I used to be in a relationship with someone. We had a shared best friend and i was best friends with this guy before i even knew my boyfriend. A few days after my birthday our best friend came to the bar with us to celebrate and the plan was that our friend would crash at my place. My bf left early as he had work the next day. Our friend and I kept partying for hours and when we called it a night and our friend came to my place, we ended up h00king up. My bf never found out that the two people closest to him did this. We broke up months later and he still didn't know. Neither of us felt guilty and we're now fwb.

when i was younger (like 7-12) my dad used to hit my sisters and my mom divorced him. he rarely did it to me but he would emotionally abuse me a lot. like being manipulative and narcissistic. i’ve been to a therapist ordered by the court about it but no one ever takes me seriously because “he never really hit me” it still impacts me a lot and i try not to think about it but when i do it really messes me up. recently my moms boyfriend had asked us to move in with him and my mom said yes. my dad used to move around a lot and so the town that we’re moving to he has lived in. it’s giving me severe ptsd and anxiety and i can’t control it but my mom is telling me to get over it because hes different. well she’s had boyfriends before and they weren’t different. i can’t help feeling guilty like i’m stopping them from being happy but i’m very unsure about it. her boyfriend hasn’t given me a reason to doubt him and he’s really good to me and my younger siblings but i still worth it won’t work out.

• August 4, 2023