Edna Bishop

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 10, 2026

Honestly I think my neighbors actually like being heard through these thin walls

It’s honestly weird. I can hear my neighbors being so loud during their private moments that there’s no way they don’t realize the whole building hears it. Every time it happens I just sit there thinking about it. Do they genuinely not care. Or is being heard actually part of it for them.
I’m not even angry. Just confused. Whenever I remember how thin the walls are I automatically lower my voice or turn the TV down. It’s a reflex. But with them it feels like that switch just doesn’t exist. Maybe some people really move through life without thinking about anyone around them. I honestly don’t know. It definitely makes living here… awkward.

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 10, 2026

My husband was cheating on me with my best friend and I accidentally got him arrested…

I (31 female) am telling this story about my now husband (32 male) about 5 months after the truth came out. I feel the need to protect my husband and my relationship so I haven’t told my friends or most of my family but I have felt the urge to share my story because it’s quite insane so buckle up.
5 months ago, my friend stormed into my apartment first thing in the morning, he screamed through the place that my husband was a lying, cheating piece of shit and I needed to know the truth. At this point we had been married for over a year and, as it turned out, my friend was dating the woman my husband (then boyfriend) cheated on me with.
Turns out, the summer before we got engaged, my husband had a 3 month affair with a coworker of his (mid 20s female). The real kicker? The entire time by husband was encouraging me to befriend this girl because “we’re so similar and would get along so well.” Well he was partially right and this girl became my best friend for the next year. To the point that she lived with us for a couple weeks then moved into an apartment in our complex just across the car park.
I know now that the affair ended 9 days before my husband and I were engaged when they hoo

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 10, 2026

Anyone remember the optimism around the Arab spring

I remember being in middle school learning about the Arab spring as it was happening and then in high school about the reasons for the protests yet I find it kinda sad how it didn’t change much. Egypt and Tunisia seem to be under a dictatorship more authoritarian, corrupt and as incompetent than the previous governments. Syria just ended(?) a civil war yet the country is in shambles and parts of the country are still in war, the gulf states are still under theoretical monarchy. Only nation I can think of that’s improved has been Lebanon.
Kinda sad a movement of so much optimism and hope turned into nothing but conflicts.

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 10, 2026

My husband is not my soulmate

Me (28F) and my husband (36M) got married 6 years ago. We have a very happy life and I feel so lucky. we rarely argue and have two beautiful children together but he is not my soulmate. I love him, but I know deep down there are people out there who would be more compatible for me. I feel like our souls are on different levels if that makes any sense. I don’t plan on leaving him and know we are going to continue to have an amazing life together, but he’s just not my soulmate.

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 10, 2026

Starting a business

My buddy just started a painting business as a side gig and he asked me to help him get it off the ground. I’ve never painted houses but I paint battleships for work so I’m pretty experienced. The conditions are: I have to find the work.
I’m looking for advice on how to grow this business as far as advertising and presentation goes. Any help is appreciated!

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 10, 2026

How to respond to jokes or being teased?

When people would tease me I would just awkwardly smile back. I don’t know what else to say back to it. I get when ppl are joking just idk how to respond.
What should I do then?

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 10, 2026

Did anyone else only notice things got better after they already did?

I didn’t have a big moment where I realized life was improving. It just slowly hit me that my days felt lighter, my routine felt easier, and I wasn’t overthinking every little thing anymore. Nothing dramatic changed, it just happened over time.
I’m curious if anyone else has noticed something like this, where you only realize you’re doing okay when you compare how the same day would’ve felt a while ago.

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 9, 2026

Do people still wear evening gowns/dresses to the opera?

I’m going to the opera for the first time in a couple of months and I really want to wear a floor length evening dress, but I don’t know if people still wear black tie to the opera and I don’t want look like a right twat, or like an uncultured person who overdresses for things.
Would I look out of place in formalwear? This is the dress, for reference. https://clubllondon.com/products/ariana-pink-cross-neck-maxi-dress-with-cape-cl136074322
Thanks everyone! I did look at the opera subreddit but it was full of Americans and their ideas about dress codes and appropriate attire can be different.
I thought this would be a good place to get some relevant British opinions lol

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 9, 2026

Community Signal

ClubHub wächst weiter – kassem hat gerade wieder ein neues Gesicht in die Crew geholt.

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 9, 2026

Lounge Talk

ClubHub-Couch ist frei: jemand Bock gemeinsam den nächsten GVT-Post zu knacken?

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 9, 2026

I'm giving them one more week

Okay, fuck it...
Last year, I came home from the military. My country has a draft, and my parents, both former naval officers, innundated me with sickly sweet encouragement about what a great time I'm gonna have, but would hesitate the moment I'd ask about trying to get an exemption. I was almost going to, but having just gone 18, I wasn't in any state to say no.
Well, instead of being like summer camp, that year ended in a fucking seizure from being so overworked, my body gave out. So they feel intense regret, but don't know what to do with it, I try to appreciate the constant "little things" from my parents, but my dad will sit with me, hear about that year, cry, but then still ask if I got to use any cool guns.
My mother does modelling, it's already awkward enough when she drags me out on trips she's hoping will be entertaining and I have to explain that she's my mother, not my fucking wife, and then she's scrolling through her photos and says I look like a badass in a uniform, I don't know why either of them think the way they're acting is appropriate.
I genuinely can not take this constant cycle of getting mad at them, them feeling genuinely awful, wanting to make up for it, not knowing how, getting mad at them and then feeling guilt for getting mad.
I'm giving them one week. Either they can genuinely help make this year a good one, unlike the last, like they promised, or I'm leaving the goddamn country.

Edna Bishop

@whitesnake994755 · Jan 9, 2026

New year plans are always fail?

My new plan is, like I thought I would go to the gym every day from 1st Jan, but I don't feel like I am going anymore. Anytips What should I do?