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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [24 M] with my fiance [27 F] 2 years, Mom's birthday is on the same day as my fiance's
POST: So my mom's birthday is the same day as my fiance's, which is a disastrous coincidence. What's worse is that my mom's 50th birthday is on the same day as my fiance's golden birthday. Now I'm in an impossible scenario. My fiance wants nothing more than to go out to eat with me, come home and sit on the couch and watch a movie, eat cake or ice cream or something, and of course open her nice thoughtful card and gift that I got her.
My mom wants everyone (me, my fiance, brother, sister-in law) to get together for her birthday and do something "special," which really means bending over backwards and worshiping her all day while we do something stupid. The problem is I can't reconcile the two. My fiance doesn't want to spend her birthday hanging out with my annoying family, which is perfectly understandable, but my mom will probably freak out if I say that I can't do anything the day of her birthday.
Last year I messed this up, I tried to celebrate my mom's birthday the day of her birthday and my fiance's birthday the day before, and it was apparently "not special" and what not. It seems that if you don't celebrate it on the right day then you might as well not be celebrating it.
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Mom and fiance have the same birthday, either way I lose and everyone is mad at me. Are there any possible solutions to this dilemma?
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Mom and fiance have the same birthday, either way I lose and everyone is mad at me. Are there any possible solutions to this dilemma?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [25M] with my girlfriend [25F] of 1 year. Expensive gifts.
POST: About her: 25 years, female, have a child.
About me: 25 years, male, good salary, I'm fine with child and we have more than friendly relationships with him.
About us: 1 year together, not engaged or living together as of now, but things getting pretty serious out here and I know she feels the same way.
For the entire year everytime I suggest to help her with financial problems she refused it. She always tell me not buy anything expensive to her, and I didnt, because I'm really afraid that she might think that I'm trying to "buy" her or she will feel obligated to me in some way.
I hear from her A LOT that she really want to go to a trip to Turkey with her kid (Doc's also told her that it'll be good for her son because of recent allergy). She were saving money for about half a year. We purchased the tickets (she payed her first 20% of the price), but some problems poped up and she had to spend rest of this money. She was really devastated and want to drop the idea.
So, I've decided, what the hell, It's 8th of March this weekends. I really want to go with her and her kid and I can pay for damn tickets. And this leads me to couple of questions.
1. Trip cost 1k EUR for her and her kid. It's more than okay for me and she knows it. But will she accept this kind of gift from me?
2. Since she still have all the documents I can't really buy like new tickets. This leaves me with only option and it's to gift cash money for her. But I'm having troubles imagining how can I wrap it up so it wouldn't look like a piece of envelope?
Thank you.
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GF refusing any kind of financial help. Dreaming about trip to Turkey that will also helps her kid. Want to buy tickets for her, afraid that she'll refuses.
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GF refusing any kind of financial help. Dreaming about trip to Turkey that will also helps her kid. Want to buy tickets for her, afraid that she'll refuses.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [M26] how to express feelings to a friend?
POST: Hey Reddit, Ive got a questions about the best way to express feelings to a good friend of mine.
Basically my friend [F26] is recently single, Ive known her for four years and realized I had feelings for her about 6 months ago. I haven't expressed much interest as she has been with someone and I wanted to respect that. Now that shes single I would like to at least let her know that I have some feelings for her (I missed my chance before she began dating her latest BF). I may loose her as a friend but if I dont tell her I feel that Ill regret it.
I'm not a shy person, and I'm not socially awkward, I just have trouble letting my feelings known (its caused some regret in the past). So my question is this, for those that have been in this situation before how do you recommend doing it?
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Any recommendations on me [M26] letting my single friend [F26] of four years know I have some feelings for her?
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Any recommendations on me [M26] letting my single friend [F26] of four years know I have some feelings for her?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/self
TITLE: My roommates suck am I being an jerk by doing this?
POST: I've tried everything with my roommates in order to get them to do their share of cleaning/etc. I even went out of my way to design a chore calendar, that was completely fair. This worked for like two weeks and then they just stopped doing it. I just can't take it anymore, I'm not passive agressive and I always confront them. Enough is enough though, right now I pay half the rent, I have a studio and a bedroom railroad style. The 3 of us share a 4bedroom duplex. I pay 1200, they pay 650 and 550 respectively.
This morning I woke up to dishes all over the sink, used trays for cooking on the stove, a wad of hair on the side of the bathtub, no toilet paper, stains on the counter top, empties on the kitchen table and downstairs, packages that have been delivered but never opened, stacks of magazine that haven't been recycled the list could go on. I just kind of was like I can't do this anymore, I've tried but it's just not working, so I called them and told them we need to have a roommate meeting because I'm just tired of carrying the apartment on my shoulders.
I am going to suggest that there rents go up to 750 and 650 because of the amount of crap I have to deal with and if they don't agree I will suggest they move out because I won't have a problem finding people to fill their rooms. Is this fair? They are good people but they are just completely disrespectful of the space. What is the best way to approach this situation? I just never really had to deal with this before.
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My roommates do all the roommate bullshit, pay close to nothing for their rooms considering the space, so I intend to raise their rents or get them to move out.
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My roommates do all the roommate bullshit, pay close to nothing for their rooms considering the space, so I intend to raise their rents or get them to move out.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [25F] boyfriend [28M] doesn't like birthdays.
POST: My boyfriend of a year doesn't like birthdays, especially birthday parties. He loves parties but doesn't like them when he is the center of attention. He doesn't like photos where he's the center of attention. When we first started dating, he refused to even tell me when his birthday was until I finally prodded it out of him.
I come from a background where birthdays were the one time in my life where I got what I wanted. I had a party, got to eat the food I liked, and even got presents that I actually wanted. It was such a rarity that I always get excited on my birthday. My boyfriend loves contributing to my birthday, and has contributed to cooking me the food and cake that I like and attending my parties with me. He even showers me with gifts.
His birthday is a bit away. Last year I made him this ice cream cake that he wanted and got him a small present that he opened in private. I also had his friends over while they were unaware it was his birthday to have a small dinner get-together, and he seemed content with that. Eventually, however, they discovered it was his birthday when his mom posted on facebook so it became a birthday party and he got really uncomfortable.
I don't want to steamroll him into having a birthday, but I'm also worried that by not acknowledging it at all I'm not showing my appreciation for him. He's the best boyfriend I have ever had, so I don't want to fuck it up. What should I do?
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Boyfriend doesn't like his birthday because he hates being the center of attention, but he always shows a huge appreciation for me on my birthday. Should I ignore his birthday entirely or do something else?
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Boyfriend doesn't like his birthday because he hates being the center of attention, but he always shows a huge appreciation for me on my birthday. Should I ignore his birthday entirely or do something else?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I want a dog [22/f], he doesn't [22/m]. I consider this a dealbreaker. Is that wrong?
POST: This is actually a huge issue for me.
I have been with my SO for around 2 years now. We met in college and have similar goals - both don't want children, both have careers in an office setting, both have similar personalities. But, he doesn't want a dog.
I have been begging for a dog for almost a year now. My old dog passed away around that time. It broke my heart and i missed having a pup best friend to take care of and hang out with. Having a dog was very important to me. He always brushed it off, like, "oh, we're young, a dog is the last thing we need right now!" or something like that. He would always say, "some day!"
But recently, hes admitted to me he doesn't want a dog. He doesn't want to live with one, or take care of one. He said if i were to get a dog it won't be while we're living together.
When i expressed that that's an issue for me, he said something along the lines of, "You're going to break up with me for a dog we don't even have?" He thought he was being funny and didn't get that i was hurt and upset.
Sometimes i think, "Wow, he doesn't love me enough to just appease my need for a dog that won't even be his?" But then i think that could be put back on me too: "Wow, she doesn't love him enough to give up a dog? She loves dogs more than she loves him?"
Please help me with this. I have tried a million times to persuade him to get a dog (we have plenty of time/space) but it's not what he wants. Having a dog is very very important to me, but i can't imagine breaking up with the man i thought i would marry because of it...
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My boyfriend doesn't want a dog, and i do - very, very much. I can't imagine leaving the love of my life for a dog, but honestly, that's how important to me this is. Please help.
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My boyfriend doesn't want a dog, and i do - very, very much. I can't imagine leaving the love of my life for a dog, but honestly, that's how important to me this is. Please help.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: 24[F] still madly in love with ex, but content with new bf.. not sure what to do
POST: I'll keep this short and sweet.
My ex of 3 years and I split up a while ago, and during the time apart I've never not thought about him or not missed him, even after I moved on and entered a new relationship. I'm happy with my current boyfriend, but a large part of me wants to get back with my ex (he very much wants us to have another chance, but not immediately; he wants us to keep focusing on improving ourselves and get back together when the time is 'right').
I'm not sure if I should 'give up' on that relationship and move on. I'm not sure if I even can.
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I still love my ex, despite having a new relationship that makes me as happy. Can't stop thinking about wanting to be with my ex.
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I still love my ex, despite having a new relationship that makes me as happy. Can't stop thinking about wanting to be with my ex.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Was I[27M] wrong to dump [23F] because we don't see eye to eye? Having second thoughts
POST: Two months ago I matched with a girl that was, in all honesty, out of my league. We went on a couple dates and clicked well but she seemed really goal/ career focused. She's in med school, I'm a resident, and our entire second date devolved into me giving her med advice. I didn't mind but I also don't want to be with someone who is looking for a mentor, not a boyfriend.
After a couple dates, we have sex. It's awkward. She starts talking a lot when she feels awkward and it messed with the flow of everything. She's also inexperienced and I could tell she didn't really know what she was doing. After sex, she tells me she's only looking for something casual. I'm at a point in my life where I want to date someone with the potential of marriage. After that date, we parted ways and didn't talk much. She reached out a couple times but I wasn't sure if I wanted to see her again. She texted me saying her relationship goals had changed after a while of no contact between us, but at the time it felt like too little too late.
It's been a month since that date, and I ran into her in the hospital (where we both work). I've been wondering if I should reach out. I know she's probably still be interested (Added me on snapchat a week ago). Seeing her in person reminded me of how pretty and funny she is. She was being kind and flirty without really mentioning the fact that I'd stopped talking to her. Do I reach out? Or will it just be awkward again?
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Dumped a girl who seemed too unsure of what she wanted, but seeing her again recently brought back some old feelings. Should I reach back out?
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Dumped a girl who seemed too unsure of what she wanted, but seeing her again recently brought back some old feelings. Should I reach back out?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [20 F] best friend [M24] just told me he loves me. He's in the Military and that scares the fuck out of me.
POST: I met Dalton at school last year and we quickly became best friends. I hang out with him at least once a week, we talk every day and I love him as a person.
We've each had our own relationships during our friendship but now for the first time ever, we are both single at the same time.
Two weeks ago, he told me that he loves me, that he's loved me since we met and that he's only been dating other people because I was never available and he wanted to respect that I had a boyfriend.
If Im being perfectly honest, I have always found myself attracted to him and it made me happy to hear him say that. I absolutely would want to pursue something with him.
That being said, I just got out of a two year long relationship. Im still mourning the loss of that love and am no where near ready to start something with Dalton. I told him as much and he said he understood and would be there for me when I was ready.
When I am ready to start something though, I have a pretty big concern: Dalton is in the Military. He's seen combat. During our friendship he's told me a lot about war, and a lot about the kinds of things that he's done. He's talked about his PTSD and the kinds of things he still does while asleep (for example, he sleep walks and apparently has managed to open his gun safe, get his gun, open his ammunitions safe, and load his weapon, all without waking up). He's also told me that if there is another war, he will absolutely do whatever he can to go back and fight again.
Honestly Im scared shitless about all of this. Its not a deal breaker for me, but I have no idea how to prepare myself for what this kind of relationship might be like.
I dunno. I guess Im hoping for people who have been in this situation before to share their stories... maybe give me advice on how to be supportive and helpful and how to keep myself safe.
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Id like to start a relationship with someone in the Military. This is uncharted territory for me and Im hoping for advice from those who have been there.
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Id like to start a relationship with someone in the Military. This is uncharted territory for me and Im hoping for advice from those who have been there.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [19 F] with my dating person [24 M] of ~5 months, wondering how to / if I can even ask him to delete nude vid I sent him
POST: Started dating one of my closest guy friends (known him since I was 5 years old) on in May this year. We hit it off great and generally we are happy together. He asked me for exclusivity, and I gave it. He hasn't directly asked me to be his girlfriend though, so I assume that we're just dating, exclusively.
I'm not the type to post a lot of pics of myself anywhere. It's a personal thing that I dislike doing. But he often asks for them. I usually just decline and tell him that if he wants to see me, I'll hang out with him in person/online (Skype and stuff).
Then one day I got curious and made a < 30 second vid of me naked (just me showing off my body and playing with my tits/ass). I sent it to him and he really liked it. Mind you, I hesitated for several hours before sending that video. After a few days though, I began to realize why I never did those things in the past. I regret sending him it and ***I just want to have him delete the video for good, right away!***
I don't know how to do this. I don't even know if it's fair for me to. I just regret it so much (and needless to say, I will never do anything like this ever again).
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I want him to erase all existence of a nude vid I sent him. How can I do this without causing any friction between us? CAN I even do this?
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I want him to erase all existence of a nude vid I sent him. How can I do this without causing any friction between us? CAN I even do this?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: What do you think of mini-retirements? Career damaging or not?
POST: I realize the traditional advice is to continue to build up a nest egg, retire, and then leisure through life into the death. But if you have the means to take a few months (maybe even years?), is it that crazy to take some time off while you're young and healthy?
I probably have the funds (outside of retirement) to last several years without any income and much more if I'm doing some small side projects. This is without touching retirement. And this is without cutting down my current lifestyle.
What would you guys do in this situation? Perhaps I'm just a spoiled 'millennial' but it seems like there should be much more to life than a 9-5ish job taking most of my energy away each week.
On the other hand, health insurance may be an issue? And what about getting blackballed out of the workforce (software industry, of course).
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I'm kind of a spoiled shit and could blow some of my savings to take an extended vacation. Is this a terrible idea I will regret?
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I'm kind of a spoiled shit and could blow some of my savings to take an extended vacation. Is this a terrible idea I will regret?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: baby daddy wants to take mother to court so she won't be allowed to move away with her daughter.. any advice??
POST: My Girlfriend has a 3 year old daughter with her ex fiance, I am in the Marine Corps and have been dating her since before I joined, her and I have been talking about getting married lately but with my career that will mean she will be moving around a little bit (possibly a lot). at the moment, her ex fiance and her have no "official" custody arrangements for the child (other then both names being on the birth certificate). my girlfriend has a good job and works from home so she is always with her daughter, the dad takes the daughter every other night and every other weekend. long story short, he doesn't like the idea of her moving out of state with their daughter, he is threatening to take her to court and request that she is not allowed to move out of a certain distance with her daughter, so that he can still be around her. when she and I get married we were planning on her moving to california where my duty station is (she lives in Florida now)...
BASICALLY, is she screwed? can he really force her to stay put with his daughter for the next 15 years, regardless of if she gets married or any other factors, according to her, even if this happens HE would still be free to move anywhere he wants with the daughter, whats up with that??...
I don't know too much more info, nor do I know anything about custody, I just feel like she is being trapped, and I want to know if anyone has experience with this, or can give advice, or ANY help
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Girls baby daddy threatening to take mother to court so she won't be allowed to move away with her daughter for the next 15 years. any advice??
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Girls baby daddy threatening to take mother to court so she won't be allowed to move away with her daughter for the next 15 years. any advice??
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Men of Reddit: At what age did your parents allow you to decide how you wanted your hair?
POST: Background info:
I have a stepson who will be 10 in a few days. He wants to grow his hair out. His dad & I have no problem with that, and whenever needed, we trim it around his ears a bit. My stepson's mother, on the other hand, thinks he looks "stupid" (and has used this word at him). In April or May, she got her boyfriend to shave his head against his will. At school the next day, kids made fun of him. My BF shaved his head that night so as not to make his son feel so bad about himself. My BF got a call from his ex's BF last night (she was apparently CRYING because her son was refusing to allow them to shave his head) saying that their son was being difficult and wouldn't let them shave his head. After a VERY long and frustrating conversation, it was decided that they would attempt to trim it. He's ten years old, he should be allowed to choose how he wants to have his hair. I feel terrible for him.
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10 year old isn't allowed to choose his own hairstyle because his mother is a cunt. BF & I don't care how he has his hair.
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10 year old isn't allowed to choose his own hairstyle because his mother is a cunt. BF & I don't care how he has his hair.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: M(21) met this girl (23 or 24) and we're doing dinner with her friends as our first time heading out to hang out... Good or bad?
POST: So I, m 21, met this girl(23,24) the other day while out shopping, and got her number, we started texting a lot, and decided to hang out...
We said that we would try and do coffee, but due to her schedule, she could not last weekend as she was planning on going home, and is not going to be back late into Sunday night.
We got into talking about what we might do, and I offered dinner, but she always gets dinner with her girlfriends.
She then invited me, and I'm uncertain as to what this means... Is it a good sign, or bad?
I said yes, because if nothing else it shows confidence, and I'm not afraid to meet new people.
I just don't know what to read into this... Anyone have any advice?
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Met a girl, we've been texting, going to dinner with her friends as the first time we'll hang out, does it mean anything bad/good?
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Met a girl, we've been texting, going to dinner with her friends as the first time we'll hang out, does it mean anything bad/good?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Hey reddit, I need some advice.
POST: My grandma passed away on monday and I want to make people aware without straight up telling them. I originally wasn't supposed to tell anyone because my brother is on a trip to Germany for college and we didn't want him to find out. After some long thought and some advice from a priest who had been a good friend of my dad for a long time we decided to call my brother yesterday and tell him what happened. The only reason I wasn't supposed to tell anyone was because if possibly someone were to write something on facebook about it, it would have been really bad for him to find out that way. Now that he already knows, I want people to be aware because I have already had a few jack-asses from school say stuff to me about not being at practice or missing a sport banquet and I am really upset because my grandma was EXTREMELY close with me and my brother. Personally I find it annoying when people post things on facebook like "RIP grandma you will be missed" because I feel like if someone really wants to say something to a late family member then they should pray (or because I know how you guys get pissed about religion) just talk to them. I am not the kind of person who likes to draw attention to myself and i know none of you on here know me so I felt like this would be a better option. But I want to let people know about my grandma without making myself seem like an attention whore. Just something subtle because i really don't feel like making someone feel like shit after they have said something bad about me then I tell them I just lost my 88 year old grandmother from a failed kidney who i didn't even get to say goodbye to.
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My grandma passed away and I want a way to make people aware of it without drawing a lot of attention to myself. Thanks Reddit
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My grandma passed away and I want a way to make people aware of it without drawing a lot of attention to myself. Thanks Reddit
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [18F] and friend [27M] started to kind of date. I'm scared that he's taking advantage of me...
POST: Hello, I'm a 18 y/o student and I met this guy who is my sisters colleague a few weeks ago. He's a doctor and expressed an interest in me a few months ago when he saw a picture of me and my sister. She never told me because she thinks he's a "man-whore" and wanted to protect me.
I don't see a problem whit a young, good looking and successful man sleeping with some women and not wanting to commit to a serious relationship. Whatever floats your boat, right?
My sister met with some of her friends from the hospital (she's a nurse) in a cafe and he appeared out of nowhere. He started to flirt whit me and wanted to go somewhere after we were done eating to which my sister insisted to come along. I thought he wanted to seduce my her by being nice to her little sister. I was wrong. He flirted with me, touched my hand, asked me questions and after we were done cruising around in his car he wanted to have my number. My sister reluctantly agreed and let me give it to him. We have been texting non stop ever since. We went out a couple of times and he's been incredibly nice to me.
We went to his apartment once and made out etc. we didn't have sex but we kind of plan to this week.
But I'm afraid that he's just using me and won't even look at me once we had sex. Though I found out that he asked for advice from a mutual fried of his and my sisters about how to approach me and if she thought that the age gap was weird and so on.
What go you guys think? Should I wait until I'm really sure or just let him go?
Note: English is not my first language and I'm on my mobile so excuse any mistakes.
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I [18F] met a doctor [27M]. Known to be sleeping around with various girls, scared that he just wants sex and nothing more...
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I [18F] met a doctor [27M]. Known to be sleeping around with various girls, scared that he just wants sex and nothing more...
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My Wife (F25) and I started a company together & she is upset because I listed on my website & resume that "I founded" it. She wants me to fix it. Am I in completely the wrong?
POST: Her argument is that since we both started it we are both technically co-founders. To be a founder means that there was only one individual in the beginning. I feel like she really encouraged me to start it, but that I did most of the work in the beginning getting it going & she more so took on the role of getting people involved. She said she feels like me putting up that I founded the company completely takes away her role in it and she's very hurt.
Is she overreacting? I didn't see it that way, but am I wrong to have done that?
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Wife is upset with me for stating that I founded a company that we both had a part in, I'm not sure if she's over reacting or if this is an actual error on my part.
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Wife is upset with me for stating that I founded a company that we both had a part in, I'm not sure if she's over reacting or if this is an actual error on my part.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [25 M] dating [25 F] of about 2 months , receiving mixed messages, need an outside perspective.
POST: We've known, very little, each other for a few years (only once or twice a year group meet-ups though.) We hooked up 2 months ago and kept in touch and went on some dates while exchanging plenty of texts/sexts.
At the time of the hook-up, she had just taken on a new (2nd) job that demands a lot of her time in the evenings/weekends while working normal hours in the weekday. Which is all fine and we talked about it being slightly difficult meeting up but she said wanted to date, sharing suggestive texts during the busy weeks to keep things interesting.
The weekend before last, we had organised a day to see each other several days in advance, but half an hour before, she has to cancel due to a work request she couldn't turn down. (interviewing musicians and music scene). Which is all true, and I can understand since this is what she's always wanted to do this as a career, and suggests meeting during the weekday where she has a full free day to spend more time with me (we only ever had hour long dates as both our schedules conflicted which have gone well as she has stated that).
It comes to the day before but I get no response from her about the date and I just carry on my usual day to day stuff. Three days later I get a text saying sorry for no contact, that she has been very busy and all over the place, and, can we put the dating aspect on hold an be friends. (I have yet to respond as im not sure what to say, I can understand taking it slow but am I being led on a string or being easily let down??)
Just to note, she had been in a long relationship that finished a year ago that was not socially fulfilling/boring and with her new found freedom wanted to get out and enjoy life, which is now non-stop and she seems a lot more energetic but also demands a lot, which of course I admire her for as we both have similar life goals that we're going for and she has just gotten into a new path in her career that she is aiming for.
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Wants to date, is interested, flirty but keeps pushing me back and now, wants to be friends due to her demanding hectic schedule.
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Wants to date, is interested, flirty but keeps pushing me back and now, wants to be friends due to her demanding hectic schedule.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I (28/f) want to be friends with someone (30ish/m) at work
POST: So there's a guy at my work that I've talked to occasionally. He seems really cool and he just moved here from another state.
I've had a hard time making friends with other people at work since most in my department are a lot older and have kids and families.
I'm also considering a move to another department eventually and I'd like to have some allies at work for when that happens. How to I make friends with him without it seeming like in interested in more than that?
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trying to make friends with specific people at work, not sure how to approach it without seeming creepy. Guy also has a girlfriend.
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trying to make friends with specific people at work, not sure how to approach it without seeming creepy. Guy also has a girlfriend.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My (F39) mum (F67) is very mean to me and my husband (M37) about our career choices.
POST: My mother has always been a mixed bag. She's borderline mean a lot but I don't want to cut her out... When i was 18 I decided instead of going to law school like my mum wanted me to I went to study to become a teacher. ( I now am a teacher) ever since then she constantly berates me that I "can do better" and that I'm going to be poor (even though I have a masters degree-meaning I get paid more then most teachers) she also says "I'm wasting my life" and that she "raised me to be successful, not babysit kids" she also is mean to my husband who is a teacher-librarian at a elementary school ( I teach high school) she says " I could have married a more successful man if I wanted to" it makes me so so fucking sad. I've considered cutting off contact with her but my son loves her ( and she's very good and nice and awesome) with my son. Just not me and my husband.. I don't know what to do...
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my mum is mean to me and my husband but super nice to my son. I have no clue what to do.
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my mum is mean to me and my husband but super nice to my son. I have no clue what to do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Still in love with ex boyfriend.
POST: I'm a 19-year old female, who dated an 18-year old guy for about 6 months.
We broke up a 2 months ago, because he said "he didn't feel comfortable around me, in the same way as when he's with his friends". Also, he said when you're in a relationsship, you're supposed to be best friends, which we weren't. He also mentioned, that he didn't feel he could support me the way a boyfriend should be able to.
We agreed to still be friends, and I admitted, that I still loved him, and he said he loved me too. A week after, he texted me telling me, that he had been to a psychologist, and he had a depression.
We've met up a few times since, but never talked about feelings. But lately, he's hardly ever contacted me, it's just me, who starts the conversation over text or skype, and it's only me, who takes the initiative to meet up.
I know, he's not at his very best, and that's probably why he hardly ever contacts me.
But recently I've become unsure, if I should continue contacting him. Do you think it's worth it? Should I talk about how I feel? Or should wait until he feels better?
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My ex has a depression, I'm still in love with him, but I'm unsure of his feelings. Therefore, I'm totally blank on what to do. :-(
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My ex has a depression, I'm still in love with him, but I'm unsure of his feelings. Therefore, I'm totally blank on what to do. :-(
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: How do I get our neighbors to stop *making* their dogs poop in our yard.
POST: First post :)
I am in college and live in a house literally bordering university property. Next door to us is a stand-alone apartment building with about 8 units inside (unaffiliated with the school).
Recently, a middle-aged (white trash) couple moved in with their 3 dogs. Their apartment building has a small yard about the size of ours, however they always walk their dog over to our yard for them to poop, and then they leave it there. Most of the time I see it through the window, and just as I get up enough courage to go confront them, they're gone. Today, I came home while they were in the yard, gave her a ಠ_ಠ and asked her politely "if you're going to let them go here, please at least pick it up" to which she said "okay" and yanked them all on their leashes back to their building.
3 hours later, they're back at it, and not picking it up. What can I do? I thought about some sort of pet repellant, but I figured that I don't want to hurt the dogs or make their owners even more abusive to them for not pooping, but they seem to not care that it's property.
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Neighbors are having their dogs poop in our yard and not clean it up, how do I get back at them?
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Neighbors are having their dogs poop in our yard and not clean it up, how do I get back at them?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [22 F] with my boyfriend [23 M] of two years have been fighting about holiday arrangements.
POST: Whenever it comes to seeing each other's family for the holidays, things have always gone smoothly. Most of my family lives out of town. His family lives out of town as well. Somehow, we always arrange to see each other's family during the holidays. This year, he is living 400 miles away from me due to graduate school. His family lives between the city he is living in and the city I live in.
About a month ago, my boyfriend got a dog. Because of this, he has decided that he cannot visit my family with me because he cannot bring the dog with him (my family is allergic,) and doesn't want to have anyone but his mother watch the dog while we visit my family. She has only committed to watching the dog one night because if the dog has issues being away from my SO, she doesn't want to deal with it.
Because of the ridiculous amount of driving it would be to take the dog to his family's place then to visit my family then pick the dog back up (not knowing how long he would actually be able to visit my family in case the dog does't do well without him and his mother says no bueno,) he's decided that for neither Thanksgiving or Christmas he will be able to visit my family. His mother already made plans for Thanksgiving for him to be there Thanksgiving day and their traditions of Christmas Eve are set in stone.
I feel like there is no compromise. I understand that the dog is his responsibility, however, I feel as though the dog's importance has taken lead over my feelings of importance I have for us spending time with MY family (I ALWAYS make time to see his family whenever applicable.) We hardly get to see my family--maybe twice a year when they visit the city I live in and he is in town.
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Why do I feel like the dog has taken importance over me? I am upset that the dog interferes with him seeing my family.
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Why do I feel like the dog has taken importance over me? I am upset that the dog interferes with him seeing my family.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [24F] with my one night stand [28M] It's been four years and I can't stop thinking about him
POST: I'm a normal, friendly person with solid social skills, but I'm also a late bloomer sexually. I had sex for the first time four years ago with "Ben", a guy I was friendly with and had a crush on. We hooked up and it was great, but then he immediately started ignoring me and we never really spoke again. It was really irritating at the time but I wasn't heartbroken by any stretch of the imagination.
Flash forward four years. I haven't had any sexual or romantic relationships since Ben. Then about eight months ago, Ben randomly liked my new profile picture. Ever since then I've been thinking about him a lot and I'm really not sure why. I haven't messaged him or even looked at his profile, but I have this little fantasy where I run into him in my new town and he asks me to meet him for dinner.
I'm posting here because I'm super confused about why I'm so fixated on the idea of this guy who treated me pretty disrespectfully, and who I never really had any emotional attachment to.
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Four years ago I hooked up with an acquaintance, never heard from him again, and suddenly I'm obsessing over him.
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Four years ago I hooked up with an acquaintance, never heard from him again, and suddenly I'm obsessing over him.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [20M] with my girlfriend [21F] of a few months, thinks I have an STD after learning of my past sexual history
POST: My girlfriend and I have been dating for a few months, and we know each other's past history pretty well. I, a few years back, dated a very promiscuous girl, and my girlfriend knows this.
Me and my girlfriend have only had sex a few times, and one of those times was without a condom. She was a virgin and is very inexperienced and does not understand a lot about sex. The other day it somehow came up in conversation that I slept with my ex one year ago, and my girlfriend accused me of having an STD, and I really do not like how she brings up my past history like that.
She says she is going to get an STD test because she thinks that my ex picked one up and gave it to me based on her promiscuity. I am going to get an STD test too just to prove to her I do not have one, but I was pretty offended she accused me of having one after I told her that I had slept with my ex a year ago. She is very upset and offended that I am offended at her.
Am I wrong to be offended by that?
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Girlfriend and I have had sex, she finds out I had sex with someone a year ago and now thinks I have an STD
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Girlfriend and I have had sex, she finds out I had sex with someone a year ago and now thinks I have an STD
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: If a guy you've been hanging out with googles you, does it mean he's into you?
POST: I (late20sF) have a friend (late20sM) that I've known casually for many years but have only hung out with a handful of times because we both have moved around a lot. Nothing explicitly romantic has ever happened between us, but we have a really good connection and sometimes I've wondered if we would have dated if the timing had worked out better. We now live about a half hour apart and recently we hung out for the first time in several months. I have a personal webpage that tracks analytics so I can see who visits my page and where they're located. Late that night, I got an alert that someone had just searched for me on google and had visited a few of the pages on my personal webpage. Based on the location I know it was him.
Is this a strong sign he is interested in me? Or is it somewhat common for people to google random friends of theirs?
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casual friend googles me at night after hanging out earlier in the day. does it mean he's into me?
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casual friend googles me at night after hanging out earlier in the day. does it mean he's into me?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU 'cause I got high.
POST: So I get home from work yesterday at around 3pm when my buddy calls me up and tells me to swing over to his place to check out his new IPA home brew that was finishing up. I get over to his pad and we take some samples and its pretty good stuff. Afterwards he tells me that he also had made some serious brownies (the best kind). Now the problem here is that I was starving and my stomach was empty, so not only was the IPA hitting my instantly, but an hour or so later I start taking a magic carpet ride through the universe of mind, body, and spirit. I occasionally dabble, but I was at an honest [9] and at one point was going through this:
So anyway. The day is a complete blur and I find myself waking up at 6:00am to get ready for work. I stroll in about an hour later, feeling fine, when I see my boss who gives me a super confused look. He comes over to me and asks me if I'm feeling alright. "Yeah, I guess I do, why?" I ask. "Because you left me a message last night saying you wouldn't be able to make it in today." After some really hard thinking, an awkward pause that lasted what felt like several hours, and me babbling about something complete irrelevant, he just nods and walks away.
I just got off the phone with my buddy and he said that I had called in to work after I realized I had to bike home 6 blocks and didn't think I would be able to make it back home in time for work tomorrow...
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I got so high the day before I forgot I had called in to work. Thought 6 blocks was 60 miles and it would take days to get home.
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I got so high the day before I forgot I had called in to work. Thought 6 blocks was 60 miles and it would take days to get home.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Hey Reddit, can my Supervisor stop me from applying to another department?
POST: I work for a major retail store in Maryland, I'm currently working in a sales position that I thought I would enjoy, but after finding out the commission was not the same structure I was told, horrible hours, and coworkers who will barely even talk to me I decided to look at other opportunities. The store has a Loss Prevention position open and I attempted to apply for it. I've been talking to the other guys in LP and they think I would be a good fit. However I was told by the HR rep that my current supervisor won't let me because "it would be too difficult to hire someone new." Are the allowed to do that? I haven't been able to find anything in the employee handbook and the national HR help line is closed till Monday. I also haven't gone to the store manager yet as I don't want to cause ripples in the pond so to speak.
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My supervisor is stopping me was applying to another department in the same store because it would be too difficult to find a replacement.
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My supervisor is stopping me was applying to another department in the same store because it would be too difficult to find a replacement.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I'm [34/F] considering contacting the woman my husband [34/M] is cheating with. Is this a good or bad idea? Has anyone else in this situation ever contacted the OW/OM? If so how did it go?
POST: I made a [previous post] about my situation but tonight I found out my husband's "friend" is also making a new start so basically they're both leaving their spouses for each other.
I decided I'd like to talk to her and not only get some answers but also let her know a few things like how my husband was treated for an STD (I'm clean so I didn't give it to him). For all I know she gave it to him but in case he didn't I think she should know. I'd also like to let her know about the texts he sent me awhile back saying he loved me and wanted to reconcile (Obviously these were lies or he changed his mind) because it goes to show his shady character. She has a kid and as angry as I am, I don't want her kid to get attached to them in the event that she discovers he's truly an asshole and breaks it off with him.
I won't lie though, a little part of me wants to send it as a way of telling her I know what's going on but none of the letter is angry, harassment, blame, etc. It's pretty calm and sort of non-judgemental. So /r/relationship, does this seem like a good or bad idea?
Do you have any advice for me on how I should handle this situation? I'm going crazy not having any closure.
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Want to contact the OW in the politest way possible but not sure if this is a batshit thing to do.
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Want to contact the OW in the politest way possible but not sure if this is a batshit thing to do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by giving a vending machine a $20 bill
POST: This happened last night.
My girlfriend and I are staying overnight at a hotel to go to Hershey Park in the morning. Both of us needed water because god knows why the air was so dry. So I got out of bed and told her I was gonna go look around for one of the vending machines to get water. I forgot I didn't have any single bills left and thought I'd be okay using my credit card.
Here's where the fuck up started.
I got to the vending machine (which was right around the corner from my room) and noticed there wasn't the conventional "$1.00 and $5.00 bills accepted" so I thought it'd be okay to use a $20 bill instead of my credit card I'd get dollar coins back, right?
After I got my drink, I was tired so I had to look reaaaaal close to see that there were quarters coming out instead.
Got $18.50 worth of quarters back from a vending machine. Instant regret.
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Used $20 on a vending machine thinking I was gonna get dollar coins, got $18.50 worth of quarters instead.
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Used $20 on a vending machine thinking I was gonna get dollar coins, got $18.50 worth of quarters instead.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [30 M] with my wife [28 F] of 2.5 years, sex life is dying...
POST: My wife and I may or may not have been meant to be. Perhaps we'll never know. We dated for 2 years in college and shortly after graduating, found out we had a bun in the oven. Pregnancy was rough on both of us, and she had some depression issues during and after. We got married about 6 months before our son was born. And that was when our sex life died.
Fast forward 2 years, I still have the same libido I had in college. If there's an opportunity to get some, I take it (only with the wife). My wife on the other hand is either too busy, too tired, or just doesn't feel like it. And when she does feel like it, its never for me, it just what is good for her, with no concession for my wants and preferences. It's sex, so I don't turn it down.
I take good care of myself as she does, I'm not ugly and neither is she, and I've been faithful since we started dating. I've recently given up on the whole surprise flowers, spontaneous dates, small gifts, etc. as they very rarely produce anything other than a "thank you".
What can I do to better our sex life, both in frequency and variety?
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How can a loyal, good-lookin horndog get his wife to spice it up a bit without being put in the doghouse?
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How can a loyal, good-lookin horndog get his wife to spice it up a bit without being put in the doghouse?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [17 M] with my Ex-GF [18 F] of 6 months, she says she wants to be with me and build with me, proceeds to ignore me.
POST: Okay, to start we were together for a short while last year and during that time it was great I really liked her and felt it was reciprocated. During that time though I found out she was talking to other guys behind my back who were attempting to sway her away from me. Eventually we broke up but remained somewhat close to the point where she would still come to be with her problems. (which was a lot)
I cared about her a lot and I still do, recently she started at college and suddenly tells me that she wants to build with me and be with me for my success. Although, I don't really believe her.
Since the day I've met her she's blown me off I can't count how many times, takes an unnatural amount of time to text back, and ultimately ignores me to the point where I feel she doesn't care. But the few times she does respond to me it's something that really makes it seem like she does care about me. Her actions towards me just leave me confused and feeling left out, I feel like I'm being lead on but I don't know. I try to discuss it with her but she's generally distant and avoids it. Just not sure what to do from here, just drop her completely or keep trying?
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Ex that I care for a lot tells me she wants to build with me and be with me, proceeds to ignore me and leave me feeling down. Drop her or not?
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Ex that I care for a lot tells me she wants to build with me and be with me, proceeds to ignore me and leave me feeling down. Drop her or not?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/loseit
TITLE: How I fight hunger cravings.
POST: Aside from the standard stuff I've seen around here, like drinking water or filling up on really dense/low calorie food, I've realized a method that works for me to avoid feeling hunger pangs.
I noticed that during the week, when I'm watching TV or browsing reddit, I tend to get hungrier more often. I just want to eat when I know I shouldn't. But on the weekends I eat less than I usually do and don't seem to get hungry. I still browse the internet and watch TV probably a similar amount, but it's when I have free time and when I also do something else: play videogames.
Something about focusing or getting entirely absorbed in a good game somehow gets me through a whole day, almost forgetting to eat. I've experienced the same thing when reading or writing something, anything that gets me to focus all of my attention on it.
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buy and play/read/enjoy good game/book/hobby (mine was Bioshock), forget you're hungry.
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buy and play/read/enjoy good game/book/hobby (mine was Bioshock), forget you're hungry.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit, I need some advice, I can't choose whether to pursue a solution to my problem, or give up on it.
POST: (Warning: This is not a life threatening problem, if you don't want to listen to a issue that is anything less than a personal emergency, this post isn't for you. Thanks.)
Some background information: Over the past 4 months or so, I developed what I thought was a pretty close friendship with a girl whom I had known for the majority of my life, but had never really taken time to speak with until this year. In that time I discovered that she was an absolutely awesome person; very smart, and very funny and just enjoyable to be around. Up until just a few weeks ago we would talk for 3-4 hours a day on Skype, and I enjoyed all of it.
Now onto the problem: In the time I spoke to her, she mentioned Prom on several occasions, asking questions like "Do you know what day Prom is", also mentioning the occasion when other girls post dress pictures to Facebook, making it a semi-frequent topic for short amounts of conversation. Now I, lacking minor social skills, came to the conclusion that these were some kind of hints, and decided to man-up and ask her. After a relatively simple outing, on the way back home I decided that I would ask, and she proceeded to turn me down. In all honesty, getting turned down is not a huge deal, it is what follows that bothers me.
Since that day, she has not spoken to me at all, it has been 3 weeks now. She wouldn't return any of my texts (all three that I sent over those weeks), removed me from Facebook, and then removed me from her Skype contacts. She avoids communicating with me in person, and appears to avoid me now. There is nothing that I would want more than to continue on as we were just several weeks ago, but she appears to want none of it. I think I may have overstepped my boundaries in asking her to Prom, but being completely put out in the cold like this seems ridiculous, and frustrates me to no end.
My question is whether I should attempt to repair what I thought was a excellent friendship, or should I just try to let her go?
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Asked a close friend to Prom, I was turned down, now she won't speak to me; should I try to fix what is broken, or just let her go?
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Asked a close friend to Prom, I was turned down, now she won't speak to me; should I try to fix what is broken, or just let her go?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Outside perspective with a friend.
POST: I (30f) have a friend (25f) and we have been pretty close the last 3 years. She was my maid of honor in my wedding and we hit it off right away quickly becoming best friends.
The last few months I have been noticing how incredibly toxic she is. Constantly saying she will do something and then fall through. I catch her lying and she denies it. When her love life is going well, I fall to the sidelines.
When I bring things up to her that upset me she always turns it against me. She does this so often that I start to question if I really am a horrible person for being hurt that she is late, doesn't let me know she won't be able to come while I've been waiting, or being thankful enough.
I need to find a way to end this relationship, but I worry as she deals with depression/anxiety (as do I) and when another friend finally called it quits she told me how she contemplated sucide.
I really just need an outside perspective on this as I've been struggling for awhile.
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My (30f) friend (25f) of three years is toxic and I need help figuring out a way to end things. She has a history of contemplating sucide.
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My (30f) friend (25f) of three years is toxic and I need help figuring out a way to end things. She has a history of contemplating sucide.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: [23/m] in a 4y relationship with [35/f] with husband and 2 kids
POST: It's almost 4 years now, we met when I was 19 and SO 30.
We were close friends for a year, I got to know her kids(she's an amazing parent) also got to know her husband. He is verbally abusive, also had her caged at home for like first 5 years of marriage. He's extremely catholic and conservative and she will divorce him regardless of me being with her or not, but she needs to have a stable job before doing so.
I absolutely love her company, never had anyone with whom I felt so comfortable around, we share hobbies, I mean, we read same books, game together, sometimes work together. We spend 2-3 evenings a week together.
However, I'm really afraid, that jumping in this relationship after divorce will destroy everything and leave her in a situation worse than now. It's all going great now, she recently got a decent full time job, kids love me but still, I am absolutely terrified of potential consequences of the duties overwhelming me, mid-life crisis of chasing girls, starting to see the age difference, etc - I have huge doubts.
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I'm a 23yo lover/partner of a *wonderful* 35yo that has a husband and 2 kids trying to divorce, and I don't know what to do.
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I'm a 23yo lover/partner of a *wonderful* 35yo that has a husband and 2 kids trying to divorce, and I don't know what to do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Pets
TITLE: Need some advice on a possible adoption.. (x-post /r/dogs)
POST: Hey there! In about a month my parents and I might be taking in one of our neighbors dogs (A German Shepherd). As long as I've known them they've kept him confined to a cage (inside) 24/7, besides taking him for walks. They say they do this because he's very territorial and marks everything. I don't know if they're telling the truth, but what's the best way to end this habit if he continues it in his new home? Also, we have 4 cats. My mom and I love them dearly, and my mom is worried that they'll run away if we bring the dog in. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!
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Possibly taking in a dog that is territorial and marks everything in the house, is there a way to prevent this? Also, my mom is worried that our cats will run away.
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Possibly taking in a dog that is territorial and marks everything in the house, is there a way to prevent this? Also, my mom is worried that our cats will run away.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by getting the mail
POST: I should start out by first mentioning that I'm living in an apartment complex and have never gotten packages delivered here before so I don't know how the whole system works for packages.
So I was expecting two packages to be delivered, one box with shoes and another box with a phone case for my new phone. I get a text message saying one of my packages were delivered, cool yay!
So I open the door and don't see anything on the porch so i go to our mailbox which isn't really large enough for the boxes and get the mail.
When I'm getting the mail I see two sets of keys and both have tags saying that they keys are property of post office and if found return by dropping into a mailbox. So my first thought is
"Oh, the mailman must have accidentally left these in my box and is probably looking for them! Better drop it into the mailbox slot below" (there's an outgoing mailbox below my box).
But before I do that, my curiosity gets the best of me and I try sticking the keys into these larger boxes below mine and the key fits! I don't turn it though because I don't want to be caught tampering with other people's mail and I sated my curiosity for where the keys went already. I mindlessly drop both keys into the outgoing mail box slot and then 2 seconds later it hits me...
those keys were for me to open those larger *PACKAGE SIZED* boxes so I could retrieve my packages...
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Mailman left me keys to retrieve my packages, I thought he forgot them in my mailbox and returned them without taking my packages
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Mailman left me keys to retrieve my packages, I thought he forgot them in my mailbox and returned them without taking my packages
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My boyfriend of three years [21M] constantly calls me [21F] a whore
POST: Update: I DUMPED HIM. Thanks for all the advice guys! It was hard but I can live..
Hey guys..
I've been with my boyfriend for three years (I'm a female and we're both 21) he lost his virginity to me but I wasn't a virgin when I met him..
The first two years were wonderful and we always felt like we're soulmates.. Thing is he thinks I'm a whore because I hooked up with a guy he hates a year before I met him.
He says his opinion of me will never change and he will punish me for it forever :( he makes jokes about this and calls me a slut/whore almost everyday whether jokingly or serious ..
It really hurts cause I thought I meant more to him but I guess I was wrong.. Anyway this makes me feel so shitty about myself that I just wanna stay in bed and feel so inferior to all the other women who are virgins.
I hate it cause its like none of the things we did matter, and all he'll ever think of me is a whore.. It sucks thinking that he will respect another girl and not me simply because of a mistake which I regret deeply..
I know I can't change this cause it happened five years ago.. What can I do? I really love my boyfriend and we want to move in together soon but this is slightly annoying and he won't stop..
Am I overreacting? Should I suck it up and go with it?
Talking to him is useless cause we had conversations about this tons of times and he still says I'm a slut..
Any tips? :(
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I had sex with a guy a year before I met my current boyfriend and my bf says he thinks I'm a whore and his opinion won't change..
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I had sex with a guy a year before I met my current boyfriend and my bf says he thinks I'm a whore and his opinion won't change..
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/personalfinance
TITLE: Should I cut deeply into my savings and pay off my student loan or keep paying in increments?
POST: I have ~11K in savings and a remaining balance of ~3K in student loans with a seemingly steep interest rate. Even though I am 'paid ahead' until July of 2016, I am still incurring interest hits with each payment (generally pay $100/month towards the loan and about 87 goes towards principal and the remaining is interest). Should I go ahead and pay off my remaining balance of 3K now, leaving me with 8K in savings?
Things to consider: I just moved across the country for grad school. I am currently unemployed and seeking work. I can (and probably will have to) take another loan out for grad school in the next two months. So I wouldn't be flat broke if any major expenses came up. The only main concerns I have to worry about (aside from standard bills and insurance) are rent of ~625/mo, a dog who is now 7, and a 1999 car which seems to be surviving ok right now, but who knows.
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would it be better for me to completely pay off this one loan before taking out another, even though paying off this one will cut into my savings a good bit?
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would it be better for me to completely pay off this one loan before taking out another, even though paying off this one will cut into my savings a good bit?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [23M] with my girlfriend [22F] of 7 years have vastly different sexual pleasures. Is this something that will become a constant sore point for the rest of our lives?
POST: Me and my long term girlfriend have been together for a little over 7 years now. We have been in a long distance relationship for the past 3 years due to our studies. We long our virginities to each other and from there we began to explore a bit.
I have been watching porn for 10 years and have built up various fetishes and sexual desires. My girlfriend on the other hand had barely begun to touch herself when we met and had little to no idea about what she liked or what she wanted to try. So we used my 'knowlegde' to try several things and see what we liked.
During this time we tried several things ranging from your normal passionate sex to public sex and from mild bdsm to anal. What became clear after several years of exploring is that we both have quite different tastes. She prefers passionate normal sex and occasionally being restrained. I'm into things such as anal play and exhibitionism. She is very specific about what she likes now and I'm still very open and willing to do pretty much anything. This is starting to bring a bit of conflict as I become bored with all of these restrictions she has now put in place so that she stays in her comfort zone.
It's difficult for us both to enjoy sex to its fullest extent at the same time as I want to do certain things that she won't do and she wants to do things that we've done a thousand times and don't really excite me anymore.
I'm not going to pack in the relationship over this as I love her and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I want to know if this is going to be a source of conflict for the rest of our relationship, and if anyone has any advice or ideas regarding this?
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Me and my girlfriend are into different things in a sexual sense. How do we reduce or deal with conflict regarding this?
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Me and my girlfriend are into different things in a sexual sense. How do we reduce or deal with conflict regarding this?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Is this over the line?
POST: To cut a very long story short, I caught my boyfriend out by seeing on his 'recent items' on his laptop that he'd watched a video of one of his ex's and him together. We've been together a year and a half or so and have been living together just over a month. He's 26/m, I'm 22/f. I'd been away for 2 days with work when this must have happened.
I have no issue with him watching porn, although I do think he watches way more than normal and I guess that's another issue (he'd watch it on his lunch break back at home and then in the evening as standard, and other days it would definitely be more). It's just way, way over the line for me for him to watch it with people he used to be with. Is this over-reacting? I plan to talk to him about it later because this conversation came up between us a week or so ago and he said he didn't do it and would think that was over the line too, he just wanted the collections to have a 'history'. So not only does he think he's doing wrong, he's lying too.
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would you have an issue with your partner continuing to watch videos of him and ex's together when in a new relationship?
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would you have an issue with your partner continuing to watch videos of him and ex's together when in a new relationship?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/personalfinance
TITLE: Please help - My employer is selling and the new employment contract is crazy
POST: My employer announced today that they sold the company. They passed out the new employment contracts and there are some awful no-compete and IP sections (everything you do outside the office belongs to the company regardless).
The compensation is the same as it was before, but the employment contract brings forth some very nasty differences from the environment/agreement I have been working under for the past 6 years.
I tried to negotiate a very small modification to the contract and got shot down.
I tried to negotiage slightly higher (industry standard) wages to compensate for the negative changes and got shot down.
They are giving us 48 hours to make a decision. Keeping my same rate of pay and agreeing to this crazy contract is not in my best interest.
Question: Would I be eligible to receive unemployment while I look for another job?
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Company got bought out, new contract is insane, I will be unemployed if I don't agree to new contract within 48 hours - would I be eligible for unemployment?
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Company got bought out, new contract is insane, I will be unemployed if I don't agree to new contract within 48 hours - would I be eligible for unemployment?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [22F] am having crushing anxiety and guilt about if I should break up with boyfriend
POST: I've been with my boyfriend for over three years. Last week, it hit me almost overnight that I had to end things. I don't want to, but I feel like I have to. All day last Sunday my boyfriend was annoying me. He wasn't doing anything wrong, just everything he did annoyed me. When I got home it hit me that I didn't feel the same way and I literally had a panic attack. All week I have had awful anxiety about it. I can't shake this feeling that I've falle out of love with him. I don't think it is his fault, he has been fine. He doesn't abuse me or disrespect me. I think I've just come to realize that I can't make myself feel the same way about him as I used to.
Last night when we had sex, I felt like I was having sex with a stranger. I just wanted it to be over. I feel crazy because three weeks ago I was so happy with him and was so in love, and now I have these thoughts and I don't know if it is a lapse in judgment, or if love can change and fade so quickly. The thought of ending it makes me cry and cry, leaves my heart feeling like it is on fire. Like I'm a failure for being with someone three years with nothing to show for it. I can't stop thinking about the thought of him with someone else, or the thought of him no longer in my life and it is so incredibly upsetting. I feel like I am in this limbo. Like I love him, but not enough to marry him or spend my life with him.
On Valentine's Day we went to a hockey game and all day he was so nice, so loving. But I just kept thinking to myself that this wasn't right. Like yes he loves me, but I don't feel as in love with him as he does with me.
Has anybody else felt like this? Did I fall out of love, or am I just out of the honeymoon stage? After my panic attack last week I went to the doctor and got on lexapro, and I just keep trying to tell myself that I'm depressed and that it isn't my boyfriend but I don't know.
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don't know if I should end things. Terrible anxiety and sadness maybe meaning I shouldn't or that I should???
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don't know if I should end things. Terrible anxiety and sadness maybe meaning I shouldn't or that I should???
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [24F] with my friend [27M], how can I be a good 'wingwoman'?
POST: My friend recently moved to the city and hasn't been dating for a while. I want to go out with him and be his 'wingwoman' to help him find a special lady friend (as does he, I'm not pressing this on him).
I'm in a committed long term relationship of 4.5 years, how do I go out with him in a way that he still seems approachable by other women when my SO can't come too? I worry that people will automatically assume he is my boyfriend when it is just the two of us and that will be no bueno for his chances.
What ways can I talk him up or help him break into circles of ladies to talk to? What's the best way to excuse myself when it seems he is hitting it off with someone?
I just want to be a good friend and see him happy, please send me your tips!
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I want to be a good wingwoman for my guy friend and need your tips on how to do so gracefully.
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I want to be a good wingwoman for my guy friend and need your tips on how to do so gracefully.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My boyfriend [28M] is unaffectionate! Am I [27F] wasting my time trying to fix things? And did I totally ruin things by being so paranoid!?
POST: My BF [28M] And I [27F] have been dating a little over a year and he is very emotionally detached and very unaffectionate. I always feel like he's not really into me and his actions totally show it but then when I confront him about it we just fight and he says he wants to stay with me and just isn't an affectionate person?
I really like him because we do have fun together when we do hang out but I feel like lonely and unloved majority of the time and it's shitty! And he can go days without talking to me or seeing me. Wouldn't you want to spend time with your gf!? I ask him that too and his response is he doesn't miss anyone it's not just me but in the beginning he used to tell me he missed me...
Should I just end things or are there ways to maybe fix it? I mean he says he doesn't want to break up but like it's unfair to me how unavailable he always is!
And it's not like he's doing something important he just would rather be with his friends over me. Idk maybe it's me! Maybe I'm super lame or something! I can't say he's keeping me around just to get laid bc we don't alway have sex when we do hang out?
I guess he lost affection towards me bc I can be a little paranoid and I accuse him of cheating on me when he is away but only because he's unaffectionate so when you think someone's not into you your brain will take you places!
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I think my relationship is going nowhere but I want it to work, should I just let it go and move on?
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I think my relationship is going nowhere but I want it to work, should I just let it go and move on?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [22 M] with my live-in ex [22F] together 2 years, broken up 3 months, sleep in same bed. But I know she is seeing other people?
POST: I will try to keep it short and simple.. My ex was great and we had a pretty good thing going. We even got a lease renting a wonderful house together(we are halfway through the lease). After too much time together we kinda got pulled apart. She said she did not have feelings for me anymore and so on. It really hurt but I tried online dating to talk to new people for a change.
I happened to find her dating profile on multiple sites(one of which is a sugar daddy site, which is concerning in another way). So she used to be gone for days on end, and I just figured it was completely over.
And suddenly, she starts being sweet again and initiating sex with me, cooking me meals, etc. Beyond that, she starts calling me old nicknames, and acting like nothing was wrong or something. I know she is actively on dating sites, so she must be meeting people.
My issue is should I continue to to play along? Is she thinking of "dating" me again up against new guys? Or am I just a backup lay? At this point, I never thought she would never want to be with me again, let alone starting being intimate again. I definitely do not want to get my hopes up. But at the same time I do not want to get played like a fool. I cannot bring up her dating people, as it leads to a lot of fighting. Which tells me she is seeing people. However, lately she has been on her phone less, and spending massive amounts of time with me.
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Ex girlfriend is acting like when we were together, but I am positive she is lying and seeing other people. If I bring it up, a high fight starts. Should I move to the spare room?
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Ex girlfriend is acting like when we were together, but I am positive she is lying and seeing other people. If I bring it up, a high fight starts. Should I move to the spare room?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit boys, please help me find vday present for my awesome gamer supernerd bf?
POST: My boyfriend is AWESOME so I want to get him something awesome for Valentine's Day :) His life basically revolves around cameras, his RSS feed, Netflix, Starcraft & various other PC games and his computer (which he loves more than life itself). I'm sort of a girly-girl (though I browse reddit daily and have been known to play the occasional round of COD), so my expertise is more in the looking-cute-in-pictures, throwing parties, and pop culture sphere than in the technorati realm. He's not much for material possessions and he much prefers to stay in than go out. We're college students, so plane tickets to Tahiti are out of the question (I probably couldn't drag him along if I tried, actually...), but I've got a pretty comfy budget so I'm not exceedingly worried about breaking the bank. He's such a wonderful guy that I'd really like to get him something nice!
Boys of Reddit, I need your help. All of my other boyfriends have been athlete, east-coast prep school alums, fratstars or some combination of those. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but my current boyfriend's quite a departure from that whole scene. They were pretty easy to shop for, but that's easy to give up for a brilliant, thoughtful guy (who the others most certainly were not). My friends have been ZERO help, so I'd really appreciate any suggestions you might have!
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REDDIT BOYS,PLEASE HELP ME FIND A VALENTINE'S DAY PRESENT FOR MY TECHY BF :)
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REDDIT BOYS,PLEASE HELP ME FIND A VALENTINE'S DAY PRESENT FOR MY TECHY BF :)
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: What is the best way for a non-romantic to propose?
POST: I plan on proposing within the next year and half, but I am not romantic whatsoever. I've never given her flowers, I don't write poems, I'll never lay a bunch of rose pedals out for her. It's just not me, and she is totally okay with it. Super romantic stuff makes me want to throw up, especially if it is done in public. I don't even like to kiss her in front of people. However, I still love her more than anything in the world and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I refuse to propose publicly or get down on a knee, but I also don't want it to be super lame. Suggestions?
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I'm not the romantic type, I don't want it to be public, I don't want to get down on a knee, but I also don't want it to be total weak sauce.
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I'm not the romantic type, I don't want it to be public, I don't want to get down on a knee, but I also don't want it to be total weak sauce.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My Boyfriend's dad saw me[f 21] naked. My boyfriend [m 25] now wants me to have dinner with his parents.
POST: My boyfriend lives with his parents right now so 90% of the time we hang out at my place or we just sit in my car parked outside of his parents house (we are in the process of finding an apartment to live together).
A couple weeks ago me and him were watching movies in his room one thing led to another and we had sex in his room and I fell asleep. I tried to leave but he said it would be okay. The next morning while my boyfriend was in the shower his dad came into his room woke me up and started yelling at me and he saw me completely naked.
so last week we were at his house again watching movies in his living room. His dad came in again. My boyfriend introduced us and I was super embarrassed and shy because of what happened. My boyfriend said "sorry she is a little shy" and his dad said "she didn't seem so shy when I met her".
his mom has also called me a "bootycall" and his dad said I have small boobs.
I'm not sure what to do. My boyfriend really wants to take me and his parents out to dinner. I tried to explain why I'm so embarrassed but he says it isn't a big deal. I've asked him if we can wait a little longer before I meet them to give me some time to not be so embarrassed but he insists that they'll love me.
I'm not sure what to do. I don't think I'll ever have the courage to meet his parents after all of this. How would I even handle meeting his parents?
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boyfriend lives with parents his dad saw me naked and yelled at me. my boyfriend still insists on me having dinner with him and his parents. not sure how to handle it
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boyfriend lives with parents his dad saw me naked and yelled at me. my boyfriend still insists on me having dinner with him and his parents. not sure how to handle it
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Girlfriend(20) of one year wants to take a break from me m (22). What should I do in the meantime?
POST: Let me begin by saying I would absolutely marry this girl. I know that life happens and nothing is written in stone, and we've got a lot to work through before we get to that point. But I still feel that we work incredibly well together. Now for some backstory: for the last few weeks she's been getting more and more depressed. We go to the same school for theatre and are in all the same classes so I know exactly what she's going through. Its a lot of emotionally taxing and time consuming work and I think she feels like she doesn't have any independance or time to herself. This last week was our one year anniversary, and since then she has cried every day because we have been fighting. I think that taking a break is a good idea. But my biggest fear is that she'll realize that she is happier without me. I know she loves me so much, and she has also expressed interest in marrying me one day. Here's the kicker in all of this: like I mentioned before, we have almost all of our classes together, every day. How can I give her space, and how should I act? How should I cope for myself?
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Depressed girlfriend(20) wants to take a few weeks off the relationship, but I'm m(22) going to see her every day and we will probably have to work with each other. How should I cope?
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Depressed girlfriend(20) wants to take a few weeks off the relationship, but I'm m(22) going to see her every day and we will probably have to work with each other. How should I cope?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by telling my gf the ending to Breaking Bad
POST: So my girlfriend has been wanting to watch the rest of Breaking Bad for a while. She started watching it right before the final season came out. She refused to know the ending to the series, and expertly avoided all the spoilers when it was on TV and Facebook. She went so far as to stop people from talking about the show around her, and if that wasn't possible she would expertly distract herself or just walk away. If people would talk about it on the street, she would literally run away after hearing what they were saying. She was the definition of dedicated, and expertly avoided all the spoilers.
So here we are today on the couch, calling friends to get ready to go out to dinner. She's on the phone with a friend who (as usual) was making BS excuses. As soon as she gets off the phone she says that his excuse this time is that he's watching Breaking Bad.
Before I even thought about it the first thing that comes out of my mouth is
**SPOILERS**
"You should call back and tell him he dies in the end". I completely forgot about her even wanting to watch Breaking Bad, until I look at her. She was completely heartbroken, all that hardwork and I just fucked it up without even thinking about it.
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Girlfriend went to great lengths for the past year and a half to avoid hearing the ending for Breaking Bad, and I unthinkingly ruined everything
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Girlfriend went to great lengths for the past year and a half to avoid hearing the ending for Breaking Bad, and I unthinkingly ruined everything
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: What's the most unjust thing that you got accused for at school?
POST: My experience still angers me when I think about it. This happened during my freshmen year in high school and currently, I'm a senior in college.
So it was about a month since I had started at the new school in a small town in NH. I was sitting at a lunch table with a few people I had gotten to know.
All of a sudden, there was a big splat right in front of me. Some idiot had thrown a pudding cup at our table. All the girls ran out screaming. Then another splat within a foot of the other pudding cup exploded. The lunch lady started screaming bloody murder and ran towards me. I guess she thought I had stomped the cups or something. The principle joins her and tells me to clean it up immediately.
I said that I didn't do anything, I was just sitting there and they landed in front of me. The principle told me to clean it ASAP or I'd have detention. I stood up for myself and said that I wasn't responsible so I wouldn't do it. About 10 mins later, I was in detention.
Nobody was questioned as to what really happened. I was just targeted for no reason. They called my mom, a physicist who knew that I wouldn't even harm a fly. They had left the pudding there so that she could see "what I had done, and make me clean up the mess". Luckily, the splatter was in such way that the most of the pudding was splattered in one direction. Both of the pudding splatters were splattered in the same direction. Thus the pudding was thrown and not stomped on. Let's just say that the principle apologized and turned very red.
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I got wrongfully accused about splattered pudding cups and got a detention before my physicist mom used her degree to prove the wrongful accusation.
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I got wrongfully accused about splattered pudding cups and got a detention before my physicist mom used her degree to prove the wrongful accusation.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [20 M] Ive been with my girlfriend [20 F] for over a year now and I think shes not sexually attracted to me and sees/treats our relationship as a friendship.
POST: I know this is hardly as big a problem that others on this sub are having but i just need some advice on this.
Ive been going out with this girl who i absolutely adored for the longest time beforehand. I was so stoked when she said she would go out with me. The first couple of months were great, we spent a lot of time together and we got (and still do) along really well.
But one thing that has really stood out is the physical side of the relationship. Shes a really attractive woman who has a lot going for her, but in the year we have been going out except maybe the first few months the sexual part of our relationship has pretty much died. We dont flirt, we dont make out, we dont have sex or any intimacy in a physical sense. Its like we're just friends. And i hate it.
And its not like we've been without opportunites, there have been times when the stars have aligned and everything is perfect for a night of intimacy. And after a few kisses its "Not tonight" or literally just rolling over and sleeping.
I just dont understand it. Ive asked her why we never have a physical side to our relationship anymore. She just says "Im just a bit timid" or "we just dont have time". But we've been together for so long now that is just doesnt make sense. If she said to me that she doesnt like having sex, or she worried about how she looks or any number of plausible reasons then I could work with them. But she just brushes it off.
A couple of months ago a good mutual friend of ours said to me that me and her weren't really in a relationship and that we were really just good friends with a formal label smacked on it.
And thats exactly what it feels like really.
I guess im just confused, i really like her but after all this time with no physical or even emotional reciprocation, I guess you'd say no romance I just don't want to be in this kind of relationship.
Any advice would be awesome guys.
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Girlfriend of over a year shows no sign of physical affection and makes me think that we're just friends and not even in a romantic relationship.
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Girlfriend of over a year shows no sign of physical affection and makes me think that we're just friends and not even in a romantic relationship.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/self
TITLE: Feeling down? Give this a thought
POST: This thought came to me while I was watching the film Gravity. Now I won't spoil it for those of you who haven't watched it, but without giving anything important anyway, there is a scene where our protagonist, faced with almost certain doom, calms herself down by listening to random radio broadcasts coming from Earth. She can hear them, but they can't hear her. It's a nice scene because it reminds you that if you were faced with your own impending mortality, you would instantly miss the most mundane parts of life, and one of its most simple pleasures - the luxury of not having to worry about your own death.
This scene just made me realise - and you can trade out the protagonist's imprisonment in space for anything, such as a cancer diagnosis or life on death row - these people would trade anything just to get back the opportunity to wake up in the morning of a standard day where your biggest worry is getting to work on time, or finishing an essay for college. They would trade anything just to return back to a normal, boring, mundane reality.
*THIS IS YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING.*
Even if you are poor, or ill, you have options. You can choose to read this post or you can close your internet browser and run outside and just taste the fresh air. You can learn something new, fall in love, or get blisteringly drunk. It sounds cliched but you'll never realise how much you would value these privileges unless you actually lost them. So if you are feeling down, or depressed, just remember that you are a tiny ant, crawling on a tiny pebble, in the infinite sandy beach that is our universe. You don't have to answer to anyone but yourself, no one is judging you from afar, and you are capable of whatever it is you want to do. If you fail, at least you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the fact you have the time to fail, fail, fail, and fail again.
Don't treat every day as if it was your last, treat every day as if it were your first. Earth has a lot of surprises in store for you, and if you're seen everything and done everything, you still have the potential to change yourself.
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if a man was in a falling plane and the pilot managed to land it safely against all odds, that man would feel like he had received the greatest gift on earth. You have the exact same gift.
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if a man was in a falling plane and the pilot managed to land it safely against all odds, that man would feel like he had received the greatest gift on earth. You have the exact same gift.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: any advice? Friends With Benefits.
POST: So I'm a female (22) and I've been talking to a male (21) for a few months, we have mostly been flirty friends, and for a long time before we kissed or anything we used to text from the time we woke up until the time we went to bed everyday. But it was always kind of implied that we were more than just friends but there were no restrictions and we could/did see other people. Well I've stayed over at his house a few times and vice versa in the past few months, and we maybe talk online 2-3 times a week, just catching up or saying silly things to each other, but nothing else. A few days after the first time we made out he let me know that he didn't want a relationship, which at the time, really hurt my feelings, but now I've realized I don't want to be in a relationship with him either. We have only hooked up a few times, probably 4 times, in the last 2.5 months we have been in the same city.
Why is this so infrequent? Are we just friends who have hooked up? are we friends with benefits? I feel strange contacting him first, but I really want the hookups to be more frequent. I don't know if it's even worth my time.
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infrequent hookups with a friend, want more sex. Not sure how to get it without seeming desperate or interested in being his gf. Any advice
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infrequent hookups with a friend, want more sex. Not sure how to get it without seeming desperate or interested in being his gf. Any advice
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: I[25/m] am going to be moving in with a long time friend [27/f]. Starting to develop feelings.
POST: So a situation came up a couple of months ago where my friend told me she was in a shitty situation and had to move in to a new place. She asked me if I would be able to get a place with her. I've known her for about 10 years and I trust her completely so I told her it would be no problem. I have always had a blast hanging out with her but never felt any feelings towards her since she has always been in a relationship. However, she is now single and some feelings are starting to emerge.
I know these feelings are probably simple infatuation but I can't shake them. Every day I wake up and I think of her. Every night I go to bed I think of her. We haven't moved in yet or set a specific date to move in but I feel that I should bring my feelings up to her before we move in. We will begin looking for places in the next couple of months and I don't want to make the living situation awkward by bringing it up while we are living together and screwing everything up.
I just don't know what to do in this situation. I feel that it wouldn't be fair to her to wait until after we move in to tell her. But I also don't want to lose her as a friend by telling her about my feelings. I know she wants to move out with me because I probably feel like a safe person to move out with but I also don't want to drive myself crazy by keeping these feelings in.
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Do I tell my friend, who I am about to move out with, that I have feelings for her or do I just keep quiet about this?
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Do I tell my friend, who I am about to move out with, that I have feelings for her or do I just keep quiet about this?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My friend [19F] sent me [20M] a snapchat saying she misses me
POST: I know this is a stupid question but I'm really not good with relationships or reading signs or any of that so sorry. I was at a party and later in the night I put on my story a picture of myself and a girl I'd been hanging out with that night. In the picture she was basically hugging me with her arm and head on my chest and my arm around her. Pretty soon afterwards my friend (the 19F in the title) sent me a private snapchat of a selfie and her saying that she misses me. I checked my story and saw that she had seen the picture. I also had snapchats from earlier in the night that i believe she saw well before i put up the one of me and the girl.
This girl is someone i met in a class and I had known for maybe a little more than a month, we hang out a lot and I felt like I was receiving mixed signals from her about whether she was interested in me or not. So basically what I am asking is this a sign she is interested in me? Did she get jealous seeing me with another girl?
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I posted a snapchat story of me and a girl hugging. A friend of mine, immediately after seeing it, sent me a selfie and said she misses me. Is she interested?
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I posted a snapchat story of me and a girl hugging. A friend of mine, immediately after seeing it, sent me a selfie and said she misses me. Is she interested?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Should I [29F] date my colleague [39 ] ?
POST: (Note: I'm changing the academic field here and using equivalents)
I'm a graduate student in social work and also TA in the sociology department. There is a professor (39 m) in the office next to mine. He teaches critical race theory and I've never taken a class with him. His research interests are not related to mine at all. We always end up chatting about random things and I enjoy being friendly with him. He's really nice. I'm getting a pretty strong vibe he has a thing for me. He's tried to ask me indirectly if I have a boyfriend and seems really nervous when he initiates conversations with me. He's never been creepy or acted like a predator.
He's always interacted with me as a friend or colleague, never as a student. I would like to ask him out, but I worry about two issues. 1) He is assistant head of the sociology department. 2.) It's always awkward to date your sort of colleague.
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I'm pretty sure a professor next to my office has a crush on me. The feeling is mutual. Should I date him?
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I'm pretty sure a professor next to my office has a crush on me. The feeling is mutual. Should I date him?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I (23F) confused about pictures on boyfriends (24M) computer.
POST: I am in a relationship with this wonderful man. We are seemingly perfect together. We've talked about buying a house, marriage, kids, the future, you name it we've talked about it.
On to my problem, today he gave me his old laptop. He also told me he had to clean it up (get rid of porn ect.) that's all good and I'm really excited for the laptop. Then he mentioned he had a "trophies" folder full of pictures of previous sexual encounters that he needed to save on to his desktop. He did say that he never looks at them. This really struck me wrong and I'm not sure if I'm valid in this upsetting me, or if I need to just drop it.
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boyfriend told me about a folder on his computer with pictures of his exs, and I'm trying to figure out how I should feel.
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boyfriend told me about a folder on his computer with pictures of his exs, and I'm trying to figure out how I should feel.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [22 F] get jealous over small things because my boyfriend [22 M] doesn't make me feel beautiful
POST: We have been together for over 2 years. We have chemistry like we've never felt for anyone before. **I really REALLY love him.** So he's just not someone I can "throw away".
But he never makes me feel special and it hurts. He **occasionally** tells me I'm beautiful but there is no emotion behind it. It sounds monotone and rehearsed. It sounds like he's saying it out of duty of being a good boyfriend. I'm left feeling like, "Does my boyfriend even think I'm pretty? Does he prefer other girls to me? Is he satisfied with how I look?"
Because of this, I get jealous over dumb stuff like him checking out other girls, or constantly liking other girls' selfies on Facebook (he does it a lot).
How do I get over this? or how do I bring it up without sounding 12?
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I get jealous over silly stuff like my boyfriend checking out other girls because I don't know if he finds me attractive.
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I get jealous over silly stuff like my boyfriend checking out other girls because I don't know if he finds me attractive.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Have you ever had to break-up with a SO for logistical reasons? How did it go?
POST: I am a 24 year old male, I live with my SO right now the UK, and we are both from the US. I have to return to the US very soon while she remains here for another 6 months. The real problem though is that we are moving back to different states and don't think we will ever live in the same place again. Other than that we have a wonderful relationship. We have pretty much accepted that we have to break-up unless we want to be long distance for years.
So are there any other Redditors out there who have ended a relationship for logistical reasons? How did it go? Did you remain friends? Did you get back together?
Thanks for sharing.
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SO and I are moving to different places for many years so we are breaking up. Have you had a similar experience? What happened?
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SO and I are moving to different places for many years so we are breaking up. Have you had a similar experience? What happened?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I'm [24 M] and dating seriously for the first time with [22 M]. Not sure he's over his ex
POST: I recently came out at the beginning of last year and had just been playing the field until I met this new guy in January. He's a great guy- he's handsome, smart and fun and the feelings seem to be mutual since we see each other several times a week on average.
On our first date he mentioned that he had just recently gotten out of a year long relationship but he didn't say much and appeared to be over it. However, as we spent more time together he began to talk a lot more about his ex and I got the impression that he was still struggling to detach himself emotionally.
It's very awkward for me to listen to him talk about his past relationship. On the one hand, I've never had a serious relationship and can't really empathize with the healing process. But beyond that, it makes me feel like a second banana- like I'm just a guy he's spending time with to rebound and soften the blow of his breakup. I could just be acting dramatically, but it's how I feel at times.
He's still dealing with a lot of anger. The ex pissed him off somehow earlier this week and he read me an extensive collection of expletive filled, angry texts he sent to the guy. It was startling and really made me realize that this is a potential problem. Things are still good between us and I like him a lot but I'm worried.
I just wanted some feedback. What is my course of action? Should I distance myself or try to work through it?
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First time seriously dating a guy, but he recently broke up with his bf of one year and he's not over it. Don't really know what to do.
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First time seriously dating a guy, but he recently broke up with his bf of one year and he's not over it. Don't really know what to do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [Update] Me [23 M/F] with my gf [24 M/F] of 8 years. I've been waiting for sex for over 4 years. Still a virgin. I think I'm done.
POST: Original Post:
Thanks for all the comments and thoughts.
I told her on Monday that we needed to break up. She was surprised at first and understandably upset. I told her that we were just becoming two different people and that it would be better to end the relationship on a high note before we start to resent each other.
She still wants to be friends, which I understand. I don't know if it will work out, but I told her that after a while of no contact we can reach out and see if we're ready to establish some kind of platonic relationship.
So I'm sad and newly-single. I've been going out drinking with a good buddy from work, and that has made me feel better.
I still can't help thinking about her, but I hope that she'll be happy. I hope we both will be. :)
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I broke up with her. Feeling sad for losing a long relationship, but also excited about all of the open doors.
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I broke up with her. Feeling sad for losing a long relationship, but also excited about all of the open doors.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Dogtraining
TITLE: Jumping so high just to sniff a face...
POST: Hello all! My dog Reggie is a large (85 pound) mutt, mostly boxer/pit/etc. He loves human attention - his favorite thing is to sit on top of someone on the couch (whether he's just met them or known them for years). This is rarely a problem because I hang out with dog people, but meeting new people can sometimes be a pain.
When someone starts walking up to us and Reggie notices, he starts to pull towards them. I allow this if I know them (perhaps my first problem? Except he is large and usually without harness because he doesn't pull on walks.) Then I await the coming storm - he has about ONE jump in him during the greeting. It is not to put his paws up on a person, the way I've seen other dogs, but really to try to sniff/lick their face. Unfortunately, this means there's a huge dog jumping up at people's faces like a missile. I'm writing this because today, a woman trying to give me a brochure came out of nowhere and handed paper to me, then he jumped up and, since I had him on a short leash, he kind of crashed on his bum in the snow.
Current training: When we are at home and a friend is coming over, I DO try to train this behavior away by holding his collar, then giving my friend a treat and asking them to tell him to sit. He's extremely food motivated, so this works well. When the initial excitement is over, he does not jump as much for attention.
Final note: if someone makes prolonged, friendly eye contact, he sometimes get excited enough that he tries to jump for the face. I know this well enough that I'll break his attention before, but unfortunately my peers don't understand that staring isn't the way to keep a dog calm...
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my dog jumps ONCE to a person's face out of excitement and it's a problem because he's so large. How should I proceed with training this out?
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my dog jumps ONCE to a person's face out of excitement and it's a problem because he's so large. How should I proceed with training this out?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Not sure how to feel about what happened, distressed. Advice greatly appreciated.
POST: This is a re-post from r/rape but I figured I would post it here too because it's something that I need to get off my chest.
A couple of months ago, my boyfriend wanted to try anal sex. I agreed, however, as soon as he started penetrating me, I realized I didn't want to go through with it because it was uncomfortable and painful. I started saying "stop" repeatedly and at first, he was still inside me. He didn't pull out immediately, but after about 20 seconds he did. ( The details of this encounter are hazy because it was awhile ago). I basically curled up into a little ball after he pulled out, and then he started asking me if I was okay, what was wrong, etc. I told him I was annoyed that he didn't stop after my first initial "stop" and he told me that he didn't mean to disregard what I was saying, but that he basically just didn't know if I wanted him to pull out completely or to just stop thrusting or whatever.
Anyway, fast forward to the present. Now when we're being intimate, I sometimes think of that experience and I feel violated. It makes me feel detached and disconnected, and kind of gross. I don't feel like I was actually raped, but I also don't feel super great about what happened either. I would really appreciate someone's perspective on this.
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My boyfriend made me feel violated, but I still love him and know he's a good person. I'm just at a loss.
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My boyfriend made me feel violated, but I still love him and know he's a good person. I'm just at a loss.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: [23/f] I think my [22/f] friend needs therapy, but I'm not sure if it's my place to tell her.
POST: We will call her Rita. Rita and I have been friends for almost 5 years. During the beginning of our friendship she had told me that she was recovering from depression but it had gotten a lot better. Throughout our friendship there are a few things I have noticed about her.
1. She is extremely insecure, recently she lost a lot of weight and I tried to tell her she looked great, however she couldn't accept the compliment and be proud of what she has accomplished so far. That is just an example but it runs a lot deeper than that.
2. I'm not sure if her and her boyfriend want to be together anymore or if they are staying together because they have been together for so long/ fear of being alone (been together since grade nine)
In regards to the boyfriend, he has broken up with her 3 or 4 times and she always begs for him to take her back and he always does.
He just recently purchased a house with his father without consulting her on location or her desires for their home. The house is outside of the city and away from all of the things she values and she has told me that she is very upset about the purchase. (I just found out this information last night)
3. I found she has become stagnant in her growth, she never steps outside her comfort zone and doesn't believe in herself.
I haven't talked to her in almost 8 months because she was becoming very frustrating with all of these factors. Always complaining and never feeling good about herself. Well last night she called me to see if I wanted to get some coffee with her. I agreed but I'm not sure If it's my place to bring up that I think she needs professional help, or if recommending it would be a good idea.
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I think my friend is depressed and needs professional help, is it my place to tell her and if so how to I bring it up?
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I think my friend is depressed and needs professional help, is it my place to tell her and if so how to I bring it up?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Redditors: Who do you need to ask for forgiveness?
POST: I was online and reading an [article] about a young boy who asked to be transferred out of a class of a gay (but closeted) teacher in his middle school. The boy had been picked on and harassed by other students for being "teacher's pet". He couldn't handle it, so he asked for the transfer.
38 years later, he apologized to the teacher for his disappearing from the class.
My own story is about a girl with Down's Syndrome in my P.E. class. She was fun and funny. Always cracked jokes and tried to make everyone happy. After spending most of the year with her, I had become the focus of most of her attention. Being a moody teenager, I didn't want this attention and would avoid talking to her.
Near the end of term, she wanted to give me a hug. As she closed in on me, I turned around and walked away. I later wrote a letter to her asking her not to talk to me and to leave me alone.
As I've gotten older, that letter and my actions make me ashamed of myself. I never apologized to her or even looked at her for the next 2 years. I've tried to find out what happened to her since her graduation (children with Down's are developmentally delayed. She was 21 when she graduated), but I've never found anything. I would like to ask her forgiveness and I hope one day I will.
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Was mean to a developmentally disabled girl in HS because she liked me. I hope she can forgive a selfish prig.
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Was mean to a developmentally disabled girl in HS because she liked me. I hope she can forgive a selfish prig.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: I (22F) can't cope with rejection. Any advice?
POST: Hi, it's my first time writing here - also english is not my native language, so please excuse any mistakes.
My problem is that I realized I can't cope with rejection. As soon as a guy "rejects" me or states that he doesn't want a relationship/he's not interested I become obsessed (please note, not a stalker - I'm not *THAT* crazy) I just can't stop thinking about him and wondering what is wrong with me and why he's not interested in me.
I am now aware that I really can't cope with rejection because of what happened two days ago.
I was at a club, partying with some friends of mine, when a nice-but-really-not-my-type guy asks me a cigarette and after a quick talk kisses me. He wasn't really my type, but there was a good chemistry and I would have loved, maybe, to become FWB with him (or at least to give it a try) so I asked him if I could add him on facebook, so we could "hang out sometimes" and he tells me that it sounds like a great idea and also invites me to grab a coffee in the bar he works at.
The day after he REJECTS (not ignore, actually REJECTS) my friendship request on facebook, but adds a friend of a friend of mine.
Needless to say I felt like sh*t because I can't see what I did wrong. I wasn't being too clingy but neither too uninterested. I just tried to act friendly and he seemed to be enjoying it.
Of course I'm trying to brush it off as "I don't even know him, too bad for him" and things like this, but actually I feel really terrible.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
Any advice?
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can't cope with rejection, as soon as a guy proceeds to tell me he's not interested I can't stop thinking about him/about what's wrong with me and also feel terrible. I need advice!
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can't cope with rejection, as soon as a guy proceeds to tell me he's not interested I can't stop thinking about him/about what's wrong with me and also feel terrible. I need advice!
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: M18 with crush on F18 and wanting to ask her to movie but keep chickening out?
POST: Okay, So I'm a senior in highschool, and so I'll apologize now if this is not the best sub to post this in and I will willingly move it if needed.
That being said, let me give some backstory: I've had an off and on crush on this girl for almost three years. I've gotten to the point I've wanted to ask her out two years ago, and I tried by asking her first if she had a boyfriend, to which she responded yes, and then I just got nervous/disappointed and just went "oh, okay." and walked away without another word. I haven't spoken to her much since thanks to me being nervous and still awkward about that whole incident.
However, now, she's single and I really want to take a shot and ask her to a movie, however, every time I see her in the hall, I chicken out and just keep walking by. I can't even get the conversation started. How do I overcome this fear and is she even going to really hold the whole awkward moment against me? And what's even the best way to ask a girl out like that? I've had girlfriends before, but I've managed to either just date people I've already known, or they ask me.
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Nervous about asking a girl I haven't talked to much out to a movie and unsure of how to do so and get over fear.
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Nervous about asking a girl I haven't talked to much out to a movie and unsure of how to do so and get over fear.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My girlfriend [23] wants me [25] to move in with her, but I don't feel ready..
POST: Hey everyone, so as the title states, my girlfriend and I have been dating for only 5 months and she has been talking about moving in together. It has gotten so serious that she has inquired on seeing apartments. I'll smile and agree as to not hurt her feelings, but I definitely don't feel ready.
Not only that, I also feel as if this relationship is going way too fast and that her and I are on completely different levels. Don't get me wrong, I love the girl, she's awesome; I just think she's invested in this relationship a bit more than I am.
She had a boyfriend of 6 years before me, where as my longest relationship has been a year, the rest of the time I just did casual dating. AKA this serious relationship is out of the ordinary for me. I still find my self interested in other people (obviously not acting on my impulses) which is making this "taking things to the next step" quite hard.
Any advice as how I can approach this situation? I don't want to lose her, but I also don't want her to be wasting her time with me, if in fact I am not ready for a serious girlfriend right now.
I might also mention that we live around an hour apart. Which makes seeing each other not as simple as it could be.
I just feel as if I'm at a crosswords, I'd definitely appreciate another perspective on the matter. Thanks in advance.
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Girlfriend wants to move in together, I'm not quite ready..feel as if were on different levels in this relationship, not sure what I should do.
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Girlfriend wants to move in together, I'm not quite ready..feel as if were on different levels in this relationship, not sure what I should do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Dear Reddit, what to you do when your life feels like it's fucked?
POST: Okay, so I have a college degree, but haven't worked in over a year and even then it was at a shitty grocery store.
I used to (since I graduated from UC San Diego in 2007) work as a freelancer in video production, but I never really broke into the field. Then marketing departments shutdown during the big market crash, so I go no work.
I went to a tier 1 public university, but my GPA sucked (2.75 not terrible, but it's been hard trying to get into grad school).
I spent the last 2 years taking prereqs. to get into nursing school, master's entry, ABSN, community college. In the last 37 units I got a 3.82 GPA, but that doesn't seems to matter to admissions committies, since my cumulative isn't >3.0 (even though it's like 2.979 at this point).
No one, not even starbucks, will hire me since I've got rather little "work experience".
My parents have been quite kind in taking me back in, but I feel like I'm in fucking purgatory. My life is a fucking non-starter.
The only plus side is that I have no debt, as my parent (who are civil servants) were gracious enough to pay for my B.A.
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I'm a flunky 27 year old living with my parents who just got rejected for every grad school I applied to. What the fuck do I do?
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I'm a flunky 27 year old living with my parents who just got rejected for every grad school I applied to. What the fuck do I do?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My ex-friend [30 M] is sabotaging my [28 M] professional and romantic relationships. What should I do?
POST: Hi, /r/relationships.
I had a falling out with a friend and business partner, call him John, who I've known for almost a decade. He was controlling, condescending, manipulative, and unfair. When I told him that I didn't appreciate the fact that he naturally assumed a position of power and belittled me, he didn't respond saying that he didn't do those things. Instead, he threw a temper tantrum and asked me why things ought to be fair. I disappeared shortly after. I did nothing wrong to him, I just didn't care to play his games any longer and decided to finally stick up for myself and part ways. I have nothing but contempt for this sorry excuse of a human being.
We have a lot of the same friends. On one occasion, I asked a friend if I could play a gig. He contacted John behind my back, he told him "I wouldn't work with Red Cloak," and I never heard from that friend again. I know this because John told me. He has also spoken to managers about me which has affected my employment and cost me money.
Just recently, I was talking to a girl [27 F]. We were communicating for a couple of weeks (she lives out of town). She's good friends with John but didn't know we had a falling out. One day, everything about her changed. She brought texting to a halt, stopped returning my calls, and acted very detached. I asked her why and she gave me the whole "I've just been busy" routine. I have good reason to believe that she asked John about me, because they still talk/hang out, and he told her to stay away from me.
I don't know what to do about him. I'm not going to apologize for ditching someone who was doing me a great deal of psychological damage. I thought it would be over but I guess he's still looking for blood. What can I do? My anger is tearing me apart.
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Parted ways with "friend" for my psychological well-being and he's preventing me from establishing professional and romantic relationships and I don't know what to do about it.
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Parted ways with "friend" for my psychological well-being and he's preventing me from establishing professional and romantic relationships and I don't know what to do about it.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Is There A Way I [23m] Can Get My Ex [20f] Back?
POST: Long story medium-sized: My GF of just under a year and I split three months ago. We hadn't talked since our final argument until I recently suffered a tragedy. She texted me sympathy and that started us talking again and forgiving each other for what happened between us.
Now we're back to being the friends we were before we started dating: daily texting and joking. We haven't seen each other in person yet due to our schedules but I would like to arrange it sometime soon. I clearly still have feelings for her but I think she might think of it in a "just hasn't gotten over me" sense, like I'm uninterested in a relationship. I do want her back.
She hasn't really indicated she still has romantic feelings or is interested in getting back and I don't know how she feels about me, I just know she said she missed me a lot and wanted to text me every night but couldn't while we were apart. Of course that could just be because we've always been close friends.
When we were together things were pretty intense: telling each other "I Love You" and physical stuff. I can't convince myself that she doesn't still have feelings.
Is there any way to get her back? Can I at least tell if she has feelings for me so I can decide which way I should turn?
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How can I tell if the ex I've become friends with again still has romantic feelings and how can I convince her to try dating me again?
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How can I tell if the ex I've become friends with again still has romantic feelings and how can I convince her to try dating me again?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [16 M] Kissed her[16 F] during a trip to a Naval ship, What's the next step?
POST: So this has been a buildup of nervousness, after I losing a bet and she had me kiss her during our schools trip on Monday to a US naval ship. She didnt make me, I lost a bet and followed through, I wanted to do it. After I kissed her, she stuffed her face in my chest and hugged me. I asked her "what now?" We than later "joked" about seeing a movie on friday, She told me next time Ill kiss you and it will be longer.
I really do like this girl. It's been a buildup of 2 years coming, the only thing that bothers me is that she is going to prom with a senior she says is her really close friend, It sorta bothers me but not really. She had been making a lot of interactions with me and it was led up to this kiss, my first. Should I try and bring up that movie? Except I actually kiss her and not her kiss me. I hate the feeling of her having to walk me through it and I feel it will kill it off if she thinks im too damn nervous.
I ended up texting her that day and she told me the kiss "it was cute"
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Kissed a girl after we made a bet to do it, whats the next step? Should I bring up that movie she talked about?
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Kissed a girl after we made a bet to do it, whats the next step? Should I bring up that movie she talked about?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Should my brother of 13 years be allowed to play Skyrim?
POST: Background: My brother wants to start playing Skyrim. Since I used to be a notorious gamer myself my father has asked me to decide if my brother should be able to play this game or if he really is to young, since its age limit is 16 (in my country).
Now I'm not sure what to say on the one hand I don't want to be the bad parent to my brother that doesn't allow him to have fun (you know how these kids are) but on the other hand I want to provide a fair evaluation why he should or should not be able to play, to my father.
Could you also name reasons (for instance what parts in the game make it an absolute nogo) for why he should or should not be able to play.
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Father asked me to decide for my 13 year old brother whether he should be allowed to play Skyrim which has an age limit of 16 in my country.
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Father asked me to decide for my 13 year old brother whether he should be allowed to play Skyrim which has an age limit of 16 in my country.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by speeding past a cop.
POST: I don't know man, I was in the heat of the moment and had to choose between looking like a major pussy or being a man and owning up to my decision. What would you have done in this situation?
I just got off work (12AM) and started heading home on my usual route. I enter the highway, blasting my tool CD. There was this asshole behind me who had been trying pretty damn hard to pass me even though I was already speeding and I wasn't going to let him pass (I like being alone on the road while I enjoy the music and night scenery).
So the bridge of the song comes on and usually it makes me drive faster so I'm thinking peace bitch as I press the pedal down in the Mustang GT (only an 06).
So now I'm going 140 - 160KM (I'm in Canada) and I see these two cars up ahead. I catch up to them very quickly and think I'll just slide right through these guys and be on my way.
To my horror..
I see the back of a cop car. I know I'm fucked now. It was so obvious I was speeding.
Now I'm thinking, Jesus Christ, do I just slow down right beside the guy like the worlds biggest pussy and just start cruising with him? That's hella fucking embarrassing. I just said fuck it, I can't do that.
So I slow down a little and as I'm passing him I throw him a thumbs up (as if I might get lucky and get a cool cop lmao)
I pass by at 110KM and instantly the lights come on.
Fucking unreal. I ended up getting a ticket for speeding. At least he was pretty cool about it.
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I was speeding on the highway at night and caught up to a cop and didn't know whether to slow down or man up and try to get lucky.
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I was speeding on the highway at night and caught up to a cop and didn't know whether to slow down or man up and try to get lucky.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [18 F] just left my [18 M] long distance boyfriend, feeling miserable and needing some tips to cope
POST: So I know a lot of people may not take me seriously because I'm only 18, but I'm so sad right now. I just spent the past week with my boyfriend (who's also 18 and lives 4 hours away) and left very early this morning, and I've been a mess ever since. We've been together for a year and a half but this is the longest I've ever spent with him, and it just made going home so much harder because I got a real taste of what it would be like if we lived close. I've been crying on and off ever since I left, and any time I think about him or when I'm going to see him next I start to tear up. Weirdly enough I've never felt this awful leaving him, but I already miss him so much and it's so hard knowing that the next time I'll see him is probably months from now. Even after all this time and all this distance, I'm still head over heels for him.
I'm trying to just be grateful for the time I spent with him because I loved every second of it, being with him makes me so happy. But it's really hard, I feel so lonely already and I've only been home for a little bit. I don't have many friends at home (long story) so it's sad knowing that the one person I enjoy spending time with most isn't going to be around. I know it could be worse, I know that there's other couples out there who don't see eachother for years.
We try to FaceTime every night as long as one of us isn't busy, but it just isn't the same as actually getting to be together in person.
Any tips to cope and stop being so sad? :(
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I'm pretty much a puddle of tears after leaving my boyfriend early this morning and I already miss him so much and don't know what to do with myself.
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I'm pretty much a puddle of tears after leaving my boyfriend early this morning and I already miss him so much and don't know what to do with myself.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Unsure if my [48M] wife [40F] of three years actually wants me to join her in another city
POST: Sometimes the pieces to a pattern emerge, and they seem ominous...
In 2013 my wife and I were living apart as she dealt with a death in the family back in Michigan. An opportunity to live in her former home of Seattle emerged, and we converged our careers there. A year into our living together, she was unhappy with her job and started traveling for work as a consultant 4x a week. I basically see her on weekends.
Six months ago she was obsessed with a big, beautiful new house in San Antonio and seemed convinced that would be where we'll start a new chapter in our life. So we bought the house (we both contributed equally) and I convinced my employer to let me move my job down there. So far so good. One month before we're ready to move she gets misgivings about Texas, saying she didn't like the culture.
Now my wife has accepted a new job in San Diego. So I'm making elaborate plans -- for the second time this year -- to transfer my career to a new location. It's not easy.
Tonight she said that if I don't like living there (who wouldn't like San Diego?) or if it's too much hassle for me to move my job that she's "done" adjusting her life to make me happy. She says I was bitter and difficult about adjusting to Seattle, and I 'ruined' the experience of living there by not agreeing to buy a house right away.
This floors me... as it seems I am the one doing all the adjusting to her changing demands. She says if she changes her mind about San Diego after a year or two, she's moving back to Seattle.
For the last two years she's also discussed getting a divorce for financial reasons (we get hit pretty hard with taxes, but the suggestion hurts..)
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My wife keeps changing her mind about where to live, to the point I am unsure if she actually wants to live with me anymore and I should just man up and ask her if she wants a divorce. Am I overreacting?
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My wife keeps changing her mind about where to live, to the point I am unsure if she actually wants to live with me anymore and I should just man up and ask her if she wants a divorce. Am I overreacting?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: Things are going great now, but the future worries me- (20m/20f). I'd love to hear your advice!
POST: Hey all,
So my girlfriend and I have been hooking up for about a year and a half and dating for the better part of a year. We have yet to have any major arguments and things are going really great! We share most of the same opinions and outlooks and I think I'm starting to love her.
The problem: I'm extremely driven (professionally and academically) and she's...well, not. I always pictured my future partner being as motivated to succeed as I am. The last thing I really want is to be the head of a single-income household. I'm on track for a very successful engineering career (well paying internships with prestigious companies and I was flown out to Stanford to perform research with a lab for a semester). On the other hand, she failed out of sociology freshman year and is very uncertain of what she wants to do with her life. Whatever it is, she will likely depend on her future husband to provide for the family (though money does NOT matter to her. I'm confident she'd be content with a combined income of 50k/yr).
Similarly, I'm very curious and get by pretending to be intelligent while friends ask me how I can be so patient with her (stereotypical blonde). I come from a rather poor family while she comes from a decently wealthy one. I've supported myself since I was 16 while she has never had a job and I honestly can't picture her in a professional setting.
Ultimately, I'm not sure what to do about the future. I always pictured being with someone as driven as myself and she's quite the opposite. On the other hand, I really love spending time with her and for the time being, we have a great relationship. Any advice?
Thank you for taking the time to read this, I'd love to hear your opinions!
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Our relationship is going great. However, her lack of drive concerns me about her future. I'm scared of having a "trophy" wife. Advice?
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Our relationship is going great. However, her lack of drive concerns me about her future. I'm scared of having a "trophy" wife. Advice?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: [17/f] Is this guy (18/m) just being polite or does he like me a little bit?
POST: So we've known about each other for a long time (I'm sort of friends with his sister), but we've never talked. But yesterday I suddenly mustered up the courage to start a conversation with him and it went well! He seemed genuinely happy and smiled and laughed and joked and complimented me. But then there were some uncomfortable pockets of time when we would be get quiet and not know what to say (I'm REALLY shy and he's pretty reserved and quiet). I've never actually seen him talk to a girl and as far as I know, he doesn't have a gf right now. I said that we should hang out sometime and he gave me his number.
The thing is, my friends have been saying how he's actually looked at me a few times, but I've only ever caught his glance like once. And the thing that makes it the most difficult is that after we talked yesterday, he would kind of ignore me if I walked by again. Like he would consciously look the other way if I walked by him. He's a really nice guy, I assumed he would at least acknowledge me after we talked for a good bit!!
But after I few hours, I remembered that I didn't actually give him my number, so I texted him it and said "let's hang the next time you're in town" and he replied promptly "hey yea! i'll for sure hit you up when i'm in town next time"
If any of you can interpret this, I will be so grateful. Honestly. I need to know because I don't want to have an misconceptions.
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Quiet guy opens up when I initiate conversation, but otherwise doesn't seem interested at all. Mixed signals, help me read them.
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Quiet guy opens up when I initiate conversation, but otherwise doesn't seem interested at all. Mixed signals, help me read them.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: What is the worst experience you have ever had with customer service
POST: Mine is currently happening. I bought a brand new laptop for college this summer from Asus. A couple weeks ago while watching netflix with some friends my computer started screeching (not from a physical component of the computer) and then turned off and simply refused to turn on. After waiting on the phone for 45 minutes Asus finally picked up. After some trouble shooting they told me that I should send it to them but that they would not reimburse me for the shipping. I thought that that was weird but sent it in anyway for 30 dollars. When I called to ask if they had received my computer the man on the phone told me that they had and that repairs had begun. He told me it would be 10-14 business days until I got my computer. I called the next week to check on my computer and I was told that they were waiting for parts. The customer service rep couldn't tell me what parts they were waiting for but he assured me that the 10-14 day turnaround time still stood. I called the next week (on the 11th business day they had it) and they assured me it would be at my dorm by the following monday (last monday) and when tuesday came around and I did not have my computer (15th business day) I called again. The customer service rep told me that they were waiting for parts, that repairs had never started and that they could end up keeping my computer for another week or that it could be more than 2 months and that he had no idea. My family has had to send in HP and Toshiba computers before and while the service wasn't amazing I have never dealt with something so unprofessional.
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I sent my computer to ASUS and was promised my computer back in 10-14 business days. Now I am being told it could be up to 2 months until I see my laptop again
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I sent my computer to ASUS and was promised my computer back in 10-14 business days. Now I am being told it could be up to 2 months until I see my laptop again
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [24M] tried to remain friends with ex-girlfriend [22F]. Her new boyfriend [21M] has insisted she stop talking to me.
POST: Broke up with my girlfriend earlier this year around February because we didn't feel like things were working out (1.5 years together). I was in a bad state and wasn't sure if I wanted to take the relationship any further. That said she is a fantastic person and I wanted to remain friends with her, so we have up until recently.
Around 2-3 months ago she stated getting serious with another guy and he hates the idea of her having anything to do with me. He insisted she stop talking to me, she said no at first and we met occasionally for coffee, talked on Facebook etc etc. He got really upset about it though and we agreed to scale things back a bit and only meet occasionally, every 2-3 weeks or so.
Recently I get a message from her saying "She doesn't want to talk to you!". After meeting with her again it turns out that he has been checking her phone and making her feel guilty about talking to me. He has also hijacked her phone and blocked me on Facebook/Snapchat several times and has done this for another male friend of hers too.
I realise that as the ex-boyfriend he may see me as a threat but this whole thing is really bumming me out. She is a great person and a great friend, I can't help but feel like this new guy is trying to control her life a bit too much.
I don't know what to do, I want to stay friends with her, but I can't so much as drop her a message without her new boyfriend having a melt down. I offered to talk with him to explain I mean no harm, but he refuses to talk to me.
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Trying to remain friends with ex-girlfriend. New boyfriend wants her to stop talking to me, keeps taking her phone to make sure she isn't.
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Trying to remain friends with ex-girlfriend. New boyfriend wants her to stop talking to me, keeps taking her phone to make sure she isn't.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Help me give my friend [34F] advice on whether/how she should let her ex [33M] know that she's recently started dating her previous ex?
POST: My friend doesn't post on reddit, so I offered to post on her behalf.
She broke up with with her ex (let's call him Bob) about four months ago, they had been dating for six months. While they were dating, she was still good friends with her previous ex (let's call him Joe) that she had dated for about three years. Bob and Joe were on friendly terms, and Joe had a new gf and all of them even went on some double dates.
She broke up with Bob about four months ago and he took it hard, and while they've remained on friendly terms, she's tried to create some distance between them. Meanwhile she's continued to spend time with Joe who has been a good friend all along, and who by this time had also become single again. However in the last couple of weeks she and Joe decided that they wanted to give things another shot and get back together.
The problem is that there's some overlapping social circles between everyone and essentially Bob, Joe and her are all going to be at an upcoming party.
She is really struggling with the question of whether and how she should let Bob know ahead of time that her and Joe have gotten back together?
My advice to her: most definitely. What do you guys think?
Next, how should she break the news to Bob?
My advice to her: send him a text or a message, like a head's up kind of thing, short and sweet. In all likelihood he will reply and try to engage her, but I think she should ignore any of his attempts to do so.
She thought maybe she should have a conversation with Bob to let him know, but I think that's a bad idea because he will probably make it all drawn out (he can be a bit needy emotionally). It's probably going to be shitty news for him, but I don't think she should feel responsible for him or how he deals with his feelings. She feels bad for him, but I don't think she should make it her problem and I don't think that she owes him a crap ton of emotional support to help him through this. What do you guys think?
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Should my friend break the news to her somewhat emotionally needy ex that's she's now dating her previous ex, and if so how?
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Should my friend break the news to her somewhat emotionally needy ex that's she's now dating her previous ex, and if so how?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [20 M] and my GF [21 F] have been together for two weeks now, my second relationship, I don't like the insecurities...
POST: Look, it's nothing too big. This is my second proper relationship. Right now, it's starting to be just like the first one I had. I love spending time with her, but as soon as the new week starts and we separate until Thursday/Friday, I start feeling this stupid insecurity again. I'm gonna assume most people know what I'm talking about, the thing that goes hand in hand with freshly having a crush on someone.
Anyways, I'm just looking for ways to deal with it, to avoid it a little more because frankly, I don't like it. That's all.
Also I'm looking for ways to keep up a conversation via text message. Not looking to constantly text back and forth, but it would be nice not to have every attempt shipwreck after two or three messages.
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Looking for help with the anxieties and insecurities in a new relationship. You know, when we're not hanging out.
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Looking for help with the anxieties and insecurities in a new relationship. You know, when we're not hanging out.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit, I think I'm experiencing professional burnout from months of workplace bullying/stress. I'm 18, what can I do to save my job?
POST: Hi Reddit, I'm an 18 year old Australian that works in web development.
There are deadlines every week, but I started to get really stressed when workplace bullying started at the beginning of the year.
It's been an intense battle, but I think it's a time of peace at the moment.
I've had stress attacks, trouble sleeping, depression, anxiety, etc...
I've recieved my second warning letter from work; and the entire letter is utter bullshit. I sent an email back, defending myself, basically saying it's bullshit in a nice way.
What can I do to get back into the "flow"? I'm about a week and a half behind on every project. My work are the sort of people that freak out if I'm even a few hours behind.
For the last week and a half, I have sat in my office, doing absolutely nothing. I just stare at the blank screen, grow bored, and google something.
I thought that I was apathetic, and lazy in the beginning, but I think it's professional burnout. I just don't care anymore about anything. I've neglected my social life, spend all of my spare time writing letters to counter work's warning letters, and had trouble sleeping.
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I do nothing at work all day, I think it's related to months of workplace stress. I'm 18, I want to work happily.
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I do nothing at work all day, I think it's related to months of workplace stress. I'm 18, I want to work happily.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Girl [16F] I [18M] have been meeting has seen a bad picture of me and won't speak any more
POST: I have been meeting a girl for about just over a month. At the weekend, she kissed someone on a night I was going to meet her and told me a few days later
I said it's okay because we haven't had any talks about being exclusive and she said yeah let's not go exclusive yet so I agreed.
A few nights later I went to a club with friends and got way too drunk and kissed someone else, which I thought was fine since we just had a talk about not being exclusive yet.
However, somebody put a snapchat story up of it and my hand is very high up the girls leg and the girl I'm seeing has seen it and has assumed that I did more than just kiss her, which I did not do but the picture is so bad.
She won't talk to me today or reply or open any messages but she's been online so I know she's ignoring me.
I really like this girl and want to take I further but I feel like she won't get past this and I don't know what to do
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girl I have been meeting has seen a bad picture of me after is saying we're not exclusive and won't talk to me anymore
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girl I have been meeting has seen a bad picture of me after is saying we're not exclusive and won't talk to me anymore
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I[F21] showed my boyfriend [M21] some vacation photos I had taken with my black boyfriend few years back. He got mad and is ice cold towards me right now.
POST: I was showing my boyfriend photos from Greece when I was there a few years ago. he is a big history buff so we cuddled in bed and looked through the photos. I was there with my black boyfriend so he was of course in a lot of those photos. my new boyfriend asked who he was and when I said it was my ex-boyfriend he replied with a pained "oh ok" so we stopped looking at photos and watched some netflix instead.
he got really quiet and didnt want to cuddle anymore, he just sat and read a book. after a few hours i just had to ask
him what was up with his reaction to the photos with my boyfriend?
He said something like "why would you even date me? if you like black guys so much why don't you date black guys? what's the point of being with me? im not your type"
I didn't even know I had a type. I just thought he was cute and nice so we dated. He didn't like my answer, got upset, we fought and he left.
I don't really understand his reaction, it was actually very shocking. He has never come off as racist in the year I have known him, more like the opposite. He is a really sweet and fun guy and this was very out of character for him.
that was a week ago now and he didnt text me once. nothing. at first i expected an apology but got nothing so i started texting him and he is really distant and cold in his responses. i ask him what I did wrong and he doesnt answer me and avoids the subject.
i ask him if he wants to break up and he said no and then stopped responding. what the hell is up with him?
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i showed vacation photos to my current boyfriend. my black ex-bf was in some of the pictures. we fought and he left. he is really distant right now and it hurts.
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i showed vacation photos to my current boyfriend. my black ex-bf was in some of the pictures. we fought and he left. he is really distant right now and it hurts.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [32 F] with my ex [33 M], he broke up b/c I have a mental illness and I want to get better and get him back.
POST: My boyfriend of 1.5 years broke up with me recently because I have mental issues and other problems, and wasn't working on them. I also need to quit my job and have major surgery, but I cannot do either of those things for another couple months and have a plan for how that will go down. He's very ill himself, and he said my constant sadness was really wearing on him.
I have an appointment to get my blood drawn to see what's wrong with me physically. I am always fatigued, never get enough sleep, rarely feel good and energetic, and always have headaches. I made another appointment to go to a psychiatrist because I think my issues with depression are not just physical. They tend to get worse in the winter, and a month ago I seriously talked about killing myself, so I think that's what set all of this off. I don't think the illness *itself* bothers him, just the fact that I'm not trying to get better.
I want to maintain my dignity, but I also want to let him know that I'm working on things to the best of my ability. What's the best way to let him know I'm making progress, and to see if he wants to continue things?
I'm thinking of just sending him a quick summary email in about a month to see what he thinks. I texted him this weekend (not the best idea but I'm OK with it) and he said there's a 2/3 chance he would take me back and that he still loves me.
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Ex left because I wasn't working on things, how do I let him know I'm getting better in a dignified manner?
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Ex left because I wasn't working on things, how do I let him know I'm getting better in a dignified manner?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: Need help with landlord and lease
POST: I have a question about a lease my roommates and I signed. We are living in a house off campus that is usually rented to college students.
Our lease says in one section, " Landlord agrees to furnish the following appliances, if any: 2 Stove, 2 Refrigerator, 1 Dishwasher, 1 washer/dryer, and A/C"
However, our house only has one stove and one fridge. I emailed the landlord company and asked them to provide the other kitchen with appliances since the lease says she should provide them for us. Her response is as follows:
"Hi X,
There will not approve of any change in the lease terms and the rental amount. I understand your lease states 2 refrigerators and 2 stoves. But, the refrigerator and stove in the smaller kitchen was not purchased by _____ Properties, it was left by the previous tenants years ago. Each year the new set of tenants agreed to keep the appliances but recently the appliances have been working, so that is why they were removed from the property... After the work is completed in the kitchen, I will see if we have any appliances (maybe a refrigerator) available at that time.
Thank you,
Y"
I'm thinking, the landlord wrote the lease and we signed it without making any changes. Is this not materially complying with the terms of the contract? Since she wrote it, shouldn't it be construed against her (if it that clause is even ambiguous)? Is it a material eviction to not have the second kitchen working? There are six girls living in my house so we would really like to either have the fridge provided or the rent reduced by the amount of the replacement.
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Our lease says the landlord needs to provide us with two fridges and stoves but we only have one of each. Landlord won't give us the other two.
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Our lease says the landlord needs to provide us with two fridges and stoves but we only have one of each. Landlord won't give us the other two.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: So, Reddit, I ran into a problem while purchasing a foreclosed home... Any advice is appreciated...
POST: Here's the story:
In December 2011, my wife and I made an offer on a home, which was eventually accepted. The home was a foreclosed property, owned by Aurora Mortgage Services. Closing date, dictated by the seller, was to be February 10th, 2012 (tomorrow). We fulfilled our end of agreement - provided earnest money deposit, secured financing, obtained insurance, and as far as we were concerned were ready for closing. As a matter of fact, title agency (again, dictated by the seller) contacted us and scheduled the time for the actual close. However, on Tuesday, February 7th, we were notified that Aurora has placed all of their assets on hold "until further notice", but that periodically, properties will be "released from hold" - whatever that might mean.
I've done some research online and came up with [this blog] It appears that we are not the only ones currently dealing with this.
So now, our options are to file for an extension, or get our earnest money back and walk. By choosing the later option, we loose out on the inspection money, appraisal and cost of gas that had to be turned on for the said two things (all together around $1,000). We don't necessarily want to walk, because we like the house, but our current lease is set to expire next month. We have no indication that this will be resolved by that point.
Has anyone ever experienced this while dealing with foreclosures? Has anyone ever dealt with Aurora?
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Purchasing a foreclosed home from Aurora Mortgage Services; days before closing they placed the property "on hold" - indefinitely. What to do?
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Purchasing a foreclosed home from Aurora Mortgage Services; days before closing they placed the property "on hold" - indefinitely. What to do?
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: My girlfriend's mom is sick, and I want to be there for her. Could you give me some advice?
POST: Hey Reddit,
My girlfriend of approximately a year and a half told me last night that her mother has cancer. She gave me very few details, as it was over the phone and she was pretty upset, but she did happen to say that there is a high rate of success if treated early with chemo. I've met both of her parents, and they are wonderful and generous people. Basically, I'm looking for advice on how to approach her and provide the right kind of emotional support. I've been very lucky so far in my life, not having gone through a situation like this with a loved one so close to me, but I think that's put me at a disadvantage in terms of knowing how to connect to my girlfriend now. My dad is an existentialist, and I share his mindset to some extent, so I'm really not the best at providing emotional support. I'm also a staunch atheist, and she's one the fence, so I want to be very careful not to interject my thoughts at a time when she might be turning to something I don't believe in. She's an amazing and beautiful girl, and I want to find a way to be more helpful through this process. Does anyone have suggestions about what to say on a daily basis, and maybe how to treat things through the longer term? Don't be afraid to point out the obvious, I don't want to miss anything.
This is a throwaway account, as you can see from my history and obvious lack of kharma. My close friends know my username and that I'm often on here, and given the nature of the situation, I don't want them knowing about this. She's asked that I not tell any of our friends.
Thanks so much everyone. I know this is a sad post, and it is a big holiday, so any time that you take to give this a thought and perhaps a response would be amazing, thank you. Be safe tonight.
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My girlfriend's mom is sick, and I'm not good at talking or being supportive in these situations. Could you give me some advice? Thanks
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My girlfriend's mom is sick, and I'm not good at talking or being supportive in these situations. Could you give me some advice? Thanks
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me 21M with 19F. Have had unprotected sex for six months without STI discussion. Should I bring it up now?
POST: So ill preface this by saying I love my gf very much and trust her completely.
We'd been talking for a few months and were comfortable with each but hadn't had sex. Our group is at a retreat. We get away for the night and start messing around. She wants to have sex but I have no condom. She asks if I'm comfortable with pulling out. I say no. This kind of worries me that she is prepared to have sex with no condom not being on birth control and no discussion of STIs. Then a few weeks later we are in my bed and I'm putting the condom on but she says I don't need because she got started on birth control. I was inexperienced so I thought this behavior was normal. Me being extremely horny I said ok and just got at it without thinking about STIs.
Then for the next six months I don't wear a condom have sex like everyday. She's on the pill. We have a fantastic time and our relationships grows and blossoms. She's a wonderful person and I love her to death.
But here I am a bit worried about our reckless behavior in the past. I guess I trusted her and she trusted me. I have had one girlfriend whom I had unprotected sex with over two years ago (said she had been tested) and a one night stand a year ago with a condom. That's all my sexual history. I'm ashamed to say I've never been tested. I do lot know her history.
Should I bring any of this up? Would there be a point now? I don't want this to ruin our trust or anything.. I understand we were both reckless but nothing came of it. Is there any tactful way of bringing this up or should I leave it?
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have had unprotected sex with gf for six months. She is on pill. We have never discussed STI's. Should I bring up now? I do not want to ruin trust.
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have had unprotected sex with gf for six months. She is on pill. We have never discussed STI's. Should I bring up now? I do not want to ruin trust.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Is there any hope of me [24m] reconciling with my [23f] Girlfriend of 7 years?
POST: My girlfriend left me in march, just after my birthday. There were issues we needed to work on in ourselves, we'd had seven years of long-distance, and she was under much stress due to her home situation and going into her final year of university. At the same time, due to stress on my end, we had been suffering some mutual inattention and she had come to believe that I did not love her anymore and viewed her just as a sunk cost.
At the time it was left open that we might get back together in the future, once we had both had time to "grow as people" as she said, and she has sporadically initiated contact with me and re-iterated that on several occasions. It's been very open-ended, and this is hard to deal with.
On my part, for eight months I've been writing her letters and emails to let her know that I'm still her and thinking of her, that I love her too much to possibly give up hope. I thought that if I gave her time and space to find herself, but showed her how much I cared, that things would fix themselves in time.
At the end of September I was beginning to become afraid for that ever happening, and I asked her if my absence from her life was directly making her happier, to which she responded that not having me there was emphatically not making her happier, but that she "couldn't rely on me as a crutch" and was "unsure of how much positive contact we could have without sliding back". Since then she's held me at arms length and only responded once to an email.
Am I being a fool, trying to pursue this? I love this girl more than anything in the world, I had intended to propose to her this month and marry her next year when she was done with university. I've asked her to just delete me off her accounts such as facebook if she doesn't want me around, as it pains me to see her online but never responding to me, but she hasn't done so. The way she's continued to phrase things when she does contact me leaves it very ambiguous as to where we stand.
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Girlfriend left me, won't talk to me but won't cut off contact and has left it ambiguous if we can reconcile. Love her far too much to give up, I don't know what to do.
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Girlfriend left me, won't talk to me but won't cut off contact and has left it ambiguous if we can reconcile. Love her far too much to give up, I don't know what to do.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by stopping the bus too early
POST: This was my first day of high school and i was already really stressed out. What made things even worse is that i havent lived in the city for more than one week before so i didn't know where to press the stop button to exit.
So my day goes fine until i try to find the bus, but i couldn't find the bus stop where i was going to board the bus. I walked for like half an hour and i found it, i kept thinking that if i dont find it i'll kill my dad who's job it was to find me a bus to take.
Well, i found the stop and i boarded the bus. Like half an hour later i saw the stop where i were going to stop the bus. Unless it wasn't. It were 3,6 miles before i was ACTUALLY going to stop, but i didn't know that at the time so i hit stop and exited the bus.
I walked for like 2 seconds before i saw that where my house originally were, there wasn't actually anything so i was thinking like "FUCK, FUCK, FUCK".
I called my dad and swored him out to hell and if he didn't pick me up i would move again.
As angry as he was he said just to keep moving on the side of the road. So i walked for like 1,5 hours before i heard my phone ringing. My dad called to tell me that my stepmom was coming to "rescue" me and i said ok and that he should call her and tell her that i had been walking for like 2 hours.
2 hours later i were like 4 feet from our house after taking the journey of walking over 3 mountains, 2 tunnels and 2 miles of asphalt. Then my stepmom comes riding in her car looking for me.
I was so pissed i didn't talk to my dad for like 3 weeks.
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Stopped the bus too soon, had to walk over 3 mountains, 2 tunnels and 2 miles of road to get home.
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Stopped the bus too soon, had to walk over 3 mountains, 2 tunnels and 2 miles of road to get home.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: Should I [17M] try for a relationship with this girl (17F)?
POST: We're both in grade 12. I've known her for ~5 months now, crushing for 3, and have been really close to her for 2. I've never been in a relationship before while she's had a slew of relationships (4) that've all ended badly, leaving her emotionally unstable with trust issues. I pursued her, got friendzoned, but decided to be her friend and gained her trust. We formed a relationship of complete honesty and openness, and she was able to open up to me. We grew to be really close friends and were very comfortable with each other, me focusing on trying to get over her. Then, she told me last week that she had a crush on me!
The problem? She recognizes that she is emotionally unstable & in a transitional state, and doesn't think we'd see each other much post-high-school. She doesn't want to enter a relationship because she doesn't think it would be feasible with her being emotionally unstable. Apart from that, I love spending time with her and we have very similar desires for what we want in a relationship. The honesty aspect of my relationship with her is also just awesome. (Also, I asked her to prom!)
My question is this: *What are the dangers of being in a relationship with a mentally fragile person, and (how) should I convince her to enter such a relationship?*
I know that I definitely have no problem with supporting her and bearing her burden emotionally. Firstly, I do that for her regardless of my relationship status with her. Secondly, I actually find people and talk to them about things like this actively, trying to help people with similar issues. So I certainly will have no problems in that department.
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Pursued girl, friendzoned, broke out, but she's emotionally unstable. What are the risks of being in a relationship with her?***
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Pursued girl, friendzoned, broke out, but she's emotionally unstable. What are the risks of being in a relationship with her?***
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [25 M ] with my gf [24 F] of 2 years, GF is much smarter and making me feel insecure
POST: I started dating my current GF in college, after several years of friendship. We moved in together shortly after college, and now both are working in the same city.
Ever since we started living together, the dynamics of the relationship became much more serious compared to the one during college, i.e. she started to plan our finances, living arrangements, even started to talk politics. The problem is, one which I am only starting to realize is, she is far smarter in these than I am. I am kinda an impulsive person who hates planning and thinking through things, and when she ask me to help her with finances or sort out the insurance etc I struggle to be helpful. She doesn't really mind because she is more than capable of doing stuff herself, but the fact that I can't makes me deeply insecure.
What's worst is my current relationship reminds me of my parent's, which was really a dysfunctional one. My mom was the smart one, and my dad was at best, average in everything but had a bad case of insecurity mixed with enlarged ego. He had a hard time listening to my mom's advice or opinions and often made bad decisions that he will blame others for. My mom also had an issue, she enjoys belittling my dad and teasing him as dumb or slow, which probably contributed to my dad's insecurity and big ego.
Although my GF is really cool now, I am really afraid one day she'll turn into my mom and start treating me like an idiot, because compared to her, I know I am one. Sometimes my fear is so real that it intrude into my thoughts suddenly, for example we are relaxing on the sofa watching TV, this fear comes and makes me think about ending my relationship, out of nowhere.
Honestly, I don't really know why I am feeling this way, but I certainly feel it and I hate it. I can't bring myself to discuss this insecurity with my GF, so I thought I'd bring it here for advice. Thank you.
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Starting to realize GF is much smarter than I am, becoming insecure and fearful of future dynamics of our relationship. Thinking of breaking up out of fear I become the idiot husband.
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Starting to realize GF is much smarter than I am, becoming insecure and fearful of future dynamics of our relationship. Thinking of breaking up out of fear I become the idiot husband.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by asking my GF of one month for a booty call.
POST: Im going to green text this cause it's the only way I can explain.
\> Be me
\> 17, bored, horny af
\>Birthday is coming up next week
\> Pick up my phone and start texting GF
\> Ask her how her day was, etc.
\> finally we get to a pause
\> thisismychance.gif
\> *hey my b-day is coming up next week, anything you want to do?*
\>*not really* she replies
\> *well we could uhhh.... do the do?*
\> *what?*
\> abort.jpg
\> *I have only known you a month you . I don't think I can stay with you if this is how you're gonna act*
\> fuck me, i am an idiot
\> Bye for now, don't talk to me in the morning please
\> relationship.exe has been terminated, no backups found
I swear to god I did not mean for this to happen, I am a selfish idiot. I did apologize, but to no avail. Am I a bad guy for wanting this? I'm probably an asshole.
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Half-assed an attempt to get some, failed miserably. Now single, and probably hated by EX's friends.
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Half-assed an attempt to get some, failed miserably. Now single, and probably hated by EX's friends.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [22F] good friend [19F] has a very unhealthy view of her previous relationship
POST: My friend is absolutely convinced that "nobody understands the love" she had for her ex-boyfriend [19M]. They had a pretty standard break up when he came to college, but instead of actually breaking up they were "committed to" each other while he tried talk to other girls. He has some pretty serious issues (would get up in the middle of the night and yell/kick stuff, got kicked out of college in his first year for drugs) and was very mean to my her during their breakup. He was her first serious relationship.
She can't seem to get over him or that mentality that they had something incredibly special that nobody else can understand. Nothing I say seems to get through to her and she just got angry the times we did talk about it. Does anyone have experience helping someone get over that hump?
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My friend is stuck believing that her last relationship was a special snowflake and I am at a loss as to how to help her.
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My friend is stuck believing that her last relationship was a special snowflake and I am at a loss as to how to help her.
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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [16F] was dumped by my boyfriend [16M] after a year of perfection and now I'm lost
POST: When we met last year we knew of each other but we had never talked but because of a group project we were forced to talked and we instantly started flirting and we knew we had something special. After awhile we started sating and we were each other's first real relationship so we took everything slow.
As we dated we liked each other more and more but as teenagers we both agreed that we didn't understand real love and we knew we would not last through high school but we made each other happy so we were together. We got serious about 5 months in our relationship and truly knew that we loved each other. We thought that this was the ideal relationship and we even thought we could last.
We had our problems alone the way like jealously and being too clingy but we got over them. In December he started to change and became more like a teenage boy and stopped being romantic and emotional to the point where he got annoyed if I told him I loved him. He became mean and distant and I did everything I could to keep us together because I still loved him.
He only got worse from there and said he did not love me anymore but loved me for what we used to have. He broke up with me a month ago and ever since then I cry everyday because I miss him and us. He said he wanted to be friends but he's still really mean to me and today I told him off and now I feel empty and don't know what to do.
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In love with my ex who doesn't love me back and is very rude. He's in my friend group so I'm forced to see him but I'm still heartbroken and I don't know what to do.
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In love with my ex who doesn't love me back and is very rude. He's in my friend group so I'm forced to see him but I'm still heartbroken and I don't know what to do.
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