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Sunday, June 16, 2024

I (19F) think my boyfriend (22M) is gay or bi

First of all, let me clarify I have no problem with any LGBT+ people. The issue here is that my (19F) boyfriend (22M) is extremely homophobic to the point that even if we are in public and he sees for example a gay advertisement or a gay couple he tells me that he is so disgusted by them, etc. He is a conservative in every way possible, however, I found transgender and male-only porn on his phone. Normally I wouldn't care about this but we never have sex, I'm the one that always initiates intimacy and he rarely wants to be with me, I feel like all the porn he consumes (6 different apps for it) is what leads him having a low libido and not even finding me attractive anymore. I don't know how to bring this problem up, every time we try to talk about this or if I imply that with his homophonic commentaries, he is in reality projecting he ALWAYS denies denies denies. He plays dumb and denies everything, I asked him if he uses Reddit to watch porn, and, sweared to god he didn't.

Should I bring this up? Should I confront him? If so how? What do you think?

tl;dr homophobic bf might be closeted gay/bi

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Saturday, June 15, 2024

Don’t want to go to Europe

I’m 40m and girlfriend is 49f… dating for over a year. GF’s well-off friend is turning 50 and rented a villa in Europe for the occasion. It’s in a party town and we all like dance music. Four couples are sharing the cost of this villa.

I don’t want to go. Birthday girl and I haven’t ever hit it off because this whole friend group is selfish, vapid and money focused.

It’s also 11 days which is an insane amount of time to go anywhere (I’m not well traveled though)

The people sharing the villa are intolerable to me too. Problem is that if I don’t go, my girlfriend will likely be sharing our room with some rich dude (not guaranteed but i’m rarely wrong about things like this.)

Do I cough up like $10k to go on this trip? I feel like there’s a gun to my head and I’d be way anxious if she went without me.

TL;DR- I don’t want to go to a destination birthday with a bunch of lizards.

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Friday, June 14, 2024

Has anybody ever wondered if there partner might be too good for them?

Hi, I, a 60 ish year old male, once fell in love with a 57 year old lady. I possibley made the relationship difficult for both of us by being insecure about my own value and sense of self worth. I get compliments all the time and am regarded very highly by other people.

She was a fantastic person although anyone who knows her would say she is reserved. Make that very reserved. So although she was very affectionate, she would never verbalise it.

In any case, I used to wonder about this issue and I wondered how anyone else might have dealt with it?

tdlr Has anyone wondered about there parner being too good for them and how did you handle it?

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

What should I (F18) do about this situation with my boyfriend (M19)?

So pretty much we have been dating for around 5 months. We made a lot of promises to each other and promised that we’d stick together no matter what and eventually get married. But recently from about 3 months ago, I have been feeling a little distant from him. The passion in our relationship has just died down. In the nicest way possible, it feels like we’re an old married couple now. I’m a person that wants to embrace my youth and make everyday worth it, since we’ll be older soon. We’re both in the same high school, so I dont really know what to do. Im starting to love him as a friend more than a boyfriend, because the romance in the relationship has just died down and I really cant find the romantic type of love in my heart for him. It sucks, and I do love and care for him since he’s a great person, but I’m just starting to see and love him more as a friend. I dont wanna break his heart. He’s really dependent on me and doesn’t have many friends. He said it himself, and I hate that feeling. I don’t want anyone to be dependent on me, it just ends up feeling like a burden. I’m not saying he’s a burden at all, but lately I’ve been feeling like my energy is drained from all this and I just cant find my inner happiness anymore, especially in this relationship. It also just feels like he’s putting less effort in to impress me, and I like it when a guy tries hard to impress you and win your heart. For example, I get up early every single morning to get dressed to look pretty so I can impress him. I mean it’s a good thing thats he’s comfortable with me now, but like i said before, it just feels like we’ve ended up in the ‘old married couple’ routine, if you know what i mean. We also have very different interests and a regular conversation between us is often very awkward and unnatural, other people have noticed this too. Overall were two extremely different people. I know they say opposites attract, but I think there should be atleast some things in common. I often do try to make conversation with him, but I dont know why but he usually doesnt respond much in real life. Over text its fine, but I think he’s just a little awkward in real life, and thats okay because im also a pretty awkward person. But, I just want to be with someone that I can be myself around and that has the same humour as me, is that too much to ask for? He’s a really great person but Im just starting to feel that were two very different people. Also, we had gotten in a fight once because he said that I didnt spend the day with him since I chose to spend it with my girl friends in school. Since this argument, Ive just been feeling as if it is my responsibility to make sure that he is happy all the time and never alone, and im sorry to say this but it stresses me out and negatively affects my mental health too.

I feel like a bad person saying this, but I really dont know what to do and after asking my friends for advice, they have said that the best option would be to break up with him, since i dont really see him in a romantic way anymore. I love him as a friend and i think he is a great person, but just not the person for me. Even if I do break up with him, ill make sure i stay his friend because he needs support in his life and his social circle is very small, and like I have said before, he is quite dependent on me. But the thing is, I dont want to break up with him even though we’ve kind of grown apart because of all the promises I made to him before. I promised that we would stick together and solve any issues we had without breaking up, and thats completely fine but what do you do when the person has a completely different vibe, energy and personality from you? I just find it hard to relate to him and I’m sorry but i really cant imagine a future with him. I think he deserves a great girl that is more like him and has the same humour as him, which is probably not me.

So, what should I do? Should I tell him the truth or should I just suck it up and not overcomplicate things?

TL;DR so basically should i speak to him about it and should we move to being just friends again or should i just not overcomplicate things and stay in the relationship how it is and eventually get married?

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Should I Let My Boyfriend's Dad Pay for My Flight on Their Family Vacation?"

Hey guys

So, I'm 18 (F) and I've been with my boyfriend, who's also 18, for nearly 9 months now. I'm at his dad’s house a lot, stay over often, and I've gotten pretty familiar with his family.

His dad invited me to join them on a 10 day family holiday in July overseas, and I’m planning to go. However I'm kinda stuck on what to do about the money situation. My boyfriend’s dad is pretty wealthy and really generous, and has stated he can and will pay for my flight as well as anything else.

The thing is, I don’t feel totally comfortable not contributing anything. For reference, a round flight for this trip could be anywhere between $500-1000AUD. My parents agreed that I should pay, and even offered to split the cost with me.

Is it rude to turn down their offer to pay for me? Or should I just let it go and let them pay?

Any advice on what to do? Thanks!

TL;DR: Have been invited on family trip and boyfriends dad wants to pay, however I don’t feel entirely comfortable with letting that happen and want to pay for it myself. Not sure what to do.

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