r/Vent • • 18h ago

Need to talk... I kept a secret for months not to worry my family - my aunt's reaction was "no one cares about you"

137 Upvotes

My husband (26M) and I (28F) got married seven months ago. We met in the European country we both moved to, my family doesn't know him as they live far away in a different continent.

I don't really share a lot with my family because we are not that close, once a week I send them a random "I'm still alive" text in a family group chat and that's pretty much it. But the marriage thing... I really thought it was a big deal. I honestly thought they were going to worry because they would care who this person is or "why so fast" (my family tends to wait 4-5 years before getting married and its kind of a silent rule) or whatever possible/rational reason to worry about in a situation like this. So I got scared and I tried to protect them by keeping the truth only to myself (I eventually told my siblings but asked to keep the secret too).
Now I finally came to visit (not cheap nor short trip lmao) and I waited until our big family lunch to break the news in person.

I made a big deal, I tried to be tactful and careful about it. I explained everything carefully in a 10-minutes speech. My dad did care and cried a bit, but my aunt (48) laughed and said, in front of everyone, that "no one asked about this because no one cares about me", which according to her was the only reason I could keep the secret for so long, because no one asked directly about my life. Everyone laughed (2 uncles, my mom, my grandparents) except my dad and my two brothers. My big brother tried to defend me and my dad left the room to smoke but that was pretty much it. Now I feel stupid and I just want to cry. I kept this for myself for a long time feeling anxious and weird about it, I was trying to protect their feelings and considering the way it could affect them. If it was my daughter/niece/granddaughter the one getting married out of nowhere in a random country without me knowing shit about it I would care and worry at least a bit. And this is the way they react? Laughing at me and making me feel like I don't matter?

My husband is amazing and I'm very much in love, we dated for a year before getting married. But I kept a low profile about it so no one knew about the relationship. And now I'm here after only two days wanting to get on a plane back to my husband and end any kind of relationship with my family. I'm supposed to stay a whole month. Every time I see my aunt she makes another comment about the situation and it's driving me crazy. I'm going insane over thisssss.


r/Vent • • 15h ago

Sometimes i just want to knock some fucking sense into my husband

130 Upvotes

My husband has no fucking common sense. There is 0 attention to detail, 0 awareness, 0 mindfulness. We right atleast once a week because he is bot at all cognizant of his actions. I can never relax because it feels like I have to parent him all the time.

Things are always lost, broken, or ruined.

We went to a music festival this weekend. I told him 3 times not to cut off his wristband and he STILL DID IT so we had to pay to get it replaced.

I was putting mine into my shadowbox, he grabbed it out to show his cousin and FUCKING LOST IT.

Im infuriated.

I can never have anything. I can't have art on the walls because hell knock it over, I can't have nice clothes because he fucks up the laundry, I can't have bras that fit because he "accidentally" took them fron where they were hanging and ran them through the washer and dryer, I can't keep the house clean because he comes through like a tornado, I can't have my clear water bottle for work because he put it through the dish washer


r/Vent • • 13h ago

TW: Medical I just wanna catch a break

99 Upvotes

In the ER this morning. I was cozy in bed and fast asleep until I felt something brush up against my bare side, and I flipped the covers back to reveal a damn bat running away. I immediately shot up and drove straight to the ER for a rabies shot, and right now, I'm just here waiting. I'm anxious as hell too, considering I overheard a nurse say something like "oof, rabies shots hurt " And to top it all off, I think it's been in my room for DAYS because all of my stuffed animals had been falling from their net mysteriously. I just chalked it up to the net failing and sagging, but nope, now I think it was my little intruder. Rabies is one of my biggest fears and I really didn't want this for my 30th birthday 🫩 I just hope my cats haven't touched it ugh


r/Vent • • 11h ago

Can’t stand when my SAHM tries to lecture me about work

76 Upvotes

I can’t mention any discontent about my job because then she goes on a rant about how young people don’t know how to deal with shitty aspects in job culture.

Basically you should be grateful for a paycheck no matter how bad you are treated or if another job could be better.

It would be bad enough on its own except it’s worse because SHE HASNT HAD A CAREER IN OVER 30 YEARS.

She basically just does whatever she wants all day ever since having kids. And we have all been out of the house for over 15yrs. She just cleans imaginary messes, shops and goes to appointments maybe twice a month.

No she isn’t depressed or physically unable. She’s not retirement age. My father isn’t even rich she just said one day ā€œno I’m not working anymore. You can divorce me or suck it up.ā€

So I HATE HATE HATE that she will lecture me about the job market or working at all. Epitome of the boomer stereotypes. So is my dad but he really did have to work.


r/Vent • • 16h ago

TW: Eating Disorders / Self Image I should have never ate that mango cake and now i'm stuck in a toilet

55 Upvotes

For context:

Today I woke up at 3AM in the morning. Immediately went downstairs, opened the fridge, and saw the mango cake that we bought the day prior for my late grandfather's birthday (he passed away early this year but we still celebrate the deceased's birthdays as as a form of commemoration), and decided I wanted to eat it for breakfast.

Now growing up, in my country, cake was considered just another form of bread that even little kids could have for breakfast so I thought how bad could it be? What's the worse that could happen? I'll probably be fine.

That was the worst fucking mistake I have ever made in my life.

I have shat pure water 4x already since 5AM and have nearly shit myself 2x.

And the worst part is after the 1st shit our water had cut off (I assume for maintenance) so I was entirely relying on stored water (I don't use toilet paper, we believe in bidet supremacy).

After the 3rd shit our house had completely run out of water but I assumed I would be fine. I had my lunch, and even drank a mango shake (another horrible mistake).

2 hours ago I was playing league and had felt a rumble in my tummy (I knew it was back and wanted to play but I decided to ignore it in hopes of it being through a fart).

But as soon as the nexus fell, I felt a strong surge of wattery shit right in the exit of my ass coming out and had needed to use every muscle in my body to keep it in.

I knew I had lost.

I ran down the stairs and yelled "I CAN'T HOLD IT IN. I'M GOING TO SHIT MYSELF."

And immediately ran to the toilet.

I sat down and the flood breaks broke through and everything came out.

When I turned the tap on and no water came out I knew this was it. I'm now in it for the long ride.

I have sat here for the past hour and a half with dried shit all over my ass and a cramping asshole and balls and can do nothing about it.

The bathroom smells so bad it could suffocate a young child.

I then realized that the water most likely would come back at midnight (It's currently 7:30) since it usually does at that hour.

I've given up completely and am just sitting here regretting all the decisions I had made in life leading up to this.

If only I had reheated the chicken instead of eating that damn cake and why the fuck did I make a mango shake again? What's wrong with me.

I just hope God smiles down at me and turns the water on even for just 5 minutes.

Thank you for listening.

Goodbye.


r/Vent • • 12h ago

Need to talk... I Hate New Mexico

49 Upvotes

First off, I apologize to all the New Mexico lovers. I also know I can move, but I'm compromising living here for a few years for my partners work. I also love my job and my home life, so it's not all misery.

I just don't understand the love for this state. It is not beautiful. There are pockets of beauty, but most of it is flat and ugly. Also a slog to drive thru.

The food is bland. When I first moved here, people were saying how the mexican food is nothing like Tex-Mex. It is exactly like Tex-Mex with green chili slapped on top of it. Nobody knows how to season their beef. I live near Old Mesilla, so I've been to all the suggestions already. The only place that stood out was Mad Jacks (bbq) but you have to wait two hours, so again not worth it.

Everything is way overpriced. Cloudcroft and Ruidoso aren't worth it. Neither is Old Mesilla or Old Town in Albaquerque. You can buy that same stuff in Mexico, where it came from, for 1/4 of the price.

Albaquerque and the hot air balloon fiesta was a let down. Don't care for the city and a light breeze canceled the take off of the hot air balloons. I'm not saying they should have taken off and risked safety, but it still doesn't make a good event.

People are nice. But everyone just moseys around. Trying to get any kind of service is like pulling teeth and then they half ass it.

I just don't vibe with this state and dread that I still have a few more years here. I loved the city I moved here from and want to go back.


r/Vent • • 3h ago

TW: Medical Being tall is a huge financial burden.

47 Upvotes

Everything about my existence is about my freaking height. For context. I am a 6' tall woman. I would generally say that being tall is fine. Sure I get annoyed at the "do you play basketball" and "how is the weather up there?" But being well past my teens people don't bully me for it anymore. I will save the social complaints because they are the same as every other tall woman on the face of the earth. It is what it is, everyone gets picked on for something right?

It matters everywhere else though. Sitting in airline seats, going to the movies, buying a car, looking for a dress that hits an appropriate length. Buying work pants, long sleeve shirts. And even down to my breaking point today; compression socks. Everything costs more money. If I dont want a hunchback I need custom countertops in my home, an extra tall or sit stand desk for work, the list keeps goin. It always costs more money by a LOT.

I have a vericose vein that is giving me trouble on my leg after losing 120lbs. I hunted and found "tall friendly" compression socks, which is required by my insurance for a certain amount of time before I am allowed to get it fixed. Mind you, this is yet another financial punishment of an extra $60 on top of the normal cost. I measured my measurements. I did everything like I am supposed to. I get them delivered after waiting eternity (because nothing tall is ever on amazon) and they dont even go mid thigh and immediately roll down.

I hate this so much. I just want to be fucking normal. I searched and this was the only place I could find under $120, and they are non refundable.

No offense, but I do not want to hear the opinions and feedback of short or average sized people. You don't get it. Do not tell me how you always wished you were taller (but not THAT tall because you wouldn't want to be a freak, right?).


r/Vent • • 4h ago

I think i am getting financially abused.

36 Upvotes

Im a stay at home mom. I have handled everything myself financially up until i had my daughter. My boyfriend is now the main breadwinner and i just clean houses on the side. My bank account is in the negative 600 dollars right now because we were short on rent and i asked my bank if theyd allow the payment to go through, to which they did. But ive been stressed because now our car payment is coming up and we are going to need to get my bank account into a good spot before we make the car payment.

Well my boyfriend says my stress is getting in the way of him making money. He needs time alone to work from home and im a distraction. I didnt like what he said, almost insinuating that its my fault because he works downstairs where the living room, playroom, bathroom, etc all are and my existence is distracting. But i understood and said that maybe since i dont make the money anymore the bills would be better coming out of his account, especially if we are short because it upsets me to the point of me causing him issues in making money. He started yelling at me and said that i was saying he isnt upset about it or stressed. That im accusing him of not caring as much as me. Which i wasnt, i was only saying that if im the reason this is all so difficult maybe i need to step away from the bill paying.

This escalated to him saying i offer nothing and i do nothing, which really struck a nerve because i was working and contributing until he said he couldnt wfh and watch our baby. He is a video editor. I told him once i stop working fulltime this will all be on him and he was ready. I knew then that he was going to use my "uselessness" against me. And this is why women work and arent "traditional" anymore. Because i wash this mans fucking underwear every day, cook every meal, work partime to pay for groceries, utilities, and credit cards and just ONE SUGGESTION gets me called "fucking useless noncontributer" Awesome LOL


r/Vent • • 9h ago

Need to talk... I have a terrible sexual encounter last week that I’m not fully over yet NSFW

36 Upvotes

Just wanting to vent because I’m not sure if there is anything to do besides process and move on. So here’s the story:

I (30F) recently got out of a relationship. He was great but we just weren’t aligned enough on things like family planning, sexual preferences, and differing views on mental health. We broke up with no bad blood. As I said one of the reason for the breakup was a sexual compatibility issue so when we broke up I had an itch to scratch. I texted someone (29M) that I slept with prior to my relationship. The sex was decent before, but he had a third leg that I just wanted a piece of. After some sexting and texting we make plans to meet up. We live an hour and a half from each other so my intention was to go over to his place, bone, and leave in the morning so I could go to work. Easy peasy in my head.

When I get there around 10pm we go to his room and we talk briefly and catch up while Law and Order is playing on his tv. He eventually makes his way over to me, puts my hand on his junk, and starts recalling texts I was sending about wanting to eat him up. I do just that, he comes, then he gets dressed and starts acting coy like he has something to say. After coaxing it out of him, he then tells me that this will be our last time hanging out because he just started talking to someone else and he also said I need to ā€œhealā€ from my last relationship. I say okay… I thought the timing of him sharing that was weird but I’m an adult and took it for what it was. He then takes a phone call for 45ish minutes in another room.

He comes back and sits in a nearby chair while I’m lying down on his bed. He scrolls on his phone for maybe 10 minutes before I point it out to him and he says ā€œwhat do you want me to doā€ and I said ā€œI thought we’d at least talk a little.ā€ We don’t lol. Eventually he comes back over to me and asks him to get him back up and I do. He tells me to get on all fours and he rubs my clit for maybe 5 seconds before ramming himself into me. As I said before he has a third leg. So I was asking him to slow down so I could adjust to him. He slowed down briefly, then kept going harder. At one point I was telling him to wait over and over again and he kept saying no. He came after maybe 5 minutes and went to clean himself up and said he was going to sleep. At this point it was maybe midnight so i had been there for 2 hours. I tell him I feel like i might just go back home and he said ā€œit’s up to youā€ and so I left. He didn’t kiss me or tell me to get home safe or anything.

So I’m not going to jump to assault but I will say I did leave his house feeling gross and used. I’ve had a few casual encounters no strings attached and I have never felt like I was treated as less than human. I feel like he didn’t care about my comfort, my pleasure, and didn’t really want me there but was fine getting what he could out of me.

I did text him the next day telling him I felt like that was weird and he wasn’t really feeling it and he was like ā€œmaybe I’m just not that hornyā€ which??? Why have me come over??? I assumed we knew what it was especially with all the buildup.

I started feeling gross like something was wrong with me. Either I wasn’t pleasing him, did I stink, did I not feel good? Something? It messed with my self esteem for a second to be honest. I think he was just an asshole. But I’m trying to reconcile it all.

Edit: a few of you all are calling out that i went to him and i called him. me driving to him was a last minute change he was supposed to drive to me. but we both have roommates and his was gone for the night… i don’t get how some of yall are assuming that i was chasing this man down for sex when all the energy before i got to his place was mutual. he was texting me and pressing me before i entertained him. when he told me he was talking to someone else he said it was a woman he met at his gym two weeks ago… judge me if you want but once he said that i thought to myself that this would clearly just be sex (which is what i wanted) and i was fine with one last hoorah.

i take accountability for having way more patience for than the situation called for but also remember i was coming from 1.5 hours away i wasn’t about to leave when he took his phone call because i had been there about than an hour at that point. he did come back and apologize for the call taking so long for whatever that’s worth.


r/Vent • • 13h ago

Not looking for input It's not about the children NSFW

29 Upvotes

Giant corporations who are asking me to show my face or ID so I can check NSFW content ain't trying to protect the kids.

Because if they were, this shit would have happened before TikTok could have make millions of kids addicted. Or this would have happened when kids got bullied into suicide.

It's about giant corporations who are now unable to sell their advertisement spots, because everyone is afraid of bots, and they want to see if you are real. And the only way is, to get your personal data, and mishandle it.

They need your face so they know you are not a bot. So they can sell you their advertisements.

Sorry corpos, this is not your time yet to make the rules.


r/Vent • • 5h ago

Life finally gives me something good, then immediately pushes me down.

18 Upvotes

Apparently life decided to cram about six months of emotional drama into a single week.

I finally landed a better job with decent pay, benefits, and actual opportunities. Fantastic, right? Except my current workplace is barely surviving, and me leaving might genuinely be the final nail in its coffin. So naturally, I feel guilty about trying to better my own life. Because apparently being a full time, on call employee, while getting part time hours, is part of my job description.

And then, because that wasn't enough, I lost my beloved cat.

He suddenly developed paralysis in his back leg, which turned out to more than likely be a blood clot caused by an underlying heart condition. After a day and some of desperately trying to get him help, I ultimately had to make the decision to let him go.

I held him, told him how much I loved him, and thanked him for being part of my life.

The part that is really messing with me? I don't regret my decision. I know I spared him from suffering. But now I somehow feel guilty about not feeling guilty.

Meanwhile, I'm randomly breaking down over things as stupid as finding one of his old hairballs. Something that used to annoy the absolute crap out of me is now something I'd give anything to experience again.

So here I am. Finally moving forward in life a bit, potentially watching my old workplace implode, and grieving a fluffy little creature who meant the world to me.

I'm excited, devastated, relieved, and completely numb.

My brain is burnt out.


r/Vent • • 12h ago

ARE YOU KIDDING ME

20 Upvotes

Sitting in the ER and my landlord sends me an EVICTION NOTICE through facebook. I have 30 days. Fuckkkkk my life lmao its so bad, I can only laugh at this point

On the bright side, the rabies shots didnt hurt that bad!


r/Vent • • 12h ago

Need to talk... I think me and my wife made a mistake in each other.

15 Upvotes

I think me and my wife made a mistake in each other.

I have ADHD, and got diagnosed when I was 4. She has Autism and was diagnosed when she was 20. Ive come to the realization that we are just completely incompatable in every way. The way that I get motivation to do things that need doing at totally random times, makes her panic, because she needs a very clearly laid out plan for everything she does. The way I dont remember events or dates ever, and with her needing a schedule followed to the letter. My need to talk and connect while watching a show or movie, interferes with her need to pay attention to whatever is happening. The random rants ill go on about random subjects, make her panic again, because she needs silence unless its a very directed conversation.

Honestly ive realized that I resent her because I cant be who I am around her, because it makes her panic. And I know she is severely struggling under the mental load of remembering everything ahead of time, of scheduling most things. I want to help but every time i try, i male things worse. And I know shes resenting me for it. But we now have a daughter, and neither of us are willing to leave the other, so now we're just miserable, pretending to be happy. We like our life, but dislike each other most of the time. This is very frustrating.


r/Vent • • 8h ago

Need Reassurance... My babies deserve better

14 Upvotes

I try my best to not show my 5 & 4 year old that deep down, I am fighting for my life. I go to work everyday to ā€œtryā€ to provide for them & get us out of this mess that their father put us in. We finally should be out of this Women’s shelter tomorrow & I should be happy but the feeling of not failing them is always in the back of my head.

We have started completely over except the 4 bags we brought with us. My 5 year old has been adjusting to his new school for a couple of weeks now and everything has been going okay for the most part. One of his classmates mom gave me an invitation after school yesterday for her son’s birthday party Saturday. It’s at a trampoline park . He was so excited to tell me about it & that’s all his friends were talking about it. Leave it to me to let him know that we most likely won’t be able to go because I simply can’t afford it. I’m barely keeping my head above water. We are visiting food pantries almost daily, what little money I make has gone into this apartment, I’ve been wearing the same tennis shoes from the Goodwill for the past few weeks because I can’t purchase a decent pair. I HATE disappointing my kids. They deserve the world, especially with what they have gone through.

We have court next week & I have to see their father’s face… he filed a motion for a custody agreement but I doubt that will be granted after we show the judge the police documents & hospital bill where he broke my nose. I’m trying to survive. I want to make sure my babies know that we will be okay soon. It’s just rough right now.


r/Vent • • 14h ago

TW: Eating Disorders / Self Image I truly don't understand people who drive reckless for any reason

13 Upvotes

I don't know if people really realize just how dangerous cars are, especially at high speeds. Even 50km/hr is an insane rate for a human body to travel. Let alone 110km/hr. I truly don't understand why anyone thinks its okay to tailgate, cut people off or just generally be inconsiderate on the road. The other drivers could be entirely and without question in the wrong and be driving bad, camping in the left lane, accelerating slow, whatever you want to get mad about, but that still doesn't give you the right to drive in a way that could kill someone if something goes wrong? Your ego or getting somewhere on time or "teaching someone a lesson" is so so not worth the risk of driving like a dick. I don't care what the other driver is doing. Just stay safe.

Edit: Maybe I should have added that I made this post because I drive everywhere for work and I saw so much bullshit on the road. I made this post because a close friend of mine just died because another driver couldn't be fucked to pay attention and slow down for 30 seconds. I hope to god all of you taking a problem with this never learn your lesson and continue to be ignorant of how dangerous driving is. I would never wish a reality check on anyone.


r/Vent • • 33m ago

TW: TRIGGERING CONTENT Being gay is miserable

• Upvotes

My life is misery. Every moment, every second. My family says they love me but would disown me in a second if they found out. Everyone says they understand me, but they don't know me. Life is pain. Why do i have to have these fucked up problems? I wish I was into women.

I have a close friend whos a fundmentalist christian from Idaho, and he talks non-stop about all the gay people he sees on campus. There is no peace. I am incompatible with society, most societies even. Why does anything matter?

How do you cure mental illness?


r/Vent • • 43m ago

Need to talk... im watching my bf deteriorate and it’s killing me

• Upvotes

hes been having psychosis for the past 3-4 weeks now that has been so difficult. then i managed to call and get him sent to a psych ward last week. he then got punched and he lost his two front teeth. which i feel so bad about. like imagining losing your two front teeth. theyre so important to so many aspects of your life. and his smile is changed now. and because the psych ward didnt want him to stay in the same facility as the assaulter guy, they just discharged him. and now my bf is at home, still psychotic. he posts when he is not well. and he posted pics of himself on social media with the no teeth and im crushed. i feel so bad. i am sobbing to myself. i have no one to talk to. my family is an hour away and it’s 11pm and im tired and i just need a hug but i have nobody. i feel so shitty. i feel so bad for him. i just wish he could be okay. i wish he could be better. but psychosis does not heal that fast. and his teeth will not be fixed instantly either. this shit sucks. and he won’t message me back. i miss him so much. so fucking much


r/Vent • • 11h ago

TW: Anxiety / Depression I can't do it anymore.

13 Upvotes

I'm putting in the minimum effort and instead of realising that I'm struggling my parents are just screaming at me that I'm a waste. I know I'm a waste, I don't want to be like this but I need real mental help and I'm too scared to go alone but I also trust nobody to go with me. I'm apparently putting in the minimum effort when I'm trying so hard to just stay alive and it fucking sucks. I'm trying, I am.


r/Vent • • 1h ago

TW: Medical weird bowel movement has left me in so much pain (repost after reading the rules)

• Upvotes

I just need to vent this into the void because I don’t want to gross my partner out. Don’t read if you also don’t want to see a gross confession

I don’t think my diet has been different enough to warrant the stool that just ripped me open. I have a decent amount of protein every day, but I suppose my fiber has been a little low. But nothing beyond the normal?

Last night, I felt a bowel movement coming down so I jumped from bed to scurry to the toilet. It didn’t feel like past times when I knew I was dealing with constipation. It felt more like I was suddenly trying to pass a baseball of a shit.

When I tell you I was stuck there for what felt like half an hour. This baseball sized stool could not vacate the premises. There was nothing in queue that could push it out, it was just stuck there halfway out the door. I didn’t want to strain too hard, so I patiently waited with moderate efforts every couple minutes.

Goddamn did this hurt like a motherfucker. Every minute felt like the ring of sauron was burning my ass. I questioned if this was actually a butt baby for a moment. It certainly felt like it.

Eventually by some miracle, my inner muscles found the strength to kick the baseball sized butt baby into the basin below. I’m amazed it even managed to flush. It’s been 24 hours since then and I’m still in pain. I’ve had another bowel movement since then, and even though that went smoothly down, I could tell the exit has been left with serious fissures. I need some vasaline.

Why the fuck did this happen ugh

edit - I appreciated the kind words on the first thread before it was locked. I might see a doctor if this happens again


r/Vent • • 3h ago

TW: Anxiety / Depression It gets to a point

8 Upvotes

Explaining depression can often sound like a pity party
I’m sorry
You hit a point
A point of no tears, so anger, no self reflection
Just exhaustion
Then no one believes you, your just ā€œannoyedā€
I’m not anything.
I’m tired of pretending
Pretending that every genuine feeling of happiness I have doesn’t have a rock being throw at my head with a note attached to it saying ā€œyou don’t deserve to smileā€.
I’m sorry I sound un interested
I appreciate your concern I really do
I’m just so tired
I just want to exist in life
I’m done experiencing it
Just let me sit down
Just for a moment
Maybe one day I’ll want to go back out and pretend I’m living my life
But for now
I’m tired


r/Vent • • 2h ago

i'm so lonely i get upset when i see people in relationships on tv

8 Upvotes

i'm 26, female, and i ended my first long-term relationship earlier this year. i am doing okay; i've moved on and don't have any regrets about ending things with my ex. i don't miss him. we weren't compatible and it was for the best. after a few months i felt like i should try meeting people, but it's been incredibly difficult.

i tried a few online dating apps for a while, matched with plenty of people, but nothing came of it and i never even went on any dates before i stopped using the apps since i felt like it wasn't good for my mental health. the problem is, i'm not sure how else to go about dating. i have friends, a job, and go to the gym, but waiting to meet someone in daily life by chance seems pretty far-fetched, and i live in a rural area so that doesn't help either.

i was single all my life until this most recent relationship, and had been accustomed to being alone and making myself happy. i have a fulfilling career, hobbies, and pets that i love dearly. i have everything i could need really. i am financially stable and have my life together. it just SUCKS that i don't have someone to love. i don't need it, and i'll be okay without it, but sometimes i get so sad thinking about the little things like watching tv cuddled up with your person or laughing in the shower together. i miss that.

i was watching a tv show the other day and there were two people in a relationship laying next to each other in bed talking and i had to turn the show off because it made me so upset. i am just so lonely and i feel like dating is completely hopeless. i'm not bad looking, i'm thin / fit, and i think i'm pretty enjoyable to be around??? not everyone's cup of tea, of course, but i can talk to anyone and i think i have a decent personality. i'm introverted but act like an extrovert in most social situations. i don't want to sound conceited but i think i'm a good option!? but i just can't seem to find someone who shares the same views, interests, or lifestyle as me. and i'm feeling so hopeless and envious of people who have a partner by their side.

i know i'm young and i shouldn't give up, but the FOMO is so painful sometimes. i feel like i'm going to wake up one day in a nursing home alone and i can't stand looking at couples on tv :(


r/Vent • • 15h ago

Not looking for input I need people to hear the screaming

9 Upvotes

Im tired of screaming alone in my head. Alone in my car. Alone in my home but actually can't fully scream because neighbors so I have to suppress it by using a pillow or my arm.

I need to scream where people hear. Not because I'm depressed or mentally ill, thats kinda a given, but because im so ****ing angry.

The type of angry that makes me depressed. That makes me mentally ill.

I need to scream in a way that its sounds like fear. Like im being murdered. Guttural. Like my life and soul has been tortured for decades and no one has ever listened to a damn thing I have said about anything. Like grief. Raw grief that just continues to just keep coming and coming because the world never stops. Never stops to allow grief to happen cause it keeps. Just keeps.

I need to cry. In all the ways I just mentioned. The gross kind where no tissues are around to save you from the snot and tears that just drench you.

I need people to hear. How can they not hear what is so loud in my head. Whats so loud in my car.

I'm tired.


r/Vent • • 8h ago

Need Reassurance... My ex roommate got rid of her cats

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My ex roommate and ex friend got rid of her cats.

I had a falling with an ex friend I used to live with, she became super arrogant and out of touch with reality so I took my distance from her, before that we used to be such close friends.

She started with two cats, then four. But it was doable, and they were her kittens, like her children. But then she kept adopting more and more cats, and more and more. Double digits more. She would brag about them, she would talk about how they were her only family, but she couldn't keep good enough care of them.

It was painful, and I knew eventually she'd get kicked out for animal hoarding and she'd have to give up some of the cats.

She gave all of them away. All of them, she had cats I was super attached to, cats I shared some good memories with. Cats I saw as my nieces. Cats I loved and adored. She gave all of them up.

She was a bad owner. Several of them were neglected, underfed, some of them had medical issues she couldn't afford to treat, the new ones were feral and would bully the old ones that eventually would stop eating, fights were frequent between them.

I always swore I'd rescue three of them I was super attached to when I lived with her.

She gave them up.

And I'm never going to see them again.

I'm never going to see them, pet them, cuddle them, sleep with them. I'm never going to kiss them, spend time with them.

I don't even have pictures of them anymore, the last thing I did before leaving the place was spending time with my favorite kitty and I took so many pictures of her, but that phone broke, I lost the pictures they weren't saved up on the cloud and I didn't have any SD.

I'm never going to see her again. The most wonderful, joyful, social and gorgeous cat I've met. I'm never going to see her again, and I don't even have pictures to remember her.

Only memories I would have adopted her, forever

And everything because of a bad owner and animal hoarder who wouldn't stop taking cats from the streets even when they were too many

12 cats btw

I'm so heartbroken, I don't know how to feel anymore, I'm devastated, I adored that kitty with my soul, now I'll never see her again, I can only remember her.


r/Vent • • 2h ago

My Downstairs Neighbors NSFW

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I’ve been hearing some…joyful noise from my downstairs neighbors that I at first thought was a little kid crying. I was like ā€œaww poor little guyā€.

….it was not a poor little guy

My neighbors were getting freak nasty! And I’m starting to connect some other sounds too. Drilling. They had been drilling for days. And I’m suspecting it was a sex swing or rig of some kind. Lucky bastards. THAT SHOULD BE ME. But bf and I are too pussy to drill into the walls or ceiling in this apartment.

Insert that angry ā€œhappy for you. Nice. CoolšŸ˜”ā€ meme. Maybe one day we’ll say fuck it and get one. Then we can really be professional upstairs neighbors.

Edit: yes i am assuming it was a sex swing based only on drilling sure it could be them hanging up shit. But the sex is something i can’t miss and the connection isn’t that far out there given what ive been hearing


r/Vent • • 6h ago

TW: Eating Disorders / Self Image im severely gay and have an eating disorder

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im a lesbian girl in a muslim third world country who has a girlfriend shes currently having issues with, who is also struggling with an eating disorder and period loss,

theres one good news tho.............. i did kinda convince myself to sorta recover from the ed and i justtt recently got my period back but yeah i feel unwanted and really really really really really sad and mad