So since the beginning of this year my ex has been blocking and unblocking me. A month or two will pass then he will unblock me, text me for a few weeks, just to block me afterwards. The most recent of this situation he had began flirting, which I didn't care for it, i ignored that.. because in the past he had a tendency to mess with my feelings. I'm not sure if he's just trying to see if I have a reaction or what? We haven't dated in more than 4 years, I haven't genuinely had feelings for him for that long as well, and we only got back in contact 1 year ago (which has been on and off). I've been meaning to confront him about it but didn't bother, but since it's been going on like this for months i feel like i might need to?

Have made several posts in the past. I have been into series of relationship and none worked out. was either betrayed,cheated on and beaten up...The longest was about 3yrs with a guy ,he was caring at the beginning of our relationship untill i later discovered that my best friend is sleeping with him for real in which i caught them and all i got from my ex-bf was a dash of slaps and beat from him...I cried and planned not having any relatioonship again untill my grandma adviced me that its not the end of life,so i am giving this a trial and hoping to find someone with cute heart.
I was 5 years old when i lost my mother, and I lost my father on my 20th birthday 💔💔 that’s so sad and very heartbroken .. have never been happy I don’t think have experienced happiness 😪😭
I had a failed suicide attempt early this year, since then I've been trying my best to stay positive. I eat healthily, exercise regularly, sleep 8 hours a day, but I feel like I'm burning out. I don't know how long I can hold on.
used to think I would be happy person without marrying sômeone. I thought I should focus on my career first before trying to find someone... However, loneliness is sabotaging that belief. The older I get, the more lonely I become lol... And when I am lonely, my heart throbs, my body runs out of energy and I will end up lying there feeling empty…. everything seems boring.
When I am alone, I think of the bad memories I had And I become sad. My whole body loses energy so fast ,Most of my friends have a partner . Some just busy with work and everytime I wanna reach out, none is beside... That time, I realize I need someone...yes, this is embarrassing but I need someone to help me feel happy in this life
And now I’m seeking for a caring man , supportive someone capable of taking care of me and spoiling me , someone who can give to support me , someone that would make me feel like a woman. Spend time together, a man who is truthful and trustworthy.. I sell toys for kids that’s what I do to earn a living
About me personally: I pride myself on being very sweet, kind, and caring. I do a lot for the people I love, I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I'm very empathetic. I'm also smart, thoughtful, and a deep thinker. I appreciate emotional maturity , want kids, commitment. I'm a hopeless romantic so I'm looking for the real deal, someone who is ready to build a life with me.
If you know you're not ready for a serious relationship, please don't waste my time, because l've had enough hurt my life.
Also, please be sure to attach a photo of yourself if you message me and I’ll send mine too

To give you all some detail, this girl was a friend of mine and three other girls, my real best friends. The girl had hurt us multiple times in the past physically and emotionally, once punching one of them, I'll call her Q, for fun and breaking her glasses, but these last few months she went way too far.
To cut this short, a few weeks ago she was trying to annoy one of my friends who I'll call K, K told her to stop and tried to push her away and accidentally hit her with a box. G, the ex-best friend, gave us the silent treatment like many times before and we dropped her. This wasn't the first time she gave us the silent treatment for something she caused and came back like nothing happened. This is where we might be the jerks, G had multiple times SA'd/SH'd one of us, a girl I'll call J, by basically spooning her against her will and rubbing her thigh without consent. We have multiple videos and photos of these incidents. Before I dropped her as a friend though I sent her a text asking why she was giving me, J, Q and K the silent treatment and she said "They were being mean to me.". That's when I told her we were dropping her and to be honest we all felt as if a weight was lifted off our shoulders.
We are currently trying to decide wether to tell our principle about these incidents, with J's consent of course, but we are not sure. With all this said, are we the jerks here?

So my boyfriend(41M) and I (28F) have been dating for 4 months. We’re very serious and I love him. I feel like it was honestly love at first sight. Our lives work so well together, our goals and our children are all in align with what WE want. When I first met him he told me his ex wife left him 3 years ago, and he was heart broken the first year and the last 2 he’s just been openly dating not taking anyone serious. He talks about the divorce and heart break often, but I didn’t mind at first because it was me getting to know him, how he thinks, and learning about his emotions. Recently I got a feeling that maybe he wants her back since he talks about it so much. He instantly shot it down and told me yeah it wasn’t his decision to end their marriage and he feels that she was wrong for leaving him but that opened his eyes to what a bad person she was (through the divorce terms and the way she cares for the children now, or doesn’t for that matter :/)
So fast forward to now, he talks about us being married a lot.. like asking me when I feel is too soon.. how would much would I expect him to spend on a ring and the reception.. how would our lives be when permanently merging families into one house.. all of that and much more.
So today he tells me he recently met a guy through his mutual friends and they became friends on social media.. and he’s been giving the guy marital advice on what not to do with his wife based on the mistakes he feels like he made.. like it was ALOT. So much advice for a person you just met?? And it instantly DISGUSTED me and made me remember when he told me he felt like he did something right by being the first person in his generation of his family to be married and have a family and now that that’s gone after 13 years he feels like the rest of them. So now I feel like his goal is to use me right his wrongs.. Idk.. I wanna ask him, but it making me uncomfortable to try and voice that when I’ve never thought twice about voicing anything to him no matter the situation!

I’m currently 32 weeks pregnant. I have an almost 4yo from my previous relationship. My ex was a very absent parent from day 1. He came around a few hours a week and paid about half of what he should’ve been paying for child support. He never bothered to learn how to do any basic childcare like diapers. If you’re familiar with the Bridgerton book series, he basically treated my son and me the way Simon’s father treated Simon and the people he hired to look after Simon.
Then, he got a bee in his bonnet and decided to sue me for custody. I was served the day before the gender reveal. He suddenly wants 50/50 and final decision-making (because he lives 45 minutes away - in good road conditions, and yes he was the one who moved - so making his city the home base is the only way he can even remotely afford 50/50…even then though, he still can’t). So now I obviously have to pay a lawyer to fight him. Because of his actions before and during all of this, I’m also paying a therapist - completely on my dime - to support LO because he can’t afford to help.
Here’s the thing though. I’m in Canada, so I was supposed to get a 1-year mat leave at 55% of my pay. It was doable before lawyer fees, but I’m already $3500 deep. My lawyer is writing up an offer (which is nearly identical to the one I offered him last summer that he refused despite it being exactly what he said he wanted), but by the time he’s done that and gets it sent off I’ll be almost $5000 in. Then the therapy is $150/hr (he’s going weekly right now, with a parent session happening every 4-6 child sessions, so about $750/month). So I’m now looking at going back to work at 6 weeks pp.
This is not how my last pregnancy was supposed to go. This is not how my last maternity leave was supposed to go. I’m heartbroken. I’m having self-destructive thoughts. I can’t afford therapy for myself because I’m too busy paying for everything else. I’m drowning. My partner and family are great but none of us are well-off enough for this. I feel so disconnected from this pregnancy no matter what I do to try to move past it.
I don’t know how to cope.

First of all, went on a date with a guy. We had a great time but I was telling my friend I got “cheap” vibes from him but I decided to ignore this feeling.
The second date he comes over.
He asked if wanted food or drink. Told him to bring over some wine….. we only finished one bottle & he ended up taking the other bottle back. I don’t know, but me, when I bring something over, it’s yours unless discussed other wise. So I just thought it was a little tacky. And there were 2 corks on the counter, so like, did you take an opened bottle ?
On top of this,
I find out he lives at home with his parents. (Says he’s on a lease with an ex he doesn’t speak to anymore so he can’t apply for his own spot)
He’s 41 years old.
He’s a cool guy but I’m thinking about cutting him off.
Help me out here. Am I being too shallow!? Maybe I’m not thinking clearly

I've been posting here for a while (you can check my post history if you want) but I was wondering what that means specifically? What were the boundaries they crossed for you? Did that lead to the relationship ending / you realizing they have BPD / etc?

My mom got an extremely abnormal text message from a close family friend (I’ll call her Jennifer) at 5AM saying she was leaving to Mexico to see her father and asking her to watch 2 of her 3 children at her home overnight/indefinitely. What’s weird is that:

• The message was all in English which my mom checked and she’d never written to my mom in English. Jennifer posts on Facebook in English sometimes because she’s a runner with many English speaking friends, but I know she speaks Spanish whenever she has the option.
• She never mentioned this to my mom or anyone.
• She’s only ever gone to Mexico once before to be a bridesmaid in a wedding near her father, but never went again after that.
• She doesn’t have the money for this and is typically very frugal. She’s a divorced single mother of 3. 2 of the 3 children have had mental issues, some severe that have cost her a lot to treat.
• She’s estranged from much of her family and her relationship with her ex husband is very poor. She coparents neutrally but he’s shown consistent animosity towards her.
• She hasn’t asked my mom to watch her kids in over 10 years. The two in her home are adults or near adulthood.

I’ve been digging as much as I could and this is what I’ve found from messages to my mom and social media without tipping off her kids that we’re concerned.

• The messages went from long and in English to short and in Spanish. They give surface level context-appropriate info about her family. Just enough to seem like her or someone who she was acquainted with.
• A note was written on her calendar at home saying she’d be back from Mexico in 10 days.
• She dates somewhat actively, but has never brought a man around her kids. However, she has had one man over to the house at some point in the past when her kids were not around.
• She made a Facebook post a day ago. It had a slight grammatical error in English, but seemed to portray her sharing that she’d gone to the zoo with her son for his birthday. However, her daughter told my mother that they’d actually gone on Sunday and he went with his father. Jennifer wasn’t there.

This is the big one for me that I need someone to either confirm my line of thinking on or tell me I’m being dumb…

• She posted a story on her Facebook at the Dallas Fort Worth, Texas airport showing a number of delayed flights, claiming that her flight was delayed as well. The delay times shown in the picture makes sense in our time zone, however that airport is two hours ahead. If the photo was posted right, when it was taken, the times shown for other delayed flights would have already passed in the airport’s time zone.

There’s more but basically everything about this occurrence is abnormal. Nothing is typical of her.
If there’s any chance this is real, what do we do??? I fully intend to call the cops if substantial confirmatory contact isn’t made in the next day or two, but I don’t know how to handle interactions with her children or further text messages that are still being sporadically responded to.
Any and all advice is extremely appreciated. I’m hoping so bad that this isn’t what it feels like but I don’t want to make a wrong move if there’s any chance something bad is happening.

Just as the title suggests I'm seeking advice on how to get my ex back. I 32m and her 30f were in a relationship for just shy of 6 years. For context, her and I dated for about a year when I was 19. That ended with her going through psychosis and leaving me for that reason. She basically vanished, but fast forward 5/6 years, she reached out to me after I had broken up with another ex and very clearly wanted to try and get back together. For the first 4 years it was amazing, we were very in love. Covid came around and I lost my job, we then lost our apartment and wound up at my parents house. Her, myself and my 2 children lived there and over the next 2 years things devolved into regular fighting, little to no sex, her basically separating herself from me until finally pulling the trigger and leaving me last July. I suffered from a bad anger problem, and ultimately that was what drove her away from me over time. The yelling and screaming and outward anger was not healthy for her or myself. Since last July I have been in therapy and sorted a lot of shit out and have begun to heal that side of myself. I've also worked on self improvement and weight loss, ect. Really trying to change myself, because I was very unhappy with what my actions had cost me.
Thankfully we have had little to no issues co parenting and sharing custody of our daughter. She also pretty frequently will take my stepson when she has our daughter. They are still very close, her and my son. I feel like that is a good thing? But I'm unsure
So with that pretext I need advice on what to do to get her back. I've read a lot of posts on here about getting your ex back. The thing I'm stuck on is that most of those methods rely on separation and true time apart. We do not have that, since we broke up I've seen her 1 or more a week for custody exchanges. So I am unsure how to navigate this process.. I brought up the topic of her and I in late January (6 month mark) and we talked about revisiting things. Most of her answers to direct questions about her and I were answered with "I can't answer that question right now".
What do I do? She's agreed to go with both kids and I this coming weekend to an exhibit in our city that's a balloon exhibit. This will be the 1st time we have hung out since February when we were together for my daughter's birthday party. I'm happy to answer any questions that may help me get advice pointing me in the right direction.
TLDR I share a kid with my ex that I was verbally abusive to, and want her back more than anything.

I have a group of friends, the story-relevant ones are Bruno, John and Jake. Bruno & his girlfriend (let's call her Katherine) broke up not too long ago after a relationship of about 3 years or so. The whole thing isn't very straightforward as he is still in love with her and she broke up with him because she thought the relationship wasn't going anywhere, but also she seems to be giving mixed signals and now they're in a weird spot.
Long story short, Katherine had a sudden outburst of truthfulness and decided to tell him about how John and Jake were hitting on her pretty hard while she and Bruno were still together and also after they broke up. I'm not completely sure about what John's texts looked like but he has been in a relationship for about one year and that didn't seem to stop him.
Jake apparently even asked for nudes and offered her some money in exchange.
Bruno blocked John and Jake from social media after he learned this, saying he was very pissed at them. John reached out to Bruno and asked why he blocked him, to which Bruno replied by telling him he's an asshole for hitting on his girlfriend while John himself was in a relationship.
Jake hasn't made any effort to contact Bruno and I don't even know if he has noticed anything weird (like how Bruno won't show up on his Instagram feed).
For extra context, I broke up once with a girlfriend I had and John asked her out like a week after that and Jake apparently asked another friend's ex for nudes and offered her the exact same amount of money a few weeks after they broke up.
Tbh I feel like both John and Jake did some shitty stuff but I don't know how to react for some reason. Should I take sides or should I stay neutral?
My birthday is coming up this weekend and now I don't know who to invite 'cause Bruno said he won't go anywhere near Jake and John. I don't think Jake even knows Bruno is incredibly mad at him.

We live in California. He put in a two week notice, stated his last day, and handed it to his boss. There are websites (that may be misleading, if I’m not understanding properly) about California Labor Laws and it says that because he gave a two week notice, he SHOULD have been paid on his last day, and if we misunderstood that, then 72 hours after his last day. He still hasn’t been paid yet and it’ll have been 7 full days tomorrow. He sent a text to his boss today and asked if the district manager had looked into the termination stuff because he hasn’t been paid yet. His ex-boss said “I just processed it on the weekend so it might be 1-2 weeks”
Does he have a case if he makes a claim with the California Labor Commissioner?

I have massive amounts of books already. Somewhere around 1100 print books and another 400 or so e-books. Probably 90%+ are sci-fi or fantasy.
I mainly "discover" books to read from: • Local library used book sales (books often $2 or less so I take chances easily and walk away with 20 new books) • Hearing about them from friends/family • Buying new books from authors that I liked their earlier works
The problem with this set of discovery methods is that nearly everything I have is either old enough to have been donated to a book sale, or is from an author who's been publishing for quite a while and I stalk their new releases. Nothing from new authors.
So... any recommendations for books from newer authors? I'm looking for stuff that's recent enough I wouldn't have heard of the author but something higher quality than "self-published e-book on Amazon for $1".
To narrow it down some, here's some general categories that I like: Urban fantasy, Characters with superpowers that seem useless but aren't, Epic sci-fi space adventures, "Hard magic" fantasy, First person perspective.
General dislikes: Books spending too much time in dreams/virtual reality, Books that take too long to establish the setting (i.e. if I am 1/4th of the way through the book I ought to know if it's set on Earth or not), Deus Ex Machina solutions to things.
Thanks!

I didn't know that I could be a girl until I tried on panties for the first time and couldn't stop wearing them. That was after college. But looking back there were small signs such as how much I loved reading Twilight and 50 Shades of grey. After college I did a little experimentation but not enough to really matter.just light stuff. Ended up finding a girl that I really liked. This was about 5 years ago. We started talking. We ended up dating. And it was not a good relationship but I was in love. Like head over heels. Our relationship became toxic after she found out that I did experiment after college. She didn't like that I hid that from her and she became abusive. Well I finally had the courage to break things off and decided to set up and start own journey. I decided to own being a woman and wanting to do hrt. I'm 27 so it shouldn't be too late. I figured out that I actually identify as a trans female who is pansexual. This morning my ex wife is waking up( were in separate rooms) and she tells me she horny. That she wants sex. And we could even be FWB. I'm trying to come up with a way to tell her that is a bad idea. And I don't want that anymore. Especially if it's toxic. TLDR: Got my heart broke by ex-wife, help me discover that I am actually a female on the inside. Ex-wife wants sex. Dont real know how to tell her. Any suggestions?

Hey there guys, so yesterday I made a direct amends to my ex gf and at the very end I asked her if there was anything I can do to make the wrongs I did right. All she told me was go find someone in the medical field that has been through the process of a medical school interview that’s in AA and ask them to find out how they “lied” in their interview about bad grades due to alcoholism. Long story short she was in the psych ward for 2.5 weeks and wasn’t able to pass all her classes. And please don’t tell me “The truth will set you free” lol. Thanks, anything else helps!!!

Since the beginning of this year my ex has been blocking and unblocking me. A month or two will pass then he will unblock me, text me for a few weeks, just to block me afterwards. The most recent of this situation he had began flirting, honestly I didn’t care for it, i ignored that.. because in the past he had a tendency to mess with my feelings. I’m not sure if he’s just trying to see if I have a reaction or what? We haven’t dated in more than 4 years, I haven’t genuinely had feelings for him for that long as well, and we only got back in contact 1 year ago (which has been on and off). I’ve been meaning to confront him about it but didn’t bother, but since it’s been going on like this for months i feel like i might need to.

My ex wife who initiated divorce 4 months ago still has about 20 of my pictures of me in her Instagram even though I asked her 3 months ago very politely to take them down? I hate social media and it portrays us a couple but I haven’t seen or spoke to her since then so we are definitely not.
Anyone come across this? I might report it to Instagram, I want my pictures off.

My ex and I have worked together for the past 4 years amicably enough. Friends outside of work. She plans to live the Van Girl life starting this summer. She had not given exact date of her leaving the job. Rather she wields her leaving like a weapon against me, saying she needs new friends... Taking time off to sell things and build her van out. Leaving me and others to shoulder extra duties.
I also told her of my separation anxiety as we have remained important to each other and I didnt want to hear about it constantly. She always found a way to bring it up..."cant wait to be free, cant wait to wake up on the beach..." Over the weekend I texted a final boundary that she only talk to me about work. That I felt used, as I was driving her everywhere of late with no gratitude. It has messed with my head, like I'm not a friend and our little group is not good enough.
Today she freaked out on me in front of clients. Then went to admin to throw me under bus even though I sent text outside of work (we always kept our private life outside of office). That was a rule of ours.
She then quit on the spot. I was told once you call someone a narcissist to their face they disappear. Now I feel small. I expected her to ignore me and eventually establish a co-worker relationship until she departed in her van. Instead she angrily left.
Sheesh, I'm zapped. Did not go as intended. No victory felt. I sure feel an AH.

True Name: Sakamoto Ryouma
Class: Lancer
Source: Historical fact
Region: Japan
Gender: Male
Alignment: True Neutral
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Character Creator: Keikenchi
Character Design: pako
Character Voice: Kase Yasuyuki & Horie Yui
Appearance in Main Works: Fate/Grand Order

Strength: B	Endurance: C	Agility: B+
Magic: C	Luck: A-	Noble Phantasm: EX

Class Skills

Magic Resistance: C+
When Super Oryou gets serious, Oryou's hide prove quite the magical barrier, Ryouma!
Riding: EX
A special Riding Skill given to Ryouma for crossing the Bakumatsu period Japan riding the dragon that is the changing eras. It's a Skill exclusive for riding Oryou, existing separately from other Riding variants.

Personal Skills

Dragon of the Restoration: A
The man called a mystical dragon in a human body. His fleeting life briming of pride, crossing the Bakumatsu period Japan riding the dragon that is the changing eras solely for the sake of the people, was like a soaring dragon.
White Serpent of Takachiho: A-
The serpent who failed to become a dragon. The serpent, initially a black abomination held in contempt, aimed for the heavens in attempt to become a dragon, but ultimately, the serpent couldn't manage it.
Amanosakahoko (Pair): B
The pike of light fallen handle-first from heaven. The spear of the heavenly gods, which sewn together heaven and earth to seal the black abomination. Originally a single polearm, but taking the form of pair when weilded by the hero and the serpent.
The pike of light fallen handle-first from heaven is both a blessing and a curse.

Noble Phantasm

Ryuu yo, Wadatsumi no Hara wo Yuke (My dear, venture through the vast oceans)

Rank: EX	Type: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm
Range: 2-70	Max. Targets: 700 persons

By offering the Amanosakahoko that Ryouma pointed at the heavens, the black serpent sheds her skin and grows wings, becoming a white serpent of such beauty that she could be mistaken for a divine dragon.
Clad in radiant-white arcanity from the Age of Gods, the White Serpent of Takachiho exerts tremendous power. This form possesses physical abilities beyond comprehension and can deploy a sturdy physical barrier, preventing any mediocre attack from hurting her, potentially making her the god of the new era.
Instead of becoming a dragon and soaring the skies, she chose to be the serpent travelling the sea with the hero.
Pronouns (Ryouma)

• First person: Boku/washi (in Tosa Dialect Mode)
• Second person: Kimi/oman (in Tosa Dialect Mode)
• Third person: Kare/kanojo
• Master: Master

Pronouns (Oryou-san)

• First person: Oryou-san
• Second person: Omae/name without honorifics
• Third person: Koitsu/are
• Master: Ningen/omae

Personality

Pretty much the same as a Rider. Oryou hasn't changed either.

Motives and attitude toward the Master

He wishes for his relationship with his Master to be like that between two friends from the same town. Oryou is relatively fond of them and doesn't mind helping out every now and then.

Dialogue examples

• Ryouma: "Let's get washing them all away, then." Oryou: "I'll scrub them hard."
• Oryou: "Yaaay. Oryou-san turbo peace."
• Ryouma: "Oh? Time for the Kaientai to go all out?" Oryou: "Right... Ryuu yo, Wadatsumi no Hara wo Yuke"
• Oryou: "Done. Time for Oryou's victory peace. You do it too, Ryouma." Ryouma: "L-like this?" Ryouma & Oryou: "Yaaay!"
• Oryou: "I am the White Serpent of Takachiho. For thy offerings, some frogs would be welcomed." Ryouma: "Hahaha, you can't keep a solemn face either, Oryou."
• Oryou: "Fine, I can let Izou ride the tip of my tail." Ryouma: "Make sure not to drop him."
• Oryou: "Now that you're a Lancer with no divinity, we can kick that Archer's butt. Good job, Ryouma. We're having frogs for dinner tonight." Ryouma: "I wish it were that easy."

Historical character and figure

A loyalist living through Japan's Bakumatsu. Born from a country samurai family in Tosa, he deserted his fief, studied under Katsu Kaishu, founded the Kameyama Shachuu (which would later become the Kaientai), intermediated the Satsuma-Choushuu Alliance, and devoted himself to the restoration of imperial rule, overall contributing a lot to the Meiji Restoration. However, his ideals fell to assailant's blade, thus he never got to see the age of Meiji.

Character in Fate/Grand Order

An aloof man on his mid-20s appearance-wise. He may be a master of the Hokushin Ittouryuu, but he’s actually a kindhearted guy who dislikes conflict to his very core. Instead, the mysterious belle by his side will take the lead.
His default Class is Rider, but circumstances lead to this manifestation of him as a Lancer.
This form, in possessing of the Amanosakahoko and one of the Three Knight Classes of the Holy Grail War, is a what-if possibility that Sakamoto Ryouma could have attained, and a Servant powerful enough to uphold the reputation of Hero of the Restoration.
If Sakamoto Ryouma is summoned as Heroic Spirit, he's restricted to only getting either the polearm or the serpent as a Noble Phantasm. That goes to show how much of miracle it is that he is capable of using both.
He is a master of the Hokushin Ittouryuu and his swordsmanship is a force to be reckoned with, but the course he practiced was for the naginata, so the Lancer class is where he can best put his prowess to work. In addition, Super Oryou is bursting with power. Together, they're an invincible Kaientai.

Regular weapons

• Ryouma: Amanosakahoko (because he snapped it in two, he has the ability to split it into two spears). Super Ryouma Gun (can switch into Sniper Mode). "And dontcha forget mah Mutsu-no-Kami Yoshiyuki¹".
• Oryou: Hyper Power-Up Oryou Martial Arts and easily spammable beams of something unknown.

Related characters

Okada Izou
His best friend in their town. He wanted to stay best friends but their relationship never recovered from their split. After an incident where he got punched, they managed to return to their nostalgic ways.
Takechi Hanpeita
Former fellows who split off due to ideological differences. Takechi holds Ryouma in such regard that he believes Ryouma's presence would have spared the Tosa Imperialist Party from its failures. After an incident where they got punched, they managed to return to their previous ways.
Tanaka Shinbei
Takechi's right-hand man. In life, Shinbei kept Ryouma away from Takechi. He was probably annoyed at the faith Takechi had in Ryouma.
Nakaoka Shintarou
"It wounds me to disagree with Nakaoka in a discussion. Nonetheless, if I can't discuss with him, there is no one else worth discussing with."²
While Ryouma was frequently suspected, he was trusted by everyone. He and Ryouma compensated for what the other lacked.
Takasugi Shinsaku
They share mutual respect, with Ryouma acknowledging Takasugi as The Unicorn Prodigy and Takasugi acknowledging Ryouma as the Dragon Soaring the Skies. They also envy each other, believing one has what the other lacks.
Voyager
Ryouma can't hide his excitement about a rocket that can fly to space. Oryou gets competitive and begins an irregular training regime to fly to space.

Comments from the illustrator

Have a nice triiiiiiiip!!! Feels great to see those two having fun. I can hope they don't break any property or any debt-ridden alcoholic anywhere they go, but I know that's not a realistic expectation. (pako)

Translation notes

1) Sakamoto Ryouma's favorite katana. The same he uses in his Rider version.
2) Historical from the real Sakamoto Ryouma.