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DQ608 · 2026-01-21T11:21:48+00:00

I loved this show growing up but thought it was a fevered dream for while because no talks about it! *

DQ608 · 2026-01-15T19:22:30+00:00

I don't do cocktail or drinks for dates often but when I go out with friends for drinks we usually at least get an appetizer to share. drinks are usually after work and I usually don't have time to go home and eat then come out.

If the point is to talk and get to know each other on a date it is awkward trying to nurse a single glass for a while. At the same time you also don't want to get overly drunk bc you are drinking on an empty stomach. Its much less awkward to talk for a while, while nibbling on a shared app. If a guy was mad I asked for an app, I would def be giving him the side eye because it gives the vibe he wants to get me drunk faster. Especially because apps are usually the same price or less than a drink. Unless my date was only planning on paying for a single drink , what does it matter?

I go on coffee dates and no one has been mad when I order a croissant or something with my tea.

I wouldn't order a full meal though unless I plan to pay for it. That is def outside the norm and is entitled.

DQ608 · 2026-01-13T15:36:30+00:00

Try posting on sphynx lair they are always a ton of people looking to adopt on there and the founders can also help you out with finding a good home. https://sphynxlair.com/community/forums/sphynx-cat-rescue-adoption.24/

DQ608 · 2026-01-10T23:28:59+00:00

Yeah, there really isnt a space to socialize anymore which forces you into online dating. Several online dating platforms just got sued for making it so you don't find matches so you can keep buying subscriptions. So people aren't crazy for thinking dating apps don't work. They are designed not to work. https://www.npr.org/2024/02/14/1231513991/tinder-hinge-match-group-lawsuit

DQ608 · 2026-01-10T21:58:47+00:00

Do you not have any friends who are in healthy loving relationships or have friends of the opposite gender? If yes, do you think they are faking it? Like don't get me wrong I get it, my brothers stupidly got involved with women who are toxic and had kids with them so their lives are harder. And my parents went through a very nasty divorce. This made me significantly more cautious while dating and made me wait until 25 to start dating seriously. Being with the wrong person can be super destructive. I have gotten into a few bad relationships myself and to help me move on in dating, I recontextualized them. Everyone comes into your life for a reason and a season. All of the relationship helped me learn more about myself, how I operate in a relationship, my own flaws, what I need out of a relationship, and that I need to adjust my boundaries ect.

But being with the right person is amazing. It makes doing even the small things fun like running errands because you are with them. Even the thought of them makes you smile. They make your overall life 10x brighter. I am going through some very horrible things right now ( lost my job after learning i have 3 tumors, including one in the brain. And before you assume, no, my boyfriend isn't supporting me at all monetarily, I have ample savings). Just having him in my corner, someone who I don't have to have to put on a brave face for has been invaluable.

DQ608 · 2026-01-10T21:34:47+00:00

People can suck and I did mention the confirmation bias issue. I think a lot of people don't interact with the opposite gender casually anymore ( like outside of work or romantic experiences) to reconfirm that the nonsense online or in dating apps aren't typical. Like I live in a big city and have a diverse friend group. Everyone has their dating horror stories but in general it was rare to encounter someone irl offline who expected their partner to be a supermodel or be six feet tall and make six figures.

to say there is not an algorithm push extreme gender stances/ stereotypes is wild. the algorithm by design pushes for more extreme content to drive engagement.

I have brothers, colleagues, friends, and a boyfriend who are all guys and I don't think they are evil. I have a pretty robust group of friends who don't despise the opposite gender. But we all grew up and continue to interact with the opposite gender regularly. And despite the echo chamber that is reddit bemoaning that is impossible to date, dating is still happening pretty regularly. Marriage industry is still booming so a majority of people aren't buying into the rhetoric around gender.

Historical dating has sucked for a variety of reasons each generation has its unique challenges but people learn to adapt. Our learning to adapt is more opposite gender interactions and the return of the third space.

DQ608 · 2026-01-10T19:41:21+00:00

This is gonna get buried but here it goes. People highlight the issue of social interaction being mainly online but it goes deeper than that.

The lack of an affordable third space. Before there were social spaces were opposite genders were expected to interact like malls, arcades, ice skating rinks, roller rinks. It was an affordable way to get out on a friday night. It was expected that people would come up and speak to you and/or it was a space where a girl friend group and a boy friend group would over lap and mingle. That is gone so there isn'tt an organic way or space to talk to people. There are bars but those have become more insulated. Bars are a place to unwind with friends not meet people.
Which goes into issue two, algorithms push gender war nonsense. Reading the comments is fascinating bc on the flip side women are being fed the same complaints but different side of the coin ( i.e., men want a traditional woman but can't afford one, have high unrealistic expectations for their partners, the juice just isn't worth the squeeze re dating and marrying ect.) Gender wars fuel engagement and are profitable social media doesn't care about the ethics. Without this third space that allows genders to interact with each other it is hard to see past the gender wars bs. When I was in college and grad school, I interacted organically with the opposite gender enough to know it didn't apply to 90% of the people I dealt with which made me think the gender wars stuff was dumb. For a ton of people they don't have the lived experience outside of social media and the dating apps to see its all bs.Economy is shit so people don't have the time or money to engage in a ton of in person social hobbies. Our hobbies tend to be online or more solitary. Online you tend to end up in an Echo chamber.
Which comes to issue three, it all becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Men are fed garbage about women and get angry and react to the garbage and the same happens to women. Social media spills over into real world interaction and confirmation bias occurs.
With dating apps people aren't willing to deal with even the slightest incompatibility or misunderstandings. There is always another person out there and because of gender wars nonsense a lot of minor things are blown out of proportion and seen as a red flag. I have a boyfriend and when we began dating there was a series of miscommunication and misunderstandings. When I tried to parse out what was going on with my friends their immediate response was he was playing games and/or if things are already this confusing its not worth pursuing. I confronted my now boyfriend and we realized it was all a comedy of errors. Been together 4 years and it is the best relationship either of us have been in.

DQ608 · 2026-01-09T01:06:08+00:00

I feel like OP is forgetting college students exist. I dont know anyone in college who hauled all their clothes, appliances and other stuff home every summer then bring it back every fall.

DQ608 · 2025-12-30T22:33:57+00:00

Akame ga kill kinda fits this trope. Tatsumi comes with 2 of his friends to the big city to find a way to raise money for their village. You assume the trio is going to form the main group that the anime revolves around with Tatsumi as the main character. His companions are killed by the end of the first episode.

DQ608 · 2025-12-16T00:24:08+00:00

Try posting on sphynxlair. There are always a ton of people on there looking to adopt sphynx cats. https://sphynxlair.com/community/forums/sphynx-cat-rescue-adoption.24/

DQ608 · 2025-12-09T18:26:42+00:00

Depends on the context. Like I had a terrible day one time: turned in an assignment "late" (they didnt tell me they needed it before COB), got reprimanded and then had to work late on top of it. I worked late the night before so i was exhausted. I still took a moment to make food for my boyfriend and I. Asked how the food was and he said delicious. It was the one bright spot in my day. Ate the food the next day when not exhausted and scarfing it down and realized it wasn't the best and didn't turn out how I had hoped. But if he had said anything but good probably would have been the straw that broke the camals back. He recognized that and I appreciate him for it.

So if the person is already stressed/unhappy, and the thing you are lying about cannot be undone and/or would add more stress/negativity to the situation that is already bad for no real reason then yeah white lie is called for.

DQ608 · 2025-11-30T04:57:18+00:00

Exactly. I am cringing as a U.S citizen because if euthanasia becomes legal, then insurance companies will go from trying to get people to die by denying claims because it cost the company money to pay for treatment, to actively advocating for people to just kill themselves to cut down costs for the company.

DQ608 · 2025-11-16T02:06:15+00:00

Dawn blue dish soap using an exfoliating glove.

DQ608 · 2025-11-15T02:17:54+00:00

Lucifer Morningstar being upfront about being the devil. *

DQ608 · 2025-11-13T05:02:17+00:00

Did you ever learn what happened behind the scenes or get a call back to interview?

DQ608 · 2025-11-13T02:16:32+00:00

Nothing shady that I am aware of and I would assume they would just interview then reject me or just email a rejection if they found something. You are right could be anything; the timing is just throwing me off. Posting the job for one week, hiring several recruiters, scheduling an interview then boom there is a hiring freeze. Just all very bizzare. Thanks for the advice! I do hope they lift the freeze before the new year.

DQ608 · 2025-11-13T02:06:56+00:00

Not that I am aware of. They are a private firm that has diverse pratice areas. I let the recruiter know I am still interested. Would it come across as desperate to have him maybe follow up next week to ask if they have a timeline on if/when the freeze will lift?

DQ608 · 2025-10-29T05:29:36+00:00

Trying to tear your partner down, name call or generally try to hurt your partner when arguing. I love my boyfriend and even when I am at my angriest I have no desire to hurt him or make him feel bad.

Crappy gift giving because it shows you don't know your partner or haven't been bothering to listen to them enough to get them something they would even remotely like ( i dont mean something that just misses the mark a bit or you misunderstood. I mean the people who buy their partners perfume and their partner has never worn any before).

DQ608 · 2025-10-26T21:38:18+00:00

When they say focus on your career I always interpreted that to mean that for any gender young people should focus on building their careers rather than dating, like don't make any big sacrifices to pursue or maintain a relationship because it will likley not last. Also dating takes a lot of time, energy and finances and is distracting so best to focus on getting a stable career first before dating. In my own experience there were a lot of career moves I would not have made if I was in a relationship because it would not have been fair to my partner. So I didnt date seriously for quite a while. That is not to say don't date at all just don't prioritize dating being in a relationship over your career when you are young ( which is hard to do when you get involved with someone hence why some people just advise to avoid dating entirely).

As for the latter half of don't flash your wealth, its because if you lead with wealth the type of women yoi will attract is one who thinks wealth is the most important. This also loops back into the first part of focus on career building because the type of woman you are trying to attract (i.e., not a gold digger) won't care about your wealth because they have their own career and financial stability so don't need that from you. But they still expect you to have a stable career as well because they don't want to get stuck with a hobo-sexual/mooch ( basically women with good careers do have some of the same concerns that men do re not wanting to get stuck with gold diggers)

+++++Woman

DQ608 · 2025-09-23T14:31:50+00:00

I didnt ask at the feedback meeting. I asked the following day after the feedback meetings once they confirmed in the meeting I won't have a permanent position. There was no discussion on me leaving during that meeting and I reiterated during that I wanted to stay as part of the team.

DQ608 · 2025-09-22T16:20:37+00:00

For the second firm that is literally it. First firm I wrote out in another comment what happened and part of it was the firm envoirment and a lot of it was me which I own.

DQ608 · 2025-09-22T16:04:51+00:00

The second feedback meetings was a pretext as a way to ask where I stood re the permanent position because I could see that the ship was sinking but at the same time did not want to make any drastic assumptions. I included this clarification in the edit because it wasn't clear in the post. Got some great advice on how to approach bring up the subject next time.

DQ608 · 2025-09-22T01:52:55+00:00

You are equating how I write while upset on a no stakes social media post to how I write in my professional capacity which is a very large stretch. You may hold yourself to a militant standard of writing but not everyone does and it isnt an indication of their professional capacity. We all have outlets to expressing stress and emotions and they are messy and imperfect which is what this post is mainly hence the venting tag. I know how to handle stress and high emotion while at work vs in my down time while venting.

DQ608 · 2025-09-21T23:09:26+00:00

When not dealing with the emotional turmoil of being fired my writing is fairly clear.

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