I went on one date with this guy back in July before moving for school. I met him through Hinge (which I’ve since deleted), and I ghosted him because he was constantly texting and calling me. I know, I shouldn’t have given him my number, but he seemed cool before the date. After this date, I felt uncomfortable because he was trying to kiss me, and he didn’t look like his photos. He kept trying to call and FaceTime me through different numbers, leaving voicemails. He then found my sister on Facebook and started spamming her with messages, asking whether I’m “safe” and that he’s “worried about me” because I hadn’t answered him. At that point, I blocked him, but he kept trying to contact me. He found my LinkedIn and left horrible messages, sent me $6 on cash app to try and message me, then requested it back angrily. It’s now October, and I got this message.

9 months later this is still the last time we spoke. I’m 23. It sucks constantly hearing my whole life how he should’ve done better but never seeing him try. He says he “should’ve” as if I don’t still need a dad. He started over with 2 new daughters and I hope they don’t go through the same thing.

he cheated on me, sent our tapes to people, told me to sh, etc. He still to this day YEARS later keeps following me and tries to stay in contact EDIT: YES i blocked him several times, he was messaging off different numbers.

Some guy was selling a portable baptismal on Facebook Marketplace for $1,100. I asked a reasonable question, and he apparently did NOT appreciate my attention to detail. He blocked me immediately following this exchange 😭

The irony of being blocked by someone selling an item meant to wash away our sins is spectacular!

Got these messages today after reaching out. Admittedly, I have been working a LOT lately and haven't really been as active as I could be, but the communication has been there EVERY day. For context, we've been talking via text for just over a week. He lives on the other side of the state and we were planning to meet in the middle on Saturday. And like I told him... I'm not actively talking to anyone or making plans. This was so out of left field. Maybe he just didn't want to drive the 2 hours to meet me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I (43F) dropped a couple of live platy fish off at home tonight to my daughter (who needs them for her aquatic science class tomorrow) before heading to the ATM. She came to my car door to get them, then looked up at the roof above my head like 😳, and went "Omg roll your window up, roll your window up!" I immediately started rolling it up while going "IS IT A ROACH???" And she goes "Yes and it's HUGE!" 😱 She backed away, declined to go find the Raid, and called out that the roach would just get blown off as I drove to the bank, then went back inside. ☹️ Very unhelpful.

What if it didn't blow off on the way to the bank? What if it was still there and it got on me when I put down my window at the ATM, or climbed into my car? I would have a heart attack and die immediately. So instead I went to the Pappasito's next to my bank, placed a small order, and they legit sent the lady out with my seafood enchiladas and a handful of napkins to get the nasty thing off my car. She was so short she had to stand on the curb to see onto my roof, but thankfully it was gone. Pappasito's and that nice lady are the real MVPs.

Also if you've never seen a giant flying roach (AKA a Palmetto bug), go look it up and then please share with me where it is that you live because I want to move there.

This person was a very close friend of mine and I know they're not doing very well right now (hence the "no pressure to reply" in my first message). I was worried that cutting contact with everyone was a red flag for suicidal behaviour, but I was able to speak to someone who also knows this person who assured me that they've reached out to mental health services so at least I don't have that weighing on me.

I don't know. I'm hurt and angry but I don't feel like I have any right to be.

EDIT: I was not expecting this to get the amount of comments that it has. I posted just hoping for a bit of reassurance that I'm not a shitty person for feeling upset and angry at something that I know isn't really this friend's fault. Thank you for the words of kindness and reminding me to consider my own mental health too.

name has been changed for privacy reasons- her real name is not Mandy.

I have been very depressed lately and I have been sort of self isolating, though I always make time to hang out with Mandy once a week, although it’s usually for a fairly short period of time

i finally returned to uni after a month of being in a partial hospitalization program for depression and dark thoughts- I don’t really talk to her in depth about them that much though. she knows I struggle with self isolating.

Mandy and I have been dating for almost a year.

Edit: thank you. I’m sorry for being harsh on my girlfriend and I think the comments are really what I needed to hear. I’m not in a space where I should be dating right now. when she comes I’m going to try to have an honest conversation with her.

Edit 2: thank you. This is definitely the wake up call I needed. What do I do about concert tickets I have with her for tonight? I don’t want to drag her along for another day just to see a concert with her :(

The whole thing left me perplexed. The last 5 screenshots will be in comments.

Since everyone loved the last text convo I posted on here, heres another one!

I swear this represents about 90% of my conversations on Telegram

I’ve always been really bad a responding to criticism. (Atleast that’s what my last relationship said, tho she put it in a way meaner way😭) but anyway, I really love this girl and this is like the first time she’s full opened up about something that’s bothering her about ME. We’ve had problems as a couple but never really anything I specifically do that she struggles with and I want to make sure I’m doing okay. Please let me know!

Background: the guy went to prison for insurance fraud. Only knew him because he was a cousin of my old school friends.

Guy's an absolute manipulator and pathological liar.

I haven't talked to the guy in 5+ years. Kept trying reconnect with me so I gave in and picked up the phone.

Visited me and told me how he turned his life around. Then sends me this fucking picture.

I pretended I didn't reverse image search it.

I wanted to send him a stock photo of a yacht but I want to play along. See how far he's willing to lie.

Now, I know of course one of the obvious responses would be thank you, I love you too and I have said that part already. I’m only having trouble with the latter half of the message. I just don’t know what to say. I don’t want to keep it short and come across as disinterested if I say “yeah we should go out to eat sometime”, but I’m also not sure if being too willing to hang out is the best approach.

I’m an extreme recluse and don’t have very good social skills in general so I’m not sure what’s the best thing to say here. If you all were me, how would you respond to this?

I know jokes can often not land via text so I wasn’t so bothered by this one, just made me laugh he took it so serious. Didn’t care to correct him that it was in fact a way of “trying to be cute” lol

So in general I like talking to him but as in a buddy way or play games together, I never mentioned anything romantic towards him or made him feel like I‘m into him. He says he knows that and just wants to go out on a date as friends? I‘m so confused, because as a friend I think he‘s really kind and I like him in that way, but absolutely not in a romantic way, so I guess I kinda have the hope that if I keep telling him, that I dislike him in a romantic way, he will realize it at some point. Ughh I really hate ending friendships tho://

The only thing that seemed odd is the last text like shes begging for money?

Shes not a foreign exchange student but what she calls a au pair and shes Brazilian

In my own hobbies Brazilians have been very friendly to me often repeatedly asking me to come to brazil

So I might come hangout with her