u/Realistic-Eye6382

Root canal or tooth extraction?

28 y/o female. I went back to the dentist and was told I need a root canal in tooth#3. They highly advised against getting the tooth removed due to possible bone loss, but if I get the root canal it will drain all of my personal savings ($1800 not including the crown). Needing some advice here. What are the pros and cons of each?

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u/Realistic-Eye6382 — 1 day ago
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Is it okay for me to ask my boyfriend to include me in his hangouts with his lesbian friend

My boyfriend and I have been together 6 years and he met this friend 2 years ago at a gym so it’s not a pre-existing friendship. He says she’s a lesbian (apparently she hasn’t officially confirmed it but she insinuates that she finds women hot). I’ve met her a few times myself and she’s been pretty nice but I don’t know anything about her and I’ve never seen them interact before.

They text frequently (more than he does with some of his male friends) and they’ve hung out twice by themselves this month. I have no idea, but for some reason I’ve been feeling so insecure about it. The first time they hung out outside the gym they went to a bar together down the street from our house, and the second time they went to a festival three hours away (drove together and did not stay overnight).

He’s never had any woman friends throughout our relationship - this is his first one that I know about. I feel so jealous that they go out together by themselves and my mind always jumps to the worst case scenario (is she actually pretending to be gay to get close to him, are they purposefully excluding me?). Stuff like that.

If I got to know her a bit better or got to be included in their hangouts I might feel better about it, but I also don’t want my boyfriend to think I’m accusing him of anything or just don’t trust him. Is it appropriate to ask to be included just for peace of mind?

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u/Realistic-Eye6382 — 5 days ago

Pain in another tooth after filling adjustment

I got fillings a few months ago in two teeth (2nd and 4th tooth shown in this photo). They’ve been sensitive since they were first done but last week that second tooth (with the mouse on it in the photo) was killing me - but ONLY that tooth.

On 5/12 I go to back to the dentist, he took this xray and he said the filling on that second tooth was too high so he adjusted it.

The weird thing is - that tooth that he fixed is feeling just fine now (no pain), but the tooth labeled #4 is so so painful now. I can’t bite with it or even touch it without this shooting electric. It throbs ALL the time and is so painful even without touching it. This tooth was not hurting before and my dentist didn’t touch this tooth during the visit.

My dentist isn’t available until Wednesday and the urgent dental clinic can’t take anyone until Tuesday. Is there anything that can explain this pain?

u/Realistic-Eye6382 — 6 days ago

AIO for thinking my husband is emotionally cheating

My husband (28m) and I (28f) have been together for 9 years. He has this friend Kayla that he met through his local MMI gym about 4 years ago. I’ve met her a few times before and she seemed nice, nothing out of the ordinary. He told me that he’s pretty sure she’s gay (apparently she told him that she’s into MILF’s or something). However, I’m not sure if he’s lying to me.

My doubt started when he told me they were going out to a bar together - just the two of them. He didn’t willingly tell me outright though. I saw him on his phone texting her one night. I casually asked “whatcha texting about”? He says “oh I’m texting Jackie (his sister) about The Boys (the TV show). I clearly saw Kayla’s name in his phone and not his sister. I told him outright “I just saw you text Kayla, why’d you just lie to me?”. He said “I don’t know I wasn’t thinking clearly” then I asked again what they were texting about that’s when he told me they had plans to go to a bar. I felt weirded out after this.

We have a boundary that we don’t go through each others phones (we trust each other). After he lied to me about texting her I violated that boundary and went through his phone while he was sleeping.

First, he changed her name in his phone to “Homie”. No one else in his phone besides me has a nickname so I thought this was weird. Next, I went through his texts with her. There were three separate instances in the last month where she calls him “cute😍”, she called him “pooks”. He’s sending the heart reactions to all of these messages. She also said she can’t wait to see him in his “hot dad shorts” at the bar and sent him a kissy face. My husband also confided in her about our own personal issues and confided in her about personal struggles he’s having and didn’t tell me.

He also offered to pick her up and drive together in the text and she accepted (this bar is 40 minutes away). After reading some of those messages I felt weird, and I wanted to see if he’d lie again. The next morning I asked him “are you two driving together or separate” and he said they’re driving separate…he lied again.

I was quiet the rest of the afternoon and he thought nothing of it. I didn’t wanna tell him that I went through his phone.

Am I overreacting for thinking something else might be going on?

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u/Realistic-Eye6382 — 11 days ago