I have been together with my GF for 3 years. In October I bought an expensive ring and asked her to marry me. Things were going well until there were some twists and turns in our professional lives and we postponed the wedding. This all caused a lot of fights. Two days before Christmas she gave me the ring back and we broke up.

A week passed and we got back together, but we decided not to be engaged anymore. All through January, we were awkward with each other, we barely spoke and I felt like we wouldn’t last long. I decided to sell the ring, I didn’t see the need to keep it to remind me of something that didn’t work out and I could use the money to buy something useful.

In February things settled between us and we are getting back on track. On the 14th, I planned a romantic dinner and we exchanged gifts. The next day, She said she felt a little disappointed that she didn’t get her engagement ring back. I said that I had already sold the ring 3 weeks ago and that caused a big fight.

She says I’m a irresponsible BF for selling the ring without consulting her. I disagree because she gave me the ring back so it was mine and we weren’t getting married in the near future. I vented about it to a few friends, most of them thought I was too insensitive and should have told them that I planned to sell the ring.

Here are what netizens think:

• Could it be that she sees you selling the engagement ring as giving up on the entire relationship when you two had gotten back together?

• This is just a clear case of not having the same expectations of each other. You are right, it’s your ring, you can sell it. She is valid to feel like this should have been communicated. Ultimately it sounds like this relationship is really not going to work in the long run so it’s prob best for both of you to cut your losses now.

• you bought the ring and she gave it back to you it is your property to sell. Also this sounds like a relationship that shouldn’t move forward. Sounds like a lot of fights. Might be time to move on

I’m 17 have a little sister who’s 12. Our family just moved about a month ago so we both had to change schools, cause my parents could not really send us that far and they are always overly worried.

It’s been alright for me so far but my sister’s been struggling to make new friends as she tends to be shy and quiet around new people. To make matters worse, my sister’s teacher decided the other day to point this out in front of their whole class.

He made her and another girl who was also on the shy side stand up and come to the front of the class to announce that they would be receiving special “mentors”, who were just older students from the school, to help them come out of their shells and deal with their “home and family problems”.

He did this without talking to my parents first. My sister was mortified and came home in tears that day, she said the whole day she could hear people whispering and staring at her.

My parents were a little pissed that he didn’t talk to them first but said it wasn’t a big deal and just emailed the teacher saying that she wouldn’t be needing a “special mentor”.

I however was incensed, so the other day when I went to pick up my sister after school, I marched right into her classroom after everyone had left and it was just him and another teacher in the room and really gave him a piece of my mind.

He got really quiet and apologized and left. Later, he emailed my parents and said he didn’t appreciate being yelled at by a teenager in front of his colleague and that he wanted to address any miscommunications in a civil manner.

My parents were furious at me but honestly, it was worth it to me, if even just to show my sister an example of how to stand up for herself.

My boyfriend and I have been together for over a year. A few months ago we moved in with one another. My partner earns a lot more than me but got himself into a lot of debt when we broke up briefly prior to moving in together by going on a drinking spree (if it matters I was the one who left him, for different reasons). When we got back together and agreed to move in with each other he was adamant that we take a fancy apartment, which I thought was a waste of money. We ended up taking something cheaper, but even when just paying for myself, the cost is still double monthly what I was paying for in my old apartment (for him it’s cut his living costs by half).

In the midst of things – my partner has been very stressed about money. It’s become all he talks about. I sympathise with this as he does work hard so he’s not a ‘bum’. He spends most his time indoors, depressed and drinking cheap wine. Accordingly, I’ve ended up paying all of our bills (including food and all other expenses), and I’ve been transferring big chunks of money weekly to help him pay off his debts. He always says he’ll pay me back some of it on payday and that he’ll look for a better-paid job but never does. I’ve lost a lot of my savings supporting him this way and I can’t afford it long term as I’m not a big earner myself.

The other day, I went out with friends and he proceeded to ignore me for three days straight afterwards – as in every time I tried to approach him he told me to F off & wouldn’t speak with me. I have attachment issues and ended up getting (admittedly) very upset and angry and yesterday I screamed that he just uses me as a cash cow. He went mental and ended up sending me a list of 20 things he hates about me (some very personal, and quite frivolous, like the fact I’m from a low-class background) and said that he’s moving out.

My friends say I’m in the right but I can’t help but feel I was nasty in saying this, especially because he’s been so honest about how his financial situation is impacting his mental health. 

A confession message was sent to Singaporean Uncensored by an anonymous man stating how he contracted COVID-19 after he visited a “massage lady” and warn others not to visit illegal establishments.

Here is the message:

As much as I want to keep quiet about this, I have to share this message with all the men or women out there who frequent this kind of service.

This happened on Feb 17, I was feeling a bit “needy” and I went online and booked a woman located along Thomson road. During our intense exercise session, both the “chicken” and I was in the moment and it felt really good.

We kissed each other which is normally considered taboo in the industry and even worse now during the pandemic.

After enjoying my massage, I was happy and went home.

Two days later (Feb 19), here I am sending you my message of shame. A light line appeared on my ART test kit beside the solid line and I was getting sore throat, flu and body aches.

I was in disbelief, thinking the light line is because of a faulty kit and I did a second test which showed a single line. To play safe, I went to queue at a clinic near my home, after 2 hours It was finally my turn and the results were positive.

In my heart, I was thinking… Did I give it to the “chicken” or did the “chicken” gave it to me.

To all the men and women out there who might or are thinking to procure this kind of service I think it’s best we avoid them.

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