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I turn 18 tomorrow, I got emancipated in April though. I have a summer birthday but it’s going to be cold and raining, and all amusement parks are closed, I don’t talk to my family anymore and cut contact, and my only friends live too far away. My fiancé and me don’t have a car anymore, and no money. What can I possibly do to celebrate? I’ve been so down about it all week I just don’t want to stay inside doing something I can do on any other day. I’m so sad lol, any advice for what I can do?

Please pray for my family and me, we desperately need it. My wife suffers from a variety of mental illnesses as do I, she won’t even accept it let alone get help. We are both getting worse, a few newer problems are brewing that I fear are going to become very explosive and totally out of control very soon . Therapy is out of reach for me because she won’t let me, she is terribly abusive (mentally and physically), manipulative, and controlling. I am suffering from debilitating depression and anxiety mostly because of her abuse and it is severely impacting my job. I exist in terrorizing fear 24/7 with no relief, my hands are always shaking, short of breath, and my heart racing. I genuinely cannot find the words to describe even slightly how severe my fear is. We have no friends or family to support or help. I don’t have the emotional, physical, or financial means to get away and am stuck having to continue to endure the abuse which is getting worse. I feel totally stuck and like I’m suffocating. I see no way for it to stop without her getting the help she so desperately needs. I am a sinner and have made many mistakes, seems like almost everything I do is wrong in all aspects of my life, my thinking/rationalization/cognition is totally out of whack. I’m desperate for a miracle that she may be healed. Our poor son has been robbed of his childhood because of all this, I know need to protect him but don’t know how as I can’t even protect or care for myself anymore. I feel like a pathetic, horrible father because of this. Please pray for everyone’s mental healing, but especially for my wife. Regardless of her abuse, I don’t hate her, I hate the behavior but recognize she is sick and is also suffering terribly.

My mom has yet to see my second born baby. She has made no attempt to see my kids by driving here but she cleans a house 30 minutes from me that houses 30+ dogs. My dad invited me to bring my kids to go swim in the in ground pool. I felt very conflicted saying no, worried about that many dogs, and also the fact that my mom doesn’t seem to really care to see my kids so why should I. My youngest brother just announced they were having a child and she wasn’t even present for it. She’s hell bent on not coming to my house even when everyone else shows up. I’m her only daughter and I don’t know why she treats me like this. And now I’m conflicted on taking my kids there. I really don’t want to because I have went before with my first child and felt anxious on arrival with the dogs and they never got too close but she was small. This time she is up and running around. She’s used to our small friendly dogs but not 30+ dogs. This sounds bizarre even as I write it.

Just thought I’d throw this little tidbit out there for anyone in search of regaining some normalcy and having some of life’s little pleasures we had so freely before being floxed. I find aside from the floxing itself, it’s an extreme and difficult loss adjustment to have had the fun with food, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, sports so cruelly and quickly stolen. I love love loved coffee and good wine with friends… my social life revolved around it. Also loved to dance. Well, maybe I can’t have it all back anytime soon, but every little bit counts.
I found a decaf coffee with no mycotoxins, no other additives, and decaf is 99.9% rate (only 0.1% caffeine) by the decaf cleansing process they use (versus 90-95% decaf level of most). I’ve been drinking one mug each morning and it’s bringing me the joy of a child on Christmas morning. It may not be great for everyone, but I wanted to let you know that it’s out there for those of you who want that little morning ritual back.
Think can’t put brands on here and there may be more out there than just this one, but if you want to know what I found, feel free to PM me.
Wishing you all more joy, less pain and distress and a positive healing journey leading you back to good health.

I (27F) recently found myself in a situation that's got people calling me an asshole.
So, my supposed "best friend" Amy (26F) came to me all excited about this job opportunity she was chasing. I was annoyed by her constant success and felt like she needed to have at least one failure. Out of sheer spite, I decided to sabotage her chances by contacting her potential employer and feeding them a load of lies about her incompetence and laziness. I took immense satisfaction in knowing that I was about to bring her down a peg or two.
A few days ago, Amy found out what I did and confronted me, completely devastated. She couldn't understand how I could do such a thing. Honestly, I didn't care. I had achieved my goal of putting her in her place.
Am I really the asshole here or just someone who finally stood up for themselves?

I (27F) recently found myself in a situation that's got people calling me an asshole.
So, my supposed "best friend" Amy (26F) came to me all excited about this job opportunity she was chasing. I was annoyed by her constant success and felt like she needed to have at least one failure. Out of sheer spite, I decided to sabotage her chances by contacting her potential employer and feeding them a load of lies about her incompetence and laziness. I took immense satisfaction in knowing that I was about to bring her down a peg or two.
A few days ago, Amy found out what I did and confronted me, completely devastated. She couldn't understand how I could do such a thing. Honestly, I didn't care. I had achieved my goal of putting her in her place.
Am I really the asshole here or just someone who finally stood up for themselves?

A/N: it has been a while, so have two updates! Please let me know if y'all do still want more!
The void burns with the flaming of forges, as the anvils of war begin to beat their bloody tempo once more. The angels, humanity, rallies their forces, readying for a conflict to shake the galaxy. Wrath and ruin guide their hands, for those that are unable to wield those tools themselves. Armor is painted in black and white, for those who will bear the sin of their actions, and those who shall remain pure and clean. Ships are readied, stockpiles built, as entire planets are given over to recieve the inevitable refugees, to house and heal those that have no home, no hope, and no life. And Humanity swears to all that they will bring these to the darkest parts of the void.
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A single human Matriarch stands before the Conclave, proud, steady, and a look of disdain written across her face. The reigning members of the Conclave look positively upon this, for it shows the Humans are everything they were promised to be. They show their wisdom and patience by sending a matriarch, their fierceness by ensuring she does not flinch, and their understanding of the balance of power, by sending only a pair of escorts. The only confusion they felt, was the look of hatred burning deep in her eyes, or that she did not bow.
A few moments pass, silence creeping through the gilded chamber, the wealth of a thousand worlds on display for the eight sapients in the room. Finally, the Human steps forwards, her jaw flexing as her eyes flicker across the members, before settling finally upon the Kel'gan warlord. "My name is Sonia Brown. I shall be speaking on behalf of Humanity for this, our first meeting." Her brown eyes simmer slightly, as the Hreth representative stands, spreading his many arms wide.
"We are pleased to welcome your people to our Conclave, and are eager to discuss how we can all grow, and prosper today. My friends from the Qurrelm tell me you already bring new technology that shall allow us to spread our reach even farther! My friends from the Kel'gan are most eager to see, and train, alongside your soldiers. My own people are eager to see what new deals we can make, and how we both can profit, and grow richer. The other members of our Conclave have their own desires, be they for planets, or new tastes." He nods to other delegates, unnerved by the fact that her eyes never stray from his own, even as he tries to introduce the other members. "Where would you like to begin? Perhaps trade? Or maybe borders? We are happy to start at the standard 100 lightyear radius around your homeworld, and any overlap can be compensated?"
She steps forwards slowly, approaching the seat at the table waiting for her, before pushing it aside. "I am afraid there has been a misunderstanding. Humanity will not be joining your Conclave. In fact, we find your entire system repulsive. No, I am here to issue to you all a declaration of war, on behalf of Humanity. Our only exception, is to offer a choice to the Kel'gan. You may abstain from the war, and we shall negotiate independently, as we find your practices mostly acceptable. For the others of you...I bring a gift, before all is lost to hostility." A flick of her wrist uploads a datafeed to the central projector, as multiple videos begin to play. Across a dozen systems, human ships are ripping into reality, close at hand to Conclave vessels, and in moments, are firing upon them. This passes in silence, the members if the Conclave too stunned to speak. None had ever opposed them. It had been centuries since a ship had been lost. In seconds, they witness the loss of dozens of ships, all caught unprepared, weapons not readied, shields lowered. The Human smiles slightly, the hatred burning brighter in her eyes now. "You see? We wanted to give you the gift of knowledge. Of forewarning. Unless some things change, we will continue this, until one of us is broken." She is still smiling as the light leaves her eyes minutes later, the third Human casualty in the war against the darkness, and surrounded by a sea of corpses, and her name becomes a rallying cry for Billions.
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"This conflict is pointless. It does not bring new flavors to our tables, or food to our warehouses. The Humans are worthless for eating, too tough, and flavorless. We request a chance to negotiate, as our reserves cannot support a mass Kel'gan deployment. In fact, I have only had 8 meals this past cycle. We must see this ended, and soon." Bloqniqus The Grand, Visnarlo Representative to the Conclave.

My mom has yet to see my second born baby. She’s a an alcoholic and has little to no contact with me and my siblings. She has made no attempt to see my kids by driving here but she cleans a house 30 minutes from me that houses 30+ dogs. My dad invited me to bring my kids to go swim in the in ground pool. I felt very conflicted saying no, worried about that many dogs, and also the fact that my mom doesn’t seem to really care to see my kids so why should I. My youngest brother just announced they were having a child and she wasn’t even present for it. She’s hell bent on not coming to my house even when everyone else shows up. I’m her only daughter and I don’t know why she treats me like this. And now I’m conflicted on taking my kids there. I really don’t want to because I have went before with my first child and felt anxious on arrival with the dogs and they never got too close but she was small. This time she is up and running around. She’s used to our small friendly dogs but not 30+ dogs. This sounds bizarre even as I write it.

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I’m not gonna lie I was a bit confused about the way the convo went about the TikTok kid (Mizzy?). I have no idea if it’s because I was raised in a high-crime-rate country but the idea of a man walking into my house is TERRIFYING! Not to mention that in the video, there was a whole group of men that walked in with him. Like, a stranger walks into my house I ain’t giving him the benefit of the doubt. We are taking action then asking questions. And okay, he walked into a house where the dad was home but as a woman, a man walks into my house my first thought is oh he is not here to be friendly… Like by no means 15 years in jail but holy shit, a couple months for sure and then probation. That shit is not okay. The train thing was the least worrying of them all. Anyone agree with me? Or is my perception skewed?

Hey guys I'm in a real fix, I was just about to open my pool for the summer, but found that the upper rim of my 10,000 gallon above ground pool was heavily rusting and falling into the water. Not safe; needs fixed, but I have no manual because the pool is ten years old and I cant find it anywhere. The only clue I have is the underside of the top cap of the plastic rim it says: CHAMP. 27393 MADE IN USA 19186 CAP 4
Any way someone can help me discover what part I need; thanks?

So my little brother (M17) and I (M23) were not that close when we were younger as we were 7 years apart.
But when he grew a bit older we got closer as he had a lot in common with me. We shared intrest in technology, music, hobby and genral lifestyle. A year in a half ago we build a PC together for him, were always discussing new pc hardware, new games, etc. Same with music, sharing our favorites electronic music tracks between us, playing games together etc.
Last year he begun high school and everything changed. He suddenly changed his tastes in music from electronic to rap (that I dislike), and begun to go out a lot with his friends. Now he spends his money in clothes and seems to have lost all intrest in technology and gaming.
Today I bought new PC parts for a new gaming PC i will build and was excited to show them to him. Well I told him to come see and fist thing he said was "i dont have time, do it quickly ". He barely saw the boxes and said "that's cool" and got out with his friends. Didnt ask me anything, didnt ask to see inside the boxes, nothing.
Well now I am very disappointed and a bit sad. Everything we had in common, he now suddenly doesn't care about, he changed completely in less than a year.
I don't know what to do or to say, as he seems to have changed very fast. This is only 2 examples but this is the same for most things we bonded over in the past.

In my Hisn Kayfa game, the Ottomans now wish to break the alliance we formed in like 1445. It is now 1535. I have all DLC, so of course a lot of their red and yellow desired provinces include my territory. I worked our relations up to 200+ and have 100 trust. All of that has been thrown out the window by a -200 alliance desire due to the Ottomans desire for some of my provinces.
I think the favors system and desired province stuff is a great addition, but it annoys me that a great lasting alliance like this will break because the Ottomans desire just a handful of my provinces. It does keep the game challenging, but there are plenty of examples IRL where Nations had long lasting alliances even when each had conflicting interests.
I know its essentially impossible, but I wish the AI would take more into account when looking at our alliance, or maybe change their area of interest. I don't think its crazy to think that in my case, the Ottomans would simply say "hey out friend Hisn Kayfa has control over the previous Mamluk territory. They are an excellent ally, and since we have 120k troops, lets just storm over Eastern Europe and Russia."
My game is no where close to being ruined if they break the alliance, as I myself have a great army and alliances with stronk Timmyrids and other pals, but it hurts my nerdy immersion and story I built up in my head as I played. 100 trust seems to have no effect, which is sad.
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Am I just a crazy slightly sad player who is being perhaps narrow sighted here, or do you guys agree a bit with how the dlc changes alliances?

I had a guy friend whom I considered my best friend at one point and had no feelings for him what so ever. He tried to pull me in to at least a situationship/fwb. I resisted every single move but didn’t end our friendship as I didn’t want to lose what we had.
He was very unstable financially and took some random loans from apps which he couldn’t pay back. He would pester me for money so that he can pay at least for interest of those. When I refused to give him money as I didn’t have much at that point, he constantly asked me to ask my parents for money by coming up with some or the other lie. I was not okay with it and didn’t respond to his messages as he was being unrealistic. He then asked my friend to send a pic of what I was doing on snapchat and the snap had me playing a game on my mobile. All hell broke loose!! He sent me the screenshot of my pic and called me a bitch for not responding to him when he’s in trouble. Later, he came up with some random apology and being an idiot I am, I forgave him.
But he didn’t change and there are times we go out or I spend on my online shopping, he constantly shamed me to no end by calling me names and saying that I’m a spoilt brat who spends money recklessly. Mind you, it was my fucking money. I earned those. He still thought he had a say in that. I once got a refund on my cancelled flight ticket and he asked me to him that refund money as I have already spent it, so I would be okay with no having it.
And he never had money on him. EVER. Whenever we go out, I had to pay. Every single time. From a 10 bucks panipuri to 1000 buffet meal.
He subtly used to ask for stuff as ‘gifts’ and slyly asked me once to order something on amazon. He wanted the same thing which I ordered. The order he shamed me for wasting money. When I asked him mode of payment and whether he’s okay with CoD, he had the fucking balls to say that I should pay for it otherwise he doesn’t want it.
He tried to control every single aspect of my life. From my friends to the relationship I have with my family members. He doesn’t like me talking to other guys as he ‘knows’ their intentions. He purposefully ruined my chances with my crush! On top of that he stole my personal pics from my phone when he took my phone on pretext of an emergency.
I have had it enough now !! I gathered strength to come out of this toxic mess I got myself into. I broke off this stupid ‘friendship’. I sense a weird and refreshing relief now, of not having someone on my head 24x7 trying to play me like a video game.

Im attempting to get a job to save up for university. But I have barely any experience and I’m worried that I wont get hired. Also my resume is pretty lacklustre and Im afraid I will be over looked.

I’m starting to think of where I’d like to move after I graduate from my master’s degree and I’m swaying between the following:
City A:

• lived here during my undergrad
• have some friends here and a solid amount of acquaintances from uni
• good job market for my field
• closer to other cities + the beach
• slightly more expensive than City B
• pretty city, but rather sleepy at night

City B:

• also lived here for a few years
• no friends in city, just some acquaintances
• Good job market for my field
• would have the opportunity to live in one of my parents’ houses (in the city centre) so I could ideally save up a substantial amount of money (by paying a much lower rent than I would in the standard market)
• about half the size of City A, enough things to do but not as much as the first option.

Which would you choose? What’s more important to you…Saving power? Familiar social groups? How do you decide?

Hey guys, So I (27M, ENFP) have a 23(F) ISFJ friend who I've been with for a year.
Now, I know that she's incredibly moody, and most of the time I'm not even sure what the reason is cause she gets irritated a lot, by almost everything. Even when I'm having a discussion with them, sometimes ill say something that can be slightly conflict worthy and she'll suddenly just change the tone of the conversation and end it. Because I have an anxious attachment style I tend to apologise a lot for her mood swings even when I feel the reasons are not so big. At this point, she's my favourite person but during an ongoing conflict (big or small) she never prioritises me or the conflict, she'll just shut off and not listen at all, all the while denying that there was a conflict in the first place. I feel very rejected by her this way and in the end, I have to end the conversation unsatisfied and guilty of the outcome. During the times this happens too much, I really start questioning my self worth. I don't think she understands me all that much even though she is kind and loyal.
Any insights?

My party is investigating a powerful wizard to figure out more about him and his motives. The wizard is part of a secret society who thinks their work/goals are noble, though it’s morally questionable at best. (You know, like all powerful mages in all stories ever)
My party found out the names of 3 of his friends and are going to talk to them to get more info. I’m at a loss for how to seed relevant info into conversations naturally. Only 1 of the friends is actually also part of the society; the others aren’t, though they might be able to talk about the wizard as a person or maybe about his general motives or approach to things… I’m just not totally sure how to play it.
I’m actually proud of the party for taking this roundabout route instead of just going to his house and attacking him, which was their first thought, so I do want them to get useful reconnaissance from these conversations.

How do I explain to my ex girlfriend that the reason I don’t plan things with her is because she doesn’t plan them with me?
Basically my ex girlfriend is fuming at me and said one of the huge reasons we broke up is because I never planned things and dates and holidays for us to go on.
How do I explain to her the feeling of why I didn’t feel this way is because she always prefers doing things with her friends. Shes going to 2 festivals in the summertime, none of which she invited me to, and shes going on holiday with her friends, which she did not invite me to. It’s not just that I am jealous or something of it I dont know how to explain, it just feels like I’m an afterthought kind of, and below on a list of priorities to her friends, and this is why it is hard for me to want to plan things as it feels she would rather do it with other people, and spend boatloads of money doing so as well.
How do I explain this to her and has anyone else experienced this? I don’t want to start an argument, as she will end up saying “get a job” and “its because i have the money to do these things”, but it just felt so much more like she’d rather not do things with me, shes an avoidant if that helps anything. Is it solely my job to plan everything even though shes so good at planning things with other people but never tries with me.