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Bit of context, my best friend (15m) and I have been gay for ages, and I've always liked him but been too scared to ask. One day I did, and he said he was dating someone (who lives 9 hours away). They broke up because my friend because he accidentally sent his bf's d pic to his bf's friend. His bf broke up with my friend, and I started talking to his ex to try and cheer him up.
Once we started talking, he started getting feelings for me. Then we agreed to start dating (see all my previous posts), and my bf and I agreed to tell my friend that I'm dating his ex, and I thought he'd be somewhat supportive (considering it was his ex, I knew there'd be some tension) but when I told him, he straight up said "Date him for all I care, it's obvious that he is trying to ruin my life" and now he's ignoring me, and hating on my bf.
I'm so stuck, my bf and I aren't in that great of a relationship (again, see my previous posts), but I still love him and stuff. I just don't know what to do. 😭
I am cooked to say the least. I like everything about this girl. The way she smells her smile her eyes her cute nose even tho she doesnt like it. We went on a date of sorts today (Halloween date) and we cuddled near the end (as we do a few times a week now). It was super fun and I can't even think straight. I GET GIDDY JUSR THINKING ABOUT HER ITS OVER FOR ME 😭🔥 Anyway I've stayed up late thinking about her and I may or may not be sniffing my arm which caught her scent. IDC IF ITS WEIRD SHUTUP. Anyway that's that. I'm actually cooked 🙏😔
We have only known each other for 2 weeks now but she says I changed my way of talking to her, even though I didn't even notice I did that. I'm already really insecure about not being interesting enough to her and now hearing this hits like a truck. I love her so much, she is perfect for me but I don't feel like I am for her. I want her to feel loved, I want all the best for her, I want her to be the happiest person ever, I want to give my all so I can be perfect for her too. I really don't know what to do, she is basically saying I don't make her feel loved and this makes my heart ache so bad. It makes me think she only started dating me out of loneliness and she is soon going to move on.
I frequently say "I love you" and compliment her a lot when I get the chance but this is nowhere near enough. I don't what I should do. Please help me, how do I make her feel loved?
Note: please don't try to lecture me over starting dating in less than 2 weeks, thanks.
its our monthsary today, we stayed up till 12 to greet eachother i sent her an image i save from pinterest that said "happy monthsary i love you" but i didn't notice there was a initial thing "M+A" one of them is not her initial and she noticed it and got upset at me and this morning she hasn't texted me goodmorning or anything. I haven't talked to her figured she needed space or smth ik this is dumb but any advice on what I can do?
I have known her for a few years, and we were talking more and more and became good friends, until summer break hit and we stopped talking as much, and now I can't talk to her in person because we don't have any clases together and she won't answer my text. I don't know if she just doesn't want to talk to me which is why she won't answer my text or it's for some other reason. I don't know if I should just forget about it even though I really don't want to because I really like her but at the same time it seems it's not going anywhere. I just want some advice on the next steps I should take.
Hola, la cuestión es que desde hace tiempito ya, hay un chico que le gusto yo, yo le tengo un cariño inmenso a él, pero no quiero tener relaciones sentimentales con nadie por ahora, yo se lo he dicho y él me ha entendido, incluso dice que quiere seguir conociéndome, resulta que a mi me gusta mucho escribir poemas, cartas, etc, y él un día me dijo que nunca nadie le había dado una carta, así que yo hoy le hice una y se la mandé, en esta le hablaba agradeciéndole, resaltando sus cualidades, básicamente queriéndolo hacer sentir bien y valorado por mi, etc., pero se la mandé hace varias horas y sé que le llegó, sin embargo no ha contestado nada, no quiero presionar ni nada, pero si yo duele un poco que yo con tanto cariño le hice esa carta y el no ha respondido ni un punto. ¿Qué debería hacer?
I've known him for about 3 weeks, for the first week we were talking, it was going amazing. I was confident, he would smile at me in class and I would do the same. But than after that I started overthinking, such as worrying I was bothering him or worrying that I was acting weird. So whenever he would talk to me in class for those next two weeks, I would be really awkward/shy and I wouldn't really say anything back or ever try to start any convos with him, so it would be a awkward experince for both of us. And than he slowly stopped talking to me as much because of that I think. I want to fix what I did wrong, but I'm afraid to start talking to him again because of the mistakes I made in the past/how much more distant we got, and I'm wondering if its too late. Like I wanna wave to him in class a bit more and maybe try to start more convos but because of how I feel I messed up things those last two weeks when things started to go back, I always come out even more awkward and shy. I know that if I don't say anything, nothing good will happen but I'm still scared. And I'm scared of being even more awkward and that fear is only getting worse because of how I feel like I messed up things those last two weeks. Like I said, I want to talk to him again but I'm scared. I am a 14F and he is a 14M
I'm a lesbian (17f) and I've been with my girlfriend (16f) for 3 months now. She's a virgin but I've been with one girl before her. Last night was the first time we progressed to anything explicitly sexual. For personal reasons, I'm uncomfortable with receiving anything sexually, so I was the one touching her (I don't know that I will ever feel comfortable receiving, and I'm completely okay with that). Onto the point of the post. We were making out and for the first time I touched her below the waistline, and based on what I felt, it appears that she has an enlarged clitoris (clitoromegaly), I have no problem with this of course and I am still completely comfortable touching her, etc. However, I did some research and this is often related to someone being intersex, which I also have no problem with (if she is). The issue is that as she is a virgin, I don't know if she knows this because she's never discussed it with me. Of course the only references I have are my own body and the one girl that I have been with before my girlfriend. So, I'm not entirely sure (for lack of better words) what it is "supposed" to feel like. I'm sorry if this is messy but I don't know whether she is aware of the fact that she (possibly) has clitoromegaly as it isn't always noticeable at birth/in early years. I'm just unsure of whether I should bring this up to her as it could come across disrespectful and I don't want her to think that I have a problem with it at all. I suppose I'm scared that if I say something it'll come across wrong, and if I don't and she discovers this later down the line I'll look like the bad guy for not bringing it up. I would appreciate some advice on if/how I should approach her about this. Thanks for reading.
I've known him for about 3 weeks, for the first week we were talking, it was going amazing. I was confident, he would smile at me in class and I would do the same. But than after that I started overthinking, such as worrying I was bothering him or worrying that I was acting weird. So whenever he would talk to me in class for those next two weeks, I would be really awkward/shy and I wouldn't really say anything back or ever try to start any convos with him, so it would be a awkward experince for both of us. And than he slowly stopped talking to me as much because of that I think. I want to fix what I did wrong, but I'm afraid to start talking to him again because of the mistakes I made in the past/how much more distant we got, and I'm wondering if its too late. Like I wanna wave to him in class a bit more and maybe try to start more convos but because of how I feel I messed up things those last two weeks when things started to go back, I always come out even more awkward and shy. I know that if I don't say anything, nothing good will happen but I'm still scared. And I'm scared of being even more awkward and that fear is only getting worse because of how I feel like I messed up things those last two weeks. Like I said, I want to talk to him again but I'm scared. I am a 14F and he is a 14M
She broke up with me claiming she needed more time for school coursework. The next week my best friend made it public that they were seeing eachother. My introverted self decided to just try and act supportive as to cause no trouble. This worked for a while until recently when he asked on a major group chat with my male friends how to seduce someone. It was obviously aiming to the goal of him seducing her to result in something (I've not yet mentally thought what for, but the who was obvious). The seducing question has just pushed over the line now and I don't know what to do. Currently we're on a school break so I can ignore it mostly, but only a few more days remain of that so any solution would be nice. How do I progress past this?
Apologies for the grammar, or lack of it...
I've known him for about 3 weeks, for the first week we were talking, it was going amazing. I was confident, he would smile at me in class and I would do the same. But than after that I started overthinking, such as worrying I was bothering him or worrying that I was acting weird. So whenever he would talk to me in class for those next two weeks, I would be really awkward/shy and I wouldn't really say anything back or ever try to start any convos with him, so it would be a awkward experince for both of us. And than he slowly stopped talking to me as much because of that I think. I want to fix what I did wrong, but I'm afraid to start talking to him again because of the mistakes I made in the past/how much more distant we got, and I'm wondering if its too late. Like I wanna wave to him in class a bit more and maybe try to start more convos but because of how I feel I messed up things those last two weeks when things started to go back, I always come out even more awkward and shy. I know that if I don't say anything, nothing good will happen but I'm still scared. And I'm scared of being even more awkward and that fear is only getting worse because of how I feel like I messed up things those last two weeks.
me (f) and this boy (both of us 17) have been on and off for over a year now. however this year it seems every time we get back in contact with each other he stops talking to me by blocking me. this has happened 3 times now. but each time we have spoken to each other after he's blocked me he doesn't act like he hates me?? like he doesn't dislike me he just will block me to stop speaking to me. and it confuses me because he doesn't hate me but he will block me. it's like he can't communicate with me how he feels so he just escapes by blocking me maybe?? idk can someone please help me understand. for context: he has mental health issues, struggles with addiction and also speaks to/sleeps with multiple girls. i know i'm dumb for still wanting him but i can't help but love him and want to still try with him. plus the last time i spoke to him before he blocked me was two months ago when he told me he has been sleeping/talking to multiple girls and when i asked him if we could try again when he's not doing those things he said "yes definitely", which is why i am confused as to why i just keep getting blocked. also when i asked him why are all those other girls worth trying for he said that he just uses them for drugs and sex and he doesn't want to do that to me because he knows how nice i am. please could someone help me understand this situation because it just keeps leaving me so confused and sad.
i met this girl at a ken carson concert and she looked a little bit older, she asked me what grade im in and I said junior (im really a sophomore) and she said she was a senior. She’s 17 now and doesn’t turn 18 until August, I’m 15 now and turn 16 in a month. I need help what to do, she’s super fucking dope and we have plans to hangout, what do I do from here??
I'm saying this is bad because it would become really awkward for us to see each others families again after. We also live really close to each other if that effects anything. We've been close friends for a couple years but I really need to make a move soon, but I'm not sure what to do, please help, I was maybe thinking PG-13 horror movie, but there is nothing good in theatres. also don't take this insanely seriously
We made plans a while ago to Trick or Treat with some friends, but she got a bit sick and won't be able to go today. I offered to take pictures of the day and send them to her, which seemed to make her a bit happy, but I feel like there's more that I can do. I am going to her house tomorrow for a Halloween Party, but I want her to feel happy today.
I'm really just looking for advice for when she's sick generally since our relationship is pretty new (only about a few weeks). What should I expect, what can I do, and how do I keep her happy? Thanks!
Hi,
So me and my girlfriend have been together for 15 months and for the first 10 months it was perfect. However, in July she switched to a new type of birth control (the progestin pill instead of the combined pill). Since then we have had issues with more arguments, less intimacy together and mainly she has been a lot less affectionate.
I talked to her about this in August when it started becoming a serial issue and she said she’d work on it. However, in the last week we’ve had a few arguments as she feels she sees me as a friend rather than a boyfriend but she still wants to spend time with me and go to places with me etc rather than any of her other friends. She says this is the reason she has been less affectionate recently etc.
My issue is, she is saying she has been feeling like this since mid July and that’s why things have been rough but I feel like she’s been a different person since then and it all aligns with her changing her birth control. I’ve tried to explain this to her and she agreed and said she’ll stop the birth control and we’ll see how we are in a month or two which I thought would be good.
However, today is like the 4th day of no birth control and she got her period. I came over to her house as we were celebrating my 18th a little late. When I came over we cuddled for a couple minutes before she pulled away and 2 mins later said she wanted to break up while crying. We spent the next 5 hours talking and crying and at the end of it she realised she wasn’t sure because while she has been feeling like this for a while, she can’t imagine not being able to do stuff with me and talk to me etc.
I don’t know what to do, she’s said to leave her today and she’ll let me know what she wants to do tomorrow morning. I don’t want to break up, I really do love her and I know she does too. I just want her to see that and wait until the birth control is out of her system so we can go back to the old us or know it’s an actual issue as right know for all we know it could be due to the birth control.
this guy I'm talking to had agreed to go with a female friend for Halloween. He agreed almost immediately and then asked me how I felt about this and when I told him I was hurt by it, all he said was "I'd like to go with you but I don't wanna be an asshole to you." and told me that "He wasn't thinking about Halloween and didn't understand why it's a big deal" I'm really hurt and I don't understand
throwaway account because...yes. I randomly got a message earlier today on a local reddit clone (just a public forum for people to ask questions+a DM system, but in the language of the country I'm from) from a girl, something along a random fun fact, and we got to chatting. I'm a private person online and am weary of what information I give out, but once learning we both live in the same city I mentioned the high school I go to (she goes to a separate one), a photo of me using my film major's equipment with my face blurred out and a photo of my dog, and she sent a photo of her cat. I just received a follow request on my private Instagram account from a user whose profile picture is a cat that looks exactly like the one she sent me. I sent her a screenshot asking "is this you?", and she replied saying something along the lines of "haha yeah, my friend is good at stalking" I also received a DM on Instagram from said friend saying "I'm the one who found your username for the love of your life" (which is obviously a joke, or at least I hope) I'm mostly confused at how she could've done it, but also, is this red flag behavior? I don't know. advice would be more than welcome edit: now that she knows my real name (my Instagram username is my full legal name, which may be a bit dumb but meh, too late for that now), she's messaging me and going out of her way to use my real name
My (14F) BF (16M) have been together a little over a month. We started dating basically right away because we just clicked so well. He is really cute, kind and we share the same values which is hard to find (no sex until marriage). About 3 weeks in I found out he had been accepting (not returning) flirty pictures/videos from a girl he used to like who changed her mind and now wanted to get with him. He says he did it to kind of make her feel bad for rejecting him in the past which he knows is wrong, and also because their families are friends and it was too awkward to just cut her out of his life. He has since stopped talking to her completely after I told him how much this made me feel betrayed. After I found out he did that, I felt really hurt and untrusting toward him. I also felt like we really rushed in (kissed at 2 weeks, he was my first kiss). I started focusing on this other guy (NOT a nice guy) that I liked earlier this year as a way I guess to distract myself from what I was feeling about my bf. I know that's just as wrong as what he did and I'm trying to get back on track but my bf, but just don't know how to feel about him anymore. I told him I want to stop kissing and try build our friendship stronger so we don't feel like we need to keep things from each other but I can tell that makes him feel rejected and then I feel annoyed and my feelings just spiral. I want him in my life because I normally feel so great and safe when I am with him, but at the same time I now feel this annoyance/anger that I can't figure out how to let go.
We are sophomores in high school 16F 16M and have been dating for two years almost and he recently broke up with me because he’s scared of the uncertainty in the future, and he also feels that he is too immature to be in a long-term relationship. I was devastated and still am I really hope that we are able to work on all the problems together because we still love each other. He says that we can still be on call. I can still text him. We can still play video games together or even hang out. Not to be delusional, but doesn’t this mean there’s a slight higher chance of us getting back together ? because right now he’s telling me that he’s not changing his mind which I understand because it’s still very fresh. It’s only been a week. I guess I am just venting since I’m just really hurt right now and I just wanna get back together.
My girlfriend lives in a different city, but we are still dating because i plan on moving in with her next year. This weekend i had a sleepover with my bestfriend M16 and we bought some alcohol (bottle of gin, two cans of beer). my gf despises alcohol because in her childhood she often saw her father getting drunk with his friends and saying mean things to her mum. so i decided not to tell her about the sleepover and she thought that i was home that evening. however, somehow the truth came up and she is very dissapointed with me. i understand her reaction but i just wanted to relax a bit. now she doesn't know if she would trust me ever again because i could be typing "i love you" to her and kissing someone else (which i would never do, i love her so much). how do i gain her trust again?
I'm currently in a not so long relationship (4 months), but its my first relationship where I feel something real with this girl. Although i feel like I'm really being an issue. Because here's the thing, this girl has been smoking and vaping for a long time, i have had my issues with other substances too and know addiction can be a big burden. I never forced her to quit, but said i find it a nasty habit to have, and because of that she is trying to quit. But because of reasons with my mental health i started drinking a lot and when I drank, I sometimes also smoked (cigarettes and hashish) with others. I never have smoked nicotine in my past and I can’t tell why I do it occasionally when I'm intoxicated. But It's so weird that I tell her i dont like it, while doing it myself very sometimes in secret.
We get in disagreements quite fast, but do manage to talk it out. I tend to almost always put the blame on me and apolagize for it, even when the cause of the fight is clearly on her side, I will still say sorry for reacting that way, and she hates how much i say sorry. This girl makes me the most happiest person, but can be really emotionally draining. I know I most likely have become too attached to her and my mood is almost always depending on her mood. If she's happy, I'm happy. If she's listening to real sad music, I'll feel sad and listen to sad music. If she's excited for something, I'll be excited with her, even if Im not even participating in that activity. We both know we can be mean to eachother but do promise to talk it out and say to never leave eachother. And please don't advise to leave, as i know that we can be something beautiful together, if I can get this mess out of us, out of me.
I don't even know how or why I like him, never intended to, but then he started talking to me and I kinda just fell in love with who he was as a person. My friend, let's call her "alice" is also 15f, dating this guy for like a year and a half, broke up this February or march, can't remember, and now, almost november, he's talking to me. He's clearly flirted, he has similar interests, hes really nice, and I've just been with such bad guys in the past that I wanna give him a shot. But last night, my friend, "alice", texted me and asked "are you talking to (guy's name)?" and i was like oh shit, I don't know what to say. So then I replied and said "yeah but only as friends" (for right now :( ) I also said I had no intention of getting with him which was a lie but I didn't know what else to say :(. I don't wanna tell her I like him, but I also don't want to restrict myself. Mind you, me and her aren't that close, just kinda hang out when we have classes together, but never outside of classes or school. I talked to my family about it, and they said "It's not like she owns him, plus it's highschool and that's a small school, everyone is bound to date one of their friends' ex or crushes".
I don't want people to think I'm a bad person for dating her ex, but I don't want to have what ifs. I don't wanna hurt anyone's feelings but I know I'm bound to :(. There's already another girl in our friend group who's dated one of our exes (twice actually) and nothing happened except the 2nd time, one girl left because she didn't like that that other girl was dating her ex. So, what do I do? I know it's highschool and I probably won't remember it after, but I just hate that she's basically making me decide. I know she's probably going to have her feelings hurt, but I know mine and the guy's feelings are going to be hurt too :(.
Hi guys, im posting here because me and my friends are not sure what to do.
Quick info just to get out of the way: I (f18) have been together with my boyfriend for almost 2 years now. We share the same friend group of 5 and recently met a 6th person (who i will call Emma). Emma is a year younger than us and started hanging out with us after being excluded from her other group for crossing boundaries with the boys in the group.
Okay so, short backstory. We met emma in march of this year. She shares a class with my boyfriend and her and i had followed eachother on social media for a while. At first we started hanging out with her at school because she had just left a previous friend group. That group and my friend group are friends but dont hang out much outside of school so we werent really sure what had happened between them and emma. Anyway, emma began hanging out with us all the time but always seemed to linger around my boyfriend. At first it was just things like sitting next to him and having conversations about shared hobbies, but recently she has started excluding others and not attempting to befriend anyone else in the group, especially me and the other girl. She always talks at him rather than to the group and has begun speaking on his behalf, even to me. She brings him up in almost every conversation and constantly looks at him as if they are together (if ykw i mean lols).
We were recently at a party which she was not at and my friend overheard one of emmas friends saying that she (emma) has had a crush in my boyfriend for 2 years. My boyfriend has explained he didnt even realise they went to the same highschool.
I’m really not sure what to do and how to approach this situation. Ive brought it up with bf and he has started keeping distance and setting boundaries but i hate seeing her fawn over him and not even try to hide it. It wouldnt be so bad if she became close with the rest of us but the whole thing just really bothers me. Should i talk to her?
tl;dr: a new friend has liked my boyfriend for the past two years, has made no effort to befriend the rest of us, and constantly flirts with my boyfriend, what should i do?
So over the summer me and my mum and sister (we're irish) went over to stay a few nights at a friend of my mums who live in france from an exchange she did when she was around 16. Suprise suprise the friend had a daughter who is my age.
now I'm fairly good at kidding myself into thinking someone might like me. but I felt like there might be something between us and after talking to my sister(who has been a pretty good wing woman for me ) is pretty confident she has a thing for me to.
We are going to stay a night at their place again before Christmas because we are driving to another part of France for the holidays.
We text a bit once or twice a week and have a lot in common, I want some advice on how to like should I tell her how I feel over text or when I'm there in person and the next time we meet in pe rson might not bee for another year at least...
I'm so clueless with this stuff because I sort of stumbled into my first relationship, what do I do?
TL;DR I love someone in a different country and we won't see eachother much and the next time I will see her is before Christmas. No idea how to approach this, advice needed:)
Sorry if this post is chaotic it's my first time posting one of these!
So a girl who i was talking to for the past 3 months suddenly replied my flirty text with a we are just friends text and after that i told her about my feelings and how i liked her and she replied with that its okay and she doesnt want to create any misunderstandings.
Now should i text her to stay being friends or should i leave her alone and move on, and we only chat on text so i have a feeling it would be better if i stay friends as i might get to know her better.
I also feel i confessed very early on as we met only one in person.
=> Previous Posts here, incl. s*lf h*rm, and straight up s*xting someone while dating me. This stuff has been going on for about a week now.
My bf and I are on a call as I'm typing, but he just said to me he's still talking to his ex. I'm feeling anxious about something going on between then. I already asked his ex (we're best friends) if he's still talking to my bf, and he lied and said no. So I think something's happening.
He also just told me he's having a sleepover at tomorrow night with his friend (who also happens to be gay) and he said something about his mate's d*ldo, and I feel really uncomfortable about it. He's said he won't cheat on me, but tbh that's what they all say, right?
I don't know how to talk about it to my bf because every time I bring something like this up, he always gets mad and upset, so I don't know how to do it.
Okay, so I (14M) (I know I'm young and all but I really like her and I just want to know) met this girl (14F) and when I first met her I didn't think much of her. I wouldn't really talk to her and she didn't seem to care about me. But when one of my friends started dating her, I got so jealous. For some reason, even at such an age, I had/ have such a longing for love and seeing him have that I wanted it so bad. Because they were dating he invited her into the gc (groupchat) and I got to know her a lot better. She actually had the most funny and amazing personality, and then once I took a moment to look at her. I realized how truly beautiful she was. Almost everyday after school I would talk to her but it was kind of one sided. Like I would be really into the conversation and I'm not saying she wasn't but she's is just a nice person in general. If someone was talking to her she would respect them and talk back, quite enthusiastically as well. After a few weeks of this they told everyone they were just joking about dating and that they wanted to prank their friends. I was pretty relieved, for the next months it was really casual. I would occasionally talk to her, we would always stay up late and play games when I got the chance, but other than that it wasn't anything crazy. It was really the start of freshman year. By the way, I was pretty good friends with her cousin before this, this is important for later on. During one of the assemblies her friend shouted, "Is this your girlfriend!?" Obviously it was for a stupid reason, we used to play games together so she thought I liked her (she was right though lowk). While this may not seem like much it made me message her and ask why she said that. Then it kind of led us to message more, and I would usually walk with her cousin home so she would also tag along a lot of the time. We also had the same Friday lunch (weird schedule) and she would always sit next to me there. For a week or so, I actually felt like she liked me back. During that week, Her cousin, her, my old friend that liked her, and I went to go eat. She kept looking at me and talking to me. She seemed so interested, but like 2 days after. She ignored my messages in the gc and like barely acknowledged me. Another by the way, this girl is not the dating type she's way different. Kinda just silly, I don't know how to describe it. It's not like regular romance where the girl flirts back and like touchs you idk. She's really on the edge about that stuff and it's super hard to tell if she likes you. Well, for the past month or so, whenever we meet in person she seems to really like talking to me. But she never makes eye contact, like in class, I look at her super often but she doesn't really look back. (The reason I am mentioning this is because it's common for people who like you to look at you a lot, I think) Also, whenever I can play games (Every 2 weeks) we always stay up until like 3 am. Last week we literally slept on call together and it lasted 17 hours. But 99 percent of the time I send something in the gc she doesn't respond. When my other friends do she respond slide immediately, what does that even mean? A lot of our friends have been shipping us, but we have just been ignoring it. She doesn't even say no though, she kinda just copies or agrees with what I say. Obviously, I don't want her to know that I like her. Because that would mess up our friendship and even if she did like me back she wouldn't go out with me because she told me she wouldn't date until like college (Probably a little early than that). I don't know if she likes me though guys, if you could help I would really appreciate it. Feel free to ask any comments if you have questions.
I met this girl (im gonna call her ace) a few years back on a random chat website and we clicked, eventually that relationship faded and we stoped talking. 2 years ago I was in a really bad place and I reached out to anyone I could and she was the only one there for me, we dated and it was going great and then some more mental health stuff led to us yakeing another break where we saw other people.
Around 6 months ago we started talking again I was in a relationship at the time so nothing really happened but we clicked I've loved this girl since the day we met, she's interesting and funny she's the best thing that's ever happened to me and she's helped me threw so much.
I need help. Ace has been getting worse mentalu and I haven't been doing the best ether. We're talking 247 and we're on call ever wakeing moment but we're kinda just there we watch movies somtimes but that's all she can afford energy wise. I've been fealing a lack of connection and it's been messing with me because I already feal a bit lownly and needing of physical touch (exp a hug or just holding somomes hand) i have friends and what not but it's not the same, I love ace with every bit of passion and energy in me and we've planed our lives tougher but the needing of just somthing more is getting to me. I've also been fealing like I need to be alone alot more like being with her is takeing energy out of me. (Side note. Ace has had a vary bad past with mental health and sh) i don't feal comfortable leaving her alone. The longing for somthing more with anyone and the fealing of needing to be alone has been hurting me alot lately and I don't know what I should do.
I love Ace not being with her would kill me but I need to know if there's anything we can do. She's 8 hours away across a border I'm finishing highschool and she's looking for a job so doing a trip would be put of the option. I need help I just need somone to say they had a similar experience and everything worked out, maybe that there now in a cute little summer home with a cat named smokey anything that will help this rising sence of dread.
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I (17f) and my bf (18m) have been together for about 10 months now and have never really had a problem that we had to work through together, but I feel as though I've created one.
Before I get into detail I have to preface that I have diagnosed ADHD and my bf has (undiagnosed but very clearly obvious) anxiety and likely depression. I have always been extremely understanding and accommodating towards him and while it may get exhausting, at the end of the day I love him more than my own life and I would do anything for him. He makes absolutely everything seem worth it. I myself have a tendency to get lost in a moment or conversation and say things that I do not mean, I have absolutely 0 idea why I do but it seems to just be a knee jerk reaction. But I'm not a compulsive liar, I almost always resort to the truth when I'm put on the spot. It's just a weird habit I've been trying to break for forever.
Now to the issue at hand. I work at a grocery store and while I was taking carts from the little cart place (can't figure out how to spell the word, I got cat called by a pair of boys driving by. Immediately I knew I needed to tell my bf because I knew that he would want to know, and I do absolutely everything I can to strike up conversations with him. He, rightfully so, was feeling jealous about me being cat called and he asked me if it boosted my confidence at all. This is where I know for a fact I messed up. My knee jerk response was to say that it did a tiny bit. In reality, it didn't at all, I felt super uncomfortable and hated what happened but I was so immersed in the conversation that my fingers got to the send button before my brain could. Instantaneously his demeanour went from protective and jealous to upset. I apologized to him and promised I was being honest when I said I didn't mean to say it boosted my confidence but I know he is sceptical about it. If not for jealousy, it's his rather severe self esteem issues telling him that he is very easily replaceable.
I need help with how I can properly apologize and tell him that I'm honest when I say it didn't boost my confidence. I am dead set on making up for my mistake.