u/paddyton

Hi all,

26/F/North of England.

I’m looking to transition into Learning & Development from a background in charity fundraising, communications, stakeholder engagement and digital content creation.

A lot of my experience involves presentations, onboarding support, relationship management, coordinating projects/events and creating engaging communications, so I’m trying to understand what skills/tools would help me break into L&D.

What platforms or software would you recommend learning first? (LMS systems, Articulate, Power BI, etc?)

Also, are there any courses/certifications or skills you’d recommend for someone moving into an L&D Advisor-type role from a non-HR background?

Thanks!

I (F26) and he (M29) have been together for a few months. We are very similar with sense of humour, personality, outlooks, life goals, etc. However, lately, he can be really hard to read. Our ‘honeymoon phase’ was amazing, like two giddy kids. I remember him saying to me that he loves this phase and how happy we are etc, but is aware it will soon settle. (I wonder now, was this him being realistic, or was he preparing me for when he turns off this lovey dovey side of him and goes back to his normal self?).

We live seperately, so whenever I go to his flat I sometimes feel like he’s either SO excited to see me, or sees me like a chore.

He used to be so lovely and super affectionate (in a good way), but now, when I go in to kiss him/hug him, he pulls away and jokingly calls me needy. He used to initiate sex, but now I am typically the one initiating it - I asked him why this is and he said it’s because he wants to respect me and not make me think he’s only in it for sex, which I appreciate, but is that just a cop out answer?

He seems to make fun of me during most conversations. Most of the time I appreciate they are jokes, but sometimes I think, wait do you even like me anymore, lol..

He’s involving me in future plans so surely he sees a future with me, but his hot and cold signals sometimes make me wonder what he’s thinking. I know this is a bit of a stupid post but would love a male insight.

Hi all.

I’ve been with my bf for around 5 months. I am madly attracted to him physically as well as emotionally. We are very similar in our values/what we want from life etc. I have explained to him that the more content I feel in life etc usually translates with how high my sex drive is (and currently it’s high!) however he’s started to make digs about it. E.g we were watching a dating show last week and one of the contestants was clearly only on it for one thing (sex), so I made that comment out loud and he replied jokingly “you could be too, you’re ravenous, bet you couldn’t go 24 hours without it”. I jokingly replied “no worries i’ll turn my drive off” and suddenly he was all nicey nicey, being extra cute etc, and asked “btw please don’t turn anything off”. This has really hit a nerve with me and I actually feel resentment and like I don’t want to initiate ever again lol. Just looking for some sort of advice from another peespective about how to deal with this. TIA.

Anyone going solo tomorrow?? Too excited!!!! I’m section 220 💕✨