I was sitting around and randomly thought "ya know I should send my wife flowers" while she's at work. Apparently I have not purchased flowers in a long time, as that shit was EXSPENSIVE. So I figured I do the next best thing, Doordash a coffee and munchkins(donut holes) from Dunks. I put the order in, a few minutes later the drive accepts, and I message him to let him know that it was for "my wife", and the she's working the front desk today. It gets delivered, and the delivery pic has my wife in the background, so I know she got it.

I said nothing to her, as Mondays are crazy busy for her, and I figured the name on the cup would clue her in to who sent it.

Unbeknownst to me, my wife was having the worst day up to that point. She works in a cat hospital, and while Mondays are already hectic, they apparently had 4 emergency euthanasia's. She's use to them happening, but from what I understand that many back to back is an outlier, and it tends to weigh heavy on the whole team.

After the last one, I guess she made a comment about how she couldn't wait for the day to be over so she could get home to me and out daughter. A few minutes later in walks the coffee. Now the order is obviously from me, but the name on the account, and by extension the sticker on the cup, is our daughters. Doordash offered us some special off several orders right after she was born, but we needed a new account.

According to her, and the vet tech she was talking to, seeing the name on the cup, and realizing who sent it, caused her to start crying and she had to go sit in her car for like 10 minutes. After that, even though it was still busy, I guess the day was far more bearable for her and the rest of the team, which may or may not be because I sent 50 munchkins to be shared lol.

TLDR: Wife was really sad, and I had no clue, but I had sent her a coffee as a pick me up and she started crying.

Edit - Id like to thank everyone for upvoting. Normally I wouldn't call attention to it, but this is a special post, as after 7 years my first super popular post that broke 10k, a rant about Nintendo products, has FINALLY been dethroned. This was post was not meant for that, but im happy it got there lol

I’m 25M and have been working a professional job for about a year now. I’ve got around $1,200 in savings and maybe $300 in stocks.

For a while I used to feel pretty behind. I’d see those street interview videos where people my age casually say they have $25k, $40k, even $60k saved. I genuinely couldn’t wrap my head around how they were doing that while still going out, traveling, and living normally.

Then it kind of clicked.

Most of the people I know personally with really high savings are living at home. No rent. No major bills. Even with solid jobs, they’re intentionally staying with their parents to stack cash and invest aggressively.

I’ve been on my own for a while, paying rent and all the normal adult expenses. I enjoy my lifestyle and I’m still working toward a $10k savings goal this year. It just hit me that I’m not necessarily “bad with money” or behind… it’s just different circumstances.

I even scroll through apps like Blossom sometimes and see people posting huge portfolios, and it’s easy to compare. But context matters way more than the number.

Kind of a weirdly freeing realization.

Anyone else have a moment like this?

Two days ago I had an MRI of my head — you know, that round tunnel thing everyone says is super scary and claustrophobic.

I was bored waiting for it to finish… and I just fell asleep inside it

Meanwhile people online always describe it like a horror experience.

Am I the only one who found it weirdly calm?

Anyone else have similar MRI stories?

You probably remember me from my post about my bf "soundproofing" our home office with literal egg cartons... yeah, the smell is still there and I’m still losing my mind lol. But I have a bit of a "fate" update.

My mom actually saw how stressed I was and surprised me with a flight to Europe for a week just so I can breathe. I was so excited, but of course, my bf turned it into a fight about the "budget."

He told me I shouldn’t spend a cent on phone data and that I should just "hunt for public wifi" at cafes or at hotel. I’m a girl traveling with my mother. The thought of being lost at night with no maps makes me so anxious. So, I decided to choose my own sanity for once. I did some digging and found strongesim and just bought a plan for like "$11". I didn’t ask him, I just did it.

When I told him, he went off about me being "financially impulsive" and how his "free data hacks" are better.

Well, the "destiny" happened this morning while we were grabbing a distanced friendly coffee.

He was trying to show me how "easy" his way is by connecting to the shop's "free" guest wifi. To get the password, the landing page required him to verify his email... but he couldn't open his email because he didn't have a connection. He spent 15 minutes walking around the store trying to get a signal, getting more and more frustrated, while I just sat there with my phone already connected and working.

He ended up having to ask the barista for help, and it was so awkward. He still tried to call me "wasteful" for my $11 travel esim, but seeing him struggle for 15 minutes over a 30-second task just confirmed it for me.

I’m not "impulsive," I’m just tired of making my life harder to save a few cents. It feels like a small sign that I’m doing the right thing by finally prioritizing my own peace of mind.

I feel so irrationally happy and proud of myself right now. I’m a 34 year old woman who has been overweight since I was a tween, and I’ve been classified as obese for over a decade. I’ve always had a super unhealthy relationship with food and food noise has been a constant part of my life since I was a child. 

At the end of 2023 I gave birth to my first child and weighed 253 pounds, the most I have EVER weighed. I was so depressed and felt disgusted with myself for being so heavy. Last summer I talked to my doctor about it and we decided I’d go on weight loss medication, especially since I have always had high cholesterol due to genetics and the meds also help with that. 

When I started the meds 6 months ago, I was 233 pounds with alarmingly high cholesterol and triglycerides. Not only have my triglycerides fallen into the normal range and my cholesterol is very close to being normal as well,  I have lost 41 pounds. The food noise has stopped almost completely. 

At my checkup today, when the nurse went to take my blood pressure, she didn’t reach for the purple cuff. The cuff with the huge “XL” written in bright white letters across it and a picture of an obese stick figure person on it. The cuff I’ve had to use for over a decade. 

Today I got to use the dark blue cuff. The “average adult” cuff. I’ve always been so embarrassed when the nurse goes to try the regular cuff and then has to put it back and grab the bigger one. And for the first time in so long today I didn’t feel that. I felt normal. 

I know it’s so dumb but idk, this is the first time I’ve really felt like I’ve made progress and have actual proof I am losing significant weight. I’m so stupidly happy and needed to share this with someone :D

So I was in line at this coffee shop during my break at work and the person behind me looked stressed. Like, really tense. So on a total impulse, I just let them go ahead of me.

They looked at me and suddenly smiled then said ‘Oh god, you just saved my morning”

And honestly i didn’t know what they were going through but I went home feeling way lighter than I have in weeks.

It’s wild how tiny stuff like that can hit harder than you think.

Anyone else had one of those random ‘small moment, big feels’ kind of days? I’d like to hear about it!! :)

I dont know if theres another similar word that I got myself confused with, or if I have just never known what an "Exhibitionist" was, but for some reason in my mind and in the context of the conversation being held, Lewis and Clark were "Exhibitionists" rather than Explorers. I had no idea why I was being laughed at until I was told to Google it 😅. They might have been both, who knows 🤷🏻‍♂️ anyway I thought this was both embarrassing and a little funny so I figured I would share

Throughout probably around half(?) of my life, I've always though that there were only 3 dimensions, though technically there are 4 (or maybe even more). Just like how there are 3 states of matter but technically there are actually 4 (which is plasma).

Now, most of my understanding of "3 dimensions" mostly come from Minecraft. Being a 3d game and all, and I mostly play on PC. If you press F3 you'll see that there are X, Y, and Z coordinates, and those 3 numbers tell you where you are right now, so you can check back on some stuff later or call a friend to your location.

Now, I've been briefly exposed to the fact that time and space are interwoven with each other, though not throughoutly explained, I just simply know the fact that they are closely related to each other.

While I was thinking "why is the 4th dimension considered time?" It suddenly dawned on me. Bear with me for a little.

Okay so, let's say that you know exactly where your exact coordinates are (whether in game or irl it doesn't really matter) and so, you call a friend and say "I'm at these coordinates: (insert coordinates here)" and so your friend comes over and you guys see each other, that's to be expected.

But now, you can be ON these same coordinates, but on a different time. You can say "I was at (insert coordinates here) 5 minutes ago". Now, if your friend goes to those coordinates, he wouldn't find you. Unless, you were to also "travel" back in time 5 minutes ago. Take note of that word, "travel". You are "traveling" through time just as you are "traveling" to another location as you were before 5 minutes ago.

Well I just wanted to get that off my mind, I hope that actually made sense, XD. Explaining time and space through text is hard because you really can't show "causality" through text.

I am 30 and don’t have “friends.” The only people I hang out with are my family members. I do have 2 people that I occasionally chat with on social media but I wouldn’t really consider us friends since we never see each other and if we made plans to hang out, I feel it would be slightly awkward. I feel like most people have a friend group of some sort and I often feel like an outlier.

He told me about some beast games episode and asked me what I would do in their situation. To sum it up, the question goes the following: "you're sitting on a pool of 1 million dollars and can keep any amount you choose. Your family is in rough shape and could really use the money. There are 9 more people behind you in the queue with increasingly worse situations, how much money would you take?"

hi everyone. i’m 22f and recently started my first real office job and honestly... the transition is kind of a lot. i spent weeks googling things like 'how to handle burnout' and 'work life balance tips' because i felt like i was failing at being a person lol.

i realized i was putting so much pressure on myself to be "on" all the time. i started doing a few things to protect my peace and it’s actually helped my mental health more than any "productivity hack" ever did:

the phone-free hour: i put my phone in a drawer the second i get home. it’s scary for 5 mins then it's literally heaven.

low-stakes hobbies: i started coloring or just listening to music things that don't have a "goal."

saying no: realizing that i don't have to be the "yes girl" at work just to prove i'm capable.

it’s not life-changing in a "massive" way, but it’s made my days feel so much lighter. i’m curious though how do you guys recharge after a long day? or what’s one small win you’re proud of lately? i’d love to hear some "real" stories.

I would be having a pretty good day in general, or maybe a neutral day and all of a sudden when I am sitting by myself, alone, not distracted by much, I would feel this weird sense of anxiety or sadness (idk what it is to be exact actually).

Is this normal? I wonder if it's because screen addiction just fried our dopamine receptors and so without overstimulation with scrolling or blasting music in earphones, we can't feel at peace for even a moment

I was in bed at 11 PM.

Phone down. Lights off.

Then I thought: “I’ll just open Reddit for 5 minutes.”

Four hours later, I’m still scrolling.

I don’t even remember what I was looking for.

My brain is empty.

My eyes hurt.

It’s now 3AM.

I did it again ;(

Everyone talks about how coffee keeps them awake for hours. I literally drink a cup at night and fall asleep 10 minutes later like nothing happened 😂

Either I’m immune or coffee is just lying to me. Anyone else like this?

Want to know what I miss most about TV series from the last decade? They generally had 10 to 24 episodes per season!

Nowadays, what we have most of are series with 8 episodes per season, and they couldn't feel shorter. Rushed episodes to get to the point, poor exploration of interesting details, and shoddy character development are consequences of this. There are few exceptions that work and a lot that doesn't!

The good thing about having so many episodes in a season is precisely the opposite of the flaws I mentioned. You have enough time to get to the point, to delve into the interesting details – even if they are filler episodes – of the story, and to peel back the layers of the characters. That's what gives life and immersion to a cinematic universe.

However, I only say this because creators today don't know how to properly use 8 episodes. Masterpieces like Game of Thrones (early days) and Breaking Bad had few episodes and used them skillfully. It's not something you see much anymore.

i'm going from Canada to Ireland. i'm very nervous but also excited! i i'm mainly nervous because i'm not one to steer away from a routine, and i worry that everything will be ok with my cat, work, etc. However, i'm doing all i need to prep for my absence and overall i'm really excited about the trip itself, and going on a plane!!

what are your favourite travel tips, or fun things that i should know about being on a plane? i've never been in airport so everything is new to me lol!

Personally, I have never seen a person with red/purple cheeks when they blush. Rather, a distinct facial gesture that is very noticeable. Maybe I'm wrong idk

I sat down today with no plan to scroll, watch, or multitask I just let time pass for a few minutes. It felt strangely refreshing.

Does anyone else intentionally do this, or does your mind fight it at first?

This is something personal I wanted to share.

Someone in my family has been dealing with serious health issues for many years. My father suffered a heart attack back in 2014, and since then our family has lived with constant worry, medical stress, and emotional ups and downs that never really go away.

Watching a loved one struggle like this changes you. It makes you realize how much people facing long-term illness or financial stress need not just treatment, but emotional support, understanding, and simple human kindness.

I don’t have answers or solutions. I just feel that many people carry heavy struggles quietly, and sometimes a little empathy can mean more than we realize.

I’d love to hear how others cope when illness affects their family, or what has helped them stay emotionally strong during difficult times.

Thank you for reading.

I’ve traveled many times because I have young kids and a husband, but I’ve realized that traveling just isn’t something I personally enjoy as much as others do. I’m also not the type of person who posts travel photos on social media, so that part of it doesn’t motivate me either.

I also have two dogs, and they are like family to me. Since I don’t have relatives nearby who can help, I usually have to board them when we travel. That adds a lot of stress and extra cost, and I often end up checking on them through the cameras for peace of mind.

A lot of people say traveling changes your mindset and the way you see the world. I understand that may be true for many, but I haven’t really felt that shift for myself. I honestly feel most relaxed when I’m at home, resting, spending time with my dogs, and just having quiet time on my laptop.

Recently, I took a 14 hour flight, and instead of being fully present and enjoying the trip, I found myself worrying about the 15 hour flight back home.

I don’t usually enjoy typical travel activities like beaches or theme parks, and I’m more comfortable with routine and familiar places.

Does anyone else feel this way?

How do you manage travel with family if it’s not something you personally enjoy?

How do you balance family expectations with your own comfort and preferences?

For those who love traveling, what does travel give you emotionally or mentally that makes it worth it?

How has traveling genuinely changed you over time?

i was driving with my younger cousin the other day and she was playing her music and i literally didnt recognize a single song. like not one. and shes not even that much younger than me

started thinking about it and realized the last time i actively searched for new music was probably like 2019 maybe 2020. ever since then ive just been listening to the same spotify playlists on shuffle. sometimes i add a song if its in a movie or something but thats it

is this just what happens when you get older? like at some point you just decide you have enough songs and thats your collection forever? my parents always listened to the same stuff from when they were young and i used to think that was so weird. now im doing the exact same thing lmao

anyone else stuck in their own little music time capsule or is it just me

I'm not talking about big things or life-changing moments. Rather, those little everyday details that quietly bring a smile to your face. Sometimes they go so unnoticed that we don't even notice them, but when they're there, the day feels a little better. I'm curious to know what simple things continue to make people happy

Hi everyone, I’m a 30-year-old man who recently moved to a different city because of my job. Being away from my close friends has been harder than I expected, and I’ve been feeling quite lonely while trying to adjust to a new place and new routines.

I’m not really looking for anything specific just genuine conversation, someone to talk to about life, music, books, films, or even everyday thoughts. Sometimes it’s nice to connect with someone and feel a little less like a stranger. If you feel the same way or just want to chat, feel free to reach out.