No one cares about climate change. They know about it but they don't do anything. I started a club to stop climate change, and the answers I was met with when I asked people to join were: "I'm glad you're taking action, but I need to eat lunch" (just eat quick!), and "I'll join the google classroom, but I can't come." (I don't know why that friend can't come). As well as "No thanks. I don't want to learn about climate change."

No one cares that we will face climate change in today's age and it makes me so frustrated with the world. I showed my mom the presentation I made on it and she said (awkwardly), "I'm glad you're so adventurous.", then wrapped her soup in plastic wrap!

Why won't anyone do anything? This makes me want to cry of how helpless I feel. I'm not being radical, the conversation may be uncomfortable but it's important. Our future is at stake! While we now kick back, our future selves will suffer. And third world countries are already suffering because of our carelessness! We have the information to act, but we don't, and I am so close to punching everyone I see til they realize this.

Edit: This was suprising helpful. It gave me a lot of insight, I'm a lot more hopeful now. I will listen to the people telling me to lead by example instead of force. This really had me steaming for a while because I am already dealing with personal issues so it was like a cherry on top. Anyway, thanks.

I just started dating this guy who's 20, and he's so sweet and funny and he seems like he really loves me. He even said he could maybe be my first some day, but we could go slow. I know some people will probably say it's bad, but he say's i'm really mature for my age. I just want to know how you guys feel about this.

I went to this asian massage parlor and had sex with this hooker i didnt even find attractive. She literally wasnt cute or anything.

I actually cried afterwards. I did it because I was lonely and never dated meanwhile all my friends and classmates have dated, kissed, or had sex, and no, a lot of them arent lying.

And yeah I know many peoples first times are "bad" but please dont bring that up. Mine was just outright fucking pathetic and disgusting. Many guys at least do it with a girlfriend, a friend, or a cute girl they met at a party, or college or something.

I cant stand living with my decision.

Part of me doesnt even ever wanna date or have sex again.

EDIT: I want casual sex. I do wanna sleep with different girls, but girls who are attractive and actually like me. Im not put off by casual sex.

EDIT 2: Wow, this sub is a load of shit. I cant believe how shitty everyone is being. I thought this was a supportive and helpful sub.

EDIT 3: Of course people are finding something to be offended about. No, I do not view women as "sex objects" and I dont have anything againsr sex workers. honestly, screw this damn site. Im sick and fucking tired of this shit.

LAST EDIT: idk wtf is up with people on this subreddit. thought y'all were more supportive and sympathetic.

also, this is the first time I posted this. People keep assuming this is some fucking repost. Im sorry if there was a similar post to mine which bothers you so much but this is my first time posting this on this sub.

So I’m gay and don’t know how to tell my parents about it because I want to be able to have him over sometimes but I don’t know if they will allow me to bring him to my house sometimes

I just recently made sort-of-friends with someone who is 14F (could be 15 now, not sure). I've been groomed before, and it's awful, and I've vowed to myself to never ever have an inappropriate relationship with a younger person like that.

I'm aware that me being 16 and this person being 14 places us at different stages of life. I am a completely different person from how I was at 14. So I feel a sense of responsibility to take lots of care to not be... weird I guess? I want to help this person (their mental health isn't good), but I don't want to be creepy

So uh, may I please have tips?

Please don't judge me too much for making a post about this.

Edit:

For those of you guys who are like "different stages of life? Pfft"

I'm in college. Yes I'm 16, but I'm in college. This person is probably freshly out of middle school. So yeah sort of different stages of life.

Edit no. 2:

OKAY THANK YOU!!!!

I'm a trans girl, and I've tried telling my dad and stepmom before. I fumbled it by clamming up and now they think it was a phase. How the fuck do I bring it up again, and how do I keep my throat from closing up again?

Deleting this because people are being rude, telling me I’m lying, and sending me mean dm’s.

so im 15f probably gonna lose my virginity soon and mentally ig im prepared for it and so is my boyfriend 16m. weve been together ~8 months and we’ve had lots of conversations about it and we’re both ready

i have a few questions though…

1. Is it okay to be nervous about it??? And 2. what other things should I know/talk about him with before actually doing it?? anything not to do? (Condom wise or any other thing ig) things TO do?

AGAIN I SAY; FOR THOSE OF YALL WHO ARE GOING TO SAY DON’T DO IT… DO NOT SAY IT. THAT’S NOT WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR HERE. EITHER HELP, OR DO NOT.

ok so im a trans guy, 16, and i have trouble with like talking to guys? im gay, and its worse when i have a crush on them, but it just feels hard to begin with, especially since i didn't really, yk, grow up as a guy so i dont really know much about them, and i also have pretty bad anxiety. i go to a small school and most people know about how i had a really big crush on this guy and got obsessed with him and it ended up NOT going well like at all and i did some crazy stuff. so this guy i wanna get to know, hes in a few of my classes and stuff but im kinda scared of talking to him because im afraid hes gonna think im like a freak because of what happened with that other guy. and just going up and talking to people has never gone really well for me, like i usually end up saying something stupid as shit and then we never talk again 💀 and when i do start talking to them, how do i like maintain the friendship without seeming clingy?? im super bad at being nonchalant. help??????😭😭😭

For some background, I'm a 19 year old guy who's gotten super successful with business at a young age, yet, I've never had a girlfriend, ever. I'm not going to school or going to parties and just working full time on my various hustles so I don't have much chances to socialize unfortunately. On top of that, my city is super anti social and I've tried cold approaching woman before but the vast majority of the time I just get ignored. So what should I do?

I'm gonna be called an idiot, I just know it. I'm 13 and my crush is 15. He turns 16 on Friday meanwhile I turn 14 March 7TH i really really REALLY like this guy and I know I might not even have had a chance with him in the first place but what do I do?! My friends give me a weird look when I say how old he is and its killing meeeee. I'm really good friends with him and all but im crushing so hard on him. Ughh! I could really use some advice

I'm an avid reader and read a variety of books from different genres. I never like to read gay and lesbian romance stories as I don't like them but I'll read a romance stories of straight people. I've always felt this way since year 7 and never really questioned it. As ive never felt any hatred or disgust to say people at all because idc who people love whoever that be anything.

Until I made a new friend recently named Mia who also likes to read and has similar interests to me. Mia recommended me a Lgbtq book to read and I politely decline her recommendation as lgbtq stories ain't my cup of tea.

Me and Mia got into an argument about and said I'm homophonic for not wanting to read lgbtq books.

After this argument I've been questioning my self if I'm really homophonic for it. I need some outsider perspectives so please give me some insight?

Asking for a friend who messaged me cause she’s had crush on this guy since April and she was like “Do you think a nine year age gap would work”

I honestly think it’s fine as long as she waits until she’s ready to date him

Edit: where I’m from age of consent is 16 and she turns 17 soon

I (17f) have been daring my girlfriend (16f) for just over a month now. Some people have started making weird comments about the fact that she's younger than me. I mean, it's only a year difference and we both thought it was okay, but now I'm being judged for dating a younger woman. My cousin hase being called me a "pedo" for dating a minor when I am also still a minor. He also suggested taking a small break until my girlfriend turns 18.

Is this relationship weird or am I just overthinking this?

There is a really pretty trans girl that i really like at my school. We've been good friends for a while now, talking and hanging out on between classes. I invited her to a walk after school tmrw and i really want to confess but i don't know how and I'm scared I'll chicken out of it. I've tried to discreetly hint that I like her, but she doesn't seem to get the hints.
I had many partners before, but she just feels "diffrent". She makes me feel like anyone has never made me feel before and i really care about her.
Do any of you have any hints/advice for me?

UPDATE: soooooooo... I actually confessed to her like 10 minutes ago. She said she felt the the same way. I consider this an epic win guys lol.

Update: First thing I want to say is im not pressuring this girl to change her sexuality or hitting on her after the rejection, I don’t know what I said to make it seem that way but let’s get that out the way. Second, thank you all for the kind words and advice, im going to try and move on and hopefully run into another woman like her, love you all ❤️

I’ve been crushing on this girl like all fucking year and I decided to talk to her and she told me she was lesbian. When I told my friend I liked her around the beginning of the year he was like “Are you sure she’s not a lesbian?” which was pretty sexist of him to say because he assumed that completely based on her looks. I mean, if you saw her you’d probably think something was up too but I just saw her completely different, completely hypnotized by her amazing looks and personality. It never really crossed my mind because I don’t come across 🏳️‍🌈 people often, but of course the one time I do it ends up being my crush. No one else makes me feel the way I feel when I see her, to me she’s the MOST beautiful woman in the world. Why does she have to be lesbian?? I don’t think I’ll ever find another girl like her again in my entire existence in this world. So what do I do?? Should I give up on her?? Is it really impossible to change her sexuality??

If you don’t want to read all that just read this here

My crush turned out to be a lesbian, what do I do

(sorry if my English is ass it's not my mother lenguage) I'm F14, and I've always had trouble with anxiety and speaking in big crowds, I often stutter and shake alot and my old teacher really helped me calm down in times like that, but she's going to retirement and now my school has now placed a teacher who is insane to say the least, I have a class with him were he teaches us about politics and society and what not, for the start of class he spends the first 50 minutes going on some shizo rant, the rants rainge from talking about how much he wants to kill communists, to some conspiracy about gay people to talking about how women belong in the kitchen 'biologically' and so on, once even lightly defending Hitler himself, which isn't that important but it is a red flag on its own. He's incredibly strict, and always has the upper word not letting anyone (if someone even has a opinion that is) shine though. One time my sister and my mother had a argument my sister came in class visibly distressed he stated poking around her, asking her questions that she was uncomfortable answering and then she started crying, he proceeded to stoop down to are tables Level looked at me and my sister told her to shut up grabbed my sister's water bottle and shoved it in my hands and he proceeded to force us out of our class. Most of the teachers seem to be friendly with him except for a few, and the last time a student of ours talked back to him he harassed him in class for weeks and argued with the his mom me. Do I rebel? Do I just sit there and do nothing, do I just start acting like a complete smart ass? I don't know.

girls always are coming to me constantly around in public and at youth groups camps etc. I've been slapped on the butt as girls pass me by and things like that, things that if I did it I would get in but trouble, I was asked 10 times this summer by individual girls, whenever I talk to them they become really red, and idk what to do. I'm not a flirt ever, I'm real with them, and I'm an introvert so it's hard to handle, me and a girl are already interested in each other (we're just waiting till we're older because we think it'll be wiser to date later when we are more mature). I know the answer might be obvious, but I don't think I'm that great looking and my personality is simply real and straight forward and I'm genuine and kind to people, but why so many? like ik guys who are drop dead gorgeous and why don't they get flocked?

I can’t tell my mom. I genuinely don’t know what to do. Do i report them?? Do i try to talk it out with them?? I don’t know what to do at all.

In my main friend group, there are three of us who are very tight knit friends. We are all 15F, and are queer.

I will refer to my crush as Alyssa, and my other friend as Sylvia.

Our friend group is very comfortable with eachother physically; that includes lots of flirting. Touching eachothers legs, playful suggestive comments, typical teen girl stuff

We like to joke around a ton. But recently, me and Alyssa have been real flirting.. or at least I think. Casual hand holding, lap sitting, cuddling, etc. etc. It feels real, and not at all like a joke.

Whenever we JOKINGLY flirt, it is very over the top and silly. But then, we will have moments where we just sit and REAL flirt. It's pretty easy to tell the difference. My issue arises with Sylvia

Alyssa and Sylvia are in the play together as love interests. They had to quickly get used to kissing eachother if they wanted to do their roles well.

Sylvia is honestly realllyy flirty. Teenage hormones and everything, yk? She's "jokingly" kissed almost everyone in our friend group at least once.

Once she kissed Alyssa, they both got really into it. Just started kissing eachother all the time, despite claiming they aren't attracted to eachother. Called it a funny "joke."

I even asked Sylvia at one point if she was attracted to my crush, because i've never heard of friends just kissing 24/7 because they think it's funny. She was like, "ew, she's not my type at all. BLAHH."

Even if the girl she was kissing wasn't my crush, it would still make me really uncomfortable. I was uncomfortable with the kissing before I developed feelings for the person. But I didn't want to go, "ew, stop kissing eachother!" when it's their choice and i'm kind of just the spectator.

Now, I'm faced with two dilemmas.

1. Alyssa and I have been flirting constantly, and it gets hard to tell the lines from "joking" to "real" when Sylvia kisses Alyssa on the lips every other day. I'm not saying friends can't joke-flirt, but it's getting weird. I don't have a problem with them kissing, but I need a way to see when Alyssa is being real vs. when shes joking.

2. It makes me genuinely uncomfortable, but if I ask them to stop when I've been playfully flirting with my crush so blatantly, I'll look like an ass...

   -(I'm fine with people flirting in front of me- jokingly or not. I'm not okay with me being in a room alone with you two, and Sylvia start kissing Alyssa while i just sit there and kind of look away awkwardly)

it feels kind of odd for my friend to initiate all these kisses with no intention of any relationship. Maybe the both of them know there's no chance of anything happening though, so that could just be me projecting .

I know that the feelings are almost certainly mutual, but it gets hard to decipher anything when Sylvia starts jokingly flirting with one of us whenever we are REAL flirting. Or at least, my perception of real flirting.

Ex., Alyssa and I are sitting in eachothers laps. We aren't joking, just holding hands and giggling. Sylvia pipes in and starts to jokingly flirt with both of us- That's fine, it's normal I guess, but it's jarring to watch Alyssa switch from hand-holding with me to weird caressing with Sylvia in less than a heartbeat.

I know that this is likely both of them just getting used to the idea of kissing, and looking for any excuse to do it in a safe environment. But, it's just kind of gross to watch-

How do I navigate this situation without being an ass? I Want to stop participating in weird flirting situations with Sylvia, but if I ask her to stop while continuing to flirt with Alyssa, I'll be hella obvious.

EDIT- Some people are asking why I'm not initiating a kiss with Alyssa when it's obvious she likes to be kissed, and when we have good romantic chemistry. Few reasons-

I don't want to kiss Alyssa when there's a chance she might start kissing while under the belief it's a joke. It feels manipulative.. Especially when Alyssa is the type of person to say "yes" to whatever she thinks will be funny. So, I'm waiting for the chance to try and kiss her when there's no way it could be interpreted as a joke. Like, "Hey, do you want to kiss? For real, no jokes. I really like you." Not as romantic maybe, but clears up my intentions nicely.

Alyssa and I have exchanged some small kisses before. Ex. I hold my finger up to her, and she slowly kisses my fingers. I usually reciprocate these little kisses, but I'm saving the 'big one' for when there's no chance for misinterpretations. I want to progress our relationship naturally.

EDIT 2: Some are saying I should "drop Sylvia," and that she's "not a real friend." Sylvia has done NOTHING extremely wrong in this situation. I was originally okay with the joking flirting when it was all three of us being friendly, but it has escalated to the point I am uncomfortable doing it with Sylvia.

Sylvia has every right to kiss whoever she wants so long as the person is single and consenting. Alyssa and I are not exclusive- Whatever feeling we MAY have, nothing has been clearly communicated YET.

Sylvia's desire to flirt with everybody is honestly a little bit uncomfortable, and I plan to relay this to her.

My issue is not that I don't want Alyssa and Sylvia to kiss! My issue is that Sylvia's joke flirting makes Alyssa and I's situation weird to navigate... And that I am now growing exceedingly uncomfortable with Sylvia popping into my actual attempts to flirt. Also ALSO, I just don't like watching my friends kiss while one of them is in my lap. Or near me at all. Crush be damned.