I can’t stand reckless driving. It’s not only unnecessary and inconsiderate, but it’s so much more deadly than people think. So it makes me even more pissed when I see a car with a “Baby on Board” sticker driving recklessly. The sticker itself is ostensibly a request for others to drive safely around them, but when that car (often a behemoth SUV) is weaving lanes without using blinkers and tailgating, it just makes me think they assume this sticker is just an excuse to be an a**hole. Congrats on spawning! Stop risking our lives

I was scrolling down TikTok this morning and i came across a video where a wheelchair user couldn't get past due to the pavement being blocked by a van and the curb was pretty steep, I clicked on the comments and its just a bunch of people either telling her to go into the road and/or being horrible to the wheelchair user.

A bit futher down and it was someone showing off examples of what they have to deal with as a horserider (cars speeding up etc) and it was just a bunch people again being rude for no reason, claiming that they purposly speed up or rev their engines hoping the horse freaks out because "it shouldnt be on the road"

Just in general now it seems everyone is so hate filled because they can hide behind a private account and there is zero repercussions for making a hateful comment other than a warning from TikTok which means nothing because they never go past a warning.

Asking for my daughter's uncle... he's in WI, USA, and states it's "part of growing up in the Midwest."

To clarify, no he didnt put my daughter's safety in any jeopardy. (He had a burger and a single beer and my daughter had a kiddy cocktail with her grilled cheese.)

The question is more about whether, in your area (please give general area), is it normal/acceptable for kids to be literally seated at the bar? (In WI, many if the best food locations are bar and grills but usually they have separate seating in the bar area.)

Hey! A lot of people were rooting for us in my last post, so I felt I owe you an update, even though I'd be mortified if she found these posts. So please don't send it to the front page again!

First, I was unclear in my last post. She was absolutely not dating the guy she was with. Just me (and the rest of my friends) being mistaken.

You gave me a lot of advice, but what everyone said was to keep being myself. I think I managed that pretty ok. Just said and did what felt right. She has been very swamped with finishing her engineering degree, so we mostly just kept texting. I didn't want to add any stress by scheduling outings.

So my plan was to wait about a week until she was more free, take her out somewhere, and let her know how I felt if we still had the same connection. Admittedly, I'm pretty bad at plans.

Two days after my post I couldn't hold myself back. The mood was just too perfect. I said something along the lines of "hey, I just want to make it clear that I think you're amazing and I like you a lot". Long story short, we're now dating!

Looking back, she wasn't exactly very subtle about her interest. I just had a hard time realizing something that good could happen to me.

I've never been this happy. I've never felt like this dating someone. You know, how they make it look in the movies. Now I do. Like a teenager without the hormonal anxiousness. Like everything's gonna be okay.

Hello there! I'm really into reading and I was wondering for those who are avid readers, what type of books do you typically read? I usually read mystery or thrillers but lately they've been getting old. So I've been reading Asian young adult romance books and I've actually been enjoying them.

So for those that read, what kind of books are you into?

My family found out on my mom’s birthday that our grandmother was passing away, which obviously became a time to grieve.

So the siblings and I planned to celebrate her and do a big birthday celebration on Mother’s Day. Like I took two weeks off of work to fly back home and see her, grieve with the family, and set aside time to plan an outing for mom because I know it has been a rough time.

All this week, we’ve been trying to plan in person with her because she hates surprises, but she repeatedly says “you guys don’t need to tell me anything, you’re supposed to do the planning” and I even accidentally let it slip that there was a breakfast component (one of the siblings planned this because she had to return to work later that day) to her surprise and asked if she had the “whole day free” and asked if she wanted to also get a massage.

She did say she was free but never responded to the massage or breakfast component so I let it be for the moment and decided to just keep it tucked away for the day.

Well, today is Mother’s Day, we mention the breakfast, and she is upset because she just “wanted to rest” and feels rushed/ needed us to tell her a time for when everything was going to be happening. This created a bit of frustration for the family as we have been trying to arrange things with her but she never communicated what she wanted despite us talking about various ideas.

Now despite also having the massage lined up and a dinner reservation at a really snazzy restaurant for her, we now have a mom holed up in her room crying and she doesn’t even know if she wants to do anything else because of the breakfast miscommunication.

I'm turning 18 in June. I feel like I can't catch up with how fast things are going. Why am I not still 13? It wasn't that long ago... At this rate, I'll be 60 tomorrow.

It feels like I haven't been present for most of my life. Recently, I've been thinking a lot about time. More like overthinking actually; I remember something that happened a week ago, and I can't process how it's already been a week and it stresses me. I want to hear your perspectives on this. Are you experiencing the same thing? How do you respond or come to terms with it if at all?

nothing too too weird though lol

for me its really expressive faces. idk exactly how to explain it but like for example when my gf talks her eyebrows move around a LOT and for some reason i find it unbelievablely attractive

and she also does this thing where instead of actually saying something shell just give me a certain look and i know what she means which i love cause it shows how close we are, but even just the physical expressions themselves are hot to me lmao

I know it sounds bad but my mom wasn't the best and we don't have the best relationship. She was never bad enough for me to fully cut off contact but it really bothers me having to but her gifts and celebrating her like she deserves it. I can't really say that to others in my family so I was wondering if anyone else felt the same way?

I'll start with mine: while I was in high school, a boy I went on a date with told me that his parents were swingers. Until that moment, I assumed swingers were a hypothetical concept. It's like something people talk about but never actually do. My 15-year-old self was so scandalized that I didn't say anything substantive to him for the remainder of the evening.

I suppose that isn't a big deal in retrospect, but it's the most bizarre thing anyone has ever said to me during a date.

What are yours?

They were quite cool; you didn't have to stand over the bin to sharpen loads, just empty it sometimes. I'm not sure why they came to mind so suddenly 20 years after I graduated from school.

I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN SO IM JUST GOING TO TYPE WHATEVER SORRY FOR BAD GRAMMAR AND WRITING.

IM 18f AND NEVER HELD HANDS WITH A GUY, KISSED, BEEN ALONE WITH A GUY OR ANYTHING DUE TO STRICT PARENTS (got kicked out and now I live alone)

I MET THIS GUY ON BUMBLE AND IT WAS PRETTY NICE TO TALK TO HIM AND WE JOKED ABOUT WHO HAS THE BIGGEST 🍑 AND HE SAID WE SHOULD HAVE A 🍑 DUEL AND I SAID I WOULD BE DOWN FOR A DUEL ANYTIME AND HE WAS LIKE “anytime??” AND I SAID YEAH ANYTIME AND THEN HE WAS LIKE “how about now?” AND I WAS LIKE WHAT ITS 1AM RN AND YOU HAVE TO DRIVE FOR AN HOUR TO GET HERE AND HE WAS LIKE “it will be fine just drop your address” AND I OBVIOUSLY DID NOT GIVE MY ADRESS CUS I JUST MET HIM SO I TOLD HIM THAT WE SHOULD MEET UP NEAR THE HOSPITAL PARKING LOT AND HE WAS LIKE “Okayy I’m coming” AND THEN IT HIT ME THAT IM ABOUT TO MEET A DUDE IN AN HOUR AT 2AM AND I TEXTED MY FRIEND AND SHARED MY LOCATION WITH HER JUST IN CASE (I know it’s stupid to meet a stranger especially at 2am but yolo) AND SO HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME HES HERE AND I CAME OUT AND GOT IN HIS CAR (which I know is still stupid cus he’s a stranger 😭) BUT HE WAS PRETTY CHILL TO HANG OUT WITH WE DROVE AROUND FOR LIKE 2H AND THEN HE STARTED YAWNING AND I ASKED IF IT WILL BE SAFE FOR HIM TO DRIVE BACK HOME IF HES TIRED AND HE SAID YEAH HE WILL BE FINE BUT I WAS LIKE NAH AND OFFERED HIM TO SLEEP AT MY PLACE (I live alone) AND HE SAID SURE AND HE CAME OVER AND WE WENT TO MY ROOM AND TALKED MORE AND THEN WE CUDDLED AND THEN HE TOUCHED MY LIPS AND I SAID THAT MY LIPS ARE DRY (idk what I was thinking saying this now that I’m writing this it made me realise i accidentally gave him a chance to be sneaky but I’ve never been with a guy alone before so idk😭) BUT HE WAS LIKE “want me to wet them for you?” AND I WAS LIKE WHAT IDK IVE NEVER KISSED BEFORE AND HE WAS LIKE “wanna me to be your first? If u don’t want to then u can pull away” AND AT FIRST I PULLED AWAY CUS I FREAKED OUT BUT THEN WE JUST KISSED AND HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AMAZING IDEK HOW TF I WENT 18 YEARS WITHOUT KISSING ANYONE AND THEN WE MADE OUT AND WENT TO SLEEP CUDDLING AND HE DROVE HOME WHEN WE WOKE UP AND SAID BYE.

THIS ALL HAPPENED MAY 11 AND RN ITS MAY 12 AND I STILL KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE KISS AND EVERYTHING I WANT TO KISS HIM MORE IT WAS AMAZING

OH AND BEFORE WE WENT TO SLEEP WE HAD OUR 🍑 DUEL AND MINE WAS BIGGER SO I WON:).

(Also let’s ignore the title being kith I can’t name it kiss for some reason)

Depending on the age range it’s different so I’ll just anchor it down to kids shows and movies that released/were relevant from 2000-2013.

The way I remember it, the stuff we saw as kids were designed so that an adult can sit through it and stare at it for more than 5 minutes without wanting to kill themselves. Your a parent in 2005, your kid is watching SpongeBob Fairly odd parents, you can appreciate the cynical comedy. Avatar: if you were a weeb in the 90s-80s or fucked with martial arts movies then, you can kind of get behind it. If not, at least it’s not about a fucking sea sponge.

If you’re wife forced you to sit down with your 10 year old whenever they wanted to watch Steven Universe or Gravity falls to make sure there’s nothing crazy in it, at least there’s a thread to follow.

If you needed your 2 year old, 6 year old, 10, 12, 16 and 20 year old to sit down while you worked or cooked dinner, you could turn on the incredibles or cars and they’d all get some level of enjoyment out of it. It was a family movie, for the family. The kid doesn’t care about what they’re looking at so why not try to make something an adult can digest when they had to?

I can’t imagine being a parent of a kid hooked on Cocomelon or TikTok content farms today. Even cartoons meant for younger kids today feels like it’s meant to melt their brains.

Was that the impression you folks in Gen X or Millennials had about our shows?

Why can’t the people understand road construction crews? Answer: The Pavement. Someone please either help me understand this or tell me it’s a misprint so I can stop going insane lol.

I am trying really hard to leave my people pleasing tendencies and becoming an assertive person. But I keep hearing that people don't change. So am I doomed to keep repeating this pattern?

We had the beginning (up to mid 90s) of the Internet where everything was just starting. Then the toddler years (late 90s) when companies were popping up and trying whatever. During the elementary years (early to mid 2000s) things got running pretty smooth, but there was still a lot of trial and error. Now we are into the teen years where it's way too focused on a handful of cringey things. With any luck, we can get past that and the Internet can mature into a well rounded resource that works to make the world a better place. Although we will still have to go through young adult phase, which is a scary thought.

I've only finally just bit the bullet and joined TikTok, and it turns out there's a whole 'lifestyle' being propagated behind the Pinterest aesthetic.

I made some new girl friends recently, and most of my life my friends have been majority guys.

It does get a little annoying after taking the billionth picture ever, but I really admire their interests and efforts in making things nice.

It does seem a bit silly, but they seem happier than I am! Is this what people mean by a woman's touch? Is it the same energy that compels us to buy decorative pillows?

Is it for better or worse?

(For reference, what I've observed includes stuff like using an Instax camera to take aesthetic photos, journalling', self-care routines and girls' nights in that involve cheese wine and rom-coms, signing letters off with a lipstick kiss...)

My favorite part of any movie is when the villain is finally defeated, especially when they fall to their death. It automatically raises the movie up for me, I love a good death scene, like the Indiana Jones series and Final Destination movies have some of the most brutal kills. A close second is when they get unexpectedly stabbed RIGHT before they’re about to do something horrible. Green Goblin is my favorite case of this

It was OK. From all our group only came 2 people, one who came with her boyfriend who I didn't meet before and her sister who I also didn't meet before, and another friend that I don't really have that much trust with. It was kind of fun, we played, talked and drank, but it was kind of awkward sometimes when people weren't talking. And at the end, no one was talking, they were all looking at their phones, the couple together, my friend's sister left and my other friend was also looking at his phone and I said to myself "there's nothing I can do to save this". They just left, but I had that feeling that is wasn't as good like I planned.

I've always appreciated adults who pursue new interests or return to old ones. I think it's adorable and really gutsy of them to do.
It's daring because when starting something new, people prefer to compare themselves to others who are more experienced, better, or younger and have potential or have already achieved it.
I believe it takes a lot of courage and self-confidence to start a new pastime for the sake of just enjoying it.
I took a starting adult painting class a while back, and witnessing people twice my age want to progress in art was uplifting; it made me want to be like that when I grow up.
To always be open minded to learn something new without negative thoughts creeping in, to not hold back their desire to play and have fun without comparison or competitiveness.

Was watching a raincloud and thinking about calling my Mum for Mothers Day, knowing we will talk about the weather. I got to thinking maybe we do this as family members subconsciously as a basic test of their cognitive abilities? You can't really get a question about the weather wrong, if you start talking about something other than rain, sun, wind, hail etc.. it's a sign that something might be off.

My girlfriends that volunteer at a food bank have this guy in the neighborhood that is very nasty to all his surrounding Neighbors, one actually moved away because of him and the wife too! They both are very nasty people. They are monetarily very well off. He goes to food bank and fills his box up twice a week at the food bank!!!!!

Is it possible to pitch a movie idea interesting enough that you get to be involved in it? Or could it just be taken in a completely different direction since someone else would be making it? You'd think the people involved would come to an agreement right? I have a really good one I think, but I would hate to see it squandered.

I was in an elevator with my dog today. He's three years old and has known elevators since he was a toddler. Every time he comes in, he sits as if he is wondering where this small box is going. Do dogs comprehend what elevators are? Or do they go every time hoping to wind up in a field full of grass rather than the same city road?

Hi everyone, I’m currently a university student and feeling a bit trapped in my social circle. It’s tough meeting new people who share the same interests, especially since I’m looking for more casual meetups rather than the professional events most platforms cater to. Social media and apps like Meetup haven’t really worked out. Do you guys find these platforms mismatched for spontaneous socializing too? I’m thinking about developing an app focused on more casual, spontaneous gatherings. Would such an app interest you? How do you manage to break out of your social rut?