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Hi everyone,

​I work Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (with a commute that starts around 7:00 AM). I find myself constantly just waiting for the weekend.

​I really don't want to wish my days away like this. What are some small things or routines you do during the week so you actually have something to look forward to after work?

i don't even know how to structure all this maybe it will just be more of a throwing my thoughts out on text then anything so bare with me XD

i'm m21, I know i've always been gay there's never been any doubt about it but even still i dated girls and went out to clubs with them just to keep up the illusion for everyone else but in reality I've always known.

Unfortunately with the people in my life I could never be openly gay I would lose everything and everyone I love. I grew up without any family so my brothers who i grew up with in foster care are the loves of my life they have always been and always will be my brothers because we have a connection that nobody else could ever understand and I would never want to lose them but I know they are very homophobic and they would reject me if they ever found out.

Like with all due respect to anyone else but I am really not into the pride parades and rainbows and politics and the talking and acting that certain way like I just want to continue living my life the way it is and find a lad i could just watch ufc and football with play call of duty and other stupid video games talk normally and just be in love with and enjoy simple things in life but it feels like it's just impossible.

Sometimes when i'm out a lad might hit on me and i always have to push them away especially when my mates are with me but no other feeling ever makes my heart race and feel butterflies in my stomach so strong and it sucks to think I can't pursue the life I really want.

I know people would say "oh your brothers if they really loved you wouldn't care" etc etc and really I don't agree with their opinions or beliefs but i know i can't change that and it's not worth me losing them just for the chance to maybe be with 1 lad that i might love in the future it's like i have to sacrifice them or the other.

And also i think most gay men (ironically like straight men) are literally only into hook ups and one night stands and like that is not at all what i want i want to find a lad who loves me for who i am and we can just enjoy life together for what it really is with a bit of romance but that alone feels impossible to find in today's world so Im staying so far away from grindr and all those stupid "dating" apps but like I wouldn't even know where i could find someone in the first place and sometimes i toy with the idea of like having a secret boyfriend but it doesn't even feel worth it just knowing it will probably have to end at some stage or I couldn't keep doing it forever and i would never want to lead someone on if i didn't think i could commit or make things work.

I've heard people talk about how so many "straight" men are closeted gay and like I know for a fact i'm 1 and it's crazy for me to think because i know nobody would ever believe it in my life sometimes it's funny but it's also pretty sad i wish in a different timeline or parallel universe i could just be allowed to love who i want and keep everyone i already love in my life as well.

I think im just putting this out there because i want to hear from any other lads who might be or was in this situation and what is going on or happened because like I always really want to talk about this with literally anyone but i could never open up about this to anyone i have in my life so i guess im resorting to the internet now lol

anyways thanks for reading love you all enjoy life stay safe :) <3

Maybe it’s the universe’s way of telling me I watch too many derpy animal clips/memes, but I cannot hear the name Jeff without the whole “My name is Jeff”. I was actually introduced to someone this bank holiday weekend called Jeff, who introduced himself to me as “Hi, my name is Jeff”, it was a serious setting, not a having the craic on a Saturday night type setting. I managed to smother my face with a great big smile and a “it’s lovely to meet you”. Didn’t help that he was nerdy and derpy looking.

I know i'm not alone in this but I struggle so much with small talk. I would have been shy growing up and probably very quiet but I felt like I grew out if it in college when I found myself a bit and working in a bar I got good at small talk and keeping conversations going, but I think every since covid ive noticed ive gotten particularly bad at it.

Im grand when its my friends or people I know very well but i've been to a few family occasions and like I severely struggled with my close aunties/uncles and cousins. I moved away from home probably like 10+ years ago now so I dont see them frequently but I just couldn't make any sort of conversation and I feel like its so rude of me. That kind of made me put a spotlight on myself and maybe im over anlaysing it but I realised I rarely talk to the barber or taxi men or even small talk with friends of friends unless theres a conversation Im able to have inputs into.

Does anyone have any tips or exercises that they felt helped them with this?

has this been happening to anyone else? these very similar dublin numbers keep ringing me and when i try to call back the call declines. Been going on a month now blocking the numbers doesn’t help

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I'm fairly average height at 5'9 and yet all the beds I've seen in new build rentals, including the one I've ended up taking are a tad short and result in my feet extending off the bed.

I feel like I'm going crazy from the discomfort of this strange sensation every night. Irish people are quite tall on average from what I've observed so how has this happened, unless new builds are catering primarily to expat demand with the assumption of short populations? Or is my building just weird and maybe the other ones I saw were normal length?

ETA: I've added pictures in the comments of the measuring tape against the bed. And I sleep at the top of the mattress not halfway down like some weirdo

I am absolutely seething that I was abroad this week and had to miss this, considering it was at my local shopping centre too. But for anyone who did go, what was it like?

Hi all, anyone want two codes for use this evening?

Nutritionist and fitness coach.
Currently getting pilates diploma. Years and years of nutrition experience.,
Saturated market yes.
But was wondering how many people would genuinely be interested in actually having both of these available to them?
As pilates classes are so expensive, coaches are so expensive too. And as many as we do have them, I feel pepper are often reluctant to getting one just because of prices….

My friend is looking to start dog walking in order to get some experience with animals. She adores animals, and always has but she’d like to get into dog grooming and feels this could be a slight step forward, just a little something extra on her cv.

I’ve made her a flyer but I can’t help more than that, she’s stuck on pricing. So I thought I’d come on here and ask you all!

How much would you pay for:
A 30 minute, local, one on one dog walk
and an hour local, one on one dog walk?

all comments would be greatly appreciated, help a gal out!

"I received a phone call from someone pretending to be from the PTSB fraud team. They claimed that the email address on my bank account had been changed. To make the call seem genuine, they were even able to accurately state my recent transaction history and the specific part of Dublin where I deposit my money." Everyone be careful PTSD aren't very helpful .

Out of curiosity has anyone given those heated coats or vests a try? I’m buying a new rug for my horse and noticed the site I buy his cheap stuff off have an offer on a few, they seem genius but wondering if they’d actually do anything. I’m chronically cold, we’ve a new build and I have become so accustomed to heat that I’m absolutely baltic at any breeze. It seems ideal for walking or doing the horsey chores but then again I’m stingy and don’t want to spend €120 on something that’s rubbish. The site is Horze for anyone wondering, affordable as far as horsey stuff goes and it’s handy for bits you don’t need ASAP.

Was in Aldi over the weekend. My eyes were attracted to a price label on a shelf that was flashing. The labels look 100% like ink on paper but paper doesnt flash on and off!! I guess e-pricing has arrived.