Awkward

Sex can be a very beautiful thing. It is the ultimate connection of two souls, the beginning of new life, one of the best ways to demonstrate your love for someone. But, let's be honest, it's not really always that. Sex is neither what is portrayed in hallmark movies or in violent and sadistic BDSM porn. A lot of the time it is just a way to feel good and make someone else feel good at the same time. 

That's the goal, but sometimes we are not successful. Sometimes sex is just hella embarrassing. There is so much potential for awkwardness, think about all the fart-like sounds your body can make. The ideal situation is that you do it with someone who makes you comfortable, and you then can both laugh it when you accidentally kick him in the face.

We are all super curious when we are young. The world is full of mysteries and unless somebody explains something to us very early on, we often make our own conclusions. Since children tend to have unlimited imaginations, such conclusions can get very creative. The only unfortunate part is that we may begin to develop our own facts that have no substance, kind of like politicians. Then when we're adults we get to re-learn the things that once seemed so clear to us. It's just one of the many fun parts of growing up.

If your imagination also used to run wild when you were a child, you might find many of these Tweets relatable.

Fetishes come in all shapes and sizes... and safety levels. It's hard to know where they come from. There may be no reason why somebody likes to be smacked, or whipped, or licked. And with the porn industry growing quickly it becomes easier and easier for people to discover what really gets them going. If you think you're into something weird, there's probably a platform for you somewhere that will show you how there are actually thousands of people just like you. As long as somebody's fetish is not going to put someone's life at risk, there's usually no harm. Though it's probably best for you to warn your partner before because they may not be into dressing up as animals, or Hilary Clinton.

Sending emails can be very overwhelming. It feels disturbingly final when you press send, and for those of us who hate proof-reading, it can be such a drag. It's so easy to clarify a mistake over text, but in emails, it's just embarrassing af for some reason. People get judged so much for how they send emails. Do you end it with "yours truly," "best," or "thanks?" What does yours truly even mean? Is this getting too romantic?

It can also be annoying when the effort put into sending an email is not reciprocated by the respondee. But the worst part, of course, is when you send the wrong thing, and it happens literally all the time. It's far too easy! Sometimes I accidentally sit on my phone and then I see that I'm about to send my boss and picture of my roommate's cat. How??

Ah mansplainers, they always show up when they're least expected, or really rather when they're least wanted. It's amazing how 'mansplain' has fully been accepted and incorporated into the general lexicon of most generations (yep, even my dad asks me sometimes, 'Hey, was that mansplaining?'), yet it is still a huge issue that continues to drive people crazy all over the world. I guess defining an issue doesn't end the issue. Good to know... Seriously though, these men can be ruthless, they will mansplain your own name to you, they don't give a f**k.

At least we have Twitter, where survivors of mansplaining instances can come together and roast these relentless men who really had the audacity.

It's kind of funny how every year we get older and realize there were so many things that we didn't need to stress about so much in our past. My father once told me, "If it's not going to matter in 5 years, it doesn't really matter at all," and now I'm beginning to understand what he meant. Sometimes it can feel like older adults don't understand what younger adults are going through, but usually, they can. They literally went through it themselves and came out the other end okay it seems. 

Of course, some things change, and we face different issues from our parents, but some pieces of advice, like many of the ones mentioned in this Reddit thread, will always be applicable.

We all know that feeling: you're up late at night, having trouble falling asleep, and what pops into your head? That moment from last week when you waved back at someone in the grocery store who was waving at someone behind you, and now you'll never be able to show your face in that store again. You'll have to drive three hours now to the next-closest market, but considering you were already driving two towns over after having embarrassed yourself beyond redemption like this at every store in your own metropolitan area, the commute doesn't phase you anymore. Here are some of those everyday embarrassments that make us want to leave society and never return.

Doing the deed is a very intimate thing. A lot of unexpected things can happen that might cause some intense awkwardness. If you're really close with the person you're doing it with, you may be able to laugh it off, or agree to move past it...but sometimes the mood has simply left the chat, and there's no point in trying to rediscover it. We've all been there, the point of no return. Sometimes it's better to just stop and maybe reconvene at a more suitable time.

Whatever the case may be, eventually you will look back and at least think to yourself, "Hey, at least I peaced out before going further," because rest assured it can ALWAYS get worse.

These people shared their 'Peace Out' moments on Reddit, and you might find them relatable, comforting, or you might just thrive in the second-hand embarrassment.

Getting older is a part of life. We're literally constantly aging but some days we feel young and naive and other days we feel like we're well on our way to becoming the old creepy man on the block. The worst thing you can do is compare your accomplishments to someone else, but it can feel good to relate to other people going through the same 'growing pains' as you. The more we normalize aging, the less 'out of touch' we might all feel. After all, each phase of life should be celebrated, as well as laughed at because some of this sh*t is too good.

This Reddit thread is filled with funny relatable moments when people realized they were not getting any younger.

You may not have known this, but men have insecurities too. In fact, every single person in the world does. However, not everybody deals with them in the same way. Some people cannot stop talking about them, and it can get really repetitive and obsessive. Some people go to therapy to face them — probably the healthiest route. Then there are many people who try to overcompensate for them, and it can be so cringe to be around those people. It's like they're putting on a show for you, and you know very well that it's fake, but you have to try to go along with it anyway.

This Reddit thread showcases some of the most obvious ways men try to hide their insecurities, many of these behaviors are probably very familiar to you.

Women are very perceptive. When she sees a man's place for the first time, there isn't a lot that goes unnoticed. Of course, this can be very unnerving for men. But this shouldn't stop them from inviting us over, they would be surprised at how much we notice, but still don't cancel them for. Little things like dirty dishes, unfolded laundry, and messy cabinets are to be expected — we are all still slowly figuring out how to adult. However, there are some things that scream "GET OUT, NOW."

Some things are simply too much, and this Reddit thread outlines a few of the best ones.

Pornography is a very dicey topic. Some people love it, some people think it is single-handily ruining the human experience of sex. I guess most of us are in the middle. But we can all agree that those websites possess a lot of sh*t. Like a lot of sh*t. You can find anything these days. If you think you're fetish is a niche, it's probably not. You can probably find 5,000+ videos of exactly what gets you going, but just remember porn is not reality. Don't be pulling out all those fancy tricks without some CLEAR consent first, alright? Good.

It must be so rewarding to go through 5+ years of university, become an expert in a topic, receive your PhD, all that jazz, and then still continue to get gaslighted by people who know literally nothing about anything. I don't know how these people keep their cool. I guess just knowing that you are extremely intelligent is enough to allow you to resist the urge to explode all over them. Plus, exploding won't change anything, mansplainers are always going to mansplain. We must accept it, it's truly in their nature.

Perhaps the best tactic is just to laugh at them. And what better place than on Twitter?

It usually is a great feeling to learn something new. Yay, more knowledge! More fun facts to share with friends and family! However, sometimes the kind of information you come by is not family-friendly in the slightest, and you have no interest in spreading it around or even thinking about it when you're alone. For every fun fact, there is a very un-fun fact. When we come into possession of such disturbing facts we are given the choice to ruin other people's innocence as well or keep it buried deep inside our mind for eternity.

Well, there's a Reddit thread that encourages people to share the creepy facts they wish they didn't know, and people definitely delivered. Don't say I didn't warn you!

Being a woman, we have to deal with a lot of BS. We know that there are men out there who will take one look at us and be unable to hold themselves back from mansplaining the most obscure sh*t to us, and we basically just have to take it. If we try to clap back, their fragile egos might not be able to take it.

Now that I think of it, a good question to measure who will be a good mate could be: What are your thoughts on mansplaining?

Their answer will say a lot. *Warning though, they may mansplain mansplaining to you.

These weekly mansplaining Tweets really show how many women had their patience tested this past week. Stay strong girlies. Our cute little brains probably can't take much more.

America likes to think that their culture is superior and nothing that they do is weird at all. They expect that everybody looks up to them from other countries and that they are basically the best in every way shape and form. As an American, I don't think I'm very qualified to be the one to burst this bubble, so I'll let Redditors do it for me.

People on Reddit are sharing the weird things that Americans do that they initially thought were just silly stereotypes from films and such, but are actually very true. Some of these cultural norms are less flattering than others.