u/BulkyPass790

Hi! It's almost my one year with my boyfriend, and I'm in need of some gift ideas. I've already gotten him a vinyl he's been wanting, and I've made him a few things too (picture frame, book of memories, etc), but I'd like to get him one extra thing that will last a long time and he'll really like/will remind him of us. He loves the beatles, coin collecting, vintage/rustic aesthetic, flannel (which he has many of haha), and is big into Canadian politics. Please help!

Hi, I'm [25F] dating [25M], and I have recently gone through my boyfriends phone. I know it isn't a great thing to do, but I was paranoid.

I went through chats with his friend and around August (six months into us dating), he had sent one of his friends a bunch of reels with women who had large butts, and instructed his friend not to tell me about it, which he didn't. I've also known about this and I confronted him about it and we discussed it, but he has another reddit account where he looks at reels of mainly creators who make explicit content. Additionally, around the August mark, he had also texted his ex girlfriend a random message asking her how she is.

I love him very much but what the fuck am I meant to do about this stuff? It makes me feel like garbage, and yes I am a bit insecure about it (who wouldn't be) knowing their partner is going behind their back!?!? I don't want to confront him because then I need to admit to going through his phone (which I know was wrong). Do I just leave it be or what...? 🥲

Hi, I'm [21F] in relationship for a year with [21M], and have had something weird happen for the first time last night.

My boyfriend and I often watch reels on his phone or are looking at the same screen, and he never turns it away from me. Last night, he went on Google Maps and turned his screen away from me, and I asked why. He said it was "private" and he didn't want to show me. Mind you, this has never happened before. Five minutes later I ask him why it has to be a secret and that I don't like behaviour like that, and he tells me he was just looking how far it was to go from his work to his sister's place, and shows me his screen, which has that on it. I'm not sure I believe it though. Then, this morning after he leaves for work I check phone tracking as I like to make sure he gets to work safe, and he's turned his location off, which he's also never done.

Am I paranoid or should I be worried? It bothers me that there wasn't any communication about that at all, and it has come out of nowhere and seems like very abnormal behaviour to me. Can anyone tell me what this might be because of? I don't suspect cheating.

Hi, I wasn't sure where else to post this as I don't know what combination of things is causing how I'm feeling emotionally right now. I am diagnosed with social anxiety, but not medicated. I have gone to CBT and other therapies, so I have some coping strategies I can use.

I have recently moved and am living with my boyfriend and his friends. The house is lovely, I got a good job Im really enjoying, and I already have experience being away from home with living in residence in university and having lived away for work in the summer months for two years in a row.

We're settled in now, and I'm still feeling really out of place. I'm quite depressed right now - crying a lot for no reason, not able to boost my mood at all, getting a little irritable. I don't know how to make the stress go away as I want the arrangement to work and I just feel really hopeless right now about it all.

Anyone have any advice about how to make that feel better/improved at all, or experiences you might be able to share that are similar so I feel less alone?