Honestly I'm jealous of you and wish I never interacted with the men I interacted with just horrible choices on my part due to naivety
@Journeytoletgo Vitual hug
I am so sorry this happened to you. I hope find happiness and peace in your life.
Let's be honest, there must be something "wrong' with us if we never achieved a long lasting sexual relationship (I refuse to call them romantic since they actually spring from the well known instinct of reproduction).
I know that I am chronically ill, live with my parents in the literal basement (looool I love the cultural implications, I chose the room with that in mind), I stink, have dandruff, smelly feet, and lost my ability to orgasm around the age where you should have your first sexual experiences due to physical injury.
There's plenty wrong there. I just don't care about that much anymore. I only had one 5 month relationship in my life around the time I started losing my health and I experienced intense pleasure but horrible pain. The pain was, I think, not worth the merriment and fleeting emotional comfort. If you are defective and weak love is a very dangerous game.
@whatevs Virtual hug
I am sorry to hear about your chronic illness and your suffering.
How is your treatment going for illness? If you don't mind me asking. I have little sister who experiences regular severe chronic pain espoisdes due to her illness. I hate seeing people suffer.
Humans are too busy creating weapons of mass destruction rather curing or alleviating pain.
I really hope things work out for you.
If my threads on SS come across whiny or trivial then I apologise. I use the forum a lot because in the real world I have not got anyone to talk to about my problems
My mum is more focused on her work, relationship and issues with family relatives problems. My mum is one of those mums who are happy to buy thier kids expensive stuff but will not take time to listen if I am depressed or anxious. My mum sees depressed/suicidal people as an inconvenience.
My relatives are self centred and enjoy seeing others fail. Not all but most are just unreliable.
Online forums are the only place where I can truly express my real feelings.
In the real world I just pretend to be happy and everyone believes it.
I can agree, the trival expectations of society cause so much pain. The amount of pressure to be attractive is getting worse it seems, especially for teenage girls. It's a sad fact that eating disorders are on the rise for that group.
I can't help but also hate humanity the more I live. Humans are all too superficial, social interactions all feel fake.
It's a reason why I hide my face in pictures, why I wear a face mask everywhere. (The one good thing to come out of the pandemic) Because otherwise people will already begin to judge me before they know me.
But whenever I bring this up with anyone outside of the internet, it's just met with you will make new relationships eventually, or you will find the right person. I really wish it was just as easy as trying harder. At this point I rather stay alone forever, the pain isn't worth it to try again.
@waitingforrest The worst thing is I feel like freak being single for so long.
When I was unemployed in lockdown I went on r/neet to tall to unemployed people like myself I mentioned my feelings about never being in a sexual relationship.
The majority of male online mocked me
One man said " a 23 year old virgin you must be very unattractive."
I learnt men see me as a freak and if I ever have relationship I am going to hide the fact about being single for so long because I am now ashamed of it.
After that experience I finally learnt society sees me as an abnormal freak.