Bf broke up with me after 3 years. 26 & feel like I’m going to be alone forever 😔 I want to beg for the relationship back but I know I will regret it. I can’t wait for this storm to pass

Been seeing someone for a bit over 16 months, she just dropped the “I love you” and I’m not sure if feel the same. Everything is good, no red flags but I have emotional baggage from a prior long term relationship that led to internal emotional roadblocks. We talked it out and I basically agreed that I sabotaged things by not disclosing my emotional baggage earlier. Her feelings grew while mine were stagnant. No idea what to do with misaligned emotional commitment. Any thoughts?

Work is asking me to be in office 1x a week next year. Puppy will be 4 months old and right now I take him out to potty 13x a day. What should I do when I have to work? Work is 20m away from apartment and I can definitely come back at lunch for an hour, but should I just put him in daycare for the day? How do people with kids handle this??

Need advice and help.

I have realized I grew up in a household where my dad did not treat my mom as an equal. He belittles her, is rude and convinced his way is the only way.

It is painful to say, but some of this shows up in me and in my relationship. I am starting to catch myself, and it to me seems to be more of a reaction than anythjng that is ever intentional.

Wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar, and any success in making changes besides therapy. Cont. in comments

Any white males on here dating Asian females, specifically Chinese? I’m a white male with a Chinese girlfriend and I’m a bit worried about meeting the parents (they are in China; we are in Australia). They’ve said to my girlfriend that they’d prefer her to date Chinese so they are able to communicate with her boyfriend, but other than that it seems ok. Does anyone have experience in this situation? How did it turn out?

Do you ever feel like you’re just never going to experience real love or be that ‘special someone’ for somebody? I sometimes feel like I am defective in some way, because despite being in my early 30s, I have never felt particularly special to any guy I have been with- it’s always felt like I am the space filler until they meet the right person

OT but my SIL is 52 and single (engaged once but broke it off, ultimately never married). She is in the tristate area. I really want to buy her matchmaking services for her upcoming birthday but just saw how crazy expensive the fees are to work with one. Does anyone have any recommendations, or any other ways I can help her? I really want to be able to. Any stories of women here finding love in their 50s? It seems like it's easier to do once you've been married before but im not sure why. TIA

SO wants to “build their personal brand” online instead of trying to look for a better job or taking courses/certs. Want to be supportive but nervous about the future

I felt like a walking zombie during thanksgiving, barely eating and barely talking. My family is small and I told them ahead of time my relationship ended. I focused on my niece and nephews, cried when I wanted to and slept from 8pm-noon for the last 5 days. Showered once or twice. That’s the best I could do and that’s OK right now. I’m back in my apartment, just trying to take it one day at a time, and not re read his texts too much. My birthday is Thursday 🙄

How do we feel about prenups? Necessary or not?

Are there some in this group that are here to chat as well? I’m a married M, but wouldn’t mind a friend that’s here to chat

How friendly are people in ATL/how open are they to making friends? Just moved from Chicago to Dallas with my family and there's a huge cultural difference in terms of how friendly people are.

I know this is a different kind of heartbreak, but I just had to make the difficult decision to go no contact with my parents after years of toxic and narcissistic behavior. It’s a weird feeling of immense sadness but also freedom. Can anyone else relate?

It’s my birthday this weekend. I am in a new city, don’t have any friends here, and separated from the boy I moved here for. I had weekend project work planned to keep my mind off the fact that I’m alone. But the work just got cancelled.

It just feels like everything is against me lately. Last year, I went to key west and partied with my friends. This year I just want to hide from the world that seems to get harder and harder to get through the day.

Sometimes I wish when you were with a partner, there was a very clear sign that the person doesn’t love you so that you know it’s time to walk away. My partner and I keep having the same problems, and when I express he’s making me feel a certain way he says he didn’t mean it like that obviously. But when i say something and explain that it’s not how I meant it he doesn’t care and proceeds to label me as an unkind person who doesn’t support/love him unconditionally. *continued in comments*

For anyone to whom this applies, how have you dealt with the loss of a sibling? I lost my sister almost 20 years ago and have never quite come to grips with it.

23M here. Anybody have any tips or book recommendations on not feeling haunted by your past and anxiety about the future and consistently stay in a “FLOW STATE”.I’m currently reading the Power of Now. I have a habit of burning bridges because I feel that I’m perpetually trying to fit in and act “cool”. I feel that I’ve always been somewhat unconfident but every year it seems to be more and more difficult to manage and taxing emotionally. I go to the gym 4 times a week, try to eat clean, socializ

My husband and I are going through our 2nd cycle. He initially asked me to allow his sister to administer my injections because she’s a nurse and I refused. I don’t like depending on people when I am capable of doing things myself. This is taking an emotional toll on me already, but I don’t want him to feel like I’m refusing his help and excluding him from the process, because I won’t take his suggestion. How do I get him to understand?

My partner is a lawyer with ADHD, diagnosed as an adult, and about eight years into our 11 year relationship. We're working on him articulating how his brain works, and I want understand his experience as best I can.

What's the one thing you wished your (non-ADHD) spouse/partner understood about living with ADHD?

At a different job I had a customer trying to swindle me in telling me that there was a deal in an item that never had a deal or promotion for sale so he made me scan the item 20 times before believing me. Obviously, he finally let it go but I scan it with an inventory scanner that showed me all of the sale price promotions if there were any

Why is this bowl so dead? Let’s start with the usual.. any F fishes here who wanna chat? 29 M here

Any barbershop recommendations? Used to go to Pete’s Barbershop but wouldn’t get consistent results.

I am working as a react developer at TCS...but I am planning to leave the job and start a business in Bangalore... please share business ideas...!!

I am currently working as a project structural engineer in London and I feel like structural engineering is a dead end job. I have spoken with engineers with 10years+ of experience and their salary is just over 50k.

Do any of you guys in the construction industry or any other engineering industry have any advice? I'm considering either switching to machine learning engineering or becoming a project manager. My degree feels so useless.

Doing my first pitch next week (firm client but for work we don’t normally do for them). Any advice appreciated! Client wants it to be informal.

If you got a job at FAANG do you find out within the week If you got the job after on-site ? 2 weeks if you haven’t gotten it?

Anybody here mine for btc or any other crypto? Interested to see how you are fairing

The more I read up on REQ, the more I feel like it is way undervalued (at least compared to these other multi-billion projects).

How is the layoff at Eli Lilly?
Are they kicking out people because of free insulin tweet?

@lilly @Eli Lilly

Jummah Mubarak Fam ☪️💚

Has anyone joined citi today?
Facing some issues, need help

Those of you who left for industry, what do you work towards in your role? I was reflecting on my time in public and there was always something, whether it was a new section in the file, getting more client contact, getting invited to a big golf outing, running the jobs, managing the jobs, etc. I worry that leaving would leave me bored and not motivated to hit any sort of goal. I’m burnt out and worry that I’m making a rash decision lol. Thoughts?

Any junior CW positions in NYC?

Anyone have contacts for agency recruiters in London?

I swore within earshot of my 1.5 yr old daughter. Luckily she is so bad at pronouncing words my wife hopefully won’t find out my daughter has been trying to say ‘sh*t’ for an hour.
If she does find out, pray for me🙏

I have no idea if I snore or not 🤔

I’ve been having intimacy issues with my husband for a while, and just recently when discussing it with him he told me some of the issues I identified were a result of him not needing to take anti depressants anymore starting when we got engaged. I’m torn bc like aww but also fml… been really struggling here and this just made me feel really bad

When is the cheapest time to buy furniture? Like which holiday sale is the best?

Sorry I was late to the meeting, my jam came on Spotify and I had to let it finish

I can’t do it anymore. My husband never helps around the house. Ever. When we first started dating, he was so much more helpful as I think he was trying to impress me. Now it’s been FOUR YEARS of asking him to contribute more around the house by just picking up after himself and unloading the dishwasher when it’s done and he has time. Last night I finally had it - (Cont…)

My husband and I love watching 60 days in. Does anyone else watch this show?

How to you move onto a new relationship and establish trust in people again after being in a relationship with a female narcissist that ended? FWIW 30M, this was the only relationship I’ve had.

Love is tough.

My 8th grader still believes in Santa. Should I tell him?

Everyone always used to give me grief when I said that I just skip breakfast. Now I tell them I’m doing intermittent fasting, and suddenly it’s OK

My previous career path was in marketing for a notable real estate team. I make $60k annually as a marketing director (laughable, I know). I left without another job lined up because my boss was atrocious. 2 months later and my entry level salary at a financial firm is $58k. Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith that something better is out there.

After a week of 4 hour sleeps. I just woke up from a 11 hour slumber 🤤👌 Yes, I might've drooled. Hope everyone gets a nice relaxing weekend

Tell me.. biggest icks, they can be personal, professional, any gender or non or self icks (things you do that gives you internal cringe!) Side note: this is not intended to be mean or bully anyone. Just a bit of fun! I’ll go first…Self ick: when you accidentally keep speaking at the same time as someone else on a video call Non-self ick: not holding the door for people!! C’mon!!

Nothing big but just confessing that I am late to the game and trying to tonight for the first time what the hype around ‘succession’ is!

0 motivation to work today! I am heading to the office now for the small talks!🚶‍♀️

Any single women like bread?

Sipping blanco tequila neat: 1000 times better than taking shots.

God, damn that agave and citrus flavor burst!! Hit the spot