u/Least-Election5115

I'm 15, i have a best friend the same gender as me i have a huge crush on. i learned from some of her other friends she reciprocates these feelings, so for the past few weeks i've been trying to hint to her

We call each other cutesy nicknames, she calls me her wife, and sends me TikToks of her favorite ships or couples and says "us"

But i just learned she's lithoromantic (a term under the aroace umbrella where they can have a crush on someone but lose the feelings if they learn it's mutual) and it's genuinely crushing me. Obviously i don't blame her. it's not her fault this is how she feels attraction but it hurts so badly to have a mutual crush on someone you can't even tell about it because they'll stop liking you if you tell them

She's genuinely my only friend, and i'm homeschooled, so i almost never make any. I'm really scared of going back to having no friends, but i also know that this situation can't be good for my mental health. so if anybody older has advice for me i would really, really appreciate it

Recently watched a playthrough of the first two games, and saw Kate's full name written somewhere. Does anybody know if her full name, Kate Beverly Marsh, is an IT reference or just a coincidence?

I (30f) recently met up with this guy (30m)

He was engaged, and she seemed fine. She was nice and all. But I happened to know him from when we were 13, and he totally had a crush on me then. and he shouldn't be marrying anybody but me

So we started to hang out again, and he was visibly happy with me! We danced, and we went to the park. And then he kissed me. Technically, he did that himself. But I didn't push him away, knowing full well he was engaged, and I was mentally 13.

So AITJ for not speaking up or pushing him off?

I (12m) and my best friend (also 12m) have been trying to figure out what happened to his missing little brother. We're pretty sure there's an otherworldly creature in town that feeds off of fear

He insisted we go to this house that looks haunted to find his brother, but I found a missing poster OF MYSELF. How the hell can I be calm about that? And my even closer best friend (also 12m) got his arm broken as well!

It's one thing for me to be scared by the poster, but to dare hurt that close of a friend is insane. I don't know what I'd do if he had died in that house.

There are 7 of us! I'm sorry, but 1 little boy isn't worth 7 lives

So I got mad, we argued, and I pushed him. It's HIS brother, not mine. Yet we're all risking our lives in a freaky house just because he told us to. Well, I don't wanna die, and I'd much rather be at the arcade right now.

AITJ?