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Finding a boyfriend

Hello, I am an 18yr bisexual came out to only a few people months ago for context

Where should I try to meet queer people around my age (18-22)? So I’ve talked to a few guys online and it was fun but it was just messing around, I’m trying to find a relationship. the apps seem to suck and the hour that I spent on Grindr proved that to me! But are there actually any guys my age that go to clubs or gay bars (18 is the drinking age of my province). Are there other good places for me to meet younger guys, is there a better way to try meeting someone online? Should I wait to get into university and try finding someone there?

I really want to meet someone but the options online seem to suck and money is a little tight till I get a job so it is already pretty hard to get out there.

I would appreciate any advice!

Guilt over experimenting online

Hello, I am 18M I came to the realization that I was bi a few months ago, and I feel gross and uncomfortable about the experimenting I’ve done online.

I recently decided to explore my sexuality and try 18+ Role-play subreddits and Grindr never did any thing in real life. I chatted and did erotic role play with a few people and it was fun. But now I am left with a feeling of guilt. It is the only way I would be able to experiment with people in private and now I feel really dirty I did it a couple times off and on and now the guilt has surmounted and I don’t know what to do. A lot of the time I didn’t know what the other person on the other side looked like, they could of been over three times my age and I would never know and I trusted people on their word. I fear it will affect my future career someday. now I feel disgusted with myself!

What should I do? I feel I need someone to talk to but don’t have access to it.

Hello, I am 18M I came to the realization that I was bi a few months ago, and I feel gross and uncomfortable about the experimenting I’ve done online.

I recently decided to explore my sexuality and try 18+ Role-play subreddits and Grindr never did any thing in real life. I chatted and did erotic role play with a few people and it was fun. But now I am left with a feeling of guilt. It is the only way I would be able to experiment with people in private and now I feel really dirty I did it a couple times off and on and now the guilt has surmounted and I don’t know what to do. A lot of the time I didn’t know what the other person on the other side looked like, they could of been over three times my age and I would never know and I trusted people on their word. I fear it will affect my future career someday. now I feel disgusted with myself!

What should I do? I feel I need someone to talk to but don’t have access to it.

Hello,

I am going into a Bachelor’s of Public Safety and Justice next year and a big part near the end of the degree is field placements and I haven’t been able to talk to any one at the university about how they work yet.

Do they count as a part of a job application towards a department because they would put you into the field?

Are they with the EPS or the RCMP? If both do you choose or is it random?

What do you actually do during the placement for hands on experience and connection building?

Can you ask to be placed in a certain type of work like investigations or something like that?

If you’re in or have been in one these field placements or just know a lot about how they work any information would be appreciated, thank you.

Hello, I am an 18M for context

So I feel it is hard for me to be openly bi,because it often catches people off guard when I mention I think a guy is cute or something like that because it either catches them off guard or they think I am joking I wouldn’t call myself closeted if someone asked me I would tell them but I find it hard to actually tell people and most people just don’t realize it because I apparently come off as being really straight( I like a lot of guy stuff like working with cars, hunting and sports)

This just feels weird to me because it just leads to to a lot awkward situations, just the other day one of my friends was talking about how she likes skinner twinks with messy hair, and I said yeah their hot and she just looked at me confused and said you know twinks are guys right as if it was really hard to think of me as bi or being in a gay realtionship.

It leads me to feel it would be really hard to actually go out and flirt with a guy because I don’t know how I could signal that I also like guys to someone I like, it just feels weird because either way it feels odd trying to express myself because if I say or talk about my Bi-ness it makes people think I am joking or it confuses them making it awkward and if I don’t it makes me feel like I am hiding a part of my self.

Has anyone else experienced something like this is there a way I could signal being bi without it being awkward?

Hello, I’ve started saving up for a new car and I’m hoping to get an EV in the next couple of years when I have enough money.

I’ve recently just noticed how far behind legacy brands are behind of the some of the Chinese ones coming to Canada like BYD, Xiaomi and Geely, the idea of China dominating the car market is worrying to me as a consumer.

Mostly because of how far behind companies like Subaru, Ford, Dodge/Ram and Honda are, like the CEO of Ford drives a Xiaomi car right now, and said the company relies on not competing with the Chinese EV renaissance

The EVs that are offered by these brands usually are solely SUV models and don’t offer the same charging times, range, affordability, range of body styles and models as the new Chinese cars have. I assume that the new competition will force companies to change and innovate but that takes time.

Hopefully this leads to some interesting changes but I wonder how much of this is going to shake the industry even with the USA still gatekeeping the cars that come out of it will be interesting to see.