Tuesday I accidentally scratched myself in a spiral so hard I took like the very top layer or two off and it scabbed up. No blood was drawn and it's probably going to be gone in a few days but my mom wants to bring me to a pool TMR and I'm not known for staying dry near one. like I said I spiraled a bit a and couldn't distract myself so I accidentally scratched with my nails a bit to hard. I don't use makeup and I'm not known for wearing like a rash guard either I need to know probably before tomorrow morning so if anyone can help let me know. this is what it looks like I also don't own any make up other then lip gloss and I don't feel like using the I accidentally scratched myself getting out of bed Tuesday morning but I am accident prone so I might use that I sleep on the top bunk of a bunk bed

I recently fell in love with this song. If you don’t know it, go listen to it.

It portrays my feelings and view on sex so well:

I’m very sex positive. I see it as a human nature and a pleasurable thing. Despite that, my sexual desire is almost nonexistent.

I had problems in relationships before because of this. I’m just never in the mood.. I’ve never been in the mood, I’ve never been horny from looking at hot people.

I understand the pleasure and I will give it to my partner because I enjoy the intimacy and that deep connection, but I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a sexual attraction

That’s why this song makes me so happy. That it touches on this subject.

that’s all, thanks for reading c:

Context: I'm pretty sure she has a crush on me, and I don't reciprocate the feelings (we're both lesbian)

More context: I do online school so I had asked her that if she ever goes to prom if I can come with her

So for a while now, I think 3 months? I've suspected she likes me. I could be wrong, and I hope I am, but there have been several things that have happened in the past couple of months that lead me to believe so.

The one that comes to mind first is when we were on call and her brother had yelled "OH, are you talking to your crush!?", and eventually he saw she was talking to me, and then said it again. She became very flustered after this, and even asked me if I heard (I said yes, and I didn't elaborate much further when she asked me what I heard specifically). I can't tell if I'm deluding myself when I think to myself "He's just being an asshole... right?" (mind you, their family is very religious [I'm religious as well] and while he doesn't seem as conservative... it's difficult to believe he said that as a joke between two women). There have been other times (like asking whats my type, and when she gave hers it was very similar to how I look), but one of the most recent ones was when I was at her youth group and her prayer request at the end of group was "That I have the courage to ask my crush out".

Now, I know I had asked her to invite me if she ever goes to prom, I've always wanted to go and I don't get to have the experience since I'm online. I also get she probably just wants to invite me so we can see each other and have a good time. I get that, but ALSO I'm concerned that she'll say something and it will ruin our friendship or make it awkward. I had asked a mutual older friend about this before and she just told me to ask, but make sure I put a "I don't want confirmation if I was correct or not" before hand, but I haven't had the chance (I'm a bit of a coward as well).

There's also the added problem that my mom knows I'm gay and isn't very happy about it, and while she doesn't know my friends gay, her whole entire appearance screams otherwise (I knew she was gay before even SHE knew). So I don't know how to ask her that she invited me, she'll say yes to me going, it's just going to be uncomfortable to tell her "No, I'm not dating her", but I don't know how to bring it up in a better way, or if to just not say anything and just ask (there's a good chance she won't assume).

So, does anyone have any advice? I'm going to agree, it just worries me that something will happen to our friendship (worried me enough to use reddit as my last hope, though I'm going to ask my older sister for advice when I get that chance).

im turning 20 tomorrow, and just wanted to say thanks to this sub, i came to this sub lost about so much when i was 16/17 and it helped me stay calm and figure out who i am, I'm still lost, but in a different way, so i just wanted to say thanks to the people who make this sub great

heres some advice, dab on the haters, they got nothing on you, and they can cry you a river

have a good one peoples

Im saying this as someone who has been with her for practically our entire lives. But shes known this guy all of 4 months and swears she’s going to marry him, have his children, etc. which i have no problem with except the fact that it’s been 4 months. I’ve asked her if shes absolutely sure, if she has any backup plans if this doesn’t work out and she has to move out (yes they’re already living together), and so far shes told me she has absolutely nothing in regards to backup. I love her to death but this whole thing just screams unprepared to me and I’m worried that if something happens, she’s gonna be seriously devastated since she’s gone into this full force and even planned out marriage and such, but it hasn’t even been a year that shes known the guy.

As her friend, ofc I’ve supported her and also let my worries be known to her full and well. But as a person who’s watching this from the outside, I want to ask her what she’s doing going this fast with a guy she’s only known 4 months?

So for context. I was raised mostly by my dad. Reason being is because my mom was an addict for most of my childhood. She’s been clean 10 years now and I’m proud of her. I’m now living with my mom because my dad has started acting strange around me. I moved in with my mom and we just moved to a different house. My sister wanted me to cook pizza last night. I tried asking my mom for help but she was distracted.
Long story short, I almost caught cardboard on fire in the oven. My mom and sister laughed at my stupidity and asked “who the hell raised you” And I responded with “don’t blame me. Dad only taught me to use an oven when I got to junior high”

Then it all hit me like a truck. My dad never taught me to cook. He never taught me to do anything for myself. He did everything for me. Now I’m 18 and don’t know how to use an oven, jump start a car, manage my money, etc. adulthood is gonna be fun.

Uhm I have avpd and Asperger’s, so I’m pretty different from everyone else and like no one thinks I’m funny or entertaining or anything..

I’m 14 so idk if I’m just in a cringe phase or something, but I feel like an annoying burden whenever I try to socialise :c

I feel like I can’t make anybody happy by being funny or quirky or positive or whatever bcs I’m just too embarrassing cringe :[

I really don’t know what to do anymore and I’m thinking of just giving up, do you guys think I should keep trying? If yes then can I also get some advice :<

I was talking to this person in my class, and they said i seem kinda “fruity” as in gay. I asked why, as i literally have a girlfriend, and she was like ”because your a pretty boy” as in a term. I understand what the words mean individually of course, but what does the term mean?

It’s Link and Zelda 🥺 I really want to finish it

I started hrt and finished my first month!

I don’t know what to do honestly, I have a crush on him, I think that he does like me back and I’m not sure what to do. I really do like him (he’s a good friend) and I am attracted to him it’s just that I don’t know that I really want a relationship. I’m worried that it might really screw up the friendship dynamic if we become more than friends but not really dating either, but at the same time again I do want to be a bit more than friends because I have a crush on him? Someone help I’m confused lol. I’ve also never been in a relationship so I don’t know what I’m doing, probably scared of dating since I have no experience with it.

(masc girl speaking here) i just want a submissive guy thats shorter than me who wears nail polish and maybe dresses too thats all i ask! despite this simple request, they're all gay. while i support them, the market is lacking in feminine straight or bi guys!!!! and dont even get me started on the girls!!!!!! i like small, fem girls who have long hair and soft hands, but all the ones ive liked so far are straight. i got delt the short end of the stick with both of my bisexual preferences!!!!!!!!!!

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TLDR: I ONLY END UP FINDING STRAIGHT GIRLS AND GAY GUYS ATTRACTIVE PLEASE HELP.

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do any of you have this problem? I need answers. btw if ur a girly girl or a girly guy who likes masc but sometimes girly girls hmu!

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(this is kinda a shitpost please dont hunt me down)

Also I hate maths. I hate it so much. Everytime I see it, I just burst into anger. It’s just so wrong seeing these numbers and letters and having to do crap with them. And it’s even worse when you realise that jobs apparently require maths, even freaking art! And it’s required for junior and leaving cert. I used to love maths but now I have a burning hatred for it

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I stg this is the first guy who’s been interested in me since I was NINE and this happens?????

Ok so context. Me and my friends needed dates for formal so my friend got her friend to get his friends (you following?) to be our dates. We met at an escape room so we wouldn’t be unbelievably awkward at formal and it went well!

Fast forward to formal and I’m getting along with my date, he’s pretty cute and I decide to keep texting him and he’s texting me. Literally the greenest flags everywhere, he’s so nice omg. He came up to me after the musical I was in and hugged me 🥴 So everything’s normal, I’m just trying to get through the school term so I can maybe ask him on a date on the holidays. Then chemistry class…

I tell my friend in my experiment group that I’m still texting my date, and the other kid pipes up and asks who my date was. He then tells me that he’s been talking to this girl in my grade. I’m immediately like no fucking duh, they were setting a school event up together. THEN IT TURNS OUT SHE HAS A CRUSH ON HIM. And now I don’t know what to do.

She’s really nice and definitely wouldn’t have known I liked him. And he’s not doing anything malicious, it’s not like we’re dating and it’s not even certain he likes her back. I just don’t want to make any drama but I think I quite like this guy. It also sucks because I have pretty bad self esteem issues and this whole time I feel like I’m making up all the ways that he might like me, and I feel unlovable. And right when I was starting to feel comfortable, there’s a chance I’m just a clingy girl holding onto a guy who’s moved on to someone else.

For the past years of my life + the months I've been at college, men won't leave me alone about my looks. They keep coming up to me saying stupid shit like "My friend likes you." "He said he likes you!" Or recently with the dance coming up tomorrow "Will you go out to prom with me?" I know it isn't legitimite. They're always laughing and snickering during it. Multiple times I've been touched on my areas like my waist or behind by men and when I told them to get away from me, they just laughed and ran off. I've also been recorded multiple times while eating lunch as well.
I don't get it honestly? Why go all out on me? Why harass me constantly? Its not even because I'm beautiful or anything, I weighted about 255 lbs last time I checked, I'm prediabetic, I have mismatched breasts, and my face is covered in acne. I don't get it?! Why are some men so cruel to women who look like me?

In general I would think that teenager = dumb by default...and r/teenagers doesn't do much to disprove of this...

But who DOES disprove of this is r/feemagers! Teenagers who are actually aware of shit and support LGBTQ+ rights and so on and so forth!

Not to mention, the FIRST day you go from age 19 to age 20, r/teenagers acts as if you suddenly turned like 80 years old or something. Like you're automatically a pedophile for not immediately unsubbing.

So basically, 19 years old and 364 days is fine. But day 1 of being 20 isn't. That's their logic.

But glad here it's so much better! And it's awesome!!!

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There’s this science teacher at my school that is pretty much universally hated. She shouts at people for little to no reason and gives the class clown’s detentions if they even breathe.

However, she’s been at the school for a long time and taught my older siblings that were both good students. I’m now in my final year of school (year 11) and like until this year she didn’t really care about me and would just ignore me unless she was telling me off. I also hated her and even slagged her off as she was walking behind me once but I guess she didn’t hear.

This was until I told her I’m doing chemistry at a level (if u Dk what that is idk how to explain it) and also started going to her intervention. (hour after school to study a certain subject) She started being more friendly with me and I said I would talk to her at prom (I was taking the piss but I don’t think she realised) and she started calling me a nickname I’ve never been called in my life. Let’s say my name is Isabella and most of the time I get called bella, but she calls me Izzy. The first time I heard it was she just went ‘sorry [izzy]’ when she accidentally rammed a cart into the back of my chair. Then I was talking to her after a mock exam and I said ‘I think I did really well but I might have gotten like two marks’ and she laughed and said ‘I like that [izzy] that’s funny’ and I was just so uncomfortable???

Like it might sound dramatic but it’s just weird to me I don’t like people saying my name in general and pretty much making up a nickname for me? I do not like it. And then I talked about it with someone in my class and she said whenever I’m off she always asks where ‘Izzy’ is. Whenever the person I talked to about it isn’t in she might ask if they aren’t in but never why either. Idk I just think it’s weird and im definitely not the smartest or most well behaved person in the class.

I woke up from a dream of a sweet kity, only to wake up and remember that she’s never here. I brought her home on my birthday but my family didn’t allow it, first my grandma, and then my mom was very harsh about it so the rest of our family had no choice. We had a very few days together but those were the most beautiful days of my broken life. Part of the reason why I brought her home is because I feel so lonely, and I’ve been hurt by my family, I’ve been in dark places before I just wanted some company. I think I was just very stupid for bringing her home. What was I thinking? I even bought her a cage and a bed and food and toys and everything…now they’re all gone…I just miss her purrs and her cute little soft jelly beans and her furr. Couldn’t stop tearing up.

i think my mom dosent care about me. i (15f) look EXACTLY alike to my mom. and that wouldnt be a problem if she had gone to therapy before having me, my mom grew up rough and she wasnt good enough to some standard. she sees me as a younger version of herself because i look exactly how she did exept im exactly like my dad. my mom needs me to be perfect, to heal some trauma in her i guess.. but she completely distegards my feelings and constantly invalidates them.. she calls me stupid alot because i cant tell my rights from my lefts, i also cant read clocks. (i have learning disabilities and ive tryed so many things to help) and the odd time ill do the old left hand right hand trick to tell my left and rights, and she will go “do you think its cool to be stupid peyton??” in a really pissy tone. i also struggle with anxiety towards school and she says i make it up in my head. i was also never allowed to cry as a kid (7-whenever) i probably would be allowed to cry now but it just dosent feel ok. idk i just kinda needed to tell someone lol.

Title. I've been going through some medical testing lately to track down the source of chronic illnesses I've had since birth. I went through a genetic screening panel a few months ago, and today I got the results.

I have a chromosomal abnormality that gives me an extra copy of the X chromosome. Because I was assigned female at birth, it doesn't affect me. But if I have male children... it could be bad for them. They could end up with Klinefelter's Syndrome. I can't have kids just in case I pass on this genetic condition.

I'm only 17, and I'm not even sure if I want kids yet. But I'm pretty sure I do, someday. And this really, really hurts. I won't ever have a kid with my eyes, my nose, my hair.

And I'm especially disappointed because they never even figured out what's wrong with me.

Apologies if incorrect flair.

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