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/r/Women is a safe, respectful space to discuss the lives and stories of women of all backgrounds, and the current events which affect us.
Trans people and especially trans feminine people are expressly welcome here.
People of all genders are welcome; feminist cred appreciated but not required.
Shaming women's choices and invalidating the perspectives of other women is not allowed here. You must respect other's life choices.
We are baby and childless friendly.
We are housewife and working woman friendly.
We are not friendly to any person who believes they know what's best for another.
/r/women also recommends the following subs for women:
/r/TwoXChromosomes - Our "little sister" who went default.
/r/ThrowingShade - Discuss the podcast that takes all the issues important to ladies and gays, and treats them with much less respect than they deserve.
/r/fangirls - For the smart, creative, wonderful women who love talking, reading, and creating about entertainment.
/r/feminisms - For feminist viewpoints, including all schools of academic feminist thought.
/r/democrats - Expressly welcoming to politically active women.
/r/WomenInFiction - To discuss all your favorite female characters.
/r/WomenShredders - Women doing extreme sports and other inspirational things.
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worried i crossed a boundary with my girlfriend
went over to my girlfriends house and i didn’t really try to initiate anything with her, like i minorly did but we mostly cuddled, i noticed it didn’t seem like she was trying to make out or following up on my minor signs
eventually we kissed and i thought id initiate it some more so i sat on top her and she looked at her phone and started laughing
ik my girlfriend is okay w it so i tried to like tilt her head maybe like twice while she was looking at her phone and laughing, and then i thought ill just kiss her, i know she’s okay with my just kissing her as it’s been established previously, tried that like twice
i figured it was one of those times where she was playing off not wanting to makeout. but it didn’t work, her head didn’t tilt and didn’t reciprocate the kiss
it didn’t seem like she actually wanted to so i got off and i asked her if i made her uncomfortable and she said “just because im not expressing something doesnt mean i dont want/like it from you” and she told me not to worry, this was all a month ago
we’ve been together for a long time and ik im overthinking it but did i go too far here (1.5 years tg)
i genuinely don’t know the answer
important to note: she said i didnt cross any boundaries but im still scared
so i was kind of young like 13 i was posting myself on TikTok but i didn't know thats going to cost me my relationship after 3 years. i had no one to tell me yo don't post that your breast is showing a little too much people might see you differently, so anyways i have lost this account 3 years now i access to it i have lost the password i had a different phone number different iCloud and emails so i cant really have access to it now basically my boyfriend is mad at me because he doesn't want to be with a girl that had posted herself that way and many boys were complimenting her, i feel bad for him i know he feels weird but i cant do anything about it i truly wish i could delete it .. he tells me about it everyday and how mad he is and that he cant get over it and i should find a way to delete the account or else he is going to break up with me, he tells me l'm the best he could ever have I'm very loyal and i haven't gave him a reason to think that he is being cheated on all all that but he needs this account deleted. please help me ban this account it would really help me and my relationship dm me so i can give y'all the account username on TikTok so you guys can report it please. much love❤️
so i was kind of young like 13 i was posting myself on TikTok but i didn't know thats going to cost me my relationship after 3 years. i had no one to tell me yo don't post that your breast is showing a little too much people might see you differently, so anyways i have lost this account 3 years now i access to it i have lost the password i had a different phone number different iCloud and emails so i cant really have access to it now basically my boyfriend is mad at me because he doesn't want to be with a girl that had posted herself that way and many boys were complimenting her, i feel bad for him i know he feels weird but i cant do anything about it i truly wish i could delete it .. he tells me about it everyday and how mad he is and that he cant get over it and i should find a way to delete the account or else he is going to break up with me, he tells me l'm the best he could ever have I'm very loyal and i haven't gave him a reason to think that he is being cheated on all all that but he needs this account deleted. please help me ban this account it would really help me and my relationship dm me so i can give y'all the account username on TikTok so you guys can report it please. thank youuu
So to start off with I actually met him on a dating app called feeld, I’m sure people know what i’m talking about but basically it’s just an app where the main focus is to explore sexual relationships. Sex is important to me, I like to have it in my usual life and have used this app I think once before. Like I said this guy is nice but it seems like he kind of has this slight fixation on my age, like I am kinda inexperienced. He is 14 years older than me, I am almost 23 and he is 36, so that is quite new to me. I usually just have relationships or sexual relationships with people who are around my age. He will tell me stuff like I need to be careful with men and I am young and he will call me young a lot. I have had sex with him a few time. He told me he has a thing for being dominant, I told him I don’t exactly like those labels and I don’t really like being “dominated” I just like sex. He has a thing for also just being in charge, he says he will hook up with women and they will have a thing for that but I don’t and I made that clear. It looks like he has a thing for conquering someone which is a complete turn off for me.When we had sex he kept on trying to one up me in a way ? He was talking to me in a slightly degrading way and he seemed to only want to do it the way he wanted to do it. The sex was good but not too satisfying. As a matter of fact he did not last long in the times we had sex, I would ask to go again and he just would be too tired. The sex seemed so focused on him, he talks about sex with words like “letting him” like I am there for his pleasure. I have told him repeatedly I am not into this whole dominating stuff but he still tries. He texted me today and it just sounded once again like talking down to me, like I am so young and so inexperienced and have so much to learn from him with sex. I have met him 3 times actually and it was just weird.
I know all that I explained sounds crazy but I NEED someone to really put into words his problem and how i need to respect myself. Unfortunately in the past there have been some times where I have gotten involved with weird guys, just not nice, it’s been a while since then and i’m glad but I do not always make the best decisions, I cannot let myself see this guy again but i’m afraid of the type of decisions I will make in the future. I have female friends but unfortunately some of them have moved after graduation and we talk less, I just need som guidance here honestly. Thank you.
I’m a 36DD and I’ve been trying different bras because my boobs have recently gotten bigger. No matter what type of bra I buy, my boobs always slip out of the cup. Sometimes they slip out the front, sometimes the bottom. I’ve tried bigger cup sizes but then my boobs don’t fill the cup all the way. Any suggestions for the best regular, full coverage, padded bras??
why why why is it so damn difficult for me to remove a tampon i’m so sick of this
for context i’m on holiday at a resort and i love swimming. but i don’t normally use tampons so this was like… sort of my first time using one?
in the past, i had to stand kind of had to perform a “sucking in” motion to get it in, but getting it out was awful. i tried every damn position but it never works. it takes me half an hour in the bathroom getting it out and i HATE it.
now, i just use ky jelly to get it in, but it’s still agonizingly painful to pull it out. i still have to stand as well, this is actually insanely embarrassing. it burns, it hurts, and ugh. i literally can’t even move my arm to remove it, it’s like i freeze. i start sweating, shaking, panicking…
what the fuck do i do now
i have been in a relationship with him for almost 2 years and i cant anymore, please help me move on im getting really suicidal and i have no immediate resort
What level of facial hair is common and what is considered a hormonal imbalance or hirsutism in women? I have hair on my face that I shave off using a facial razor but it’s not peach fuzz nor is it super thick, what are your experiences with that?
Women with big bellies.
I would like to know what your life experience has been like (whether good or bad) having a big belly
Hello, I’m a boyfriend but my girlfriend took a plan B and got her period early last month. For context, she usually gets it around mid month to somewhere in the 20s but got it on the second this time.
She hasn’t had a period since then and it’s been over 30 days which caused me to think she missed her period but she said that she thinks it’ll just happen when it normally happens like in mid month or end of the month which is a lot more than the 21-38 days I’ve read about.
She took a pregnancy test just in case but it came back negative so I don’t think that’s the reason and now I’m just left wondering when her period will come or if anyone else has an experience like this. We plan to take another pregnancy test at the end of this week if no period just to be certain, but as of now, it was negative.
I’m 27 now but since a long time I’ve noticed that whenever I’m in a group, and some mishap happens that splits the group into different genders, the girls or women don’t stick together for each other. I’ve seen this happen multiple times not just with me but in my surroundings as well. Like how guys have this strong sense of brotherhood for their own, it is very hard to come across women following the same principle. In a mixed group I rejected the advances of a good friend of mine and that polarized everyone. All guys (most of the group was guys) stuck out together even if he was wrong and the only girl who I thought would understand my plight threw me under the bus instantly to get included with them. What is it? Is it our ego as females that keeps us from sticking up for each other? Why are the guys sticking to bros before h*** thing but we can’t? I’m so desperate to find good girl friends who I could just depend on but it’s so hard to come by. Genuinely though, my question is why are positive good thoughts girl groups are so hard to come by?
So me and my boyfriend have been in an online relationship for approximately a week now. We've started to get to know about eachother, our families and even some personal stuff like medical conditions and all that. He's not very strong minded and overthinks alot. I always comfort him. Yesterday we even had a very emotionally intimate talk when both of us were crying (on call). But today he didn't text me or paid any attention to me. Like I texted him twice and he ended it pretty quickly (2-3 messages). I don't know , I just feel kinda insecure about that. Like I don't think he's cheating on me or anything , just that he's bored of me.
Am I overthinking? Or is this really concerning? Please tell me cause I don't want to complicate our relationship.
It’s a long story but I am 31 female single, each Friday I get off work. I can’t stay home between the hours of morning to evening 11-9. How could I occupy my time. I have very few friends who are busy.
I don’t have money to dispose of I mean I don’t mind paying for food drinks things like that but I don’t want to waste money shopping etc. I don’t drink either so no suggestions that involve that please.
Replies much appreciated. If it helps I do drive but not long distances so I would be getting the train etc, I live near a main city not London but another major city.
I know I could go for a coffee or something like that but I have a lot of hours to burn so I need to find something that will take up a lot of my time and I can do alone.
I usually use YSL Black Opium and I love it, but I always find that any perfume I use doesn't last that long and I have to keep applying it. I want that type of long lasting, strong perfume you can smell when you walk down a street past someone and can smell it. I find it so annoying how good guys can smell when they walk past you and I have never walked past a girl and have randomly caught her perfume smell lingering. Does anyone know of a good strong perfume that actually lasts for ages? I like sweet smelling scents, but not sickly sweet, vanilla and coconut is nice or anything similar to my current perfume would be great but at this point I'm open to any and all suggestions!
I got engaged to my boyfriend around 2 months ago, we were friends before and were dating for around 2 years of LD he's in America, I'm in the middle east. I find out now, He was intimate with someone (who lives in the EU) for around a month before we started dating officially but said he kind of liked her and she liked him alot. But then they decided to remain friends, here's what gets me confused through the entire time apparently he never even mentioned me at all to her.
He in fact had told he he just sees her as a friend, his closest friends he's had in a while and nothing more. Incase her feelings showed he would tell her I can see your actions don't meet your words, you still have feelings for you. She would deny her feelings and they'd keep talking.
They were interacting on a daily basis, she was apparently going through alot he was basically her emotional support for all of it and they were having deep conversations about things. She was checking in on him and he was checking in on her
They were close enough where she's spoken to his mum a couple of times and his sister was helping with a job. He's interacted with members of her family as well.
even then at best she knew he was dating around but he never divulged any details about me to her. From what I can see they never flirted or infact he'd make sure she was platonic and she wasn't doing anything I'd consider out of bounds. He always had a feeling I'm guessing she liked him?
But again never mentioned me or he was dating seriously to get engaged. At most he hinted about dating and a possible girlfriend nothing else, she did ask here and there but he'd weirdly evade her questions.
So much so he lied to her about when he was coming to meet me, told her it was conference in a completely different locations.
Later when he did tell her he was dating, apparently it was because she asked if he was dating. He told her he was, but didn't tell her the truth just that he met some girl on bumble and downplayed the relationship to her. Never mentioned me or that he was going to get engaged but at the same time telling her she should give other guys a chance and making sure she's okay. She didn't take the news well and was distraught about him dating someone. He was pissed at her for not being honest about her feelings and it was not right to me.
they started drifting away after this, it's only later 2 months before my engagement she finds out about me because he just had my name written somewhere and she saw it on VC and asked, again not because he told her and turns out he lied to her again about how we started dating and left out it was serious enough to get engaged. Later he found out she looked me up on social media, he told her she was breaching his privacy removed her from his social media. Never again mentioned anything about us to her just that she should have no hope and it's not right to me.
They've not been in touch since, he's blocked her everywhere and he's just told he she's not that important, she's just crazy and he loves me, she was a friend to him but she wasn't honest. He was her friend and she wasn't his and he didn't need to tell her all aspects of his life
so idk what this means?
I'm very confused, my fiance is making it seem like it's on her because she lied about her feelings instead of being honest.
Had intercourse during ovulation time. Took i pill. Got my period 5 days earlier than expected. Usually get cramps but this time very little almost negligible. The flow is very light. On my 2nd day but feels like I'm on my last day. I have used emergency pills before, didn't happened this that time. So I'm confused if it is because of that or its implantation bleeding! How do I know!
I choose to ask this question in this sub in hope for any logical answer since it doesn't just sound right. My gyn says its normal.
My question is, is it normal to change your underwear everyday beacuse ones discharge smells?
So recently one of my old friends sent a follow request on Instagram. I find it very strange that she is trying to reach out to me after months. The last conversation we had was really bad; she said mean things to me, and we never talked again. This friend of mine was someone who I knew from school days, and she was mean and shitty to me back in school, but in college she was kind and nice to me and also apologised for being that way. I do have good memories with her; she has been supportive also, but I know her other side too, the really bad one also. but we are absolutely opposite people to me in terms of the way we perceive life. I thought we had parted ways, but it seems like she wants to mend the friendship. This person has gone through a lot in life but never makes a bit of effort to improve her condition. She says all big things to me but never actually works on it.... She falls for men whom I told might be good for her... and she used to hide things from me for a long time, which was strange, and then also call me her friend and so on... and I was the one who kept my life open to her. LOL, that was so stupid of me. I do forgive her for being the way she has been with me and trying to support her the best I could. I will be honest; there have been times when she has made me feel bad about myself, and I feel she uses me as an emotional dump yard. Since we are living in different cities, I did try continuing this friendship. Once she even told me that I didn't want to pick up your call because you didn't make an effort to be in touch with me, and I was feeling so upset over this. Why is she even talking to me like this? Over the years, rather than gaining, she has lost my trust and respect as a friend... She even tried calling me and dropped me her number on Insta. SHOULD I TALK TO HER AND TELL HER ALL THIS????
So recently one of my old friends sent a follow request on Instagram. I find it very strange that she is trying to reach out to me after months. The last conversation we had was really bad; she said mean things to me, and we never talked again. This friend of mine was someone who I knew from school days, and she was mean and shitty to me back in school, but in college she was kind and nice to me and also apologised for being that way. I do have good memories with her she has been supportive also, but I know her other side too, the really bad one also. but we are absolutely opposite people to me in terms of the way we perceive life. I thought we had parted ways, but it seems like she wants to mend the friendship. This person has gone through a lot in life but never makes a bit of effort to improve her condition. She says all big things to me but never actually works on it.... She falls for men whom I told might be good for her... and she used to hide things from me for a long time, which was strange, and then also call me her friend and so on... and I was the one who kept my life open to her. LOL, that was so stupid of me. I do forgive her for being the way she has been with me and trying to support her the best I could. I will be honest; there have been times when she has made me feel bad about myself, and I feel she uses me as an emotional dump yard. Since we are living in different cities, I did try continuing this friendship. Once she even told me that I didn't want to pick up your call because you didn't make an effort to be in touch with me, and I was feeling so upset over this. Why is she even talking to me like this? Over the years, rather than gaining, she has lost my trust and respect as a friend... She even tried calling me and dropped me her number on Insta. SHOULD I TALK TO HER AND TELL HER ALL THIS????
Im a teenager and recently i moved countries. At first i was very excited about how many new opportunities this would bring up but after spending a few months in the united states i cant seem to focus. Im at an all time low, i can never focus and even when im surrounded with people i cant help but feel lonely. Even at my high school, im the friendliest person ever giving people compliments and smiling at them but they just either ignore me or give me the little forced smile just to be polite. What am i doing wrong? Am i trying way too hard? Am i pushing myself onto them? I moved because my mom got remarried to this guy, who btw is a very nice person. We kind of really have a formal relationship and barely ever talk but hes still a nice person regardless. And my mom is constantly forcing me to do things i dont wanna do. She has developed this weird paranoid behaviour where she just cant stand seeing me relax. She always hands me over chores or forces me to study and if im done with everything shell ask me to do the most unnecessary things. Idk why she does this and i tried talking to her but she just wont listen or let me talk. Also ever since she split up with my dad she has has been having these insane temper tantrums. Before we moved here, me and my mom used to live in an apartment she rented out but she would be away half the time on business trips and vacations. I was insanely lonely at that time too but atleast i had my friends back then. Right now, my mom is always busy with my stepdad and she expects me to act like a perfect little trophy daughter that everyone looks at and goes, "omg her mom has done such a good job raising her" but idk why she expects to act like that when she never raised me to be someone like that. I feel so lonely and depressed these days that it feels like im living in a void. I have lost touch with all my old friends too. I have no one to talk to and im at my all time low currently.
I read a bit online that it’s very rare for a woman to O from peen in Vag alone and some women can if cl!t is stimulated . My boyfriend told me his ex was able to O from just penetration alone and that he thought all women could . I told him that I’m not like that and he needs to stimulate my cl!t and he seemed all Down and said he’ll try but that it’s emasculating that he can’t make me cum , I said well we don’t know if you can or can’t yet …you haven’t tried . So He said he will try , yet he hasn’t ..since we last talked about it he hasn’t touched my cl!t in any way …he just cums and that’s it sex is done ..I feel used and not satisfied. It’s not fair . I wish he didn’t tell me that his ex was able to , I feel broken . I want him to be able to make me O. Him saying that of his ex just repeating in my head , makes me feel like I’m expected to just cum like as if it’s easy..just because it was easy for her? …. I think “She is so lucky” for her it’s so easy . He just happened to get with a woman in that 10% , I feel so unseen . I feel compared. I wish it was easy for me . I don’t want to use a toy it’s too much for me or at times it’s nothing at all . I don’t want to get used to a toy and become desensitized. Sometimes penetration feels good and sometimes really good . But most times I feel nothing. Am I in my head ? Am I not feeling it ? Am I numb ? It’s not just my bf I’ll admit I feel like it’s extremely hard for me to O, I have trouble feeling aroused. Maybe I’m naturally desensitized. I tried touching myself while he’s in me and he just lays on top almost hugging me while im on my back and his waist sandwich my hand and then I can’t touch myself and I’ve told him and he didn’t say anything in response. I’ve tried being on top and going back and forth instead of up and down, and That doesn’t do anything for me either(I read its because the further away cl!t is from vag opening the harder it is), so maybe my ck!t is further up from my vag opening, I Do feel like I have a small cl!t , no excess skin around or covering my cl!t but I have juicy lips (sorry tmi) maybe its difficult bc of this Tho? we’ve tried so many positions, btw I can make myself cum thru self touching but my desire is for him to be able to do it himself if he would try and Learn . I think my body is used to me using my finger on my cl!t . Could my body become sensitive again and not used to self touch?
I (25F) was in a long-distance relationship with my boyfriend (28M), who lives in a different country, though we are both from the same country. A few weeks ago, he texted me saying his feelings for me had changed, which led to our breakup. I had sensed something was wrong because, a week before that, on my birthday, he didn't get me a gift. Two days before the breakup, he went the entire day without texting me after his usual morning message. I told him that it made me feel disconnected and that it takes less than 30 seconds to send a message. He said he was busy with work but admitted he had time to socialize with colleagues during lunch. Eventually, he apologized, but I still felt hurt. After the breakup, he asked for a chance to explain himself before I blocked and deleted his contact. I agreed, and he called me using my sister's phone. During the call, he read me a letter, saying he'd been frustrated with work and found it hard to show me the affection I deserve. He said the pain of losing me made him realize how much he cares about me and asked if I'd be his girlfriend again. I told him that before I could decide, I needed him to be sure he wouldn't hurt me again and that he was ready to work on the relationship.
He promised me he'd work on himself and f invited me to attend his first therapy sessio. agreed because I genuinely wanted to understand why his feelings toward me had changed.
During the therapy session, the therapist suggested individual therapy for both of us, so that's what we're doing now. Since then, we've started talking and texting like nothing happened, though it's only been two weeks since the breakup. I feel unsettled and unsure about everything.
I haven't called him "babe" because it doesn't feel right yet. I really liked him, but I'm afraid he'll hurt me again, even though he promised he wouldn't. I'm questioning his intentions and whether he truly likes me, even though he says he does. I feel confused and "icky" about where things stand and don't know what to do.
TDLR: Would you trust your ex after they hurt you?
Married for 6 months , 27 F. Seems like time is ticking. I plan to do my masters which would take me at least a year or two to finish depending on the program. I still want to advance myself in my career but I feel the pressure of having a baby so she/he can already exist and slowly grow while I am doing everything else but if you ask me, I’m not ready at all!
And it’s all confusing as how I’ll manage having a baby, study , work and have little time for myself?
I also still feel like a kid lol
HELP
Ladies, please give me your recommendations on a good, full-coverage t-shirt bra. I wear a 40C. I am sick of not being able to wear certain shirts because you can see the outline of my bra through them.
Hey everyone I've been seeing a boy and he's an absolutely lovely guy. Like adults, we've talked about having sex and things. So I am extremely experienced but he's not. He's had an ex girlfriend and gone to base 3, but not more. We talked about it and he's open to having sex. I plan on calling him over one night. Getting to the point - I want to make this experience for him as nice as possible. Please provide suggestions. I'm F24 he's F23
Women if a man bought you a laptop, Chanel perfume and a tv for Christmas would you complain about a Pandora bracelet 6 days later for your anniversary?
hi! i would say im an A cup at best and im 18. nothing against small boobs at all but i am still curious (and hopeful) if they still have potential to grow. i’ve always been insecure about them and have been wearing push up bras for years. i knew this was the best place to inquire about it! thanks in advance!
So I quit my job and I was working so many hours that I’ve completely fell out of my routine of taking care of myself. I shaved and cut my hair, what else do you do to feel womanly again? I want to feel like a fresh new person.