technology is fucking crazy ya'll. i was in a meeting at work about bots and shit impacting website numbers for companies and stuff and so i volunteered to do a check vs social media stuff and downloaded, i kid you not, 25 fucking dating apps (didn't even know there was more than like, 5 of those) and the number of bots on those things is out of control. and some of them are weirdly advanced. one was telling me they had to go to the hospital to visit their dying sister and shit. TL;DR: i work in marketing and competitive research / digital data and i spent my day looking at cleavage and pics of pornstars as profile pictures and then had a bunch of Terminators message me. good times.
I don’t think anything fucks me up worse than someone explicitly reciprocating their interest in me just to take it back a short time later. Like, I’d rather have just never known that they were interested in me in the first place — if, in my head, they’re completely out of reach, then it doesn’t hurt as bad if they don’t respond in kind. Haven’t felt this depressed in a while. Makes me want to give up even trying to seek out anything romantic.
follow up: i no longer know if any of us are humans, or if all of us are advanced AI. i was talking with a woman last night who then wanted to start texting. so we're talking and she comes off as a real person, but the more we're talking the more the sentences become kind of choppy as if you'd use a language translator. and she kept calling me babe - every sentence "sounds good babe", "i like that show too babe" which is a clear indicator of something that is not human. and then the kicker - she's in California (even though her account says my current state, Wisconsin) and she wants to meet in person! and she's gonna fly here! after talking to a stranger for 20 minutes! how incredible! so of course, she needs me to send her $300 for a ticket. and then we start talking about something else, not about the money (odd). we leave it that we'll discuss today. i know of course this is a scam, but holy god this is like an hour of work on this person / computer's part. and she's send me pictures of her and her dogs. easy to hack someone else's pictures from god knows when and send them, but like, wow, a lot of work. and then, when i didn't respond to a text this morning SHE CALLS ME. AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A HUMAN ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE. so yeah, idk what to think anymore
Now i’m in the great “what if no one ever cares about me that much ever again” phase so that’s not ideal at the moment
This is very sad but it sounds like you did the right thing. Too many people settle or stick with people out of obligation and it ends up making both people miserable.
you ever have it where you hit it off with someone right away and you're like, "holy shit this is awesome and amazing and the best thing ever!" and then take an immediate 180 to "dear god how do i get out of this asap?!" as soon as the first thought finishes in your mind? happened to me today. happens to me every time. it's like the thought of something significant entering my life sets off a panic switch and i immediately bolt
Boyfriend broke up with me. Completely blindsided me. I don’t know what to do Edit: I have no friends to talk to about it. I’m a mess rn
What do I get my girlfriend for a one year anniversary present? I expect no helpful suggestions and only joke answers.