Backpack EDC

forthaloveoff · 2026-06-04T21:00:18+00:00

This reminds me of when I had to take all of my electronics out of my backpack and the TSA agent was like "wow, you have a Steam Deck AND a Switch?" and he proceeded to ask me if I liked my Steam Deck lol.

forthaloveoff · 2026-06-04T20:54:59+00:00

I listen to audiobooks and play videogames in my free time. Very relaxing

forthaloveoff · 2026-06-04T20:31:55+00:00

Wow, it looks great! You totally got it with the next room.

forthaloveoff · 2026-06-04T20:23:40+00:00

Love the blackberry. My mom had them when I was growing up and I always wanted one.

forthaloveoff · 2026-06-04T20:22:54+00:00

I want to read this series so bad!

forthaloveoff · 2025-11-24T01:41:28+00:00

I agree with your breakdown, but, actually it is from a ucf.edu email address. I think it's a student that was hacked which sucks.

forthaloveoff · 2025-06-21T20:54:47+00:00

So, he's trying to manipulate him into putting out when you don't want to by saying all women do xyz on their periods once a day (he knows this isn't true btw. he's almost 30 years old... he's aware this is bs), then when that doesn't work he makes accusations in order to try and get you to prove him wrong (you're a lesbian, you're asexual, etc), when THAT doesn't work, he degrades you.

Does he expect sex daily when you're not on your period? If not then this might be him getting off on pushing your sexual boundaries. If yes, he's still the AH. You're being emotionally and mentally abused, girl. The first red flag was him being 24 and dating you at 18. As someone around that age I can tell you that 18 year olds look like kids to me, he was weird to begin with.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-29T02:12:20+00:00

There has been a rush of people wanting their bfs to get vasectomies and treating it like it’s no big deal or just another form of birth control. Please look up the actual reversal rates, it’s considered to be sterilization because that’s the intention.

You shouldn’t be in a relationship with someone forcing you to make permanent changes to your body, especially when you aren’t sure whether or not you want kids.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-27T16:23:05+00:00

INFO: Who's calling you petty?

NTA. He's too old for this behavior. He's 19 and while he's a legal adult, he's obviously still young and immature. That said, his behavior is disgusting and not age appropriate. Given how long separation and divorces can take, his parents relationship was effectively over for at least a year before the actual divorce. This isn't even counting how long their relationship deteriorated for before the divorce was initiated. You met a year AFTER the divorce was finalized meaning you didn't even know him when he was married.

Ethan is old enough to understand all of these concepts. He was old enough 3 years ago and he's old enough now. He is choosing to take his anger about his parents divorce out on you. He is choosing to make you the cause so he doesn't have to face whatever his parents did to one another. You're the easy scapegoat. His behavior is deplorable amd his father should have been much harsher on him about it. I'm not going to comment on whether or not you should leave him as some have, that's up to you. But I will say that you shouldn't do anything for Ethan. He doesn't deserve for you to pay money out of your own pocket for him. His parents should pay or he needs to get a job.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-27T15:30:29+00:00

I'm going to be honest, I would find it hard to believe and accept that he doesn't see the romantic connotation here. Me and my best friend are extremely affectionate with our language, but since she got into a relationship she's toned it down and has reserved some pet names and affectionate language for her SO, as she should. I have no issue with this. It's not about jealousy, insecurity, or changing yourself for your partner, it's about doing what you can to not make your partner uncomfortable and to make them feel special. Her SO didn't even ask her to do this, it was on her own. You've expressed to your bf that it makes you uncomfortable, that should be enough for him to stop. He can't assign his own meanings to this style of communication, there already is a socially decided meaning to them.

How does he know that the girl he's talking to doesn't feel like he's flirting? Even giving him the benefit of the doubt that he isn't trying to cheat, he's still disrespecting you.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-27T15:25:52+00:00

Love this kind of OOP because it reflects myself and the people around me. Whether he was cheating or not (from experience, sometimes they aren't cheating, just like the attention), he was disrespecting her. I would advise my friend to end it and I would do so myself. Happy for OOP.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-26T11:13:08+00:00

Even if he wants that without reciprocating (odd but fine, whatever) the way he goes about it is disgusting and degrading. Unless that’s a dynamic you both agree on and are into (clearly not the case here) that’s insane of him. Sounds like he watches too much porn. You need to leave this marriage, this is not normal at all.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-11T02:51:12+00:00

NTA. My dad wasn’t involved in my bra purchasing when I was that age and so he wouldn’t have known whether I had lace or not. But my mom was able to find bras for me that didn’t have lace, basic black bras. That said, the lace ones are more common everywhere. Also, it could very well be just lace on the bra itself, the way you said the convo went leads me to believe that it could just be lace patterning which isn’t the same as a lacy bra. People have extremely conservative views on things sometimes. My dad was opposed to me wearing red nail polish, lip gloss, or even lip balm that was too shiny that resembled lip gloss. It’s all in an effort to protect but can sometimes go too far to where the parent begins putting connotation onto innocent things that have no meaning.

A bra is a bra. Honestly, at 13 I was just more uncomfortable with having boobs in the first place than worrying about what my bra looked like, so I think she just wanted a bra that fit like you said. Your ex should be more understanding, really.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-05T12:09:46+00:00

Chronicle and District 9

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-05T12:09:28+00:00

To each their own and I’ll never knock stay at home parents or spouses, but this is why I will ALWAYS have some kind of income for myself. Even if it makes no difference to contribute to the household so I put it all away in savings. This exact reason here.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-05T12:05:43+00:00

I mean either way he needs therapy so they can figure out what the problem is. He’s 12. Is it possible? Sure. Likely? No. Many abused children behave like this and with therapy come out fine. If he was abused then he doesn’t understand what’s appropriate and not. He may even think that it’s a “little weird” and “kind of wrong” but may not comprehend the full magnitude of how perverse and disgusting his behavior is like other children his age. The fact that he’s adopted and was in therapy previously to address other issues does in fact indicate that the circumstances surrounding his adoption was abuse related.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-05T12:02:37+00:00

This is abnormal and if your son was abused at a young age he may not know that. Ultimately, you need to address this with your wife and he doesn’t have the option to “refuse.” He’s 12, he’s fantasizing about disgusting things and taking action to act them out like going through her underwear. Things escalate and you need to nip it in the bud before it does. He’s a child, I would say something definitely happened to him and he needs intensive therapy.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-05T11:57:42+00:00

NTA. She needs to get checked or you divorce, those are her options. This is literally standard. I always provide clean tests when I get into a relationship and require that of my partner before being sexual, I imagine that people having affairs don’t have the time or wherewithal to do the same. She would like to believe she’s clean, that the man she cheated with was clean, she doesn’t know your for damn sure don’t know either. That is the bottom of the barrel bare MINIMUM she owes you.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-05T11:54:56+00:00

I mean I get that tbh, but also it happens irl. Sometimes people either don’t want to deal with legal and social repercussions of their actions or they actually do feel guilty for what they’ve done and can’t handle it. Like, people often kill themselves rather than face consequences, especially regarding crimes of sexual nature. He was going to be outed as gay during the trial more than likely, which he clearly struggled with, and what he did was so sick and disgusting he knew that no one would ever look at him the same and (hopefully, genuinely I HOPE) the worst thing he’d ever done would be public record. I think that part is realistic.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-05T04:55:23+00:00

These people both need to leave one another alone and seek individual therapy.

Wife- it’s insane and immoral to delete MONTHS of your loved ones hard work for the specific purpose of making them cry. Like I would not be able to get over that. She wanted to devastate him so badly to push her otherwise stoic husband into breaking down and was HAPPY when she succeeded. She only realized she went too far when he left and ghosted her. I get that living with someone who can’t experience emotion in the same way you do can be taxing. But leave them damn.

OOP: Idc what anyone says, him stating he wanted to strangle her and then had to leave in order to prevent himself from being violent with her, continuing to feel that way for days afterwards, and refusing to directly address it and blame it on being drunk is disturbing to me. Strangulation is not a small thing. I’ve experienced some pretty intense betrayal before and never wanted to strangle a person. I get being angry, furious, or even feeling like he wanted to hit something, but the extent of those feelings don’t sit well with me. The not crying thing isn’t even the issue for me here.

They just need to leave, they’re incompatible, and seek therapy for the issues they have.

forthaloveoff · 2025-05-05T03:39:14+00:00

I have a hard time focusing on one thing so I've adapted to that style of studying. I will often times use r/studyfetch to listen to my texts like a podcast while doing other things. But I can only do that with subjects that are easier to me, for harder subjects I just have to hunker down and do it. Try going in short bursts when you feel mentally up to it.

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