ever since i mentioned interest in medicine to my parents, they’ve wanted me to go into it and live a successful life. since i’ve been in quarantine, i’ve loved staying at home and living at my own pace and having the freedom to just do whatever, whenever. the idea of going into such a demanding profession scares me but my parents don’t want me to quit on it because they’ve told everyone i’m going to be a doctor

Im a female from a pretty conservative family and I had a secret girlfriend when I was 10. We used to kiss and hang out. I know I was only 10 but its been playing on my mind how noone knows this about this not even my closest friends im 16 now and im pretty sure im straight, I know this thing from when i was 10 dosent really matter but ive just been thinking about it lately. Oh and the ex-girlfriend has moved away now.

I'm bawling like a little kid, sitting on the living room floor. I am going thru old stuff from the bathroom. I found my late husbands shaver. I have nowhere to post this or anyone to share this with as I meet looks and comments when people think I am over him. He died in 2011, I am 41 and too darn young for this.

TRIGGER WARNIN I need to make a horrible confession. Only 2 people know of what I’ve done. Essentially, I am part of the 2% of sexual assault cases that are false. When I was 11/12 I was in a fight with my parents. I suddenly stopped and said “I need to tell you guys something”, breaking down crying. “I was raped!” Immediately they knelt down and hugged me, asking questions. I just remember my dad’s face, it fell and broke the moment the words came out of my mouth. They told my sister. They investigated the area I told them it took place. To cover my tracks I said I wasn’t raped but more assaulted, explains that the man just tried to take me and kiss me/feel me. What’s worse-I KEPT ON LYING TO OTHERS. I told some school friends, my martial art family. They were all supportive. I want to die. I don’t know what to do. I’ve told my therapist and my mom, both of which were very forgiving. Which I don’t think I deserve. I have been abusing myself over it for 5-6 years. I don’t deserve love.

So I have this guy that I have known for 7 years and we have had an on and off relationship for 12 months, after our second break up he got a girlfriend and I was happy for him but this is 2 weeks into the relationship and we kissed, I obviously kissed him back and we were making out for some time but he has a girlfriend, he has also told me he doesn’t have feelings for this girl anymore and wants to break up with her, but it’s been 3 days and he hasn’t broken up with her. He is telling me that he wants to break up with her for me but nothing has happened now he is saying he wants to fuck while still in a relationship, is he using me or does he actually want to break up with this girl I don’t know. But now we are friends with benefits 🤣🤭

If my friends knew what I really think, I wouldn't have any friends.

I broke up with you and I pretend I’m fine. I pretend it’s what I wanted all along. I pretend it doesn’t hurt that you won’t talk to me anymore. I don’t know why but I expected you to be over it after 5 days. I was even thinking of bringing up the possibility that we could stay friends, because I do still care for you. I do. And I miss talking to you. I thought you’d be over it after 5 days, so I texted you. You did not text back. I don’t blame you. The text was a bad idea, asking a stupid question. “How are you?” In truth, I expected you to tell me you’re fine, that you’re getting better. You did not. You stayed silent. My friends said it’s too early to expect a response. I wonder why. I cannot fathom why it’s so hard to get over it. I'm not worth it.

I am an American, and I have lost all faith in democracy. The abject chaos that the United States is currently in and the atrocities committed by Donald Trump should be proof that the backwards country yokel or the average blue or white collar wage slave cannot be trusted with political power, let alone choosing the country's leader. The vast majority of citizens are politically illiterate, not knowing what's best for them or their country. They've grown too complacent and pleasure-loving to be trusted to choose any other political path that damages their comforts in the slightest. We need to return to the old ways, one strong but benevolent leader moving the country forward and destroying our enemies without the constraints of Congress or political parties, whilst protecting the people from themselves and putting the collective good of the nation above all else. Think Josep Broz Tito or Mustafa Ataturk.