Hey everyone, I've been invited to a wedding in September with a 'cocktail attire' dress code. From what I've found online, it usually means dresses with colors and unique patterns and textures, but I’m not comfortable in dresses at all. I like blazers, pants, and jeans, and I’m okay with wearing heels. Would it be appropriate to go with a blazer and pants instead of a dress? I’m a bit concerned since it’s a very traditional family. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

My ex asked to pick my son up early today, at our halfway point. It’s August in the south so the day started in the 50s and it was 85 around 5 o’clock. I took my sweater off and had on a cami. My jeans were irritating my old surgery scar so I swapped them for sweat shorts. It didn’t matter cause I wasnt doing anything but driving, really. On the way back my gas light came on so I pulled into my regular gas station and started pumping gas.

This blue collar guy pulls up with an airbrushed “it is well” and three crosses front plate on his subaru and as he walks into the gas station, mutters “slut” under his breath and then makes eye contact. Just what the fuck. Yall I am a Christian but this is why I dont go to church. Cause I am definitely not trying to fellowship with these kinda people.

TLDR: This grumpy fucking loser decided to make me scared for my life cause I had the gall to buy some gas so I didnt get stuck on the side of the road while wearing comfortable seasonally appropriate clothing.

So there is this guy i have had a crush on for a year now and lately its been more intense because i thought he broke up with his girrlfriend and i finally felt relief and it felt like i fianlly made it until i just found out that he is still with his girlfriend. Is there any way to lose feelings for him?? I cant keep on having a crush on a guy with a girlfriend, i just want them to break up but it wont happen anytime soon so i want to lose feelings quick

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I found out my boyfriend looked at profiles of naked women and was masturbating to them a year ago :/ or sometimes his friends would send him pictures of other women and he would be like they look really good I'd fuck them...

Is it cheating? I'm really hurt

we talked about it and i want to break up( he knows i dont like things like that) but he apologized a milion times and said he doesnt know why was he like that and he cried and told me he doesnt know what to do without me. We've been together for 2 years and he really didnt do it after those times that i found

I am Indian working in Europe. Yesterday I went on a team dinner with all male and they brought the topic of the women safety in India. I shared with them the gruesome details to make them aware of the incident and how things are in India, but discussion diverted where they wanted to know about my experience. To be honest my experience experience with lewd men has always ended with me poking my heels into their feet or some other form of self defense, I ended up by telling “these men are mental as a woman u have to be cautious, take precaution and maybe I was just lucky” I feel terrible, I feel this wasn’t the answer I shouldn’t have given. I feel a burn in my heart that my instinct as well just found way of telling how a woman should be and not how a man should be educated. I feel terrible.

i thought of sharing this 😞 as a women can't even speak in public because your voice is banned

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/22/middleeast/taliban-law-women-voices-intl-latam/index.html

I have a great group of friends. We go all out for each others birthdays. I’ve never enjoyed celebrating my birthday. Last year I went all out and had a mansion party. It was draining & I honestly didn’t even feel like celebrating this year but my friends are insisting I do a little gathering at least. We all love themes & usually dress to the theme. I can’t think of anything 😫

I’m thinking of a little get together & maybe a pool party together but can’t have a tropical theme because I did that 2 years ago.

Anyone have any suggestions? 🥺

I also thought of maybe an activity like a paint by numbers or something. Suggestions for activities are welcome too!

My little cousin is staying with me for the weekend and we plan on going swimming but I started my period. If I wear a tampon in the pool will I be fine?

I have been very dehydrated (I have a tendency to not drink much water 😬). I have been having dry eyes and mouth for a while now.

The other day I had protected sex. A couple of days after that, I started having these symptoms :

-the frequent urge to pee (but not peeing that much) -slight pain after peeing (feels like the pressure you feel when you really need to pee) -mild burning / itching down there. Nothing unbearable but it’s irritating.

I have found that a hot pack/ washing with warm water gives some relief.

I do get this often, and hence suspect it isn’t an STI/STD.

Do you think it’s a UTI? Is there anything I can do at home?

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I was telling my therapist about a book I started then shortly ended because (I didn't know before starting the book) part of the main plot is a college student dating her teacher that's more than twice her age.

She then asked, "You wouldn't date someone that's 60?". Didn't even take me a second to answer no.

I know there's many people with large age gap relationships and I honestly see it as a huge red flag. Every time someone rationalizes their relationship they always say "we were/are in similar places in life.". Which BAFFLES me. So you're saying that a 21yr old is in the same stage in life as a 48yr old? Or that a 48yr old is in a similar place as a 21yr old?! Because BOTH of those statements are ridiculous. (I generally don't get a answer after saying that or they change the subject.).

To me the only way a 21yr old and 48yr old (or any large age gap relationship) could be in 'similar places in life' is if there are several untreaded mental disorders/illness or developmental issues which lead back to disorders and it's very obvious when people are ignoring those issues, which is just always unsettling.

So I just want to see what the most common answer from a doctor is to a woman when they are having health problems? For me, it’s being told to lose weight or it’s my hormones but I’d like to hear from you all

Yesterday I went out with my mother and I wasn't wearing a bra because I didn't feel like it. She asked me if I wore them and I said no, then she told me that I have to get used to wearing them more because otherwise my breasts get deformed and fall. I told her that there are many types of breasts, that few are round, straight and perfect, mine were not like that and they are not going to be straighter by wearing a bra. I don't have much of a bust and wearing a bra is often more uncomfortable than wearing nothing at all.I like my breasts, I know they are not exemplary but to me they are pretty, I don't see why I should wear a bra for anything other than work.

She still insisted that if you wear a bra, your breasts look better. I honestly don't believe that. I think that each person has a different shape and size and that the bra has nothing to do with it. I still don't know if it's true that it deforms them, I think it's great if someone wants to use them or not, I use them sometimes. I just wanted to know if it's true that your breasts fall because you don't wear a bra. I know they're going to fall down anyway, but I don't know if the bra is going to "improve" it. I understand that it is a help for women with large breasts and I think it is great. I just wanted to know if they really deform if you don't wear a bra. Do you think bras help keep them from falling down? What do you think?

I don't know if it's normal or strange with your own body because from the internet and Instagram... But I hate my breasts now that I've discovered them, I'm going to be 19 and I think they look "low", I don't know if they are some kind of droopy, and in the mirror they are even uglier, and maybe small, I used to weigh 10 kg more and I lost weight, I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but I don't think I'll ever show them to anyone since they're visually ugly and lying down they look like a fried egg lol. I'm also terrified of silicone surgery, so I don't know how I should accept myself.

I (19f) have been taking birth control pills for health issues. i have adhd and some other undiagnosed mental issues as well. I've been going through emotional rollercoaster for the past 2 weeks (since i started taking the pills) but i thought it's just me being anxious because my exams are around the corner. im unable to study, unmotivated and feel soo down, no matter how anxious (which started to physically affect me) im just unable to study. i don't know if it's because of my adhd or my undiagnosed issues but my friend said it could be the birth control making me less productive than usual so is that true? how does birth control affect you?

I think women are so powerful, we have power on men. theses days I have a little crush and when I have a crush I'm not destabilized by his beauty or whatever, I looove to do anything that could possibly make him shy ( when of course I feel a certain connection between us )

I'm not afraid to show you that I like you but when I do it, I do it discreetly, because it's soo exciting isn't it ?

Am I the only one?

I just saw found out on the news and on Tik Tok, she was a doctor from India, she was raped in the hospital, she was found with 'shattered glass in her eyes, fractured skull, shattered pelvis, ribs and legs broken, 150g semen inside her' .. I am not from India but I just wanted to share this and raise awareness

why men do that to us? we are in danger from birth, throughout our entire lives, and even after death, it's just horrific, they raped and raped her until dead, men after men, 150g of semen WTF I have no words

i’ve just turned 18 and i know my body will stop developing soon and im scared. i dont really like my body. im quite skinny but still have some fat on my legs and im underweight i developed an eating disorder at 14 and even though i am recovered i never really gained any weight back, i dont eat much or snack and sometimes only eat two meals a day. i’m really struggling to get into a good eating habit and gain weight. anyone got any advice?

I’m on the oral contraceptive pill and I take it continuously due to heavy and painful periods. However, I usually still get a period every 3 months regardless. My last period came after 2 months though. I am now at that 2 month point again and I have symptoms of a period but with no bleeding. Is this normal?

I have cramps and frequent urination, bowel movement issues. These are all symptoms I get when expecting/just starting my period and have done since I started my periods at 13.

Is this normal? Could it just be a phantom period because of my continuous contraceptive use?

I’m 36 years old with no prior health issues, normal weight and I’ve been on this contraceptive pill ( Microgynon) for around 5 years.

Every month after my period is over I either get BV or a yeast infection. I’ve noticed it for a while now but have only recently realized the two were connected. I’ve been buying OTC medicines for it but should I go see my doctor & let her know the correlation? Is this normal?

Honestly, I’m thinking of shaving as a long term solution. Laser doesn’t seem like a complete solution and Waxing is TOO PAINFUL, TOO EXPENSIVE AND TOO MUCH OF AN EFFORT.

Is there women who actually buy pads without wings ?? If so why

So my bf ate me out and we did stuff, and after, while we were cuddling, I asked him what it smelled like. I've asked him this before and usually he says "not like much" or one time he said it smelled like his dick (how does he know what his dick smells like?) but today he said "kinda like fish". I got really sad, and he got confused until I told him that's a bad thing, and then he responded that he didn't know it was bad, and "don't worry, I'm Asian, I like the smell of fish" which did NOT make it better 😭. He even decided to specify that it was "not like a dock, but like cooked mackerel, so I shouldn't worry" (???)

I kinda smelled myself, and tbh it doesn't really smell like much to me. Smells like vagina I guess? But he was the one who had his face in it. He said he doesn't mind but I do!! Maybe I'm dehydrated? Idk what do I do??

We get along well and I want to meet him. But I’m terrified of being judged, I’m terrified he won’t like me. I much prefer meeting people in real life and going on dates with those people versus dating apps because I know they know what I look like from head to toe. There are no expectations. Even if I meet someone on the street, that first date doesn’t feel like they’re judging you closely like off of apps. I say “what if I don’t meet their expectations? What if we get along better over text messages?” And stuff like that.. but I feel like it’s hard for me to date because im so afraid of being judged. This is even with friends. I can’t seem to get up the courage to do things because I’m afraid of being perceived.

So l'm a Highschool sophomore and I just transferred schools (old school was depressing) for a different feel and I like my new school but for some reason I just can't find it in me to be productive once I get home. It's like I just want to sleep all day. I do my work in school, I pay attention in class, if I have an assignment that needs to be turned in I'll do it at home but other than that, I'm just unproductive for hours after I get home until it hits like 10pm THEN I'm ready to work. Idk what it is, l'm ambitious and I truly do care about school and I really wanna put in effort this year because I want to keep my GPA high but there's so much to do. I'm in all honors or AP classes except for French, math and entrepreneurship and I genuinely enjoy some of my classes (AP psych, AP world & & entrepreneurship right now) but I just wish I could skip to the college part. I wanna attend spelman or umiami but I have to keep my grades high if I truly want that. I usually go to sleep by 12:30/1am if that contributes to anything. When I started this school year I had a "bf" but it was so toxic and I was going into really long periods of mania because of him so that definitely threw me off track but we agreed that we don't really like each other anymore literally yesterday so we're not talking anymore. I'm relieved because I get to focus on school now and not a boy. I don't think I wanna talk to boys again until college lol I just wanna make honor roll again.

Not because I saw Peter B Parker or anything. I’m on my period and took a bath 3 hours ago with a tampon in (still learning the tampon thing since I’m 14). Not new to periods, just new to the what I can and can’t do with tampons since I actually care now. I took a bath, got out, used the bathroom and my underwear are soaked. Everything my kitty kitty meow meow covers in my underwear is soaked. Not with blood but with WATER. I’m lost and confused at how that much water got up there with an S+ tampon because my kitty kitty meow meow is like a damn gallon of fruit punch everyday of my period.

I let out an audible “the fuck happened here? Did my kitty kitty meow meow get chosen to be the damn pool for the Olympics?” That much water.

Trigger Warning - Stalking/Following

I was recently followed by a car for a while I was heading to a friends place. A lot of them live together to help with rent. I noticed a car was following me and I pulled into a public parking lot and the CCTV caught them. I went to the police that night but was too shocked/nervous. Now that I know everything about the car should I go back and update the cops? I have ppl telling me I should and some ppl telling me not to make enemies. And my BFF is telling me that telling them will make me more paranoid. I understand this could have been a possible tr*ff*ck*ng attempt, so what should I do? My therapistS, the shopping center, police department, friends, family, and so many other ppl are aware of the situation.

I do have bear spray. What else?