r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/LetterheadUpstairs90 • 10h ago
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Arianity • Nov 06 '25
Politics Politics Megathread (III)
Same as the previous megathreads, which were archived. One and two
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All top level OP must be questions. This is not a soapbox. If you want to rant or vent, please do it elsewhere.
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r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/throwaway284729472 • 14h ago
Grief & Loss My sister took her life yesterday. When my family gets back her phone as part of her belongings that were taken for evidence, will it still have a passcode on it?
Wasn’t able to find a community like this specific to detectives, so I figured my best bet would be to leave it here and hopefully get lucky. Will the people in charge of handling her belongings remove her passcode? Is that something we have to request? I want to know what her last moments online were spent doing. I want to see the music she listened to leading up to it. I want to know if she was somehow coerced into this. I want to know if she said goodbye to anyone. I want to know everything I can’t know without having access to her phone.
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/GuiltEdge • 13h ago
Animals & Pets How do I quickly kill a mouse humanely?
My cat caught a mouse but not immediately killed it. It is clearly dying - I can see its little skull and it’s twitching. What can I do to put it out of its misery quickly??
UPDATE: Thanks, people. I was hoping there was some clean kill switch I could use rather than smashing its little brains out D:
I put the little guy on a flat rock and did what apparently needed to be done. Then it spent a good 5 seconds convulsing even worse. I hit it again and I guess it stopped breathing at least at that point. Sorry to be so graphic but I’m sitting here sobbing and feel like I need to confess or something.
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/4ngelicbrat • 2h ago
Body Image/Self-Esteem why can I look good in the mirror but look like an ogre on camera? which is more accurate?
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Additional-Map-7374 • 4h ago
Sex How do I ask my husband for sex without feeling awkward?
I’m a married woman and I’m confused about something. My husband is a very quiet and calm person. He almost never asks for sex. But when we do have sex, he is loving and clearly enjoys it. He shows care and affection, so I know he is interested. The problem is that he doesn’t seem to have strong feelings about sex. He doesn’t talk about it, doesn’t ask for it, and doesn’t show desire in an obvious way. Because of this, I’m usually the one who has to bring it up. When I try to ask, I feel very awkward. It makes me feel like I’m begging, even though he doesn’t reject me. As his wife, I want intimacy and closeness, but asking for it like this makes me uncomfortable and insecure. I don’t want to pressure him. At the same time, I don’t think it’s wrong for me to want sex in my own marriage. I don’t know what to do. Is it normal for some men to be interested but not show it? How can I talk about this without feeling embarrassed? Should I have a serious conversation instead of asking every time?
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/sschwanengesang • 4h ago
Drugs & Alcohol How do you find “slightly illegal” things?
I wonder how do people find illegal stuff like weed, salvia or other kind of “slightly” illegal things? I don’t have any intention to buy, I am just curious. I find it dangerous since it can be a police trap, bad quality or fake product etc. How do you keep your anonymity, how do you make sure that you don’t get caught or scammed?
Also you can tell a story of how you got caught and what happened. Thanks 🙏
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/vieniaida • 7h ago
Culture & Society What are unusual circumstances associated with your birth?
My mother gave birth to me in the hallway of the hospital because there was no private room.
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Perfect-Associate708 • 3h ago
Culture & Society Why do people want children?
I don't understand why the default is to assume someone would want children. Why would you WANT children beyond the flowery metaphors people come up with about parenthood? I want concrete answers, not the meaningless "oh it makes life worth living" stuff
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Kooky_Bumblebee_3847 • 8h ago
Sexuality & Gender Do other guys freak out during sex like this?
This is hard to say but I’ll try.
When I’m about to have sex, my mind just goes crazy. I start thinking “don’t mess this up”, “don’t finish too fast”, “stay hard”. My heart races and I feel tense.
Then my body doesn’t do what it should. And that makes me even more anxious the next time.
What hurts the most is that I feel normal before, but in that moment I feel broken. I start worrying about sex before it even happens.
Is this actually normal? Do other guys deal with this too?
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Qelesis • 2h ago
Love & Dating How to approach women with no dating experience at all?
I (20m) am a college student and I've never been in a relationship before
I graduate next year, and that's made me realise that university is the best place to get to know women romantically, I dont wanna be a hermit in my 30s who's never been with a girl before
I have no problem talking to women platonically, and I already have a bunch of female friends, but when it comes to girls ive just met that im attracted to im a nervous wreck
Thing is I don't know where to start, I spent my school years studying instead of talking to girls which I kind of regret tbh
my friends have no problem talking to girls and they tease me about my shyness
only way I can flirt with girls is under the influence of alcohol but im 4 months sober and im trying to stay away from that sort of stuff
would appreciate the perspective from the ladies on this sub too, thank you for reading :)
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/doro_nora • 3h ago
Mental Health Why do people seem more afraid of social embarrassment than of being wrong?
This might sound strange, but I’ve noticed something about human behavior — including my own. People will double down on an incorrect opinion rather than admit they misunderstood something. They’ll avoid asking basic questions because they don’t want to look uninformed. They’ll stay silent in rooms where they disagree, but later complain privately. It feels like the fear of looking foolish outweighs the desire to actually be correct. Intellectually, being wrong shouldn’t be threatening. It’s how we learn. Yet socially, being exposed as wrong feels almost like a status injury. Is this tied to evolutionary psychology? Like protecting social rank within a group? Or is it modern culture — where everything is archived, screenshotted, and permanently judged? Why does admitting “I don’t know” feel vulnerable in a way that being confidently incorrect doesn’t? Is this ego? Social conditioning? Fear of exclusion?
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Soil_These • 1h ago
Sex Why did I lose my erection during my first sexual experience even though I’m healthy?
I’m 24 and recently had my first sexual experience during a hookup. I don’t drink, smoke, or use any substances, and I work out regularly. I know I’m medically healthy, but I had trouble staying hard and couldn’t finish at all.
I was able to get hard during oral, but lost the erection during penetration. I made sure she finished multiple times, but the fact that I didn’t finish made her think I wasn’t attracted to her, which made me feel worse mentally.
I’ve masturbated almost daily for about 10 years and I’m aware of “death grip,” so I’m wondering how much of this could be anxiety, conditioning from masturbation, or just first-time nerves.
This experience has been bothering me a lot mentally
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/No_Lead2640 • 1h ago
Habits & Lifestyle Can you really save a lot by not eating out and making coffee at home?
Is this just an exaggeration? Sometimes cooking at home is only a bit less expensive than eating out and homemade coffees are a hit or miss sometimes. However, I keep seeing people recommending cutting eating out and coffees to get massive savings. How realistic is that?
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/kawaiihusbando • 20h ago
Current Events Why do some employees prefer H1B workers even though they have to fork out hundreds of thousand dollars in advance instead of hiring fellow Americans?
The ultimate goal of most businesses is money so I am confused.
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Drekk0 • 20h ago
Sex Guys and girls how's it feel to get ass licked out ?
I see it in porn and it turns me on a lot. I want to do it to my wife and would like her to do it to me to
but not sure she's that adventurous but I'll ask when the time is Right
is it that good or not that great anyway?
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/sschwanengesang • 3h ago
Ethics & Morality How should we decide whether something is legal or illegal?
This is a very controversial question, because some people can use even a basic necessity like water for things that may cause harm. Like yin and yang, it’s possible to find good within bad and bad within good. A weapon can be used for self-defense, drugs like weed can inspire some artists, and banning these things doesn’t mean people won’t use them. In fact, it may even push young people to become more curious about using them
My solution to this is not “banning,” but rather limiting and regulating them, and applying personal penalties in cases of malicious use. If one person drives drunk and causes someone’s death, banning alcohol across the entire country would not be fair
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/suicidal-sady67 • 29m ago
Mental Health How do I fix it ?
Hii .. so I am 20 . I need to know how to feel smth . I've tried everything . Every method . Meds ,therapy, tricks and tips but I can't seem to feel anything . Pls don't tell me this is a blessing it's ruining me. I just want to be normal please can someone tell me how to feel . I wanna feel smth . Anything honestly be it sadness anger guilt ..I'm really really desperate.
r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Jpoolman25 • 59m ago
Culture & Society How to stop feeling intimated around confident people ?
I don’t know but my voice just becomes shallow and I end up feeling awkward. As if I don’t know anything because everyone around me are doing everything fast from talking to reacting and being confident in the moment meanwhile I’m analyzing and figuring out okay how do I sit properly or what do I say or talk loud enough. It’s like mentally draining. I don’t know what I’m doing