u/psthedevil

So I was hanging out with some friends recently, and we were just joking around about relationships and stuff. The topic of NNN (No Nut November) came up because it's just next month and someone joked that we all better start preparing for it.

Without really thinking much of it, I chimed in and said, "Don't worry, that's never an issue for me since I haven't masturbated in my life and probably never will." Instantly, absolute dead silence followed by everyone bursting out laughing. They genuinely thought it was a joke. When they realized I was completely serious, about half of them thought I was lying just to mess with them while the other half started roasting me. One of them even pulled me aside later and said that if I ever get into a serious relationship, I should probably take that secret to the grave because a girl might think "there's something wrong with me."

Ngl, hearing that kind of messed with my head and made me feel super under confident. Is it really that weird? Am I the only one who hasn't done this?

I was researching about history of our city and I realised, ask anyone in town what our oldest temple is, nine times out of ten the answer is Baba Garibnath. But if you talk to older poeple in Purani Bazar or look into the town's history, the real answer is a lot more layered

Baba Garibnath is definitely the biggest name. As the story goes that the Shivling was uncovered under a peepal tree back when the area was mostly jungle which matches up well with when Muzaffarpur started developing in the late 1700s. Then you have Chaturbhuj Sthan, which most people either overlook or avoid talking about. Local folklore claims the temple goes back to 14th century after a four-armed Vishnu idol was found in Turki and brought here. Of course, the physical brick building isn't from the 1300s as the town itself didn't exist back then. But the idol inside is carved from black basalt stone, which is textbook Pala era work (roughly 9th to 12th century). You also have the old Shakti shrines like the Devi Mandir near Town Club and Kali Kothi, which date back to the 1800s when Bengali professionals, zamindars and merchants settled in town as the district expanded.