u/Muskaiko

Yesterday i went shopping, and while i was walking around, suddenly a guy stopped me. He said he thinks i look really pretty and asked if i had a boyfriend, and if not he would like to take me out sometime. I pretty much immediately said “yes, i have a boyfriend” and walked away.

I do not have a boyfriend. I thought the guy was really cute but i thought he was pranking me. I thought his friends are probably somewhere watching us and laughing.
Thats why i rejected him and walked away.

I’m very insecure about my looks, i do not think i’m pretty at all. And because he was cute, my mind immediately went, “there is no way this is forreal.”

Since yesterday i’ve been constantly thinking about it, what if he was genuine? I’m so stupid. I should have just said yes and see where it went. i really regret it. I don’t even know his name either so i’ll probably never see him again

For a project, i need alot of newspaper. I’ve been looking on 2dehands, but nobody seems to have old newspapers to give away.

Anyone know where in Gent i could get alot?

Thanks in advance!

I think my (23f) mom genuinely thinks of me as a complete idiot.

It often happens that i say something, and she will immediately say “that’s not true” even though it is. My brother is the same way when it comes to me. Sometimes he and my mom will laugh together in my face and my brother will call me a “fucking idiot”, for something i said that is literally true. Everytime i have to pull out my phone, google it and show them that what i said is true.
Ofcourse then it’s crickets. But still they keep doing this over and over. As if they think, “if it comes out of her mouth, it must be BS.” And i don’t understand why.

And it’s other things as well, for example, last week we went on some kind of small “citytrip” and decided to use public transport. I already knew what bus we had to take and where to go.
We were waiting at the bus stop, and the bus came. I said “that’s ours” and walked to the front, to wich my brother said ”that’s not our bus”.
I said ”yes it is, lets go” But ofcourse my mom and brother just kept standing there while i was walking towards the bus, because in their heads, i am the idiot who’s always wrong.

As i stepped on, my mom suddenly came running and said “Wait! Ask the busdriver where he’s going to before you step on!” So i asked, i was right, and she called over my brother to get on the bus quickly.

These are just a few instances to give you an idea of what it’s like most of the time. I could maybe be overreacting, but it really angers me.
It ofcourse annoys me that my brother treats me like that, but for some reason i don’t mind it as bad as when my mom does it. I don’t know, it just feels alot worse knowing my mom thinks of me as an idiot.