u/Illustrious_Ad_1973

I’m (29F) single, and I have been for most of my life. I have dated and had a few relationships that lasted maybe 6 months, but other than that, I’ve been single. It’s really starting to wear on my confidence. I’ve joined the dating apps, I go to CrossFit, and I’ve recently joined a hiking group. After I joined it, I found out that one of my coworkers, who I have a crush on, is also in that group (not putting all my eggs in one basket tho)
Just wondering what else I can do? I don’t like going out to clubs because they are too expensive. I moved to this new country a year ago and live on my own, so I don’t have many friends right now and don’t really go out on the weekends much, but I am working on it.

I’m from a different country, and where I am from, it’s not uncommon for teachers at the same school to meet at work and then begin dating. Basically, as long as they aren’t your boss, you don’t let your personal relationship affect your job at school, and you professionally conduct yourself at school, no one cares.

But one of my friends who’s Australian was telling me that here it’s a bit of a different culture. Most people wouldn’t think of dating their coworkers in school, and most people would find it weird or unprofessional.

I’m just wondering what the consensus is around this. Like, would you meet somebody at work and then start dating them even if they worked in the same school?

I (30F) have been with my boyfriend (32M) for about 3 years. We have always had a trusting relationship, and I never felt he would ever cheat on me, and I want to start by saying that I never go through his phone. I’ve always believed that if you don’t have trust, you don’t have a relationship.
That said, tonight I had this weird gut feeling that I couldn’t shake. Against my better judgment, I looked.
I found messages between him and a woman he met through an online game. She flies into the city where we live for work, and I had absolutely no idea she even existed. She, however, knew all about me.
The more recent messages were mostly about her new boyfriend, so at first I thought it might just be a friendship. But when I scrolled back to the beginning of their conversations, things got uncomfortable.
They were discussing preferences in bed, and she sent him multiple selfies while saying things like, “These are the only decent ones I could send.” Nothing I saw proved they met up or physically cheated, but the conversations felt way too personal and crossed what I consider to be relationship boundaries.
When I confronted my boyfriend, he insisted that “nothing happened,” so according to him, it shouldn’t matter.
But to me, it does matter. Whether or not anything physical happened isn’t the point. He was having conversations about relations with another woman, accepting selfies from her, and never once mentioned that she even existed.
For the record, I’m much angrier at him than I am at her. She doesn’t owe me loyalty—he does. I do think it’s strange that she knew he had a girlfriend and still had those conversations, but ultimately he’s the one who chose to engage.
He’s acting like I’m making a big deal out of nothing, but I feel completely disrespected.
AITA for being absolutely furious, or am I overreacting because nothing physical happened?

I recently removed a laptop from a student's desk and placed it elsewhere in the classroom. Apparently, when the student opened it up again, the screen was damaged. The laptop was not handled roughly by me, and there are several hours between the time that I handled the laptop and the time the student went to the AP to tell them, and I wasn't even made aware until later when I got an email from the student's family.

Do you think that you have to be physically attracted to someone to pursue them romantically? For me I find that the type of guys Iam into aren’t into me. I go to CrossFit 4 or 5 days a week, eat generally healthy and look after myself. I’m still a bit bigger (200 pound at 168 cms tall), so I know I don’t look like I go to the gym. However I feel that the guys I’m into (generally physically fit and workout as well) just look at me and don’t want me because of the way I look. So I’m wondering if it’s possible to like and want to date someone even if you’re not attracted to them physically. And just for the comments I know are about to come… I have dated guys that don’t work out as well and are bigger, and that wasn’t the reason things didn’t work out.