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Hey guys, I’m planning a trip to Cambodia next August and I’ll be 17 when I travel (from the UK) But like idk the actual rules for hotels there? Can a 17 year old checking in with a UK passport legally book and stay in a hotel room alone, or do they strictly require you to be 18 or 21?

I just finished high school here in Cambodia. I've been researching future career paths because I really want to get into nursing but I was shocked and heartbroken when I looked up the average salaries and from what I’ve read online, general staff nurses in the public sector start around 500,000 to 1,000,000 KHR ($125–$250 USD) a month and even mid level private hospital roles rarely go over $400–$600 USD. Nursing is such a difficult, stressful, and essential job. Why are the wages kept so incredibly low here? Is it purely a government budget issue, or are there other economic reasons behind it? Also, for any nurses or healthcare workers on this sub, how do people realistically survive or support a family on these wages?AND Average nursing school tuition here costs about $1,000 to $2,000 USD per year. That means a 4 year degree costs up to $8,000 USD just for tuition! How can tuition be that high when the starting salary is only $150 a month? It would take years of working just to pay back the cost of school. I'm kinda sad rn idk.

I’m planning to study nursing with the ultimate goal of moving to Australia, but I know the conversion process requires passing difficult English tests and international exams (NCLEX and OSCE) since it feels a bit overwhelming, I wanted to ask if there are any Cambodian nurses here who have successfully gone through this process and are now working in Australia? I would love to hear your real life experiences, how hard it was to adapt to Western nursing standards or if you think it's better to just save up and study directly at an Australian university instead. Thank you so much for any advice!

I just finished high school here in Cambodia. I've been researching future career paths because I really want to get into nursing but I was shocked and heartbroken when I looked up the average salaries and from what I’ve read online, general staff nurses in the public sector start around 500,000 to 1,000,000 KHR ($125–$250 USD) a month and even mid level private hospital roles rarely go over $400–$600 USD. Nursing is such a difficult, stressful, and essential job. Why are the wages kept so incredibly low here? Is it purely a government budget issue, or are there other economic reasons behind it? Also, for any nurses or healthcare workers on this sub, how do people realistically survive or support a family on these wages?AND Average nursing school tuition here costs about $1,000 to $2,000 USD per year. That means a 4 year degree costs up to $8,000 USD just for tuition! How can tuition be that high when the starting salary is only $150 a month? It would take years of working just to pay back the cost of school. I'm kinda sad rn idk.

I really need some advice because im in a very dark place right now and feel completely overwhelmed. I’m turning 18 soon and I live in an Asian household. For the past two years, I’ve been dealing with severe mental health issues. I told my parents about it back then but they did absolutely nothing to help me. This past year, I’ve literally just been trying to survive day by day. I even survived a suicide attempt last year because of how bad my mental health has been, it affected my academics like so so so bad I'm not the person I used to be anymore and it sucks because I don't like it. So I just got my high school results. I got an E. It’s not an amazing grade but I passed. Honestly, given what I’ve been going through privately just to stay alive and the fact that I didn't fail feels like a win to me and before the results came out, my dad promised me he would be happy with whatever I got but the moment he saw the E, he flipped. He started telling me how disappointed he is, calling me a failure to people around him and comparing me to other kids. He even started a huge fight with my mom, calling her dumb. He always uses money to manipulate us because he's the sole provider and my mom is a housewife with no income. He's incredibly controlling and he’s now aggressively nagging me to find a university immediately even though I just finished high school and have no idea how or where to even look. I am in a massive depressive episode right now. I feel so much pressure under his roof, and I hate how he expected so much from me without ever giving me the medical or emotional support I actually needed. I’m feeling really hopeless and like things will never get better. Idk what to do. He's done more stuff to us but idk if I can say enough. I know he's a sweet guy and a nice guy who wants his family to live peacefully and nicely but idk he doesn't know what he does is wrong, he always thinks he's right and it's sad because he never never accepted the truth. Idk how to feel tbh. I wanted to run away but I don't have any money with me nor place to stay and it might be too dangerous for me. Idk I feel like a failure for sure because maybe I am the one who ruined everything by getting E but idk. I'm so sad right now. Anyone has any advice or what should I do? I can't live like this forever at all. I can't wait to move out or move to other countries. I've had enough.

I honestly dont even know how to process how angry and hurt I am right now because today was supposed to be a good day since I just found out I passed my exams and am officially graduating but my younger brother whos 13yo, does nothing all day except play video games and blame me for everything completely ruined it. When my mom was busy with friends this evening and we're just supposed to pick him up around 5pm and it got past 5 PM, I felt bad and went out of my way to pick him from his second school even tho it was none of my business and the weather was a miserable, windy dust storm blowing sand straight into my face and body because I ride scooter and when I pulled up to his school instead of being thankful, he flew into a raging fit, screaming insults like "Are you fucking blind? Why the fuck you come here at 5:17?" calling me stupid and clumsy and even telling me "Yeah, drive fast until you fucking die." He didn't even realize I saved him from being stranded and repaid my kindness with pure abuse leaving me sitting here crying and heartbroken because I literally went to help him like if mom forgot and she's just busy with her friends. She would have picked him up very very late later than I did and I FUCKING VOLUNTEERED TO PICK THIS FUCKER UP AND HE STILL BLAMED ME AND CALLED ME NAMES AND STUFF LIKE WTF IS WROMG WITH YOU IDK I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS UNGRATEFUL YOUNG BROTHER I hate him so so so much I want him to die I hate him I just want him to suffer I hate him so much. I did that with good intentions but what did I get back? SOMETHING HORRIBLE??? WHAT AM I? NOT A HUMAN OR SOEMTHING WHY DOES HE ALWAYS BLAME ME. ME AS AN OLDER SISTERS I'VE NEVER HIT HIM OR HURT HIM BY CALLING HIM NAMES AND STUFF he always does that to me I feel so bad right now that I have this bitchy young brother. I'm so so so sad I hate this so much. Why can't I have a nice sibling like other people why I got this terrible and horrible fucker. How do you even deal with a toxic, ungrateful sibling like this who treats me like absolute garbage because I literally cannot take living with him anymore and need advice on how to handle someone this cruel?

Hey! I’ve been wanting to find some people around my age (17-19) to actually talk to. A little about me I spend way too much time drawing random things (mostly food and pastries because I love sweets way too much), listening to old rock music like the Beatles and stuff from the 50s-90s and reading up on biology, plants and animals. And I love vintage stuff so so much. My movie taste is all over the place either classic comedies or heavy psychological horror. I'm also into DIY and vintage things. If we have stuff in common. Feel free to idk have a connection.

So me and my bf are long distance, and we've known each other for about 4 months, but officially started dating almost a month ago (though we both knew we liked each other way before making it official). Yesterday, one of his online female friends who he's known longer than me told him out of nowhere that she likes him. Instead of instantly shutting it down and saying he has a girlfriend, my boyfriend starts panicking, talking about how he’s afraid to hurt her feelings and asking me if he can just tell her nothing or pretend it never happened so he can keep texting her normally. He literally acted like keeping me a secret was an option because he didn't want to make things awkward with her.

I had to put my foot down and tell him I'm not staying in a relationship where I'm a hidden secret and that as a boyfriend, he should know how to handle a confession without making me manage his social life. He finally caved and told her he has a gf but the way he phrased it to her was super weird he told her he very recently got a gf, as if downplaying our months long connection to soften the blow for her. Then right after he sent it, she unfollowed him on Instagram. And now he is the one spiraling and making himself the victim, sending me whole paragraphs about how sad he is that he lost a valued friend who has no one else to talk to because her mom limits her. Am I crazy for being so annoyed by this? He's completely blind to how manipulative her little unfollow stunt is just to make him feel guilty, and I'm exhausted having to deal with long distance drama over some girl I don't even know. How do I even respond to him when he keeps making it all about her feelings instead of mine?

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Helloo so me and my friends, we want to explore some new places because we've been living here for almost our whole life but we never tried exploring new places or abandoned places before so we kinda want to try. Do you guys know any abandoned places or scary places we can go? And I don't want to be so far from like the town because it will be our first time so I think I'm kinda scared.

And we won't destroy the places because we are not those type of people so don't worry and we promise that we will stay safe:)

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Hey everyone, I’m 17 and just need to vent and get some advice.Today I caught my neighbor talking trash about me. They were saying that I'm only good at English but pretty bad at my other subjects. Then they started bragging about how their own kids and nieces are so smart, always study, and get amazing grades.Hearing this hurt so much and made me incredibly angry. They have absolutely no idea what I’ve been going through. I deal with severe anxiety and depression daily. Honestly, just surviving each day and making it this far is a massive battle for me, but they don't see that invisible struggle.My family already avoids these neighbors completely because they have a long history of being toxic, jealous, and constantly gossiping about everyone in the neighborhood. Now I finally understand why my parents wanted to move away 5 years ago.I know I shouldn't care about the opinions of miserable people, but it’s still weighing heavily on my mind today. How do I stop letting their toxic words get to me? Any words of encouragement or advice on how to protect my peace at my age would mean a lot. Thank you.

I 17f have been talking to this guy everyday in a situationship. I like him so much, but I’ve become incredibly attached to the point where it’s impacting my daily life.I literally cannot stop talking to him to the point where I neglect my work, studies, and chores. I stay up late and sacrifice my sleep just to keep the conversation going. He isn't like this at all—if he has things to do, he easily puts his phone down and goes and does them.Because of the mismatched energy, I’ve started feeling really pathetic and lazy because I feel paralyzed and unable to get anything done when we aren't talking or when I'm waiting for a text. I know I have an anxious attachment style and emotional dependency happening here, but I don't know how to break the cycle.How do I get my power back, set boundaries for myself, and stop prioritizing him over my own life? Any advice would be appreciated.

(17F) started talking deeply to a guy (17M) from the Netherlands like online a month ago (we met 2 months ago but we've just started talking quite a lot since last month) and he is already pushing to fly to my country to meet up. He has never had a girlfriend before and says he wants to meet ASAP to check our real life vibe before committing to a long distance thing so we won't waste time, which makes logical sense but he constantly demands clarity that I like him, and he told me he is refusing to date anyone at his school or country because no one compares to me(I mean he can but he doesn't want to, he said it's not the same). He is super nice and kind but this feels like an insane amount of pressure for a one month talking stage, so is this a dangerous red flag of love bombing or just a clueless 17year old boy who doesn't know how to pace his first crush? I'm not so sure because i told him that he has to wait maybe few more months until a year and we can date because I just broke up with ex and I still have a lot of school works to get done and he agrees and I also like him too but I'm not so sure if this guy really meant what he said or not like idk I have trust issue. I think keep talking until we make a plan to meet next year is a good idea but I'm not so sure. Any advice what should i do?!?

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I (17F) started talking deeply to a guy (17M) from the Netherlands like online a month ago (we met 2 months ago but we've just started talking quite a lot since last month) and he is already pushing to fly to my country to meet up. He has never had a girlfriend before and says he wants to meet ASAP to check our real life vibe before committing to a long distance thing so we won't waste time, which makes logical sense but he constantly demands clarity that I like him, and he told me he is refusing to date anyone at his school or country because no one compares to me(I mean he can but he doesn't want to, he said it's not the same). He is super nice and kind but this feels like an insane amount of pressure for a one month talking stage, so is this a dangerous red flag of love bombing or just a clueless 17year old boy who doesn't know how to pace his first crush? I'm not so sure because i told him that he has to wait maybe few more months until a year and we can date because I just broke up with ex and I still have a lot of school works to get done and he agrees and I also like him too but I'm not so sure if this guy really meant what he said or not like idk I have trust issue. I think keep talking until we make a plan to meet next year is a good idea but I'm not so sure. Any advice what should i do?!?

Hey everyone! I’m 17f and I am super into 1800s fashion and historical clothes but honestly, it’s basically impossible to find anyone here who likes this kind of stuff. It gets a little lonely being the only one so I really wanted to meet some people around my age (16–19)who share the same hobby! I’d love to meet people to just vibe with and talk about history, share outfit ideas or talk about other cool stuff.

Hey everyone! I’m 17f and I am super into 1800s fashion and historical clothes but honestly, it’s basically impossible to find anyone here who likes this kind of stuff. It gets a little lonely being the only one so I really wanted to meet some people around my age (16–19)who share the same hobby! I’d love to meet people to just vibe with and talk about history, share outfit ideas or talk about other cool stuff.

Hey everyone! I’m 17f and I’m from Southeast Asia. I am super into 1800s fashion and historical clothes but honestly, it’s basically impossible to find anyone here who likes this kind of stuff. It gets a little lonely being the only one, so I really wanted to make some online friends around my age (16–19) who share the same hobby! I’d love to find people to just vibe with, chat about history, share outfit ideas or talk about other cool stuff. Please feel free to reply here or send a DM if you’d like to be friends!