r/whatdoIdo • • 16m ago

Serious post. I need someone mentally stable to help me make a decision.

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I really need advice I am a young single mom to a toddler and baby on the way. I live in a temporary housing it’s 300$ a month two bedroom apartment for people who have had gone through crisis - you can only stay 9 months
However I’m struggling because since being here the fridge breaks down 3-4 times a month so when I do “stuff” for money for food right away it goes bad and I’m so broke. I’m so tired I’m always having to get money and think of the next move. Also I am trying to find work but it’s hard to align with schedules also the first trimester is really hard. (Please don’t mention abortion I tried but can’t go through with it not judging anyone but it’s just where my hearts at) also the washer is growing mold you and everytime I run the heater it smells like dead rat carcass

But 300$ a month is so good. I’m also in So Cal so it’s about 2,600$ for a two bedroom apartment.
But this place is gross..and it’s only temporary but there’s a lot of maternity homes free of cost that will help me but the thing is they want to take your phone away and car keys classes and living with other women which sucks I like to have my space..

But it would let me save my money while they provide everything. I’m tired of “hustling” weather that means asking for money, stealing food, or using my body to manipulate men :( I feel so trashy and nasty about life. Should I just go to the maternity homes I can stay 2 years as long as I follow there strict rules

Last time I went I didn’t last and ended up homeless because a lady told my toddler to be quiet and I freaked out

Please be kind I’m really broken right now but I love my kids I want to do this for them
I just want a place to come home to and love if. I want a cozy clean house, that smells good. Soft blankets and pillows, clean carpet and my kids room with toys and everything they want while I’m baking in the kitchen :(
I want to live a soft life I am tired


r/whatdoIdo • • 17m ago

a hairdresser who did a terrible job on my hair works right next to the one i'll go to, what to do if it becomes awkward?

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1st photo - reference, 2nd - my hair, 3rd - the strand amidst the darker hair had to be toned to my natural color but you can see how well this went, 4th - back view, the split was supposed to be in the middle but migrated to the side

so, there's a hair salon, one big room, where independent hairdressers rent out workstations. i went to one woman there, she did a bad job on my bleaching (undercolor? idk how it's called) - one side was all the way up my temple, the other down to my ear. i noticed only after i came home, and didn't ask for a refund, because it wasn't that visible and that woman was really annoying to deal with. talking to me like i'm a child (i'm 19 and my mother used to be her client, welp), saying i'm copycatting someone (i literally showed her pinterest references. lol. didn't even try to argue).

the second time i'd gone to an appointment with her, i wish i hadn't. i was in a dump mentally, bedridden for most days and really, really didn't have the energy to look for a new hairdresser who might or might not take me. credit where credit is due, her second job was better, but still needs fixing. i'll attach photos if i can.

now, that i'm better, an acquaintance recommended me another hairdresser and i messaged her, mentioning in passing that the previous job needed fixing. she asked to come in tomorrow so she can look at my hair properly. and guess what, this other hairdresser works at THE SAME FUCKING STUDIO as the previous one.

let me clarify, i don't care about what that woman thinks. i need advice on how to not make this awkward. like, i come in and sit in the chair next to where she's working, clearly to fix what she's done wrong. i'm an adult, i can make my own decisions about my own hair. what if she starts belittling me yet again? try to make me look like a needy child? i'll also be going there right after a funeral, so advice will really, really be appreciated.


r/whatdoIdo • • 23m ago

Boyfriend said "womp womp" to people dying

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I don't know if I'm overreacting.

I study architecture and in my sociology class we talked about the Grenfell Tower fire.

I told him about it in a very reduced way, basically saying that it was a big fire and a lot of people died.

He responded to the message of people dying with only two words: womp womp.

And then continued on as if nothing happened.

And I was just taken aback by it. He's 26 by the way.

I talked to him and he said that basically if he gets sad for every thing that happens it will overwhelm him etc.

And that fires happen and bad things happen and he can't care about everything.

That empathy is not something that comes very naturally to him and he acts out of logic and helps people because it is the correct thing to do, and not because his empathy tells him to. He says around 70% of the time he doesn't feel empathy but his lack of empathy doesn't prevent him from helping.

I am a very sensitive person and I know he doesn't have the empathy I do, which is something I've known for a long time.

For example: One time we were at KFC and there was a baby eating chicken, and since I know youre not supposed to give small dogs chicken bones I casually asked him if it was the same for babies (just a dumb casual question) because of asphyxiation or something. And then I said I hope it's okay and nothing happens. The conversation was very stupid and I said something like: I wouldn't do it just in case the baby dies.

His response was something along the lines of: eh I don't really care if it dies, it's not my kid.

And it just took me aback a bit.

Yesterday I asked about that situation and he was like: Yeah I'd help, but I'd just think it's an unfortunate situation, I don't know if I'd feel empathy.

Now we got ordered to watch a documentary about it by my professor and I watched it and it was horrible, the way that children died, etc.

And I just feel so odd about what he said.

It makes me really sad to think that a person I love reacts like that to stuff like that and it makes me a bit afraid.

As a background information he's a laboratory specialist in the military. I don't know if maybe he's very desensitized maybe?

What do I do?

I can't tell if I'm making a big deal out of nothing.

EDIT: Also, his IQ test came back as 150ish (forgot the exact number) and he has some odd tendencies like having to plan everything very strictly. I don't know if this is just another unusual trait.


r/whatdoIdo • • 27m ago

[18M] I broke up with my girlfriend [17F] due to disrespect,Her birthday is tomorrow. Need advice.

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r/whatdoIdo • • 33m ago

Should I break up with my BF?

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I (20) have been with my bf (25) for a little over six months, and I’m not sure if we should break up. For context, we both live in a country different from our home country as we both have jobs that require frequent moves. I really do love him and spending time with him. He is the most gentle and kind man I have ever been with.

The problem arises when I don’t feel he isn’t entire self sufficient. His place is gross, he doesn’t clean the bathroom until I tell him that I won’t visit him, and even then it’s not fully clean. I understand everyone has different levels of tolerance, and he has assured me that it would be different in a shared space, but it’s definitely red flag for me. Another reason, he isn’t a big planner. I don’t feel like I can depend on him to plan anything, when we hangout, where we meet up, when we go traveling. Every time he has to ask me pretty basic stuff, or just gives up and says there’s no solution when it just takes a little more effort to come up with one.

These are small red flags now, but I fear they will have huge magnifications in the future. How will I comfortably have children with a man who can’t remember how to care for himself, let alone others? I refuse to be like my mother with my husband in the background not helping. I genuinely would rather be alone. I have mentioned this to him, and he assures me it won’t be like that, but I’m not so sure.

When we’ve talked about our future together there have been a few discrepancies. We would essentially be long distance for the next 5 years due to our jobs and school. He originally wanted to get married in about 2 years from now. When I told him I would not want to start our marriage off LD, he claimed “then I couldn’t leave him,” as a joke, but it kind of rubbed me the wrong way. When I try to come up with plans in how we can mitigate, or ask how he would want to tackle it, he shuts down immediately. I’ve told him it makes me feel like he doesn’t care about the longevity, he feels the variables are too unknown to really plan. This is true, however, not even discussing it beforehand stresses me out as I feel having no loose idea of how we move forward is surely not sustainable.
He has been in many LDRs before and states that he is never the one who can’t do the distance for the reason why he doesn’t need to discuss it. To me, combined with his dislike for planning simple things, this makes it more concerning. I feel that maybe he wasn’t putting enough effort into past relationships. This is purely speculation though.
There is the matter of intimacy as well. I don’t want to go too deep for his privacy, but we definitely have different styles. His preference tends to hurt me pretty bad. The the point where I can only be intimate with him for a day or two and then give myself time to heal. He is not intentionally doing it and is ALWAYS willing to stop, I am definitely so safe, but I feel that I can’t give him that as much as he, and I, want to. I have a fairly high drive but I don’t feel like I can/want to as much as I would usually like to because it is painful.

I also have an affinity to travel. I adore it, but he is more of a homebody. After I finish grad school, I see myself wanting to work in another region for a while, but that far down the line, I don’t think he would like to. It’s normal for couples to differ in this area, but I fear that in the future he will just want to immediately settle down and not go anywhere because it stresses him out. I understand that is the dream for others, but not for me. And I’m not willing to compromise on the front.

As I stated before, he really is very kind and considerate. I like hanging out with him day to day, but right now it feels like this may just be a long temporary relationship until we go our separate ways. Honestly, I would be okay with that, especially because neither of us have much community where we are now, but I don’t want to go on with him having the assumption that it is forever. I just don’t know how to broach the subject yet again that if he isn’t able to even think about the future. I’m at the point where there are three options, he’s willing to work it out with me, he wants to break up, or we continue to (exclusively) date until one of us moves.

I think my biggest concern is that because he is so kind and good to me, I am afraid to lose him. I don’t know if I’ll ever find anyone who is as patient with me as he is. Sometimes I am a lot to handle, but he never makes me feel like I am. But I also don’t want to stay with him just because of that because he isn’t a second choice to me. I just don’t think our future really aligns. I think I might be too young to settle for that life that I’m not sure I’ll be completely happy in. And I don’t want him to have to do the majority of compromising either.

Any feedback would be much appreciated!! I’m not sure I can mention any of this without it leading to a breakup that I don’t know if I want, so I would love to hear another perspective.
Thank you for reading my long post, have a great weekend!


r/whatdoIdo • • 46m ago

How do I deal with my roommate after a fight over the lights at night?

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r/whatdoIdo • • 1h ago

What would you do if a relative stole important, expensive, and emotionally-connected things but you could not prove it to police/civil court?

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So, I had a relative take my stored items, changing the lock on a shared storage unit, then cleaned it out, including all family things, jewelry, family photos, personal documents, childhood things, furniture, tvs, laptop, my expensive, extensive sports collections, $1,000 of dollars worth of things, etc, then threatened me and harassed me. There was clear vindictveness, trumping me, an empowered power-trip here. I gave him the key because he told me he'd help me move and needed it, I cannot drive & his family has a big truck & trailer. This is my formerly-trusted, beloved nephew who I thought was close with, who's bipolar, he and his step-dad threatened me physically, his mother my bro's ex, unstable. I have no family around. I am obviously too passive and nice, why they thought they could get away with it, and have physical challenges, cannot drive, in my late 50s, unmarried, have depression, and almost resigned to it all and questioned hanging in the game, if you understand that suggested take. This was two years ago. They moved it to their house. I took them to civil court, the police telling me, but had no proof and no pics, no receipts. And it court they effectively argued I owed them money too, falsely, and still, the judge didnt take that as a sort of admission. What would you do? I have moved on but want my important things. Please don't be so critical of my poor decesions. I cannot afford an attorney and am on disability and social security, and am not able to drive, and have poor eyesight, as I said.


r/whatdoIdo • • 1h ago

Lost everything, rebuilt from scratch just to lose it all again.

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I'm trying my best to stay positive and remain calm. I've cried until I can't anymore.


r/whatdoIdo • • 1h ago

I feel deeply betrayed by my husband over several things, many of them involving other women

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He met and was with him ex during a time we were broken up, and not on speaking terms. He told me he didn’t intend to get into a relationship with her, that she threw herself at him, and he didn’t want to reject her. He said he wasn’t fully attracted to her due to her weight, but slept with her to avoid hurting her feelings, and claimed he struggled during it. He told me he broke up with her because he wasn’t over me. He claimed she slandered him and called her crazy. He met his former friend after that online, and then in person. He sent me screenshots of her telling him he was cuter in person. He told me she made advances on him, which he turned down, because he still had feelings for me. All of this occurred when we knew each other online.

He argued with me over not wanting to be sexual, and made me feel pressured to be. I was overweight, which he said he didn’t mind, and I lost weight before we met. He rejected me. He shamed me for trying, and told me he said he wouldn’t be the same way in person. I lost more weight and he came onto me, but it felt forced. I spoke to his ex, who told me he said he’d two time, and he said she was lying to make him look bad. For a year he turned me down frequently and made me feel unwanted. He told me he had OCD about not finding me attractive. He started meds he claimed killed his libido. I spoke to his former friend, who told me he came onto her. She said he spoke to her when she was underage, touched himself on video chats, and badmouthed me.

He said she was the one who touched herself and the rest of it was lies. I lost more weight, and he showed more interest in me, telling me if I looked as I did then whenever we met he would’ve been all over me. He claimed to have low libido still but I caught him looking at porn, which he denied, and then said was to test himself. I started to suspect he was cheating for many reasons, something which he accused me of online. When I began to question him, he called me paranoid and crazy, and turned it around on me saying I was the type to cheat, that I would do so thinking he had. He snooped on my phone but slapped my hand away from his. He questioned me whenever I did any of what he was doing, but called me controlling and abusive for questioning him.

For years this went on, with him acknowledging a lot of what he did was suspicious, but getting angry with me for thinking he had cheated. I never felt good enough. He turned me down in lingerie, and went soft on me, but posted photos of me on here asking other guys would do to me. He briefly spoke sexually to one of them and said it was because he was married, and he wanted to out him. He didn’t touch me during sex, didn’t seem to care about my pleasure, and later told me he feared losing his erection. He told me he felt asexual sometimes and then I’d catch him ogling other women, staring at their backsides, which he denied or had other reasons for. After agreeing it would be wrong to do around me, he defended noticing other attractive women, and said he’s married not dead.

He acted like I said he never could, even when I wasn’t around, and called me controlling and insecure. My ex from online, when I was 13, who I broke up with, and remained friends with for years reached out to me. He demanded I didn’t talk to him, and said it was inappropriate because I had moaned for him, likening it to him speaking to his ex who he knew in person and slept with. I regained weight, and he showed less interest, blaming meds, and telling me it had nothing to do with my weight and never did. But then he repeatedly insulted me during arguments telling me I let myself go, calling me fat and ugly, and saying guys prefer thinner women. He said he didn’t mean it, said it to hurt me, and still found me attractive but his actions suggested otherwise.

He added a female acquaintance, who he said he didn’t know, was married, and that he was never going to talk to. He made me unfriend a longtime male friend he suspected liked me, amongst other things, and I asked him to unfriend her due to the lack of trust. He went off at me, called me controlling, and agreed to do it after an upcoming reunion he told me prior to adding her he wasn’t going to. He said he might go, she’d be there, and would ask why he unfriended her. He said it would be awkward. He didn’t go, but didn’t unfriend her, until I mentioned it again and he went off like before. He reluctantly unfriended her. A month later he not only went off at me again, he contraindicated what he told me about how little he knew her, and when he last saw her.

He eventually told me she wasn’t married, during a conversation about boundaries and opposite sex friendships, in which he called me controlling over my stance which is that I don’t agree with close, new friendships, when in a relationship. He posed a hypothetical scenario of working a job, and a female coworker asking to add him on Facebook, and how it would be awkward to say no. He acted like I said he could never communicate with a female coworker/other women because I didn’t agree with adding them on Facebook, and said there were other places he could do so which were more professional. He then went into defending adding random women as being normal, telling me that other people do it, including his friends.

A random guy asked to add me after that, and I asked if I could, and he said no. He said that agreed with not adding people of the opposite sex. I asked why he told me his female acquaintance was married, when she wasn’t, and he ended up telling me he went on her profile and noticed she was with a different guy. He swore he didn’t like her, wasn’t attracted to her, and called her annoying. Any time I mentioned her, and question his intentions, he’d cuss me out. He admitted to over exaggerating how little he liked his ex so I’d be more likely to take him back. I caught him looking at his former friend’s YouTube channel, and he said he was just curious.

I said perhaps what she told me was true and he denied that, and said she was crazy. He started a class a few years ago. He told me he didn’t interact with the women in the class much or at all. There were things that suggested otherwise which he told me, and interactions with them in group chats, which I questioned since he appeared to be trying to hide it. He went off at me, accusing me of being upset he was talking to women, and calling me insecure. He denied doing something with a woman he said he sat beside, who I hadn’t accused him of doing anything with, and said he’d message her and make me look crazy. I reached for his phone and he twisted my finger. He said he felt accused.

A female classmate mentioned going out to eat with him, when he was with me, and he told her that. Then another female classmate asked if he wanted to ride up to class with her. He didn’t go, said he didn’t want to, but also said it wouldn’t have been inappropriate if he had. He told he had to go somewhere, not that he was with me that day, and that it was a pity as going with her would’ve been a good way to practice. He said he worried he’d make her feel rejected. I asked if he’d be okay with me going up to a class with a male classmate and he said it would depend, that he’d have to trust the guy. He swore everyone in his class knows he’s married, but said some may have forgotten, and for a while he didn’t wear his wedding ring claiming it was too tight.

He has since admitted to having touched himself on video chat with his former friend. He said he didn’t want to tell me because it would suggest the other things she said were true, and they weren’t. He said he felt guilty keeping it from me. Then he minimised, insisting he didn’t lie to me as I said he did, and criticising me for reaching out to her and his ex, calling me psycho. Of course, he expects me to move past that like everything else, though he acknowledged it would further erode trust.


r/whatdoIdo • • 1h ago

tell me a biggest insulting text my bf can write to his ex

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r/whatdoIdo • • 1h ago

My friend is deep in a "soulbond" with a fictional character and I am afraid I can't reality check them any further.

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Hi, I am not entirely sure how to even write this post because I never thought I'd have to?? I don't know. I'll try and keep the post mildly vague.

My friend, whom I met online, and I connected through mutual interests. We had lots of in-depth discussions, and over the time-period of me being aquatinted with him, he's grown a severe attachment for a specific character.

It even goes to the extent of "writing for/speaking for" the character because she lives in his head. I already tried to reality check him, with a pretty heavy & long message explaining why soulbonding/shifting is predatory on the vulnerable mindset. That this can't be real, etc etc.

Welllll flashforward to today, I read his response to my pretty lengthy message. He felt like she was now "soulless" in her game and that him & her managed to "forgive each other" for the delusion breaking for even a moment.

At this point I've given a harsher reality check and I said he should go to a professional. But now I worry about the other people in the community we're both in. If they are encouraging this (unknowingly)- or if they fall into the same pit because they see him doing it so vigorously. I also worry about the fact he's very active in soulbonding subreddits, and I fear my friend will be dragged in by people preying on his lonely, vulnerable mind.

What would you do in this situation? Is it really fair enough to just say "Ok I won't be friend with you then, bye?" Is it fair to warn other people (my friends too!) in the community about him? I don't know what to do here and don't feel like it's a situation where I can just cut him off blatantly.


r/whatdoIdo • • 1h ago

Hii I need female friend for chatting because I feel lonely I have no friends dm me

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Dm me for chatting


r/whatdoIdo • • 1h ago

Need advice

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r/whatdoIdo • • 1h ago

I read this post today, got some curiousity based questions.

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I (20M- got a very curious mind), am not into hook up culture and stuff but I am not against people who are into it, it's their choice and their life. Although I have heard others experiences that if you keep doing hook up and stuff for a while then you would lose the ability of emotionally connecting with the person you are doing the activity.

In my opinion emotions play a major part in actual sexual activity and if you are not connected to that person on an emotional level or in love with them, 1. Then how do you guys manage to actually experience the hookup as (making love) and if not then doesn't it feel incomplete afterwards.

2.I mean when you actually make love with your partner(this ain't hook up) don't you feel like you guys are having a sacred experience? Like your souls are merging into eachother? Like you are 2 bodies 1 soul?? I hope you are getting it, I am a complicated typist 😭.

3.The people who "do not want to get married" is hook up culture good for them?

  1. Why are you against hook up culture?

Umm idk if I was able to ask some worthy questions; hook up and making love are two different things ik it's called hook up for a reason but what I want to say is you guys are doing the same physical activity in both of them it's physically the same but is it mentally the same?

I would never hook up tbh. I am not here to hurt anyone's feelings, do whatever you want guys it's your life enjoy!!!!!


r/whatdoIdo • • 2h ago

Irgc looking for me I’ve just fled Iran.

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r/whatdoIdo • • 2h ago

I (17F) can’t stop comparing myself to bfs (18m) ex.

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r/whatdoIdo • • 2h ago

Boyfriend problems

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i started talking to this guy a month ago, and we have talked about making things official and meeting each others kid for a couple times. i finally told him that i suffer from BPD and that im in therapy for it. and we had a really mature conversation about it but he mentioned to me that after we are done hanging out i get really quiet and it makes him feel like he did something. but one time its because i just woke up and the other is because i was on an emotional high and came crashing down all of a sudden. so i guess my question is how do i go about becoming a better partner for him and for me?


r/whatdoIdo • • 2h ago

Should I tell my friend that his girlfriend is cheating on him, even if it means losing her friendship?

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One of my friends is cheating on her boyfriend. I’m friends with both of them, but I met him first and became friends with him before I met her.

The first time I found out she had cheated was after her boyfriend finished his working holiday in Canada and returned to Japan. She stayed in Canada because she had a few months left until her visa expires, and one day she casually and excitedly told me that she had slept with multiple guys because she was feeling lonely without her boyfriend.

She’s one of my closest friends, but I’m also friends with her boyfriend and care about him a lot. I was shocked when she told me, but I decided not to get involved because I thought their relationship was between the two of them. I just listened and decided to see how it would go.

After she also finished her working holiday and returned to Japan, he found out about her cheating and they almost broke up. However, he decided to give her another chance on the condition that she would learn from her mistake and prove through her actions that she could earn his trust back.

At the time, she seemed genuinely remorseful. She appeared to deeply regret betraying him and told me she would do everything she could to rebuild his trust.

However, when I visited Japan recently and met up with her for the first time in a while, she told me that she had slept with a guy she met while traveling in Bali and had kissed a guy from her workplace. Once again, she told me all of this excitedly, almost as if she were proud of it.

Her attitude was completely different from the remorse she had shown after the first incident. She seemed to think it was okay to have a little fun while traveling, as if cheating were acceptable as long as she didn’t get caught.

Hearing all of this made me feel disgusted with her. Her boyfriend had already forgiven her once, and she was betraying him all over again. He’s also a close friend of mine, and I felt awful for him. What upset me even more was that she didn’t seem to feel any remorse whatsoever.

The first time she cheated, I treated it as something that wasn’t my business and chose to stay out of it. But now that she’s done it again, I feel angry with her, and part of me feels like she needs to be held accountable for what she’s doing.

I feel so bad for my friend because he’s being betrayed by someone he loves, and honestly, I think he deserves someone much better. Should I tell him about her cheating?

The thing is, I genuinely care about her as a friend, too. I’m afraid that if I tell him, I’ll ruin our friendship and lose her. At the same time, I can’t just ignore what she’s doing. I feel like I want to protect him from someone who might continue cheating on him in the future.

Would I be wrong to tell him? What would you do in my situation?


r/whatdoIdo • • 2h ago

My gf watch’s unexpected porn.

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For context we’re wlw, she’s lesbian, I’m pan and a bigger girl.
A couple months ago she left her Gmail logged on my Mac (ACCIDENTALLY) and smth in my gut told me to check so I did. She subscribed to two mlm OFs. Later that day when I saw her I asked if there was anything she had to tell me. She said no at first but then I eventually said “you subscribed to an OF?” She said “ohh yeah it’s OF pages of bigger girls” I knew she was lying but I just took it to see if she would ever confess, she never did. Fast forward to recently, I snooped through her twitter, I see mlm porn and skinny women getting dicked down by bbc. Is there smth I’m missing??? I never see porn of bigger women or lesbian on her history/fav at that. We’ve been together for abt a year and some change now and I genuinely don’t understand how we’re together. SHE approached me, she constantly compliments me, saying I’m the love of her life and so much more.

I’m very aware snooping is wrong of my but I can’t help it when I have the constant thought of me not being her type, being insecure and not knowing if these feelings she’s showing me are real. Oh and this is my first real relationship. :p
What do I do?


r/whatdoIdo • • 3h ago

Potential Long Distance Relationship

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I (20M) have known this girl (19F) since I was in my mid teens. Our relationship is pretty complicated and I'm trying to figure out what I should do.

I first met her at a friends birthday party when we were younger. We were introduced to each other with a possibility of a relationship, so we weren't really starting off as just friends. We started texting and facetiming, and it got romantic pretty quickly. We became intimate with each other, so it wasn't just a casual talking stage either.

Things ended badly when I found out she had a boyfriend. I confronted her about it and she hung up, blocked me on everything. So I went back and blocked her on everything as well.

We reconnected about a year later, she apologized for what she did and I forgave but never forgot. We talked very sporadically throughout the years. It was mostly just asking the other on advice about a person, small catching up conversations, happy birthdays, and that's it. Not friends in my opinion just people who knew the other existed and were comfortable enough going to them for a quick conversation.

Earlier this year, we started talking consistently again, and things got romantic rather quickly. We went from about 4 months since our last conversation around New Years to spending virtually every day together. Texting and facetiming for hours, she lives a few states away but it was practically like we spent every day together.

It started off as just reconnecting, then it got sexual, then it became a routine, and it just carried on for most of this year. About a month or so ago we both talked and admitted that this is more than just a friendship and we couldn't deny it anymore. We aren't officially in a relationship but it's the closest you can get essentially. I'll be seeing her later this year and she's expressed interest in hooking up when she's in town. And recently we've discussed the possibility of being together and I've gone back and forth constantly but I keep landing on wanting that outcome as well.

The problem is our history and what happened several years ago. It still messes with my ability to trust her. I know the past doesn't represent who she is now, but I struggle with anxiety and the fear that it could happen again. I find myself worrying about things when I don't have any evidence that any is happening.

We both have anxiety and insecurities and it makes things difficult. We've had arguments where she's felt like I wasn't taking her feelings seriously or wasn't respecting her. She's also expressed insecurity about whether she's actually my type. I've been here for this girl through almost everything, she's the prettiest girl I've ever seen in my life but I do shutdown when I get yelled at or feel I messed up so I understand where she's coming from as well and I know reassurance won't fix this immediately or anything like that.

Our communication can also be pretty inconsistent. Sometimes she takes several hours to respond, which I understand people can get busy. But there have also been situations where I've taken a while to respond and she's gotten upset or assumed I didn't want to talk to her. I know we both have a lot to work on and I don't want to make it sound like I'm innocent in all of this because I know I'm not the easiest to deal with either.

Since we admitted our feelings we've had arguments, we've hurt each others feelings, made up, and tried to improve our communication skills and how we handle things. I've seen good changes in her since I mentioned things she does that I don't like, and she's said the same about me. Despite all of this we still keep fighting to make it work.

Couple days ago we had a big argument and it looked like she wanted to walk away due to me just being hard headed and avoidant. I told her I didn't want all this to be for nothing, I was trying to change, and I wanted to be with her. She took some time to think about it and she said that she wanted to see if it could work and we weren't done just yet. I feel like if she lived closer we'd be in a relationship already. When we work it's literally nothing but incredible, and even when we don't work we are both able to sit there and take accountability and focus on being better and those actions actually come true.

I'm honestly just scared that I'll never fully be able to rest my mind after what happened in our past. Part of me worries that in the back of my mind I'll always have the thought of being replaceable or being with someone else. I don't want to enter a relationship where I'm questioning everything because that isn't fair to either of us. I also don't want worries of the past potentially ruining something good now. I know that there's so much that goes into a long distance relationship, but she's mentioned flying out, me flying out, and potentially even moving closer when the time is right. I don't want to make a decision out of fear.

Would you give this relationship a chance if you were in my position?

We've known each other for a while, and have spent over half of this year doing everything together. There's real feelings involved and confirmations on both ends. We've made mistakes, we've made up, we've talked, and potentially entering something that could be the end of us altogether.


r/whatdoIdo • • 3h ago

I lost my partners trust and I am struggling to rebuild it

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Pretty straightforward, I lost my partners trust. I know how patient one must be to rebuild it. I have been the one to have to rebuild trust for others, however I am more open to giving people the benefit of the doubt and hearing others out.

I lost my partners trust about lying about another guy before we were together. My partner was in my life and we were hooking up, butttt he did not want a relationship...

Anyways, I have noticed every time my partner asks me a question, especially about another guy, he just believes I am lying. I have never cheated and never gave him a reason to think otherwise, besides this.

For example, I recently got into a boba job, where I work with another guy 4-5x a week, but we literally don't speak throughout the shift just because we just don't talk? Idk. Anyways, I told him this and I even explained the type of work related questions and gave him an example. He always just replies with "right". I never even know how to reply to this. Am I overdoing it by explaining everything? How do I gain his trust back if I am being honest, but he just won't believe it? I know he has to be willing to even try to trust me.

Not really looking to hear about how he is insecure or anything related... I already know.


r/whatdoIdo • • 3h ago

I’m thinking about moving away from my Narcissistic Mother

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r/whatdoIdo • • 3h ago

Not visiting family for a birthday because of potential bed bug risk

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My dad's birthday is this weekend (not a big one) and my boyfriend and I were planning to drive to them to celebrate the day.

However, just today I received a call from my mom saying that a family friend has a "bad case" of bed bugs that they're dealing with at the moment. The daughter of that family friend recently visited their place like two weeks ago and she did not have a bag on her.

But the thing is, we both just visited my family's apartment for last weekend and just got back. So harm would already be done right? I just meticulously checked everything we brought from my family's place and luckily haven't found anything of concern. But I really don't want to go back again knowing it's a risk at all, I wouldn't be able to sleep!

Tomorrow is the day I'm supposed to be leaving to go. And I'm really concerned about it. I also don't know how to tell my family that I won't be coming by because of this. My mom is going to be upset for telling me about the bedbugs her friend had in the first place. My dad is a narcissistic asshole who wouldn't care and would probably take it personally.

I'm honestly thinking about lying and saying I've got the flu or something but that feels really wrong. It's because the way my parents are, they would not take that as an excuse of why I wouldn't show up for the weekend. Lying seems the most hassle free for them even though I'm feeling really guilty about it already.

Am I overreacting about this who maybe bedbug situation? I just don't want to risk thousands of dollars down the gutter if we get them. But at the same time we were JUST there anyways. Idk...


r/whatdoIdo • • 3h ago

I have a blind friend , How do I help him make a robot?

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So just recently I made a friend he is around my age and he like robots just as me but he is quite sad since he believes its impossible for a blind person to make a robot, How do i help him make one?


r/whatdoIdo • • 3h ago

Go on my boyfriend and I’a Ireland trip alone?

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TLDR: I go on our nonrefundable Ireland trip alone, his visa is not back. Would you go alone, or stay and plan something else.

I am in a predicament, my boyfriend (M26) and I (F29) have planned a trip for my 30th birthday, set to leave on Saturday. I have a Canadian passport and he has an Indian passport, so he needed a visa for Ireland, he applied in time basis the embassys timeline. However, he has not received his passport back with a visa and tomorrow is the last day to hear about it.

That being said I am in the predicament of going alone or not going and us doing something in Canada. It’s a predicament because I got us cheap flights as it was just a week, and he did not book the hotel with a refund (lesson learned 🤦🏽‍♀️). So if neither of us go it’s a total of about 3500$ spent. I think he is in the fence about me going without him, he encourages it but also encourages us planning a week long trip in Canada.

I don’t know where I stand on it because I am going through a lot, the day I leave it’s a year since my dad died, then a year since we buried him and my birthday that I wanted to make a big deal out of this year but it was not my idea to be alone.

So I guess what would you do? Would you still go, or should cut your losses and go somewhere closer together. We haven’t travelled much together just road trips (small ones) and India.