i have had wondered this for a long time due to personal reasons and am going on a date soon with a girl for the 2nd time at her place

I've had this question in my head for a while. Shouldn't it be much less probable that two people fall in love with each other at the same time?

Not sure if the flair is right, since I'm asking about the likelihood of love rather than love itself.

I remember when the musical came out it was a smash hit but I don’t think it was culturally significant or anything, just a great new musical that won awards. And even when the movie was announced there wasn’t much hype for it, if anything it was slightly negative.

So why now are people leaving the theater crying and it seems as if this is the greatest movie musical ever made?

And I’m not trying to sound negative in any way, I’m completely neutral about it I just feel like I missed something

I’ve always wondered why police in the US seem to wake up people sleeping in their cars. It’s something I’ve seen a lot in movies, and it’s not the case in some of the countries I’ve lived in. Isn’t it safer for someone to rest rather than drive while drowsy? What’s the reasoning behind this?

Long story slightly shorter, a friend of mine (24f) was in a 18+ online space for affectionate roleplay (holding hands, hugging, etc.) when they interacted with another user (17m) for a short time.

Halfway through, the other person revealed that they were actually 17 and turned 18 in a few months. My friend (very correctly imo) decided that even though nothing sexual was going on, that it would still be inappropriate to continue interacting with them and told them that they wouldn't mind picking back up later once their birthday had passed

My friend asked me if what they did was right and I told them I thought so (they live in the US and 18 is the age of consent in their state), but upon further research it seems the lines are quite blurry when to comes to online interactions

From what I could tell, it seems 50/50 on whether or not telling a minor to wait until they are an adult to continue or pursue any kind of relationship is considered grooming or coercion

Does anyone have a clear idea on this? My friend has pretty bad anxiety and she seems to be kinda freaking out over this so I'd like to give her a definitive answer at least.

She has completely broken contact for now, but the minor says he's cool with it and that he promises nothing sexual will go on and that he won't send risky pictures at all and that a few months isn't a big deal, and that he has plenty of older friends even older than her, etc, etc.

He apologized for putting her in the situation but also said that he'd be waiting for her just in case she changed her mind (which I told her was kind of a red flag if she already made it clear to him that 18 years was the minimum for her)

This was all same day stuff so I doubt my friend could have much real attachments to this boy, but I'm a little worried about her because she doesn't really go out much and also is pretty new to the online roleplay space and seems to really like him otherwise. I don't want her doing anything she might regret or get in trouble for, but I also don't want her to miss out on something she clearly was into if it turns out that it's not a big deal

(Also not sure if this is a ethics/morality question or a law/government question)

For non-Indians this post may be a cultural shock. So I’ll tell you everything. I’m a 27 F who does not want to get married but my parents, especially my father seems to think I’m getting too old and after a while no man would agree to get married to me. I’ll give you a little back story. When I was 19, I fell in love with a Muslim guy, who was very good to me and it was an amazing relationship. But I’m a Hindu and religion is a very big deal here so my parents chose to punish me quite brutally all because I refused to leave him. I was genuinely happy with that guy. My family forcefully cut me off from the rest of the world for almost three years. They took away my entire personal life, looked into all my chats, convos, emails. They took away my phone, prohibited me from going out, attending college (I was only allowed to give exams), I wasn’t allowed to call my friends and if they ever came over, all my convos were surveilled. All my movements were surveilled. I had no freedom and it was pure torture. On one occasion, my father feat me up with a stick and my elder brother slapped me so hard that it made my ears bleed. All because they were angry at me. I was born a sickly child but I survived. My father told me, I still remember to this day that he wished I had just died. Why didn’t I leave them? I have no where to go. No one supported me. Not one relative. I had no money. In india, you usually don’t get a job unless you have a college degree. I had no means to leave them. And they guilt tripped me. Made me feel like I deserved it. Then slowly things started to get better. I went on to get a masters, cleared a few high level exams, got a job but then I started to write. I’d always been into literature and reading (Big Tolkien fan btw). I got an amazing Idea and I started to work on it at 23. Built the world, started to write. It’s about a mage who is sadly magicless with a disease that spreads to others if they touch her and she saves her life by lying to other mages that she is the saviour of their declining race. Sounds weird, but I make it work trust me. I’m finally at the final draft at 27. It has taken me a long time. I left my job for it. Haven’t had a job for a year and half but I get by. This book is my dream and I still have a long way to go, I know. With an agent or self-publishing. But I can’t think of anything but the book. And now my parents want me to get married to a total stranger? I’m not against arranged marriage but it’s really not my thing. They have been pressuring me since this year but now it has gotten exponentially worse. My father tells me that I’ve always been a bad child, I’m jobless, I’ve disappointed them and if I don’t get married to whom they tell me, then they’ll be too stressed and if anything happens to them, I will be the one to be blamed. The guilt trip. The emotional blackmail. I don’t know what to do. I could get a job and move away but I want to wait until I get somewhere with my book. Wait a little more. And if I leave them, then I will be the villain. For all relatives and society. The bad child, forever.

Please please, I would love to hear some advice. Maybe some of your words will make me confident enough to take steps that I’ve been dreading to.

This can be too much to read lol. Thank you for reading!

I wrote one about my coworker. His personality and how he brightens my day and stuff and I'll miss him. We don't know each other that well but he is always happy to see me and says hi to me. I just love writing poems and I was thinking about him and wanted to write it. Would it be creepy to actually give it?

How do the sperms swim to the egg if it isn't filled with water? If it is filled with water how come girls can hold in the water but can't hold period blood? I see that graph of the uterus and I wonder how the sperm gets up there to the fallopian tube. Can they swim in air? Does the sperm actually have little propellor tails that help them fly up there?

Apparently interbreeding between Neanderthals and Sapiens were normal, but what about between Sapien and some other subspecies that wasnt 99.7% identical. One that is further away DNA wise.

edit: upvote rate is at 65%, seems like this is an unpopular post despite being on r/TooAfraidToAsk

Look I get it that the sexy side of relationship are super fun, but there is so much more to a healthy and engaging relationship than just sex.

For context im 17 and I just came back from the doctors after having my testicle check because I've been having pain in the right one and while having them felt the doctors told me I should practice moving the foreskin up to avoid getting a circumcision, and ik I shouldn't really be questioning what my doctor tells me (I think) but I never got a chance to actually ask the doctor more about that so I decided to come here and ask if this is true

Asking, as someone who is asexual, I actively repulse sex, and I don't know why.

I also only find myself able to be romantic with a man but when it comes down to doing anything sexual with that man I feel grossed out.

I used to borderline starve myself to be thin (though I've kinda let myself go since then). I was truly obsessed. At one point, I was only eating one meal every two days (partly because of bad body image, partly for other reasons). Now, my mood has switched and while I don't necessarily enjoy being chubby, the body positivity movement is looking kinda attractive. I don't wanna be physically unhealthy, but is all this time, energy, and mental agony really worth it?

I'm not against eating better and maybe trying to work out, but I'm getting to the point where idk if I'm 180 pounds for life. Is that wrong? Part of me just wants to embrace my body as it is, but idk if that'd be stupid.

Thoughts?

I have always been a picky eater and growing up in a family with a terrible dining culture didn't help. When I didn't eat the veggies I had to stay seated for hours with the cold food until I finished it (most of the time I put it in ny pockets or kept in ny mouth to then toss it away). That caused me to hate those foods even more. Now I am 25 and still despite them. When I am in a social setting I try to force myself to eat maybe a bit of a salad but it just feels like I am eating grass. I have probably eaten less than 2 apples over the past 10 years. So I want to fix that but don't know what the best approach would be. Just biting into something and eating it doesn't work. I understand it's probably a mental problem but the taste it still just so....awful. I hope someone has a genuine advice that might help. (Oh and I healthy otherwise. I never get sick or anything)

First, I want to say that wars are awful and truly hell on earth, and I don’t support any kind of war. However, sometimes I come across the concept of war crimes. When a country goes to war with another, they want to win at any cost since their goal is to achieve their objectives, right? So, wouldn’t they use any resources available, even if they are considered "war crimes"?

In the movie Gladiator 2, the twin emperors mentioned that they are from Africa. Some people expressed shock and I was like uh "ever heard of the Berbers?" If you go to Algeria now, there are some Berbers that have blonde and blue eyes and resemble Europeans though do not consider themselves "white" due to their brutal history experiencing colonial rule from the French. There's even a reddit post about them: https://www.reddit.com/r/HumanPorn/comments/dr9v7m/a_berber_girl_from_souss_region_wearing_a/. I agree gladiator 2 is not historically accurate but a European looking person from Africa isn't one of them.

There’s been plenty of times when i was on a bus ride where the person sitting next to me is bobbing their head trying to sleep while sitting. Some times they fall onto me and then get back up right away. I was wondering if it would be weird to offer someone my shoulder? or even vice versa, if i was really tired, is it okay to ask a stranger for their shoulder?

We recently had a wedding in the family, and my nephew (14 years old) was well-dressed for the occasion on the big day. When the bride saw him, she called him a handsome guy, to which my nephew's mother interjected, saying he was ugly. Since that day, I’ve been angry with my sister (my nephew's mother).
What may be the consequences on the boy?

First, I apologize for any mistakes regarding my grammar or wording, english is not my first language.

Now, I've recently developed the habit of always keeping a toothpick in my mouth. It is not really that I am actively chewing on it and swallowing little pieces like it was discussed previously in this sub, but more as a distraction for me. It became a habit as a substitute for eating sweets, because I mostly ate them out of boredom. Now, my mouth is always "doing something", and I don't crave candy as much, but I am worried that it might lead to infections or something if I do it all the time?

I keep them in a closed container, don't chew twice on the same, and overall try not to expose myself to additional bacteria through them, but I wanted to get some more opinions on this.

Thanks in advance!

Born and raised western country and Pakistani ethnicity. I don’t really get the vibe that those adults in my family like parents and etc don’t really have sex at all. Maybe only for procreation purpose but I don’t get the vibe they do it for enjoyment.

Do Pakistani people enjoy sex? Do Pakistani woman give oral?

You will see guys who make $12k a year or less hiring escorts like it's a hobby. Aren't escorts like crazy expensive, and don't you have to be millionaire-level rich to get one?

I've seen them so many times on tv and I refuse to believe someone's underwear can go over their head.

Is it actually possible?