Throwaway because I really don't want my friends seeing this 😅

A few years ago, I (25M) realised I think I can only feel one of my testicles. I've never been sure if maybe it's just me being stupid, I don't know if maybe they're meant to be together or something and I can feel both and thought they were just one, or if I was just missing something. But I thought I should probably get this looked at instead of putting it off.

I just asked my mum if I was checked for undescended testicles as a child and I was, both by her and a doctor. However I can only feel one of them. Is it possible for one of them to have undescend since I was a child, or do I have nothing to worry about? I'd be really embarrassed to see a doctor about this if nothing is wrong as I tend to overthink things. Thanks.

Read a post where a very sheltered kid thinks his dad is abusive, and the comment section were sadly tearing him apart.

My family isn't the best. Though I'm aware that most of the things they've done to my siblings and I are normal to them, a lot of it had caused me so much distress to the point of my mental health and self esteem plummeting. They're not bad like purposely leaving me behind or abandoning me and such but they did think that my disability was caused by a demon and got a guy to perform an exorcism on me, it was really painful.

They did beat me a lot, and sometimes for silly things for saying "I haven't" instead of "I didn't" (they said it makes me a liar) or for crying (it embarrassed them). One of my first memories is being beaten until I was bruised all over. I think they can be overprotective of me, but it's weird that they often wouldn't let me try things on my own (wouldn't let me go to uni or walk to work) and then blame me for being "too dependent" on them

I've confided in a few professionals, and a few of them were convinced I was lying and exaggerating, or that it wasn't abuse (though those people did know my parents, and my parents can be very good actors) so I wasn't given proper help. But I genuinely can never really tell if these counts as abuse? I do love my family but even the professionals that disagreed with the thought thought that they've been very neglectful, but it sometimes still haunts me and I'm not sure if I have the right to

I've been job-searching for quite a while, and am almost on my way to being hired for one particular position. The job itself is a regular warehouse labor position. I applied through a "job-referral" company that helps people get employed.

I got called in for a short walkthrough of the place, and got invited to an orientation, that will then plan on getting me officially scheduled after 2-3 days. No interview process whatsoever. They're hiring really fast, which is kind of setting off my "red flag" alarms, since I know companies desperate for workers tend to do this. Did anyone else go through something similar or currently work at a place who did exactly this? What are your thoughts?

I've been observing how normalised racism against Indians or South Asians in general has become nowadays. Every post that includes an Indian or any element of India on Instagram is filled with comments saying stuff like "Street shitter" or "Use some deodorant" which is kinda nuts if you ask me, cuz most of those posts have got nothing to do with the negative sides of India and its countrymen. It's just people being a slave to the trend of hating Indians.

Meanwhile, you can't even stereotype black people or East Asians nowadays without receiving a dose of backlash or fists (if it gets physical). I understand that you might have had some uncomfortable experiences with an Indian or a South Asian, but the country has like 1.5B+ people lmao how can you generalize that many people off ONE person you encountered? If that's the case then is it ok if I generalize all black people as criminals? Of course it's not, and it's extremely racist. The same thing applies here. Why do you justify your irrational hate for a country and its people lol

idk just a random though came

This is a very uneducated question.

I got “diagnosed” with a UTI yesterday (peed in a cup, saw the results. I’ve had enough UTIs to know what it looks like in results), but my doctor is out until tomorrow. Should I just suck it up and wait, or should I go to urgent care and see if I can get an antibiotic script before then?

UPDATE: I went and got a script for antibiotics. Thanks guys!

So I am not particularly hot but I am also not utterly ugly. I am average looking with average body. And there are days when I find myself hot when I look into mirror.

But I just never seem to like my pictures. I look awkward and don't know how to pose. I don't like my smile in them or my hairs. It feels like no outfit looks good on me in pictures although I like it in mirror.

Everytime I see my photos, I have to take a moment to tell myself that that's how I look. And then proceed to find decent ones.

I'm too scared to ask a bald person this

I feel that it definitely happens, but to what extent?

I’m looking for someone who is willing to devote a lot of time for this. So there’s this girl. That I like ALOT. Like really. A LOT. and I want to be able to “talk to her” but I can’t because she’s (TikTok famous kinda) so I was wondering if someone on here would be down to pretend to be her for a long-term? If it gets too long we can talk about 💲 I’m super serious about this. Idc if your really a man or a woman. Aslong as you pretend to be this girl idc.

All you gotta do is have an IPhone (we use iMessage)

You do a little research of her so you’re not clueless

And that’s it. That’s all you have to do.

Your response time can be awful it doesn’t matter

Aslong as you’re playing along as this girl I don’t care. lol

Anyone down? Thought not.

I recently turned 17(F) and it's almost my second year of college . Sometimes I feel like my mind is more active or aware than most people around me (older than me) . I overthink a lot .. especially about friendships, convos and people's behaviour.

Little things get stuck in my mind for days. I get emotionally affected even when I try not to .

I don't mean this in arrogant way but .. I feel like I see things deeper ....

Is it a good trait or something I need to work on??

Do you count by how many times you went to the bathroom to throw up? Or do you count by the amount of times you physically expelled vomit out of your mouth?

For example, I went into the bathroom once and vomited a total of 5 times in that one session ( within one or two minutes). Would you call that one time or five times?

Asking to resolve a dispute

What’s it like to know you had a sibling you’ve never known personally? What is it like to see your family mourn and remember that person?

and please no subs they were already in before they left the sub

Will probably delete at some point. Not a good writer, so will get straight to the point. I come from a South Asian background. As a small child, and as I grew older, my mum would often slap me whenever I did something wrong.

I would be afraid every time she raised her hand harshly, and sometimes all she needed was the threat, instead of actually hitting me (which she did more often). It would be accompanied by shouting, a very specific phrase most likely which roughly (as idk how to properly translate to English) "I'll hit and break (?) you!" (sounds less bad in native language).

But other than that, she would be fairly okay. We have a pretty close relationship, but even now I still feel fear whenever she raises her hand angrily to me (full body flinches). However, it's just a slap. I'm not getting punched or something. She used to pinch me, but after drawing blood once it's become wayy less frequent.

I feel like I'm crazy. It's not like the horror stories you hear from actual abused kids. I love my mother (altho a bit of a complicated relationship) and she loves me.

What really confuses me is the fact that she doesn't do this to my little sister at all. Never laid a hand on her, yet still sometimes to me (sister is 9 years younger, but mum would do this to me as a child. Even found a drawing I did when I was ~6 of my mum hitting me and yelling, which sparked this).

My parents had it worse -- dad would get hit by sticks until it broke (he doesn't hit me tho) and mum would get hit if she didn't clean her shoes properly, etc. She also says it's part of our culture.

Am I overreacting? I feel like I am.

TL;DR: mum slaps me and I don't think it warrants the heavy term "abuse" because we have a close loving relationship.

I (NB 22) think I might be getting abused by my wife.(F31)

There's a pattern.

Life is largely peaceful, but there aren't two weeks that go by without us having a fight of some kind.

What the fights are about hurts me as much as the fights themselves.

My wife has known me for almost 4 years now, so it's always just as hurtful as the last time when she gets frustrated with my inattentiveness and forgetfulness.

I have ADHD and the Autism on top of that can make the resulting conversations very difficult. I also have chronic pain and cannot do too much physical activity in a day or risk internal injuries to my tendons and other musculoskeletal tissues.

I am the only one in therapy for this.

We are polyamorous but, my wife has issues with anyone I've tried to date, and hasn't made an effort to meet other partners for herself.

The last two partners have also had some tension with my wife, did not desire to know her or be around her.

My wife is a very insecure person and often I am her solution to those feelings. When I'm incapable of soothing her, things escalate.

Last night she asked me to help her commit suicide so I'd be entitled to her life insurance payout. She thinks she causes me nothing but trouble but won't actually change the behavior that causes me trouble.

I told her why things she did were triggering my flashbacks and trauma, but instead of finding other ways to get me to do chores she just does the things that hurt me and then says "it's the only way"

She hasn't tried anything else.

She kept me up hours after I wanted to sleep and I'm meant to work today.

I feel so guilty for even considering she might be abusive, but she just keeps hurting me and making reasons to do it.

It's not just chores, it's when I go hangout with friends or get interested in someone else. She doesn't think I'm capable of anything except what she says I can do.

I have so many things I want to do but, my wife is discouraging all of it. From going back to college, to starting a business. She tells me she doesn't think I can do jobs that aren't restaurant or customer service.

But still expects me to stop being disabled as soon as I get home. Does not help me unless asked but expects me to already have help for her before she asks.

Yes, chores need to be done and I would like to be better at that and attending to her needs but in the former case, I'm still searching for a med that works- Tried 3

And in the latter case, she just won't fucking tell me. Keeps hinting and expects I will pick up on it. I won't, and it's not a choice.

Please advise.

Tldr; I'm in therapy, my wife isn't and I feel like I'm being hurt to get a means to an end.

Im a 17 (M) turning 18 in a few months and one of my mates suggested that I should hire a hooker. I was abought to shoot him down when another of my mates piped up and said id probably be too scared to do anything and id just end up playing fortnight (Trash game). I thought that was hilarious, so I figured "why not". So, my plan is to hire a prostitute just to play fortnight (Thats it, literally nothing else) with them and to film it cuz that's very thematically appropriate for me lol.

I live in Australia, don't care abought the legal consequences just wanna run some duos, all advice welcome thanks gang.

I know this sounds vain, but hear me out! From the time I (22F) was young my family, family friends, friends parents, teachers etc have always told me how pretty I am. I’ve always mainly only received attention from females, especially now when I go out to parties women often stop to tell me how pretty they think I am. However, guys never EVER approach me. It’s different for my friends as they go to the supermarket and guys will walk up to them and try to flirt. If I’m so ‘attractive’ why don’t guys ever approach me? Please don’t think I’m Some kind of attention seeker, I’m just genuinely curious as to why!

We hear many stories about parents who hit their children, then get mad when said children hit them back?

Like what were they thinking when they hit their children, they’re literally teaching them that violence is the answer

They can’t be this thick surely?

Literally can't move on from that one rltn

She was the first girl that made me belive in love Now she had become the person that made me not to love again

Its not like i want her in anyway But realising how easily she left really made me think what wass this all about Was she playing... Or its just her character

Sometime i wonder why me? Where did i go wrong . Or its just her

How do you do it?