Love Stories

Soo, my classmates told me that they kind of saw someone on her messenger app that has hearts labeled on em. (Like, they're trying to tell me that she's already with someone, you know.) And I'm unsure if it's true or not, but it's giving a heavy and unsettling feeling. Because I too, saw it earlier. At first, I thought it was just her parents (hey, some people love their parents a lot. But that's based on my POV.) but I also noticed that she hides it, like she's trying to not get caught at all. So now I'm rethinking everything, like as in. Was it worth it? Ten months of admiring from afar, planning this gift for her at our closing event, and pretty much thinking about how perfect she is in my perspective. Maybe I guess I'm not destined to do this after all? I don't even know man... The upcoming final exams are going to be the end of me, and I don't want to seem like an intruder in someone's relationship bcuz that'll make me look like a creep... I guess I should just give it up? Or maybe anonymously give it, like let someone else do the gift and say it's from an anonymous person. So that I won't have to bear the weight of nervousness because it's really my first time.. IDK MAN plz, maybe my intuition is right?? Or maybe its just parents or loved ones??? I cant stop of thinking about so much possibilities. :(

Hey, first time doing this. I'll just get straight to the point. I fell in love with this woman I met, around late June. So, I guess it's been ten (10) months of admiring her? Anyway, our school year is about to end. I really want to give her a bouquet of flowers, the ones that are her favorite color. But I'm really nervous about it since it's my first time doing this. I really like her, especially the way she smiles, the way she styles her hair and how she looks when her eyes light up. I only have at least two weeks left? And our closing event will be on the 26th. I'm seeking out some opinions, or things that I should add to my gift because I really want it to be a good one. Even if she won't love me back, I just want to give her something before time runs out..

It's wild how someone can occupy such a massive space in your heart even when they've never been yours. Ever been there? There's this guy from my class – two years running – who just checked all my boxes. Maybe it's the chemistry, or maybe just my overactive imagination, but I was head over heels; just completely smitten. He didn't have the slightest clue about my feelings. I kept my emotions concealed, hidden beneath layers of friendship dynamics and casual class interactions. But recently, he moved to California, just like that, took everything I was clinging to, and left me staring at an empty classroom seat.

Now, the rational part of me knows it's silly to be hung up on someone who never even knew they occupied my thoughts. But emotions tend to resist logical reasoning, don't they? "Getting over someone you never dated" might be the toughest area of heartbreak, because there's no closure, no conversations to reflect on, no 'what went wrong' to decipher. I find myself scrolling aimlessly past his digital footprints on social media, knowing full well it's not helping; but it feels like the closest connection I have left. Then I remind myself of that famous Coco Chanel quote: "Don't waste your time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door." Ever find yourself in a similar rut, feeling like your romantic 'what ifs' are just another cognitive bias, an error in emotional calculation? In the end, it’s just one of those things where you pray time does its magic, inching your heart slowly towards acceptance. Just hoping one day, someone will cross my path who genuinely reciprocates what I feel. And that, my friends, will be a different chapter entirely; one without hidden crushes or secret wishes. Until then, we trudge onward, knowing it's just one heartbreak of many to come. 💔

We'll go months without sex quite frequently......not I do the cooking the cleaning, the running of the kid...... anything involving getting off the couch. She does till work. However it's come down to sex ever 3-6 months. It honestly breaks my heart sometimes when the kids at a sleepover or something else and I get shot down....like crushing. I feel like I'm just here to be the house servent most of the time and miss the connection to both physically and emotionally.....but fuck me what am I gonna do leave my wife with MS because I'm basically the unloved servant.....and what does that say to my daughter.....mostly I think this is my life now, and I love her......but my heart breaks daily because of it.....not sure if anyone else has the same but best of luck to you if you do you're not alone.

what's the bloody point when you miss your ex, really? you're sitting there, 27, thinking you've moved past high school drama, but nope, you're right back there. they left you three months ago after three intense years together, and now you're spiraling into a bottomless pit of depression. is there a secret manual for getting over an ex that everyone else somehow got but you missed? if sharing this is going to make any sense, let's break it down.

to put it bluntly, it’s a daily grind. you wake up every day hoping for some magical cure or one of those flicks where you bump into someone in a coffee shop and everything just falls into place. spoiler alert: shit's not happening. your heart's tied to someone who might not have been the right puzzle piece after all. or maybe they were and universe is just screwing with you. you're stuck in a loop, thinking about her scent, her stupid laugh, the way she made you coffee on cold mornings. fair warning, you might become one of those coffee-obsessed nutcases pretty soon.

but seriously, what are your options when the loneliness eats you up daily? pretending you're okay is a common go-to. you dress up, put on that 'i don't give a damn' façade, but inside, oh boy, you know it's raining cats and dogs. you could dive into new hobbies or some self-help BS, but the reality is far from motivational quotes. sometimes, you're just lying on the couch questioning your existence or scrolling endlessly through social media pretending you’re searching for a life hack. it’s all a load of bollocks, innit?

sure, everyone sings the whole “focus on yourself” song, but let’s face it, they don’t know your pain, do they? it’s like everyone turned into self-help gurus overnight. everyone’s an expert in feelings except you. being miserable doesn't come with a handbook. eating ice cream or crying into a pillow is about as therapeutic as it gets. you want to ask the universe or whoever's in charge of this mess, “can I unsubscribe from heartbreak, please?” but you know better. it's not that easy, and you’re stuck trying not to curse your past life choices.

here’s the kicker – you're supposed to "move on" and "find someone better", but what if you just want a break from the circus of life?! let's be honest, there are no easy answers here. it's trial and error, with an extra slice of error just for good measure. you might miss her, but life's a bitch and life ain't waiting. are you going to keep reminiscing about the past or finally get off your ass and write a new chapter? time’s ticking, what’s your move?

He told me "I'll never love you, as much as you love me".

I love too deeply, I care too much. I pour my heart and soul into every person I care about. He's socially awkward. He has a hard time expressing and understanding emotions. I've managed my expectations because I know he's right. I know it's not malicious. I know he loves me and he has done so much for me.

I just wish I could feel him love me as deeply as I love him but, it's unfair to ask that of him.

I've spent so many years, in such dark places in my mind. I put so much of my heart into people because I know what it's like to hurt. I want everyone I care about to know they are loved. I want them to feel supported, so I do anything I can to help.

I've never expected that back from anyone. It wouldn't be fair to expect that much from someone else. It hurts just the same though, when you take a step back and look at it. I just want someone, anyone, to love and care about me the way I care for everyone else.

It seems so simple.

It feels so selfish.

so this is a follow-up of my last post

I accidentally told the guy I like that I like him while his partner which i didn't know was his partner or that he had one was on the phone to him. his partner felt insecure and asked him to reject me which I completely understand as I did tell this guy I liked him while his partner was the phone. I said it was all okay while trying to cry. I then get a message from him apologising for the way things went down but I get why he did what he did. his partner then asked him to unadd me on snap which he said he didn't want to do but I told him it was his choice and I would understand either way so he did unadd me but he screenshotted my username b4 he unadded me so idk what that means. did I do the right thing by being so chill about it and why am I upset about it. have u ruined our friendship with this confession

Yes very random i have wanted a tablet since 2022!! My parents say they can get it for me but I don’t think that’s happening. Rn I can’t afford the regular $800+ iPads so is temu an option? So I just want to use the tablet for drawing!(and animating!) drawing on my laptop and phone hasn’t been very comfortable..

HEY i cant move on guys! Its been 1 and a half year already. I cant move on. But the love of my life has moved on. It took him a month to move on and find his next muse. While i am still stuck in zero. I miss my love. I want him back so badly but he is not mine anymore to say that. He isnt mine anymore to confront him for his forgotten promises to me. I am in a sense of despair. My heart doesnt feel happy with anyone else. This fool is still searching for its old muse. LOL! May god have mercy on me so that i can actually move on.

I want to be in a relationship soo bad.I want to have someone to love me dearly for who I am.I want to have somebody to hug me after a bad day.I want to have somebody there for me.But unfortunately i’m weird,i’m chopped and i think that everyone that ever liked me were just pretending.Oh and i also rejected someone that liked me and now i regret it.

so I was just wondering when is an appropriate amount of time to move on from an ex and is it bad that we didn't break up long ago and I already have a new crush and im just wondering if I have this crush bc im newly single

pls help in the pov section

omg guys, can i just say, i am over the moon right now! i swear my heart literally does a little dance every time i think about him. you know that feeling when everything feels right and you can't stop smiling? that's me! i met this guy two months ago, and honestly, it's like we just click on every level possible. he's not just sweet and caring, but also super funny and just gets me, you know? every conversation feels like we're sharing our own little world; it's amazing.

we started talking at this small gathering, and it felt like we just unconsciously gravitated towards each other. it was so natural and comfortable that we were inseparable for the rest of the night! he's been sooooo nice, I can't even believe my luck sometimes. and it's not just that mushy stuff either. he's pushed me to be a better version of myself, and i truly feel blessed and grateful to have him in my life. i know it's only been a couple of months, but it feels like we've known each other forever. is this how fairy tales start? everything just seems brighter and more colorful, and i just want to sing hellos to all the world!

anyway, i hope you all are doing amazing as well! ever felt like this before? it's like I'm back in high school with butterflies and spontaneous giggles! it makes me wonder how life surprises you when you least expect it, and it's thrilling. i'm grateful for these moments, where happiness seeps into every mundane part of my day, transforming the ordinary into something magical. life just doesn't seem real right now, and i can't wait to see where this journey's gonna take us. sending virtual hugs and hellos to everyone reading this. tell me, what's making you smile today?

so my ex dumped me a few days ago and the next day turned around and said it wasn't them it was their friends who dumped me (background: we have dated before they were poly i wasn't comfortable with that so I ended things they said they had stopped seeing the other person so we got back together only for me to find out they were still seeing the other person so I ended it again) so basically the day I got dumped i went to go hang out with them at lunch and they said they weren't free so I walked away thinking nothing of it except they couldn't hang out. I was planning on walking into town in the place I live to get a mother's day present. when I approached the bridge into town one of they're friends approached me and said they didn't want to be with me anymore and all I could say was okay bc I was too hurt to anything else. I then text my ex (partner at the time) and ask if it's true they respond with a pic of said friend with their thumbs up. I block them immediately wanting nothing to do with them ever again. the next day my now ex approaches me and says non of it is true they never wanted to break up and that we should get back together.

what should I do

firstly, thank you for all the comments on my last post! your words really helped :). here's an update. unsure if this is positive or negative? i need help with determining that.

anyway, a lot of you suggested i talk to him about it, so i did. i told him about how i felt sidelined and neglected, and i reinforced my boundaries with him. i also asked him what he thought about breaking up. because a lot of you also told me to think about whether this relationship was worth the mental war. imo, i really want this to work out, but at the same time, if he won't change i won't burden myself and i'll break up with him.

honestly, i expected him to agree. but he actually didn't want to, and even begged me to stay. he asked me what he could do to fix this, and it honestly pmo because i've told him about 4-5 times already about how i feel when he treats his FP more like a lover than he treats me. i wonder if it's my fault for not communicating it clearly, but he also confessed that he was worried he would be bothering me whenever he reached out first (because i'm in uni and stuff, so i get pretty busy from time to time).

i reassured him that i didn't mind him reaching out first, and that it actually made me really happy when he did. and he also apologised for making me feel neglected, and promised to do better. keep in mind that everytime i talked to him about this in the past, he said the same apologies and i'll do betters, but this time he sounded more desperate (maybe because i asked about breaking up?)

now he's giving me a lot of attention. which i like, but it just feels awkward if you get what i mean. it feels like this attention is only because he doesn't want to lose me. also, he told me he stopped talking to his FP, but last night i caught him calling with his FP for the entire night after telling me he couldn't go on a date with me.

i am unsure of how to go on with this situation. my friends say enough is enough and i should let him go, but i feel like sometimes he really does try and that small effort shouldn't be ignored. should i break up, should i try talking to him again or should i wait and see what happens?

So, here's the deal!!! I've been grappling with this feeling of not being attracted to anyone!!! Like, anyone at ALL!!! It's not that I've turned into some emotionless robot or lost the ability to appreciate a good Netflix series with a captivating lead actor; it's just that when it comes to the realm of attraction, I feel like I'm floating in some sort of void!!! Is there a term for this in the emotional intelligence handbook??? Maybe I missed the memo at the last group therapy session!!! The funny thing is, this isn't one of those existential crises where I ponder the meaning of life or explore the depths of some philosophical abyss - nah, it's much simpler than that and perhaps less dramatic!!! Gotta love the simplicity of life sometimes, eh???

Even when faced with the seemingly omnipresent societal pressure to "find someone special," it's like I'm holding the Hogwarts Express ticket to nowhere!!! Maybe I'm surfing through a dry spell in the emotional attraction department, or it's just that my internal radar's been jammed!!! Anyone else in the same canoe??? Because, honestly, I'm ready to trade stories like battle-hardened veterans of the romantic war zone!!! "Houston, we have a problem!", I jokingly say to myself!!! Is there a manual for this stuff, or did IKEA forget to include it with life's assembly instructions??? Yet, strangely, I'm not worried at all!!! It’s like I’ve read somewhere, "Not all those who wander are lost," a Tolkien gem!!! So, perhaps this phase, albeit perplexing, has a purpose, maybe self-discovery rather than chasing heartbeats!!! Ah well, guess I'll continue to navigate this peculiar territory like a semi-curious, half-exasperated detective until the plot thickens, bringing unforeseen revelations and maybe a snippet of insight!!! Until then, cheers to the void - it’s oddly liberating, don’t you think???