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AITA for starting a fight with my fiancé after unexpectedly bringing his friend over at our apartment at 2:30am and saw me half-naked?
2024.05.20 00:14 Acceptable_Spray9568 AITA for starting a fight with my fiancé after unexpectedly bringing his friend over at our apartment at 2:30am and saw me half-naked?
My fiancé (30) and his friend knew each other before I came into the picture. I've known him for almost five years.
The more I hear, the more convinced I am that he's incapable of making decisions or plans for his life. More often than not, my fiancé would complain about how incompetent he is as well after hanging out with him and how it annoys him.
The more I hear these from my fiancé and other friends, the more convinced I am that he is a walking baggage.
Fast forward to today, my fiancé went out to drink with him. They were out for four hours. I strictly told my fiancé that his friend couldn't come over because it was late, and I have a bad impression of him (he talked badly about me to my fiancé and forgot until my fiancé revealed it was me). It’s common decency not to come over late since my fiancé doesn’t live alone. My fiancé called me at 2:30 am to open the door. I thought he was coming home alone, but I heard movement in the living room. I walked in and saw his friend there at 2:40 am, and he saw me half-naked.
Furious, I walked back to the bedroom, and my fiancé followed me. I told him to kick his friend out because I did not find this funny. He didn't and made me wait 30-40 minutes until his friend left. With each passing minute, I became more upset. Not only was I not informed that his friend would be coming over, but my fiancé defended him by saying, "He didn't see anything, I asked him. It's fine." He also said he messaged me that his friend was coming over, but I didn’t realize it until he pointed it out during the argument.
Normally, I reply immediately. If I don't, he usually double-checks, but he didn't this time. He was blaming me for not checking the message, but he knows I'm normally not awake at 2:30 am. I forgot my keys at the office, so I had to open the door for him, and I could only attend to his calls, not messages, because I was starting to fall asleep.
He kept defending that I saw the message and assumed it was okay for his friend to come over. He's been dating me for five years and knows I would message him back straight away. If I didn't, he would call me and double-check.
He kept telling me it wasn't a big deal that his friend saw me half-naked because he firmly believed and confirmed that he didn't see anything and that I was being overdramatic. I got really furious because I told him that his friend and I locked eyes and he looked away quickly. He can't convince me otherwise.
More than being half-naked, am I the asshole for fighting with my fiancé because he brought his friend over at 2:30 am? I was expecting him to come home alone so we could both sleep. He kept telling me that his friend is nice, but a nice friend wouldn't ask to come over so late. He wasn't even invited. He asked if he could come over, and my fiancé stupidly said yes. Right now, I feel disgusted at myself and I feel violated. Are my feelings valid?
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The more I hear, the more convinced I am that he's incapable of making decisions or plans for his life. More often than not, my fiancé would complain about how incompetent he is as well after hanging out with him and how it annoys him.
The more I hear these from my fiancé and other friends, the more convinced I am that he is a walking baggage.
Fast forward to today, my fiancé went out to drink with him. They were out for four hours. I strictly told my fiancé that his friend couldn't come over because it was late, and I have a bad impression of him (he talked badly about me to my fiancé and forgot until my fiancé revealed it was me). It’s common decency not to come over late since my fiancé doesn’t live alone. My fiancé called me at 2:30 am to open the door. I thought he was coming home alone, but I heard movement in the living room. I walked in and saw his friend there at 2:40 am, and he saw me half-naked.
Furious, I walked back to the bedroom, and my fiancé followed me. I told him to kick his friend out because I did not find this funny. He didn't and made me wait 30-40 minutes until his friend left. With each passing minute, I became more upset. Not only was I not informed that his friend would be coming over, but my fiancé defended him by saying, "He didn't see anything, I asked him. It's fine." He also said he messaged me that his friend was coming over, but I didn’t realize it until he pointed it out during the argument.
Normally, I reply immediately. If I don't, he usually double-checks, but he didn't this time. He was blaming me for not checking the message, but he knows I'm normally not awake at 2:30 am. I forgot my keys at the office, so I had to open the door for him, and I could only attend to his calls, not messages, because I was starting to fall asleep.
He kept defending that I saw the message and assumed it was okay for his friend to come over. He's been dating me for five years and knows I would message him back straight away. If I didn't, he would call me and double-check.
He kept telling me it wasn't a big deal that his friend saw me half-naked because he firmly believed and confirmed that he didn't see anything and that I was being overdramatic. I got really furious because I told him that his friend and I locked eyes and he looked away quickly. He can't convince me otherwise.
More than being half-naked, am I the asshole for fighting with my fiancé because he brought his friend over at 2:30 am? I was expecting him to come home alone so we could both sleep. He kept telling me that his friend is nice, but a nice friend wouldn't ask to come over so late. He wasn't even invited. He asked if he could come over, and my fiancé stupidly said yes. Right now, I feel disgusted at myself and I feel violated. Are my feelings valid?
2024.05.20 00:05 Big-Restaurant-2766 “The Harvest”; The Earth is Doomed. What are Your Thoughts on Season 1, Episode 2?
 | “The Harvest”; The Earth is Doomed. submitted by Big-Restaurant-2766 to buffy [link] [comments] These posts are me sharing my thoughts and opinions, you are always allowed to disagree. I make these posts to share my thoughts and see others. 💙 Title Sequence; I’ve always thought the opening credits are so cool and especially nostalgic this season. But I do prefer the later version of the theme, it just has that *kick* to it that’s hard to explain, that this version just doesn't have. It just needs that extra sound at the end. Underground Church; I just have to say the underground church idea and setting is so cool. If I think of the other villains' hang out spots, this ones probably one of the coolest. The second would be the Crawford Street mansion that Dursilla, Angelus and Spike stay in. The Trio’s lair is okay. The Mayor saying at the City Hall is okay but kind of dull setting wise, same with Glory’s mansion, and I guess the hideous rebuilt Sunnydale High School basement for The First. I forgot about Adam lol, I’m so sorry. “Welcome to the New World”; Hehe, double meaning! Sorry, just a tiny random note. Principal Flutie; He isn’t too bad, just a guy doing this job, certainly much better than Snyder. Flutie is actually just being strict because it’s actually going against the rules other than that he’s a pretty chill principle. While Synder on the hand just has it out for Buffy. “I’m Less Than Man”; I don’t like when these characters are like little mirrors that remind me of all the bad parts of myself lol. Don’t get me wrong, I actually do like Xander. But whenever Buffy refuses to let him go along or help he has a little self pity party, I even notice it all the way in season 6 and 7, like when he slaps the car. It’s okay, Xander, I’ve done it too. But it isn’t just him she refuses to let help her, she does it to the other scoobies too. It kind of makes me sad but also Xander acts like it’s just him and tries to pull some kind of guilt trip. Harmony; I’m so used to her as a vampire that it’s so odd seeing her as just regular high school Harmony. And is that a unicorn on her shirt? Cute. Willow and Cordy as the Victim; I have noticed a lot they switch between putting Cordy and Willow in danger a lot these 3 seasons. In season 4, it changes to Tara and then eventually Dawn. Though, Cordelia does have a really good, horror movie worthy scream. Bent that Door like Nothing; I was watching this episode with my mom one time and told her the way the break through that door reminds me of Zombies, they spook me. Then Angel: The Series decided to go all survival horror on me, not cool. Oh, and “Dead Man’s Party” but that wasn’t as bad. Also I always thought that the noises the vampires make sounded like tigers. The Master; Another thing from when I was watching Buffy with my mom, I would call the Master “Alien” and she would glare at me. That aside, he works really well in that underground church. Sometimes I wonder if that scene between the Master and Luke would be the equivalent of how a vampire wedding would play out, that’s a joke. “If You Don’t Go Out It Will Be the End of the World”; It’s funny because in Buffy’s case it’s very much true and Joyce has no idea how literal what she just said is. But a good way to work a metaphor I got to say. Jesse McNally; I always thought it was kind of sad how they never mention him again. We have Xander who kicks a trash can and mentions that “he doesn’t like vampires and he’s going to take a stand and say they’re not very good” but that’s it. Random Thing that Amuses Me; I love when Cordy asks “Okay, now how do we save it?” And Willow tells her “Deliver”. Then she hits delete and it’s all gone! The slow realization on her face is hilarious too. Also everything that Jesse says. Or, Cordy calling that other girl “Motormouth” as she is the one who keeps speaking. Favorite Quote of the Episode; “There's something you forgot about, too... Sunrise! It's in about nine hours, moron.” or Buffy: “So, Giles, got anything that could make this day any worse?” Giles: “How about the end of the world?” Buffy: “Knew I could count on you.” Favorite Soundtrack of the Episode; “Ballad of Dead Friends” by Dashboard Prophets. And I love the score that plays when Angel appears and Buffy’s trying to open the door, it plays again in the episode “Angel”. The scores of season 1 have such a different vibe then the rest of the show but I love them too. Favorite Outfit of the Episode; Willow’s overalls are so cute! And Xander’s green mushroom shirt has always stood out to me and I love the chain on his pants. Buffy and Xander both have cute hair. Favorite Moment of the Episode; At the end, when they are talking together and Giles says “The Earth is Doomed”. What Are Your Thoughts on Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 1, Episode 2: “The Harvest”? https://preview.redd.it/auo264dkhg1d1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7c5b4ae2ccc5ef74989cb805e3aad2ba9185905 |
2024.05.19 23:53 karma_is_my_bf13 I (33f) think I just got “Dear Johned” by my deployed husband (35m). What do I do now?
I moved to a new state with my husband about two months before he deployed. It has been very difficult making friends as I work from home. Even before deactivating my social media, it was very difficult making friends using social media group pages. He has been gone several months and while it hasn’t been easy, because I’m constantly alone, I thought it was going okay.
He emailed me last week, after going radio silent, telling me how much he is struggling and how unhappy he is. Shared that a lot of it is my fault. He doesn’t feel comfortable opening up to me and never will. To preface this, this happened after 5 days of no talking after a “fight”. I put it in quotes because I was genuinely trying to avoid a fight. We were talking on messenger. He was giving me one or two word answers to everything and I started getting frustrated. So I told him I was gonna let him go and to have a good night and I love him. He asked me what he did wrong and I told him nothing. He said I love you too and immediately logged off. I messaged him back explaining that it felt like I was trying to pull teeth talking to him and I know he is exhausted and stressed so instead of hurting my own feelings I would rather get offline. He never opened the message. I also sent him a screen shot about something funny his brother shared with me so he could get context about what I was asking and knew it wasn’t a big deal. But again, he never opened the message.
Five days later is when I received the aforementioned email; he was purposely ignoring me. He had promised me multiple times before that he wouldn’t do that sort of thing again (this was now the fourth time) and this one was by far the longest. I sometimes struggle knowing how to respond because when he shares that I’m upset about something, he gets the context completely wrong. For example, he thinks I get mad at him for talking to his family. That’s not true at all. I get upset that we get to talk for what seems to be a few hours online, and he’s not really participating in sharing anything. I have to ask questions, I get one or two word answers back and that’s it. I try not to push but sometimes I need the communication to feel connected. He doesn’t tell me he misses me, he doesn’t call me babe or honey (he used to) I know he is struggling, and I’m by no means saying I have it worse, but on the boat, he has explicitly told me that he doesn’t like anyone, he doesn’t trust anyone and he absolutely hates this command. I don’t really have any friends but my isolation is not quite self induced.
I responded to his email explaining my side of things, and apologizing for not creating a space for him to feel comfortable to talk to me. That’s literally all I’ve tried to do but he just seems to feel pressure when talking to me. I genuinely believe his stress, anxiety and lack of sleep are highly contributing to his emotional and mental distress. Add that he is in a combat zone and I’m sure its worse. He won’t tell me that though, usually just says he’s not at all worried or makes a really dumb joke about it.
I all but begged him to please let me know if all he needs is space, that I want to support him but the silence is torture to me. I have an anxious attachment style (he is avoidant) so I tend to think worst case scenario. So I requested that he please put my mind at ease that he’s not considering ending our marriage.
Three days later he sends me a very long email talking about how he is not looking forward to coming home, and isnt because we couldn’t get thru a deployment without fighting; that he wants to go to his childhood home to see his family. That we don’t want the same things. That I’m happy where we moved to and he is not. He only chose these orders and the last orders to be close to his family. He hates that I don’t get along with his family and that I don’t really want to move there when he retires.
Let me explain that he lives in a very tiny town where there isn’t even a grocery store. I literally would not have a career within an hour of his town. We had agreed that we could live an hour away, like one of his brothers does and it would still be close enough to his family. Also, his family has been quite rude to me. I have been mending fences with them for the sake of my husband. I don’t care where we live in the grand scheme of things, but I still need to have a job and his father and that side of the family very much abuse alcohol. They are also very ignorant and racist. My husband already struggles with over drinking. That’s not something I want to raise a family around as they can be verbally abusive when drunk, and you never know what’s going to trigger them. They have no goals nor aspirations in life, and that’s okay, but I do/ we did… I thought. My husbands goal is to retire from the service and go home. I was willing to go close (1-2 hours which he had agreed) to his home because I have a while before I can retire.
He proceeded to talk about how he was miserable with his ex wife and doesn’t want to spend six year with me, like he did with her, thinking marriage was supposed to be an unhappy union. That he stayed with her that long because he didn’t want it to fail; also because she convinced him things would get better. They never did, in fact I believe there was some infidelity on her side. He continued on about nonsense, like how he wants the mirrors in our house to stay but I wanted to change them and he has completely given up on having a say on how to update the house we bought. For the record, I left the mirrros the way he wanted. I picked paint colors I knew he would like.
Next, he mentioned how we had gotten in a fight right before moving and in haste, I told him to leave me there. he considered that we do end it then but we agreed to keep going because even though we struggle with communication, we do love each other and want to continue our marriage as overall we are pretty happy.
He ended the email explaining that he has not been happy for a while, has been struggling and while we work good together, he doesn’t believe we are right for each other. That I need to look within and figure out if I am happy in the relationship. That he doesn’t care about my answer but he is not at all happy.That he will never be able to communicate the way I want and he has made more changes for me, like attend couples counseling and anger management, than he ever would have for anyone else.
There are still a few months left to this deployment. I literally have no idea where that leaves me. I’m hurt as shit. I’m angry. I’m confused and frustrated. Not once on this deployment have I even mentioned splitting. Month two was the first time he mentioned divorce. We got past that hurdle and month three he mentioned that we should consider getting pregnant when he gets back. Then some stupid issue comes up and the cycle of being angry and fine continues. In fact, I all but beg him to not leave me when he has these outbursts. I feel stupid.
He is not one to ask for help. He clearly needs help but I have no idea what to do. It’s clear he doesn’t want anything to do with me.
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He emailed me last week, after going radio silent, telling me how much he is struggling and how unhappy he is. Shared that a lot of it is my fault. He doesn’t feel comfortable opening up to me and never will. To preface this, this happened after 5 days of no talking after a “fight”. I put it in quotes because I was genuinely trying to avoid a fight. We were talking on messenger. He was giving me one or two word answers to everything and I started getting frustrated. So I told him I was gonna let him go and to have a good night and I love him. He asked me what he did wrong and I told him nothing. He said I love you too and immediately logged off. I messaged him back explaining that it felt like I was trying to pull teeth talking to him and I know he is exhausted and stressed so instead of hurting my own feelings I would rather get offline. He never opened the message. I also sent him a screen shot about something funny his brother shared with me so he could get context about what I was asking and knew it wasn’t a big deal. But again, he never opened the message.
Five days later is when I received the aforementioned email; he was purposely ignoring me. He had promised me multiple times before that he wouldn’t do that sort of thing again (this was now the fourth time) and this one was by far the longest. I sometimes struggle knowing how to respond because when he shares that I’m upset about something, he gets the context completely wrong. For example, he thinks I get mad at him for talking to his family. That’s not true at all. I get upset that we get to talk for what seems to be a few hours online, and he’s not really participating in sharing anything. I have to ask questions, I get one or two word answers back and that’s it. I try not to push but sometimes I need the communication to feel connected. He doesn’t tell me he misses me, he doesn’t call me babe or honey (he used to) I know he is struggling, and I’m by no means saying I have it worse, but on the boat, he has explicitly told me that he doesn’t like anyone, he doesn’t trust anyone and he absolutely hates this command. I don’t really have any friends but my isolation is not quite self induced.
I responded to his email explaining my side of things, and apologizing for not creating a space for him to feel comfortable to talk to me. That’s literally all I’ve tried to do but he just seems to feel pressure when talking to me. I genuinely believe his stress, anxiety and lack of sleep are highly contributing to his emotional and mental distress. Add that he is in a combat zone and I’m sure its worse. He won’t tell me that though, usually just says he’s not at all worried or makes a really dumb joke about it.
I all but begged him to please let me know if all he needs is space, that I want to support him but the silence is torture to me. I have an anxious attachment style (he is avoidant) so I tend to think worst case scenario. So I requested that he please put my mind at ease that he’s not considering ending our marriage.
Three days later he sends me a very long email talking about how he is not looking forward to coming home, and isnt because we couldn’t get thru a deployment without fighting; that he wants to go to his childhood home to see his family. That we don’t want the same things. That I’m happy where we moved to and he is not. He only chose these orders and the last orders to be close to his family. He hates that I don’t get along with his family and that I don’t really want to move there when he retires.
Let me explain that he lives in a very tiny town where there isn’t even a grocery store. I literally would not have a career within an hour of his town. We had agreed that we could live an hour away, like one of his brothers does and it would still be close enough to his family. Also, his family has been quite rude to me. I have been mending fences with them for the sake of my husband. I don’t care where we live in the grand scheme of things, but I still need to have a job and his father and that side of the family very much abuse alcohol. They are also very ignorant and racist. My husband already struggles with over drinking. That’s not something I want to raise a family around as they can be verbally abusive when drunk, and you never know what’s going to trigger them. They have no goals nor aspirations in life, and that’s okay, but I do/ we did… I thought. My husbands goal is to retire from the service and go home. I was willing to go close (1-2 hours which he had agreed) to his home because I have a while before I can retire.
He proceeded to talk about how he was miserable with his ex wife and doesn’t want to spend six year with me, like he did with her, thinking marriage was supposed to be an unhappy union. That he stayed with her that long because he didn’t want it to fail; also because she convinced him things would get better. They never did, in fact I believe there was some infidelity on her side. He continued on about nonsense, like how he wants the mirrors in our house to stay but I wanted to change them and he has completely given up on having a say on how to update the house we bought. For the record, I left the mirrros the way he wanted. I picked paint colors I knew he would like.
Next, he mentioned how we had gotten in a fight right before moving and in haste, I told him to leave me there. he considered that we do end it then but we agreed to keep going because even though we struggle with communication, we do love each other and want to continue our marriage as overall we are pretty happy.
He ended the email explaining that he has not been happy for a while, has been struggling and while we work good together, he doesn’t believe we are right for each other. That I need to look within and figure out if I am happy in the relationship. That he doesn’t care about my answer but he is not at all happy.That he will never be able to communicate the way I want and he has made more changes for me, like attend couples counseling and anger management, than he ever would have for anyone else.
There are still a few months left to this deployment. I literally have no idea where that leaves me. I’m hurt as shit. I’m angry. I’m confused and frustrated. Not once on this deployment have I even mentioned splitting. Month two was the first time he mentioned divorce. We got past that hurdle and month three he mentioned that we should consider getting pregnant when he gets back. Then some stupid issue comes up and the cycle of being angry and fine continues. In fact, I all but beg him to not leave me when he has these outbursts. I feel stupid.
He is not one to ask for help. He clearly needs help but I have no idea what to do. It’s clear he doesn’t want anything to do with me.
2024.05.19 23:46 BrilliantLandscape20 Things I won’t put up with again
Just feeling like venting today. Feel free to add your own! Here are some things I(26F) tolerated/ignored in my last relationship that I’m still kicking myself over and will never ever do again:
I’ll never date anyone who - follows dozens of instagram models and likes/comments on their posts while we’re together:) - always expects me to go to their place but never really formally invites me, my ex (30M) just gave me a key to his apartment and said the invite was always open (sweet in theory but he knew I liked to be asked to see him and he used this as an excuse for poor communication in terms of making plans) - doesn’t feel comfortable enough to ask to come to my place (??? my ex said he felt like that would be intruding?? my partner should always feel comfortable to come to my place what do you mean) or doesn’t even try make plans in my neighborhood (my ex and I lived 40 minutes away) - is okay with just sitting around and never taking me out on dates or never showing any interest in trying something new/making plans in general - has an immature sense of humor and doesn’t take the hint that most of that shit was never funny/made me uncomfortable - okay a little graphic/tmi but a man who insists on anal sex when i tell him over and over that i’ve never tried and don’t want to!!! to each their own but that has never appealed to me and he was constantly trying to get me to change my mind. - shows 0 interest in getting to know my family/friends. we dated for a year and a half and he missed all my sibs weddings, never took up offers to visit my parents and missed almost every invite to hangout with me and my friends - chooses their dog over me. i LOVE animals, i have a cat and always had dogs growing up. but i sometimes felt like his dog was used as an excuse/crutch to not be present - someone who only posts a photo of the singer from the concert he took me to for MY birthday 💀 social media isn’t everything to me but that made me feel belittled - speaking of social media. someone who only posts selfies/thirst traps. i never tagged my ex in stuff bc i was embarrassed of his posts 😅 which should’ve def been a huge sign to me that he wasn’t right for me but alas - insists on FaceTiming every night while he plays video games and barely pays attention to me, but then gets mad when I don’t call him first and claims that shows I didn’t care about him 😑 again, we are grown adults - genuinely just doesn’t fully get me. i didn’t really feel completely myself with my ex and I won’t let that happen again
Ik this is so long but it feels good to get this all out and keep reminding myself of what I deserve 🩷
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I’ll never date anyone who - follows dozens of instagram models and likes/comments on their posts while we’re together:) - always expects me to go to their place but never really formally invites me, my ex (30M) just gave me a key to his apartment and said the invite was always open (sweet in theory but he knew I liked to be asked to see him and he used this as an excuse for poor communication in terms of making plans) - doesn’t feel comfortable enough to ask to come to my place (??? my ex said he felt like that would be intruding?? my partner should always feel comfortable to come to my place what do you mean) or doesn’t even try make plans in my neighborhood (my ex and I lived 40 minutes away) - is okay with just sitting around and never taking me out on dates or never showing any interest in trying something new/making plans in general - has an immature sense of humor and doesn’t take the hint that most of that shit was never funny/made me uncomfortable - okay a little graphic/tmi but a man who insists on anal sex when i tell him over and over that i’ve never tried and don’t want to!!! to each their own but that has never appealed to me and he was constantly trying to get me to change my mind. - shows 0 interest in getting to know my family/friends. we dated for a year and a half and he missed all my sibs weddings, never took up offers to visit my parents and missed almost every invite to hangout with me and my friends - chooses their dog over me. i LOVE animals, i have a cat and always had dogs growing up. but i sometimes felt like his dog was used as an excuse/crutch to not be present - someone who only posts a photo of the singer from the concert he took me to for MY birthday 💀 social media isn’t everything to me but that made me feel belittled - speaking of social media. someone who only posts selfies/thirst traps. i never tagged my ex in stuff bc i was embarrassed of his posts 😅 which should’ve def been a huge sign to me that he wasn’t right for me but alas - insists on FaceTiming every night while he plays video games and barely pays attention to me, but then gets mad when I don’t call him first and claims that shows I didn’t care about him 😑 again, we are grown adults - genuinely just doesn’t fully get me. i didn’t really feel completely myself with my ex and I won’t let that happen again
Ik this is so long but it feels good to get this all out and keep reminding myself of what I deserve 🩷
2024.05.19 22:39 Caroce116 I think I am in love with my best friend but Im not sure what to do
(Im sorry if my english is bad) For starters me (19M) and my best friend (18M) have known eachother since birth. We are both in a friend group that resulted from all of our parents being friends with eachother. The group consists of us two, another guy (19M) and two girls (18F) and (19F). We all grew up very close in Russia, however I am ukrainian. We went to school together, went on vacations together and generally were all doing everything together. Not long ago, when picking out collages, my best friend was telling me about how he wishes he could stay in Russia and how he cant because of some reasons I will not share here, and so naturally I offered that I could go to college with him in another country. Fast forward a few months later we both got into a pretty good collage in Finland. Now about our backround basically my best friend is very close with one of the girls in the group but they both stated that they do not like eachother and if you ask me, they didnt seem to have any kind of spark between eachother. However he was also very close to the other guy in the group. By close I mean that they literally acted like a couple. Whenever we would have school summer camps they would share a bed and sometimes I would even catch them cuddle, they would hug a lot etc. and generally make a lot of jokes about being gay for eachoter and liking eachother. You should know that my best friend is extremely handsome, I mean like model handsome. He is tall, not too muscular and not too skinny, pale skin, green eyes, soft blonde hair and very beautiful features. He looks so beautiful from every single angle, he looks beautiful while he sleeps, when he laughs, when he cries and is probably the most beautiful person I have ever met in my entire life. Despite that, he has never been in a relationship. A lot of girls have liked him in the past but he rejected them and he is pretty popular on social media and gets praised for his looks online as well. Aside from his looks he is also very smart. He is passionated about history and linguistics, he is good at maths and in general he is a very cultured person. He is very kind, funny, loving and has this sensitive side that he doesnt show too often. He just lights up the room everytime even though he is not that kind of positive and happy person you would imagine. He has gone through a lot in his childhood, things that I will not mention. On his 18th birthday, some things happened and I was lucky enough to be in time to stop them, which resulted into him bursting in tears in my arms and telling me how he feels about his life. A lot of time has passed since that event. Now we share an apartament here in Finland and go to college together. He seems happier, or maybe since he doesn’t spend that much time alone anymore he is just distracting himself from all the things he was going through. It is currently risky for me to go back in my home country and so I usually just go to Russia together with him on holidays. I am really enjoying all the time spent with him and I have never felt happier for such a long period of time. Recently he started hanging out with another guy from the same college and not going to lie but I feel kind of jealous. Since then I started to question my feelings for him. I never pictured myself or him actually being gay, let alone together in a relationship. I feel scared and nervous. My mother and her boyfriend will definitely hate me more than they already do and my father will probably think Im a disappointment. I feel as if I am betraying my religion and my identity but at the same time I feel so happy with this man. And here comes the biggest problem of all, what if after all he isnt gay and I will ruin our friendship. Yesterday night he went over to the new guys house.The guy likes him, he told me, asking for advice and more things about my best friend. I was kind of mad that I didnt get invited too, especially when he knows how close we are. Before going, I acted kind of rude towards him, which I regret, but he brushed it off and just left. Later at night when he came home, I was already in bed, pretending to sleep. I heard him change and get straight into his bed. A few moments later he started crying. He was crying very badly and I could tell he was trying to keep quiet. I dont know if anything happened there or if he was crying about my response or about his past because I simply didnt get up or have any kind of reaction, which again, I regret. I tried talking to him today in the morning, I didnt tell him I heard how he cried, I just acted normal, and although he wasnt his usual self, he didnt act sad or anything. I dont know wether I should or should not ask him about last night. And most importantly I dont know if I should tell him about my feelings for him and explain the situation.
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2024.05.19 22:15 Agreeable_Algae_8869 AITA for not being a more involved bridesmaid and bringing a plus one?
IATA ???? Claire and I have been best friends for almost 7 years. we met in college while both being premed. I was able to get into medical school on my first try while she tried over 3 times without success and works in insurance now. She got engaged to her boyfriend as she was trying to apply to medical school for a 4th time. By then I was ending my second year of medical school and about to start my third year of medical school. Unfortunately, also during this time my then serious live in boyfriend(who was also a medical student) of 2 years died unexpectedly in an accident. I was devastated.
Claire was very supportive at first, but very quickly started to pull away from me and only wanted to talk to me about her wedding. She was always busy when I tried to make plans and was away during my Birthday, and even told me she could not be around me while I was grieving because she needed to keep her life going and plan a wedding and I was making her too sad. She spent this entire year preparing her wedding, I was one of the bridesmaids, and she multiple times showed concern that I was not as involved in the wedding preparations or responding to emails as quickly as she would have liked. One time while drunk during her bachelorette she called me a bitch for not responding to emails quickly, later denying she had any recollection of calling me that. I didn’t mean to not respond quickly It was a combinations of multiple things. Her sister was made of honor and I had a pretty busy 80 hrs per week schedule and could not answer 20 emails per week about approving the menu for the bachelorette dinner or if I preferred shorts versus pants Pijamas, or to choose what colors I wanted to wear. Looking back at it now it would have taken only a few seconds to respond but at the time I was so overwhelmed with school, studying for boards and my own personal grieving that responding to an email about choosing between lilac and violet for the bridesmaids dresses felt like a huge task. I made this clear to her and told her look I can’t be as involved in the planning but I would be happy to go along with anything you want or your sister chooses. Despite all of this I helped her picked her dress and went to multiple appointments with her and also Attended and paid my way to Her bachelorette. Even though I was a broke medical student. All the bridesmaids had a plus one for the wedding. I was planning on bringing my sister but she had a last minute work commitment she couldn’t get out off. Claire told me she preferred if I didn’t bring anyone she knew but didn’t invite to her wedding, but I explained to her that I was actually scared of going to her wedding alone, and at this point we had a lot of mutual friends so my options were limited. And she mostly invited other couples so most of our single friends/acquaintances were off limits. I was still grieving and I was afraid I would burst into tears. I made it clear that I was happy for her wedding but it was also very triggering since we both had started dating our respective partners at the same time and moved in together at the same etc, and while she was getting engaged I had to grieve the death of mine. She accused me of being jealous of her. I tried to explain to her it wasn’t jealousy but grief because attending a wedding was very triggering for me. She gave me the option of not attending her wedding if it was that hard. I told her that I felt I could attend if I could bring a plus one for support. Since she did not want me to bring someone she knew but didn’t invited to the wedding, I brought a very old childhood friend of mine that I had become closer with during the last year. He had reached out when he heard the news of my boyfriend passing away and for the last year had been checking on me regularly. We had always been good friends and he had gotten divorce during the same time so we started to talk often and support each other. He offered to fly in and be my plus one if I didn’t have anyone to come with (he lived across the country at that time) Claire made it clear that she was also not not happy with me having a plus one that she didn’t know and told me that I could bring him as long as I should be aware that I could not cater to my date since I had bridesmaid responsibilities that day. I assure her it would not be a problem.
I missed the rehearsal dinner the prior night because I had a medical school test that afternoon and then had to drive 5 hours to the wedding site I told her about this in advance. Didn’t make it until midnight. I woke up bright and early and went to the bridal suite. Had breakfast and hung out with the other bridesmaids for a bit. I then went back to my room to get ready and shower and this took maybe a couple of hours. When I arrive to the bridal suite she was getting her make up done and was clearly upset, she spent the entire rest of the evening upset and giving me the cold shoulder. I thought it was just nerves. The wedding ended and I headed back home and I texted her to thank her for everything etc. And also to apologize for not being as involved with the planning as I would have liked. She responded by accusing me of being jealous of her for getting married and purposely trying to sabotage her wedding. She accused me of making up a fake medical school exam and arriving to her wedding early but refusing to attend the rehearsal dinner, she also accused me of taking too long to get ready purposefully to avoid her and hanging out with my date way too much instead of the bridal party. She then Told me I used her wedding as an excuse to have a fling instead of focusing on her. And she then told me I had a lot of personal work to do and I have fucked up priorities in life.I tried to explain to her than none of those things happened and I have no idea where is getting all those conclusions , to no avail. She is no longer talking to me and blocked me from all social media. Worth to notice I have tried to reach out and nothing. And I heard from a mutual friend she did not get into medical school again and her now husband prohibit her from trying a fifth time since it was a huge financial strain and he wants to focus on having a family. AITA for not being a more involved bridesmaid and bringing a plus one or is she being unreasonable? I had never had this happened before with a friend. One of my other really close medical school friends is getting married next month and I am also a bridesmaid and I have had none of these issues with her.
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Claire was very supportive at first, but very quickly started to pull away from me and only wanted to talk to me about her wedding. She was always busy when I tried to make plans and was away during my Birthday, and even told me she could not be around me while I was grieving because she needed to keep her life going and plan a wedding and I was making her too sad. She spent this entire year preparing her wedding, I was one of the bridesmaids, and she multiple times showed concern that I was not as involved in the wedding preparations or responding to emails as quickly as she would have liked. One time while drunk during her bachelorette she called me a bitch for not responding to emails quickly, later denying she had any recollection of calling me that. I didn’t mean to not respond quickly It was a combinations of multiple things. Her sister was made of honor and I had a pretty busy 80 hrs per week schedule and could not answer 20 emails per week about approving the menu for the bachelorette dinner or if I preferred shorts versus pants Pijamas, or to choose what colors I wanted to wear. Looking back at it now it would have taken only a few seconds to respond but at the time I was so overwhelmed with school, studying for boards and my own personal grieving that responding to an email about choosing between lilac and violet for the bridesmaids dresses felt like a huge task. I made this clear to her and told her look I can’t be as involved in the planning but I would be happy to go along with anything you want or your sister chooses. Despite all of this I helped her picked her dress and went to multiple appointments with her and also Attended and paid my way to Her bachelorette. Even though I was a broke medical student. All the bridesmaids had a plus one for the wedding. I was planning on bringing my sister but she had a last minute work commitment she couldn’t get out off. Claire told me she preferred if I didn’t bring anyone she knew but didn’t invite to her wedding, but I explained to her that I was actually scared of going to her wedding alone, and at this point we had a lot of mutual friends so my options were limited. And she mostly invited other couples so most of our single friends/acquaintances were off limits. I was still grieving and I was afraid I would burst into tears. I made it clear that I was happy for her wedding but it was also very triggering since we both had started dating our respective partners at the same time and moved in together at the same etc, and while she was getting engaged I had to grieve the death of mine. She accused me of being jealous of her. I tried to explain to her it wasn’t jealousy but grief because attending a wedding was very triggering for me. She gave me the option of not attending her wedding if it was that hard. I told her that I felt I could attend if I could bring a plus one for support. Since she did not want me to bring someone she knew but didn’t invited to the wedding, I brought a very old childhood friend of mine that I had become closer with during the last year. He had reached out when he heard the news of my boyfriend passing away and for the last year had been checking on me regularly. We had always been good friends and he had gotten divorce during the same time so we started to talk often and support each other. He offered to fly in and be my plus one if I didn’t have anyone to come with (he lived across the country at that time) Claire made it clear that she was also not not happy with me having a plus one that she didn’t know and told me that I could bring him as long as I should be aware that I could not cater to my date since I had bridesmaid responsibilities that day. I assure her it would not be a problem.
I missed the rehearsal dinner the prior night because I had a medical school test that afternoon and then had to drive 5 hours to the wedding site I told her about this in advance. Didn’t make it until midnight. I woke up bright and early and went to the bridal suite. Had breakfast and hung out with the other bridesmaids for a bit. I then went back to my room to get ready and shower and this took maybe a couple of hours. When I arrive to the bridal suite she was getting her make up done and was clearly upset, she spent the entire rest of the evening upset and giving me the cold shoulder. I thought it was just nerves. The wedding ended and I headed back home and I texted her to thank her for everything etc. And also to apologize for not being as involved with the planning as I would have liked. She responded by accusing me of being jealous of her for getting married and purposely trying to sabotage her wedding. She accused me of making up a fake medical school exam and arriving to her wedding early but refusing to attend the rehearsal dinner, she also accused me of taking too long to get ready purposefully to avoid her and hanging out with my date way too much instead of the bridal party. She then Told me I used her wedding as an excuse to have a fling instead of focusing on her. And she then told me I had a lot of personal work to do and I have fucked up priorities in life.I tried to explain to her than none of those things happened and I have no idea where is getting all those conclusions , to no avail. She is no longer talking to me and blocked me from all social media. Worth to notice I have tried to reach out and nothing. And I heard from a mutual friend she did not get into medical school again and her now husband prohibit her from trying a fifth time since it was a huge financial strain and he wants to focus on having a family. AITA for not being a more involved bridesmaid and bringing a plus one or is she being unreasonable? I had never had this happened before with a friend. One of my other really close medical school friends is getting married next month and I am also a bridesmaid and I have had none of these issues with her.
2024.05.19 22:10 mahoganyblueberry 3x ghosted tells me to ask him out on a date? What do I make of this situation
So I matched w this guy on the apps, we made plans to go out but it didn’t work. I thought he was working late and had plans w his coworkers.. turns out he just went drinking after a wfh day. So anyway i told him we can do next week but he never replied to me.
I make my app again and he saw my profile because he replied oh this is funny we meet again. So I said no we never met because he didn’t reply. He said he never noticed the message. We actually met up and texted after for 3 days and he disappeared again. From iMessage text
So i unmatched him on hinge and just deleted the account. My friend helped me remake it (2 months after first matching him) and she saw him and wanted to send a like but I told her what happened. She said ok then tell him “ you’re on here” anyway he replied and said “yea, are you gonna invite me out..” and I said “you want me to ask you on a date?” He said “lmk when and I’ll come to your area” idk what that means. My friend thinks he is a cool guy for me, and my other friends agree and I’m reading too much into it. I think im a bit silly for even re matching so many times and I know this may sound childish but I need help
Just to add: I did post about this general situation as it developed but this is where it’s at now and my last thing on it
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I make my app again and he saw my profile because he replied oh this is funny we meet again. So I said no we never met because he didn’t reply. He said he never noticed the message. We actually met up and texted after for 3 days and he disappeared again. From iMessage text
So i unmatched him on hinge and just deleted the account. My friend helped me remake it (2 months after first matching him) and she saw him and wanted to send a like but I told her what happened. She said ok then tell him “ you’re on here” anyway he replied and said “yea, are you gonna invite me out..” and I said “you want me to ask you on a date?” He said “lmk when and I’ll come to your area” idk what that means. My friend thinks he is a cool guy for me, and my other friends agree and I’m reading too much into it. I think im a bit silly for even re matching so many times and I know this may sound childish but I need help
Just to add: I did post about this general situation as it developed but this is where it’s at now and my last thing on it
2024.05.19 21:54 EssayLast9060 Another plot hole - fuel slurry
Just finished the book today and there was one thing in particular I couldn't explain: When Grace dumps his entire fuel supply in the space and subsequently gets another fuel from Rocky, what about the oil?
To quote the book: "Dimitri plans to make a fuel slurry out of Astrophage and low-viscosity oil to make it easier to transport to the engines. I want to line the hull with that stuff.”
I can hardly imagine Grace replacing his entire supply with raw Astrophage and pumps and engines working as before. Even if Eridians are using something similar, a slightly different viscosity can break everything.
Another funny thing are the calculation/unit inconsistencies:
"each beetle has 120 kilograms of fuel aboard"
"I’d used almost half their fuel supply when they served as ad-hoc engines for the Hail Mary. But they only need 60 kilograms of Astrophage each to be full."
"With it, I can squirt 100 milliliters of Astrophage into that 6-millimeter hole per shot. That’s about 600 grams. All told, I have to do it about two hundred times per beetle."
So, each beetle has 120, or 60 kg capacity? Anyway if they used half of the supply that will be 60, or 30 kg to be refueled. Yet he will be putting 120 kg in (600 g * 200).
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To quote the book: "Dimitri plans to make a fuel slurry out of Astrophage and low-viscosity oil to make it easier to transport to the engines. I want to line the hull with that stuff.”
I can hardly imagine Grace replacing his entire supply with raw Astrophage and pumps and engines working as before. Even if Eridians are using something similar, a slightly different viscosity can break everything.
Another funny thing are the calculation/unit inconsistencies:
"each beetle has 120 kilograms of fuel aboard"
"I’d used almost half their fuel supply when they served as ad-hoc engines for the Hail Mary. But they only need 60 kilograms of Astrophage each to be full."
"With it, I can squirt 100 milliliters of Astrophage into that 6-millimeter hole per shot. That’s about 600 grams. All told, I have to do it about two hundred times per beetle."
So, each beetle has 120, or 60 kg capacity? Anyway if they used half of the supply that will be 60, or 30 kg to be refueled. Yet he will be putting 120 kg in (600 g * 200).
2024.05.19 21:17 surprisinglylucky Not invited to birthday party. Am I just bad at taking the hint or??
I have a "friend" (in quotes because I am uncertain if she is a friend as of right now) that I hang out with for craft nights and go hiking with sometimes. I thought we were fairly close. She's very social and always needs to be hanging out with someone, and I frequently can't be that person but she seems to do a good job spreading that need across a lot of people.
She had a birthday party yesterday and didn't invite me and I am extremely confused. I had invited her to coffee a day before and she said yes (we are having coffee tomorrow) and now I'm just super fucking confused. 15+ people at her party (and that's a LOT where we live) and she didn't invite me at all? I find out via instagram?
If not for the fact that she had accepted my invite to coffee, I'd assume she just didn't like me and take the hint, but it seems like I'm getting mixed signals.
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She had a birthday party yesterday and didn't invite me and I am extremely confused. I had invited her to coffee a day before and she said yes (we are having coffee tomorrow) and now I'm just super fucking confused. 15+ people at her party (and that's a LOT where we live) and she didn't invite me at all? I find out via instagram?
If not for the fact that she had accepted my invite to coffee, I'd assume she just didn't like me and take the hint, but it seems like I'm getting mixed signals.
2024.05.19 21:14 Dapper_Banana_1642 Is naming a dog Diogenes a good idea?
So I'm into philosophy, and I think naming a dog Diogenes would be a hilarious idea. If you don't know who that is here's a few links to articles and such.
https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/diogenes.htm
https://www.azquotes.com/autho3992-Diogenes
The last two are funny, first one explains his life and philosophy. Anyway, he was a cynic and took pride in acting like a dog, valued freedom, and you'll see the rest in the articles and will probably get why I want to do this. Now, would this be a horrible or amazing idea? Probably horrible like all my other ideas, but I wanna hear other's thoughts.
Some quotes of his that compelled me to do this are:
"I pissed on a man who called me a dog. Why was he suprised?"
"If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate."
Also, he defacated, peed, and pleasured himself in public, like a dog. He also mocked Plato and insulted Alexander the Great.
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https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/diogenes.htm
https://www.azquotes.com/autho3992-Diogenes
The last two are funny, first one explains his life and philosophy. Anyway, he was a cynic and took pride in acting like a dog, valued freedom, and you'll see the rest in the articles and will probably get why I want to do this. Now, would this be a horrible or amazing idea? Probably horrible like all my other ideas, but I wanna hear other's thoughts.
Some quotes of his that compelled me to do this are:
"I pissed on a man who called me a dog. Why was he suprised?"
"If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate."
Also, he defacated, peed, and pleasured himself in public, like a dog. He also mocked Plato and insulted Alexander the Great.
2024.05.19 21:08 SAimNE Had a dream come true when the original musical I was cast in got turned into a feature film.
In 2018 I was cast in an original musical that this Portland singesongwriter, Amanda Richards wrote. It was a dream experience, super funny show, incredible music, a killer live band, a lot of heart and an important feminist message. It sold out, we extended the run, got great reviews and feedback from the audience.
Then Amanda turned it into a screenplay, rented out an abandoned bar on the Nehalem River in the Oregon Mountains, rented out a double wide trailer on stilts for the whole cast and crew to use as sleeping quarters, invited back the entire cast, and hired an incredible crew. In preparation for it I got to go into a legit recording studio for the first time ever and record my songs which I’ll never forget. (Which just released online, now I get to be on Spotify and Apple Music for the first time ever and that’s super fun too.)
We spent the month of September 2019 filming. Sleeping 4 or 5 to a room, on floors, in closets, in tents under the trailer, in the beds of trucks. We ate roadkill for dinner. Our crafty budget was low, so when our caterer saw a fresh deer on the side of the road she brought it back to the trailer to butcher and feed us with for the next week.
Post took five years because of the choose two rule and Amanda chose cheap and good, but it really is. I’m so thrilled with how it came out and I can not wait for it to be released. The Portland premiere is already sold out so it’s like the dream just keeps goin.
I’m not saying this to brag, I am just so grateful. I’m almost 40 and I’ve dedicated my life to trying to make a living as an actor and some months I’ve been able to pay my bills with it, but it’s mostly just been a very long series of rejections and putting myself out there again, and more rejections, and living in my van, and always being broke, and intense self doubt, you know normal actor things. And this isn’t gonna fix any of that (I made sag minimum for the month of filming which is long gone), but it makes all of it worth it. Even if no one sees it but my friends and family who I force into a chair, I’m so grateful to have it.
It’s called Whiskey Dixie & The Big Wet Country and I really hope some musical fans are excited for a new, original, independently produced musical with a lot of thought, care, and intention behind every choice. Thanks for reading about it!
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Then Amanda turned it into a screenplay, rented out an abandoned bar on the Nehalem River in the Oregon Mountains, rented out a double wide trailer on stilts for the whole cast and crew to use as sleeping quarters, invited back the entire cast, and hired an incredible crew. In preparation for it I got to go into a legit recording studio for the first time ever and record my songs which I’ll never forget. (Which just released online, now I get to be on Spotify and Apple Music for the first time ever and that’s super fun too.)
We spent the month of September 2019 filming. Sleeping 4 or 5 to a room, on floors, in closets, in tents under the trailer, in the beds of trucks. We ate roadkill for dinner. Our crafty budget was low, so when our caterer saw a fresh deer on the side of the road she brought it back to the trailer to butcher and feed us with for the next week.
Post took five years because of the choose two rule and Amanda chose cheap and good, but it really is. I’m so thrilled with how it came out and I can not wait for it to be released. The Portland premiere is already sold out so it’s like the dream just keeps goin.
I’m not saying this to brag, I am just so grateful. I’m almost 40 and I’ve dedicated my life to trying to make a living as an actor and some months I’ve been able to pay my bills with it, but it’s mostly just been a very long series of rejections and putting myself out there again, and more rejections, and living in my van, and always being broke, and intense self doubt, you know normal actor things. And this isn’t gonna fix any of that (I made sag minimum for the month of filming which is long gone), but it makes all of it worth it. Even if no one sees it but my friends and family who I force into a chair, I’m so grateful to have it.
It’s called Whiskey Dixie & The Big Wet Country and I really hope some musical fans are excited for a new, original, independently produced musical with a lot of thought, care, and intention behind every choice. Thanks for reading about it!
2024.05.19 21:06 Annual_Marsupial_961 How much has this sub changed in the last 3 months?
I haven’t been active for a while and it seems like the comments aren’t the same anymore on this sub. Where’s the humour?
The direct quotes, word for word.
Instead we got stunads commenting dumb shit like “Omg that scene was so funny when I first watched it”, I mean what happened to this thing??
You’re supposed to be shit posters. It’s why you got the top tier gifts. Where’s the fucking CREATIVITY?
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The direct quotes, word for word.
Instead we got stunads commenting dumb shit like “Omg that scene was so funny when I first watched it”, I mean what happened to this thing??
You’re supposed to be shit posters. It’s why you got the top tier gifts. Where’s the fucking CREATIVITY?
2024.05.19 20:56 Caroce116 I think I am in love with my best friend but Im not sure what to do
(Im sorry if my english is bad) For starters me (19M) and my best friend (18M) have known eachother since birth. We are both in a friend group that resulted from all of our parents being friends with eachother. The group consists of us two, another guy (19M) and two girls (18F) and (19F). We all grew up very close in Russia, however I am ukrainian. We went to school together, went on vacations together and generally were all doing everything together. Not long ago, when picking out collages, my best friend was telling me about how he wishes he could stay in Russia and how he cant because of some reasons I will not share here, and so naturally I offered that I could go to college with him in another country. Fast forward a few months later we both got into a pretty good collage in Finland. Now about our backround basically my best friend is very close with one of the girls in the group but they both stated that they do not like eachother and if you ask me, they didnt seem to have any kind of spark between eachother. However he was also very close to the other guy in the group. By close I mean that they literally acted like a couple. Whenever we would have school summer camps they would share a bed and sometimes I would even catch them cuddle, they would hug a lot etc. and generally make a lot of jokes about being gay for eachoter and liking eachother. You should know that my best friend is extremely handsome, I mean like model handsome. He is tall, not too muscular and not too skinny, pale skin, green eyes, soft blonde hair and very beautiful features. He looks so beautiful from every single angle, he looks beautiful while he sleeps, when he laughs, when he cries and is probably the most beautiful person I have ever met in my entire life. Despite that, he has never been in a relationship. A lot of girls have liked him in the past but he rejected them and he is pretty popular on social media and gets praised for his looks online as well. Aside from his looks he is also very smart. He is passionated about history and linguistics, he is good at maths and in general he is a very cultured person. He is very kind, funny, loving and has this sensitive side that he doesnt show too often. He just lights up the room everytime even though he is not that kind of positive and happy person you would imagine. He has gone through a lot in his childhood, things that I will not mention. On his 18th birthday, some things happened and I was lucky enough to be in time to stop them, which resulted into him bursting in tears in my arms and telling me how he feels about his life. A lot of time has passed since that event. Now we share an apartament here in Finland and go to college together. He seems happier, or maybe since he doesn’t spend that much time alone anymore he is just distracting himself from all the things he was going through. It is currently risky for me to go back in my home country and so I usually just go to Russia together with him on holidays. I am really enjoying all the time spent with him and I have never felt happier for such a long period of time. Recently he started hanging out with another guy from the same college and not going to lie but I feel kind of jealous. Since then I started to question my feelings for him. I never pictured myself or him actually being gay, let alone together in a relationship. I feel scared and nervous. My mother and her boyfriend will definitely hate me more than they already do and my father will probably think Im a disappointment. I feel as if I am betraying my religion and my identity but at the same time I feel so happy with this man. And here comes the biggest problem of all, what if after all he isnt gay and I will ruin our friendship. Yesterday night he went over to the new guys house.The guy likes him, he told me, asking for advice and more things about my best friend. I was kind of mad that I didnt get invited too, especially when he knows how close we are. Before going, I acted kind of rude towards him, which I regret, but he brushed it off and just left. Later at night when he came home, I was already in bed, pretending to sleep. I heard him change and get straight into his bed. A few moments later he started crying. He was crying very badly and I could tell he was trying to keep quiet. I dont know if anything happened there or if he was crying about my response or about his past because I simply didnt get up or have any kind of reaction, which again, I regret. I tried talking to him today in the morning, I didnt tell him I heard how he cried, I just acted normal, and although he wasnt his usual self, he didnt act sad or anything. I dont know wether I should or should not ask him about last night. And most importantly I dont know if I should tell him about my feelings for him and explain the situation.
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2024.05.19 20:23 bigkme Am I overthinking?
So I met a girl on bumble and we start talking. She's seems to be cool, she answer to my questions, she does questions too and say things about her experience to complement her answer to my setence. It's seems nice.
With this, I asked her to hang out in a funny way which she accepted saying that was the best invite that she had.
Until here I think we are good, but when it comes to frequency of the messages I start overthinking.. Like, she takes a lot to answer, like a day almost. For example, I send mensage at the middle of the morning/lunch time and she answers back like 2/3AM.
What is your opinion, I'm overthinking?
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With this, I asked her to hang out in a funny way which she accepted saying that was the best invite that she had.
Until here I think we are good, but when it comes to frequency of the messages I start overthinking.. Like, she takes a lot to answer, like a day almost. For example, I send mensage at the middle of the morning/lunch time and she answers back like 2/3AM.
What is your opinion, I'm overthinking?
2024.05.19 20:17 fischbrot looking for quote from the qoran
hello fellow humans on earth... I was invited to a mosque for prayer from a friend.
when I was inside, there were quotes from the qoran displayed on a screen in arabic and translation to english.
I am ever since looking to find this passage, it has been 2 years, and I am still looking, maybe you can help me :)
Allah is everywhere and everything, cannot be seen, yet is always present and visible.
grateful for all ideas : )
thanks
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when I was inside, there were quotes from the qoran displayed on a screen in arabic and translation to english.
I am ever since looking to find this passage, it has been 2 years, and I am still looking, maybe you can help me :)
Allah is everywhere and everything, cannot be seen, yet is always present and visible.
grateful for all ideas : )
thanks
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2024.05.19 19:38 dnelson2408 Summary of this channel, data, and news for the last 3 weeks.
 | Afternoon all, submitted by dnelson2408 to RILYStock [link] [comments] I thought it might be fun to try and take the last three weeks and have a recap of the data and news surrounding RILY. I just searched this sub and news outlets and such for the last 3 weeks and took notes then fed them into an AI software asking it to summarize everything. In no way is this Financial Advice just a fun task. "The financial landscape for B. Riley Financial, Inc. showcases a dynamic narrative of operational resilience and strategic positioning. The company's recent activities reflect a strategic focus on managing debt obligations effectively while optimizing business segments for sustainable growth. The strategic review process for Great American Group retail liquidation and appraisal businesses is progressing, indicating a commitment to enhancing operational efficiency and value creation. In the earnings summary, a net loss of $51 million was reported, primarily driven by investment-related losses and professional services expenses. Despite these challenges, the company's strategic initiatives and operational performance remain robust, as highlighted in the earnings call. Executives Bryant Riley and Tom Kelleher emphasized the company's operational excellence and strategic direction, underscoring a commitment to shareholder value and sustainable growth. The company's strategic reviews and commitment to shareholder value remain steadfast amidst market volatility caused by short manipulation. Furthermore, the full redemption of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2024 signifies a proactive approach to managing debt and strengthening the company's financial position. This strategic move aligns with the company's focus on optimizing its capital structure and enhancing financial flexibility. Overall, B. Riley Financial's narrative is one of resilience, strategic foresight, and operational excellence in navigating market dynamics and challenges. The company's commitment to financial prudence, strategic reviews, and operational performance positions it well for sustained growth and value creation in the evolving financial landscape." Below is the data the AI used to create the summary. Just copy and pasted from a very quick and crude gathering of information into a word doc. I also enjoyed the earnings summary the AI did. The last line made me feel happy thoughts. - In summary, B. Riley Financial's first-quarter 2024 results underscore its strong operational foundation and strategic foresight, positioning it well for future growth and shareholder value creation. 1. Cohodes being loud and classless examples https://preview.redd.it/xymj94vp5f1d1.png?width=637&format=png&auto=webp&s=3d9f18f4f877f7fb518039bc78198e77e3fcd190 https://preview.redd.it/bxacg0bp5f1d1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=9a4eba6a4a39457cc47661be5836008976b37fc6 https://preview.redd.it/q5kdr5qo5f1d1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=14dcb5473ed7dcac4646eaba2b983806f32bd875 https://preview.redd.it/ky1hlc1o5f1d1.png?width=789&format=png&auto=webp&s=4c603719820d06ea91d9181ad3c41734a603b795 https://preview.redd.it/soco7bjn5f1d1.png?width=969&format=png&auto=webp&s=dfbcf20f984e391c51afcc89e46597d1d9dff6ad https://preview.redd.it/pwbnnwwr5f1d1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=fe06146b727540c291825eda8db5f33b11e9e992 2. Discussion about FUD and shorts deception I see the shorts (Marc Cohoded and Co.) are still at it, trying to l use a fake psychological twist to cause doubt. Let's stick to the facts and let the price go where it will in the long term. Short thesis was and is there was fraud, both proven wrong by independent investigation and a clean independent audit if the 10-K and now 10-Q. You can slap that one around anyway you want, but both came up clean. First, they have stated their intentions of a sale of a carried undervalued asset (Great American) by a third party for a massive realized gain. Good for the investors and bond holders as they said they would use funds to deleveverage the balance sheet and buy back stock which already has very little float. Second, I have never seen a company that is paying dividends go under whith out, completely eliminating the dividends first (RILY still pays a dividend and baby bonds are all current--none are in any default). Third, business has been good with lots of new hires, new capital makets raises and fees and their business seems to be thriving. Shorts will try to mislead all of us with their lies and deciept but if we hold strong I believe that the stock will go to at least 50 ish in the short term where they did their secondary. I believe at that point, RILY may run into a bit of resistance. However, a squeeze could easily send us through that to new highs. Patience is the key as they have stated all this in their press releases in the recent past. If we al on this sitel just buy 100 to 1000 shares on Monday and hld through the 29th to get the dividends. this will rocket to new heights. This is not a recommendation, simply my thoughts. Do your own due diligence. 3.Stop lending shares=pain for shorts = short squeeze If all longs can stop lending shares at least I believe we can cause shorts to cover. There is no valid short narrative, both longs and shorts know this. Now it’s purely who can hold out longer. Shorts have been very active as of late trying to push share price lower and with many of us loaning shares out we are actually helping the shorts hurt us. I believe if we stopped lending out shares borrow rate skyrockets and that added cost combined with dividend and gradual upward movement will force shorts to cover. Granted news release can help but we don’t need news we just need to stop lending and wait and see. 4. Link to short sale volume post https://www.reddit.com/RILYStock/comments/1ctwe9q/smoking_gun_thursday_dropped_because_shorts/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://preview.redd.it/hopdxkbt5f1d1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=3945adf69a00addb0c2da4ea0c26b2a4de2749b3 5. Article showing RILY coming back https://www.investmentnews.com/broker-dealers/news/b-riley-bouncing-back-after-tough-winter-253448 6. Rily - Day 3 of short attacks - There's a positive Our favorite shorts cohodes&co is on overdrive releasing as much fake accusations as possible, they now have been adding a lot to their position at a higher price point with shares in the 30s, now the shorts cost basis has gotten worse for them. With more shares at a worst cost with dividends coming due as well as borrow fees , shorts have less wiggle room especially if stock goes to 40 again. Now at 40 I believe they will be losing money. With insiders hopefully buying soon and the company continuing their share buy back program , that can lead to upward movement in share price leading to the “squeeze “. 7. $RILY Earnings Summary Not financial advice. It was an interesting investor call, an almost boring call which was refreshing. The company had a net loss of $51m driven by non-cash items including $29m unrealized loss on investments and a $30m fair value adjustment on their loans. Cash flows were pretty good, with operating cash flows of $135m and adjusted operating EBITDA of $66m. Targus and American Freight contributed nothing this quarter, both companies are historically strong businesses but have been working through a business cycle post-COVID after many Americans bought the things they needed. Those companies should improve in the next year. The company previously announced a potential sale of Great American Group. Q-1 earnings for that segment increased to $35m of EBITDA, so at 10-12x a potential sale is looking like $350-$420m. On the call they said that is expected by early Q3. They also mentioned possibly looking at a sale in their Brands division later this year with the goal of retiring their discounted debt, citing it as an opportunity. The short thesis crumbled last month with a clean 10-K and two internal investigations which added an additional $7m in expense but presumably were quite thorough and completely debunked claims by bears. There are no shares available to borrow per Fintel: https://preview.redd.it/ukhk0tou5f1d1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=0622973216e0293d7f2699c1b6eee3216824305e And short interest remains at approximately 65% with 9 million shares short, though the retail float is thought to be much smaller, maybe 2m shares. The company has $34m available at quarter end for buybacks from a previously approved program. I see value here, and I liked what I heard on the call. 8. Misconceptions - Rily Share Structure [THIS POST IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY] mumen_rida There seems to be a lot of confusion about the company’s share structure and I would like to use this post to help not only my own understanding but also help others. It’s a bit confusing but let’s tackle it together. I got this information from marketwatch: Total Float = 30 million shares Public float = 16 million shares Shares sold short = 9 million shares % of public float sold short = 56.38% According to fintel: Institutional ownership = 14.18 million shares So let me get this straight, there is 16 million shares in the public float and institutions own 89% of that (14.18 million shares). So that would mean retail investors collectively only have about 1.82 million shares to trade around amongst ourselves. Let’s call that retail float. So, retail float = 1.82 million shares. Let’s wrap up all the most important information (imo) regarding the current share structure and please correct me if any of the information I presented here today is false: Total float = 30m Public float = 16m Shares short = 9m Retail float = 1.82m Where I think it gets the most interesting is when you divide shares short by retail float. 9/1.82= 4.95 or 495% of retail float. Hope this helps clear up any confusion regarding the share structure. REPSONSE TO THIS BELOW EnvironmentalBreak48 •3d ago THIS RESPONSE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. NFA. Do your own DD, make your own decisions. Based on OP calculation. 1. Total Float: About 30 million shares. 2. Public Float: 16 million shares. 3. Shares Sold Short: 9 million shares. 4. % of Public Float Sold Short: 56.38%. 5. Institutional Ownership: 14.18 million shares. 6. Retail Float: 1.82 million shares (calculated as Public Float - Institutional Ownership). Given this information: Understanding Short Interest· Shares Sold Short: About 9 million shares.· Retail Float: 1.82 million shares. · Short Interest as a Percentage of Retail Float: 9 million shares/1.82 million shares≈495% This high percentage indicates that the short interest is nearly five times the available retail float, which could lead to a short squeeze if investors hold onto their shares and/or demand increases. Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio)The Days to Cover metric gives an estimate of how many days it would take for short sellers to cover their positions based on the average daily trading volume. Here’s how to calculate it:1. Determine the average daily trading volume (ADTV): This information is usually available on financial websites like MarketWatch or Yahoo Finance. Let’s assume the ADTV is 1,000,000 shares (this is an example, you should use the actual ADTV for a more precise calculation). 2. Days to Cover: Shares Sold Short/ADTV Using our example ADTV: Days to Cover=9,000,000 (short shares)/1,000,000(Avg. Daily Volume)=9 days Days to Cover Potential Implications· High Short Interest Ratio: A high Days to Cover ratio suggests it would take a significant amount of time for shorts to cover their positions, which can lead to increased volatility.· Potential for a Short Squeeze: With a high percentage of the retail float sold short, if retail investors decided to hold their shares and the stock price rises, short sellers may be forced to buy back shares at higher prices, leading to a potential short squeeze. · Limited Retail Float: With only 1.82 million shares available for retail trading, any significant buying pressure from institutional investors and/or retail investors it could quickly drive up the stock price. 9. Why Even the Joker Thinks You’d Be a _____ For Not Taking A Look at RILY Stock Batman here. You might know me as the Dark Knight, the Caped Crusader, or the guy who really, really, really wants to own a spaceship. Today, straight from the Batcave, lets talk about something as exciting as racing the Batmobile or the return of Roaring Kitty—RILY stock. First off, let’s talk numbers, because even a superhero knows the importance of a strong financial foundation. RILY has been buying back shares like Alfred buys Bat-gadgets—strategically and frequently. This move isn’t just a nifty trick; IMO it’s a signal that RILY is confident in its value. When a company buys back its own shares, it’s like Batman investing in more Batarangs—it’s a smart play that shows belief in future performance. But that’s not all, folks. The recent buzz around RILY isn’t just cat signals in the sky—it’s grounded in solid developments. RILY had to work hard to file their 10K after all the mudslinging from the shorts, but got it done. The first big catalyst domino to fall. Now, let’s get to the juicy part—earnings and dividends. RILY’s about to drop their Q1 earnings tomorrow, and you know what that means? Dividends! That’s right, folks. RILY is likely to declare a dividend, that our short friends will be paying. Dividends are like the Batmobile’s turbo boost—an extra kick that gets you excited and propels you forward. Plus, once they file their Q, a few days later insiders should be able to start buying again. Form 4s anyone? Here’s where it gets really interesting: meme stocks are back with a vengeance, wow talk about a left jab, and shorts are on their heels. The RILY squeeze might start very soon or it might not, but with shorts potentially facing margin calls due to price movements in various holdings, and especially if they’ve been shorting RILY all the way down it has not been a good week for the shorts so far. Just look how RILY stock popped this morning on about 200k in volume. To add insult to injury, to date, NONE of the short thesis has come to fruition or has been confirmed by independent information. They’re in quicksand, and it’s time to gas up the rocket. There are still several catalysts that may come into play here: Q1 Earnings Release: Scheduled to be filed tomorrow, providing insights into the company's recent performance. The deal flow on their website was up YoY. Dividend Announcements: Anticipated dividends right around the corner. Insider Buying: Once the Q1 earnings are filed, insiders should be able to buy stock again, expect to see some Form 4s in very short order. Sale of Great America Division: If RILY sales Great American, they have said the proceeds from this sale are expected to be used to reduce debt and fund further stock buybacks, potentially enhancing shareholder value. Low Float: With a limited number of shares available for trading, increased demand can lead to significant price movements. Buybacks: Ongoing buybacks can continue to support the stock price. Meme Stock Momentum: With meme stocks making a comeback, there's increased interest and activity in stocks that are short and that could drive up RILY’s stock price. Short Squeeze Potential: Low public float, company buybacks, insider buying…mix that up and you have the recipe for a potential squeeze. Roaring Kitty's Return: The return of Roaring Kitty, a key figure in the meme stock movement, brings renewed attention and excitement to the stock market in general. And, guess who just chimed in on RILY earlier today? That's right—JeffAmazon from the GameStop meme trade and Netflix documentary! He made a little tweet tweet on $RILY Additional Catalysts: What do you all think….. Stay vigilant, stay smart, and just my thoughts—do your own due diligence and make your own decisions. NFA. 10. FAKE ARTICLE BULLSHIT FUD………… Well, IMO even Stevie Wonder can see that the latest article on FRG is just another hatchet job. IMO the problem with creating a narrative is that the facts can’t keep up, and boy, did they fall behind here. RILY conducted not one, but two independent investigations and found zilch issues with its FRG investment or loans made to Kahn. And guess what? No connection with Prophecy either. FRG did their own investigation and also found no connection with Prophecy. So, to call the relationship between RILY and FRG controversial is like calling a puppy dangerous—laughable. In RILY's 10k, they marked up their FRG investment FMV $281 million to $286 million… FRG's FY23 financials are public, and the attached table shows the maturities of their debt. In 2024, about $10.5 million in debt is maturing. Big deal. Looming debt? Hardly. The real kicker is in 2026 when about $1.5 billion of debt matures—not this year, not next. LOL. The FRG financials clearly state they were in full compliance with their debt covenants in FY23 and fully expect to be in compliance in FY24. Yet, "the people" say FRG is down double digits in Q1. Funny timing with RILY's Q1 financials coming out on Wednesday, huh? And by the way, FRG's adjusted EBITDA for Q1 FY23 was $66 million, not the $62 million the article claims. Why not use the actual FRG public company number? Maybe because when you're rushing to write a hit piece, you just pick random numbers. https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/05/10/2665414/0/en/Franchise-Group-Inc-Announces-First-Quarter-Fiscal-Year-2023-Financial-Results.html So, according to the article, FRG is down 63% in revenue ($66 million vs. the alleged $25 million). Sure, FRG sold Badcock and Sylvan Learning, so they might be down YoY, but down 63%? FRG sold in FY24 Q1 Sylvan for $185 Million cash….and they’re worried about paying $10.5 million in long term debt due this year. Got it. https://www.franchisetimes.com/franchise_mergers_and_acquisitions/unleashed-brands-buys-sylvan-learning/article_a568813e-d4c7-11ee-bb32-1f85230cfdda.html https://preview.redd.it/lry689p16f1d1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=0714b3b378abb528f0abb470ade0deb3d34c2d39 11. Post talking about NT-10Q• https://www.reddit.com/RILYStock/comments/1crb1gp/new_filings_nt10q_13fh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button 12. Friendly PSA: Manage your emotions Great Post Below talking about managing emotions during this trade. https://www.reddit.com/RILYStock/comments/1cqzskg/friendly_psa_manage_your_emotions/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button 13. RILY RS Article 76 to 83 https://www.investors.com/ibd-data-stories/b-riley-financial-shows-rising-price-performance-with-jump-to-83-rs-rating/ B. Riley Financial (RILY) saw a welcome improvement to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating on Thursday, with an increase from 76 to 83. IBD's proprietary rating tracks share price performance with a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score. The score shows how a stock's price performance over the trailing 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database. Over 100 years of market history reveals that the stocks that go on to make the biggest gains typically have an 80 or higher RS Rating as they begin their biggest climbs. Now is not an ideal time to jump in since it isn't near a proper buy zone, but see if the stock manages to form a base and break out. The company showed 0% EPS growth last quarter. Revenue rose -9%. The company is expected to report its latest earnings and sales numbers on or around May 15. The company earns the No. 24 rank among its peers in the Finance-Investment Banking/Brokers industry group. Interactive Brokers (IBKR), Piper Sandler (PIPR) and Ameriprise Financial (AMP) are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group. 14. Announcement of 2024 Annual Meeting June 21st https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgadata/0001464790/000121390024041725/ea0205510-01.htm 15. Repost: $RILY DD: The real price potential...when the stock is a solid/growing company (not just a squeeze). https://www.reddit.com/RILYStock/comments/1cnzff7/repost_rily_dd_the_real_price_potentialwhen_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button 16. $RILY- “They can win by doing nothing 12 days ago Outrageous_Appeal_89 “ Whitebrook capital assessment addressing cohodes&co BS at the peak of their false accusations and in a polite way stating short funds were making things up (misinformation & manipulation ). It seems $RILY is executing on some of the recommendations Whitebrook capital had - share buy back and bond buy back has been executed and continues to be executed on. Whether you invest in $RILY for the long term prospects or the short squeeze that can be triggered any day as lie after lie is exposed. Bottom line is the fair value of $RILY is a lot higher then where it currently trades. We will get a better idea whether share prices deserves to be in the 50s or 60s as we get an update on GAG valuation. Seems many here forget that $RILY creates value by turning companies around and then monetize, this process takes time , they have been able to do this successfully, repeatedly over the years. https://preview.redd.it/uiisruq36f1d1.png?width=792&format=png&auto=webp&s=e6c32c04877ae21b51cb8a99cee0aef17cdb32c4 17. 3 Videos from Value Don’t Lie on Youtube talking about Financials of RILY and overall company valuation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRenvff8duE&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoaCZw7AmpA&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Ayoox3fvM 18. Getting around the NBBO and Longing the Box So let this sink in… the market opens and in 5 minutes we rally to $34.42, then over the next 15 minutes we drop to $28.80 at which point SSR was triggered and sell volume slows WAY the hell down. That drop was ALL short sellers and NO longs selling shares (otherwise the sell-off wouldnt have stopped literally minutes after SSR triggered). NOW, what the scumbag shorts are doing is going Long Against The Box. 19. Steve Cohen and Point 72 buy 24,917 shares long on May 15th https://preview.redd.it/fhdhyco46f1d1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=6600f6a9a3f0bc5bc8823cddb5f52defdf282063 20. Summarize this earnings call and keep pertinent quotes and data in the summary. https://filecache.investorroom.com/mr5ir_briley2/925/RILY_1Q24_Earnings_Release_vFINAL.pdf Chat GPT Summary of the full report below B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) reported its first-quarter 2024 financial results, showcasing resilience and operational strength despite facing challenging market conditions and unique internal events. Here's a summary with a positive outlook: First Quarter2024 Highlights:1. Quarterly Dividend Declaration:
Leadership Insights:
Looking Ahead:B. Riley's strategic initiatives, such as debt reduction and selective investments, position the company for continued success. The ongoing strategic review of its Great American Group retail liquidation and appraisal businesses indicates a proactive approach to optimizing its portfolio. The firm remains committed to delivering value to its shareholders through dividends and operational excellence.In summary, B. Riley Financial's first-quarter 2024 results underscore its strong operational foundation and strategic foresight, positioning it well for future growth and shareholder value creation. 20. State of the Stock 15 days ago UF_Secret_Account Not financial advice, do your own research. Don't take advice from the internet, consult a professional financial advisor. On April 19th, the stock closed at $19.99. Today, it is over 50% higher after a positive 10-K clearing the company of fraud allegations. The stock touched $40 on April 26 and 29, a 100% gain from a week prior. The short interest has remained relatively consistent during the move, with 10-11 million shares still short. However, given the time lapsed, I think it's safe to assume that most of those shares were covered and re-shorted in the last two weeks. For future research, we should assume they have an average $35 entry on their short positions. 1st quarter earnings are coming soon. Like many of you, I am a little curious that it hasn't been announced yet, but I have no concerns with everything the company has on its plate. 10-Q's are unaudited and it's very unlikely there is anything to be concerned about, in my opinion. The company could be coming to the end of their strategic review for GAG. That will eventually result in some additional financial statement adjustments for presentation. I would expect 1st quarter earnings to be good based on their deal flow and reported transactions. In November 2023, the board approved $50m for stock buybacks. The company repurchased 728,330 shares at an average price of $21.85, but mainly bought shares in November. That's $16 million spent, and means the company had $34 million approved to buy back stock at year end. The program continues through October 2024. At our current price, that would be 1.1 million shares (3.3% of the outstanding stock). That is significant for a stock with this many outstanding shares, but more significant for the number of freely traded shares which is far less. How many times have we seen huge price moves on small blocks of shares? If the company adds $10-15 million to that program, that's another 300,000-500,000 shares. Again, it doesn't sound like a huge number but it would add pressure to what will become a dire situation for the shorts. The shorts may decide not to cover, or to continue the strategy of taking their losses and re-shorting, but their ability to influence the stock back to a level where they truly profit is nonexistent in my opinion, particularly when volume dies between market-moving events. I am eyeing the $50-$55 range as my price target in the next move up. 21. NOTE on FRG Independent Auditor’s Report One of the positive things I see IMO was for the billion dollar loan that matures in 2026. “On July 2, 2021, the Company repaid $182.1 million of principal of the First Lien Term Loan using cash proceeds from the sale of the Liberty Tax business. The prepayment also satisfied the requirements for the quarterly principal payments so no additional principal payments with respect to the First Lien Term Loans (excluding the Incremental First Lien Term Loan) are due until the First Lien Term Loan maturity date.” To me this gives them some flexibility for their cash as there isn’t much long term debt due in 2024 or 2025. https://preview.redd.it/ib92t7e66f1d1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=df286021b0653db92122e33df0ed37f1068a0c6c 22. on May 3rd Cohodes or someone else got media to report 4th quarter from last year as q1 earnings this year. Which was a lie and FUD https://preview.redd.it/nlau48276f1d1.png?width=623&format=png&auto=webp&s=832695b6c331c3df6dbcb861dc90551ee42a036a 23. B. Riley Financial Announces Full Redemption of 6.75% SR Notes Due 2024 17 days ago Wolfiger LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) ("B. Riley" or the "Company") today announced that it has called for the full redemption equal to $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% Senior Notes due 2024 (the "Notes") on May 31, 2024 (the "Redemption Date"). The redemption price is equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, as set forth in each notice of redemption delivered to noteholders on May 1, 2024. https://ir.brileyfin.com/2024-05-01-B-Riley-Financial-Announces-Full-Redemption-of-6-75-Senior-Notes-due-2024 24. 8k filed May 1st for Nasdaq Compliance 25. Found management bonus if above 136 by October. Did anybody else know that a part of managements comp was in the form of Performance-based Restricted Stocks Units with a vesting date of 10/27/24 AND A HURDLE PRICE OF $135?!? https://preview.redd.it/wo2uh54k5f1d1.png?width=547&format=png&auto=webp&s=8b6dedf28ec845b2170647674f5b39b6eaac96a1 |
2024.05.19 19:34 QuillofNumenor 43 [M4F] #KY #US #Anywhere - Chubby, sensitive nerd seeking same
I'm a divorced guy, starting the next chapter in my life, and I'm seeking my forever person. Pics in my profile. About me:
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- I do not want kids. No compromise on this. I wish to live childfree and am seeking a partner who desires the same.
- I am seeking monogamy only. I am a leftist, progressive socialist. I am strongly pro-LGBTQIA+. BLM. ACAB.
- I'm an atheist, humanist, secularist and am staunchly pro-science. I want to believe as many true things and as few false things as I can.
- I’m a big nerd. I love books, comics, movies, games of all sorts, including video and tabletop. I love pop culture, especially from decades past. I quote a lot of movies and shows. I collect toys. I’m a big kid at heart.
- I am strongly interested in and a proponent of mental health.
- I’m a dog lover. I have two now and will likely always have dogs in my life, as I see them as an essential part of my happiness. Unfortunately, I am highly allergic to cats.
- I’m mildly autistic; I can pass pretty easily. I’m sensitive and introverted and have a limited amount of spoons to spend on social stuff. I’m a homebody, and like my peace and quiet, though I’m happy to share that with a like-minded person.
- I am honest, direct, forthright, and have a strong ethical compass. I am very much in touch with my emotions. I strive never to fall into the traps of toxic masculinity. I value the truth, and am a proponent of clear, open communication in a relationship.
- My love languages are acts of service, touch, and words of affirmation.
- I am sober; I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs.
- I’m in Kentucky right now but I’m pretty eager to move elsewhere eventually. My job is remote so I can go pretty much where I want. So I’m down for an LDR, at first. But please be willing/able to travel if you’re far away.
- Some people really care about height; I'm tall, 6'4".
- Lastly, I am fat. I’m not looking to change that right now. Loving myself as I am. I’m also into fat liberation, and ending the stigma against large bodies. I believe everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and to find love and sex, regardless of their size.
- You know what you are looking for and are not interested in games. You're seeking a serious relationship that will last. You are honest, authentic, grounded, and seeking the same sort of things I am. You are able to be vulnerable and are good at communicating.
- You are neurodivergent or comfortable with those who are.
- You're a homebody, a couch potato, someone who likes staying in and watching a show together rather than going on a lot of outdoor adventures.
- You are non-religious.
- You are politically left-leaning.
- You are childfree.
- You're sober and a non-smoker.
- You're geeky, nerdy, crafty, having special interests, hobbies, and obsessions you're eager to share.
- You are sex-positive, body-positive, and kink-friendly.
- You are emotionally intelligent, emotionally available, and good at communicating. You are stable in your life enough to pursue a long-term and likely long-distance relationship.
- You are plus-size, a BBW, thick, curvy, or whatever term suits you best; I like big girls.
2024.05.19 19:33 QuillofNumenor 43 [M4F] #KY #US #Anywhere - Chubby, sensitive geek seeking same
I'm a divorced guy, starting the next chapter in my life, and I'm seeking my forever person. Pics in my profile. About me:
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- I do not want kids. No compromise on this. I wish to live childfree and am seeking a partner who desires the same.
- I am seeking monogamy only. I am a leftist, progressive socialist. I am strongly pro-LGBTQIA+. BLM. ACAB.
- I'm an atheist, humanist, secularist and am staunchly pro-science. I want to believe as many true things and as few false things as I can.
- I’m a big nerd. I love books, comics, movies, games of all sorts, including video and tabletop. I love pop culture, especially from decades past. I quote a lot of movies and shows. I collect toys. I’m a big kid at heart.
- I am strongly interested in and a proponent of mental health.
- I’m a dog lover. I have two now and will likely always have dogs in my life, as I see them as an essential part of my happiness. Unfortunately, I am highly allergic to cats.
- I’m mildly autistic; I can pass pretty easily. I’m sensitive and introverted and have a limited amount of spoons to spend on social stuff. I’m a homebody, and like my peace and quiet, though I’m happy to share that with a like-minded person.
- I am honest, direct, forthright, and have a strong ethical compass. I am very much in touch with my emotions. I strive never to fall into the traps of toxic masculinity. I value the truth, and am a proponent of clear, open communication in a relationship.
- My love languages are acts of service, touch, and words of affirmation.
- I am sober; I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs.
- I’m in Kentucky right now but I’m pretty eager to move elsewhere eventually. My job is remote so I can go pretty much where I want. So I’m down for an LDR, at first. But please be willing/able to travel if you’re far away.
- Some people really care about height; I'm tall, 6'4".
- Lastly, I am fat. I’m not looking to change that right now. Loving myself as I am. I’m also into fat liberation, and ending the stigma against large bodies. I believe everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and to find love and sex, regardless of their size.
- You know what you are looking for and are not interested in games. You're seeking a serious relationship that will last. You are honest, authentic, grounded, and seeking the same sort of things I am. You are able to be vulnerable and are good at communicating.
- You are neurodivergent or comfortable with those who are.
- You're a homebody, a couch potato, someone who likes staying in and watching a show together rather than going on a lot of outdoor adventures.
- You are non-religious.
- You are politically left-leaning.
- You are childfree.
- You're sober and a non-smoker.
- You're geeky, nerdy, crafty, having special interests, hobbies, and obsessions you're eager to share.
- You are sex-positive & body-positive.
- You are emotionally intelligent, emotionally available, and good at communicating. You are stable in your life enough to pursue a long-term and likely long-distance relationship.
- You are plus-size, a BBW, thick, curvy, or whatever term suits you best; I like big girls.
2024.05.19 19:32 bigkme Am I overthinking?
So I met a girl on bumble and we start talking. She's seems to be cool, she answer to my questions, she does questions too and say things about her experience to complement her answer to my setence. It's seems nice.
With this, I asked her to hang out in a funny way which she accepted saying that was the best invite that she had.
Until here I think we are good, but when it comes to frequency of the messages I start overthinking.. Like, she takes a lot to answer, like a day almost. For example, I send mensage at the middle of the morning/lunch time and she answers back like 2/3AM.
What is your opinion, I'm overthinking?
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With this, I asked her to hang out in a funny way which she accepted saying that was the best invite that she had.
Until here I think we are good, but when it comes to frequency of the messages I start overthinking.. Like, she takes a lot to answer, like a day almost. For example, I send mensage at the middle of the morning/lunch time and she answers back like 2/3AM.
What is your opinion, I'm overthinking?
2024.05.19 19:31 QuillofNumenor 43 [M4F] #KY #US #Anywhere - Chubby, sensitive geek seeking same
I'm a divorced guy, starting the next chapter in my life, and I'm seeking my forever person. Pics in my profile. About me:
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- I identify as aegosexual. I have a sex drive and experience attraction, and like physical touch, but less of a fan of actual sexual intercourse.
- I do not want kids. No compromise on this. I wish to live childfree and am seeking a partner who desires the same.
- I am seeking monogamy only.
- I am a leftist, progressive socialist. I am strongly pro-LGBTQIA+. BLM. ACAB.
- I'm an atheist, humanist, secularist and am staunchly pro-science. I want to believe as many true things and as few false things as I can.
- I’m a big nerd. I love books, comics, movies, games of all sorts, including video and tabletop. I love pop culture, especially from decades past. I quote a lot of movies and shows. I collect toys. I’m a big kid at heart.
- I am strongly interested in and a proponent of mental health.
- I’m a dog lover. I have two now and will likely always have dogs in my life, as I see them as an essential part of my happiness. Unfortunately, I am highly allergic to cats.
- I’m mildly autistic; I can pass pretty easily. I’m sensitive and introverted and have a limited amount of spoons to spend on social stuff. I’m a homebody, and like my peace and quiet, though I’m happy to share that with a like-minded person.
- I am honest, direct, forthright, and have a strong ethical compass. I am very much in touch with my emotions. I strive never to fall into the traps of toxic masculinity. I value the truth, and am a proponent of clear, open communication in a relationship.
- My love languages are acts of service, touch, and words of affirmation.
- I am sober; I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs.
- I’m in Kentucky right now but I’m pretty eager to move elsewhere eventually. My job is remote so I can go pretty much where I want. So I’m down for an LDR, at first. But please be willing/able to travel if you’re far away.
- Some people really care about height; I'm tall, 6'4".
- Lastly, I am fat. I’m not looking to change that right now. Loving myself as I am. I’m also into fat liberation, and ending the stigma against large bodies. I believe everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and to find love and sex, regardless of their size.
- You know what you are looking for and are not interested in games. You're seeking a serious relationship that will last. You are honest, authentic, grounded, and seeking the same sort of things I am. You are able to be vulnerable and are good at communicating.
- You are neurodivergent or comfortable with those who are.
- You're a homebody, a couch potato, someone who likes staying in and watching a show together rather than going on a lot of outdoor adventures.
- You are non-religious.
- You are politically left-leaning.
- You are childfree.
- You're sober and a non-smoker.
- You're geeky, nerdy, crafty, having special interests, hobbies, and obsessions you're eager to share.
- You are sex-positive, body-positive, and kink-friendly.
- You are emotionally intelligent, emotionally available, and good at communicating. You are stable in your life enough to pursue a long-term and likely long-distance relationship.
- You are plus-size, a BBW, thick, curvy, or whatever term suits you best; I like big girls.
2024.05.19 19:22 Massive-Success-6875 Apartment landlords only giving us a single day to move out for "our safety"
We've been living in these apartments for almost 2 years and recently got new downstairs neighbors, this location was always quiet and never had any issues when it came to walking around at night and worrying about dangers until we recently got new neighbors. At first they just had a lot of traffic and constantly slamming their front door which shakes our house, then constant arguing and screaming on a daily basis starting from 6-7 am until late 10pm which includes a package deal of loud bangs that sometimes shakes and has even dropped some of my things, now weve complained to our office a handful of times and were told they were actually felons and that they have been trying to evict them but dont have enough proof or evidence to do it, a month and a half passes and after dealing with it for a while now we adjusted until they started blasting music so loud it vibrates the entire room and i mean it VIBRATES unfortunately these building are not good and very thin not to mention these apartments are modern styled so theres nothing to stop any of that noise from bouncing off the walls and have also been getting more violent banging. The cherry ontop is they were involved in a shooting within the complex that has never happened and almost hit me and another family members cars as they were supposedly shooting the car up that was right next to mine. And funny enough a resident that just moved in that same day was living right infront of the were they were shooting and ended up moving out right after. Now after grabbing and saving footage to bring to the office in hopes of helping speed up the eviction process they explain to us that if we would like to move out before the lease they completely understand and would help in the paperwork of moving to a different apartment building. We didnt want to live here any longer after the recent events and ended up asking about information on just ending our lease and finding a new location entirely and they were not opposed to the idea but the catch is and i quote "yes we can move out but for our safety we only have a single day to move out the apartment" which is bewildering to me considering how complicated moving is in general. Any advice??
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