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jacobm18
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PathStep 1 Compassion hearts20 Forum posts4 Forum upvotes1 Current upvotes1 Age GroupAdult Last activeMarch, 2026 Member sinceApril 19, 2020
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Feeling lonely
Relationship Stress / by jacobm18
Last post
 March 12th
...See more I am currently in a relationship, but it’s long distance. I’m also currently in nursing school and I’m one of the only men in The cohort it’s me 2 men and 23 women. I have no problem with that everyone is nice. However, because it’s a lot of women, I’m starting to feel like there’s not much I get out of my relationship after hearing all their stories with their boyfriends. My girlfriend lives in another country and in her culture there’s a lot more boundaries than in western cultures and I thought it was something I can adapt to but in the long run it’s just something that’s really eating me alive. I try to think of the blessings out of it, for example her Family literally treats me like their own son. But it makes me a little angry that they actually believe that you’re gonna go to *** if you stay the night at each other’s house before marriage I believe that beliefs like that need to be Controlled.. People who may have a religion and believe that stuff I have nothing against you personally so please don’t get offended I am just against the whole system. I believe to an extent every religion is technically a cult and people are just brainwashed to follow it Religion just tears people apart I believe in God but I will never live my life strictly without a prize
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Cultural barrier
Relationship Stress / by jacobm18
Last post
 March 10th
...See more hello there, there’s just something I wanna share with a relationship. I’m I’m in a long distance relationship with someone from Indonesia. First of all I really love her and her family And I even liked their culture. However, there’s one big thing that I don’t like. I don’t like the boundaries that we have to have that you don’t have in western cultures. It makes me so angry it’s like I don’t want to sound like a person to judge others but I take logic first over everything and I know many cultures are not like that. Indonesia is a Muslim country and besides religion Indonesia is a country where you represent your whole community. I’m the person that will never live like that Maybe I’m spoiled with my American freedom but I just feel like there’s more I need to be getting in this relationship. I’m currently in nursing school and I hear about how these girls treat their boyfriends and it makes me so mad because I should be getting that too. I have social anxiety that’s really bad and I can’t meet people in person even if I could. I’m not in the right place to meet people. I just wish I was able to do more with my girlfriend.. We’ve been together for almost 2 years and when I first was getting with her I thought it was something that I can handle but in the long run I just realised that I didn’t get what I expected out of this. It’s not that I don’t love her I do but I don’t like the way we have to do things
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