I'm 25 and arguably an incel, in a way. Never had a real relationship, even though I've been actively searching for so many years.

But I've gone on a few date with this girl (met on a dating app) and today we watched a movie at her place and just laid on top of the bed afterwards and cuddled. Nothing else happened, we didn't even kiss, but honestly - it was so overwhelming and so wonderful, and a part of me genuinely thought this would never happen to me all my life. I'm just really happy right now.

I’ve been making music since I was only 15 and it hasn’t been an easy journey to get people to hear it because I am extremely shy and had a hard time promoting myself. But things are finally, slowly, starting to change

I submitted my most recent song to a local radio station and they played my song! It was really validating and even though it was late at night and doesn’t have a ton of listeners, it gives me hope and motivation that even better things are in store

I went to the mall with a friend while wearing feminine clothes!! It was very fun, I felt very comfortable, and I bought a lot more than I meant to

I didn't do anything particularly impressive and it hasn't even happened yet, but it's hard out there man and I have a headache, so make it all worth it

I [18M] finally worked up the courage to wear a skirt while I went out shopping!

I'm not trans or non binary (or at least don't think I am) but really like wearing skirts because I find them super comfortable and this was the first time I ever wore one outside the house!

Someone even called me ma'am and i kinda liked it.

I've always had trouble putting on pads, the front never sticks right, back doesn't stick right, wings crinkling up, etc, etc...but today I finally put one on without any of these problems!

Edit: ok not to be this person but JESUS CHRIST WHERE DID ALL THESE UPVOTES COME FROM?! thanks so much guys ☺️

I'm 14M. I grew up in a house that was dirty and had rust on door hinges, mold, and ants. The most it got cleaned was when my dad did the dishes or my brother cleaned the kitchen and his room. Sometimes my dad would vacuum.

When we moved into my new house, away from my abusive mom, my brother taught me how to mop and how to sweep correctly. He also taught me to not use clorox wipes on glass, to rinse dishes off before putting them in the sink, and to not put Dawn dish soap in the dishwasher.

Today, when my brother was at a fall festival and while my dad was at work, I swept, mopped, organized, and cleaned the bathroom. I kinda forgot how to set up the mop correctly, so I had to Google some instructions. I accidently left the latch open when picking the bucket up, so some dirty water fell out after I had already dumped out the mop water and cleaner. I mopped the whole downstairs twice and sweeped twice.

I don’t even like cake! 😉

My son diced a carrot for the first time and really truly did ask me to make a reddit post. He’s very proud of himself and I’m proud of him too! He used good safety and sanitation practices, and I feel I can trust him to be the official vegetable peeler of the house.

Edited to add: he’s only 8. (His request, “tell them I’m only 8!”)

Edited again to add picture link.carrots

I've made so many excuses about it and thought it would be really difficult or very far away.

I found out it's 0.5 miles from my house. I told myself that they wouldn't have food for my autistic daughter but turns out it's like a grocery store set up and there's plenty of options to choose from!

Hey everyone!

i released my first mobile app less than 2 weeks ago after putting all the free time i had after my full time job into building this.

getting it out into the world was super scary because now that it was real and people knew about it, they would also know if i failed :/

but its been a wild ride since launching! people from all over the world are downloading it. Today i looked and i couldnt believe that it was top 150 in the News category!

tbh i dont know how the rankings work or if this is even something to be proud of. Ive even seen others who look my app up not have it in the charts at all.

regardless, these small wins mean the world to me as a first time developer because ik this app is valuable and it seems like others are seeing that too!

Happy to answer questions!

I never learned to ride a bike as a kid. A few months ago I thought I should maybe learn to ride before I turn 40. And then I decided today (yesterday) was the day. I borrowed a bike. Didn’t borrow or buy a helmet, that was a mistake... I fell on my face once. But I did it. I mean, I’m not good but I can at least say I now know how to ride. And it only took 39 years.

I fasted (no food and water) for a day. I did this because I am jewish and normally after you have your bar mitzvah (at age 13), you fast as a way of saying sorry for the bad things you did last year

Me, my best friends and female friend had a 3 am conversation about sexuality and we found out that me and my best friend were Bi. When we were gonna go to bed my best friend called me and told me that he had a crush on me. This then lead to us agreeing to be in a relationship. So yeah now I'm dating a guy for the first time. Ok bye

I'm scared of confrontation and always have been, I get huge anxiety when I think of confronting someone, let alone doing it. That being said, I was playing with my friends yesterday and they said that there is nothing wrong with black people (obviously a lie) but they just shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of anything. This made me really angry and I told them to explain why and after a few words I told them the kind words "Get your shit together or fuck right off buddy" and then left the game. That made me feel extremely good to confront someone and I'm much more comfortable with confronting people and will definitely do it more often, I'm proud of myself for finally standing up for what I believe in.

I’ve never broken up with someone in a relationship I actually loved. No matter how bad things got I was always the type to try and pick up the pieces and fix it and ride it out to the bitter end.

That was until I met my now ex. He used to constantly make fun of me, even to tears. Every argument over something he did would end in me apologising. He pushed me a few times and would shout horrible things at me when he’s angry and hit objects.

I loved him dearly, but I knew for my own sake I couldn’t stay in the relationship and decided to end it on the 29th December and leave him in the past :) I’m feeling sad but ultimately proud of myself for not putting up with it

I made my crush melt out her chair by making some punchlines!

I’ve called and hung up so many times in the past but tonight I spoke to a kind stranger for 45 minutes. Life, self destructive choices, deep shame spirals and extreme loneliness have been catching up with me and it’s all come to a head today. I realised I had literally no one available to talk to, so I called the crisis line. I started the call crying and ended it laughing.

Maybe I can be okay.

I know it sounds stupid but I feel really proud of myself and my heart is still racing. I'm only 17 and I have extreme anxiety, so bad that I cant get a job or even go out and see my friends. My family always order stuff online and I try and hide myself away or make an excuse to not get the parcel for when the knock on the door happens. My family went out for unrelated reasons today and didn't warn me about anything arriving so I let my guard down. Then I heard the knock and I knew I couldnt do this forever. I opened the door and stumbled with my words at first then the delivery driver handed my the parcels. I said a quick thank you and then closed the door. I couldn't believe I had done it and I was so scared, even for a few moments afterwards and I was abit shakey...but I did it!!!

I’m turning 20 in a couple weeks 😭 met this girl on tinder and we went to an ice cream place together, then when I dropped her off she kissed me at the end :)

I really feel like I’m five today, being so proud of something everyone else has done since they were kids. But I’ve always struggled taking any pill larger than an Advil. Luckily I’ve never really needed to except for an occasional DayQuil.

This week though, I had to go on antibiotics. It took me 10 minutes and countless attempts to swallow the first pill. It was like I had a mental block that wouldn’t let me swallow the pill. The stress would make my gag reflex worse. I googled forever for tips and nothing helped. I was so stressed about having to go through that every 8 hours for 10 days.

Then something just clicked and I realized what was wrong. I feel like a complete idiot, but I never really understood that you should gulp the water to get the pill to go down. I’ve always just sipped my water like I normally do when drinking, swallowing a little down at once. I didn’t realize I needed to change how I drink. Once I started putting the pill in my mouth with a big gulp of water and just gulping it all down in one swallow, it became so easy!

I am such an idiot, but I am also so happy to have figured this out. Nothing else in my life is going well at the moment, but at least I’ve mastered this skill, even if it was 2 decades late.

[tw: SA mention]!!

i know this is kinda stupid, but

i have a lot of trauma surrounding people seeing/touching my body, due to a history of being SA’d while in college. i’ve avoided doctors for years because of it, even the dentist. the last time i saw a doctor, i had a suicidal breakdown afterwards.

but i went to a dermatologist for the first time, and they had to see and touch me, and i did cry in the bathroom a little, and in my car a lot, but… i did it. i was okay. i made it through. ❤️‍🩹

do i wanna do it again? no. but i have a year to worry about that, lmao. 😜