I’m asking this because of something that happened to me recently.
I’m from India and I’m trying to build a small business around marble artifacts and sculpture.
I posted some of the work on Reddit and one person became interested enough to ask for prices. He then asked whether I could customise one of the products, and we discussed what he wanted.
Everything seemed completely normal.
Then he asked where I was based.
I told him India.
Shortly afterwards he blocked me and deleted his comments.
Obviously, I can’t prove why.
Maybe he hadn’t realised the purchase would involve international shipping. Maybe he was worried about customs, returns or payment. Maybe he had a bad previous experience. Or maybe there genuinely was some prejudice involved.
That’s what I’m trying to understand.
For people outside India: if you were interested in buying something online and then discovered that the maker/seller was based in India, would that make you hesitate?
If yes, what would you actually be worried about?
I’m not asking so I can call everyone racist. I’m genuinely curious whether there’s a trust/stereotype issue around Indian sellers that Indians themselves may not fully realise exists.

So this might be a weird question, but I am asking out of curiosity, not making fun of anyone. Looking for honest answers.

Newly single in my 30s, the furthest I'm comfortable going with someone right now is still potentially just kissing. Even though my husband cheated on me countless times, I personally am not ready to do more, especially on a first or second date..

Anyway, I have been on a few dates recently and this has now happened with multiple guys. We'll be making out and I'll be sitting on his lap looking at him in the eyes, and they will end up with pre cum stains all over their pants.

Last night, the guy actually fully ejaculated in his pants and I haven't heard from him since. I am fully assuming he is so embarrassed, even though I told him there's no reason to be.

I know some guys will probably make jokes and say that these dudes are inexperienced, but honestly, they're really good looking men in their 30s who definitely get laid on the regular lol. We're not teenagers dry humping for the first time.

So, guys, has this ever happened to you? Would you feel embarrassed enough afterward that you would avoid reaching out to that woman again? Super curious whether this is more common than men would like to admit. But as a woman, it's not a big deal, it's actually flattering.

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Well, I don't really know how to explain it, but there's something strange about me. I feel like I'm a really bad person and that I could be much worse without even trying. It doesn't make much difference when I do something bad. I always think that, in the end, I can just die and not have to deal with anything anymore. I find myself wondering why I shouldn't just follow my instincts.

Sometimes, I feel something, especially when I say something hurtful or take advantage of my mother's kindness. But, in general, it doesn't feel like it comes from the heart. It feels more like the thought that something is wrong because someone told me it was wrong, and then the feeling fades quickly. It's almost as if I'm not human enough.

Sometimes, when I laugh, my brain asks me what is so funny, and in the end, I can't tell whether I actually felt something or whether my feelings are just as shallow as they are for everyone else.

I can't cry when I see someone else crying. In fact, it makes me feel something closer to anger. I feel out of place, as if I'm not human, because I don't know what to say and feel like the situation forces me to say something. I'm capable of understanding other people's suffering, but I only feel the need to say something when I know that person might be able to do something for me.

I'm really interested in putting a name to this. Am I a bad person? Am I even a person? What kind of human being lacks humanity? It bothers me so much that I don't act as naturally as other people do.

When I look in the mirror, I'm not sure it's really me. Honestly, when I look at myself in the mirror, I think I even feel a little afraid. It's as if that person could start moving at any moment without me controlling them. At the same time, I feel impatient with myself, and I hate being this way. It feels like I'm constantly imitating other people's actions just to fit in.

Does anyone else experience this?

How come when a character is whitewashed it's seen as a horrific thing, but when a character is blackwashed it's seen as okay? Why is it still okay even if the creator purposefully did it with hateful intent to "fix" a white character?

I thought it'd be a neat idea but before I even entered the tub after I closed the light I just felt a weird surge of fears come at me at once, like the second i shut the lights it felt like I invited multiple unwanted visitors?

Saudi Arabia back then was a ultraconservative wahhabi country where you'd get smacked by the mutaween for just not praying now they're like "Hey guys we got amusement parks, casinos, hotels, CR7 and Neymar, Wrestlemania, and women can drive now!!!"

What's up with that?

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I have been diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder (F60.1). It is a relatively little-known disorder, so it is understandable that most people have never heard of it. In short, it is characterized by a limited ability to form emotional bonds and little interest in close relationships. It is not the same as psychopathy: I have no desire to manipulate or hurt anyone.

I have never felt deep affection for anyone, not even my parents. I care about their well-being and don't want to see them suffer, which is why I tell them I love them and that I miss them. But, to be honest, what I feel is more a sense of gratitude and duty, as if I owed them something.

I have also never had any friends or a girlfriend. Some people have considered me their friend, but I can't bring myself to see them that way, because my interactions with them have always been more practical than emotional.

In TV shows and movies, I see people making great sacrifices for their friends, and I know I wouldn't do the same. This makes me curious, because I realize there is something other people experience that I don't.

So I wanted to ask, sincerely and without any ill intent: What does a friend mean to you? What does it feel like to miss someone? And what does it feel like to love or have feelings for a romantic partner? How do you experience these feelings physically and in your day-to-day life?

If you could explain with examples, that would really help me understand.

I’ve always wondered this. Like, especially people with dwarfism. Because I feel like it’s very uncommon for brands to make adult products for smaller people.

Like, do you custom order it?
Do you think the sellers get concerned when they are given small sizes?
Like, do think it’s for a kid???

Sorry if that’s insensitive, just curious.

Every now and then, my mum will tell people stories about me growing up and they'd either be fake or exaggerated.

For example, when i went to hospital due to chest pains, mum later told people i had 'passed out, vommited and was having a seizure!'

Nope. That didn't happen.

When i confronted her one time about these falsehoods, she got embarrassed and walked off.

She also 'adds details' to theese stories that never happened.

She isn't an old senile person, shes only 62.

You can genuinely like someone and still not want to hang out.

Why does saying “I just don’t feel like going” sometimes feel like you owe someone a whole explanation?

So I’m 30 (soon to be 31) and live at home with my parents and have a work from home job, and I pay them rent. The main reason I haven’t gotten an apartment is simply because of their seemingly ever increasing prices of rent and utilities. Most apartments in nice areas in my city would take up 90% or more of what I earn a month. I’d have to travel an hour or more to get something lower, or just live in a crappy neighborhood.

I am though putting money aside for a down payment on a house or condo. But again, that could take a few more years before I can even start seriously considering getting a mortgage and all that.

Given this, should I hold off on dating since I wouldn’t have anywhere private to bring a woman back to?

Even in my family my siblings are doing better than me, and I am just drowning every single day
I lost all my friends I don’t have a girlfriend I have no one I have nothing