Hello everyone! I have never heard this term before, and I’m a little confused. I heard it in a video, but no one I know uses this label. Can anyone who identifies this way help me? I want to understand this label so that if I ever meet someone who identifies this way, I can make sure to affirm them and their identity. Thank you!
I’m a digital and traditional artist, and I’ve been drawing for a couple of years now. No matter how hard I try, it seems like I cant figure out how to draw figures and objects correctly in space, especially when foreshortening is involved. I ca give some examples of my art if you’d like. I also struggle with stiffness in my art, but I think that’s related to my not being able to draw dimensionally. Does anyone know any exercises or tutorials to help with this? Thank you!
(reposted from relationship advice, but still my post. I’m going to post it some other places too)
TLDR: I have feelings for my friend, but we aren’t in a good situation to be together, and I don’t know what to do.
Ok, so I [18F] have a friend [18F] who I play flute with, and I don’t know what to do with my feelings for her. I haven’t known her for too long (only a couple of months really) but I know she’s amazing, and exactly the type of person I would date. She’s gentle, smart, and an incredible flute player. I especially love her smile and her voice. She‘s just always so genuine and sweet, and I really like her. We’re both seniors in high school, so we often talk about school and college, but we’ve talked about some deep things too like religion and family life. I would definitely ask her out, but there are a couple of problems. First, my parents are super conservative, and they don’t know I’m queer. They completely oppose LGBTQ+ relationships. I’m financially dependent on them at the moment, and I know I’ll probably need their help through college too, so if they choose to kick me out and cut me off, I don’t know what I would do. I’m not sure about her parents, but I know they are Catholic. Second, we both go to private religious schools, so our classmates would make our lives awful if they ever found out we were dating. Multiple people at my school have been bullied so badly for being gay that they had to leave the school, and I‘m pretty sure that would happen to me too. I’m on student council at my school, and I know I would lose my position on that if anyone found out. Third, we’re friends, and I don’t know if I want to ruin that. She’s seemed pretty receptive so far, and I almost feel like she has a little crush too from how we’ve been interacting, but that could just be me overthinking everything. We have a pretty close relationship even though it’s only been a short time because we just clicked so fast, and I don’t want to throw all of that away over my feelings. I would really like to keep her as a friend, but confessing might endanger the relationship we already have. I can’t really talk to anyone about this because if things do happen, it can’t get out. I mean, what do I even do? I see her again next week, and I’m just so nervous and excited, but also dreading it. I have feelings for her, but I don’t want to ruin the friendship we already have. So, should I try to pursue a relationship with her, or just let things go?
(I’ll update if anything happens)