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“I fell hard for someone who’s already taken—now what?”

A few weeks ago, I met this absolutely amazing woman. She’s stunning—like, “knocks the wind out of me when she walks in the room” stunning. But it’s not just looks—she’s smart, hilarious, the kind of person I can talk to for hours without getting bored. I can’t stop thinking about her. I’m head over heels, and that almost never happens to me.

Here’s the problem: she’s not single. She’s in a relationship. Still, the chemistry between us is intense, and it feels like she’s just as into me. She’s hinted (okay, more than hinted) that she wants to see me, even though she’s still with her boyfriend. It’s pretty clear she wants to cheat with me.

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“My fiance’s friends treat him like crap”

My fiancé has all guy friends, and I’ve noticed since the beginning that they all kinda treat him like the pack mule and really just like the little b of the group. It sounds bad but it’s true.

They expect him to do whatever they want, when they hang out, he’s expected to always bring drinks and gets ragged on when he doesn’t (even if they never bring drinks).

They make mean comments about him to his face under the guise of “jokes” and he’s even told me sometimes they hurt his feelings.

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“I only feel a spark with emotionally unavailable people.”

I’ve been dating for two years, but only a handful of guys, and I’ve taken breaks in between. I’ve noticed a pattern: I’m drawn to emotionally unavailable men, addicted to the highs and lows—the waiting for a text, the rush when it comes, and the anxiety when they go cold. I try to prove my worth to them, but when it doesn’t work out, my self-esteem crashes. I always let them back into my life, too.

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“My Screen Time is 12+ hours per day”

I (25 M) have a bad phone addiction. I spend 12+ hours daily on my phone, mostly watching porn & doom scrolling Reddit/TikTok.

I tried using my iPhone’s Screen Time feature to “limit adult content” and set “app time limits”, but I always end up disabling the restrictions. I even had a friend set a secret passcode, but I used the “Forgot Passcode” option to reset it to bypass the restrictions.

I also tried using a few adult content blocker apps, but they are too easy to uninstall.

How can I reduce my screen time and set hard limits that I can’t easily turn off? Thanks

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“How do I convince my friend to not go back to his cheating ex?”

My friend just found out his wife has been cheating on him. To make matters worse, this isn’t the first time she’s crossed a line—she’s been emotionally checked out for years, hasn’t worked a day since they got married, and doesn’t lift a finger around the house. She’s shameless about the affair, and somehow still finds ways to make him feel like the problem.

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“Does anyone else get demotivated seeing 30-year-olds with $500k+ net worths?”

Does anyone else feel totally demoralized when scrolling through Reddit or FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) forums and seeing 30-year-olds with $500k+ net worths? It’s like everywhere I look, someone my age (or younger!) is either a high-earning software engineer or a genius investor who bought Amazon at $3 and has been maxing out every retirement account since birth. Meanwhile, I’m here just trying to make sure I don’t accidentally pay my electric bill late again.

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“My boyfriend wants me to allow him to have sex with other people.”

I 24F have been with my bf 25m for 4 years straight , we have been through hell and back together, lived in multiple places together and have gotten really close with each others parents.

He recently bought a house back in July and as a result I’ve been working 13 hour shifts as a surgical assistant while he works at a computer all day. Due to me working long hours on my feet I’ve been too tired to have sex on the weekdays and now he is blaming his porn addiction on me.

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“Husband keeps messaging his ex despite promising not to”

I need marriage advice. My husband and I have been together for five years. We have a toddler and another baby on the way.

There’s a woman he used to date before me. Early in our relationship, I noticed he had searched for her on Instagram. A few years later, she called him at night, and he told me he shut it down, saying he was happily taken.

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“My wife does not allow me to spend time alone with my daughter”

I’m a 32-year-old man, and I’m struggling with a situation that’s honestly breaking my heart: my wife—who’s 43—barely lets me spend time alone with our six-year-old daughter. She keeps our daughter close, almost as if she can’t stand the idea of us having our own father-daughter relationship. Any time my daughter shows affection toward me, it’s like a switch flips in my wife, and she finds a way to insert herself between us or to keep us from spending time together.

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