u/willowotterskz

Not sure if this story is scary enough to belong here, but I’ve been wanting to tell someone about this without being made fun of so hopefully someone finds entertainment out of it!

I was dog-sitting for my neighbor this past January, their house is very old. I’ve always been scared of the upstairs area of their house, they have lots of old photographs and the layout is weird and the attic door is directly above where the cat’s litter box is. For context, I’ve also always been terribly afraid of the dark even as an adult (which I’ve been slightly embarrassed about but it’s a genuine phobia at this point, more so being without a friend in the dark).

But anyway, I was hyper on edge because of sleeping in the dark in an unfamiliar house, and of course my phone had decided this was the prime time to be showing me scary videos on Instagram. I had turned off the light in the other room and shut the door because there was a light shining in my face and I didn’t like that I could see the steps upstairs from the guest bed.

I could still hear the dog pacing around the house because she’s very sweet but very clingy German Sheppard mix. I get up to open the door because I couldn’t sleep with all the noise she was making. As soon as the door opens, I notice the light in the room that I had turned off was on and all the motion sensors on the steps were on as well. All of the lights shut off less than a second after the door was open like they’d been caught doing something they weren’t supposed to.

It scared the life out of me and I’m not going to lie I cried a little bit lol. I had no explanation for how the lights turned off, not to mention how they suddenly turned themselves back off.

Edit to clarify: the room light was on a timer supposedly but I still turned it off and it somehow tuned back on and then off exactly when I opened the door which was weird, and the steps were the only motion sensor lights that were also on and then turned off. The motion sensor step lights would randomly turn themselves on in the middle of the night which scared me but I choose to believe that it was the cats coming down the stairs even though they never walked downstairs lol

I passed my Anatomy and Physiology class!!

I was so scared going into it and I thought I wasn’t smart enough but I got 98%, 98% and 96% on the lecture exams, 90% on the final lecture exam, and 103% out of 104 possible, 102% out of 103 possible, and 106% out of 106 on the lab practicals!

I’m not sure if this is the place for this but I get too scared to talk about my academic accomplishments in real life because I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging, but I’m just so excited and relived! I feel like I might’ve actually picked the right major.

I passed my Anatomy and Physiology class!!

I was so scared going into it and I thought I wasn’t smart enough but I got 98%, 98% and 96% on the lecture exams, 90% on the final lecture exam, and 103% out of 104 possible, 102% out of 103 possible, and 106% out of 106 on the lab practicals!

I’m not sure if this is the place for this but I get too scared to talk about my academic accomplishments in real life because I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging, but I’m just so excited and relived! I feel like I might’ve actually picked the right major.

I have a head cold and my thoughts are kind of jumbled so bear with me if this doesn’t fully make sense haha.

My sister’s boyfriend is an atheist. He’s my friend and I care about him, and I’ve been praying so often for him. We were talking the other day and the topic of beliefs came up. It was a more group setting so we didn’t get into it deep, but I shared a few thoughts and he told me he’s not sure what he believes yet but that he thinks I have a good perspective on my faith and he’d be interested in having a conversation about it sometime.

I was hoping for advice on resources to look into before I talk to him next because he’s a very practical person and not super emotional (which could be good because I’m similar in that I like having facts) and I have a feeling I’ll need some scientific evidence lining up with what the Bible says about Creation. While I am very interested in that sort of thing, I haven’t yet been able to find good sources on this topic.

If you have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them!

One of my (19f) closest friends (20f who I’ll call N) met her now boyfriend (19m who I’ll call E) around March this year, and they started dating two weeks later. I knew her boyfriend beforehand but I wasn’t a super big fan of him because he’s very immature and he can be pretty rude to one of my other good friends (she’s friends with his sister).

N and I are both Christian. We’re different denominations but we have similar beliefs, although she tends to be more strict on certain beliefs while I focus more on just loving everyone and being kind like Jesus calls us to do.

E is also a Christian, but I wouldn’t guess it if I don’t already know it. The only thing that would give it away is when he starts sharing his opinion on the LGBTQ+ community, which he has a pretty hateful view on. E makes racist and sexist jokes, always loudly and sometimes in public places on our college campus. A lot of his close friends are black or races other than white (N, E, and I are all white for reference) but he still makes these jokes and I ca tell sometimes his friends get uncomfortable with his jokes.

I won’t go into deep detail (it would be its own post if I tried to explain everything) but basically I liked this guy in one of my classes, and I really thought he liked me back. E only knew this because I would talk to N about it when he was around. A few days before the end of the semester, the guy and I went to the movies together and I thought for sure he liked me too. But that Monday (we went to the movie on a Friday) I had this really bad and stressed out feeling all day. While we were in the library studying, E was talking to the guy for a long time because they’re sort of friends. N and I were trying to listen because we heard my name a bunch.

That night, the guy I liked sent me a text saying he’s actually talking to someone and that he values our friendship and he hopes this doesn’t change things between us. I found out when I called N after crying to my mom that apparently the guy had asked E if I liked him and he told him that I did. I’m sure was obvious but I felt slightly betrayed because we weren’t close and he had no right to be talking about something so personal behind my back.

Anyway, that’s the background to why I don’t like E very much. Every time lately that I’ve asked N to hangout she asks if she can bring E along with her. I always say yes because I’m scared upsetting her and losing our friendship, because while I have a lot of friends I only have two or three that I’m genuinely close with.

Just the other day I asked if she wanted to come over to watch a horror movie with my sister’s boyfriend (called S for this), my sister, and myself and she asked to bring E. Now S is pissed because he doesn’t like E and he say E is just going to be annoying and talk through the whole movie. I’m upset because that means I’ll be fifth wheeling and probably sitting alone on the couch.

I just don’t know what to do and it feels like I’m losing my friend. I understand that friendships go through ups and downs, and that friendships change when one starts dating, but it’s not like this with any of my other friends who have boyfriends. I care about her so much and I love her dearly, but I feel helpless and there’s just nothing I can do to help her see how mean he is without ruining our friendship.

N doesn’t know this, but my other close friend that’s close with E’s sister told me that he’s already taking about proposing to her. They were only dating for a month when she told me this, and it’s just because he wants to have s*x. He flat out said that to his sister. He’s barely out of high school at this point. I hate the thought that since I value N’s friendship, I might have to watch her marry this guy someday and pretend I’m happy for them both.

I really hope I’m doing the right thing by not saying anything, but also I hope I’m not overreacting on my opinion of E. It all just feels like I’m watching a house burn and there’s nothing I can do to fix it.

Not sure if this counts as a confession but it got removed from petty revenge for some reason so I’m posting it here. Anyways, not a long one but I hope you enjoy!

Back in my senior high school, I played basketball for a team that was very big on sportsmanship and being respectful. My coach never let us respond negatively and always made sure our actions and words on the court were kind. Honestly, I loved it and she’s one of the best coaches I’ve ever had.

However, there was one game that was getting a little heated and chippy (on the other team’s part) and the score was pretty close. Usually people in the stands didn’t bug me and I blocked them out, but there was just one woman in the other team’s fan section that would not shut up. She whined and complained about every call, yelling at her team, my team, the ref, and she was generally being really rude and loud for being in the bleachers. Looking back now that I play sports in college, she really wasn’t that bad haha, but she really pissed me off that day.

Like I mentioned earlier, there wasn’t much I could say or do about it. But at one point the ball goes out of bounds right in front of her, and I was my team’s usual in-bounder. Now, her chair was pretty close to the court, and it was a small gym so my shoe was almost touching the shoes of the people sitting behind me. The ref had paused the game to sub some people in, and k heard her complaining behind me. I wish I could remember now what she had been saying but it’s been a while. The ref eventually blows the whistle for me to play it and I took that chance to take a step back and (totally not intentionally) stepped down on her shoe. I heard her scoff all irritated and get all flustered (which was rather dramatic in my opinion, but also made me smile to myself) and then I threw the ball in and the game kept moving.

Not a big heroic story where someone gets humbled in some huge way, but I still smile when I think back about this memory lol.

Back in my senior high school, I played basketball for a team that was very big on sportsmanship and being respectful. My coach never let us respond negatively and always made sure our actions and words on the court were kind. Honestly, I loved it and she’s one of the best coaches I’ve ever had.

However, there was one game that was getting a little heated and chippy (on the other team’s part) and the score was pretty close. Usually people in the stands didn’t bug me and I blocked them out, but there was just one woman in the other team’s fan section that would not shut up. She whined and complained about every call, yelling at her team, my team, the ref, and she was generally being really rude and loud for being in the bleachers. Looking back now that I play sports in college, she really wasn’t that bad haha, but she really pissed me off that day.

Like I mentioned earlier, there wasn’t much I could say or do about it. But at one point the ball goes out of bounds right in front of her, and I was my team’s usual in-bounder. Now, her chair was pretty close to the court, and it was a small gym so my shoe was almost touching the shoes of the people sitting behind me. The ref had paused the game to sub some people in, and k heard her complaining behind me. I wish I could remember now what she had been saying but it’s been a while. The ref eventually blows the whistle for me to play it and I took that chance to take a step back and (totally not intentionally) stepped down on her shoe. I heard her scoff all irritated and get all flustered (which was rather dramatic in my opinion, but also made me smile to myself) and then I threw the ball in and the game kept moving.

Not a big heroic story where someone gets humbled in a big way, but I still smile when I think back about this memory lol.

I’m very curious if any other twins feel the same way. For context, I’m 19F and I have an identical twin sister.
Was there ever a time you didn’t feel like an individual or you had a weak sense of identity due to being a twin?
I’m not sure how to explain this well, but when I was in early high school (9th-10th grade), my sister and I were both more quiet and we usually ended up being together a lot because we were shy.
I would always be happy and feel noticed whenever a friend would refer to me in the third person as just “she” or my name because I was so used to being spoken about as “the twins” or in a plural sense. It’s occurred to me more recently that this probably isn’t something most people experience and I’m curious if other people feel the same way.
I honestly think this has affected the way I feel about being recognized and perceived by people, and I always feel slightly nervous (not the bad kind though) when someone compliments me or points out something I did well.
This isn’t worded as clearly as I’d like it to be, but feel free to ask any questions if you need me to clarify anything!

Keep it respectful (obviously lol) but I’m willing to answer almost anything.
Some context:
- my mom was a teacher, so when she had my sister and I she wanted to try homeschooling us for a year to see how it went and loved it!
- I personally liked homeschool, although I’ve found out I like learning in a classroom more since I’ve started college.
- my mom did pretty well with keeping both of us active socially and I’d say I have a pretty good social awareness/social life
- homeschooling actually helped me with college because I knew how to teach myself material (I’m an exercise science major with a 4.0, and I got a 98% overall in Anatomy & Physiology 1!)
- I struggled with finding my own identity until I got to college because I was always grouped with my sister (It used to make me really happy when someone referred to me by name or “she” because it was always “the twins” or “they”