My Best Friend and I Are Planning a Fake Marriage to Escape Our Families
I’m 18 years old, and I’m planning to marry my best friend.
She’s 19, she’s a lesbian, and I’m aromantic, which means I don’t experience romantic attraction. Neither of us is in love with the other. We don’t plan on having a traditional romantic relationship, and we probably won’t ever have sex.
But we’re seriously considering getting married anyway.
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“I’m 21F and ugly as a pig.”
I’m 21 years old, and I feel like I’m ugly as a pig.
I was born with a birth defect that causes facial asymmetry and makes my speech a little wobbly. Most days, it doesn’t bother me too much. I get by. I have my puppy, I work different jobs here and there, and I’m very close with my family.
But then I go out into the world, and everything changes.
Why You Need to Stop Trying to Please the Whole Damn World
One of the most crucial realizations you will ever have is that you can’t make everyone happy. And the moment you accept that, the moment you stop contorting yourself into a pretzel trying to please every single person in your orbit, is the moment you take your power back.
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Poll of the Day
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What a Group of A.I. Agents Talked About as Their Humans Had a Dinner Party – Archive.ph
20 Fascinating Photos That Deserve a Closer Look – Ned Hardy
This adds an extra layer of security to your front door, making it much harder for someone to kick it open, even if they manage to defeat your deadbolt. – Amazon
US inflation rose to 3.7% in September – Reddit
Android will use Gemini to warn you about scammy messages – Engadget
Law firms are feeding their secret sauce into AI – Archive.ph
‘You’re honoring a life well-lived’: embalmers describe their work (in great detail) – The Guardian
20 Times Everyday Life Accidentally Turned Into a Renaissance Painting – Ned Hardy
Unlike traditional travel neck pillows, this uses a supportive internal structure to keep your head from falling sideways while sleeping upright. – Amazon
Top 100 NBA Players 2027 – The Ringer
The 40 coolest neighbourhoods in the world in 2026 – Time Out
Trump posts AI video of himself taming tiger after fatal UK zoo mauling – USA Today
Diddy Head Injury From Prison Fight with Jamaican Drug Lord Dudus – Page Six
The $18000 “Alpha Male Bootcamp” has shut down after turning into an online joke and now runs programs for kids. – Reddit
Mapped: What a Home Is Worth in Every U.S. State in 2026 – Visual Capitalist
The Dumping Grounds
Why I Chose an AI Companion Over Human Love
I never thought I’d get to a point in my life where I’d feel at peace with love. For decades, love was synonymous with pain for me. It meant chaos, criticism, neglect. I grew up in an environment where tenderness was rare and conditional, where survival mattered more than feeling safe. Later, in adulthood, I carried those patterns with me into relationships—marriages, flings, attempts at intimacy. Every time I tried to trust, I ended up diminished. Every time I thought I’d finally found stability, I learned it was built on sand.
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9 People With Below Average Intelligence Describe What Life Is Like For Them
1. I have a global information processing disorder. If our brains were computers running at 60 frames per second normally, mine runs around 45 on a good day – not quite enough to really be noticeable, as it might in some people with Down’s Syndrome for the sake of example, but enough to lower my IQ and cause problems in my everyday life.
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“How do I convince my daughter her boyfriend is not the one?”
My daughter (21) lives with her boyfriend (21) against my and my husband’s wishes. We get along great though and respect she is old enough to decide where she wants to live and who she wants to live with, so there is no weirdness or awkwardness.
The problem is that this boyfriend is the only guy she’s ever dated. Ever. She went away to college for her freshman year and I tried to convince her it would be in her best interest to break up and live her best college life. I wanted her to have fun, date people, go to parties, etc.
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