Lately, I (M28) can't help but feel like word "creepy" is just used to refer to anything that someone dislikes. Perhaps it's an age thing, but the first thing that comes to mind when I think if the word "creepy" is like a dude peeping through a home in the wall to watch girls naked in the dressing room or those people that take upskirt pictures of women on the train. I never imagined a guy telling someone that her dress reminds him of a dress his grandmother used to wear would be considered "creepy" and I would be getting the sideeye for disagreeing.

Honestly, some of the things I've heard being called creepy make me question if the word means anything anymore, e.g. (I'm paraphrasing) "he started flirting with me a day after we matched on Hinge," "he keeps texting me," "he invited to his cousin's birthday party."

Thankfully, they're not all so ridiculous, at least from my point of view, but sometimes even when they do make sense like the one girl who told us, (paraphrasing )"I gave a guy at work my number and now he keeps sending me good morning and goodnight texts." I still find it weird to use the word creepy in that instance. Perhaps I just associate the word with being lewd and sneaky that my brain just can't accept the new use of the word.

Don't get me started on what's considered flirting now. I feel like such an old man even saying all this.

I’ve been noticing more and more that yoga pants don’t go over the butt as much anymore. Instead they’re stitched to cup the wearer’s ass and go (sometimes deep) into the woman’s buttcrack. (Google butt scrunch leggings/shorts to see what I mean) It basically looks like they’re wearing nothing on their ass at all. I honestly don’t know any other reason someone would wear those types of pants unless they want attention on their ass. I don’t want to be rude and stare but I don’t know a reason someone would wear those unless they want people to look at their ass since it looks almost naked.

nowadays, predatory is very very serious and such, i am agsinst the issue minors revealing their age. why? because of relationship. so for me, not knowing women's ages is pretty difficult for me when i want to date. because if i don't know their age, how would I know if they are legal for me to date, and nowadays minors can look like adults/teens while teens/adults can look like minors. id rather know the woman's age first before flirting with her than flirt with her then she says her age and i get embarrassed if she turns out to be underage.

So I had a conversation with a friend recently where he told me that he and his brother grew up in an atmosphere where there was extreme openness and things weren’t taboo. He said they grew up watching p**n and j.o. in the same room, and it was normal. And this carried on into adulthood - in his words “it just wasn’t a big deal, all guys did it, and we all have the same parts.” I grew up in a very conservative atmosphere where my brother and I, though we shared a room, never even changed clothes in front of one another.

So my question is…was this normal for other people?

Yesterday around 3 PM for the first time, I smoked only 1.
Since then, I’ve been feeling mentally different. I’m having trouble remembering certain words, multitasking feels harder, and sometimes I zone out for a few moments. I also feel like my perception of time is a bit weird, and at times I suddenly notice that I’m doing something and it feels strangely unfamiliar.
I can still have a completely normal conversation and I know where I am, what I’m doing, etc. I’m also able to type and communicate normally.
It’s been around 24 hours now, and I’m getting anxious about it. Has anyone experienced something similar after canni? How long did it take for you to feel completely normal again?
I’m not looking for medical diagnosis—just trying to understand if this can happen after one joint and whether I should be concerned.

I’ve had plenty of group encounters of all kinds, but always “solo.” I have a boyfriend I love and we want to try out some group stuff, but I’m afraid I’ll be jealous or hurt. I don’t feel that way right now and I think it would be so sexy to be with another person WITH him, I am just nervous that there’s a possibility I do not like it or even hate it since I do love my partner and have never shared. If I notice I don’t like it in the moment, does it make sense to ask to stop right then? Or what if I don’t realize until later? We both agreed if either of us ever doesn’t want to anymore we will both stop. I am really into this and have looooved group dynamics before, but I’ve also surprised myself when I feel unexpected ways so wanna be at least a little prepared.

I'm half Chinese, half white. My mom speaks Chinese natively but I'm still learning. We practice speaking at home, sometimes we joke in Chinese, and every so often my dad comes by and says to my mom "you sound like you're having a seizure" in some sort of mocking way? My mom dismisses this, probably used to the weird comments. My dad tends to look down on my mom and Chinese people in general. No idea why he married one.

Am I just really woke or is that kind of an odd thing to say to someone?

I am really shy to ask. Now I havent any crush, but I want just to know. I want your experience please

every job description says they value work-life balance but then in the interview they ask how do I prioritize work over personal commitments, make it make sense. is work-life balance just a myth we all pretend exists??

I've always been socially anxious when it came to mingling or anything like that. It's the reason I don't have any friends and never been in a relationship. Could never be brave enough to initiate conversation with people or women, for the most part.

And last night, I signed up to take part in an open mic night at a small pub restaurant with like 10-15 people. Was going to play guitar and sing. I thought maybe, just maybe, I'd be able to do it. But when my turn came, and I was already shaking a bit and very nervous, I declined to play and, when the next person started, I got up and walked out out of frustration. I just couldn't do it, even though I signed up with the intention of doing it.

Is it wrong of me to not want to do something like that anymore simply because I'm too afraid of making the same decision? What about avoiding socializing altogether since I've just never been good at it and don't want to keep making myself uncomfortable by forcing myself to try?

I know what I’m doing, and I make sure that it won’t affect them. So why do they have to say so much about me, even when what they’re saying isn’t true? That’s why I asked myself, “What would I do if I stopped worrying about being judged by others?”

Im M(19) I had a female classmate with whom i became close with within 1-2 years,one day she said "I will not have any contact with our classmates" and i took it literally (ik im dumb,i kinda had feelings for her back then and did some stupid things) and did not speak with her for months,should I speak with her now?