Hi fellas, I am going out with a (non-Catholic) girl for the first time, and I am currently wrestling with lust/desire/intrusive thoughts. Do you have any advice on boundaries, and how to set them? Thanks and God Bless.

Hi everyone, I'm Charles Ripley, an 18-year-old from the UK currently converting from agnosticism to Catholicism. God willing, I will enter into communion with the Church next February! I joined this community to meet other Catholic men who are perhaps facing similar challenges in terms of fitness, diet, and faith. Personally, I struggle most with lust and gluttony even though I train regularly. Right now, and when I go to university next month, I feel slightly isolated as a Christian amongst my atheist friends so I really appreciate this community and hope I can help in any way I can! God Bless. ❤️

Hello Everyone! My name is Joseph Hafenbredl and I am 22 years old. I was born and raised in Colorado and have been Catholic my whole life. I am currently going to CU Denver to get my Bachelors in Information Systems with a minor in Business Analytics. I have recently started my fitness journey and I have started to take my faith more seriously. I realized I have been a lukewarm Catholic by only doing the bare minimum and not focusing on improvement at all. My goal is to grow stronger in my faith through community and discipline. I plan to achieve this by doing a weekly Bible study and losing 30 pounds by the end of the year (For context, I started at 250lbs, I am currently 230lbs, and I want to be 200 by the end of the year). Thank you all for reading and God bless!! Joseph Hafenbredl

Hi what's up my fellow catholic brothers, I'm a 19yr male who's just trying to do better in life by joining this group to help me grow my faith in Jesus Christ, I'm just tired of falling into the same sin over and over and want a change

Hi gents, apologies if this is not appropriate to post a question so soon after joining. But I'm seeking advice. I broke up with my first ever girlfriend 2 months ago but still feel called to marriage and fatherhood. Before dating her I was considering religious life, so didn't really 'set out to date'. I'm now navigating actively seeking a relationship for the first time in my life and unsure what I should do. There is a lovely Catholic young lady who I really like - who unfortunately lives a long way away (~20 hours flight) - with whom I am good friends but I'm not sure she views me as an option due to the distance. I'm hoping to visit her this Christmas, but in the mean time I'm just keeping up messaging and also writing her letters (without being overtly romantic in tone, as I want to have that discussion in person). Tbh, there's been mixed signals about whether she is interested in me - we met in a country that was neither of our homelands, I asked her on a date which she accepted but then cancelled because we were returning home that week and so she thought it was best to stay friends. Since then however, she's messaged me saying she misses me, and that her mother wants to meet me, and encouraged me to visit her. There's no level of exclusivity between us (I know she's talking to another guy), this is relevant because of the below. I've heard a (female) Catholic dating influencer say that when single you should just go on lots of first dates, meet different people and see if someone clicks. I'm wondering if you think this is good advice, and whether I should be trying to go on other dates before Christmas when I have an opportunity to visit her. For example: There's another girl who I'm somewhat interested in, who I think is interested in me, but I'm not sure of her religious beliefs. Do I just ask her on a date to see how we go? And similarly, do I try to go on dates with other Catholic girls in my broader network?