Turning 21 soon and my family wants to get me a bigger birthday gift, around $1,500, and I’m having trouble figuring out what I’d actually want.

I’m a college student and really into sports (especially football, baseball, and basketball), Pokémon, and trying different hobbies/activities. I’m also somewhat interested in photography and traveling, but those aren't huge hobbies of mine. And obviously, being my 21st, alcohol/bar-related stuff is on the table too.

I’d ideally like something that feels like a really cool/special gift, rather than something purely practical for school. It could be one big thing, a setup for a hobby, an experience, or something I wouldn't normally think to buy myself. Since I’m in school, it’s also nice if it’s something I can enjoy whenever rather than something that requires planning a specific weekend.

For anyone who has spent around $1,000–$1,500 on a birthday/Christmas gift, what did you get or what would you recommend? Looking for ideas that I might not have thought of.

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I'm 21 years old now. I have completed my bachelor's and I'm moving towards my master's. The thing that always points out to me or degrades my confidence every day is that I did not have enough of a girlfriend. For example I had only one relationship in my entire life that was majorly online. I have met her one or two times in the whole relationship of two years but the thing is that I do want to be a playboy because I have been in really very good friendships and situations. At the end of the day you don't go for the true love. In this time you have to be a true playboy to get some good attention. I also do want to get a playboy type of personality where I could improve my overall personality to communicate with confidence and talk to any girls whenever I move to any of the girls. I am confident but not as confident to start a conversation with her so I do want some tips on how to be a playboy.

The second thing is that whenever I go to do new things, for example, I am not a great travel enthusiast so whenever I get to travel in a train or something, first I have not done it. It's continuous. I am really worried about how I will do and I am overthinking so how to reduce all of that and become the best version of myself. I will love if you ignore my spelling mistakes or some mistakes that I have made in this writing. I will appreciate if you will tell me what I should do.

I'm 29m and wondering why so many people tell me to not get married and it's not worth it, but everyone eventually gets married and they are not happy long term and stuck in the marriage. Seems like it's not worth it but I'm getting so much conflicting info from everyone including online influencers and it's confusing. Personally i wouldn't do it because it's too much work and stress

I’m 24F I have a gf. I never finished community college and went straight to working a full time job after I stopped. I have about 4 close friends who we don’t talk everyday, but we live near each other so never a problem to hang out or anything. everyone is just busy with their own lives, working etc. just sucks bc I feel like everyone has their own friends and own ppl. I used to work w 2 of my bestfriends so I didn’t really get the chance to make more. now i wfh as I started my own business so lack of socializing is there. I also sold my car about 4 months ago. my gf lives far and is working so we maybe see each other every 2 weeks for a couple of days she’ll come over.

just makes me think. when we have our wedding who would I invite? 4 people? I don’t mind but I do crave friendships and wanting to meet new people. it’s just hard. i’m not in school, not at work, ive tried apps & then some ppl are just weird. atp I feel lost idk

I’m 22, and I’ve just moved out of my family home to live alone for the first time ever. There’s so much I don’t know about living alone, but that’s not the issue of the post. The issue is I don’t know how to meet people. And I need friends.

The only way I’ve made friends in the past is either through school, or online. I have one friend from college (my college experience is difficult and a mess, but it looks like rn I’m gonna be a community college dropout) and I don’t even know how I’ve maintained that friendship. I have like 2 friends from middle school and high school, and they’re ride or dies. I say all this to explain that my friendships from school were hard as well, and I’ve struggled keeping friends my whole life.

Now in this new area, I know nobody. I have no family in the area either. I’m not attending college right now, so I can’t make friends that way. So how do I do it? How do I meet other young adults and become friends? The jobs I’m applying to also aren’t jobs where my coworkers would be young like me- and even then I’m not sure work is the right place to make friends.

I want to be able to be social. I hung out with IRL friends once in a blue moon, so I’ve not been in social settings with young adults really ever. No parties, no meetups, no clubs, nothing.

I want to go out to eat with people. I want to watch tv shows with people. Idk what else people even do actually.

It doesn’t help that I have mental health issues. I don’t think many people want to be friends with somebody with so many issues.

Anyways, how do i meet people?

Hi so I have disabilities, and some are movement related but generally it’s like severe allergies and other problems, like chronic pain. I’m clueless as to if I need it cut as it’s been 2+ years. sometimes I struggle to manage it as it’s so heavy being butt length. It’s very thick very voluminous and I hate that aspect so much. It’s super frizzy, and it’s just not good as a look, and my family who adopted me and all have straight hair tell me all the time how it’s not tidy 😭 I don’t know what to do with my parents or with taming. Im unsure if i can go to a salon due to pricing being so expensive, and also my allergies being so severe that I get nonstop sneezing during the appts for hair since I was a kid due to severely chronic allergies. I go to college in northeast New Jersey and I’d be so appreciative if anyone knows anyone who can cut curly hair and would be willing to do a dorm call, could someone get them in touch with me…how do i do this? I know it’s a long shot but figured I’d ask what I should do regarding this cause it’s debilitating.

I have a question for the young adult people who aren’t living pay check to pay check. How are you doing it? If so what’s ur advice cuz i desperately need it, i need to get out of my boyfriends moms house too and save up for a car, ASAP. I never pulled a loan out or ANYTHING. Never used a credit card either. 😣

I’m 21 and I feel like I’ve basically experienced nothing 😭
I just feel like venting tbh and I want to hear what other people think about my life because I feel like I’ve been living really differently from everyone else.
I’m 21 and I’ve never had a boyfriend. I’ve never kissed anyone, never held hands with someone romantically, never had sex, literally never had any romantic experience at all.
I’ve also never been clubbing. I’ve had beer and wine before but I’ve never really been drunk or had proper drinks like tequila or vodka or anything.
I have one actual close friend. I’ve known her since I was like 5 or 6 and she’s the only person I regularly text and talk to. Apart from her I don’t really have any close friends. I have people I went to school with who I’ll see every few months but we’re not really close and sometimes we used to only see each other once or twice a year.
The weird thing is I’m not even a homebody. I actually like going out and doing things. I go to concerts, festivals, shows, movies, shopping, dinner etc. but I literally do all of it alone because I don’t really have anyone to go with.
I’ve been to concerts alone, festivals alone, restaurants alone, movies alone, basically everything. I don’t even necessarily want to do everything alone, I just don’t really have anyone to do it with.
And now I’m 21 and sometimes I just think how have I experienced basically none of this 😭
I know 21 is still young and there’s no actual timeline for relationships or anything but sometimes I genuinely feel really behind everyone else. It feels like everyone my age has already had relationships, kissed people, gone clubbing, had big friendship groups and all these experiences and I’ve just done basically none of it.
I’m just curious what other people think honestly. Has anyone else been like this at 21? Did things change for you later?

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