u/Own-Strawberry-6836

Was I groomed? : All throughout highschool I wasn’t desired by anyone romanticly. I lost my long time best friend’s junior year, and didn’t have anyone to talk to at home so I felt pretty worthless. I discovered Reddit last year in August (I was 17) when I was looking for tips how to be prettier. I learned you could post yourself and people would tell you if you’re ugly or not. I posted a few pictures on r/amiugly and got quite a bit of attention. I begun getting a bunch of messages from men about how attractive I was and I was honestly excited.

I began chatting with this guy from Sweden who had nothing but nice things to say about me, we talked more and more for a few days. I would share photos of my outfits which he would compliment and tell me how nice my body was. I came clean to him about a week later that I was actually 17 and not 18 like I claimed but he was fine with me being 17. During the beginning I was happy to talk to him, I liked knowing about his life, and telling him about my days. It then became pretty sexual, he began talking about how busty I was, curvy, whatever. I was never comfortable with sending him nude photos which I never did, but I did do some pretty suggestive photos and poses. He would ask to see my outfits and selfies of me everyday and would get off on that. He’d usually send penis pictures after I’d send pictures of my outfits.

We talked every single day up until January, I was beginning to feel ashamed, I just wanted someone to talk to, someone to like me but every-time we would talk he would shift the conversation back to my looks or my body. I was too chicken to say how I actually felt so told him I’m not in the right headspace to talk anymore and he wished me well. I seen a few pictures of his face which he sent me, and he told me he was 38. I looked up his Reddit account recently and saw something about him being 42 actually, because he interacts with a lot of NSFW content. Learning that made me feel even less special to be honest .

Im 18 now, and recently opened up to my sister about this a few weeks ago and she basically told me that this was my fault and I chose to talk to him knowing he was older. While that is true and I carry this shame to this day I really just wanted to feel important to someone. I wish I never discovered Reddit, maybe I wouldn’t have talked to so many older men online at 17.

Hello everyone, I’ve been trying to get rid of my strawberry legs for the longest so I’ve decided to try laser hair removal. I was looking at the IPL brand but apparently it’s not suitable for darker skin 🥲. What devices do you all recommend?

Okay bam I’ve been shaving all my teenage years so I have some pretty dark razor bumps on my bikini line and area. I’m honestly so self conscious about it, because I see girls at pools with smooth bikini areas. I’m starting college in two months and fear if I get intimate with a guy he’ll think I look gross down there. What products are good for getting rid of razor bumps?