMARE!!
We heard stories, but it took wasting 2 hours of my life in traffic today to really get to my breaking point. The highways are awful, and they aren't going to fix it any time soon. It would be feasible if we did end up getting jobs as developers later on and managed to find jobs within 5 miles of our house. However, there are so many variables and headaches around it that we're seriously considering just moving away the moment our lease is up.
So that brings me to a couple of questions:
1. Does Austin offer any real benefit for tech jobs over other US cities? (Other than Oracle is getting ready to build a huge campus here)
2. Are there any other US cities that are showing the same early signs of growth in the tech industry similar to Austin 10-15 years ago?
Since most of the articles I have read seem to be outdated, or point to cities that have already grown a lot, we're hoping to get firsthand experience from people who live in these unicorn cities. We're also debating on looking for jobs in Dallas and Houston to at least just get away from this horrible traffic asap, but we're also wanting to consider the long game.
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Does Austin, TX, have any real edge on tech/dev industry jobs? Are there any US cities showing early signs of a population boom and tech/dev growth?
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Does Austin, TX, have any real edge on tech/dev industry jobs? Are there any US cities showing early signs of a population boom and tech/dev growth?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: [NSFW] TIFU by walking into our garage
POST: Apologies in advance for shitty formatting or whatever, I'm usually just a lurker but I decided to go to the effort to make a throwaway for this.
This did happen today, unlike a lot of this page's posts, in act it happened just now. I was bored, and home alone, and decided it would be a really fun idea to go exploring our garage, where my dad usually likes to sit and smoke. It's pretty cluttered usually, but, as my parents' wedding is coming up it's been cleaned out this month. I walk in, and look around. I see what I would usually expect to see, tools, cans, used cigarettes and the like, and so I walk over to the desk. I look it over, and find that nothing out of place seems to be there until I look down and see, right underneath a small spanner, a syringe needle. I can tell that it's used, as it's pushed all the way in. My brain instantly jumps to conclusions, but I'm hesitant to believe what my instincts tell me until I look to my right and see two spoons, along with a kettle on the floor. The spoons seem stained.
I'm not sure what to think, or do. I've found a weed grinder of my dad's lying around before, and I've been told that my dad has done some crazy shit in his past, so I know he's open to the idea of drug use (albeit on a much more minor scale) and I didn't care about that, but something like this has left me feeling awkward and concerned for my dad. What if I'm wrong, and the needle was used for something else? Should I ask him? Should I potentially let him continue? I know my dad's job is extremely stressful and if it's his way of coping, I don't necessarily want to stop him. All in all not a colossal fuck up but I certainly wish I hadn't been so nosy.
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TIL my dad might be a heroin user, and why you shouldn't snoop around in your parents' shit.
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TIL my dad might be a heroin user, and why you shouldn't snoop around in your parents' shit.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Should I [24f] tell this guy [24m] about how I tried to ruin his relationship over 10 years ago?
POST: Hey, guys
I'll try to keep it short. J was my 'first love'. We studied together for many years, but I moved to a different city 9 years ago, so we lost contact. However, I moved back to my hometown at the beginning of the year, and there was this meetup. We started talking again, and he recently asked me on a date (which will happen this weekend). But there's something bothering me.
Eleven years ago, when I was a very stupid teenager and had this huge crush on him, I did something I'm not proud of. I had this older "friend" back then, R, who wasn't the nicest person. She was in love with this guy, D, that never gave her any attention, so she would take different boyfriends on a rather short period of time. One of these boyfriends was J.
I knew her well. I knew she didn't like *him* (since she would keep on talking about how the other guy never saw her as more than a friend). But J liked her. And I did want him to be happy. The thing is, in my head, she didn't deserve him, so... I wrote an anonymous letter telling him about how she didn't really like him, how she was just using him to try to get the other guy jealous (she used to say she hoped D would see them together, that "that would show him"), so I wasn't lying in that letter. Still, it was a very low thing to do. R ended up having to explain herself to J, and they broke up. I didn't feel happy at all. I felt horrible, and really, really guilty. But I didn't have the guts to tell the truth, so I just stayed friends with both until I moved. I did become more distant, but that was all I did.
So although it all happened a long time ago, and I like to believe I have got a lot more mature... it still bugs me, now that he and I seem to be on the same page. I do feel bad about what I did, but is it worth bringing up? What do you guys think?
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tried to ruin this guy's relationship with a "friend" over 10 years ago. We met again, and he recently asked me on a date. Should I tell him about what I did?
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tried to ruin this guy's relationship with a "friend" over 10 years ago. We met again, and he recently asked me on a date. Should I tell him about what I did?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by talking to a highschool friend
POST: First off I am a horrible story teller so bear with me.
So this happened a couple hours ago, I'm still not sure what to think. I attended highschool in a rather small town, so everyone there knew each other, and after I graduated I went to a local university. Now being young and wanting to get out of the house I decided to live on campus for the first year (or four).
Small town kid at an okay sized university I get pretty excited when I see someone I know from my town, so naturally I was pretty happy to bump into a girl, let's call her kat, in my building working on the janitorial staff, that I went to school with. She was about to go on break and I had a bit of time while I waited for my laundry so we sat in the longue and talked for a few minutes, right before she left her coworkers walked into the building (there are large glass windows so we can see who comes in/out).
Kat decides to cut her break short and go back to work, and I go upstairs to swap out my laundry. When I come back down the stairs as soon as I open the door I am confronted by a group of the cleaning staff and who I am assuming is security. They start asking me where Kat is and get upset when I don't know (why would I know where the cleaning staff is...) and then tell me I have to leave the premise because employees can't bring guests on campus. After explaining to them that I live here I was told that I should respect the fact that cleaning staff are here to work and not bother them.
A few minutes later I decided to go up to join a group going for lazer tag and as I walked towards the staircase I hear screaming and crying "I can't lose my job no no no!" and I'm pretty sure it was Kat. I have no idea but I think I got her fired by talking to her for 10 minutes on her break.
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The broom and mop mob wasn't impressed that on of their own had friends that go to the univeristy.
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The broom and mop mob wasn't impressed that on of their own had friends that go to the univeristy.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/needadvice
TITLE: Found this little bird stuck between a rock after my dog tried to kill it. It fell from it's nest... Can I do anything more for him?
POST: This ( is the little bird I found. After freeing him and trying to return him back into his nest, the nest and baby were back on the ground 10 minutes later.
I currently have him gated off on my porch, where there's shade -- still with the nest the mother had built. In keeping an eye on him, it seems like the mother came by and fed him in this location and I'm a bit worried about moving the nest repeatedly.
Since I have dogs, I can't leave the nest there without the gate -- they would attack him again if they could get to him, but a few places advised in the stage that this bird looks to be in, it's capable of being out of the nest and will learn how to hunt/fly on it's own that way... Would I be hindering it by keeping it in behind a child gate where it can't, obviously, do these things?
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Found older looking baby who fell twice from nest. Placed baby gate around it on porch to prevent more falls/protect from my dogs. Is that the best place for it?
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Found older looking baby who fell twice from nest. Placed baby gate around it on porch to prevent more falls/protect from my dogs. Is that the best place for it?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/college
TITLE: A wee bit of frustration. What do? Three TLDRs.
POST: This semester has been a shitstorm for me in my lit class. First, the prof tells us that we have homework to do at our convenience that is due at the end of the semester. Later find out that the homework is due each Thursday at six, submitted online. No problem, the syllabus says we have three weeks to submit late work. I start doing the work I missed along with the work I need to do, so I catch up. Mid terms come around and I see that my prof has not posted a grade for me yet. Just yesterday, I find out that grades are up and we had two weeks to do late work instead of the three, thus making me miss the due dates on each assignment, I now have a D. I am a little upset that the syllabus was wrong, and it makes me feel like she was lying to us at the start of the semester. I also took the class before, but my current university won't accept the credit due to the class being one level higher, but it is the EXACT same material.
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Wrong syllabus dates on when things are due, no midterms, causing me to be dangerously close to failing a class that I have already taken.
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Wrong syllabus dates on when things are due, no midterms, causing me to be dangerously close to failing a class that I have already taken.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Feelings I [20 M] have about my first girlfriend [19 F] and our relationship of about 2 weeks, not sure I am ready
POST: So I am in college and got my first ever girlfriend; I have hooked up with people before, also just in college, but never had a relationship.
The weird part is I was so sure I wanted a relationship, but since we started dating suddenly I am not so sure. I feel myself almost wanting other girls even more badly now (sort of a want-what-you-can't-have type of thing).
I'm not sure if this is a normal reaction to a first relationship or maybe I thought I was more ready and mature then I actually am. Any thoughts?
(We haven't had sex or done anything past 2nd base so could it be sexual frustration?)
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got my first girlfriend, I was sure I wanted a relationship, now I am distracted by other women, not sure if I should stick with it or whether I'm not ready for a gf.
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got my first girlfriend, I was sure I wanted a relationship, now I am distracted by other women, not sure if I should stick with it or whether I'm not ready for a gf.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [26 F] with my ex [27 M] 6 months, he has dates lined up and I am broken hearted.
POST: My ex and I dated for just under 6 months until he broke up with me because he had doubts about us and didn't feel in love. He was about to leave on a month and a half work trip and felt "too guilty" coming back at 7.5 months while feeling the same doubts. He told me to treat it like a break up even though he did possibly see potential for us getting back together in the future. But he thought it best if I was able to explore my dating options while he was away and we would see where his feelings were when he came back.
We've texted everyday while he was gone, with him telling me occasionally that he was really looking forward to seeing me when he gets back. He comes back this weekend and today he told me he has two okcupid dates lined up for the next week. I am devastated. He responded by telling me "I know. I'm sorry. These things could end up being nothing and awkward. Just putting in a little effort."
I want to be his friend, but I am very emotional about this news. I wanted to get back together more. I feel rejected all over again. I loved him and I wanted to figure things out with him, to focus on strengthening our connection. I don't know where to go from here
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I wanted to get back together and work on things, he is moving on and dating other people. I want to be friends, but I'm hurt. What now?
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I wanted to get back together and work on things, he is moving on and dating other people. I want to be friends, but I'm hurt. What now?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Advice
TITLE: How to recover for an all nighter, and prepare for another one very soon?
POST: I have a very busy schedule this semester, so I've had 4 tests this past week, and another two tests in 4 days.
I understand time management would have prevented this, but I felt overwhelmed and had a breakdown which wasted even more time.
Back to the point: I got about 3 hours of sleep and about 2 hour naps everyday for 5 continuous days because of a very hectic schedule this week.
Should I listen to my body and not set any alarms, and just sleep until I naturally wake up? Or should I get 8 hours of sleep and drink coffee if I find myself getting tired (in order to maintain a structured sleep schedule)? I slept for about 15 hours today, which I could have used to study but I could hardly keep my eyes open.
Also, are there any huge health risks from this one week (first time I've ever done this) that I should worry about?
Thanks reddit.
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got about 3 hours of sleep a night for 5 days, should I let my body recover and just sleep until I wake up, or should I try to get back on a normal sleep schedule?
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got about 3 hours of sleep a night for 5 days, should I let my body recover and just sleep until I wake up, or should I try to get back on a normal sleep schedule?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: [TX] Volunteers damaged apartment property while moving up a dresser. Who's liable?
POST: Pretty much what the title says. A large charitable organization damaged the door of another apartment on the first floor while they were moving a dresser that we donated.
We notified the office manager after the movers left, as they didn't tell us about it. The manager was very nice and said he would document the incident and get back to us on Monday. The apartment manager is claiming that we are liable for the property damage, and need to get reimbursed by the charity on our own time.
We're moving out in a few weeks. What's the right approach here? Is it up to the apartment manager to work with the charity that did the damage directly? Or are they correct that we need to pay for the damage and then seek reimbursement?
We're moving out soon. Are they allowed to take this out of our security deposit?
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Charity organization volunteers damaged apartment property, and I'd like to know whether they are liable or if I need to pay and then seek reimbursement.
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Charity organization volunteers damaged apartment property, and I'd like to know whether they are liable or if I need to pay and then seek reimbursement.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [33 M] with my GF [30F] 2 years, I just want to be single
POST: Over the last couple weeks I have been thinking of ending things with my gf. Problem is that she lives with me also our relationship is somewhat good , we never fight and she is head over heels in love with me. I want to break up because my reason is simple. I want to be single , but i dont feel that would be a good enough explanation for her and could leave her worse off because there is no closure. I want to know , is the reason of wanting to be single a good enough explanation? I do not blame her or have any ill will toward her, and if we could somehow be friends in future I would welcome that because she is a great girl but I just want to be single. Easy as that
Also there is no warning signs at all so this would totaly blind side my gf if I told her I wanted to end things
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I want to be single , is that a good enough reason to break up or do i need to think of some deep meaningful bs excuse
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I want to be single , is that a good enough reason to break up or do i need to think of some deep meaningful bs excuse
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [24/F] with my husband [30/M] of 6 years, wants me to get a large tattoo of his name, should I?
POST: So My husband wants me to get a large tattoo of his name, written in the Arabic alphabet (We are Muslim), down my rib cage, or down my upper leg area. He has mentioned it for a few years, but lately he is all about it. He says that I would be a bad wife if I did not do it.
I don't want to be a bad wife of course.
I dress very conservatively in public so no one would ever see. I don't know what to do. I don't want a tattoo. They scare me...it is just so forever and on your body. I know a husband is forever too, it just feels different for some reason. The name thing makes me feel like he owns me a bit, like I am property. I mentioned this to him, and he told me I am his property, but in a joking way. So everyone what do you think?
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Husband wants me to get a large tattoo of his name, says I would be a bad wife if I did not, I don't really want to, what should I do?
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Husband wants me to get a large tattoo of his name, says I would be a bad wife if I did not, I don't really want to, what should I do?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [26 M] with my wife[25 F] of 1.5 years, tired of comparisions all the time
POST: Hi all,
We were in a long distance relationship of 2 years before we got married last year . Almost immediately after we got married we tended to fight a lot , and i noticed the fights were almost everytime me defending myself against a comparision she made about something her friends husband/bf did !
I thought it was a one of thing but this has become almost a weekly thing! Last month she got so irritated by seeing her friends honeymoon pics that she deleted her facebook account! Its not that we dont on trips , might not be too many but ~once a month on an average . I am in a new higher paying job but more taxing job and after marriage she left her job for a lesser paying more relaxed job (which i readily agreed for her to join after i realized doing nothing at home caused her to get even more irritable!)
I am an introvert and not really good at things like dancing , singing which she wants me too and our fights have just increased in frequency. Her anger becomes too much at times with things like i want to leave , want to quit and next 2 weeks everything will be splending when again she will say something like this.
Our personalities are very different , mine subdued and easy going and hers extrovert . I really do love her a lot and cant even think about her leaving and so does she behind all her fights i know she loves me but are these comparisions normal? Does every girl do it and this much ? I have stopped visiting my friends with her in case she sees someone doing something i have not done for her.
The worst thing is everyfight she brings up all these things that continously pileup and whatever i will plan i know it wont be enough . What the hell do i do? I really feel inferior and have considered whether ending my life will top everyone.
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Tired with my wife comparing me with every other couple we come across. Nothing i do will be enough , but i love her too much to giveup . Is there anything i can do to end this?
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Tired with my wife comparing me with every other couple we come across. Nothing i do will be enough , but i love her too much to giveup . Is there anything i can do to end this?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: First online dating experience. Rating: used
POST: Edit (at the beginning because I can't read--go me!): I'm 20. The guy in question is 23. I've known him for two months.
So I decided a few months back to join a dating site because I had seen plenty of success with it among friends and thought I would give it a try. I wasn't planning on anything serious forming from it because I have a tendency to seem like a different (read: cooler, more relaxed, etc) person online.
So weeks passed, I talked to some fairly cool people, enjoyed getting a chance to talk to people with different personalities and interests, and then one person messaged me and we instantly clicked. The similarities were astounding: communicating style, interests, political, philosophical, and social beliefs in line. We met IRL, hit it off, hung out a few times, and then he spent the night. We met up 5 times before that, so I didn't think it was moving too fast, plus the physical attraction was there.
Here we are a week and a half later and I've barely heard from him. He cancelled our last date (hang out? chill time? whatever you want to call it) in favor of going to the bar with his coworkers, and I've attempted to make plans since with no response.
I suppose the main question here is am I right to feel used? I don't tend to jump towards extreme explanations but it follows, in my mind at least, that his motive in this was sex, and once that was achieved he moved on. It hurts because I thought we really had a chance at a friendship at the very least, due to the ease of conversation, how natural it felt talking to him, things like that.
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Met a guy online, we hit it off, slept together 5 dates in and now he hasn't talked to me or responded to attempts to make plans in a week and a half. Am I wrong to feel used?
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Met a guy online, we hit it off, slept together 5 dates in and now he hasn't talked to me or responded to attempts to make plans in a week and a half. Am I wrong to feel used?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [24f]Am I wrong for bringing up the past when an ex tries to be friends and pretend like its a clean slate?[24m]
POST: Am I a bitch for telling him i want nothing to do with him? Why i let go - he (24m) never really understood me (24f) and saw me as the perfect gf and after we broke up bc of trust issues he could not talk to me about the real issues (the lies he told me, communication issues, incompatible goals and personalities)...
Nothing i was saying was affecting him! he kept trying to chalk it up to circumstances. I was very patient but eventually i realized we should not be friends and told him to leave me alone for good.
His friends were telling me he was getting emo about me and even though he started to date someone else, he was lying to her too.
1.5 years later I thought we would have a proper adult convo and get closure but he is still trying to blame game, saying that i didnt care about his goals or dreams, etc.
I was doing my best to be objective and try to see it from his side, but after all that time i spent explaining to him he still wouldnt accept responsibility for degrading all my trust i had for him which is common thing that makes people stop caring about each others futures together.
What can I do or say to help him move on? I dont want to feel guilty for bringing up the horrid past but every time i try to be honest i end up sounding cruel or emotionless (like telling him to stop running from the past and taking resp. for his actions and their consequences).
He already apologized but i get angry when he acts like everything is forgotten and that i will see him in a NEW light. I have a hard time being fake nice and sympathetic to someone who wont talk bluntly to me - I get annoyed with casual formalities bc I still see all his actions as FAKE and incongruent with reality.
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ex was trying to be very nice and start over, not talk about the past but I cant be fake nice and act like we just met for the first time again. I still see him as a liar and a phony.
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ex was trying to be very nice and start over, not talk about the past but I cant be fake nice and act like we just met for the first time again. I still see him as a liar and a phony.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [18F] am confused/between current [18M] boyfriend and [18M] ex
POST: My boyfriend of over two and a half years and I broke up right before summer (before going to college for me, before his sophomore college year). He had been acting different upon returning from school, we grew a bit distant; told him I was unsure, he broke up with me the next day. Almost got back together twice over the summer, he initiated it and ended it both times. I (stupidly) had rebound of my high school best friend over summer, ex-boyfriend thinks he was reason why we broke up and despises me for it. I leave for school on bad terms with both, ex-boyfriend blocks my number, refuses to talk to me, etc.
Fast forward September college freshman, meet and begin dating new guy I meet at school. Fall in love with him and we are together currently, doing well and are both happy. The ex-boyfriend contacts me approximately two weeks prior, I tell the current boyfriend of our interaction. I end up writing pages and pages to ex-boyfriend, and think maybe he has feelings? He wants to stop talking; I get upset; he tells me he still loves me and wants to be together and is sorry for everything.
I feel bad for even considering the possibility of being with my ex-boyfriend again. My current relationship has its ups and its downs, but is still beautiful and wonderful. I am going home for work purposes in two weeks, as is the ex-boyfriend, and we are meeting and talking. Is it possible to love two people at once? Am I holding onto residual feelings? I feel bad for my current boyfriend and my ex and cannot distinguish my feelings for which one to be with. It is unfair to both and I don't want to feel guilty and bad again but I also don't want to make the wrong choice. I did not consider my feelings for my ex before he told me he still loved me, and I do not want to be emotionally cheating, although I realize that seems as if it is happening. What to do?
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Ex boyfriend of 2.5 year relationship contacts me during happy 6 month+ current relationship and old feelings seem to be surfacing HELP?!
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Ex boyfriend of 2.5 year relationship contacts me during happy 6 month+ current relationship and old feelings seem to be surfacing HELP?!
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [22F] feel like even after 2.5 years I know nothing about my boyfriend [21M]
POST: I love my boyfriend and I know he loves me too but I feel like he has these huge walls up. When it comes to me and my family I'm pretty much an open book - I tell him everything and I often share things from my childhood with him. My boyfriend never talks about his past/childhood and rarely shares anything about what's going on in his life. When I ask him what's new or what's up he responds by saying that I live with him so I know everything. I'm also very mindful of what I say and find myself having to choose my words carefully so as to not imply that we'll be anything more in the future (made that mistake about a year and a half into our relationship and it ended in tears and a conversation about how he doesn't like to plan things 'cause if it doesn't work it'll end in disappointment). Is this normal? Sometimes it's a little saddening knowing that I'm so open yet he's not that comfortable. It's also shitty that I have to pick and choose my words; I can't just say "Oh I hope we can have a little cottage some day" I have to alter it and say " I hope whoever I marry will want a cottage"... Simple things like that
Halp?
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boyfriend doesn't tell me anything about his childhood/past won't talk about the future; he's not cheating on me and he loves me but he's just not open - how to fix?
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boyfriend doesn't tell me anything about his childhood/past won't talk about the future; he's not cheating on me and he loves me but he's just not open - how to fix?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [18 M] with my GF [19 F] 9mths, more like a friendship?
POST: We get along very well, so I would really like to fix what's happening right now. Basically, she is a very cautious person. I am her first boyfriend, first kiss, first everything. So far, we have kissed and made out, with a bit of fondling by me (none by her).
Before making any advances whatsoever, I go very very far out of my way to make sure she is okay with what's happening. She has told me that she appreciates this so much. However, the other day, I brought up going farther, as we haven't moved past the making out in probably 4 months, and I consider myself HL. I am absolutely against pushing her to do something she wouldn't want to do. Her response was basically to say that she liked the pace things were moving at (not much of a pace anymore).
However, the fact that we only get slightly intimate every 2 weeks or so makes this relationship feel like a friendship, like I'm dating my mother or something. It doesn't feel at all like she is sexually attracted to me and I am definitely running low on patience.
Does anyone have advice for me? Anyone been in her position and have insight? We are talking this out, but to me it is an embarrassing issue and I would rather not talk about it with my friends.
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overly cautious GF of 9 months who I get along with really well isn't putting out sexually at all, and running low on patience myself.
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overly cautious GF of 9 months who I get along with really well isn't putting out sexually at all, and running low on patience myself.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Am I making the biggest mistake of my life here?
POST: Hello, there! First time poster, not so long time redditor here.
First off, I believe that personal problems must be solved by oneself, but I would really appreciate some outside input/similar experiences.
Almost 2 years ago I've met a girl that, for all intents and purposes, is the perfect girl for me. We have shared hobbies, she's awesomely pretty, she reads Pratchett, plays Munchkin with me, she's very smart and she even plays video games (we've bought a console together).
What is the problem then, you might ask? Well, the problem is that she's almost 5 years younger than me. I'm 25.
She says she loves me, and I believe her. But she also dropped a few hints about the fact that she feels like she's settling down too early.
So we've had a few talks about that and I was right. And we came to the conclusion that we should take a break. Well, I came to the conclusion, because I don't want her to feel that she's losing something because of me.
So, in a few days we'll be both single, and I don't know if I did the right thing. Yes, it feels like the right thing, but at the same time it breaks me inside.
What do you think?
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Boy and girl. After a 2 year relationship, even though we get along perfectly, girl is afraid of settling down. Both agree to take a break.
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Boy and girl. After a 2 year relationship, even though we get along perfectly, girl is afraid of settling down. Both agree to take a break.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: What YouTube Network do you recommend I join, Redditors?
POST: We created a YouTube channel about a year and change ago in Mexico and we're currently growing at a slightly slow but steady pace. Thing is, we don't have enough numbers to actually start generating any revenue but enough to join a Network and give a bit of a jumpstart to our reach. We have been striving for the best quality in our videos but our Latinamerican audience don't really seem to be responding as fast.
So, I guess my first question is *Does joining a Network actually help jumpstart your channel into having more views and reaching a wider audience?*
And my second question would be related to the fact that we're looking at Machinima (but we've heard a lot of bad things about them) and N4Gtv. *Which of the two would you recommend? If neither, do you recommend a better one?*
Thanks a lot fellow redditors!
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I'm checking if I should join Machinima, N4Gtv or some other, more reliable and helpful Network out there.
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I'm checking if I should join Machinima, N4Gtv or some other, more reliable and helpful Network out there.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: My [20/m] Girlfriend [22/f] might not get into the grad school she wants to.
POST: Basically, my girlfriend might not be able to get into her desired grad school due to certain academic and financial complications. She has one or two courses with an undesirable grade, and wants to retake those courses. But with college tuition costing as much as it does today, it's putting her in a difficult position because she can't retake the courses for an improved grade. I honestly wish that I could help her out and pay for everything, but I have my own increasing tuition fees to cover plus housing.
I'm trying to support her and help her through this the best I can, but it just seems like there isn't much I can do... Or at least, none comes to my mind. This is pretty major source of stress and unhappiness right now, for the both of us. She's been crying about it almost every night, she's also become irritable and somewhat cold and detached. I've been giving her more space, and just being there when she needs me. But I can't help feeling extremely useless and helpless right now, and it's probably one of the worst feelings I've ever experienced. Is there anything I can do to make things a little easier, ease the stress a bit. I just want to see her smile again...
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Girlfriend is worried she won't get into grad school, extremely stressed out. I want to help in all ways possible, but it seems like there just isn't a lot that I can do for her.
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Girlfriend is worried she won't get into grad school, extremely stressed out. I want to help in all ways possible, but it seems like there just isn't a lot that I can do for her.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU leaving my skype on with anime... and laughing like a dolphin.
POST: It started out as my average day, woke up at 4 in the evening, got a cup of coffee, and logged on to Steam for some gaming. It's a good round of tf2 for about an hour and a half, I have a couple tabs open, including an anime I had open on hulu. All the while, I've been skyping my friends. We break for a bit, and I make myself a steak burrito. As I'm slicing the steak I hear something faint in the background. I walk back into my room about 15 minutes later, and having forgot to mute my mic on skype, subjected my friends to my anime and made their ears bleed. Now, I have an alright in public, but when I'm by myself laughing at something, my laugh is that of a squeaky dolphin.
Which is what they heard.
And since one of my friend's has specialized audio equipment, recorded perfectly at that exact moment.
Looking forward to a lot of blackmail and shame.
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Left my skype open, and killed my friend's ears by anime. Laughed like a dolphin at them, and they recorded it. They're blackmailing me as I type.
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Left my skype open, and killed my friend's ears by anime. Laughed like a dolphin at them, and they recorded it. They're blackmailing me as I type.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: How do I [21/F] tell my acquaintance [21/F] I don't want to live with her over summer because she is literally perfect and it would crush my self-esteem?
POST: Pretty sure this makes me pathetic, but here goes. Me and my acquaintance / soon-to-be-friend will both be interning at a company this summer, and we are going to do corporate housing. She asked if I wanted to live in the same suite as her over summer (we wouldn't share a room, just a suite).
I would love to because she's totally awesome EXCEPT my self-esteem would be negative if I housed with her. I know this from first-hand. I've hung out with her a couple of times before and when we did, I felt inferior and self-conscious. This says something about me, not her, but trying to get over it doesn't help.
How do I tell her i don't want to / can't room with her over summer?
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I have an inferiority complex and my acquaintance / friend wants to room together over summer since we're interning at the same place except i can't because my self-esteem would tank but I don't know how to tell her.
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I have an inferiority complex and my acquaintance / friend wants to room together over summer since we're interning at the same place except i can't because my self-esteem would tank but I don't know how to tell her.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [19/F] have a monster crush on my professor [31/F]. In dire need of some sense talked into me.
POST: I don't identify as gay and have never had a serious crush on another girl, but I seriously can't get my professor out of my head and it's driving me nuts. Tomorrow is my last day at college and I'll be moving out of town forever on the 21st of May and I don't want it to be one of those things that haunt me forever.
But guys, this is ridiculous right? There's no chance of a 19 y/o undergrad having *any* kind of relationship with a ~30 y/o professional with a PhD, right?
This all started as just a way to entertain myself in class, but then there was some confusing eye contact and she kept saying if there's *any* way she can help me do well in her class to tell her and saying how good of a student I was. Now she looks away whenever she sees me in the hall. I don't even think she's into women, but she does support the LGBT community a lot and does some things that could be questionable.
Anyway, crush my dreams into smithereens and tell me how ridiculous I am! I've *got* to stop thinking about this; it's consuming my life!
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I can't stop thinking about my professor and as my days at this college and in this town draw to a close, I'm getting some anxiety about never expressing my feelings!
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I can't stop thinking about my professor and as my days at this college and in this town draw to a close, I'm getting some anxiety about never expressing my feelings!
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [21 M] hanging out with a bunch of girls too much a bad thing?
POST: I came home after being away the last couple of years. During my time away I developed a lot of confidence particularly around girls. I have been getting a decent amount of attention from girls who I feel are expressing interest, and I have dated some of them, whilst being friendly and texting others.
I'm currently single and I wouldn't mind having a girlfriend but I'm just kind of going with the flow right now. Basically, I see a lot of potentials but I'm not really worried about making any moves, however I can sense signals. I'm just worried about making friends with too many girls and fear that I may be leading some on while I'm just happy being friends. I find myself hanging out with a lot of girls, I just enjoy their company more than guys. Is it bad to have too many friends that are girls?
I am not trying to brag. I'm just a little concerned as to where this may be heading. Does reddit have any ideas/thoughts/ways to handle this?
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Hanging out with a bunch of girls, I just enjoy being friends but fear I'm leading some on. Is it bad, what should I do.
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Hanging out with a bunch of girls, I just enjoy being friends but fear I'm leading some on. Is it bad, what should I do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I'm (30M) sick of socially freezing up at work.
POST: To summarize a much longer story, I'm working a fairly well paying job that isn't necessarily in my native area. I've had a career setback recently that was largely outside of my control, and I'm working back up to where I want to be.
In the meantime, I handle marketing and online aspects for a company in an industry I'm not necessarily socially aligned with. I do my job well, but finding any socially common ground with much of my co-workers or their colleagues in other companies has been something that's always been a struggle for me.
I'm typically a very confident and well spoken person, but I've found that I've largely frozen up here. I've found it extremely difficult to really converse with anyone here without feeling like an outcast or feeling somewhat ostracized. I've noticed that I've adapted by changing my personality a bit where I'm far more inward and withdrawn than I've ever been.
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this? I feel like it's becoming a huge problem for me the more it goes on, but I really have no idea how to tackle it as I share literally nothing in common with the people that I work with and I feel almost at times as if I'm from an entirely different country or any planet.
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I've become very socially withdrawn after dealing with an entirely different culture in an industry I'm not native to, I'd love advice on how I could stop myself from becoming a hermit.
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I've become very socially withdrawn after dealing with an entirely different culture in an industry I'm not native to, I'd love advice on how I could stop myself from becoming a hermit.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [19M] Just discovered that my GF [19] has been lying to me about our long distance relationship.
POST: Be sure to explain in detail with line breaks.
I live in Oregon, she's attending school on campus in Utah, but lived in Oregon. I visit her once a month for about a week. Last visit (march 31-apr6) she was super distant and snappy towards me, I brushed it off assuming she was stressed with school and work
Four days ago (4/16) she says that she thinks we should take a break so she can focus on school and work, but when she comes home for the summer (June) we'll be stronger.
I was recently hanging out with one of our mutual friends and she asked me how we were doing. I told her about our break and she decided to Facetime her. I stayed in the room and listened (instant regret)
My GF of almost one year (April 25th) was talking with passion in her voice about this dark skinned handsome boy genius who owns his own business at 21, and that she's spent the night at his house three different times. Our friend asked her if they did anything she responded with "Not what you think but two other things." My stomach sank and I just don't know how to handle this.
I'm going to call her when she gets off work in about an hour and confront her about it.
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I live in OR she goes to college in Utah approaching one year and she wants to take a break, later find out she's been seeing another more distinguished man.
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I live in OR she goes to college in Utah approaching one year and she wants to take a break, later find out she's been seeing another more distinguished man.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Was my chance destroyed?
POST: I was hanging out with my crush and some friends on Friday, celebrating the holiday. Everything seemed to go well, we had fun right up until I took her home.
Later that night I walked out of the room and a friend, (still don't know who), got a hold of my phone. Whoever it was sent my crush this message.
* Dear hot girl throwitaway133 won't stfu about. I'm probably gonna get punched when he finds out I sent this. But it's become clear to me he will always be too much of a bitch to make a move or tell you how he feels. So I am doing it for him. Sincerely, a friend of throwitaway133's.
I haven't got any response, or talked to her since I dropped her off Friday night. I don't really know if I should do or say anything. Or, if that just destroyed all my chances. Any insight at all would be great.
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Friend sent my crush a text telling her how I feel, and I haven't heard from her since. Not sure what to do.
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Friend sent my crush a text telling her how I feel, and I haven't heard from her since. Not sure what to do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [22 M] with my friends [21-24 M] feel like I've outgrown them in certain aspects. Don't know how to proceed
POST: I'm a 22 year old, about to finish my undergrad degree in mathematics, I have some friends who are older and already in the workforce. My main issue is now every time we hang out it becomes some type of pissing competition over money/jobs and what have you.
I personally want to continue along in academia and get my masters (definitely) and phd (potentially). I come from a very educated background and all the successful people in my life assure me that this is what will ultimate earn me major rewards down the line (financial and job security). I've also passed 3 actuarial exams.
My main issue is that now I don't feel like my friends really respect what I'm doing. Or maybe not even that they don't respect it, they just actually think toiling away at some large corporation for 65k a year is some type of life goal to aspire to.
I'd hate to look back when I'm 30 and be disappointed at just partying away my 20s and not really doing anything constructive. By the same token, I also don't want to "leave" my friends behind.
I don't know...I really don't know what to do, any advise would be appreciated.
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I want to pursue education at a very high level before entering the workforce, friends are content being low level schmucks that give me grief over my choices.
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I want to pursue education at a very high level before entering the workforce, friends are content being low level schmucks that give me grief over my choices.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: My boobs are getting worse and I'm afraid my husband will think I'm not attractive.
POST: I have big breasts and while I'm still in my early 20s, these things are starting to head south. I know that it's usually the nature of large breasts but I feel like mine are starting to look exceptionally bad for my age. There are stretch marks all over them and they seem to get more numerous and deeper with each passing day. I know that a lot of people will say, "Well, if your husband really loves you he won't care," but it's really taking a toll on my self confidence and as a lot of men know, the less sexier your women feels the less she wants to be intimate. I tried bench presses + incline bench, low reps with high weight but it has a minimal effect on the skin and really only makes them look a little fuller (which is fine if I was an A cup, also makes opening pickle jars easier). I don't really have money for plastic surgery right now and I intend to breast feed so it won't be an option until after I have sufficient funds and after my uterus has fulfilled it's duties. I heard about a derma roller but its quite a bit of money to put toward something that might not work, still more affordable than a breast augmentation though. I'm not sure what else I can do to look good naked. My husband is a big boob fan and I know that he loves me and my sagging knockers but I don't want to be the wife that gives up on trying to look good. I know I should be grateful for these things that will someday nourish my children but I need them to look good so that I can actually get to that point.
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My boobs are getting saggy, what can I do to fix them that is cheaper than plastic surgery and isn't something I already tried (weight training, lotions).
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My boobs are getting saggy, what can I do to fix them that is cheaper than plastic surgery and isn't something I already tried (weight training, lotions).
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Do I [29F] really need to officially come out to my brother [44M] and his wife[40F]?
POST: Due to the age difference, I've never been close with my oldest brother. He moved out at 18 so I never really even got to know him. I only ever see him at Thanksgiving and we never talk. I'm a bit closer with his wife, in that we actually have conversations when I see her, which is still only twice a year (I live 2000 miles from where I grew up so I only visit twice a year).
I came out to my parents and my other brother when I was 17. It took them a bit to get used to it but we're all good now. They've met two long-term girlfriends of mine, and my oldest brother and my sister-in-law also met them, but they were just introduced as, "This is [name]." It was pretty damn obvious that I was in a relationship with these girls, but nothing was explicitly said.
A few years ago, I moved in with a girlfriend. We also went on a trip backpacking around Europe together and moved across the country together. Brother and sister-in-law knew about this. Again, pretty damn obvious, but again, nothing explicitly said.
One little thing that might be worth mentioning as backstory: when my brother was in high school, several of my mom's friends came out as gay. When he found out, he asked my mom, "You're not going to suddenly say you're gay, right??" It gave my mom the impression that he really wouldn't like it, and while I know that a gay sister is totally different from a gay mom, it gives me pause. When I've asked my mom about coming out to him, she says we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
It's starting to feel ridiculous. I'm planning to bring my current girlfriend home this spring and I would really like to introduce her as, "my girlfriend, [name]." It's all but been said at this point, so can I do that? It seems unnecessary to say, "oh, by the way, I'm gay," when I'm pretty sure they already know.
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I've never said the words "I'm gay" to my brother and sister-in-law, but I'm pretty sure they know anyway... do I have to actually "come out" at this point?
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I've never said the words "I'm gay" to my brother and sister-in-law, but I'm pretty sure they know anyway... do I have to actually "come out" at this point?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Advice on dealing with outrageous phone company customer service???!? Help?
POST: Hello Reddit, long time listener, first time caller.
I will start with some back story here.
Towards the end of July my Cellphone began to power down fairly frequently (at least twice a day, often more), knowing that I had about a month left on my warranty, I went directly to the store where I bought my phone, and explained the problem. They assured me that it would be taken care of, and placed an order for a loaner phone to be sent to me house, along with all of the packaging etc necessary for me to mail out my broken phone.
Now this took them about a month and a half, during which I went back to the store to make sure everything was ok. They explained that sometimes these things get backed up, but not to worry. I wanted patiently, and the package did come, along with everything needed.
I mailed my broken phone out immediately.
So yesterday (over a month since I had mailed my phone back, and a few days short of 3 months since I initially reported the problem) I finally received my phone back, however no repairs were made. Apparently since the warranty expired during the time I was waiting for the company to receive the phone, it was deemed OOW (out of warranty)
I was furious, and immediately called their customer service line. The guy who I spoke with (who himself was very helpful) checked out my account information and verified my story, he then went to talk to his supervisor. Turns out there is nothing that can be done, that's their policy. The operator sided with me completely, and basically told me that he thought this was bullshit, he credited my account $50 for the trouble, and filed a detailed complaint with another department... which is supposed to call me in the next few days.
Now the operator who I spoke to seemed confident that along with his detailed letter, this matter should be resolved with the next phone call. Unfortunately I do not share his confidence. Does anyone have any advice for me, regarding how I should handle the next phone call???
Thus far I have been very calm and understanding, yet firm.
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Virgin Mobile refuses to honor a product warranty because it expired while the product was being shipped for repairs. Do What?
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Virgin Mobile refuses to honor a product warranty because it expired while the product was being shipped for repairs. Do What?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: [NJ, USA] Concerning a merit bonus for an employee who is leaving the company. Not sure if this is a matter of law or only company policy.
POST: I've been working as a permanent full time employee (first shift) for a large corporate chain for several years and recently received a much better full time job offer at a different company. I accepted the offer and put in two weeks notice at my current job. This was only a few days ago, so I have not yet switched over to the new job.
Here's where it gets complicated. Around the same time I got the offer (but before I put in my notice), my current employer congratulated me on a job well done and told me I'd be receiving a merit bonus at the end of the month. There are no attached obligations stated; it is a reward for past work.
I was concerned that I may lose the bonus if I leave the company before receiving the bonus, since my two weeks notice ends a few days before the bonus is set to arrive. So I asked my manager (who has always been fair to me) what I should do about this. He informed me that company policy states that yes, in order to receive the bonus I do have to be currently employed on the day it is deposited.
He was understanding enough to allow me to extend my notice another week and burn the candle at both ends; I'd continue working for the company as a part time second shift worker during my first week at the new job (which is first shift).
I was blown away by this willingness to help, obviously. However he seemed a bit apprehensive about how the corporate payroll department may react and he advised me to work as many hours as possible (preferably 30 or more) during that final week.
So I guess my question is.. is this entirely up to the company or is there any legal protection here? Is it possible/legal for some HR guy to notice that it's my final week and just cancel the bonus to save the company some money?
As long as I remain employed when the bonus arrives, does my part time/full time status matter? Does working more than 30, 40 hours help me at all?
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When an employee is selected for a merit bonus, is there *any* legal obligation whatsoever or can the company freely revoke it when they see that the employee intends to leave the company?
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When an employee is selected for a merit bonus, is there *any* legal obligation whatsoever or can the company freely revoke it when they see that the employee intends to leave the company?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [24M] with the girl from the play [??F]
POST: My little brother was performing in a play last night so I went to go watch him perform. While there, there was a girl in the cast who was absolutely stunning. It was a pretty small community theater, so the seats were fairly close to the stage, and (this could be wishful thinking) she made eye contact with me and smiled. I smiled back.
However, we weren't able to stay very long after the show as my little brother is only 9 and my mom needed to take him home to put him to bed, so I didn't get a chance to talk to her after the show (I was my mom and little brother's ride home). I got her name from the play bill that was passed out, and found her on facebook but I just want to make sure I'm not being a total creep by messaging her.
Also what the hell would I say? I've been trying to put myself out there (so to speak) more recently and don't want to shy away from talking to a girl that I think is cute, but I have also been single for a few years (gym, lawyer etc.) so don't really know if messaging her is kosher.
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Saw a cute girl at a play, want to message her on facebook, don't know if it's creepy or not.
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Saw a cute girl at a play, want to message her on facebook, don't know if it's creepy or not.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: One of my best friends [17F] may love me [17M].
POST: Not sure how to start, so I'll just tell it as it occurs to me. This girl is truly one of my best friends, and I love her in that respect immensely. We are very open with each other and are aware that physically, we find one another attractive.
On friday night, as we were both fairly drunk (don't chastise for the age, in our country legal drinking from 16) she turned to me and seemed like she was trying to say something else, but in the end just said "whatever, I dont care, I dont care, can we just hook up" and so we did. This night, however, was a bit of an odd one, as we were with a few other friends, and several were making out already. So I went for it, and hooked up with another friend afterwards as well. A probably relevant detail is that at a party a few weeks ago we also made out, but accepted it as being nothing.
That was fine, and it seemed that there was no problem, however I later saw the girl looking at me oddly and we hooked up again, with her initiating. also when we all crashed at another friends house, she came to sleep next to me. The major complications arise in the fact that a few months ago I broke up with a long term gf who is one of this girl's closest friends.
Furthermore, recently (for about 2 months) I have had a bit of a thing with another girl, but nothing serious. On friday she also mentioned that and it seemed she was sad about it, though I assumed it was just because she was sad about something else (unrelated, I wont go into it). I then asked another friend who was there that night, who is very close with both of us if the girl loved me, and she said "of course, its obvious" but she may have been meaning friend-love. So I am not looking for anything with this girl, and she knows that nothing can happen, but what do I do? acknowledge that she has romantic feelings and I dont? Or am I just misinterpreting everything (entirely possible)?
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Best friend may possibly love me, dont want to mess up our friendship, what do I do? Also I may just be misinterpreting.
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Best friend may possibly love me, dont want to mess up our friendship, what do I do? Also I may just be misinterpreting.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: Update (10/03/12) from [30/m] Wife left with daughter, needs space to think...
POST: Originally posting here --
So here is an
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Progress is being made, not as fast as I would like but at least it's being done. Not sure what else to do at this point.
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Progress is being made, not as fast as I would like but at least it's being done. Not sure what else to do at this point.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: should I[23/m] ask my ex gf [23/f] now if she still wants to go to her birthday dinner, even though we just broke up.
POST: She left me on sat after being together for 3 years and it was all my fault. she put up with a lot of my shit for those 3 years.
Told me she cant be with me right now because I hurt her too much.
we talked things over today and agreed on being friends because she wants to(I told her being friends never works) and that was the plan.
She always went over the top for my bday and this year I wanted to do the same for her but did not get a chance to because the break up halted that.
I still have the reservations for dinner, and If I couldnt give her everything that I wanted to get her, would it be wrong to at least still take her our for her bday dinner?
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gf left me. my fault. we talked it over. now friends. couldnt give her best bday ever, but still have reservations. Should I tell her about it still?
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gf left me. my fault. we talked it over. now friends. couldnt give her best bday ever, but still have reservations. Should I tell her about it still?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [23 M] with my gf [22 F] 2 years, mother thinks i'm unattractive and telling my gf.
POST: Basically I've been dating my girlfriend for 2 years and her mother finds me unattractive and keeps voicing it to my gf. I know it shouldn't bother me but she really values how her mother feels. It hurts my feelings because I'm afraid that she might not find me that attractive as well.
Background:
I don't think i'm the hottest guy or anything but do believe that I am above average in the looks department. She is very attractive however and I think her mom doesn't think I'm good enough for her daughter. She says when her mom brings up these kinds of things she just brushes them off and "doesn't take them to heart."
Idk what to do at this point because I care about my girlfriend alot and don't want her mom to plant a seed in my girlfriends mind that I'm not good for her...The real kicker however is that we got engaged recently and these talks have gotten more frequent and its really starting to get under my skin.
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gf 2 years mother talks to her about how i'm unattractive and that if she wants to back out of recent engagement than she would understand even if she was down alot of money.
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gf 2 years mother talks to her about how i'm unattractive and that if she wants to back out of recent engagement than she would understand even if she was down alot of money.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I[21M] have grown really close to my best friend [21F], who her roommate told me that she is not interested in me. Do I trust my guts and ask her out or trust her roommate?
POST: Over the past month and a half, one of my best friends and I have become nearly inseparable. We've been seeing each other every day for at least the past two weeks, and when we are not together, we text and chat. Neither have taken the extra step to make this formally into a relationship, but I was planning to tell her my sincere feelings about her very soon. But before I can make that move, i thought I needed some consultation.
The girl I've fallen for and her roommate have been living together for three years and are the best of buddies. The roommate, however, did miss out on witness the beginning and the maturation of our budding relationship because she went abroad for most of the summer. Two weeks after she came back, I told the roommate in private during a party about my feelings for the friend, and she slapped me in the face, saying that my friend's not interested and that it's a bad idea. The roommate explained to me that my friend grew attached to me because she doesn't have a lot of friends (which is true) and because I was really the only one around her over the summer.
I am confused because I am getting mixed signals inside my head. I would believe that the friend and her roommate talked about me in the two weeks both were together. But we have developed such a comfort level with each other that is expected of girlfriend and boyfriend. I don't know what to do. I don't know if it's worth it to ask my friend out when her closest confidant tells me the contrary.
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Became inseparable from my best friend, her roommate tells me that the friend is not interested in starting a relationship. I am left dazed and confused and unsure what to do.
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Became inseparable from my best friend, her roommate tells me that the friend is not interested in starting a relationship. I am left dazed and confused and unsure what to do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My (27m) gf (22f) of 8 months says things that I ask her to keep between us.
POST: So last night I was told something that I wanted to share with my gf. It involved her friend she was hanging out with but was nothing that her friend needed to know that either my gf or I knew. I told my gf specifically not to say anything to her as I just wanted to make my gf aware.
This morning I get a call from somebody informing that in fact she did tell her friend what I had asked her not to say.
I confronted her about this and asked why exactly she would do that but she got defensive. I explained that she needs to be somebody that I can trust over anybody else. I also said that I didn't want to be careful with things I tell her but that it might take me a while to feel like I can completely trust her with certain things again. She again got very upset with me and tried turning the blame around on me because it would take me a while to come back around to trusting her but then when I ask her to stop doing something I expect it immediately.
I'm not sure how to handle this as I've already tried talking to her but she gets so defensive.
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gf told someone something after I asked her not to. Got defensive and tried to bring up another argument to shift blame.
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gf told someone something after I asked her not to. Got defensive and tried to bring up another argument to shift blame.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: Advice on how to tell this girl how I feel? It's complicated...details in description (17M)
POST: Hey everyone,
So I'm deciding to move on this girl that I've liked for a while. Anyways, I told her friends that too (this was probably a mistake) and then they told her that.
According to her friend, she is going to give me a "chance". However, I was just told that she changed her mind because of this reason: she thinks that I hate the girl that didn't want to continue a relationship with me. That is completely false. I told her friend this and hopefully she told her that.
So what would you guys say? I was thinking something like "I know that I made the mistake of telling too many people how I felt. All BS aside, do you want to just hang out ______?" Then I would say something about how I just want to test the waters, etc.
This is the only girl at my school I've ever truly liked, so I'm hoping you guys can give me some advice. I really just want some closure on this. Thank you!
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Girl was told wrong information about me, and I've tried to fix that. How do I best get some closure on this (is asking her to hangout the best thing to do?) Thanks!
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Girl was told wrong information about me, and I've tried to fix that. How do I best get some closure on this (is asking her to hangout the best thing to do?) Thanks!
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by unintentionally exposing my boss' 3 year old daughter to the circle of life.
POST: I work at a horse barn and the sparrows are literally a plague. We've managed to oust a lot of them once we bought a BB gun, as it's helping rid us of birds and allowing us to take out some stress on the feathered shits.
So we've got the horses ridden, and we're (My boss, his daughter, and my co worker) sitting around bullshitting, like the usual. I see this little sparrow feebly fly towards the wall and cling to the wall for dear life. So, seeing an opportunity, I jump up from my seat, and go fetch this little thing. I reach up on the wall and cup it into a hand, and a momma bird tries to dive bomb me but I retrieve the bird, and excited that I caught one I go show the boss' kid.
She's a cute girl, and she's aww'ing over the 'baby' bird, and petting it's head and whatnot. Alright, time to set this bird free so he can go fly up to the rafter with his noisy-ass mother. Go to the indoor arena with the kid and I open my hands, and the little bird takes off, and struggles to get some height. And then the fuckup.
Coworkers puppy (8 month old I think) sees the fluttery thing, and takes off after it, jumps, and catches the bird. It squeaked as the pup's jaws closed on it.
The little girl standing beside me gasped, hands over her mouth. Boss and coworker started busting a gut, but I felt terrible.
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Caught a baby bird in the barn, showed it to boss' kid, and set it free again, and coworkers dog catches it in mid flight and kills it.
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Caught a baby bird in the barn, showed it to boss' kid, and set it free again, and coworkers dog catches it in mid flight and kills it.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I (43M) told my wife (37F) last night that I'm not happy anymore
POST: For a while now, more than a year, I've been unhappy in my marriage of almost 13 years. We've got two boys, a 9 year old and 4 year old. The 9 year old has recently started to notice the unhappiness which is one of the reasons last night I finally told her we needed to talk.
As expected she didn't take the news very well. She got out of bed and went for a drive for about an hour. Then she came home and slept out in the living room. I laid in bed upset and having no idea what to do.
This morning I got up to go to work and she wanted to talk finally. She asked what she could do to keep this from going any worse and I told her I didn't think there was anything. My mind is made up and I think I'm just ready to move on. This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life but I want to stay strong and not change my mind thinking things are going to be any better later on.
Now what the hell do I do? I'm absolutely lost here.
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told wife of almost 13 years last night that I'm not happy, told her this morning that I don't think anything will change that... help!
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told wife of almost 13 years last night that I'm not happy, told her this morning that I don't think anything will change that... help!
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by being a pervert
POST: First, let me preface by saying this was 5 years ago and I was a messed up person. Also I fully understand why everything I did is super stalker-ish/horrible.
I was taking care of my friend's dog at their house when they were on vacation. and this friend I think is hella hot BTW.
So being the creep and violator of trust I am, I go into their room and use some of her panties to jerk off on her bed. I finish off into the toilet later to avoid a mess and put everything away.
That night, at home, I was changing when I realized that my dick hurt like hell and was super itchy and sore. I didn't realize her bed was covered in cat hair, which I'm allergic to. I didn't know they even had a cat
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Dogsitting for a hot friend and used her panties to jerk off on her cat hair covered bed and had an allergic reaction on my junk
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Dogsitting for a hot friend and used her panties to jerk off on her cat hair covered bed and had an allergic reaction on my junk
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [22F] have no passion or sexual desire for my [22M] boyfriend of 2 years.
POST: I've been with my current boyfriend for almost 2 years. We've had our up and downs, and love each other very much. The problem is: I didn't desire him much sexually when we got together, and it's only gotten worse. He's fit, really attractive, but I have no interest whatsoever in having sex with him and he's more of a fraternal figure in my life right now. It's not a problem of *"mixing it up"*: I've tried several things by now. Sex is mostly awkward, I never get off and even though he's open to trying new positions and pleasuring me, when we end up doing it it's just awkward as hell. Most of the time I want to cry during sex.
I'm attracted to other people, but don't want to break the relationship off as I really love him and want to work something out. I want to get past this, but it's hard to be in a relationship in which you don't find your partner attractive.
When we met he was having sex every week with different people, was into really kinky stuff and had sex with both male and female partners. I'm not so experienced, but have enjoyed sex with my former partners much more. At first he tried domination stuff on me which made me super awkward, and when I brought it up we switched to more vanilla sex (he never had that) and just didn't do it for me anymore. It's been like this since the 6th-7th month of our relationship. I could seriously go months without sex, but I try to have sex at least twice a week to make him happy. He's very willing to try anything to make it work and tries pleasuring me and other things.
Is this normal? Will I get past this?
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Have lost absolute sexual interest in my partner of 2 years, wondering if it's normal and what I can do about it.
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Have lost absolute sexual interest in my partner of 2 years, wondering if it's normal and what I can do about it.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Is it healthy to take a week long "break" to have some space during a rough patch in a relationship in order to think about your feelings?
POST: [18M] My girlfriend [18F] and I have been dating for a year and a half. We've had a lot of discussion about if we're right for each other, if we love each other, and if we have a future together.
She is my first real girlfriend, first person to have sex with, etc. Part of me wants to marry this girl and raise a family some day, another part wants to see what its like to be with other girls and thinks I'm naive for thinking we can last.
We broke up a few weeks ago only to get back together the next day. Today we decided to take a week break and see where our heads are at then. Is this normal, or is it just another sign we should break up?
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Girlfriend of year and a half and i hit a rough patch. Taking a weeklong break to see how we feel. Is it a sign to just end it?
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Girlfriend of year and a half and i hit a rough patch. Taking a weeklong break to see how we feel. Is it a sign to just end it?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by not understanding Nanny Tax Law
POST: TIFU, I thought nannies were 1099 employees. We just had our first baby and it was the first nanny I ever hired. Today is her last day (she is moving) and we were making sure we had everything when we realized they are paid as regular employees.. as in W-2 as in.. we should have been witholding taxes and social security and all that stuff the whole time (7 months)
This is a disaster, my wife calls me crying telling me that I have to take her last check from her to pay her social security taxes since we should have been taking them out each paycheck. We are not by any means rich.
This means when i get home in 3 hours I have to be a horrible person and not pay her and instead pay the social security that should have been deducted from her pay check every payday. This will suck leaving her last check pretty much $0. What a sendoff. I feel like such a jerk and it was entirely unintentional due to us reading something early on and misunderstanding it.
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Should have paid nannies taxes from each paycheck, didn't now she owes $500 to the state that I have to take from her last check.
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Should have paid nannies taxes from each paycheck, didn't now she owes $500 to the state that I have to take from her last check.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by telling my 3 year old niece the secret identity of Superman
POST: I love comic books. I enjoy posting about them on Reddit and i have a budding collection. When my niece comes to my house, she loves to look through my books, but [there is one in particular] she likes to take off the shelf because she can ask me who each character is when she's looking through it.
Anyway, last week it blew her mind when i told her that these characters have normal names and begun teaching her them. In particular, she wanted to know who Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman really were, so i told her.
Fast forward to yesterday, it's the last day of her nursery before the holidays so her mother (my sister) goes to pick her up. The teacher at the nursery told her that there had been a tiny incident and she just wanted her to know.
In front of say 20 children and 3 adults at the nursery, she told everyone that Superman's real name was *Clark Cunt*.
The adults tried not to laugh at her mistake and explained it was actually Kent, but my niece was adamant and said "My uncle told me it was Clark Cunt". My sister found the funny side to it, could have been worse i guess, it could have been the Winter Soldier instead.
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told 3 year old niece that Superman's name is Clark Kent, she misheard and called him Clark Cunt at nursery.
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told 3 year old niece that Superman's name is Clark Kent, she misheard and called him Clark Cunt at nursery.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [24 M] with my gf [23 F] of about 4 months, she is uncomfortable with me going on vacation with one of my female friends. Not sure how to proceed
POST: Backstory: I moved to a new city about 6 months ago for a job where i met my friend Jane. During our training we became good friends, have some shared interests etc, but after training finished we haven't seen each other that much because of the type of work that we do (different shifts and etc).
About the same time i met my gf, Sophie, who is just the sweetest and who i really care about. We dont share that many friends, she has hers and i have mine.
Problem: Jane and I spoke a lot about how we love going to music festival etc, and how we should get together with the rest of the friends we made during our training and take some time off at the same time. We planned this quite early on (before i was serious with my gf), and we both applied for leave quite early for september (hoping that our friends would hop on once they saw we had booked our days off). They did, but applied later on, and just this week got rejected their application. I knew this could happen when we first planned the trip, but at that time i wasn't that serious with my girlfriend, so I thought going just with Jane would not be a problem.
Now that I am more serious with Sophie though I wanted to talk with her before we booked any tickets, and she just said frankly that it would bother her if i left with only Jane. Now, me and jane can both rearrange our plans and do other things for the days off we have, but we have planned this trip for a long time, and we would both be very disappointed if we didn't go. I don't want friends or girlfriends hinder me for doing things that I really want to do, but at the same time I realise that it would be very selfish for me to got on this trip, and of course I don't want Sophie to be uncomfortable. My thoughts are really clashing here, and I need some outside perspective from you all; should I stay or should I go?
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My gf if uncomfortable with me going on vacation with a female friend, and I don't know if should go or not.
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My gf if uncomfortable with me going on vacation with a female friend, and I don't know if should go or not.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU By Playing Laser Tag
POST: This happened a while ago now, I was out with friends at a shopping mall.
I wanted to buy Steam credit, and I'm not really sure why, honestly. After all, I do have a debit card. I think it was for GTA V or someting like that. It was $70 (AUD), or at least that's how much I wanted. I was informed that they would have to give me a 20$ and a 50$ credit, and I said okay. Then, my friends decided to play laser tag (A game I tend to take quite seriously, too seriously)
It's really hot in there, and all you do is run around, plus I'm not physically fit, at all. But I'll be damned if I don't give laser tag my all. So, after our 2 sessions, I go home, and take out a faded, code-less 50$ steam credit it had become a casualty of laser tag, and a 20$ one which was audible. I called them and there was nothing they could do about it. I had no proof. So I was out 50$ because of laser tag and my incredible competitiveness of the sport.
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Bought a 50$ and a 20$ Steam credit, Played laser tag, gave it my all, went home to a soggy and unusable 50$ credit.
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Bought a 50$ and a 20$ Steam credit, Played laser tag, gave it my all, went home to a soggy and unusable 50$ credit.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [27F] friend [25M] has an attitude problem and I can't figure out how to break it to him.
POST: I've known this guy we'll call Dave for probably six years now and he's been one of my closest friends for the past two years. He's had a rough time lately, due to losing his gf of a few years from her cheating on him and several other issues have just made him down in the dumps and extremely depressed over the past year.
We decided to go into leading a MMO guild together around August of last year and it kind of exploded into a lot of members. Everything was going fine for the first month or two but we started losing members because people couldn't stand Dave's attitude, my own boyfriend included. He gets very worked up over things and can be abrasive a lot of the time when we're in the middle of activities. In general, the attitude when we play together is not happy and there is a lot of tension that builds up. I put up with it for a long time because it didn't bother me as much as it did other people but I'm in the situation now where the group is falling apart due to the way he acts. And he cannot see it at all.
We have almost an entire group of people refusing to play with him now and if he enters the group, arguments start. But he still can't see the issue. I tried being honest with him a week and a half ago that a lot of the group just cannot stand his attitude and the way he acts. He seemed to take it to heart at the time but its a week and a half later and its still the same. I can't figure out how to be nice but be honest with him about the general opinion of him, and say that I have that opinion too without losing him as a friend.
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I have a ragey friend that refuses to see his attitude as an issue. I can't figure out how to tell him without it causing an unmendable rift between him and I.
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I have a ragey friend that refuses to see his attitude as an issue. I can't figure out how to tell him without it causing an unmendable rift between him and I.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [32M] wife [27F] hates the extra work time I put in. I think it's a way smaller deal than she does.
POST: So I'm [32M] trying to basically start up my small company. It's been incorporated for a few years now but only until this year has it had any real profit. I firmly believe that businesses are very hard and I consider this recent, if small, sucess quite a milestone.
When my wife [27F] and I first started dating she said she was so proud of me for having my own business, even if it wasn't really sucessful, and that she would absolutely support me throughout. I had (and still have) a day job as well, but she didn't seem to mind me spending extra time at work - either at the office or in the business - back then.
We now have a young (~1.5y) daughter, and I feel I have adjusted accordingly. While I keep spending time towards my business, I have cut back on hours at my day job to the bare minimum. When we are together, as a family, I try not to get bothered by work - however at times I have said to her "while I'm home today, I will be working", as needed for the business. But I do feel my company is essential for us - my day job is "safe" but won't help us much when I retire, she doesn't work anymore since the baby came and so we need all the extra money we can get, and to be thinking long term moneywise.
Recently it's been a huge problem for her. For instance, last week I had to attend a longish meeting (4+ hours) in the evening, and she was upset the next morning (I arrived after they were asleep). It has caused huge arguments between us, because they way I see it, I'm working for them and I feel like I'm trying hard not to be singlemindedly focused on work and neglecting them. But it seems for her my efforts are not enough.
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My wife seems to think I work too much and I'm neglecting my family. I feel indignant because I have made conscious efforts to prevent it, and circumstances demand I work "more than bare minimum."
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My wife seems to think I work too much and I'm neglecting my family. I feel indignant because I have made conscious efforts to prevent it, and circumstances demand I work "more than bare minimum."
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/books
TITLE: I havent read a book in ages, I need a recommendation.
POST: I have never been a big reader, but now it is summer and I have a lot of time on my hands and I really want to get back into it. Here is some background. The only books Ive ever read for pleasure were Harry Potter and some other kids/young adult books when I was young. Most recently I read the Hunger Games just so I could get back into a reading habit.
What Im looking for is something to move past the young adult level, I want something with a little more depth to it, something I can sink my teeth into, that will make me think but also not bore me to death (I am easily distracted). In high school my favorite classics taught in class were *A Farewell to Arms*, *A Tale of Two Cities*, and *To Kill a Mockingbird*.
Im not necessarily looking for more classics, although if there is one you recommend please share. I've heard much about The Dark Tower series, thats currently what Im considering the most right now, any opinions? Basically the main criteria is that I want something INTERESTING and not too difficult.
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please recommend a book that is interesting and not too difficult, but has depth to it and moves beyond the young adult genre.
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please recommend a book that is interesting and not too difficult, but has depth to it and moves beyond the young adult genre.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit: How many of you know a completely illiterate person who functions in society?
POST: A little background:
I work at a cast-iron foundry in N.E. Ohio, and for those of you who don't know, foundry work is some of the dirtiest, nastiest, toughest work around. 10 hour days are the minimum around here, and guys routinely log 60+hours a week like it's no big deal. We've got one crew who averages 13.5, 6 days a week. If it's 90 degrees outside, it's 140 next to the metal.
Anyway, it recently came to my attention that one of the guys around here is illiterate. Straight up, can't read or write. He rides his bicycle about 18 miles (one-way) to get to work if he can't find a ride. He's in his early 50's, prepares molds for finishing, and drinks a case of PBR every single night. That's ALL I know about this dude.
So I got to thinking: How the hell does he survive? So much of society today depends on basic reading and writing skills. I don't want to ask him because I think it'd be a phenomenally rude thing to do, and in my experience people that can't read or write get pretty defensive about it.
I'm over the fact that he never picked up these skills earlier in life. Whether he's stupid/lazy, has a learning disability, or just had a set of circumstances that prevented him from getting this basic education. I've put that from my mind and am now just trying to wrap my head around how he operates in the world.
How do people like this sign a lease? Buy things in stores? Manage money? Navigate to a new place?
Now, immigrants who don't speak English and mentally challenged people are a different case. Usually they've got a support network to fall back on, or someone to watch over them. As far as I know, this dude is on his own.
So Reddit, any insight, or anecdotes about people you know in the same situation?
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I know a dude at work who can't fucking read or write. How does he survive in the real world on his own?
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I know a dude at work who can't fucking read or write. How does he survive in the real world on his own?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Relationships [18 M] Poured heart out to ex [18 F] got rejected
POST: I dated a girl in highschool for 2 years but during those years I got kicked out of my house moved in with my sister and basically dropped out of school. When we started dating I would go to her house and stay till 4 in the morning and walk across town home but as I got kicked out and moved in with my sister I became more distanced and would ask her to come to my place. She would come willingly because she loved me but I barely went to her place after I moved and whenever she was over I would spend most of the time on the computer and she would wanna do things but I was too lazy. In the end I broke up with her because I thought I was happier without her its been about 3 months since then but we would text often and now I want to change my mistakes and get her back so last night I poured my heart out to her and she seemed unaffected by it and wanted me to stop because she's seeing someone but as far as she told me they're not even dating. Is there anything I can do or did I lose her forever? Sorry first real post and I hated English class
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Dated a girl for 2 years broke up because I thought I was happy without her just to understand how much she did for me and nothing in return poured heart out to her and she rejected it.
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Dated a girl for 2 years broke up because I thought I was happy without her just to understand how much she did for me and nothing in return poured heart out to her and she rejected it.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: Landlord potentially acting in bad faith. Clarification needed
POST: Texas.
So in my drawn out saga with my former landlord:
I received an itemized statement today (1 day past the 30 day mark required in Texas) and there are some charges that I do not think should be there.
I have listed out what the statement says:
Statement date: 1/13/2014
Deposit...................................................$1000
Cleaning interior of house, wall restoration
and painting to bedroom 2........................-250
Carpet Solutions- Cleaned Carpets, Pet
Treatment/deodorize..............................-127.74
Atmos Energy 8 Days.............................-30.48
LP&L 12 Days @ 2.68/day.......................-32.11
**Light Bulbs, Batteries, Swiffer Sweeper....-46.94**
**Lubbock County Court Cost....................-289.00**
**Yard Cleanup and Maintenance...............-65.00**
The ones in bold are the ones I disagree with. My question is about the court cost though. If this is improperly done does he forfeit the right to deduct anything. The court case was dropped. We (LL and I) agreed that we would leave.
Also the Light Bulbs and batteries are standard wear and tear. The swiffer was a gift. I even posted in here about how I thought it was sexist.
I understand the Atmos and LP&L charges. We scheduled the shutoff for the 20th thinking we would be out by then but we were not out until the 29th.
Also the "wall restoration" is from where we had mounted a LCD monitor. There were a total of 4 screw holes less than 1/4th inch in diameter.
Also, we returned the keys on the 30th of December and received our "deposit" back on the 30th of January. It was mailed on the 29th of January. The day it was due back.
We have pictures of the condition that we left the house in. It was in great condition.
So my question is:
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If any charge on a security deposit is inaccurate does that void the entire return of the security deposit entitling me to the full deposit? If the deposit was received back 1 day late does that entitle me to the full deposit?
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If any charge on a security deposit is inaccurate does that void the entire return of the security deposit entitling me to the full deposit? If the deposit was received back 1 day late does that entitle me to the full deposit?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [28 F] with my BF [32 M] 2 years, he can't get over all my friends are still friends with my ex
POST: I have cut my ex out of my life, but we were together a long time and our worlds were merged. My current bf and I have been trying to work on his overprotectiveness and jealousy issues a lot which stems from fear of abandonment. He tries to convince me that my friends are no good, they don't have anything going for them, and that I am better off meeting people I look up to. He even said that because they didn't take my side he doesn't trust them to be there for me.
The thing is, my friends are good people. They may be a bit passive, but would never put me in harms way. They respect me enough to not invite my ex and I to the same outings. I've tried making new friends, but BF was actively making sure that he got all the attention and guilt tripped me whenever I was out without him.
How do I tell him that I will not abandon all my friends based on the fact that they are still friends with my ex? I don't think this should be an issue in our relationship at all.
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BF mad that my friends are still friends with my ex, has abandonment issues. Looking for advice to bridge a conversation to let him see his irrationality.
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BF mad that my friends are still friends with my ex, has abandonment issues. Looking for advice to bridge a conversation to let him see his irrationality.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I think I am done dating my current GF. What are ways to know that this is the choice I want/how do it with the least pain.
POST: I am male 23 and she is a female 21. We have been dating for just under 2 years now, I am in my last semester of college and I feel as if I am just waiting for college to end to break up with her as opposed to doing it now. First off I really do love her, she has been there for me as a friend and as a girlfriend. I just dont see it progressing any further. So then I ask myself why wait and just do it already to let the healing start/having other opportunities to meet someone.
We talked about it last night and she just said to give it a chance and that she thinks the relationship is salvageable. Personally I just think she doesn't what to loose me.
All of that being said I do not want to crush this woman however I do not see any other way around it. No matter what she will be devastated.
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Breaking up with people is sucky. What are good questions to ask yourself to be sure that it is what you want to do? How do break up doing the least emotional damage possible?
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Breaking up with people is sucky. What are good questions to ask yourself to be sure that it is what you want to do? How do break up doing the least emotional damage possible?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [39 M] and my gf [27 F] of 4 months (living together after 1 month) had a tough talk about religion last night -- Successful couples with religious/spiritual differences: How do you make it work? How do you raise your kids and approach topics where each of you disagrees?
POST: She's Christian and I'm "spiritual". I don't believe in the biblical God nor that Jesus is the way. We're both accepting of each other's beliefs but it's a huge deal when I think about children.
We're both loving and compassionate people in a great relationship, but this is a huge concern for me and I've tried to bring it up a few times with the topic getting swept under the rug when it got difficult. Last night we dove into it and it left both of us floundering without answers.
**I'd love to hear from successful couples who have navigated this issue.**
* We both want our hypothetical children to make their own decisions when they're able and not be indoctrinated with anything, but until that point they'll need to be raised in a certain way.
I originally agreed that we could raise them Christian, but as I've attended church with her, I realized I disagreed with a lot of what was taught and how it was taught and I would want to discuss other perspectives as it came up with the kids.
I realized what I meant was "I was okay raising them around Christianity as long as I got my two cents in as well." This realization resulted in our talk last night.
This was obviously a huge change for her and she spent the night crying in my arms feeling like this could be our deal breaker.
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We're in a great relationship and broached the topic of spirituality and religion. We have more talking to do and would love to hear from couples who have successfully navigated the issue.
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We're in a great relationship and broached the topic of spirituality and religion. We have more talking to do and would love to hear from couples who have successfully navigated the issue.
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