Quit smoking yesterday and am really dizzy
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Original posts by terrip_t1 n subreddit r/stopsmoking on Reddit. Several of these links are to image posts from a stop smoking app.
20 Sept 2020: Quit Smoking yesterday and am really dizzy
I’m new so I hope it’s ok to ask this here - did anyone else get really dizzy when they first gave up smoking? My taste is also all over the place, things taste burnt. Is this normal? I can’t recall feeling like this the last bazillion times I’ve quit.
Also thanks for the recommendation of the Smoke Free app, the statistics are really great. Apparently my carbon monoxide levels are now normal, I never knew that was a thing.
22 September 2020: I’m hanging in there…. I hope everyone else is too
Time smoke free: 3 days 8 min
24 September 2020:Smoking in movies & tv shows is no longer a thing….. until I gave up smoking (of course!)
So I thought I’d watch a little Father Brown (2013+) except one of the characters smokes, a lot. I’d never noticed before.
I’d heard great things about the miniseries Des (this year) and every man and their dog is chain-smoking! Ok - not the dog but I’m pretty sure that’s only because it died. It’s an excellent show but I wouldn’t watch it week 1 of quitting smoking.
I’m at Day 5; 7 hours and am still quite twitchy. I thought once I got past day 3 it would be better.
26 September 2020: I made it - one week without a ciggie. I hope everyone else is doing well too.
31 October 2023: I can’t believe I’ve done it. Thank you for all the support on this sub as you’ve helped immensely
1000 hours smoke free
13 November 2023:I was reminded today how bad I used to smell and realised I’ve saved 10 grand!
I was out today and there was young man who reeked of smoke! It was nauseating! It’s been a while since I noticed someone smelling of smoke and it was like a punch to the nose. I think I’m becoming very intolerant of the smell.
It reminded me to check my stats.
10m; 17d & 7h which equates to 5765 cigarettes or >$10,031.76 Australian. 10 grand, how insane is that? And the price per pack has increased a couple of times since I quit so it would be more.
19 Sept 2021: I did it! I actually made it a whole year!
1000 hours smoke free
19 September 2022: 2 Year Anniversary!! I’ve saved over $22K
19 Sept 2023: 3 Years! I didn’t think I could do it but you guys helped
During the early days I spent a fair amount of time on here getting support and cheered on. I really needed it and it really helped.
Today I am 3 years smoke free! I rarely think about it now. I rarely get cravings and when I do they’re half hearted and more amusing than tempting.
Good luck for everyone on their quitting journey!
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Asking the girl out at my dentist office
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Original posts by Jfive804 on subreddit r/dating on Reddit
26 Jan 2023: Asking the girl out at my dentist office.
I started going to a new dentist office a little over a year ago as my other dentist office closed. I had to have a couple procedures so I’ve probably been 8 times. Well, there’s this girl that takes your payment at the end. She’s really cute, we seem to have a lot in common and we chit chat about stuff not dental related. I told myself that the next appointment I had I was going to ask her out. Well I had my wisdom teeth removed at the last appointment and couldn’t talk well and I didn’t want to ask and it come out like garble garble garble. So I didn’t ask her out. Now my question is what should I do? Should I wait until my next appointment to ask her. Which I really dont want to wait that long. Or would it be ok to add her on social media and ask her through message?
Edit: to people saying “don’t approach a girl thats working” I wouldnt have been born if my dad had taken that advice. My sister met her husband when he came into shoneys where she was a waitress they have been married 30 years. My best friend met his wife at a corner store she worked at they celebrate 10 years of marriage next month. So the whole they are being nice because they have to is bullshit.
22 July 2023: Take the advice you receive here with a grain of salt update
I came here 6 months ago to ask if I should ask the girl at my dentist office that I thought was interested out. Everyone said no Shes just being professional, she’s just nice, etc., So I didn’t, well she added me on Facebook and we started talking and ended up going on a date last night and she mentioned she couldn’t believe how oblivious I was to her advances, she said she thought she was doing a pretty good job at making it obvious she was interested.
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Exit pursued by creepy dude
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Original posts by Anonymous letter-writer on Captain Awkward. Only the original letter-writer’s words are reproduced here. If you want to read Jennifer’s advice, click through to original link, and on the r/CaptainAwkward subreddit by gaygirlboss
18 Aug 2017: #1010: “Exit, pursued by a creepy dude.”
Hi Captain,
I have a friend (I’ll call him “Dave”) whom I haven’t seen in person in years, but am still in touch with on social media. Several months ago, he messaged me to tell me that he liked me and would like to go on a date sometime. I didn’t know him very well at the time, but I liked him enough to at least give him a chance. Though the date never happened, we did message each other regularly for a while.
I’m very involved in local theater (we met doing a show together, actually–I’ve stuck with theater since then and he hasn’t), and he mentioned at one point that he’d like to see me in a play sometime. I had just been cast in a show at the community theater in the town where we both live, so I gave him the details for that.
Well, it eventually became apparent that Dave is not a guy I’m interested in dating. I don’t think he’s a bad person; I’m just not attracted to him. At all. When I told him this, he put on the whole “but I just want to be friends, can’t we just talk and hang out as FRIENDS?” act. He then continued to keep sending flirty messages while denying that he was flirting. (“Can’t I tell my friend she’s pretty?” “Can’t I let my friend know when I’m thinking about her?”) I stopped responding to his messages and blocked him from viewing everything I post.
Now the aforementioned community theater play I’m in is just a few weeks away from opening, and I’m very worried that he’s going to show up. (I am very annoyed at my past self for telling him I was in it!) Anyone can buy a ticket, so I can’t exactly tell him he can’t come. At this theater, the actors always do a little meet-and-greet with the audience after the show, so if he does come I’m going to have to interact with him. My anxiety about this is sort of ruining what would otherwise be a really fun and exciting thing. What do I do? Help me, Captain!
Sincerely,
Exit, Pursued by Creepy Dude (She, her)
27 September 2023:An update from a letter writer (#1010)
Hi r/captainawkward! I’m the LW from letter 1010 (“Exit, Pursued by a Creepy Dude”). I thought it would be fun to write an update on how that whole situation turned out.
Long story short: Dave didn’t come to the show and it was a total non-issue. Hooray!
A bit more detail:
I haven’t heard from Dave in several years. (I’m not on social media much anymore, and he doesn’t have my contact information outside of that.) Last I checked, I think he was in a relationship with someone else? I wish him the best, and I hope he’s learned to treat women better than he treated me.
There’s also a little bit of a plot twist here, which you might have already caught onto if you noticed my username: I’m gay! I was DEEP in the closet when I wrote that post, and also in a fair bit of denial. (That whole thing I talked about in the letter, where I agreed to give him a chance but then quickly realized the attraction wasn’t there? Happened with every man I ever tried to date. GEE I WONDER WHY THAT COULD BE.) I came out a little over two years ago, and I can’t even begin to describe how much happier I am now.
And finally, to answer a question that came up in the comments on the original post: the show was Into the Woods, not The Winter’s Tale as the title of the post implies. But I am currently working on a PhD in Shakespeare studies, so I guess it all came full circle eventually.
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Rent is too damn high in Austin
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Original posts by mathu1975 on subreddit r/Austin on Reddit
29 Jul 2023: Rent is too damn high in Austin
This post is an image of a piece of lined paper torn from a spiral notebook, handwritten:
PLEASE READ THIS
I am an 83 year old single male. Looking for a place or room to rent by the month. My needs are very few. I will share bathroom facilities as is necessary. I have my own mini refrigerator, my own microwave oven, and the few dishes needed. I do not own a car and that is my reason to move to a place closer to a bus stop.
Despite my age I am not a burden and get by without assistance. My only problem is transportation.
My social security and my food stamp benefits are adequate. It is the high rents that I simply cannot afford. I need a place at no higher than $400 per month. Please call Robert at (WITHHELD) if you can help.
Thank you.
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This was posted at the laundromat near Stassney and South First. Makes me sad that even old timers have to struggle to find a room. For more information on how to help, please visit my profile page.
Edit: Thanks for all the attention for Robert. I will continue to share his contact info with anyone who may have resources (PM me please). I also created a Go Fund Me, but the mods informed me that sharing the link violates r/austin rules. Not sure how to proceed with that. Anybody Reddit savvy have ideas? Thanks for all your concern and kind words. Hopefully we can help get Robert into a better situation.
Update: I spoke with Robert (suuuuuper sweet guy) and mentioned that I had shared his story and contact information with some people who might be able to help him. I also mentioned that we had raised some funds for him and that we will coordinate to meet up in the coming days. Thank you all so much for your kindness, helpfulness and donations! I will post an update about his situation in the coming days. Thank you!!!
29 July 2022: Go Fund Me For Robert, now closed, which raised over $7,000.
11 August 2022: Update: Laundromat letter write Robert says thank you!
Image of two standing men
Caption: Robert (on right) is doing well and today received his GFM. He will be living with family for the time being and using funds to help secure a vehicle. See my comment for more info.
Hi All! Sorry it took me so long to write an update. After the initial post, Robert was hospitalized for a back injury and now has mostly recovered and will be released tomorrow. During the last two weeks I had the pleasure of meeting with him as often as I could, to sit and chat and deliver him fresh books. Robert is an avid reader! He loves anything to do with history (except military history), psychology and anthropology. Robert is a really sweet guy. He has lived an amazing life and has told me lots of stories about the Austin of his childhood and the many adventures he has been involved in –don’t get him started about the time he was hired to pick up 4 chickens from the Austin airport. He has several family members who are now involved in his care and I passed along all the helpful information that was shared by YOU, the good people of r/austin. I have spent the last week navigating how to get the GFM funds to him, which was more difficult that I would have imagined for various annoying (yet necessary for fraud protection) reasons. Today I delivered the GFM to him and he was completely overwhelmed and expressed a TON of gratitude. Robert is planning on using some of his funds to purchase a vehicle and to save the rest for future expenses. His sister was at the hospital today and also expressed big-time appreciation for the generosity of so many strangers. Y’all! I didn’t plan to get involved in this old timer’s life. I simply posted a picture of the letter he wrote, because it seemed heartbreaking and an all too common sign of the affordability issues so many Austinites are facing. I am personally deeply appreciative to all of you who shared kind words, resources and money to help this sweet man. Thank you so much! And they say r/austin is just a bunch of complaining! Y’all the best!
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Do I tell him?
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Original posts by miss-sage-sativa on subreddit r/dating on Reddit
13 Jun 2023: Do I (26F) tell him (26M) that I have sexual history with his friends?
I (26F) have a second date tonight with a guy (26M). Our first date was last week, we went for drinks and then he walked me home and hugged me goodbye. For our second date I’m going to his to watch a movie, so one can imagine that more intimate activities may occur.
The thing is, we’ve known each other since we were in our final year of high school. Long story short, some of my friends were friends with some of his friends so despite going to different high schools, we all did occasionally party together. Within that friend group, I hooked up with one guy (just making out and hand stuff, as you do) and actually lost my virginity to one of the other guys. This was all in our final year of high school. Both were one-time things and there was no emotional attachment or anything like that. I lost contact with all of them when we went off to different universities.
Fast forward to a couple weeks ago, we match on a dating app. We both remember each other and decide to reconnect over a date. I wasn’t too worried about it, as all of that was almost 10 years ago but he mentioned that he’s still really good friends with both of these guys and sees them weekly. 50% of me assumes he already knows, as no one was trying to hide anything back then, but you know what happens when you assume…
Just curious if I should disclose this to him before we’re intimate? Don’t want to ruin the moment by being like “hey, I banged your friend!” but also would hate to be intimate and he somehow find out later and then feel like I was withholding information from him…
So what should I do?
14 June 2023: Update
Firstly, thank you for all of your thoughtful responses, advice and kind words. It was really helpful 🩷 Apologies for the delay on my update, had to wait 24 hours to be able to post again.
Now, onto my update…
I told him!
Once we were over the small talk and catching up, but far before anything spicy was going to happen, I brought it up.
Me: Hey, don’t want to make things weird, but you know I’ve hooked up with two of your friends, right?
Him: …what are you talking about?
Me: Oh, you know names
Him: …
long pause
Him: bursts out laughing Of course I know, what else do you think teenage boys talk about?
Me: Okay good, so it’s not weird for you?
Him: Who do you think I was out golfing with when I liked you on Hinge and got their blessing right there on the spot to pursue you? We had a good laugh but don’t worry, that was almost a decade ago.
And there you have it folks, all went well and he did know, as many of you predicted! He also is not bothered by it at all, and we even cracked some jokes about how fun it’s going to be hanging out as a group.
We had a great second date and already have our next one planned!
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My female friend kissed me
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Original posts by Reading_Pie on subreddit r/dating on Reddit.
25 Aug 2023: My female friend kissed me and I kissed her back. It made everything awkward. What should I do?
I (24M) don’t know wtf happened yesterday. She (23F) is not exactly my best friend but just a friend. Every students were given some responsibilities for college cultural festival. We (me and she) were given a responsibility for the decoration part. I have helped her in her studies earlier. So, our relationship was very friendly. We were planning some decoration ideas. She is actually very outgoing in nature. She was continuously praising me for my ideas; come on, atleast help me instead of just throwing compliments.
I went to order all the important decorative materials and she also came along with me. So, we were there in university till 8 pm. Some of my classmates were there, but as their part was done, they quickly left. I was also very exhausted and was dreaming about going home. We took permission from our festival authority members and left. She was thanking me for doing all the works and then suddenly kissed me on my lips. I was surprised at the moment and I don’t know why I reflexively kissed her back on her lips and she didn’t resist me. We continued to kiss for almost 2 minutes, honestly it was my first kiss, I loved her smell, our hearts were beating fast and I still can’t believe that I kissed her back. Fortunately there were nobody around us at that late night. At the moment I forgot everything and got lost in the very moment, I was feeling connected to her. Then suddenly I stopped myself and distanced myself from her. I was feeling extremely embarrassed at the moment and she was most likely feeling the same. I somehow told her sorry because everything became awkward between us. She was also continuously saying me sorry. I don’t know what were we doing at the moment. She was blushing a lot, I was feeling very awkward and feeling like I have done wrong and I should not have kissed her back. I didn’t talk to her anymore out of embarrassment and quickly left. I am still feeling guilty for what I did. She is also behaving in very awkward way today and kind of ignoring me. I don’t know what should I do. I feel like our friendship is destroyed now. I want to revive it again. What should I do, I need advice.
27 August 2023: Update
This is an update of an original post as many redditors requested update about the matter. You can check the original post in my profile.
At the first, I want to thank you all who gave me advices and courage to face her.
Our friendship is actually almost 3 years old. So I was terrified when such things happened between us out of nowhere. We kept avoiding each other and didn’t talk much throughout Friday and Saturday. I invited her to a cafeteria today, she accepted my invitation. Initially I was again feeling shy, but she was looking happy (idk how, may be I took too much pressure). We were talking about the upcoming festival plans of university and other random matters. I was still not able to come up with the incident happened that night. I have a bad habit of procrastinating, I was just thinking in mind, “I will tell her some time later”. But it’s a never ending loop. Although we enjoyed many things together while we were hanging out and we had dinner at the end.
Finally we headed back towards our home. We were walking together but I noticed she was looking at me several times. May be she wanted me to company her to her home because it was almost 9 pm. She thanked me for coming with her. Finally I accumulated my courage and stated her my opinions about that night. She was blushing like hell at the moment when I stated her about my feelings, her face was all red. I also apologized for pushing her away and explained that I was freaked out the moment. But then she informed me that she already knew that I have crush on her. There was an awkward quietness between us which lasted for almost 10-15 minutes because my brain was blank at the moment. I didn’t know what to say now. After sometime she said that she had a relationship before but her ex cheated her and disrespected/abandoned her. When we reached near her place, she again took the initiative and kissed me. This time we didn’t hesitate it anymore and kept kissing for a longer time because we already know about our feelings. It was most amazing feeling of my life, I got lost in the moment, she held me tight and I can’t really explain the feeling by words. I can only remember that our hearts were beating super fast. Then I told her to share any worries with me if she feels comfortable sharing with me because I feel like she is kind of wounded due to her past relationship. Hope I can provide her necessary emotional support she needs. We said each other good night and left. It was an amazing feeling of my life. I still can’t believe that I did it and it feels like a dream now. I feel so warm and fuzzy inside when I realize that someone loves me this much. Her blushing face was the most amazing thing, she looks very cute when she flusters. OMG, I can’t explain how adorable she is.
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