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Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [21 M] with my crush [20 F] 1 year, Relationship
POST: So i'm really crazy about this girl, lets call her Z, last year I told her how i feel about her, but here is the catch, her best friend likes me, sadly i dont like her, so call it a love triangle. This girl Z said that if she were to date me it would be a slap to the face to her friend. so i backed off, now fast forward a year later, the girl Z has been txting me about why i liked her last year, and I told her the truth and i asked her, "so do you like me or not" and she brushed that question off like it was nothing and again she asks me "if we were to date what would it be like" i told her it would be like a normal date type
and guess what excuse she pulled this time...."ooo my friend still likes you and it would be a slap to the face if i went out with you, also i'm not ready for a relationship, BUT MAYBE ONE DAY ..IDK RIGHT NOW"
O MY FUNDGE CAKES!!!
any advice? do you guys think she likes me?
this is depressing...o and she told her friends about it....fml
TL;DR: . Assistant: | told a girl how i felt about her,got turned down, year later she asks why i liked her....got turned down.. | told a girl how i felt about her,got turned down, year later she asks why i liked her....got turned down.. | 4,896 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me[20M] with my GF [19F] been together for about 3 years, I still love her but it seems like our sexual life is just getting worse.
POST: The first few months when we first dated, sex was 99% of our relationship. We would go crazy trying and exploring just about anything to do with sex. This was the best period of our relationships. As months gone by, things just gotten worse from there. We started to have less and less sex and by the end of the first year, our sex went from 4-5 per month into about once a month. Now almost hitting the three years mark, we barely do anything. I tried to make my moves on her, she keeps rejecting me as she sees it (or anything sexual) as "annoying" or "something that gets on her way".
We tried talking about this but she said that her depression caused this lack of sexual desire. I don't know if it's true but this significantly affects my love for her.
I do love my GF so much but I can't really say that I can see myself with someone who will not be able to sexually satisfy me forever. I know that sooner or later, I would need to find someone who can.
What should I do?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | GF and I used to have a great sex life. It got worse with time and now it is to the point of no sexual activities. I love my GF but I am not sure if I can stay with her under this condition. | GF and I used to have a great sex life. It got worse with time and now it is to the point of no sexual activities. I love my GF but I am not sure if I can stay with her under this condition. | 316 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [22 M] with my 22 [F] year relationship, Feeling burnt out on being with her.
POST: Hey Reddit,
I've been in a relationship with my girlfriend for a year now and honestly it's been great so far. Unfortunately recentely I've been struggling with enjoying myself around her.
Background is she's a master student going for a PHD, I'm finishing up my bachelor. She's a workaholic, basically all she does is work on her study (I really do admire her work ethic) and doesn't leave any time for herself or her hobbies. Now whenever we meet up in the weekends and do anything, she get's tired by 7-8PM and wants to hug or rest her head on me etc. constantly.
At first I figured it was just cute and allowed it, but recently it feels like the only reason we hang out is so she can take a break from her studying and "do nothing for a while". Now I'm an active person, into fitness and have a bunch of other hobbies I do next to my study and work, and it bothers me that she basically uses me as a "hobby" to relax.
I really do like her and she's great to be with when she has a break, but I'm just feeling tired from looking after her when she's with me. I'd like to go out and do physical activities together instead of hanging out on the couch...
I'm going to talk to her about it this weekend and confront her about taking time for herself and all that, but what are your opinions on this?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Girlfriend is great, but always tired when we hang out and uses me as an excuses to do nothing after studying all week long. How to confront? | Girlfriend is great, but always tired when we hang out and uses me as an excuses to do nothing after studying all week long. How to confront? | 1,916 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [23F] and my friends [21F/22F] were thinking about going on vacation but they finally went with another friend of ours [22F] without telling me. I don't know if I'm being childish or not.
POST: Hi everyone,
I'll try to make is short.
I have three very good friends, called Cali, Mary and Sally. In the beginning of july, Cali had the idea to go on holiday in the south of the country with Mary and I. I was happy but I have very very strict parents, I warned them that I won't have the answer now but I was very interested to go. We would go in august.
So last week (tuesday), I phoned Cali just to casually talk to her and see how she's doing and she informs me that she, Mary and Sally were going to Italy.....just the day after (so wednesday).
I was a bit shocked and didn't tell anything. I wished them a happy vacation. Moreover, the conversation ended as her niece just threw up. She promised to call later but did not.
So now, I'm just wondering if they really consider me their friends or not. They couldn't have planned at the very last minute as they were all three on vacation with their own family.
Please, just tell me if I'm overthinking this or if my concerns are real.
That's the first time I considered girls being my "real friends", so maybe I'm just not used to have friends ?
The three girls were almost roomates during their study so they might be closer to each other than I am with them. (However, Cali and Sally didn't talk to each other the entire previous year).
Writing that, i must admit that I feel like i'm in primary school. However, I still think it was not loyal that they avoided me like that and I don't really wanna talk to them. But in the same, i don't wanna appear like a crybaby or something. And it hurts to think that they avoided me like that.
What should I do ?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Three friends that are close to me went on vacation in Italy without telling me, while we made plans to go together in the south of the country. It hurts to think they avoided me. | Three friends that are close to me went on vacation in Italy without telling me, while we made plans to go together in the south of the country. It hurts to think they avoided me. | 6,514 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Socially awkward here. When can I [18M] kiss her [18F]?
POST: So this girl and I were set up by our older sisters. We go to different schools and live about 30 mins away from each other.
We've gone on a few dates. I hug her before and after each date. We haven't held hands or kissed yet but I want to. Obviously she likes me since she asked her sister to set her up with me. She is waiting for me to ask her to prom and has asked her sister frequently about how I plan to do it (her sister knows since she is friends with my older sister, who I have told the plan to). I'm asking her to prom this week on our next date with this super clever "activity" of which she has no clue.
Anyways, I want to kiss her this date and hold her hand. It's gonna be about a 1 hour date and 1 hour drive time together. I'm sure that my cleverness will blow her mind. Would this be a good time to kiss her? I am planning on holding her hand walking from the car and would feel comfortable doing so. Any advice would be appreciated!
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I was set up with a girl who I'm asking to prom and I haven't missed her yet. Can I kiss her when I ask her to prom? | I was set up with a girl who I'm asking to prom and I haven't missed her yet. Can I kiss her when I ask her to prom? | 3,942 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: How am I going to do this?
POST: I [19M] just moved for College and everything is new to me, new people, new environment and new situation. I met a beautiful Korean girl [18~19 years old], beautiful and just perfect.
I talked to her but I noticed that her English isn't that well and self-conscious (shyness maybe?), the conversation was kinda awkward because she would speak in a really quiet voice and not really understand much...
I told her that I would like to have lunch with her someday but don't think she got that... Usually, I'll get flirty and give light touches but the conversation wasn't too well since she didn't get much on what I was saying so I ended it with "Nice to meet you, I'm hungry so I'm going to get lunch".
Anyone would like to comment or help me a bit here?
Thanks in advance!
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Met a girl who cannot understand English and maybe shy, would like to get to know her better (go on a date). | Met a girl who cannot understand English and maybe shy, would like to get to know her better (go on a date). | 1,768 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/running
TITLE: Injury: When to visit a doctor?
POST: Well, I thought I was being careful, but here I am, confessing at the altar of Runnit, a runner's greatest sin: impatience.
A week ago Sunday I went out for a 4 mile run as I am currently in the middle of a 10k training program. I started the run with what felt like a tight left glute, but I wasn't concerned. By mile 3 I was feeling some pain in my left hip (nothing super concerning), but finished my 4 miles because it had taken a lot of mental fortitude and willpower to get out there that day and I wanted to finish.
I hobbled home and did some massage and stretching. Decided to rest up and heal. I skipped my scheduled Tuesday 3.5 mile, then the Thursday 2 mile, and now here I am going to skip my scheduled 4 mile run again because the pain hasn't really gone away. It's a dull, achey, pinching pain, maybe a 3 to 4 on the pain scale? Feels deep, but not in the actual joint itself.
I've never experienced a sports injury like this before, and so I'm here wondering when and if you would see a doctor about this. I'm kind of crabby, because my race is at the end of June and I really want to at least perform moderately well on my first 10k.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Dull achey pain in left hip, a week of rest hasn't resolved the problem...time to see a doctor? Yes/no/how to proceed? | Dull achey pain in left hip, a week of rest hasn't resolved the problem...time to see a doctor? Yes/no/how to proceed? | 1,872 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [18M] accidentally got my girlfriend [19F] pregnant and she doesn't want an abortion. Looking for advice.
POST: I made a mistake and got my girlfriend of 2.5 years pregnant. For a bit of background, we have a great relationship, despite our distance - seeing each other is more of a monetary issue, costing about £20-30. She is at University and I am attending College. We usually see each other once or twice a month.
We got the news today. We are both in shock and don't know what our next step should be.
We have discussed what we would do if she accidentally got pregnant earlier in our relationship. We have our differences in what to do, I believe due to various factors (money, distance, still being in education) we should have an abortion, however my girlfriend believes she will never get over an abortion. I respect her stance completely and will not push this choice. She doesn't like the idea of putting the child up for adoption.
So what should we do next?
How can we keep the relationship going while mitigating the damage this may cause?
What would life be like juggling a child, a relationship, an education and a job?
Thank you for reading.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Girlfriend of 2.5 years accidentally pregnant, abortion not an option, she doesn't like the sound of adoption. Need to know what to do. | Girlfriend of 2.5 years accidentally pregnant, abortion not an option, she doesn't like the sound of adoption. Need to know what to do. | 1,391 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by having access to an open bar
POST: So this past Saturday a good friend of mine got married. At the reception he had an open bar, like all good wedding receptions do. Having left my keys and car at a friends place I figured I would go a little harder than usual knowing I wouldn't have to drive.
The reception started around 5 and ended about 10, so during that time I had become pretty drunk. Because the reception ended so early, a few of us decided to head out and hit up some of the bars downtown.
This is where the fuck up begins, and most of this I've had to piece together through third party accounts and texts/calls from the night. Heading down there I began to text this girl I had just started seeing and really liked, trying to get her to come meet us. Her and her friends decide to come out, and get there maybe an hour, hour and a half after we did. In that time I had continued to drink and past the black-out point of alcohol consumption. So we meet up, continue drinking, and around 2:00am the bars close and I hitch a ride back to the girls place. All I remember from being at the girls place is being trashed on their couch and at one point just deciding I was gonna leave. I walked out the door thinking I would walk home, about 20 miles away. Luckily I had some sense, and somehow ordered an Uber ride and got home around 4-4:30am.
Roommates weren't home, and my keys were still at my friends place. Amazingly, all luck goes against me and my phone dies shortly after getting there. So I decide to just pass out in front of my apartment and hope my roommates get home early. They don't, and I end up walking to a 7-eleven to get a taxi to go get my keys and car. Finally get into my apartment around noon, charge my phone, and immediately text the girl apologizing for anything stupid I might have done and that I didn't really remember anything. All I get back is "It's fine" and haven't heard anything from her since. So now I'm going crazy thinking I ruined a relationship before it even had a chance to start.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Got black out drunk, locked out of my apartment all night, and possibly ruined a new relationship. But I didn't drive drunk, so I got that goin for me. | Got black out drunk, locked out of my apartment all night, and possibly ruined a new relationship. But I didn't drive drunk, so I got that goin for me. | 2,266 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: [23/m] Should I let my girlfriend (22/f) of 4 years sleep with another guy?
POST: My girlfriend was still a virgin when I met her. I already had some experience. Now we are looking to live together and eventually get married.
I would like to have a longlasting and healthy relationship with her. But knowing she has no prior experience, I wonder if it would be a good thing that she -when she wants to- explore different things. I'd be open to a month with nu contact whatsoever and for her to do anything she wants (including sex with an other man). The reason for it so she can experience a different way of living. I want her to be sure about us, the way she's going to buid her life around us without her doubting our relationship years down the road and questening her dedication to me.
I talked about this with my girlfriend. She doesn't want to have sex with other men. Having a month to herself isn't something she needs either, but she's up for it to see how that is like. I told her I'd like to hear it when she changes her mind about other men.
So my question, what if she changes her mind? Should I even consider this? Should this be a no go? Am I being too open?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Should I let my girlfriend have sex with another man so she can experience what that is like so she won't ever be curious about it and that can potentially hurt our future relationship? | Should I let my girlfriend have sex with another man so she can experience what that is like so she won't ever be curious about it and that can potentially hurt our future relationship? | 5,147 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: is my boyfriend[30/m] being rude to me[25/f], or am I just interpreting this wrong?
POST: lived together for two weeks; dating for two months.
* I made cookies from scratch. gave him one, he said: "is it warm"? and told me about this girl at his office who bakes amazing food. no thank you, no compliments.
* we leave notes for each other on our bathroom mirror. I drew a flower and wrote underneath it: E+M=♥^2 he laughed at it and called me a "dork".
* he commented on my makeup for the first time and called it "different". and talks about how he likes girls who don't wear makeup.
* he has a tendency to speak over me if I try and express my feelings on the above mentioned things, he uses termination type phrases like: "lets talk about it later".
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We're both very busy right now. I'm an artist, he's an economist, we both work full-time and he's one semester from his MBA(4.0), it's finals week. Weekends are blissful because we spend quality time together. Weekdays are very busy and consist of us eating dinner, talking, *maybe* smoking a bowl before bed.
I haven't been in a relationship in 2 years, him 5+ years.
this list is of things that happen briefly, most of our time together is actually really good, we laugh a lot. When stuff like this happens, it makes me kind of sad and I feel sort of deflated. I need to communicate this but I'm not sure how?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | boyfriend and I adjusting to new living arrangements, not sure if I'm taking somethings the wrong way. how can I communicate my misunderstandings to him? | boyfriend and I adjusting to new living arrangements, not sure if I'm taking somethings the wrong way. how can I communicate my misunderstandings to him? | 6,311 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by taking my phone out during exam
POST: Right now I feel so bad. Im freshman in college and its my first semester. My all classes are going awesome, but this one class Sociology is so hard! So i was trying my best to keep up my grade because passing grade is 75%. Til yesterday my percentage was 62, but today we had a exam, and my teacher was like that if i get good grades on this exam then i might make it. I was so prepared for this test, and i studied all spring break. So the test starts and i'm all hype because i know everything thats on test. I was taking my time because I didnt wanted wrong answers. I was doing all great and i was on last page where i was doing extra credit questions. and suddenly my phone vibrates, no one calls me in the morning, so i checked the number and it was my little brother's elementary school's numbers. I panicked because no one was at home, and everyone was working. So i tried listening to the voicemail with my head down, because i was alone in class, as everyone else was done with test. And as i looked up, there she was. My teacher, She was like "you have something in your hand" and she saw my phone. I couldnt explain her anything because there were thousand thoughts going thru my mind. without another word, she took my test, and said "you're getting zero on that" .. which means i wont be able to pass this class. I was standing there speechless.. Now i've already dropped my psychology class because it was too hard, and i was going to fail it.. i cant drop this class because it costs almost $350. and we are not rich. Now my parents have supported me with everything, but i'm not sure how would they react to this. I know you guys are awesome with words, and how to comfort someone.. Please help me. I mean, what can i do, and how do i tell my parents. and what would you do if you were at my place.
Side Note: Voicemail was that, my little brother had a headache and wasnt feeling very well.
Tip: Never take your phone out during class, and always follow the rules.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Little brother's elementary school called me during exam, and i tried listening to it, but got caught and teacher gave zero for the test. I'm going to fail this class now. | Little brother's elementary school called me during exam, and i tried listening to it, but got caught and teacher gave zero for the test. I'm going to fail this class now. | 5,755 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/jobs
TITLE: I quit a job that wasn't paying what I deserved, can I get unemployment benefits?
POST: I am a resident of California and I was wondering if anyone was knowledgeable about the laws regarding unemployment benefits here. I voluntarily quit my job recently because I felt I was being egregiously underpaid for the work I was doing there (I was getting paid more at my part-time catering job than at the other company for doing graphic / web design, marketing, and web analytics). Since I was privy to the profits of the company due to my deep involvement in the analytics I could see the great difference in the money being made from my efforts, and the amount I was being compensated for them. They told me they wanted to increase my workload on a new project that would have been the most profitable venture yet and I told them they needed to pay me more or I could not continue with the company. They refused, and I was wondering, since I voluntarily ended my employment, am I entitled to any compensation? Could I have handled this situation in a different way?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Don't ever accept a job that does not pay you what you deserve in the hopes of getting a raise later. You will only get screwed over. | Don't ever accept a job that does not pay you what you deserve in the hopes of getting a raise later. You will only get screwed over. | 6,232 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: So two days ago Me (24M) hooked up with my straight-ish roommate (21M) of 5 months. Things are crazy awkward ever since, is there any way I can help this blow over?
POST: I really do think he's straight, but was just trying it out. We were drinking. We have kind of a flirty friendship, but I think he just likes the attention. I've told him before that I thought he was hot and he plays up to it a lot.
We were drinking and watching Game of Thrones and it was after a Dany sex scene and we started talking about who we like on the show and he grabbed my hand and put it on his crotch to show me how hard he was. I went with it and started stuff.
I don't really remember the actual sex part, I blacked out, but I know we had it. I remember some things. I woke up the next day in my bed with him, we were both naked. I got in the shower and when I got out he was gone.
He's been really weird with me ever since. I'm not surprised, it was a mistake, but I hate that he doesn't even talk to or look at me. I'm willing to pretend it never happened if that'd make it easier for him, but he seriously is just giving me one word answers and not even looking at me.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | fooled around with my straight roommate and now he's being weird around me. Any way we can move past this? | fooled around with my straight roommate and now he's being weird around me. Any way we can move past this? | 4,202 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [23 M] am secretly dating a [49 F] got caught by her son.
POST: So here's the deal...
I met this woman in a family reunion as she's kind of a best friend to my mother. We actually got to know each other for almost two years without really hinting on any desire of one another. We just connected and felt good around each other. Then, one night we were just drinking wine while talking about mindless stuff when she suddenly confessed her feelings for me which prompted me to confess mine. We started flirting and I ended up kissing her leading to our now relationship.
However, she asked for our relationship to be kept a secret since she has a 10 year old son and is friend to some of my relatives. She's scared of getting judged and/or criticized by people because she's "officialy" ina relationship with her father's son although he has never been there for her, as I'm told. They never married and, although he has denied it, she thinks he has another family because he only visits his son a couple hours on saturday.
Even though, she has kept the fact that they're not a couple to her son. He used to think his parents are married and his father is just off to work and only has free time on saturdays but has recently begun to ask a lot about his father and the reason why he's almost absent.
I get along with her son quite well and he seems to look at me as some kind of old bro. But just yesterday he caught us having sex, she was surprised and scared and asked me to immediately leave her place. She tells me he's acting kind of angry and/or disappointed at her, he doesn't speak to her or let her hold him. She asked me to stay away for some time since she thinks it's better if she talks to him alone. I respect her decision though I'm not really comfortable with it because I feel like running away from it. Although I don't really what to do about it or what to even expect. I guess I always kind of knew this would happen some time or another and in some way I wished for it to happen because I felt he deserved to know the truth about her mother and I but now I don't feel quite right about it.
Any thoughts or similar experiences?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I keep a secret relationship with an older woman, her son caught us having sex, don't know what to do or expect | I keep a secret relationship with an older woman, her son caught us having sex, don't know what to do or expect | 4,838 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: Trick your friends in to believing your pregnant!.. oorr not? Do my prank services put me at risk of being prosecuted?
POST: Basically the title of my service states that I will "customize a 3D ultrasound to trick your friends into believing that 'you' are PREGNANT".
The description of my services do not state much more than that. Am I required to place a disclaimer in my prank image in order to avoid any abuse of my service or should I put a more detailed disclaimer on the service when being purchased?
Any suggestions would be more than helpful. I have suspended my service until I feel comfortable providing it.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | ? I was offering a prank service and was nervous about the backlash. The service has been taken offline after considering your responses. Thanks Reddit! | ? I was offering a prank service and was nervous about the backlash. The service has been taken offline after considering your responses. Thanks Reddit! | 344 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: BF (27/m) broke up with me (25/f) after I moved across the country with him. What next?
POST: Hey, all:
My sweet Navy boyfriend asked me to move from WA to SC with him last December, and when we finally left in May of this year, I was so excited to start a life with him. I'd only ever lived in WA, and was so excited to see another part of the country and see what life was like outside of the Northwest. He broke up with me a month after we got here, and I am so glad that I worked so hard on finding a job and getting my shit together. He wants to be friends, but I'm still so heartbroken about this whole thing that I can't handle talking to him without trying to get some answers about this huge change of heart...on the wrong side of the trip. Is there any hope for getting back together? Am I being so foolish for even thinking that I should try and get with someone who practically abandoned me, not knowing anyone, 3000 miles away?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Dude waited until the other side of the country to get relationship jitters or figure out I wasn't for him: am I dumb for wanting to get back together with him? | Dude waited until the other side of the country to get relationship jitters or figure out I wasn't for him: am I dumb for wanting to get back together with him? | 2,208 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [21F] with my Boyfriend[21M] of 5 years. Haven't heard from him in a couple days.
POST: Me and my boyfriend live about an hour and a half apart, he moved last year for work. I plan on moving with him once I'm done with school.
We talk every day, have had relatively few issues, and have talked about marriage. That's what makes this whole thing so scary. It's been 4 days since I have heard anything from him. He has a history of depression and anxiety (undiagnosed because his family didn't believe him and he just sort of lives with it now) so I'm scared something finally pushed him over the edge. I try contacting his family and none have responded except for his sister who says she hasn't heard from him in about a month.
I won't be able to make it out there till next Saturday and I'm losing my mind.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My boyfriend hasn't spoken to me in a couple days and honestly I just needed advice on what to do or anything that can help me ease my mind. | My boyfriend hasn't spoken to me in a couple days and honestly I just needed advice on what to do or anything that can help me ease my mind. | 5,874 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dating_advice
TITLE: F[19] Met a very nice guy, but he is leaving very soon!
POST: Basically, I've recently met this very nice boy that I instantaneously fell head over heals for. He's very sweet and I feel that he is perfect match for me and he feels the same! We've only known each other for a month and we are both 19.
Unfortunately... we're both young and in college and he is moving back in with his parents for the entire summer, starting on the 21st or so. So we'll be roughly 4 hours apart for around 4 months.
My question is, what should I do now? At this point I feel like I'm falling harder and harder for him, but I'm afraid that I'll be really sad and lonely when he leaves. Should I stop seeing him until he gets back? Or should we keep in touch? Help me not be irrational, because if he asked me to be in a long distance relationship with him, I might consider it.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Falling for a guy who is leaving far out of town for 4 months. Unsure of what I should do about it! | Falling for a guy who is leaving far out of town for 4 months. Unsure of what I should do about it! | 574 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [21F] irrationally dislike prospective coworker [20F]
POST: Throwaway and names changed to protect the innocent and guilty, etc. I'm aware that 1. if anyone has a problem in this situation it's me and 2. it might ultimately turn out to be nothing.
Anway, I'm a college student and to support myself I have a job on campus. It's in a small obscure administrative office and pretty good as campus jobs go (no customer interaction!). Because our department is pretty out of the way/unknown to most students, recruiting is usually through word of mouth or references from friends. For example, myself and the (unofficial) student manager are the same major so she recommended me and the actual manager approved my placement.
Currently we're looking at hires for next year as a lot of people are about to graduate out (nothing is settled yet). I know 2 possible applicants: Sam and Lulu. Sam and I were close freshmen year and I think she'd be great in the team. Lulu on the other hand...I find her really annoying. For no reason. She's never wronged me, everyone else seems to get along with her fine, etc. She has some flaws (immature, weeaboo-ish, kinda shrill) but I know plenty of other people with similar traits I get along OK with. We even have a few interests in common (maybe that's it? Projection?? I secretly hate myself??).
So my question: how can I prepare for maybe working with someone I can't stand? If our schedules line up I'll be in charge of training her (ugh) because there aren't many others with enough experience. Is there a diplomatic way to ask not to be working partners with her? Are there ways for me to become less bitter and intolerant?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Possible future coworker is basically an OK person I can't stand. How can I either a. get over this or b. politely avoid her at work next semester? | Possible future coworker is basically an OK person I can't stand. How can I either a. get over this or b. politely avoid her at work next semester? | 5,129 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dogs
TITLE: [HELP] Dog continues to lick one spot, usually immediately after left alone.
POST: Hello, I need some help. My dog has a licking problem, one where she will continue to lick one particular spot. I've had her for a year and during this time, there is always one spot at a time she keeps licking, 4 in total so far, with one being here for months now on her front leg, fur is gone and it was infected before. She keeps licking until it bleeds, and when I find out I'll put ointment on it. I've been to the vet before because she seems to have developed an allergy to something randomly (started getting scaly skin and dandruff), but it hasn't been determined what it is yet (not food) and the licking issue, while brought up, wasn't really directly addressed. This is getting very stressful though, as my dad is also pressuring me to give her up to tend to my own emotional needs I'm trying to attend. I've tried to pinpoint if it may be something such as bordem, but I'm attending college, though not in school right now as it's summer and I currently don't have a job so I literally have spent months just her and me. I know it's not her "fault" but she keeps breaking my trust. If she's alone for literally 5 minutes, whether it's me showering or her going to her kennel after a walk and I'm in the living room she goes at it and then is afraid to see me because she knows how disappointed I get. I can tell whenever she does it everytime. I've tried wrapping it in every which way but she has torn everything off right after I leave her alone, and while I don't have an official E-collar, she has scratched off the homemade one as well silently, when she was sitting behind me. I really need help to address this and any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm leaving her for a week to go to a family reunion many states away soon. Thank you.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Dog keeps licking one place since I've got her and when I leave her alone for 5 minutes, she tears off all wraps, and I have to leave her at a dog-sitter soon for a week. | Dog keeps licking one place since I've got her and when I leave her alone for 5 minutes, she tears off all wraps, and I have to leave her at a dog-sitter soon for a week. | 4,432 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [25F] have been dating a guy [29M] for just over 2 months, slightly confused and a little frustrated.
POST: A little over two months ago I started dating this guy and things have been going pretty well, although progressing a lot differently and slower than I'm used to.
We spend a decent amount of time together, I stay over once to a few times a week, and we are having sex. He invites me to outings with friends who all seem excited to see me, he makes an effort to get friendly with my friends, and this week invited me to go out with him and his sister (which I sadly had to pass up anyway). He has gotten me two small gifts for the sake of it since we started seeing each other and has even skipped work to spend a day with me (which is kind of wild).
I guess what has left me feeling a little frustrated is his total lack of affection, and I'm not used to it. He isn't touchy at all and also doesn't like to be touched / barely kisses me / doesn't ever pay me any compliments that make me feel all that special or like more than a friend. It kind of leaves me feeling like FWB. I've brought it up and asked where he stood, and he said, "I like you, I like where this is going, let's see where it goes," and that he "gets that" about not being affectionate. I also feel like our communication is poorer than in the beginning, but I could just be making that up.
I understand wanting to take things slow (about a year and a half ago he got out of a 4 year relationship), but I don't feel like he values me as a romantic partner, even if he actually does. I'm starting to get frustrated with it, but I don't want to risk ending things abruptly if I'm just being needy.
Is this totally normal behavior? Do you think it's worth it to stick around longer? Has anyone else had to deal with something like this?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Guy I am dating makes me feel like a FWB, says he wants to see where the relationship goes when I confront him, and it's a little bothersome for me. | Guy I am dating makes me feel like a FWB, says he wants to see where the relationship goes when I confront him, and it's a little bothersome for me. | 5,450 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [19m] need help with someone bugging my 23[f] girlfriend
POST: we've been together for 6 months, things have been nice. ups and downs, but it's great. we spend a lot of time together, treat each other right, but i'm new to this and i need some help.
we broke up for about 8 days, and in that time she gave a guy her phone number over the internet. she swears that they've never met or hungout, but he started calling her and talking to her a lot, and even lied about emergencies to get her to answer his calls. he's been bugging her from what i understand.
fast forward to now when we're back together, 2 nights ago she sent him a very long message telling him to leave her alone and he started trying to talk to her again.
should i be mad? my instinct is to get his number and call him and settle this. she is upset because she thinks im raging, but she blocked his number today and i want to call and let him know he doesnt need to talk to her anymore, she doesnt want him to.
please help, i dont want to sabotage this relationship by reacting wrong, what would you guys do? she just blocked his number and said we'll see where it goes from here.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | stranger from facebook keeps calling and texting my girlfriend when she has told him to stop. she just blocked his number, i'm stressed on how to handle it. | stranger from facebook keeps calling and texting my girlfriend when she has told him to stop. she just blocked his number, i'm stressed on how to handle it. | 5,426 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: 18f. Am I going insane? Are my relationship expectations too high?
POST: I hope I am posting in the right subreddit for this. Lately I have been feeling....anomalous(?) regarding what I want out of a relationship. Another fling of mine was recently ended because he 21M did not want to "marginalize his friendships." When I am in a relationship, I want a Tabula Rasa -- a complete clean slate. I don't want my significant other to be facebook friends or have any contact whatsoever with previous ex-girlfriends and/or people he has slept with. I provide the same respect. I am accepting of friends of the opposite sex as long as there is not a sexual or romantic past. It would make me uncomfortable if they were to hang out independently though, and I would prefer a group setting.
It's as if my ideals are from another planet. All of the men I have met seem to think my relationship expectations are absolutely ludicrous. I, on the other hand, do not think it is expecting too much of a person. I am feeling lonely and as if there is something wrong with me. Am I being overbearing? I would really appreciate some objective opinions.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I don't want SO to have contact with ex's and all the men I have met find this to be controlling. Am I wrong for wanting what I want? | I don't want SO to have contact with ex's and all the men I have met find this to be controlling. Am I wrong for wanting what I want? | 401 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: My friend wants to stay at home and go to community college rather than go to a good State school so he can stay close to a girl. What can I do?
POST: So here's the story.
My best friend, best friends since first grade, and I are seniors in high school on the verge of graduation. At this juncture all of our acceptance letters have come in and most everyone has a set idea of where they are going.
I plan on leaving home, San Diego, and go continue my education at San Francisco State University. Though that's honestly irrelevant.
My best friend is the typical nice-guy. A softie, loves helping people even at his own expense, will always listen to people's drama and issues, and is just a very emotional guy. A big problem for him in his life has always been girls. His natural tendencies makes it so easy for girls to walk all over him. Finally a girl has fallen for him and they have been together for the past three months. It's your typical overdone high school relationship, talking 24/7, he follows her every command, etc. To be honest, he definitely cares more than she does. Hopefully this paints a picture of the dynamics of their relationship.
My friend was only accepted to SFSU. He plans on not accepting their acceptance (no pun intended) and stay in SD, go to community college just so he can stay near her. Though I know it's not the same for everyone, older friends of mine who I have seen go to community college always get stuck there. They say they plan on transferring to a better school asap but that never happens. Many have even dropped out completely. Only ONE alumni from my high school has successfully gotten out of community college. I know that for many people community college works out great and they proceed to have great lives, but 95% of the community college kids that I know are unmotivated and, unfortunately, heading straight to a dead end of mediocrity.
My question is, how can I sway my friend to make the right decision and receive a high quality education? How can I make him realize that this, his FIRST relationship isn't gonna last forever (he think they'll be getting married...). I've tried, but so far to no avail.
All of your help and insight is appreciated.
Thanks guys!
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My best friend is choosing community college instead of a state university to stay with his girlfriend of four months. How can I sway him to pursue a higher quality education. | My best friend is choosing community college instead of a state university to stay with his girlfriend of four months. How can I sway him to pursue a higher quality education. | 452 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Reddit, Is there any reason why I should continue to be a "nice smart girl" instead of being a "dumb pretty girl"?
POST: I consider myself to be a decently smart girl, recent engineering grad with pretty good grades, gainfully employed, even despite the awful economy I graduated in. However, despite all this, I will never make as much as strippers, call girls, or even the girls who just play with themselves on a webcam! In fact, those girls, even the not so pretty ones, can make more in a week than I can make in an entire year! WTF?!?
What is the benefit to being nice and smart? Now I tell myself, morals, self respect, etc, etc, but really? If there are people out there who are stupid enough to pay me a ridiculous amount of money just because they find me attractive, knowing full well that I am just humoring them because I want their money, why should I not take it?
When I get old and saggy (which all women will) I can always go back into industry, get re-certified, take extra classes, etc, but I will never again be a young pretty girl in her 20's. Why shouldn't I take advantage of being young, fit and pretty, build up a nice savings account, invest it well, and retire early?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Smart girls finish last. What's the benefit of being smart when being pretty (and stupid) will get me further? | Smart girls finish last. What's the benefit of being smart when being pretty (and stupid) will get me further? | 323 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I recently quit my first job out of college and feel like a loser. How can I land on my feet? [F23]
POST: I was a workaholic in college and, accordingly, attained a high-paying management position at a Fortune 50 company. Unfortunately, it was not as amazing of an opportunity as I hoped it would be. It never paid me on time and I was forced to take out loans from my parents in order to pay for groceries and bills. It relocated me 80 plus miles away from my fiance, family, and friends a week before I was supposed to report to my permanent location. It gradually increased the hours I was supposed to work, until I was working 60+ hours a week and being forced to work on holidays. To top it all off, it had an extremely hostile work environment where people frequently yelled, cried, and tore each other down.
For all of these reasons, and many more, I abandoned the position after four months. When I took the job, I thought I had the next several years of my life perfectly planned out, and feel like a total loser for bailing. My finace told me that I seem a lot happier after quitting the job and reassured me that it was the right decision. Nevertheless, after three weeks of job hunting with no "perfect" replacement job, I can't help but feel discouraged.
Does anyone have any advice for me moving forward?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I quit my first job after college after four months and feel like a loser. How do I land on my feet? | I quit my first job after college after four months and feel like a loser. How do I land on my feet? | 4,370 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: 2012 Subaru Impreza back at the dealer for the 14th time for the same issues.
POST: Hello, Pittsburgh PA here!
So I have a 2012 Subaru Impreza which was part of the oil consumption lawsuit that just went through.
Back in October I had the short-block replaced because of the issues it was having. All covered under warranty. The dealership has been great, no charges for rentals and generally good people all around....
However, It has been back in the shop 14 times since they did the short-block replacement. Each time something else is going wrong. They blame it on not having a full engine from the factory, and since they just replaced part of it, it is causing the issues. Mind you, I NEVER once had an issue before this.
This last time it was in for 3 weeks. They had their master mechanic tear it down, replace any parts that he thought were bad and put it all back together.
So it is running GREAT, all the small things I noticed have gone away and I thought we were in the clear...
Well, two days ago i noticed oil drips in the garage from sitting over night. Called the dealer and I have to take it back in on Friday. They said if it is something major, they may look into getting Corporate involved. Which I think they should have done by now already.
Is there anything I can do legally with this issues? I know that Im not paying for anything, but if I'm going to have to worry about something going wrong on a weekly basis, that isn't acceptable to me.
Thank you for any help!
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Car back in the shop for the 14th time after short-block replacement, under warranty. Anything I can do? | Car back in the shop for the 14th time after short-block replacement, under warranty. Anything I can do? | 2,177 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Girlfriend(21f) is busy and doesn't have time for me (25m) very often these days. It's making me feel restless and anxious.
POST: We have been together for about 2 years now. We are currently in different cities since about the last 4 months. I think the earliest we will meet next is in 3 months. Since the last 2 months she has been pretty busy and doesn't stay in touch very often. Of course we have days when we do talk a lot but the number of days we don't get to talk much has been consistently going up. She doesn't always reply to my texts sometimes claiming that she didn't get the texts at all. I bought her a smartphone about a month back so that we could stay in touch on whatsapp when she was out. Even that didn't work out well with her normally replying to me multiple hours after I would write to her. Whenever I've tried talking to her about this, we always end up fighting. She says I should trust her and she replies as soon as she can. The most annoying thing is that sometimes when she hasn't replied, I have seen her be active on facebook. When I have asked her about this, she says that she feels like I am questioning her with evidence as if she has committed some crime. And ofcourse she still says that she loves me.
Now, when we do talk normally, we have a great time and it doesn't feel any different. But lately I feel that she wants some space away from me. It was never like this before. We were always each other's number one priority. Now she doesn't get in touch as soon as she can but takes her time to do it. The worst part is that I feel restless and anxious when I dont hear from her. I feel like shit. I feel like I am losing her. I love her.
How should I go about talking to her about this without it ending in us fighting? I am really confused about what to do.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | GF says she is busy, doesn't stay in touch very often, I have seen her active on fb though, how should I talk to her about this without us fighting? | GF says she is busy, doesn't stay in touch very often, I have seen her active on fb though, how should I talk to her about this without us fighting? | 2,005 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Women of Reddit, how would you like someone to respond to you after expressing a complaint?
POST: I will probably get downvoted to hell for the apparent misogyny in this post.
I have found in my experience that when my male friends, family, and coworkers express a concern or a complaint about their life, family, workplace, health, whatsoever, they like to hear the listener express sympathy and offer a solution to the problem. "Gee, that's a good idea. I'll try that, thanks." *I help problem solve their situation and we find a way to make things better for all involved.*
I have found in my experience that when my female riends, family, and coworkers express a concern or a complaint about their life, family, workplace, health, whatsoever, they either dismiss an offer of a amelioratory suggestion or get outright offended at the proffered solution. It seems that women like to voice their complaints and have the listener respond with "oh, I'm sorry to hear that", or just a nod. *They don't want their situation to improve. They want to vocalize their concerns and be validated by someone who listens.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | What is the right phrase to use when a female friend complains to you about her boyfriend, her boss, her roommates, her parents, her phone, etc.? | What is the right phrase to use when a female friend complains to you about her boyfriend, her boss, her roommates, her parents, her phone, etc.? | 2,817 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/BreakUps
TITLE: I (M22) can't bring myself to break-up with my SO (F22) despite moments of clarity.
POST: My SO and I have been dating since high school (over 5 years). We went to the same college, but she graduated early and moved about 1.5 hours away for a job. We've always had things to work on, but this last year has caused me much more stress than it has helped me.
When we got together, she was ambitious and had an extremely positive outlook on life, but lately (esp. since midway since college) she has turned extremely pessimistic and has seemingly lost her ambition. I'm realizing the problem is that she has serious control issues. In high school should basically knew where her life was heading (college) and felt in control leading to an amiable demeanor. As college started, and esp. at her new job she is learning that you can't be in control of everything and it is getting to her.
This has caused her to lose (break-up?) with friend who she could no longer hang out with at her whim and who were developing other relationships that made her extremely jealous. She also skipped applying for graduate school last year and this year. I confronted her about it because I believed she was putting them off so that she could feel like she had made the decision to not go rather than risk not getting in; she admitted it.
We had a big discussion because she often will insinuate that I don't really care about her or don't want to be around her and make me feel guilty so that she can control me. I got sick of it and pointed it out. She admitted she had issues and is now seeing a therapist, but that was a few months ago, and I see no change.
I want to be getting something positive out of my relationship and I often don't. I also know she is controlling, which can be emotionally abusive. I will sometimes resolve to break-up with her, but I can never bring myself to do it. The few times she is happy is when she sees me, and I can't bring myself to destroy that.
Do I need to just man up and do it? Am I overreacting? Anyone been in similar situations that has any advice?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | SO is extremely controlling and guilts me into doing things, but I can't bring myself to break-up with her. | SO is extremely controlling and guilts me into doing things, but I can't bring myself to break-up with her. | 2,980 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I (19M) wanted to ask out friend of couple months (20M) only to find out his ex (20M) is moving in
POST: I'm a student at college and I was going to confess all my sappy gooey feelings to a guy (Let's call him Mike) and ask him out. We hang out as much as we can on weekends. I've known Mike for a few months now and like I said, gooey feely blah - I was going to ask him out.
So as we were driving to a restaurant for dinner, he tells me about his new roommate(let's say Joey). Joey and Mike go back to elementary school. Turns out, they dated in high school and when Joey's parents found out about his homosexuality, they took all of his communication (phone, facebook, email everything). Mike tells me that nobody's seen or heard from Joey in years and messaged him through a fake Facebook account and Joey is moving across the country to get away from parents, but in doing this he is moving in with Mike.
So I'm shocked at dinner and the rest of the drive as Mike also talks about the huge probability of them being together. I couldn't say anything about me so I left earlier than we planned. My fear is that they are getting together and I'll be left in the dust. (Prob'ly happening anyway) and I still have all these feels for Mike but I don't want to ruin our friendship or get in the way of this soap opera story. I feel like it's my last chance to tell him. Should I? Is it a good idea?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I got feels for guy. His ex appears from out of the blue to move in with him. I still want to tell him about all my feels. | I got feels for guy. His ex appears from out of the blue to move in with him. I still want to tell him about all my feels. | 1,330 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: When do you listen to your parents, and when do you write them off?
POST: Hi Reddit,
Just been in a moral dilemma lately. I've been in a rough patch in my relationship with my parents (Baby Boomer-age) and I don't know whether I'm making a huge mistake or whether I should write them off and carry on.
Reddit, I get excellent grades at a top university, I treat my friends and everyone I know well, I don't do drugs, and I am >21 so I drink occasionally and always in moderation. I came out to my parents, whom I love very dearly, about a year ago (under duress--they were monitoring the phone numbers I contacted), and since then they have started hating my school (for lack of guidance to keep me on a moral path) and they have stopped trusting me.
I still want them to be proud of me and approve of me, but every time I share my achievements with them, I feel this mistrust and disapproval, as if it doesn't matter what I do now--unless I demonstrate an abandonment of homosexuality by getting married and producing grandchildren, I will never be redeemed in their eyes. This feeling is really pushing me into depression. If I curb my life to their demands, I am not doing what I want to do; but if I ignore their pleading and advice and continue to do what I want, I feel like a disrespectful child who has traveled off to college to flaunt his parents' values and live a life of debauchery on his parents' dime.
Reddit, what are your thoughts and experiences on this? Should I write my parents off as Limbaugh-listening dinosaurs stuck in a rut and behind the times, guilt-tripping me to make me conform to the one lifestyle they view as "right"? Or do they have wisdom that I am blithely ignoring in an act of folly that will bite me in the ass later, leaving me unhappy and unable to recover from my years of mistakes?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My conservative parents are trying to get me to maintain a certain lifestyle, and I feel guilty for disobeying their wishes. Thoughts? | My conservative parents are trying to get me to maintain a certain lifestyle, and I feel guilty for disobeying their wishes. Thoughts? | 4,723 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/books
TITLE: Follow up / co-lecture for Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
POST: Hello fellow literate reddit users,
so university has begun for me just the last month and I forswore the all-day-gaming and want to focus mainly on sports, my studies and literature I am interested in. As I was browsing the depths of reddit I found this hint to the short story "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov and I was left speechless finishing it. I could really identify with the way it was written and it's just what I seem to be missing.
In just that post there was a recommendation to his novel "Nightfall". Since I "fear" falling in love with it just as I did with the short story, considering orders take really long for me (2-3 weeks), I would like to have your opinion on what is worth a read on the same topic as he writes. It can be anything science related, I like plot twists that leave questioning everything.
Besides that: Any engineers, or soon to be engineers here that can state whether I'll be able to identify more with the profession and the whole way of solution finding / problem solving by reading scientific literature, or is it just the same boring stuff comparable to lectures? I have to admit I feel a little bit lost.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Started studying engineering, came across what title mentions, looking for something supporting my studies and my well-being, teaching me the ways of maths and science :) | Started studying engineering, came across what title mentions, looking for something supporting my studies and my well-being, teaching me the ways of maths and science :) | 1,937 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by forgetting my wallet.
POST: This afternoon I planned on meeting some friends at Chipotle for lunch. After I got in the car and was only a minute or two from home, I realized that I left my wallet on the counter at home and needed to turn back and get it. So I got in the next left turn lane to make a U-turn. I make this particular one quite often and since I'm in a small car its not too difficult. But somehow, with the pressure of oncoming traffic, I horrendously clip the curb with my front right tire. First I hear "CRRRR", and then "hisssssssssssssss", and then immediately see the "check tire pressure" warning pop up on the dash.
Since I'm only a minute away from home, it's not too big of a deal to drive back and assess the damage. I found that there's like a quarter-sized tear in the side wall of the tire and it's obviously flat. So my brother and I get out the jack and spare tire and do a standard and easy tire change. So we get that done in about 20 minutes and I leave for Chipotle. I get there 30 minutes late, and my friends are done eating and basically just hanging out waiting for me.
After I get my food and go to pay, I realize that I never even got my wallet. I had to have my friend spot me.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Forgot my wallet, popped a tire *because* I forgot my wallet, then proceeded to forget my wallet again. | Forgot my wallet, popped a tire *because* I forgot my wallet, then proceeded to forget my wallet again. | 5,302 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: 22f likes sex more then fiance 25m. Preparing for therapy... HELP!!!
POST: My fiance's mom came up this weekend for his birthday Monday (25M). He let me give him a hand job while his mom and brother were drifting off to sleep in our living room (with the bedroom door open), and the whole weekend when they weren't looking he would grab at me(22f). Come Monday when his mom and brother left, I thought for sure I was going to get some... But he said "I just want to hold you." Don't get me wrong, I am a cuddle bug, but that was not what I was wanting. Then he says "we'll do it tomorrow." And surprise!!!! nothing. (This happens all the time. I get semi-regular sex once a month, we've been together for 3 years.)
I've been advised to go to therapy with him, and we're planning on premarital therapy anyways. I've only been to see a therapist once, but I didn't have a good therapist, and resulted in a negative experience. But has anyone gone to therapy for a similar reason? What was it like? What did they have you do?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I like sex more then he does. Preparing to seek therapy. Wanting to hear from people who've gone for a similar reason, to know what its like, and what they had you do. | I like sex more then he does. Preparing to seek therapy. Wanting to hear from people who've gone for a similar reason, to know what its like, and what they had you do. | 2,877 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: NOT quite sure if me (29 F) and my boyfriend (24 M) have a future together. Anyone in a relationship Older woman / Younger man/ who can share their stories and advices?
POST: We have been together for almost 3 years now, and everything has been as perfect as it can be. We are perfect for each other and share a deep love.
But recently I've been worrying about the future. I've already lived abroad, studied a masters and lived by myself, but he hasnt'd done that yet, and I don't want him to lose the opportunity to do so.
Whenever I tell him that, he says that he doesn't matter for those things, and that cannot wait for us living together. I also worry that by when he wants to have babies I will no longer be able to do so.
It helps me a lot to read success stories about older women with a younger boyfriend or husband, gives me hope for the future
TL;DR: . Assistant: | NOT quite sure if me (29 F) and my boyfriend (24 M) have a future together because of age difference. | NOT quite sure if me (29 F) and my boyfriend (24 M) have a future together because of age difference. | 3,759 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by accidentally telling some children that Santa wasn't real.
POST: This tifu happened earlier this evening, so I'm still feeling terrible about the whole thing.
So earlier today, my family met up with some of their friends went to a local restaurant after a Christmas Eve ceremony at Church. The group happened to include several young children that were ever so excited for Christmas day to come. In the restaurant some small talk and simple conversation was going on while my brother and I started to joke about the little ones. Due to my joking mindset at the time, I wasn't thinking about who I was really talking to, and when one of the kids started to say,"I want santa to get me a new Xbox One", I spurted out the first thing on my mind and loudly commented, "**Well its a damn shame that Santa Claus is just mommy and daddy!**". Instantly after that, the table was filled with silence and loud tears as the faces with ajar mouths stared at me in disgust. When i tried to divert my attention to the daggers being shot at me from around the table, I looked around the restaurant to find that many of the other patrons where giving me rude looks as well as the family and friends. Instantly my father grabbed me by the shirt and dragged me to the parking lot and talked to me about the how the three little lives that i had just ruined had been so distraught the friends of ours had to leave the restaurant. Later when we went home, we received a call saying that the kids were still crying, and that one started to destroy all of the boxes under the Christmas tree because of his loss of faith. After that I realized that all of the apologizing in the world would not fix the three little, wonderful broken hearts that i had done. So now, the rest of my Christmas break contains hard, long hours of labor at my family's friends house, and now my dad is making me find a Santa look-alike on craigslist to help stoke their belief again. Hopefully I can replenish their belief in good ol' Saint Nick before any further damage can be done
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I accidentally told some kids that santa was their parents, and now I'm slaved away at their house working like one of santa's little elves. | I accidentally told some kids that santa was their parents, and now I'm slaved away at their house working like one of santa's little elves. | 4,220 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I'm [24f] worried about my boyfriend [21m] of 3 years being overly interested in coworker
POST: Me and my boyfriend were looking through the part of facebook that shows who you've been searching and I didn't like what I saw. He has been looking up this one particular girl he works with multiple times a week for months now. He hasn't been looking up anyone else more than once in the months I looked at. He's not close to her or anything and she never posts anything (her last post was months ago) so I'm having trouble grasping the reason he's looking her up so obsessively.
He says he doesn't want to be with her or anything, that he's just more interested in her than anyone else he works with because she's quiet and mysterious. He just wants to learn more about her. This didn't make me feel better, he has people he's pretty close to that he works with and the fact that he's more interested in her than anyone else makes me uneasy. The fact that she doesn't post much makes it even weirder, he'd have seen everything there is to see the first 2 visits tops. Yet he keeps coming back.
He thinks I'm being crazy, but I feel this is weird. So basically I just want to know if this is something I should be worried about or if this is normal.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My boyfriend has been looking up female coworker's facebook profile a lot for the past few months and says he's just really interested in her because she's quiet. Is this normal? | My boyfriend has been looking up female coworker's facebook profile a lot for the past few months and says he's just really interested in her because she's quiet. Is this normal? | 4,264 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/offmychest
TITLE: I'm lucky to be alive, but I feel like an ungrateful fuck
POST: I have struggled with physical and mental health problems simultaneously. I'm twenty years old now, and the physical health problems are about two years behind me; the mental problems, however, still linger.
I had two tumors in my knee causing constant pain, which were removed (but then grew back) over the span of three surgeries. When I had the second tumor removed from my knee, the scar tissue healed over my joint, making me incapable of walking. This required an additional surgery and painful rehabilitation to allow full mobility. I also learned I have a genetic blood mutation, after a deep vein thrombosis (blood clot) formed in my arm. Needless to say, I feel lucky to be alive and have good health now. However, my depression will not disappear.
Since my adolescence, I have had severe depression that I simply have not been able to kick. Medications, counseling, changing cities, changing majors, changing schools, falling in love, falling out of love, substance abuse, sober living, art, physical activity, etc...I've tried it all. I will feel better for awhile, but the depression *always comes back.* I feel like ungrateful for being so dissatisfied with a life that I've fought to keep. My family has spent countless hours and huge sums of money trying to keep me alive and healthy, but I can't seem to be happy with the life I live. I feel like I don't even know who I am, after all of the phases and new things I've tried to help myself. What do I do? Am I missing the key to happiness?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I had two tumors and a blood clot before I turned 18. I'm 20 now, physically better but still depressed. Can't seem to find inner happiness or kick this depression. | I had two tumors and a blood clot before I turned 18. I'm 20 now, physically better but still depressed. Can't seem to find inner happiness or kick this depression. | 5,527 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/self
TITLE: Aunt is terrible parent and doesn't want to admit it, therefore placing the blame on my cousin.
POST: I wasn't too sure of where to actually post this, but I was hoping maybe someone could give me a bit of advice. Here's a bit of the back story. My aunt got married to my uncle who is 12 years older than her, who never wanted children or to be married in the first place. My aunt has always had issues with herself, forced the marriage and kids upon him therefore making for a bad relationship between my aunt and uncle.
Fast forward to today, my aunt has a 13 year old lets call her Mary and 19 year old lets call her Jill. Jill was babied growing up until Mary came a long then she had to grow up fast. Growing up Mary has always been babied and never encouraged to do anything for herself. She was never encouraged to say please or thank you, never encouraged to talk to people, never even encouraged to go to school. Mary is 5'7 and weighs probably 230+lbs. For a 13 year old who is going through hormones this is a major effect on her body image/confidence and many other things.
Anyways, my aunt is a terrible parent. My uncle? He never wanted children and it really shows, which leave a bad impression on my cousins. My aunt is trying to get Mary diagnosed with something, ANYTHING, because she is in such a deep denial and cannot point the fingers at herself that she went wrong with babying my cousin so now she has the mentality of a 7 year old at best. They went to a psychiatrist and she got "diagnosed" with aspergers and OCD. She wont talk to anyone because shes not encuraged to nor was ever taught the social means to do so. There is no way in hell she has either of these things. My aunt was even wanting to put her on meds she doesn't need. Also she isn't encouraged at all to go to school, she sits at home all day on the computer. This is getting to a point where i'm getting mentally sick of seeing this going on in front of my eyes, that my cousin, is doing this. This is abuse.
Someone, anyone, could I do anything to help or not?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Aunt is a bad parent, therefore trying to diagnose cousin with something, and going to give her meds. Cousin is going to end up a fat blob in the projects on welfare. | Aunt is a bad parent, therefore trying to diagnose cousin with something, and going to give her meds. Cousin is going to end up a fat blob in the projects on welfare. | 5,909 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by asking my substitute teacher if he was in a gang
POST: So this happened roughly 3 months ago and I just now had the idea to post it. Btw I am 16 and am a junior in high school. So this particular day I was in pre calculus... The class I hated the very most that semester. But this day I thought would be better as my teacher was gone and I had a sub. As I sat down and the sub began calling role he would make these hilarious jokes that the entire class was enthralled by. We were putty in his hands. He could have been a comedian that teaches pre-cal on the side. So he finishes role and we are all sitting here listening to him telling us about his life story that more or less was a comedy show for us. And I guess I got WAY to comfortable with the whole student teacher respect thing and so me and many other kids in the class began to reply to his jokes and we were all getting laughs. Here's where the fuck up takes place. So as he is drawing something on the white board he is looking for the expo markers and someone hands him a blue marker. He then replies with "nah fam I only like RED markers." And so me bieng the dumbass that I am says out loud "Oh so u think u blood cuh??"... The class was dead silent and everyone stopped laughing at this God of a substitute teacher to stare at me and the sub immediately shuts down the whole nice guy thing and says " thanks to your friend over here we're all gunna have a silent workday now" so yeah I fucked up.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I had a cool sub then asked him if he was a blood... U know like the gang. And then the sub was no longer awesome as the class awkwardly stared at me. | I had a cool sub then asked him if he was a blood... U know like the gang. And then the sub was no longer awesome as the class awkwardly stared at me. | 5,239 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/personalfinance
TITLE: Should I take out a student loan for a new computer?
POST: I am a 21 year old college student, I'm in my junior year of an engineering degree. I intend to get my masters as well, so I am looking at a good 3.5 years of school still to go.
My current computer is 4 years old and starting to fall apart (cd player cover has fallen off, hinge is getting unstable, ect.), but still runs ok for now. There is no way that it will last all the way through my education, so I will definitely need a new computer at some point.
I have been able to stay out of debt thus far. I have scholarships that have covered my tuition and I live at home in order to avoid paying for housing/rent. I have always had a job while in school, but usually with very few overall hours. After my normal expenses (gas, food, phone bill, ect.) I usually have very little money left over, so I have pretty much no money in savings. I would have to cut a lot of expenses for a long period of time to save enough money for a new computer.
So my question: Is it worth taking out my first (and hopefully only) student loan in order to get a new computer? In engineering I use my computer a lot and I need something relatively powerful to run some of the software I use. I would ideally like to get something like the Surface Book ($1700) or maybe even the Surface Pro 4 ($1300).
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I am an engineering student, I need a new computer, I have no debt but also no savings. Is it worth taking out $1500ish in student loans to invest in a good computer? | I am an engineering student, I need a new computer, I have no debt but also no savings. Is it worth taking out $1500ish in student loans to invest in a good computer? | 6,437 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [18 M] slept with with my best friend [18 F] even though she has a boyfriend for 2 years. Not sure how she feels.
POST: The three of us know each other for a few years now, but about a month ago, She "asked me out on a date" during one of their fights and break-ups (they "break-up" about twice a month), and while they got back together the next day me and her started talking a lot more.
She tried to match me with her friend and called me a "traitor" when I said yes or whenever I mentioned her, She often asked me if I like her or who I prefer, her or X, She said that she would probably try and hook up with me if she didn't have a boyfriend, You get the idea...
But she also always made sure I know nothing will happen between us (even the day I slept with her) and it doesn't look like she have any plans of breaking up with her current boyfriend.
It's been a few days since and I talked to her every day like nothing happened, but when I did try asking her what she would want to happen between us I was never able to get a straight answer ("I don't know" mostly).
I have no idea what to think right now. I owe her a lot (circumstances aside she pretty much saved my life) and I would do anything for her, but I don't know what to think about her. I'm not even sure if I can be in a relationship with someone like her.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I slept with my best friend (cheating on her boyfriend), our relationship is complicated, I have no idea how to continue.. | I slept with my best friend (cheating on her boyfriend), our relationship is complicated, I have no idea how to continue.. | 2,584 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: When I was at a club last night a seemingly genuine girl was instantly in love with a guy who said "Is that a *insert designer name* dress? I am wearing Hugo Boss"... Reddit, what are your thoughts/stories about the clubbing scene?
POST: After the a few more similar encounters I only began to have a good time when I started treating the whole night like a massive joke. eg. girl compliments my jacket, and asks "what brand is it?" I reply, 50% off from target.
Seriously, am I the loser to think it's lame to talk about brand names and openly judge each other like this?
I had another conversation with a dude I just met who proceeded to boast to me about how "successful" he is after i subtly asked what he was up to this weekend (in charge of all these projects etc etc). After 15 minutes or so when he was done telling me how good he is and offering me a job, he asked me what I do. So I said I do online surveys for a living. (I am 21, he is 21...)
Reddit is this normal?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Call me slow but I think I have learnt that the clubbing scene is not a place you can expect to meet genuine people. | Call me slow but I think I have learnt that the clubbing scene is not a place you can expect to meet genuine people. | 6,130 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Found out my best friend is being cheated on, not sure what to do.
POST: My best friend (17, f) has been dating her boyfriend (18) for about a year, and she is really in love with him. My friends and I never really liked him, we always thought that he wasn't always the best to her, but it seemed like he loved her so we left it alone. Well, his best friend told my other friend that the boyfriend supposably hates my best friend and cheats on her whenever he gets the chance and the only reason he hasn't dumped her yet is because he's afraid she will kill herself.
Of course, I feel horrible and I feel like I should tell her. But honestly, she has some severe depression issues and I feel like if I tell her she honestly might kill herself or go into such an extreme depressive state that could last for a very long time. Also, my friend who told me doesn't want me telling her because she doesn't want to get in trouble and she feels like the messenger is always shot so we should just stay out of it (this friend would be really pissed at me if I told anone else, so much so that if I were to tell people it might loose my friendship with her which I don't want). I really do want to tell my best friend though- I feel like she has the right to know (if it were me, I'd want to know)- but I am honestly concerned as to what would happen if she were to find out the truth. They had broken up for like 3 days 6 months ago and she literally woudn't stop crying the whole 3 days and didn't eat or sleep. I just really don't know what to do here.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | found out my best friend's boyfriend hates her and is cheating on her, but I am afraid of what telling her might do even though I feel like she deserves to know. | found out my best friend's boyfriend hates her and is cheating on her, but I am afraid of what telling her might do even though I feel like she deserves to know. | 207 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Have to write a presentation regarding IT for uni and need ideas. Help?
POST: Hey guys - the presentation can be anything from networking to OOP (the first two ideas that came to my mind). The problem is that networking was done last year and I don't want to write about anything that I know for sure is a repetition. As for OOP, since it's the first course in IT studies, I'm not sure if most people will even understand what programming really is about, let alone grasp the concepts of OOP. (OOP is due next year in uni).
A little background about my knowledge - I'm fairly knowledgeable all around IT. I've spent last 6/7 years coding webpages in PHP, I'd say that I am at senior developer level. I've worked for four months as an IT security consultant so I have a good grasp of that as well. I also know the ins and outs of IT project management, the tools to use and the reasoning behind correct decisions in IT project management. Basically, I could write about almost anything with the help of Wikipedia.
The presentation is meant to share some knowledge with fellow students so it doesn't have to be anything supersmart and superlong.
It's just that when I try to come up with a decent idea that everybody would enjoy watching a presentation about, my mind just draws a blank..
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Need ideas for a presentation for my fellow students at uni and my mind seems to shut down when I try to figure out about what exactly to write so I'd love if you guys could help me out. | Need ideas for a presentation for my fellow students at uni and my mind seems to shut down when I try to figure out about what exactly to write so I'd love if you guys could help me out. | 4,486 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/weddingplanning
TITLE: What was your biggest "WTF?" moment on your wedding day?
POST: Here's mine. I just had to share because it's seriously insane.
I was standing kind of away from the crowd because I had to use the bathroom, and of course you get stopped a million times. So I'm chatting with one of my MILs friends, someone I've never met, mind you. We're having a pleasant conversation when my 16 year old nephew comes up to me and interrupts by saying, "Aunt V, I need to talk to you about something."
"...Um, ok." I look awkwardly at the woman because I feel bad that our conversation was interrupted and then he goes, "Something personal." The lady takes that as her cue to leave to give us privacy.
He comes up to me and says, "Do you have any weed I can buy?"
ON MY FUCKING WEDDING DAY!!!
I was like, "NO." and walked away.
First of all, you are my nephew. I am NEVER selling you weed. Secondly, I DON'T SELL WEED?! Thirdly, I don't even HAVE weed. And fourth, IT'S MY FUCKING WEDDING DAY. I COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO SELL YOU WEED ON MY WEDDING DAY EVEN IF I DID HAVE SOME AND I DID SELL WEED AND I FELT ALRIGHT SELLING IT TO YOU, MY 16 YEAR OLD NEPHEW. ON MY WEDDING DAY.
Just had to share. It was absolutely absurd.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My nephew interrupted a conversation to ask me if he could buy weed from me on my wedding day, in the middle of the reception. | My nephew interrupted a conversation to ask me if he could buy weed from me on my wedding day, in the middle of the reception. | 890 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [24F] SIL [29F] wants nothing to do with me. How do I mend our relationship before our entire family falls apart?
POST: So I work at a family business that is very quickly growing into a large business. I have been working there for 3 years with my husband [32M], both his parents and his sister.
Basically his sister thinks I have been going behind her back attempting to sabotage her part of the business, and I honestly am blown away that she thinks that. While she was pregnant and on leave I helped build her brand into something that could really take off and she really did not do anything with it once I passed it back to her.
After a big dramatic event at work, she did not talk to me and my husband for an entire month.
I finally confronted her about it today and told her I was sorry that it seemed like we were going behind her back, but that was never any of our intention and we didn't mean to hurt her if we had done so and I would like to mend our relationship and sister-in-laws.
She came back and said that I was young and immature and don't think about other people. I apparently am incredibly inconsiderate and am too ambitious. She also says I never should have had anything to do with her part of the business/brand and that it was my fault that it is the way it is. She says she doesn't want anything to do with us right now and we took too long to apologize to her and her ship has sailed.
I am afraid I am breaking up my husbands family. His parents have only given us bad advice from the start and its really what has gotten us to this breaking point. They kept telling us to move forward with working on her stuff, then when we said we didn't have the bandwidth anymore to the CEO and her boss, thats when she stopped talking to us.
Communication with her has been out the door since she got pregnant with her first kid. I will admit that my communication should have been better, but she did not make any effort herself.
So now this whole family fight is my fault and I am the one who just married in and I feel like I am breaking the family apart. How do I fix everything?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | SIL thinks I went behind her back at work and now doesn't want to have anything to do with my husband and I. | SIL thinks I went behind her back at work and now doesn't want to have anything to do with my husband and I. | 2,515 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My[25F] LTR boyfriend[27M] wants to buy a house, I won't be on the mortgage. Anyone in this situation or have input?
POST: Hello reddit,
My SO and I have been together round abouts three years. We were friends for years before that, he kissed me on a friend's balcony and we haven't looked back. He and I try to communicate as best we can (partially due to me trolling /r/relationships).
I realized we were meant to be when we were installing a light fixture in my mother's house. We work so well together, I can't imagine finding a better partner.
The issue here is our living situation:
Our original plan was to find a rental in a neat part of town, but his parents have offered to foot the bill on a down payment on a house. There are a few places he has looked at in the area in his price range, but he hasn't followed up on them at this point. He did all this decision-making and research without involving me in the process, but we talked about it today.
I've agreed to living in the house he buys, but I don't want my name on the mortgage. He wants to move to a bigger city in five years or so, so I don't see the point in purchasing a house. His roommate is moving out in a month or two, and if he hasn't found a place yet, I will be moving into his apartment temporarily.
I was wondering what you all thought about one partner having the property in their name? Has anyone been in a similar situation? What should we do in terms of property tax, repayment of his parents, and the mortgage?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My boyfriend is going to buy a house, I am going to live with him. Uncertain on how to go about this. | My boyfriend is going to buy a house, I am going to live with him. Uncertain on how to go about this. | 1,867 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [36M] am pushing my girlfriend [32F] away and don't know how to bring her back
POST: We have been dating for roughly 3 months and I can honestly say it is the most satisfying relationship I have had in such a short time. Maybe it's because we both realize that we are at that point in our lives where we know what we want and we share those things with each other.
I have shared things with her I have never told anyone, as I want her to be a part of my life. I suffer from Frontal lobe traumatic brain injury and was up front with her about it. Because of this damage, I can at times become irritable, mean, rude and just plain pissy. I try and control it as well as I can, but it is hard.
I try not to be negative towards people, but sometimes it just flows. This is what she can't stand. She understand that it's hard for me, but I don't think she comprehends how difficult it actually is. So when she points out how I'm being rude or difficult, I get defensive.
This in turn causes a small argument. I hate that we fight and I don't want to. It just feels that she is attacking me. I know she is not, but I remind myself that after it is too late.
I don't want to lose this woman. She is great. She makes me happy. I want to simply return her kindness and caring and honestly don't know how.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Pushing girlfriend away because of anger due to medical condition. Don't know how to show her I'm trying to make it better. | Pushing girlfriend away because of anger due to medical condition. Don't know how to show her I'm trying to make it better. | 945 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by allowing myself to be stood up and telling a friend about it
POST: As always, this didn't actually happen today
I made plans with a girl I had been talking to online for a few months for her to come down and visit me. She didn't live too far but it was still three trains away. Well the day came and she hadn't been responding to my messages. Waited all day, she didn't come. I get a message the next day just: *I have a virus*. I called 'bullshit' and just ignored the message. She stood me up.
The day after, I was talking to a friend of mine about it. We were friends as kids, family are pretty close, they moved away not so long ago. She asked me whether I was a virgin and I confided in her, telling her that I had been recently stood up. She laughed for a solid two minutes. At first I was laughing with her but that eventually faded. She immediately apologised (she could tell I wasn't enjoying it) but couldn't hold herself any longer. I eventually hung up and couldn't bear the embarrassment anymore. We usually give each other a hard time and laugh but this was just plain mean.
I feel like shit still.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | got stood up by a girl, told a good friend, got laughed at, hung up with embarrassment. Still feel like crap about it. | got stood up by a girl, told a good friend, got laughed at, hung up with embarrassment. Still feel like crap about it. | 2,045 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [36 M] with my wife[28 F] of a year and half, causing family issues, unhappy parents
POST: First and foremost, I'm really just mentally exhausted. I am a good guy and sensitive. My wife cheated on me. And bad. I am giving her a another chance and she has been spectacular in doing the right thing and working to rebuild trust. Here comes a major problem though...
When this all happened I reached out to my family for support and now they are less than thrilled with my decision to work on my relationship. My wife and I are separated, have been for 4 months, however continue to see each other and work towards reconciliation. We do not live together. It appears to me that my parents, and possibly brothers and sisters in law may not be able to forgive.
I sent an email last night telling my family that I was working on things with my wife. The only response that I have received thus far is from my mother who has said that she "will pray" that "God's plan for us will be accepted by all". Also, she said that she is upset that maybe I "disclosed a little too much" when all of this went down and now its all coming back to bite me.
I'm frustrated. I understand her point and I don't expect them all to forgive or forget today, tomorrow, or anytime soon. However, I feel like I am the black sheep. I feel as if I have done something wrong by taking my wife back and for giving another chance. I feel like I did something wrong for leaning on my family when times got tough. Isn't that what family is for??
I have a very close family but today that email validated my long held feelings that I am THE fuck up. I married a woman who they hate. I have made horrible decisions myself in the past. I feel like my family looks down on me and today just strengthens that feeling.
I feel angry almost because I have been victimized by my wife's actions but today I was essentially told that I almost did something wrong for leaning on my family. My mom told me that she hurts for me. That she hates to see her son in pain. I understand that... Do I have a chance of ever saving my relationship with my immediate family and my marriage or do I have to choose between them?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Working on marriage with estranged wife/family is not happy... What can I do? What can my wife do to help the situation? | Working on marriage with estranged wife/family is not happy... What can I do? What can my wife do to help the situation? | 2,677 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: Best friend [m21] has been flirting with my [m21] girlfriend [f20].
POST: Well a little back story me and my best friend graduated highschool together and my girlfriend had been a mutual friend ever sense. When her and I started dating he told her that he liked her a lot and that he wasn't going to do anything because she was dating me. Now a few yours later were all still friends but he broke up with his girl friend and sence then he has been acting very flirtatious with my girlfriend and bring her food and eating with her on her lunch at work and always trying to spend time with her. I trust her and have no doubt she would let anything happen but I just don't know what to do. He's kind of a heavy drinker and recently tried to kiss my girlfriend while I assume under the influence and I haven't brought it up yet.... Any advice will help but I'm looking for other advice other then "well just talk to him" I need more then that.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | best friend likes my girlfriend of 5 years and has been flirting and making it abviously he's interested in her. | best friend likes my girlfriend of 5 years and has been flirting and making it abviously he's interested in her. | 2,246 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/dogs
TITLE: [Help] I know exercise should be judged for the individual dog, but I'm having trouble getting a read on my dog's limits
POST: I've checked out past threads and found the general advice that it's best to judge your dog's exercise needs on a case by case basis, but I'm struggling to find my dog's ideal level, possibly because he's got such an irrepressible personality that I think he would run until he plowed head first into the ground. Also, we've been having unusually hot weather here (27C/80F not actually super hot, and I always take a bottle of water out for him), so he starts panting very early in his walk/run.
Info on the dog: Bobby is a 3year oldish shelter dog. He's a terrier mix, looks like a tall Yorkshire Terrier. When we got him he was underweight, he's now up to a healthy weight; my scales are broken at the moment but he's somewhere in the region of 7kg. I ramped up his exercise since he's reached a healthy weight, but I don't seem to be hitting a ceiling. He gets three walks a day, his morning and afternoon walks are almost always over 40min and can be over an hour (if they're any shorter, he'll get a 4th walk in the day). Most of the time I go out on the bike and depending where we are he's attached to my waist or running free, in which case he covers way more ground. His third walk is just a bedtime wee and is generally less the 20min and never with the bike. If he's had some tough runs over the course of few days I'll give him a lower activity day, but his level of activity don't seem to have a great deal of bearing on his mood and energy levels. Some days he's up and around looking to play murder the stuffy all day, some days he curls up on the couch with me and sleeps most of the day.
I've been putting off making this thread, cos I'm not sure what any of you can say other than pay attention to your dog, but it's gotten to the point where I'm exercising him enough that I'm worrying I might be working him too hard. Are there any signs I could look out for?
[Thanks for any help](
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My dog would joyfully run himself into a coma. How to tell if you're over exercising a dog with no desire to stop, ever? | My dog would joyfully run himself into a coma. How to tell if you're over exercising a dog with no desire to stop, ever? | 5,287 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Pulled over because I looked, "Too young to be driving such a nice car." Are police allowed to do that?
POST: Hey Reddit.
A couple of days ago, I was at a red light, minding my own business when a cop car pulls up beside me into the left turning lane. I turn to look at the cop, and both her and her partner are staring at me. I just ignore it as the lights turn green and they turn left as I go straight. A couple of seconds later, I see in my rear view mirror that they pull a 360 in the middle of the intersection and their lights turn on. I assume they got a distress call until they start tailing me. I know I did nothing wrong because I went when the light was green and I was only doing about 55 - 60KM in a 50KM zone (Yes, I am in Canada).
I pull over into the nearest parking lot and turn off my car. One of the police officers starts to walk up to my window, so I open it up just about an inch. The officer asks for my licence and registration, which I proceed to get for him. I ask him, "What seems to be the problem officer?" to which he responds, no problem, just doing a checkup." "A checkup for what," I ask. He sais, "Well, you look a little young to be driving such a nice car." I am 18 and I drive my parents 04 [Acura TL](
I was floored, because this is not the first time this has happened to me, more like my third.
Here is my question to you Reddit. Are the police allowed to pull me over to do a "check up" because I look too young to be driving a nice car? The car was not reported stolen or anything like that.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Got pulled over because I am 18 years old and drive a luxury sedan. Are the 5-0 allowed to pull me over for basically no reason? | Got pulled over because I am 18 years old and drive a luxury sedan. Are the 5-0 allowed to pull me over for basically no reason? | 3,631 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [26 M] with my SO [23 F]1 year together, she is going to sleep with another man for the first time since we are together after lots of women.
POST: Hi,
me and my so live together,we started exprimenting threesome with a friend of hers(a girl) at the beginning of the year.
We liked the experience.
Lately we started seeing other women (mostly together) and i asked if she liked to try a man. She didnt want to,because she says that there's difference between man and women.
i always replied that its the same thing(altough i never slept with a man actually..) but i understood, its her choice.
Recently she found a man she likes and i pushed her to continue with him and ,why not,meet him.
She met him a couple nights ago outside a club we were in,and after my blessing,they kissed!
I was so happy.
Friday they are gonna be together and possibly have sex the two of them(again i pushed for it)
Now i'm actually happy for all of this,because now we have an open relationship ,and thats the thing i always wanted BUT
i have this irrational fear inside me,so i wanted to ask someone who's been through this and hear what you think
thank you!
sorry for my english ,its my third language :(
TL;DR: . Assistant: | me and so fell in love, experimented with other women both together and alone,and after pressuring she wants to try with men too,now she is going to and i have a strange feeling,need help | me and so fell in love, experimented with other women both together and alone,and after pressuring she wants to try with men too,now she is going to and i have a strange feeling,need help | 4,815 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [27 M] with my girlfriend [25 F] off and on for 8 years, she slept with a couple of her guy friends while we're broken up, still wants me to hang out with all of them
POST: So me and my girlfriend's relationship has been extremely rocky for most of its duration. We've both done a lot of shitty things to each other, trust has been broken on both ends, but we still manage to forge ahead. For the most part, things are good though. We are a great team, at the end of it all.
However, throughout our relationship, we've had a handful of breaks. The last time we broke it off, it was because I betrayed her trust with some things I did online. I take full responsibility, and understand why this may have her feeling that she doesn't owe me anything.
This last break lasted two or three months, and throughout that time she told me that she had slept with one other guy, yet wouldn't tell me who because it's "none of my business." Fast forward to about a year afterward, and after a little pressure is applied, she admitted that she had fooled around with a guy friend she hangs out with fairly often. And just recently, she let it slip that she fooled around with *another* of her guy friends. However, she insists it was a long time ago, and that nothing has happened since.
Now, I know I screwed things up before, and those things probably would not have happened if I hadn't. She considers these guys very close friends, and was friends with them long before anything happened intimately. For that reason, I've been cool with her continuing to hang out with them. I simply told her that I didn't want to be around them while they were together.
For whatever reason, this bothers her. She's upset that I don't want to hang out at their place and drink/party with them. I just want to hold onto some semblance of pride, and not grin like an idiot in the face of guys who she messed around with in the past. This has caused some serious tension in the relationship, and I honestly don't understand why. Am I being unreasonable? These aren't people I particularly get along with anyway, and she's more than welcome to spend as much time with them as she wants. What's the right answer here?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Girlfriend messed around with a couple of her friends while we were on a break, is upset that I don't want to spend time around them. | Girlfriend messed around with a couple of her friends while we were on a break, is upset that I don't want to spend time around them. | 4,328 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me[20] and my good girlfriend[20]
POST: Hello /relationships,
I am a 20 years old, shy introvert boy and I have great ability to see what other people think, mostly I can "read" people's feelings and their feels to others.
I correctly guessd some duos in my old school (who likes whom), saw girls who like my friends and then put them together. I just see a lot.
Now i am here with a problem. On grammar school I was attending, I found girl who liked me but I wasnt able to speak to her. She is as shy as I am, silent and she was in other classroom than me. We were just 2 or 3 hours a week together and with next 20 students. Now we both are attending high school and I can see her sometimes there and she me. We both are friends on FB but we arent writing too much. We even dont know each other much to keep our friendship there so long. Last time we were writing was before the school leaving exam, year and half ago. In school she always nicely smiles to me. I am sure she likes me and I like her.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Can you please give me some advices how to talk with her and maybe get together? When could be the right time? What should I talk about? | Can you please give me some advices how to talk with her and maybe get together? When could be the right time? What should I talk about? | 2,005 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Is it moving too fast for me [19m] to kiss this girl [19f] when I first see her on the second date?
POST: Okay, like I said I am overthinking things. Normally I do not even think, I just act, but this is the first girl I ACTUALLY like. We had our first date, and I did not kiss her goodbye. I wanted it to be more of a surprise, and not expected. She has visited me every day at work since then, and I have kissed her goodnight.
Our second date is today, and I want to be more prominent with my flirtiness. The first date was getting to know her, and ever since then she was at my work. I want to kiss her immediately when I see her, and since I have kissed her goodnight the past 5 days, I dont really see anything wrong with it.
I just do not want to move this too fast, and I am worried that doing that will.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Second date with this girl, and want to kiss her when I first see her. Is that going to be moving too fast? | Second date with this girl, and want to kiss her when I first see her. Is that going to be moving too fast? | 1,814 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by falling asleep
POST: This happened this Easter's Eve. I was at my friend's place with him, and his girlfriend. It was getting late, naturally, I started to doze off. I woke up the next morning before them, and left. Around three o' clock that day I get a call from my friend. He started the conversation with, "Some shit went down last night". Which confused me. All we did was get a little high, and watched Goodfellas. What shit could have possibly gone down? He then tells me that he woke up to me "sleep peeing" on him, and his girl. He told me that he started to get really hot in his dream, he woke up to find the heat source to be my urine. As naturally as I dozed off he punched me in the stomach thinking that would wake me up. Instead of waking up I said, "unlock it", for some reason only the sleep gods know of, and continued to pee. After I finished relieving myself on my friend, his girlfriend, and their bed I walked to where I had passed out, and laid down to continue sleeping. I've always slept walked, and would occasionally sleep walk into my parents room. A handful of times I ended up sleep peeing in their closet, but it hasn't happened since I was around nine years old. This is by far the most embarrassing event in my life so far. For some reason that I'll never be able to wrap my mind around my friend, and his girl weren't mad, in fact they even invited me over the night after I had defiled them in my sleep, and theirs. I didn't accept their invitation due to the fact I won't be able to look them in the eyes for a while.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I fell asleep at my friend and his girlfriend's place and ended up sleep walking over to their bed and proceed to "sleep pee" on them. | I fell asleep at my friend and his girlfriend's place and ended up sleep walking over to their bed and proceed to "sleep pee" on them. | 2,521 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Heard you like puzzles - the May Day Mystery has gone unsolved for over 30 years. Care to give it a go?
POST: My university's student newspaper has been running mysterious full-page ads from an unknown group every May 1 since 1981. Each ad is a seemingly random collage of math equations, scientific diagrams of all disciplines, maps, symbols, art, passages in dozens of languages, references to key figures in history (namely Martin Luther, Calvin, Cromwell, and Gustavus Adolphus), and extremely cryptic passages referring often to "The Loyal Order of Un-reconstructed Freaks," and "The Hotel California."
Some examples:
[2008](
[2004](
[2003](
[Maydaymystery.org] has every May 1 ad since 1981, as well as other, smaller ads that appear on other dates.
The person or group responsible seems to have significant means, as 30 years worth of full-page ads in a university newspaper can't be cheap (dat youth demo). Plus, since the site was set up, the webmaster has been receiving even more cryptic e-mails and letters, sometimes with gifts like [rare coins] (this is a Mexican gold 2 1/2 peso dated 1945. Real gold.).
There are also references to a [safety deposit box] in a bank in Downtown Tucson.
An eccentric local lawyer apparently acts as the group's legal counsel, but refuses to discuss the origin of the ads. [Here's a local news story with some more background](
So, reddit, can you solve this 30-year-old puzzle?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Cryptic full-page puzzles show up in college newspaper every May 1, makes the [Subway Cipher] look like the Daily Jumble. | Cryptic full-page puzzles show up in college newspaper every May 1, makes the [Subway Cipher] look like the Daily Jumble. | 4,492 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [20f] need help. My boyfriend [26m] will not communicate with me, and our relationship is practically over because of it.
POST: ***Important
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My boyfriend let something bother him for so long, that now he doesn't feel the same about us anymore, but he literally WILL NOT talk to me about the situation. | My boyfriend let something bother him for so long, that now he doesn't feel the same about us anymore, but he literally WILL NOT talk to me about the situation. | 4,267 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/legaladvice
TITLE: I think my cousin is selling a bunch of weed...
POST: throwaway since some family members know my account
So I'm pretty sure that my cousin is selling weed. By pretty sure I mean that he is almost undoubtedly selling. On his Instagram, he almost only posts pictures of big ass stacks of bills and huge jars of weed. And buys super expensive stuff in cash. He lives on campus at school in VT, but his permanent address is in NY. He also doesn't have a job.
What should I say to him consequences if he gets caught selling? I feel like I should say something to him as his older cousin but I'm at a loss of what to say other than about what it would do to our grandparents and family. I also don't know if i should talk to him or his parents since going directly to him would eliminate me being able to go to his parents. I'm at a loss. I love this kid and don't want to see him end up fucking himself over.
Any advice would be fantastic. Thank you r/legaladvice
TL;DR: . Assistant: | cousin goes to school in VT, lives in NY, post pictures of his huge jars of weed and fat stacks of bills on his instagram. at a loss of what to say to him/his parents | cousin goes to school in VT, lives in NY, post pictures of his huge jars of weed and fat stacks of bills on his instagram. at a loss of what to say to him/his parents | 3,564 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: I teach Japanese swordsmanship and no one cares...
POST: ... and, on the whole, that is in no way problematic for me. I wager a great deal of people here fall under this distinction.
HOWEVER, not owning a school and being forced to sneak-teach (not nearly as suggestive as it sounds) in public parks or sign into a contract deal at a local community center (which I am currently doing) teaching with the very, VERY few students I have is heavy in cost both in time and in money. At this point in time, I am losing money to the community center. 100% of what I take in from student/s covers 60% of the center's monthly fee.
Easy problem to understand. Need to teach indoors due to high chances of inclement weather. Roof cost money. Money comes from Students. Have 1 solid student. No money :C
The solution is a bit more complicated. It's hard enough generating interest in the martial arts let alone a SWORD art. It's nigh impossible to get someone to understand the benefit of studying swordsmanship when many, many people have already decided ahead of time that they will NOT understand anything you try to tell them because "I'll just buy a gun OLOLOLOLOLOL!". It takes a very specific kind of person to earnestly study swordsmanship (I'm gonna say that studying consistently for longer than a year qualifies you as "earnest") and finding them is wickid hah'd.
I've tried all of the low cost methods of advertising I could think of which, admittedly, is not many (dropping fliers around, craigslist ads, you know, free things). NOW I am beginning to wonder if a more... I hate to call it "professional" considering the many flavors of ads I've seen... let's say "cost intensive" approach might be better. Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas/thoughts on how best to approach attracting more students? Totally open to suggestions more abstract than "place an ad in the paper". The best ways are probably the simplest but I thought I'd swing by and ask while I was here :D
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I teach swordsmanship, I have nearly zero students, I'm bleeding money and I suck at marketing myself. How can I continue to teach and attract EARNEST students? Ideas? | I teach swordsmanship, I have nearly zero students, I'm bleeding money and I suck at marketing myself. How can I continue to teach and attract EARNEST students? Ideas? | 3,056 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: I've been ungrateful to parents who have wanted only the best for me for the longest time. I am so lucky to have the life I have but I squandered it, this isn't a humblebrag about my "wicked life" just tell me, what can I do to make it up to them after this.
POST: I'm 17, leaving for University, and I've had epiphany after epiphany of how shitty i've beent to them, or how all the nice things they do I ruin with moods etc., I know there isn't a quick fix, but I want to do something nice. I've always thanked them and apologized where it is due (in earlier years not so much) but as they say, actions speak louder than words, so I was wondering what can I do now, before I go, to just make them happy. What can I keep doing, I know all the little things, doing chores, keeping my room clean, cleaning up after myself, helping around the house, but what's a big thing, for say christmas, or their birthdays, that I can do to make them happy?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I AM GUILTY AFTER BEING A SHITTY SON AND WANT TO REPAY MY PARENTS AND MAKE THEM HAPPY, WHAT SHOULD I DO? | I AM GUILTY AFTER BEING A SHITTY SON AND WANT TO REPAY MY PARENTS AND MAKE THEM HAPPY, WHAT SHOULD I DO? | 5,348 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by leaving my phone unlocked
POST: I live in a college suite of six guys, all of whom I trust and get along with greatly, so greatly in fact, that I leave my phone unlocked and lying around like an idiot. My roommate, AZ, recently got nudes from some girl he's interested in and showed them to us. Which is great! On a side note, it is important to the story to know that I hooked up with her last semester, not to AZ's knowledge.
Today, I get a series of messages from AZ, asking why I sent myself nudes of this girl from his phone and ipad. It is worth noting, that I, did not in fact do this. I double checked my phone: No nudes. I inform him, and send him screenshots of my gallery, which is a barren wasteland of no tits or ass. He gets back to the dorm, and shows me his ipad (which he also leaves unlocked apparently) and his phone. On his phone, our messages clearly indicate that someone sent me nudes at some point in time. On his ipad, the evidence is deleted. I show him my phone, and he does not believe me, which is reasonable.
My personal theory is that someone sent them on his ipad, deleted the pictures on my phone, and then deleted the messages on the ipad, knowing he would still have the imessage on his phone, and making it look like I tried to delete them. The rest of my suitemates, knowing I hooked up with her, are now also suspicious, and now I'm the scumbag of my suite with no way to prove my innocence.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Someone sent me titty pics on a friends phone and set me up to look like I was the culprit. I'm now in the middle of a giant sexting conspiracy. | Someone sent me titty pics on a friends phone and set me up to look like I was the culprit. I'm now in the middle of a giant sexting conspiracy. | 4,484 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Pets
TITLE: Any experience with Feliway?
POST: My poor cat (~1yr old calico) has problems peeing--it might be crystals. I'm currently working with a vet and changing her diet etc. One thing that was suggested was Feliway.
The Vet said that she might not be getting enough water. This cat drinks more water than any cat I've ever seen, and I was giving her wet food twice a day as well. Before she was having problems urinating she'd PEE SO MUCH! Like massive clumps of urine that she'd play with if I didn't scoop them straight away (my kitten is a dirtball). I'm wondering if maybe she misses me and is drinking less when I'm not around and I'm not really noticing it. If this is the case I want to try Feliway. (My mom, a vet tech recommends it as well).
For my cat's first 7 months with me (she followed me home off the street) I was working from home, this month, I started working a "real" job and am away for 9 hours. I do make an effort to play with her a bit when I get home, but she's such a cuddle bug that we wind up just cuddling and watching TV.
It's hard to tell if she is stressed with me leaving, because she is SUCH A CHILL LITTLE GIRL. She's playful at the right times, cuddly when I want her to be, and she's so good at the vet--only slightly "normal" nervous.
I'm not having issues with her peeing outside the box; I just want to make her less stressed.
Sorry, on with the questions, have you guys used Feliway? Where do I plug it in? My apartment is the first floor of a row home and she's allowed everywhere.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | want to try Feliway for my 1 yr spayed kitten because she's newly alone all day. Has anyone used it? How do I do it? | want to try Feliway for my 1 yr spayed kitten because she's newly alone all day. Has anyone used it? How do I do it? | 2,270 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [14/F] with my mom [50F] duration, she asks me to things that are LITERALLY impossible and then gets mad when I can't do them?
POST: Hi.
I live with my mom and sister, my brothers are at university. My parents are getting divorced, and my dad doesn't want to see me anymore.
So, my mom is really stressed. I don't let a lot of what she does bother me. However, she's started doing something lately and I'd like some advice.
My mom will ask me to do things I LITERALLY cannot do. For example: delete an app from her iPad. However, the parental controls on it won't let me. When I told her this, I got yelled st. She always goes, "WHY IS IT ALWAYS A DISCUSSION WITH YOU?". She hates it whenever I disagree with her.
This happens once or twice a day. Today, she wanted me to add more stuff to the dishwasher. It was already running, and it was full. Still, I tried to add some more. When I told her it didn't fit, she told me to stop disagreeing with her constantly. Help?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | my mom asks me to do things that are impossible. She yells at me when I can't do them or tell her I can't. How do I calm | my mom asks me to do things that are impossible. She yells at me when I can't do them or tell her I can't. How do I calm | 5,192 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My SO [22 M] works a lot and goes to school, doesn't have time for me [22 F]and I don't want him to give stuff up for me.
POST: Aside from this, we don't really have any other problems.
He works 8 hours a day in a factory and also is a dancer at weekend nights. Besides, he goes to university (Product design. I study there too) and whatever little amount of free times he (we) get is spent studying or working on our designs.
We attend school at night and three times a week he also trains so seeing each other during weekdays is out of the question.
We also live with our respective parents, which limits even further the quality of our time together. We end up seeing each other maybe once every two weeks, and due to our family circumstances, get to have sex maybe once every three weeks.
This has come up several times already, and I don't want him to give up what he does because of me, because I know he will regret it later on. I don't work currently and even so, I have little free time as well, but I can make do and arrange my schedule to see him.
Yesterday he told me there was this cultural festival in our town, and he and his friends were scheduled to dance there. I am not invited to go with him. Said we could meet an hour before the festival for coffee, and I'd have to travel 1.5 hr each way to see him for an hour. I said I wasn't up for that since I have to study today, and that it made me sad that we could only see each other when he had a couple hours leftover from all his activities.
So here's the thing, I understand that the "I don't have time" situation is real, but it still makes me sad. He says he feels it as well and is tired of never being free, but that "it will pass". I know it won't pass unless he gives something up, but I don't want to be the reason he does.
I am asking you here, reddit, not to tell me to break up with him, that option is already being considered. I just need advice on how to word this to him and work it out without directly and simply breaking up.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My SO is so busy he doesn't have time to do almost anything with me, and I need help or ideas on how to work it out without making him feel he has to give things up for me. | My SO is so busy he doesn't have time to do almost anything with me, and I need help or ideas on how to work it out without making him feel he has to give things up for me. | 1,989 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I (24, female) found email from boyfriend (23) of 6 months responding to a casual encounters ad on Craigslist. The ad was man looking for a man.
POST: Background info: He and I have been dating for a little over 6 months. Basically fell head over heels, and moved in quickly together. We had plans to move to a new city in August where I will be starting my first year in law school. We have an apartment reserved and everything is taken care of. I have never had any suspicions and he treats me better than anyone I've ever been with. He makes me feel beautiful and worthy of companionship.
A couple of weeks ago he was sent out of state on a short 5 day business trip. He works for a retail company and was helping to set up a new store.
Since his return, he's just been a little off. I felt horrible (and still do) but I did something shitty and went through his phone.
Found out he had responded to a man looking for man casual encounters ad on craigslist. His email sounded very comfortable, as he knew the acronyms and typical format. He sent it the day he got out of town. The man responded 3 days later, to which my boyfriend offered to host. There is no other communication that I could find.
When I confronted him, he said that he has no idea why he even responded to the ad. He said he didn't want to actually meet up, but had the urge to talk to someone online only. He claims that what I have read is the only communication he had and that he has never physically cheated on me. He also said that this is the only instance where he was interested in talking to a man sexually.
I have no idea what to do. I love and care about him deeply and I have never connected so easily with anyone. I do not know what to believe and whether what he is saying is bullshit.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Caught boyfriend responding to ad for sex with a man while away on business. I am happy for the first time and have no idea whether to work through this or walk way. | Caught boyfriend responding to ad for sex with a man while away on business. I am happy for the first time and have no idea whether to work through this or walk way. | 2,809 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [24 F] with my SO [25 M] of 2 years - am I wrong to have thoughts about breaking up?
POST: 24F, SO 25M; duration 2 years. I still love him dearly but I'm unsure if we should continue being together. We are both on medication for depression.
For the past 7 months my boyfriend has been passive and unaffectionate. He ignored my birthday, never wants sex, doesn't want to go out, doesn't keep small promises, never contacted me during a month of long distance (I had to call/text him constantly to stay in communication).
I've tried to be as understanding as I can, but... I don't think he values my presence anymore. For these past 7 months he wants to be alone 99% of the time and doesn't want to talk or even cuddle for more than half an hour or so. I don't ask him for anything and try to make him happy (give gifts, make dinner, listen and encourage him).
He says he still loves me and wants to stay together, and that this has been due to his depression. I helped him find a better doctor and a therapist. But our patterns haven't changed, he's still passive and unaffectionate. We've talked about it several times and he's promised that he will change, but he never does.
I know it's not his fault, it's the depression, but I still feel really lonely and neglected. What should I do?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Boyfriend depressed for 7 months; passive and unaffectionate; despite all my efforts and understanding I feel lonely and neglected, not sure if we should continue | Boyfriend depressed for 7 months; passive and unaffectionate; despite all my efforts and understanding I feel lonely and neglected, not sure if we should continue | 1,799 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: How do I prepare for shrooms?
POST: Edit~This is not a joke, I am simply looking for help, I understand on reddit everything can be a joke to some people. (ik edits are supposed to be at the bottom)
A little background information first, I am thinking of taking them with my closest group of friends (all male, as am I) 5 including myself, 3/5 have had a single experience with them and all 5 of us are thinking about doing them in a couple months or something. We will be at my friends house with no parents under the supervision of his older brother who has had 6 years of consistant (consistant as in taking them, not as in an addictive like way) psychedelic drug usage who has sat for people before. He knows how to set up the right environment for this "event".
Now a little about myself. The only psychedelic drug experience i've had is that im the once a week or two smoker. I had minor depression as far as just being sad mood for no reason, that problem lasted a few years then went away. I currently have anxiety problems, these anxiety problems show up sometimes in social situations, in a large group of people, speaking in front of people, new experiences and general situations. These are all minor but can easily be triggered, and possibly made worse. Back in third grade through the middle of sixth these problems were much worse, to a point where i could not stay in class. I also have ADD. All of these problems are genetic.
From what i've heard and did a little background information about if you're not in the right place (not my concern) and the right mindset you can have a bad trip and possibly leave a bad effect or something after the fact.
As well i heard your insecurities can also possible give you a bad trip and they can all come out during your trip. All of my anxieties were based around being insecure about myself.
Also I am 16
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Anxiety problems because of insecurities (can cause a bad trip), history of minor depression, and ADD (on adderall if you cant tell from the block of text), all genetic. | Anxiety problems because of insecurities (can cause a bad trip), history of minor depression, and ADD (on adderall if you cant tell from the block of text), all genetic. | 1,771 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: [24 F] unsure what to do about [33 M] off and on for over a year, he's been acting weird and I came across confession of love for his ex.
POST: I have been dating my boyfriend off and on for over a year. We were friends for a while before we started dating. We've had a lot of problems because of his drinking and when I felt under-appreciated after exhausting myself taking care of him when he was having medical problems, and once when some girl kept sending him naked pics and he didn't discourage it. So we've broken up a couple times.
I keep getting back together with him because I do love him very much. He's the first person I've been willing to pursue a future with. He asked me if i'd be willing to follow him wherever he got a job (He's getting his doctorate and will need to go wherever he can find teaching positions). I agreed to it. He's told me he wants to marry me and have kids and the whole future bundle. I've never wanted that before, but with him, I do.
Recently he's been acting strange he said he wanted to move in together, but when I brought up some places I'd found he seemed uncomfortable and weird, he hasn't talked about the future at all the past month and seems distant.
This morning his phone was making noises and I went to go look at it (we don't have issues with phones, he plays with mine all the time.) His text menu was open and I saw that he'd recently sent a text to his ex from 5 years ago who he was pseudo engaged with but they broke up after some of her infidelity during long distance. He told her that he "Still thought about her every second of every day" and that he missed her so much and begged her to call him.I know they aren't interacting physically because she lives in another state, but I don't know how to handle finding this out. He was asleep when I saw it and I just got my things, left him a note about how I saw the texts and how his behavior is cruel and I left. I'm at my house now and I'm a total wreck. I still love him and believed he wanted a future with me. I don't know what to do and I feel like an idiot.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Boyfriend initiated a serious relationship, life plans, etc. Has been acting weird in the past month. Found a text to his ex confessing his continued love. | Boyfriend initiated a serious relationship, life plans, etc. Has been acting weird in the past month. Found a text to his ex confessing his continued love. | 3,953 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/personalfinance
TITLE: Co-Signature Loan Issue
POST: Good morning Reddit!
My fiancé and I are having an issue. About 3 years ago we were very good friend with another husband and wife couple, Amy and Craig. They were on vacation with us in Vegas when my fiancé proposed and all was well. Amy was set to be my maid of honor.
After we get back from vacation, Craig wants to buy Amy a new wedding ring for their anniversary. They married young and she had a very small ring, and he could now afford a larger one. He went and applied for credit at a local chain jewelry store, but was told he needed a co-signer in order to be approved. He asked my fiancé, who agreed. Not ever knowing we would ever have an issue. Craig's payments were only $75 a month, but was for a 5 year interest free loan.
Fast forward two and a half years later. We have fallen out with the couple due to their selfish behavior. Since the fallout they have made 1 late payment. My fiancé called and told Craig to take care of it and not to let it happen again. Until yesterday, they made the rest of the payments on time. Yesterday my fiancé received another call about 2 late payments on the account. This is now killing my fiancés credit, with 3 late payments on his credit that aren't even his! We are in the process of trying to save for a house and plan to apply for a loan soon. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GET THIS LOAN OFF OF HIS CREDIT/OUT OF HIS NAME???
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Fiancé stupidly agreed to co-sign on a loan for a friend. Friend is no longer a friend and is making late payments which are now negatively effecting his score. How can we get it taken off? | Fiancé stupidly agreed to co-sign on a loan for a friend. Friend is no longer a friend and is making late payments which are now negatively effecting his score. How can we get it taken off? | 5,089 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationship_advice
TITLE: [24/f] my boyfriend [25/m] is too clingy!
POST: Hi all!
So I have been dating my boyfriend for about 4 years now. He is totally wonderful except he is so clingy.
When ever we are alone he is always cuddling me too close and holding me and it feels suffocating. When we are in public he is always trying to hug me from behind and constantly kissing me. He will always try to kiss me on the neck in public and it is driving me nuts! I hate pda. hate it. Its driving me crazy. I have tried to get him to stop but if I mention anything he'll pout and walk behind me. If I get irritated when we're alone he'll ask me if he is a clingy boyfriend and i'll say yes, he will giggle and tell me he's ok with that. I don't want to hurt his feelings but I think I'll explode at him one day.
Why is he doing this? and how can I make him stop?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | boyfriend loves excessive pda. I want him to cut it out and not pout when I ask him to stop. | boyfriend loves excessive pda. I want him to cut it out and not pout when I ask him to stop. | 1,874 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [22F] boyfriend [24M] of ~2 years has a HORRIBLE temper. Help
POST: Throwaway for obvious reasons. He is currently living at home with his parents and little brothers to save up money for a down payment on a house (the area he lives in is extremely expensive). I absolutely love his family but his parents still treat him like a child. This causes him to have an extremely bad temper towards them and it has gotten to the point where seemingly small things his parents say to him make him literally throw an adult temper tantrum. Things were never like this between his parents and him when he was in college approx 2 hours away, but his behavior around them and mostly their behavior towards him makes me so uncomfortable but I have no idea how to approach it or give him advice other than to move out, which he doesn't want to do at this point.
Just for clarification, he's never blown up at me or anyone else (that I know of) other than his mom and dad, who are both in their late 50s.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My boyfriends parents treat him like a child which causes him to act out. It's embarrassing and I don't know what to say to make him calm down because his parents are acting so absurd. | My boyfriends parents treat him like a child which causes him to act out. It's embarrassing and I don't know what to say to make him calm down because his parents are acting so absurd. | 2,744 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My (f/23) ex-boyfriend (m/22) of 3.5 years is depressed, but I don't know if I should be there for him.
POST: Let's call my ex- boyfriend James. OK first off, I don't really know if he's really my ex, since we are pretty much in contact and he keeps saying he will come back to me when he's done growing up.
So recently, James's father has not been well, and needed to get surgery. Living in Canada, health care is pretty much free, so hospital bills are not the problem. However, because of this illness, he will be unable to continue working for the next 3 years. James has just finished his bachelor in electrical engineering, but has no internships or related working experience. His mother who is also working, says she can't afford working alone to support their family of 5 and is pressuring him to find a job. I don't know what she exactly said to him because I wasn't there, but James last week, cried to me over the phone, saying he needs to find a job and grow up, and to do that, he wanted a break.
James, for the years I have been with him, has sort of slacked off, and would sort of treat me like shit occasionally, for which I would reprimand him. But I've always felt the need to help him however I can. It's partially my fault, that he has become the way he is, because I was the one pushing him to apply to jobs (I would make his resume and cover letters as well as apply for the jobs for him). He would get interviews, but unfortunately would not pass them. Because of my success with finding jobs and his failure, he sometimes tells me "you're only getting hired because you're a girl".
Anyway, he's been feeling really low on himself, but he doesn't really have anyone to support him except me, but he just wanted to be friends until he can figure things out.
I wanted to distance myself from him so he could get the peace he wanted, but he calls me and wants my company, so I don't understand... Why he wanted a beak.
Should I keep supporting him, or do I leave him be?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | ex just broke up with me because he needed time to grow, but now he's showing signs of depression and wants and needs my support. What should I do? Leave or stay. | ex just broke up with me because he needed time to grow, but now he's showing signs of depression and wants and needs my support. What should I do? Leave or stay. | 926 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: I am thinking of severing all ties with my family, How would I do so?
POST: I am thinking of severing all ties with my family, mostly because they are a bunch of self righteous christian people that feel as if by them paying for me so far, (feeding me and letting me live with them rent-free) I am not only their slave, but am expected to mindlessly agree with everything they say and do. They think that I am not capable of leading my own life, and I know for a fact that if they knew half the stuff I deal with/get up to in college they would throw me out. In addition, they get angry with me when I do what they ask because five minutes later they change their minds, and when I wait to see if they actually want it done they get even madder. They show me no respect, and yet expect me to show them respect when their behavior merits none.
Some info about me
I am 20 years old
I go to a state college, I am studying to be a teacher
I am not really that into all the religious stuff, but I am not an atheist
I work at my local YMCA as a swim instructor/lifeguard
I am trying to think of ways that I could effectively cut the ties with them. At this point the best solution I have come up with is to join some branch of the military, such as the navy or something, because my job doesn't pay enough for me to move out on my own and continue my education. (when I am at school, things are sort of OK as I go far enough away that they don't visit, though they expect a phone call every day. They pay for my meal plan, so they expect me to be in contact with them)
Also, sorry about the poor writing quality of the post, but I felt like I had to write this down before I went crazy.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I hate my family, and they hate me- how can I get away from them with no lines of communication open? | I hate my family, and they hate me- how can I get away from them with no lines of communication open? | 5,406 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My[29F] close friend[28F] keeps trying to sleep with all of my friends and I'm starting to get frustrated…is she being disrespectful or is this normal behavior?
POST: I have a very good friend who is in an open relationship, let's call her Sara. She is married to a man, but they have an agreement that allows her to sleep with women as long as she asks for permission from him first. She is not allowed to sleep with men.
I'm totally fine with this – every relationship has a different set of guidelines and expectations. Whatever works, works.
The issue is lately she has been very aggressive in her pursuits of bedding women. I'm a lesbian (Sara and I actually briefly dated in high school) so I have a lot of friends in the LGBT community. Once Sara finds out that one of my friends is into girls she then proceeds to ask for "permission" if she can sleep with them and usually ends up doing that.
Additionally, she often makes sexual comments about our past sexual history in front of others.
My best friend is straight, and she is even constantly making sexual comments about her and her friends… whether they are straight or lesbian.
Yesterday, she basically asked me if it was ok if she hung out with my ex-girlfriend for the sole purpose of sleeping with her.
I have no issues with polyamory or open relationships, but I'm starting to find her behavior very disrespectful and I feel as if she is becoming a liability to hang out with. It's to the point that we have to warn our friends in advance that she might *try* to sleep with them.
Am I over-reacting or is she sort of out of line here? I spoke to my best friend about it and she agreed that Sara is being a bit disrespectful, but we are not sure if this is just because we aren't too familiar/comfortable with the swinger lifestyle. She is the only person we know in an open relationship.
Reddit, what do you think?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Close friend is in an open relationship and keeps asking me and my friends for "permission" to sleep with our friends or past lovers. Not sure if she is being disrespectful or not. | Close friend is in an open relationship and keeps asking me and my friends for "permission" to sleep with our friends or past lovers. Not sure if she is being disrespectful or not. | 437 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My [27 F] relationship with my [28 M] boyfriend has a cultural trusting problem?
POST: Hello. I have never posted on reddit before. I am Korean (born and raised in Korea) and my boyfriend is hispanic-american. We have an issue for a long time which he thinks is big deal but I don't.
Anyways, many times, when we don't hang out or anything is a bit unusual, I ask "are you cheating on me?" Or, "can I trust you?" We have been together for four years and he has never cheated on me, but I just want reassurance. It makes me feel safe. Recently he is annoyed and says that "it is insulting" to ask. He points out that we have been together for a long time (5 years) so this really shouldn't even be a question. But to me, it is normal for Koreans.
Sorry if it is confusing but I am not a native English speaker.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Is asking "Are you cheating on me?" about once a month "insulting" like my boyfriend says, or normal? (and why?, I have little experience with non-korean dating before him) | Is asking "Are you cheating on me?" about once a month "insulting" like my boyfriend says, or normal? (and why?, I have little experience with non-korean dating before him) | 2,550 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [27M] just lost my best friend [25F]. I'm in love with her.
POST: The two of us have felt the same way about each other for basically 5 years but neither of us ever talked about it. We each had short relationships with other people come and go during this time. The signs were so obvious, but we each would be thrown off by the occasional mixed signal. We've been friends with benefits for the last couple years as well. She's my best friend. She's everything to me.
But a few weeks ago she started dating someone and they hit it off. I couldn't handle the ambiguity any longer, so I told her everything. I told her I want to be with her, and that I've always loved her. She told me that it's too late, and that she wants to see how things go with this new guy. She said everything has been perfect with him and that she doesn't feel like she has to impress him. She's worried about us not working out because of our rocky history.
I haven't had a clear thought in a week since this happened. I can barely sleep. I can barely eat. Did I really just lose her to someone she just met?
It's not like I waited for her to date for a year before telling her. Just a few weeks. Really?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | waited a few weeks too long to tell my best friend i love her. now i feel like i've lost her forever to a stranger. | waited a few weeks too long to tell my best friend i love her. now i feel like i've lost her forever to a stranger. | 608 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Why would he (18 M) mirror my (19 M) body language if we've been ignoring each other?
POST: Long story very short, we've been ignoring each other for about a month now. No argument happened; I started ignoring him, he tried getting my attention for a few weeks, I texted him why I'm ignoring him, no text back, and then he started being incredibly awkward around me every time we see each other, and now we have both been ignoring each other.
However, yesterday was interesting. He knew I was going to go to an event in an organization we're both in with relatively few others that will show up. He came anyways, and the entire time we ignored and barely looked at each other even though we sat right across from each other. However, I noticed that he would copy a decent amount of my actions. If I looked at my phone, he would either immediately look at his as well, or look at it a few seconds later. If I crossed my arms, he would too. If I had my hands resting under my chin, he would do the same thing or at least be touching his chin. But again we barely looked at each other.
I've noticed other moments of mirroring the past month too, but what exactly does this mean? I've been researching online and it just says that mirroring implies that you're having a great convo or building a great bond... But we're ignoring each other.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | we've been ignoring each other for a month, but yesterday kept mirroring my actions, mirroring means having a great convo or building a great bond but we're ignoring each other, what does this mean? | we've been ignoring each other for a month, but yesterday kept mirroring my actions, mirroring means having a great convo or building a great bond but we're ignoring each other, what does this mean? | 3,855 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: My friend recently came out, he's gay, which is cool. But he thinks I'm gay too and it's gotten violating.
POST: Like the title says, my friend recently came out which is cool with me, whatever turns you on, turns you on. But he thinks I'm gay/bi too and that I just need help coming out of the closet. This is not the case at all, I've only ever been attracted to women, and in all truthfulness I've only ever had erections for women (obviously I'm a guy). But no matter what I say or tell him he thinks it's just me being in denial, so even if I tell him I'm straight he thinks I'm just lying to continue being in the closet. He even tried to "prove" I was gay by grabbing my crouch and asking to give me head saying, "you don't know until you try it," which I was totally turned off by and I pushed him away and it left me feeling violated. But to him this was just more evidence that I'm gay.
I will be honest, I am a little uncomfortable around gay guys just because I don't understand it so it freaks me out a little. But I wish he could just accept that I'm straight and move on. But like I said, no matter what I say convinces him and it gets annoying and frankly violating. What should I do?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Gay friend thinks I'm also gay/bi and it's gotten to the point where it's violating and nothing I do helps him accept that I'm straight. What do I do? | Gay friend thinks I'm also gay/bi and it's gotten to the point where it's violating and nothing I do helps him accept that I'm straight. What do I do? | 1,285 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Having some conflict in deciding what to do with my best friend.
POST: I've known this girl, I myself am 20 and she is 19, for quite some time now and we became friends very quickly. I've only recently begun to develop feelings for her, but it's been quite obvious to me for some time that she has had and now shares those feelings. I've really been trying to hide my feelings though because she; however, is in what her family, friends, and I call a terrible relationship.
She no longer has any guy friends left because they were all scared off by this guy and she's trying her hardest to keep the fact that she's been talking to and hanging out with me on the regular a secret because she's afraid that he'll harass me or try and hurt me.
Her sister and I are also starting to get concerned that the relationship might become physically abusive. I would like to specify that at this point it is only to the, best of my and her families knowledge, a verbally argumentative relationship, but she's told me it's been getting worse recently. And they have been dating for 6 months.
I've never really been one to ask for advice, but I don't know if I should continue being passive and deal with the problems as they come or if I should just put myself out there? I'm just afraid if I do that I'll risk pushing her away and losing someone I consider to be my best friend.
That's my conflict, I just want to know what you think and if I should do anything at all, I know this is a rather small bit of information to go on so any advice at all would be helpful.
Thanks
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Developed feelings for best friend who has feelings for me, she's in an unhappy relationship, should I remain passive or tell her how I feel and risk losing a best friend? | Developed feelings for best friend who has feelings for me, she's in an unhappy relationship, should I remain passive or tell her how I feel and risk losing a best friend? | 4,766 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [21F] am breaking up with my SO [23M] of 2 years this afternoon and I keep losing my nerve, need some encouragement
POST: So we have been dating for two years now and all the fire in our relationship is just gone. I don't think I am attracted to him anymore and I would like to start dating other people. Yesterday we had a huge break down because we haven't been having sex lately and he was justifiably upset about it. He basically made me feel bad for not wanting to sleep with him so we did and it was the worst thing ever. I have never felt so gross before, but I hated every second of it and afterwards I just wanted to cry because I could see how exactly opposite he felt about it.
I do not know how to handle this. I think he sees us with a future ahead of us and I just don't. But I keep losing my nerve, and I am terrified of what the future will be like without him. Just because I don't see him in a romantic sense doesn't mean I don't care for him anymore and he is such a huge part of my life that many, many things will change when we break up, such as our group of friends and our living situation. He is my friend but I know there is no way we can be friends after this because I will probably forget all the reasons why we need to break up and we will get back together again.
He moved to my town to be closer to me about 8 months ago and he really doesn't have anyone here for him besides me. I am afraid to leave him alone. I am terrified to be alone. He is the only person I have ever slept with and he is my best friend. I don't know where to go to do it and I don't know what to say and I don't know how I will get through the next couple of days.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I am the worst girlfriend ever and I want to break up with my boyfriend but I am too chickenshit to do it | I am the worst girlfriend ever and I want to break up with my boyfriend but I am too chickenshit to do it | 4,136 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I (32/M) am having issues with my SO's (36/F) child (11/M). Not sure what to do.
POST: Her and I have an amazing relationship. She loves my kids and treats me very well. The problem is her son is quite spoiled and she's aware of it. Being her supportive SO, she often vents to me and oftentimes it's about her son. So much so that my dislike for him has increased exponentially everytime she tells me how he is pissing her off. He is a "gifted" child who is socially awkward and completely condescending. I don't like that he speaks to my 4 yo son and 3 yo daughter in a condescending tone when they don't use the appropriate words... They're babies.
So I understand he's only a child himself but I don't know how to deal with this. He's not my kid so I can't correct him. He frustrates me and then his mom tops it off by continually telling me how he's throwing a tantrum because she's coming to see me. Then she says how much he's a brat, spoiled, etc. What she doesn't know is that her words are making me dislike her son waaay more than I already do. Do I just tell her? She gets very stressed as it is so I don't want to add to it but I don't believe I'm the best person for her to vent to about her son. Thoughts?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Girlfriend has a spoiled child who's mean to my kids and she constantly vents to me about how much of an ass he is at home which is causing me to dislike him a lot. | Girlfriend has a spoiled child who's mean to my kids and she constantly vents to me about how much of an ass he is at home which is causing me to dislike him a lot. | 6,326 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [18 M] was drunk texted by my ex [18 F] (3 months since breakup), saying she wants to talk to me. Now I think I might be blocked.
POST: Backstory: Me and my ex were good friends for over two years before we started dating. We dated for around 1½ months before we decided to go steady. That, however, lasted only 5 days, as she dumped me for someone else - via text.
Over three months passed without much comunication (we texted for like, twice). However, **we both graduated this saturday**. We saw eachother in the graduation ceremony, but didn't say anything.
In the evening, I went partying with my friends. I had my phone shut for a long time to conserve battery, but I turned the phone on at midnight. Surprisingly, **my ex had texted** (via Whatsapp) **me, wanting to know where I was**. The club was packed, so she couldn't come there.
We texted for some time. I asked why she texted me, but she avoided the questions and threw some disoriented comments, but in the end she said **she wants to talk to me live, because she feels bad conscience**. I didn't want to leave the club, so **we agreed to talk tomorrow**.
I expected her to text me early today, but she hadn't done that. I remember rereading our text around 5 hours ago, and then everything seemed normal. However, I decided to text her first 30 minutes ago, but the text didn't go through. I also recognized that I couldn't see her "last seen" timestamp anymore either. **I think she blocked me!** But why?
I'm not sure what I should do next. It may be worth mentioning that my ex had a habit of just ignoring me when we were having troubles when we were together. I'm not even sure whether or not I'd want to restart a relationship with her. I thought I was over her before she texted me.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My ex texted me, saying she wants to see me. Now she seems to be ignoring me, and I don't know what to do. | My ex texted me, saying she wants to see me. Now she seems to be ignoring me, and I don't know what to do. | 2,754 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Friend is going through a lot of acute stress; how can I help him while I am 300 miles away?
POST: My friend (21M) whom I (21F) was dating for a couple months before I moved away (we're just "casual"/friends now) is going through a lot of acute stress in his life at the moment. He recently broke his arm and is stressing about that because it interferes with him being able to work out (which he used to do to keep him in his "groove") and do a lot of other things, a lot of things at his apartment are getting broken, he got his car totaled in an accident, one of his family members was suddenly sent to the hospital, etc. I wish I were there by his side, but I'm 300 miles away, and I don't know what I could do to help alleviate his stress. When we talk on the phone, I try my best to be understanding and be a good listening ear so he could at least talk about it and vent, but he's pretty emotionally reserved and doesn't delve into his problems and instead asks me about my day and what I'm going through. I guess he doesn't like talking about that stuff, so I want to see if I could help him in other ways. r/relationships, what do you recommend?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Friend is going through a lot of stress from different things going on in his life, but I'm 300 miles away and don't know how I could help him feel better. | Friend is going through a lot of stress from different things going on in his life, but I'm 300 miles away and don't know how I could help him feel better. | 5,352 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: My boyfriend [22/M] is a little uncomfortable with me [22/F] returning my ex's things. [dating for 4 months]
POST: Hey r/relationships, slightly petty concern ahead!
I recently told my boyfriend very candidly and openly that I needed to return my ex's stuff. My boyfriend had mentioned early on in the relationship that he was nervous about my feelings towards my ex considering I moved into this relationship just 3 months after I broke up with him. When I heard of these concerns, I immediately deleted my ex off facebook and my phone hoping I could quell his worries. He is still friends with his ex on facebook, and I have not said anything because I am trying to not let stuff like that bother me.
He has some trust issues, and when I mentioned bringing my ex's stuff back he fell silent. I asked him if he trusted me and he said "I'll have to." I asked him how I could do it to make him feel better and he suggested I tell my ex to pick up the stuff from my place. I agreed that I would try but while I think that making him feel is my first priority, I feel a little rude for asking my ex to make the trip.
He promised he would work on these trust issues, but when I mentioned it to him, he kindly said that although he knew what kind of person I am, knew what to expect, but I had to "build a rapport" to maintain and prove that the trust was warranted. I was a little confused because I felt like I deserve to be trusted initially, as I trust him, but perhaps we have different viewpoints.
Are his views on trusting people warranted? Am I an idiot because I trust people too easily? What else can I do to build this trust?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | My boyfriend doesn't want me to go and drop off my ex's things because of trust issues and wants me to ask him to drive by and pick them up. | My boyfriend doesn't want me to go and drop off my ex's things because of trust issues and wants me to ask him to drive by and pick them up. | 361 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/tifu
TITLE: TIFU by cursing out my phone
POST: So this was a few weeks ago, and I'm applying for a job at a local restaurant. My phone has been pretty slow recently, and occasionally freezes under intense use.
Anyway, I call the boss of the place and start talking to him. He seemed pretty cool, and was Asian so he was a bit hard to understand. We talk for 5 minutes or so and I'm about halfway into a pre-interview (basically he was just getting my info and stuff) when suddenly I stop hearing his voice.
Shit.
I look down at my phone, no display. Shake it, tap the power button, nothing. Balls, it froze.
I look at my phone and yell "YOU STUPID PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT GOD DAMMIT" and proceed to be pissed at my phone for a solid 30 seconds before calming down and restarting my ~~shitbrick~~phone.
I call him back and he seems much more softspoken. We hang up without scheduling an official interview. Damn
So around a week later I decide to listen to the phonecall, because I was curious what went wrong. I apologised for my phone cutting out and everything, so I had no idea why he was so different after my phone dropped.
So I listen to my recorded calls. Apparently my phone has a freezing order or some shit, because it cut out my speaker and screen before the apps running in the background- like my phone, recorder, and **my microphone.**
So at the end of my phonecall, my would-be employer got the entirety of my vulgar vocabulary while I thought my phone was off.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | On the phone with my would-be boss, phone froze, cursed out my phone and didnt realize he heard all of it till a week later | On the phone with my would-be boss, phone froze, cursed out my phone and didnt realize he heard all of it till a week later | 3,739 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/Advice
TITLE: Someone has cashed $5,000 worth of fake checks with my name and address on them. Help/Advice?
POST: Hi Reddit. Last year someone stole my wallet with my driver's license and since that time I've received over a dozen notifications from various collection agencies notifying me of bounced checks with my name and address on them (from Target, Michael's, Toys R Us, Burlington Coat Factory, all in excess of $200). The routing numbers and check numbers on these "checks" are entirely fabricated. the "checks" also say they are from Wells Fargo but I don't even have an account with that bank.
I've filed a police report which states that I've experienced these instances of identity theft. The problem is that the credit collectors don't seem to want to believe that these checks are NOT mine, nor are they associated with my actual bank account.
I've compiled a long paper trail with several of these collection agencies trying to explain this to no avail. I've called the agencies and sat through 40 minute automated calls only to be asked for my payment information.
I don't know what to do anymore. Has anyone experienced anything similar? Please let me know how or if you think I can settle this.
Also, I had great credit up until this point and now it's devastated. I'm 23 yrs old, do you think I'll be able to restore it?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Someone is using my name and address on fake checks and debt collectors don't want to believe I'm not responsible. Help! | Someone is using my name and address on fake checks and debt collectors don't want to believe I'm not responsible. Help! | 4,509 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I've [28F] finally ended my near 5 year relationship with my ex [29 M] who was a great guy. How did you cope?
POST: It was so hard. He is such a great guy. Great boyfriend material, would make a wonderful father - patient, caring, loving, and loyal. And I had to give that all up because it simply wasn't working. I haven't felt a pain like this. It's a huge loss that I don't know how I can get myself back up. All these fears in me - Will I ever find someone as good and love me as much as he did? What if he's the best I could do?
I've been hanging on to this failing relationship for so long simply because I couldn't let go of someone so good even though I knew that we weren't compatible and was inevitably growing apart. I've invested so much of my emotions and time with him that I don't know how I will go on. I feel like dating is going to be hellish as I will be using my ex as a yardstick and just nitpick at everyone who doesn't match up.
For now I've gone no contact as most have advised. Any tips or story that is similar to mine? You letting go of a great person? How are you doing now? Have you met someone?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Just broke up with a great guy after a near 5 year relationship and finding it hard to cope. Any tips/stories is appreciated! | Just broke up with a great guy after a near 5 year relationship and finding it hard to cope. Any tips/stories is appreciated! | 4,833 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: I [24F] am getting attached in an "open relationship" to a diffident geek[27M]
POST: I am seeing this guy, and we entered on the basis of a casual relationship (both unable to commit to anything serious at the moment, but need cuddles). I'm getting very attached to him because he still says all the sweet things, we see each other multiple times a week and IM chats to each other for hours every day.
The closest way I can describe what we have is a best-friendship with sex, cuddles and companionship. He instigated much of this, as I wasn't sure if this fit into the "not a relationship" category, but he still insists he can't be in a relationship and that I can see other guys. I thought I could sleep with him without wanting more or exclusivity, but I just don't find myself able to sexually approach other men while seeing him and I got jealous when he saw another girl and they ended up cuddling, even though he said he's not looking for anything from her and is acceptable in our current arrangement.
I was pretty sure it was just his depression that was holding him back from relationships (trying to protect me/him), but I'm wondering now if I'm a place holder for some girl he actually wants. He's so sweet and genuine, I find it hard to believe this myself, but I've been hurt too much before to think that things will work out.
Any advice on what I should do?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Agreed to not get serious. He gives me all the attention of a relationship, but doesn't want to be in one. I want a bit more exclusivity. | Agreed to not get serious. He gives me all the attention of a relationship, but doesn't want to be in one. I want a bit more exclusivity. | 3,272 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Girlfriend [19f] has the libido similar to a robot. I'm [19m] struggling on what to think.
POST: Me and my girlfriend (of 6 months) have a somewhat normal sex life. I have a out raging stupidly high libido that you'd think a 19 year old dude would have, and she has a pretty normal one, I think. I've known that this can be compatible through proper communication. What is weird is I have never initiated sex before. She can't be turned on. She says she's attracted to me, and when we do have sex I think it goes really well. When we first started dating, it used to be once a week *on the dot*, seriously like the same day each week, same time, same place. Now, sometimes it can be a random 2 week break, nearly even 3 weeks where there is no mention of sex.
This is weird right? I've asked her if there's any reason why she's sporadic in these decisions and I get something similar "We would have last night if we were home!", then that usually feels encompassed by guilty sex that night that I am always declining at first because I want her to feel comfortable with it and feel she's just doing it for me.
She has never masterbated before, doesn't know how (at least that's what she's told me). She's had plenty of experience with one other long term relationship (almost abusive but she got out before anything bad) and a few shorter ones.
She has told me that she doesn't know what turns her on, she doesn't know how to turn herself on, and I've tried every trick in my book over the course of 6 months to help her figure that out but she isn't having any of it. Sometimes I end up a little frustrated with myself because I feel like I can't get her in the mood and when it's been almost 3 weeks. I don't know if that's a sign of me or her. Am I experiencing incompatibility, or is something that can be worked out? How will sex be later in life if I'm never able to initiate it myself with her?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | girlfriend doesn't know what turns her on, or how. She's never masterbated nor knows how but has plenty of experience with intercourse. I can't initiate sex. She has weird on/off libido. | girlfriend doesn't know what turns her on, or how. She's never masterbated nor knows how but has plenty of experience with intercourse. I can't initiate sex. She has weird on/off libido. | 3,352 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/cats
TITLE: Thinking about getting a second cat, have some questions
POST: I've searched, so I know the basics of bringing a new cat home, but my situation leaves me with some questions.
Katie is a 10-month-old barn cat. She's been with me and strictly indoor since she was 12 weeks old, but she is sassy and spastic as hell. We've had playdates with other people's cats, and she has always terrorized them, even though she's tiny. My best friend's 13 pound Mane Coon hides whenever they've been together.
Is she too much of a terrorist to adapt to another cat?
Also, my apartment only has one inside door, in the bathroom, and my bathroom is tiny. To keep them separate for a bit, would keeping the newbie in the bathroom be ok?
Katie lived with two rabbits for a couple months, and got along great with them, but I'm definitely not getting a rabbit (I lost so many cords in my 2.5 months of living with rabbits).
She is seriously tiny. She's maybe 7 pounds, was the runt of her litter, and hasn't gotten any bigger for a few months.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I think my cat could use a friend, but she's always terrorizing any other cat she's met. My apartment is small. Could I get another cat and keep him in my bathroom? | I think my cat could use a friend, but she's always terrorizing any other cat she's met. My apartment is small. Could I get another cat and keep him in my bathroom? | 5,692 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [17 M] with my girlfriend [17 F] of 3 months, says im too emotional
POST: she says im sensitive and she likes that, and that she still loves me, but that i need to work on a few things.
im very emotional and i know that but i think i do ok at giving her space, but then again, maybe not enough.
she on the other hand is not very emotional at all. she doesnt talk a ton about how she feels and keeps everything to herself mostly.
when we talk, sometimes ill go off on a rant about how i dont like what shes doing and how she doesnt talk to me and that i miss her ..and i can tell, im starting to overreact at that point.
i need advice on how to be less clingy and be ok with space, if anyone could talk to me about this thatd be great.
i also have a big problem with anxiety because of when i was younger so maybe im letting that come out again which is bad. anyway, help is appreaciated.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | my gf says im too emotional. shes not very emotional at all, while i am. im working on giving her space but i need more advice.. from more experienced people too. | my gf says im too emotional. shes not very emotional at all, while i am. im working on giving her space but i need more advice.. from more experienced people too. | 3,432 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/college
TITLE: Is this a good plan?
POST: Hey guys, I posted awhile back about which Astronomy school I should try to go for and I need to know if this is a good plan that I've laid out.
I'm going to go to CC for a year or two because the tuition is so cheap and my job will pay for most of it, (Chipotle is a great company), and after that shop around the schools in Ohio that have the best Physics program for the best price. I've heard that where you get your undergrad means pretty much nothing to anyone and grad school is where it really counts.
I'm not trying to plan ahead to what school I'm going to transfer to mainly because I don't see a point in planning more than 2 years in advance if I don't even know what school I want to transfer to.
Is this a decent plan do you think?
TL;DR: . Assistant: | I want to be an Astronomer and I'm starting with 1-2 years at CC and then transferring to the school with the best Physics program, then doing grad school, is this an okay plan? | I want to be an Astronomer and I'm starting with 1-2 years at CC and then transferring to the school with the best Physics program, then doing grad school, is this an okay plan? | 3,270 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/relationships
TITLE: Me [19 M] with my Life [N/a] started working a while back and had to abandon a lot of friends..
POST: So About a year Ago I started working at a good job.. "Good" meaning I work for a school doing the thing I love. and I LOVE this job It is perfect. The issue is: Me being right out of High School I had to lose contact with a lot of my friends..mostly because they where still in school and or druggies and I could not risk that.
So problem number one is I have very few friends How can I fix this, my issue is I am young enough that I can't Go to Bars, Old enough to where I can't hang with kids still in HS and I don't Go to college(ish online classes are the only classes I can take Due to work).
My second Problem is based of the first one.. I don't have a GF and I have not had one in years.. Im one of the nicest people you could meet all the girls I know Put me in the "like a brother" category and im Ok with that I love helping them out i've just had one spend the night cause her BF dumped her and she needed someone to talk to ended up falling asleep on me.. im just lost on what to do.
Please Reddit help me find a path Thank you.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Problem #1 I have no friends because I am in a awkward age/Situation. problem #2 based off of #1 but I don't have a GF and the girls that I do know say I am like a brother. | Problem #1 I have no friends because I am in a awkward age/Situation. problem #2 based off of #1 but I don't have a GF and the girls that I do know say I am like a brother. | 6,135 |
Human: Summarize the following text : SUBREDDIT: r/AskReddit
TITLE: Legal and moral repercussions aside, what does Reddit think about the bachelor party ideas I and the best man came up with?
POST: So I'm in the wedding party for a guy named Raymond. He's marrying his high school sweetheart next month. The best man and I are tasked with giving him a bachelor party in a few weeks and we're both on the fence for the direction we want to go in. Assuming money isn't an option (my mother died a few months ago and left me a sizeable inheritance), what would be the better bachelor party? 1) We get his soon to be wife (who controls all their assets) to drain his bank accounts and tell him she's leaving him just as we all land in Las Vegas. We decide to have a good time anyway and somehow convince Raymond to come party tonight and we'll head back the next day. We go out to dinner and we have a random woman at dinner near us (read: escort) lay on the charm with Raymond. Raymond doesn't drink so she'd have to be an amazing actress but we somehow convince Raymond to go back to her place to continue the party. We get to her place and boom, the door get's kicked in and her boyfriend and some other thugs pile in. Next thing we know, we're all riding with bags over our heads in the back of an SUV heading out into the desert. Long story short we're all digging our own graves when one of the thugs drops his gun (unloaded) next to Raymond and we all see how things play out as Raymond has little to nothing left to lose. The best man's idea is: 2) Raymond is a short guy and has been all his life. Due to that, he has been bullied his share back when he was in high school. The idea here is the best man and I would have a surprise for Raymond. We take Raymond to the garage connected to a house of a friend way out in the country. We then present Raymond with a high school bully tied to a folding chair (read: random actor with a bag over his head) and then we hand Raymond a gun (again, not loaded) to see how it plays out. Now this is a serious question but in full disclosure, I named the Groom Raymond after Raymond K. Hessel from Fight Club.
TL;DR: . Assistant: | Should we trick the groom into thinking he's a dead man or should we trick him into murdering his high school bully? | Should we trick the groom into thinking he's a dead man or should we trick him into murdering his high school bully? | 3,527 |