Search Results: want to stay friends

Looking for marriage relationship advice?

Preface, i am not looking for bashing, I need someone's genuine help navigating a tricky situation, not just throw the relationship away answers. My husband and I moved in with my mom in law to try and pay off our debts....

SneakyPapaya

Xper 5 Age: 26

Should I disregard my husband's family and not invite them?

I recently made an announcement about my husband, which also marks a celebration for us. However, it seems that I'm now being portrayed as the bad person. His family has mistreated me and judged me way before even getting...

Paradiseequeen

Explorer Age: 35

Break Up & Divorce

How do you move on after planning your future with someone who changed?

I'm really heartbroken to have to write about something like this but my boyfriend is withdrawn from our relationship 2 months after I gave birth to our first child. He had been going out a lot or hanging with friends or...

Anonymous

(25-29)

Why should girls and women be forced or encouraged to date their male friends?

We shouldn’t have to be forced to date the guy that’s been there for us since day one, UNLESS we had feelings for them back. If we don’t have feelings and we’re honest, you can’t get angry at us. If a boy or man rejects a...

Anonymous

(25-29)

Education & Career

Should I be envious of my friend who does not work but gets to make content on YouTube?

Which is something she loves doing. I want to be able to quit my job and start my career full time in writing. I feel I hardly ever have the time to write because my job has me so tired after getting off. She lives...

Simslover92

Master Age: 34

Did I over react?

So I had this friends with benefits. We were good. No strings attached. I got it. He’s text me every day with stupid memes or to check up on me etc. if he didn’t message me I didn’t reach out to him. We got close, at...

Anonymous

(30-35)

How do you deal with a gamer boyfriend who’s always “there but not really there”?

My boyfriend is a full-on PC gamer. I knew he was a gamer when we started dating, and I even thought it was cool I play occasionally myself, and I always got along with gamers. But now that we live together, I’m realizing...

Anonymous

(36-45)

Did I push it too far?

So been seeing this guy for nearly 2 months, we call it a friends with benefits, but it’s anything from it. I literally spent every evening with him the other week, just chilling and cuddling and we only had sex once. We...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Boyfriend keeps dragging feet about moving in together. Do I need to consider breaking up?

My boyfriend and I are a pretty good distance away from each other, him being in Oklahoma and me being in Connecticut. Our ages are a bit distant as well, him being 22 and me being 28. We've been dating and seeing each...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Why does he want to be friends again?

My guy friend cut me off months ago and blocked my number because he told me his girlfriend made him. He just got with her around that time and I knew him for two years before that. My number stayed blocked we also never...

Anonymous

(18-24)

Break Up & Divorce

How do I let go of my boyfriend without hurting him?

Hi everyone, I ( 30f) i have been struggling a lot lately and don’t really know who to talk to. A couple of years ago, I moved to the states two years back ( for reasons i can't post here ). A close family friend let me...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Girlfriend’s constant complaints and hot and cold attitude is putting me off. What should I do?

We’re in the early stages of a relationship. Lately we’ve been having an issue where she’s been acting hot and cold. She’s a bit uptight and serious and I’m more easygoing. We’ve been having this constant back and forth...

Silver89

Xper 4 Age: 37

How is it possible to have an emotional connection with someone without wanting to be a in a relationship?

So long story short.. I have been talking to this guys for a while. We have a really strong emotional connection and we also have sex with each other. Recently I brought up the idea to get into a relationship with...

xx_kisses

Xper 1 Age: 26

If your “friend” only talks about themselves and never asks you a question, would you cut them off?

I’ve been so patient. For over a year. I just spent 5 days in the hospital and she barely asked me how I was she spent the entire 5 days messaging me for like 6 hours a day about how her ex boyfriend doesn’t seem eager to...

Anonymous

(18-24)

How do I stop assuming that I've a crush on someone when I admire their qualities?

It's an irritating habit. I'll explain with examples. At my college there was a senior who was very good at studies, he also was really eloquent and spoke very well in meetings/assemblies. I really admired these skills so...

Anonymous

(18-24)

Should I just go no contact?

We started off as friends and turned into friends with benefits. We have texted each other every day, all day for the past several months and he's been inside me. He let me cuddle with him after each time and told me that...

Anonymous

(36-45)

How do I make a good first impression after a long time to a guy as a shy girl?

It's a complicated situation but me and this guy don't know if we want to be together or just be friends. I've known him for 6 years and we are in a relationship right now after being best friends for so long. It's a long...

french_omelette

Xper 2 Age: 19

Education & Career

After wasting 10 years of my life, this is how I'm bouncing back.

Hello all. This is not a vent or a call for help. I'm just sharing my journey of failures, trauma and learnings from 2014 to 2024. I hope this might help some who are in similar situation. Let's rewind time to 2015. I was...

Anonymous

(25-29)

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