I fantasize about "dubious consent" or even nonconsensual sex. My kindle is full of this type of erotic novel. My husband will play along every once in a while but I know it isn't his thing. As a woman, I feel like it makes me a horrible person.

Any recommendations for books for desi parents ? Politics , economics, world order , self help

I know the general answer to this, but I want to know others response.
If by your 30’s you’re mostly established in life, why is it then harder to establish a long lasting relationship with someone ?

Going back to work next month. Have a full time nanny but feel like even that isnt enough. I work all sorts of timezones. Europe has my morning, Asia has my evening. Nanny 9-5? 7-3? 10-6? No clue what will work best and don’t want to be inconsistent with her. Any advice on the return?

What do you say when your SO/person you're seeing inevitably says 'you work too much'?

Boyfriend and I have been dating for ~1.5 years and we still only spend weekends together. I want to move in together at the 2 year mark but bf thinks it’s too soon... just feels our relationship is stagnant and not going anywhere. Any thoughts from ppl who’ve gone through similar situations?

I’m what you’d call the “good kid” I always got to see the bad kids get away with stuff my whole life and I thought having a moral compass would pay off but a lot of times I feel jerks move ahead....

TLDR: Getting over your ex of 2.5 years ghosting you after they said they wanted to reconnect.

I was dating someone for about 2.5 years and then we broke up because of COVID and the long distance was making it too difficult to continue. The break up must’ve been like a 4-5 minute FaceTime because I was very distraught. After we broke up, she started seeing someone else but I was heartbroken and it’s taken me over a year to really get over everything and process those feelings. (Cont.)

After I joined the force I noticed some people I considered friends have slowly distanced themselves from me. Anyone else go through something similar?

Anyone else extreme ? Love the fit life and sometimes will do 2 a days and be ok with eating one meal, but other times will spend the day barely moving and eating on my sofa. Can’t escape fatty life

Parents went to a friends house today. That friend said they were in contact w someone who got tested positive for covid this past week. 1. What’re chances my parents may have it? 2. How do I tell them to stay in their room at their own house?

Any recommendation for a divorce lawyer? Anyone experience with a divorce. 😔 can’t believe marriage is failing after all these years

Any success stories out there of couples who come from different socioeconomic backgrounds? I’ve heard this difference (statistically) can be a huge barrier to success in a relationship. I’ll add more context in the comments if it helps.

Just got married to a somebody I met through this bowl and I love him with everything inside me! Wanted to share that’s there’s hope for everybody!!!!

This is an emotional dump rn. It may be lack of social interaction but I'm really frustrated lately. I feel like I lost last 2.5 years of my life with ongoing lockdowns and job instability in the first half of the pandemic. I was 28 turing 31. I get good dates but -ve self talk
Inflation is high & coming from a low income family where you're supposed to help your parents is driving me nuts. Although I make a good salary, after rent, car insurance, there isn't much left (unfav currency exchange)

Happy Mother’s Day! How can employers better accommodate working parents?

Anyone have to retake their NIPT test? My results came back as insufficient quantify and I’m freaking out. I’m 11.5 weeks. Not a high BMI or anything so I’m worried something is wrong with my baby

Only for men:

How do you deal with a best friend breakup?

I know friendship breakups between men are not talked about openly, but I had to.

Best friend was a Male too

Planning on telling my parents about my white boyfriend this weekend…. Any tips or words or motivational words please

Top passive aggressive comments you’ve seen or received via e-mail? I’ll go first.

“Let me know if you want me to clarify any points”

Translation: I feel I’ve been clear in my email but as a formality, I’ll offer to hold your hand and explain in unnecessary detail 😂

Any media buyers out there seeking order confirmation inventory at retail? I have a few new opportunities coming available in May/June.

As a third year experienced associate, I am up for promotion this year. I know for a fact that all the managers and directors whom I have worked with are very supportive of my promotion. I had perfect snapshots with performance differentiators. But my utilization and over time has been lower than the required metric. It was around ~82% and only ~150 hrs of over time. Should I still be hoping for the promotion or should I start looking out for better opportunities?

Hey, i’ll be joining PA Consulting at the end of this year.

Does anyone know how the business is structured? My contract says i’m part of the Sourcing, IT Strategy & Corporate Services capability. I’ve shown an interest in Finance transformation given my experience and wondered if Finance transformation is within that capability?

Fellas, what’s your go to dating app? And what do you use it for? For example hook ups.

Anyone interested in buying / exchanging Hertz reward points for AA miles? Have abt 4100 points. That's more than a week of std rental.

Audit folks. How long does it take for you to click ? I heard from an SM that it takes about 6 months to 1 year for the job to finally click. How did you know when it finally click w you?

Is HC for non technical roles any different?

Where does EY provide the 14 day initial accommodation when someone relocates to London ?

Help me folks please..!!
Need 11 likes to unlock Dm's.

Thanks in Advance.

Wait I thought the 'trump will repeal Dodd frank' thing was a joke or a hypothesis apparently it's not?!

I always get to work an hour early. Is it okay for me to leave a little after 5:00?

Hi all, negotiating with HR on salary for a new AS position and want to know what’s fair. I was an AE for two years, took a promotion at another agency for SAE for only 8 months and am now being recruited for AS at 80k. All of my agencies have been large, I’ve worked on pharma and a large global account, I also started “managing” at the AE level due to my team’s structure. Is $80k fair? Thanks!

Last song you listened to.. go!

Do we think this market is just like oct / november with tons of opportunities? Or would realistic valuations returning crush the easy money in the SPAC world

Dear all, currently I am working as a react developer I have one yr of experience in my current company,I need your suggestions I want to learn backend should I learn node js Or java spring boot. I have knowledge of core java Thank you @Tata Consultancy Infosys

Being so young in age, thoughts on buying a 2 bedroom condo in lake view in Chicago, 170k? I'd live in one room and rent to a friend. Not expecting to cash flow due to HOAs being sky high

So physically and mentally tired, I don't know how long I can keep up with work anymore. Told my senior management that I'm burning out, only to be blessed with another secondment. I now have two going at the same time, plus other client work, new business work, and managing scroundels.

My friend’s dad was a firefighter during 9/11 who died very young because of lung cancer. He was one of those who were denied coverage. She was just having a really hard time this week. Her boss knows this and told her last Friday with a straight face that she’s sulking. Some of these VC people man.

Finished the PBS Ken Burns 3 part doc on The US and the Holocaust. Wow... Everyone should watch it.

Any book recommendations that are must reads/made a significant impact on you?

Olive Garden was replaced by a Barnes & Noble in my neighborhood Supermarket… I’m unwell by this utter disrespect

Post a pic of your food and I’ll rate 1-10. Friday food party begins here 🍜

My ethnicity makes me a minority but I would never join a minority affinity/business resource group. I think it creates separation which can lead to an “us versus them” mentality - a step backwards. Aren’t we supposed to respect or work towards respecting each other without the need to form institutions to make things “official”? I’d like to hear some thoughts from people who disagree and if they are in these groups or not

Everything is meaningless and that’s totally ok with me.

What is considered as high income earners in HCOL? I often see people saying they're high income earners in HCOL in this bowl, but I'm confused what is considered as high income earners nowadays.

Who here has sold photos of their feet?

Where do you listen to music?

Idk who Dream is, but having #dreamfacereveal trend with HE'S UGLY on Twitter has to hurt 😕

On a related note, has anyone on here been a viral meme?

I have a theory - Whoever reported the pic thread was just jealous

Just woke up from a dream that my ex's new girl posted a video with the two of them all happy and introducing him to her parents 😔

I need to let it out but I’m so fucking proud of myself and I just realized how lucky I got and it took me until just now to see it. I started in the military and it only took 2 months for me to get out and fall into a bottomless hole of depression. My transition went from: $13 an hour part time, separation with the wife, new job at $18 an hour for physical labor, hit with disability diagnosis, then $20 an hour new office job, reconnecting with wife, having 2nd kid, nearly divorcing (cont.)

What do you do when the people you thought you could count on for help, actually don't help?