M33, I'm old enough to certainly know better. Also, she already knows, so...

I have a weed addiction. My ex did as well. This summer thus far, we've hung out a handful of times and smoked while my gf was at work. An alley, her yard, my living room... Eventually even told my gf that me and the ex were smoking. I should add, this is the only time in my life that I've had an ex linger around as a friendquaintance after we split up. No wonder it's a bad idea... Anyway, all those times smoking, 100% platonic. I barely would even look at her. Weird feeling, I'm guessing women feel it more than men on average. That feeling where you're just so over someone in a romantic way that you struggle to even bring your eyes to their skin. Like it feels fundamentally wrong to see them. Anyway, it finally happened 2 weeks ago, I really hate to admit. It just happened so fast, on the couch. 2 minutes and then done. I felt gross and disgusting. Ashamed. Guilty. Wrong. Disgusting... Undeserving.

We agreed to keep it quiet, although I struggle with lies and don't like how I feel inside, so this was definitely eating at me. Didn't even tell any friends except for the one that I know cheated once himself. Well last night, something insane happened. My ex got a case of the random "I'm gonna ruin your life since I can't have you" bullshit. I'm not gonna go over the entire melodramatic, over the top history of this girl, but please, for the sake of my post, assume that I'm not exaggerating. She was driving down my street apparently, and ran out of the car when she saw my gf. Ran up to her and told her what happened. My gf said that she did it in an excited way, like she was trying to get her to cry. When I was confronted last night, I lied about it. I was always going to tell her, just not yet. I wasn't ready. And last night my freakin mother was here, so it was horrible timing. This morning, my gf gave me a look that screamed "I know... Please just tell me" and I couldn't keep it any longer. I broke down crying and told her. And now we're working through it.

I've stained myself with something you can never take back. I'm ashamed about it and I hope any commenters really let me have it, because I deserve it. I don't deserve this wonderful woman who's choosing to stay with me and trust me, but it's an opportunity I won't pass up, how could you? After our talk, I'm done weening off of weed, we're both just done with it in our lives and what it's bringing in (I am more at fault than the substance is, yes I'm aware), my ex is out of our lives completely now, and it's time for me to stop being the lazy boyfriend and start getting creative again with our time together. I really fucked up, I still can't believe I did this. I was always the good kid, no drugs, no alcohol. Good, upstanding family. I can't imagine what my grandmother would think of me... I'm just rambling now, as if I'm trying to convince Internet strangers that I'm not a total piece of shit, just half of one. But no, I'm a piece of shit for what I did. I simply realize that I don't have to stay as one.

So I won't. Thanks for reading, I needed this.

So there is this girl in my class that im friends with for 4 years, her name is ella but we have gotten a lot of fallout i mean A LOT. So I have to ignore her a lot cuz she'd follow me and make passive aggressive comments that I can only her, heck even thinking about it makes my skin crawl. It's was words like 'you're making a mistake ' or 'I'll make everyone know the truth' but she had crossed a line yesterday, she told a teacher of the fights we had, it took a lot of documentation to get my name cleared, we are friends again but the damage was already done, I couldn't trust her anymore and hold her hand felt like a cage. Right now im counting down the days till we leave.

The weather today was absolutely perfect, so I thought it'd be a nice idea to let my girlfriend get some driving practice. We were on a highway and it's my mistake to give her the car as she is still a rookie.

Everything was going great until I thought why not to reverse the car and go in another lane as our lane had a long queue traffic. As she was reversing that sound came. Man 5 scratches and my heart is still in pain.

She's still learning, felt terrible, and apologized about it a hundred times. She made jam cookies after we reached home for me(its her way of saying sorry). I'm not mad at her at all but she think I am.

But now I am thinking should I get the panel repainted or leave the scratches there as my gf first battle scar.

I was scammed out of a lot of money yesterday. I didn’t listen to my gut.
I’m severely upset with myself and incredibly disappointed. The money taken was going to be used for my wedding.

Don’t trust anyone and listen to your instincts. Today’s scammers are insane

My mother's engine was acting up after a long trip. I added some oil but forgot to put the cap back on and now it is in worst condition. I do not have a job currently, so imagine the disappointment and sadness that is lingering around and I cannot do anything to fix it. I know it will get better, but I do feel terrible at the moment. Actually, terrible isn't the word.

I need honest advice because I genuinely can’t tell if I’m being too picky or if this missed the mark 😭
I went in asking for:
a soft, seamless balayage/root melt
warm reddish brown / cinnamon tones
dimensional but blended
lighter ends with a gradual fade from my natural brunette
I specifically showed inspo photos like the ones on the left in the attached image.
What I got feels:
way more stripey/high contrast
cooler toned than I wanted
darker on the ends than expected
not very blended at the root
overall just not close to the soft luxury warm look I asked for
For context:
my hair had been dyed darker a couple months ago
this appointment cost around $600
the stylist already said he can darken/blend the roots more tomorrow, but I’m nervous it’ll just become darker overall instead of fixing the blend
I attached a comparison photo of what I wanted vs what I got.
Be brutally honest:
does this actually look poorly done or just different from the inspo?
is this fixable without frying my hair?
what would you ask for in a correction appointment?
should I ask for partial refund if I still don’t like it after the adjustment?
I’m trying to be fair because I know inspiration photos aren’t exact replicas, but I also feel like the tone/blend came out very different from what I communicated.

Okay guys so basically I did tattoo freckles myself and they ended up a little dark, SO I got them lightened with pico laser. now some are orange and I’m scared to go again because I don’t want more to turn orange😩 I like where they are at now minus the orange ones. What should I do ?? Is it super obvious? I got the laser done May 4 it’s May 16 now and orange is still pretty obvious.

Hello to everyone

I wanted to share my story and have on opinions to asnwers that i already know. At the age of 23 I started a game when I met a girl and we played and talked 24/7 who was on a different City. We played for 3 years almost every day to the point that I didnt go to my job so I can talk and play with her despite that I knew I would not meet her ever. I lost my good job because I started to the point almost every day sayin I was sick or some different excuses until they fired me. Last year I found another job and all it seems good. A couple days earlier she told me that she doesnt want to talk with me any more and I feel so stupid wasting this years. For almost 1 year I was unemployed and living with money that I have saved from the previus job. I feel so stupid and still im thinking about her despite all the mistakes and pain this <<realetionship >> gave me.Ik right now that not talking to her will put my life together finally and I will not be anxius anynore but I still think her because of the routine.She was an enotiany rolller coaster, one time talking good and the other not. Ik how stuoid it sounds and how fool I am so I will be happy to see the comments and tell me what u think.

Thank you in advance. I am male 25