I had a plan. It wasn’t a good plan, but it was a plan nonetheless.

I needed to get out of paying at the bar and I had a foolproof way to do it.

I was going to cheat my friend into coming out with me for a drink, and then I was going to disappear before the bill came.

It was Friday night at Jurong Vision Exchange and I was out with some friends at a local bar. We’d been drinking for a few hours, and the bill was getting pretty high. I knew I didn’t have enough money to cover my share of the bill as my credit card is near the limit, so I decided to leave before it came.

But I needed a way to get out without looking like a cheapskate.

That’s when I came up with my plan. I would call my friend and invite him out to join us at the bar. He would think he was doing me a favour by coming out, and he would be happy to pay for my drinks. Then, once he was there, I would sneak away while he was distracted.

I knew it wasn’t the most ethical thing to do, but I was desperate. So I called my friend and asked him to come out for one last drink. He happily agreed, and I was relieved.

When he arrived, I made sure to keep him distracted. We talked and laughed and drank for a while, and then I made my move. I excused myself and went to the restroom. I thought I had successfully pulled off my plan, but I was wrong.

I lost something even more, that friend who took the fall for the bill ended up telling all of our other friends.

He said he had come out to the bar to help me, and he wasn’t going to let me take advantage of him.

I was embarrassed and ashamed. I apologized and offered to pay for my drinks, but my friend refused. He said it wasn’t about the money, it was about me taking advantage of him. He said I should have been honest with him from the start.

After that, I realized how wrong I had been. I had tried to cheat my friend out of money.

Should I end a 20+ year marriage because of texts?

Should I divorce?

This didn’t happen today, but I suppose it’s still worth telling.

I was dumped after 6 months with a very vague explanation, something along the lines of “I can’t really see you the same way anymore” , tiptoe-ing around the when asked.

Couldn’t understand why until I remembered when I took a huge dump

I was confused and hurt initially, until I started racking my brain for an answer on my way home from her apartment.

And then it hit me.

Two night before this happened, we were getting ready to go to a party. I took a dinosaur of a dump…

I am not someone who usually lets go so much, it was probably because I was constipated for no reason for a few days which was why I let out such a huge dump.

It was impressive, until I needed to flush. Jammed on the 1st flush… and water never filled back up. IT WASN’T EVEN FLUSHING. We come to find out that her landlord shut off the water for repairs without telling her.

So there’s this huge, steaming pile of shit with no water cover in my girlfriends toilet. WHAT THE….. So my plan was to fix it when we got back, since the water will surely be on by then.

Totally forgot about it, didn’t go back to settle the mess I made

Only I forgot all about it, and dropped her off so i can go home. So…..she probably had to deal with a huge toilet bowl full of my dookie trying to get it to flush, probably had to break out the plunger and maybe even a poop knife, all while her apartment probably smelled just like a sewer.

This is why she couldn’t see me the same anymore.

Who else is in support of SMRT establishing “business class cabins” (eg. 1 per train) where passengers pay let’s say $5 more but in exchange have permission to dine in selected locations with comfier seats and tables etc.

Believe there will be plenty of demand in time-tight and sky-high-COE Singapore. Two time-consuming activities can essentially be combined.

Provides more revenue for SMRT (though slightly offset by cleaning costs etc) so they don’t burn our taxpayers money, and also more efficient for all parties involved. Best of many worlds isn’t it?

At least better than leaving it semi-unregulated/unenforced with (some nonzero chance) of $500 fine and then lots of ppl arguing who is right/wrong correct?

Here are what netizens think:

• Assume one needs at least half an hour to finish dinner, it’s not feasible unless one travels a long distance on the same line.

• It’s MRT, not train. You watch too much Japan Hour ah??

• Ermmm. There’s PHV, and you can split the fare by 4. And it’s probably less than $5. If you can’t find friends to split fare, llst.

• But becoming a gracious, considerate, empathetic, sympathetic etc society — are there any provisions we can make for our fellow passengers who may have special needs/ conditions?

• Similar concepts have been applied to Singapore Flyer, Cable cars to Sentosa due to height and You get great scenery. For SMRT… noise aside… some portions are under tunnels and the notions of stopping at every stop, during dining, won’t bug u?

• U think u r the only one can afford? So many ppl can afford as well….end of the day, it will be back to square 1. Is a public transport meaning is fair and everyone get to use, there is no need to have premium and non premium class.

The unintentional/accidental prostitute?: Some time back, I met a girl overseas who I honestly just wanted to be friends and explore the city/country with.

The first date we set was at a mall when she asked me “will I buy her anything?”. She flaked every time we try to set a date and would keep asking me to meet her at a bar at odd times. Every time I would try to schedule a date to a more reasonable time, she would come up with an excuse that she was busy and if I didnt see her then, I would not be able to see her at all.

Then she offered to meet up at the oddest times possible with these weird windows of time. Then once I convinced her to meet on New Years’. I jokingly said to “book me in. She replied with, “okay, how much?”. I jokingly said I don’t know, “how much is your time worth?” Suspecting that she was a prostitute… Her reply was “$300”. I asked her, “are you being serious?” and she said “yes”.

I told her something along the lines of what she is saying and how she is acting is making her come off as an adult entertainer.

1. Had asked me to buy her things.
2. Had asked to meet at bars at the oddest times.
3. Her WeChat picture was of her breasts…the thing is, girls in China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, and other Asian countries take many steps to cover up their upper bodies. I rarely, if ever, see cleavage other than movies. So this was suspect to me.
4. She had many pictures of her doing rather naughty things with her lips.
5. She told me that she wanted to charge me money for her time.

Anyway, she wasn’t having any of it and started to call me disgusting for accusing her of being a prostitute.

Though I never have and never will pay for their services, I respect adult workers and am pro-legalizing it. I just wanted to know her intentions. Was weird as hell, though. Just like the girl above, I have met so many girls like this in person and on TanTan that for the last bit and until I leave Taiwan, I have sworn off dating.

Falling for someone you shouldn’t.

After my last relationship ended 3 years ago, i told myself this was it, i want to go out and meet someone new. I could have picked a better alternative however.

Texted my mates if they were down for clubbing but they told me to go to sg’s famous commitment-less “happy” spot.

First time to Geylang

It was my first time to geylang and it was on a weekend so I didn’t have much choices around here. I went with a few of my mates and were introduced to different houses with different girls.

None really caught my eye because I’m pretty much here to accompany my mates rather than getting myself laid. No discrimination to the workers, they are also just doing their jobs. I just don’t feel like it.

While my mates were getting their junk pumped, i walked around casually until i was approached by a pimp.

He told me he has the best girls around here(pretty sure that’s what he told all his customers anyway) and reeled me into his house to “look see look see” “don’t like don’t take” and so I stepped into his house with curiosity.

A ‘chicken’ caught my eye

I peeked around until i saw her, T. Not her ‘neh neh’, but her. T.

She was smiling at me while the others were waving and asking me to “f” them. Not T. She was just sitting there and smiling at me. I was sold. Paid the pimp and was led into the room. That’s where it all began. I’m sure no guys has ever done this on their visit to geylang.

In the room, just as she was about to start stripping, i told her, I don’t want any service. Let’s just chat. She was caught off. She was like “chat? Talk? No seks?” No, no seks. Just talk as I assured her.

You could immediately see the relief on her face. She told me to lay beside her, i did. We exchanged simple details, and i ask her if she’s tired? She doesn’t seem to understand english so she pulled out her phone for google translate.

And yes she is exhausted. Then I told her, sleep. Yes i paid for her to rest. Pathetic i know. But I don’t feel a pinch, in fact i put her to sleep. I slowly caress her hair, and she was enjoying it.

She put her hand on me, rubbing my face. I was just staring at her while she slept, and she slept like a doll. Maybe she was comfortable with me, i felt that she wasn’t protective against me.

I held her hand, and whispered that everything’s going to be okay. I’m not sure if she understands me. At this point I don’t know what I’m doing, maybe i miss my ex too much idk.

She slept through our entire session in my arms. Time’s up, i woke her and told her that i have to go. She thanked me profusely and kissed me on both my cheeks. She then reached out for a hug, and i kissed her softly on her forehead. If anyone’s still reading up to this point you might be thinking that I’m bullshitting because no sane dudes would pay to just sleep beside a girl.

Maybe I’m just pathetic like that. I asked her if i was her last customer for the night and she said maybe one more maybe not. I snuck her a $50 note and she looked at me with those eyes, i cannot resists please don’t do that. And we parted ways.

Might have been the only one to do what I did

My mates caught me walking out of the house and they assumed i had “fun”, not until i told them about my experience with T that all they told me i might be the only customer to have ever done that.

Everyone came here to have fun, and so i did. I had fun. Just a different kind of fun. I miss T. I kinda want to see her again but it’s an expensive hobby to do so.

I’m leaving for Perth in a couple day’s time and i really hope before i go, i can catch a glimpse of T, just once more.

T, i know you won’t be seeing this here, but you’ve just been extraordinary even though it was short lived. I thank you too for just being right beside me. May you find your true happiness in time to come. You’ve made my night truly amazing. Thank you T. I’ll always remember you

Every day I tell myself that my husband was my own choice so I have to stick it out no matter how difficult it may be but honestly, some days I really feel so exhausted to the point I wish I could just let everything go.

Doesn’t bother about the children

We have two children and one more on the way, and I don’t know if it’s a guy thing that he just doesn’t show it, but he doesn’t seem to be attached to our children at all.

We both work 9 to 5 and unlike me, when he comes home, the first thing he spends time with is his phone.

I’m not against him using his phone. I understand we all need our alone time but I just thought that while the kids are still awake, he could afford to spend sometime with them before they go to bed.

After they do to bed, he can do whatever he wants and I won’t disturb him.

He always says that our kids like to stick to mommy and that they dont want his company.

Although I admit that our children do tend to gravitate towards me, if he doesn’t try to engage them then how are they going to know that their dad’s company can be equally as fun too?

The saddest part is I didn’t use to like kids. In fact I didn’t want any kids and he was the one who kept pushing for us to have our own.

Feels like i’m the only parent

Now that we have our own, it feels like I’m the only one in this by myself. I’m really tired and I really need him to step up before I break down.

Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if I never met my husband.