u/Expensive-Listen3822

▲ 2 r/l4l

26 [F4F] The Netherlands - looking for friends (potentially to lovers)

Hi, I'm a 5'5"/1.65m chubby black girl with short curly hair. I recently chopped it all off, but that's besides the point.

I'm a Sagittarius, I'm femme leaning, but I don't wear make up and I don't always accessorize. Idk it's a vibe you'll know when you see it. I'll send a collage of my interests and hobbies if someone dms me.

I also want to say that I'm definitely a lesbian, but I'm also demisexual. I get freaked out by rushed advances by people I don't know well. If you're someone that rather rushes into physical stuff, I'm not your girl.

I have 3 small tattoos on my arm and one nose piercing. I also have 3 earring holes. 2 on my left, 1 on my right. I wear glasses and tbh most of my clothes are black, but I love all colors. My favorite color is baby pink.

I'd love to meet people I could hang out with and perhaps maybe are a bit more extroverted than I am. I don't mind being adopted into friend groups either as long as everyone is respectful of boundaries.

I'm okay with exchanging selfies and calling. I actually love phone calls for whatever reason.

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This is what it feels like to willingly be abstinent

Okay, so what started as a journey to overcome bad coping skills and sex addiction has over the years turned into me realizing I'm a lesbian and that I have 0 desire to have meaningless intercourse no matter the gender. It has been a healing journey, but I often forget that I literally could just go and do it and no one is stopping me. Like I wouldn't be breaking a law and I'm way beyond where I used to be. I literally just realized that I was telling myself I can't do it when really I can, but it would just have to be the right way. So weird.

u/Expensive-Listen3822 — 4 days ago

I got sexually harassed and a friend immediately assumed it was a man and then dismissed it when I said it was a woman.

I'm so damn sick of this whole "women are angels who can do no wrong" thing. Wake tf up. Anyway, I was venting on a venting app about feeling dirty and not wanting to make friends anymore and she commented that I shouldn't give up on making friends and I said that my energy runs out after getting sexually harassed so often and she went on some dumb tangent about men and I said it wasn't a man and she just said oh. No "I'm sorry that happened to you" or anything. Just oh. Like okay cool good to know my pain means nothing if it's not an opportunity to bash on dudes.

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u/Expensive-Listen3822 — 6 days ago
▲ 15 r/PCOS

I hate having pcos

I hate having pcos. I hate how upkeep is an uphill battle and I have to constantly tinker with what works and what doesn't due to my hormones changing. I don't particularly identify as super fem or super masc, but it does hurt me when it comes to womanhood. It feels like my body is against me and it's probably kind of shitty to say that as a cis woman and I apologize to trans women who might be offended by me feeling this way. It's just the whole distortion of my bodyshape, the constant random break outs and uneven body/facial hair growth, the weight gain, the puffiness, the hairloss (which I don't struggle with in a noticeable way that would lead to baldness, but I do experience it). It just fucking sucks and it makes me feel hideous and like my body hates me. I'm thinking of getting my doctor to prescribe me weight loss meds to see if that will even it out and to also get me like some kind of coach to track hormonal levels or something so I don't have to do it all alone. I'm just tired. Especially the facial hair part. So far, the only thing that works is tweezing. I'm considering trying lasering again but just on my face. Idc about the other parts. Especially the chin hair makes me feel so bad about myself.

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u/Expensive-Listen3822 — 8 days ago

The delicious shame of seeing nudes and lewds in your gallery after sending them to your ex-

Like I'm not ashamed of what I did, but there's no other way to explain it. Like a naughty secret? It's a delightful kind of shame. Especially knowing only she has those pictures. I just opened my gallery to send a normal pic and immediately felt butterflies again. Why am I such a mess? Either way, I think I'm fine with it as long as I don't regret it or feel bad about myself and it was definitely consensual on both sides, so it's fine. It's just so yum. Idk.

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u/Expensive-Listen3822 — 10 days ago

This quote haunts me and is my most important standard, but one I often ignored, because I felt like I was asking for way too much.

I'm used to being in dynamics where I try and try and try to explain myself and I end up drained and they end up saying they don't understand why I want to leave. These are always people who made me feel like they got me at first, but then when the attachment was finalized, it was obvious they were just mirroring me or only responding to things they related to. Maybe I romanticize being understood, but I'm so tired of having to leave due to just feeling like I'm talking to a wall. It kills my personality and I go from someone that doesn't rely on approval to someone that runs out of her own supply of it. I hate when I have nothing left and I just turn into this vulnerable and desperate person who just wants to be liked. I recharge fast, but I'm starting to wonder if love just isn't for me, because settling and trying to make things work only works so long and apparently my standards are too high and impossible. Even if I literally scream who I am and paint myself neon pink for someone to finally see and understand me. I'm direct. I want exactly what I ask for and don't want what I say I don't want. I'm an overthinker, but in the way that I plan things so everything is most efficient. Not out of anxiety, but because it brings me personal satisfaction and makes me smile. I'm the kind of person who prefers singular flowers over bouquets, because I know I'll have a favorite and I feel sad for the other flowers. I love authenticity more than anything, but I don't respect bullies. I cry when I think about why pigeons are out there in cities and I love watching movies over and over. I'm never bored, because my inner world is rich and I'm always doing something, even when it doesn't seem that way. I'm specific, but none of it is ever a secret and I wish people saw me for me. Even if it's just as an acquaintance. Even if that means they don't like me. I'm so sick of being reduced to a fantasy or another version of someone else. I'm me. See me.

u/Expensive-Listen3822 — 10 days ago

How hot and successful should I be at a minimum?

Okay, so I'm gay and I've been working on myself. I'm probably not at regular people level yet due to circumstances. I want to know at what point I can actually consider myself girlfriend material. I know this question seems shallow, but I feel like most lesbians I meet have pretty high standards and don't want to deal with someone that doesn't have their business together.

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u/Expensive-Listen3822 — 13 days ago

I'm tired of people taking my sexuality in question

So I'm a formerly comphet lesbian. Currently out and stuff. My family kind of tolerates my sexuality in a "yeah, yeah" way, but I'm grateful it's not in an abandonment or hate crime way, so yeah. Anyway, my mom just said I can't know if I'm gay, because I'm young and then my sister put it in perspective how she knows she's straight and would never want to be with a woman and my mom agreed to that. I explained the level of disgust and unease I always felt and that I only did it because I thought that was what I was supposed to do. We grew up in a very repressed household and my mom didn't teach me many things in general. She's just like figure it out and if you're bad at it I'll yell at you until you're not. She's been less bad and when I came out she was like "do whatever makes you happy", but she just doesn't know or understand me at all. I'd love to move out, but the housing crisis is crazy rn and I'm too scared (due to trauma) to randomly move in with a roommate. It makes me uncomfortable that they could just bring anyone into our place or something and if I'm gonna lock myself into a room, I might as well wait. But yeah, it wasn't just my mom. I've been getting these unfounded accusations and doubts, including from my long distance ex gf(?). I'm just so tired of the invalidation. I'm working on moving away from it all, but it's beyond my control for now (aside from blocking people I don't live with). I mostly need advice on how to hang in there besides standing my ground. It just feels like everyone gets a pass to say whatever to me, but I'm a total bitch for defending myself unless I roll over, pant, and whine like a damn dog. I'm sorry if anger freaks you guys out, but I'm just sick of taking it.

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u/Expensive-Listen3822 — 14 days ago