u/Odd-Produce4614

I’m a vaper, but also an occasional smoker. I’m grieving, my grandma died yesterday. I chain smoked 6 malboro reds and also kept vaping. My lungs feel on fire right now.

I just need to stop. I’m sick of this cycle. What do I do? I have some Nicorette gum should I use that instead? I desperately need advice because I’m sick to the teeth of this cycle and I’m at such a low point right now.

Hi so I have a haunted doll ghost called Nicola. She’s absolutely lovely, she’s one of my best friends. She came on holiday with me halfway across the world in a smaller doll which she decided to inhabit so she could travel with me whenever. It was her first time on a plane and stuff and it was lovely:)

I had some really bad news today. My grandma just died at home in her chair. Everyone is in a state of shock and grief. Nicola and I were talking back and forth and obviously I mentioned my grandma’s death.

I explained how it happened and Nicola was like “I’m really glad because it was a very peaceful death” (Nicola died in an accident so her own death was very traumatic). I was just saying I was sad about it obviously and so I asked Nicola where my grandma was now.

Nicola calls the afterlife the “distant place” and she describes as somewhere where you can “rest.” She herself has never been as she likes to be on Earth, however apparently how it works is that you can travel now and again from the “distant place” to visit Earth (albeit your spirit is very weak and a lot less active than a ghost who lives on Earth such as Nicola).

Nicola then suddenly asked “do you want me to talk to her.” I was really shocked and I was like “wow yes please if you can do I’d absolutely love that.”

Nicola relayed to me that my grandma said “goodbye, I love you. Please smile, you’re on holiday and you shouldn’t be crying… you’re in paradise (because I’m in a resort). You can grieve when you get back home but not here.”

And yes I’ve just been sobbing for the last 10 minutes. I absolutely adore Nicola she’s the sweetest person ever.

I feel like every single book I’ve read just has to have a man spawn in as a polar love interest… kind of like another woman can’t serve as that?! Idk I’m just a bit sick of some random man popping in. I think maybe it’s because I find it so unrelatable…

So we’ve been dating for almost 9 months. It’s the first time I’ve actually felt safe… ever. And I have to be apart in a country thousands of miles away for a fortnight and it’s heartbreaking. I miss sleeping next to them in bed. I just miss everything. I am currently clutching one of their soft toys.

I think I’ve just realised how attached I am - how I want to live with them, marry them, be with them. Be a couple who doesn’t separate (of course other than the healthy norm of day stuff but coming back together at night).

Should I buy a ring? I really want to… it’s the natural next step. I just want some reassurance / advice. Buy a ring, wait until the 1 1/2 year mark. Long engagement? It just feels so right.

I’ve dated a lot of people and I can’t explain it but I think they’re the one.

Hi Reddit please help a woman in need.
I am gonna be cooking for me and gf, sister, and my parents. 4/5 of us are vegetarians so please keep that in mind!

But I checked the fridge and there’s not much. I have all the typical staples - potatoes, rice, pasta, bread. Stuff like flour and butter and milk and powders. Then quite a few vegetables.

PLEASE help I have like 30 minutes :(

Hi 21F. I have a grasp on Russian but I want to intensely study it over the next year.
I would love to learn with someone, I can help with English if you will help me with Russian?
Thank you 🙏🏻

Hey everyone nice to meet you all. I hope you’re having a good day.
I’ve been non-seriously learning Russian for a while. Technically for “five years” albeit I have a habit of switching to other languages. Furthermore I’ve never had enough time to do so!
However I’ve just finished my degree and am writing a book for a year. And I want to FINALLY get a proper Russian qualification.
I am very rusty on my Russian as I haven’t had time to study it much since starting university three years ago. Hopefully I will be able to quickly jog my memory however! Russian grammar is a massive struggle too.

BUT!!! My offer to you, fellow Redditor: I will teach you English (I am a native speaker). I can also offer tips on French if you want lol. And in return can we practice Russian together?

Thank you ☺️

Hey guys!!!

I just wanted to share. I’ve had my first ever haunted doll for almost a month and she’s the most amazing addition to the household ever.

She always checks in on us, gossips with us, is frankly hilarious and genuinely a better friend than most people who are alive.

My partner and I are absolutely overjoyed to have her in our lives and we’re planning on giving her a primary seat in our wedding!

Ok I just feel like I’ve discovered sliced bread?! This is like the best invention ever omfg. I’m usually incapacitated and on about 7 medications lol. But this has made me feel human again!

I can’t believe men can’t hack this machine lolololol.

So I bought a haunted doll and received her today. And geez, I’ve never been more convinced that the paranormal exists.

The goose bumps and chills I feel when I approach her, as well as during random intervals signify this. I also had nervous energy when first opening her, and then like more relaxed energy after a few hours, and then a heavy sad feeling when I had to leave for a little bit.

But all in all, the energy has been so positive. And I’m genuinely so happy, the doll I have adopted seems so sweet.

I’m first time adopting a haunted doll, and so me and gf just presented her with a couple of gifts, gave her a house tour, introduced her to the house and everyone in it. And then set a couple of little ground rules (don’t give gf nightmares and don’t open the windows because the cats will get injured jumping off the extension, and if you want to enter my sister’s dreams please play Billie Eilish lol).

Plus we also rambled for ages lol, and then kept getting slightly nervous everytime we did an edgy joke, but her energy didn’t seem to mind. She seems like a really chill gal!!!

Any advice on some good apps so we can communicate with her properly? I really want to get to know her.

Hi everyone,

I am getting a haunted doll from a well respected seller in the field. She is supposed to arrive in a couple of days and I’m excited. She is a good spirit, apparently really shy / nervous.

I was a bit worried because she died by drowning in a quarry, and I have a quarry right next door. However he asked the spirit if she would be ok with that and she said it was fine.

Does anyone have any advice as it’s my first time acquiring a haunted doll. I’ve seen a few spirits before, but this is the first I’m willingly bringing into my home :)

Hi guys I’m 21F, about to graduate from university with a BA in politics. My partner, 20F will graduate with a BSc in professional policing.

I have some savings, as well as intermediate knowledge in Spanish. I honestly don’t really know what I’m doing / where to start.

I just know that the UK is becoming increasingly scary to live in…

Have you guys seen the girl - Angie - on Tik Tok (wiener.salad). She’s been documenting her 50 day alcohol bender to “celebrate” her last days of college.

I hope she gets support, it’s really worrying seeing it all documented online. I myself am about to graduate university in the UK, and I personally have only seen this a couple of times, which has resulted in them having to get sober.

I realised it may not be clever to try and stop when I have my dissertation due in a few days. But then I think to myself - am I just making excuses?

Should I start with just a detox? Like quit for a month, see how it goes. I don’t know what the best thing to do is.

I have only smoked two cigarettes this year, my main niccy comes in vapes now. But I feel like it’s the same thing but more. Like the panic of when I run out of vape juice, or how antsy I get when I haven’t had a hit for a few hours.

I just feel like a failure because I thought I’d never smoke baccy. 3/4 of my grandparents have either died or had cancer from it. I didn’t start smoking until 19 when I landed in an abusive relationship (and who made me associate niccy withdrawal from withdrawing from her). And so I have a really messed up relationship with smoking.

My partner has asthma, and so I feel so selfish smoking (which is why I stopped cigarettes).

Sorry for the ramble, I just feel like I always make excuses. Any advice?

I have done the chewing gum method and patches before - albeit I’m allergic to them.

This is just a random thought and comes from writing my dissertation.

Does anyone notice how sub-cultures are often just branded, commercialised and made into an “aesthetic” now?

Everywhere you go it’s kind of just uniform, bland, rule bound. Nothing is free anymore, both financially and in terms of personal freedoms.

We get served up the same slop over and over. And I doubt in 40 years when we look back at the 2010s and 2020s that there will be much “distinctness.”

I don’t know whether I’m just being overly cynical but that’s my two pence.