Funny cute love poems for your boyfriend

First of all, let me clear out a few things.

• I'm not a stan of any contestant and I'll try not to have a bias towards anyone while i post this.
• I'm not criticising anyone for their personality but mostly for their hypocritical actions & words which is negatively impacting the show and majorly spoiling the vibes.
• I know this is gonna be long, i might miss out a few points which you can add in comments , so please bear with me.
• Mods, I'm not breaking any rules or abusing anyone here. Just stating my observations.
• I'll state the good points too which i like about everybody. The neagtives & the positives keep changing with every epsisode. So this is limited to what is up so far.
• I'll keep the content limited to what i see in episodes as i don't follow the recent insta controversies much.

Siwet : - Avoids situations & conversations and try to avoid any actual blames with some past stories or fake sympathies. - Always up for fighting people in dome and get aggressive which is sooo overdone. - Let Anica speak ffs! - Call yourself a "performer" only when you actually perform ! - "Addy tune baakiyo ko pitch ki toh tujhe nahi liya" Wtf bro ?

• He tries to respect bonds, goes on a limb to save Aniket & Ayushman as much as he could. Did addy dirty a couple of times though.
• Although everybody plans and plots, but plays game on face more than other contestants rather than hiding behind.

Anica : - Stop victimising yourself so much that your emotions start looking washed out. - Grow out of the dependant personality. - "Brooo" and the 🤌🏻🤌🏻 are irritating af.

• Haven't fucked up any task as such.
• She doesn't bitch any wrong things about Lakshay and tries to maintain good relations which i find nice.

Digvijay : - Stop with the hypocrisy! "Mai toh bolunga beech me" & "mere beech me mat bol" is plane stupid. - Although all ex-roadies & TRP contestants are getting majorly favoured, but his looks very clear with the out of nowhere saves & unfair ideal match contender when he was literally standing unsafe. - Stop using your friends (nayera to save, then demotivating her for dome which was logically right but could have been said subtly) (Gullu to write his name and then dumping her) (Akriti to save him and not sending her to den which i really loved tho XD ) - However true it maybe as well know, but calling out Prince to de-justify any other's spot was just purely out of jealousy and spite when he literally tried to do the same in roadies and outside.

• Plays game straight forward out of all the others.
• Beast performer
• Good at logics and strategies (asking Nayera not to go to the dome which almost eliminated Sachin if not for the twist) ik i contradicted myself but he could have talked it out better.
• Never said anything wrong about his ex.

Unnati : - although almost all the couples are fake and were pre-planned but having a bf outside and still coming to the show is a big NO NO ! - stop being so insecure dragging ishita in everything needs to stop when digvijay & ishita are literally showing no affections to each other (although i get the emotions & bringing exes was the whole point of this but still) - Crybaby over having no friends what?!

• Chose a good partner is all i can say lol.

Addy : - STOP flexing your steroids , losing temper every two seconds. - Grow a spine, "mai kabhi task nahi karunga iske saath" to "meri marzi mai jo karu"

• Might turn out to be a good performer in strength based task, haven't had any yet.
• Having survived so far and would survive further which is expected despite being all this stupidity, I'll count as a plus idk xD

Kashish : - Stop being so horny all the time ffs, it's soo cringe. - This fake sophisticated queen aura needs to be stopped.

• Doesn't fear to call out people . Be it akriti , yuvraj or even his own connection sometimes.
• Good performer so far.
• vamp vibes me likey.

Lakshay : - Same as unnati, having a gf and coming to the show is a NO NO for me. - Again like addy, stop making diggy papa and grow a spine. (Asking for chances to save and then giving them to diggy taking others for a fool) - However bitter your past relation maybe, but don't let Diggy disrespect your ex infront of you or everyone when you say you respect her. - Speak more bruh.

• Most well mannered among any other guy. Calm minded, lets people speak to the point of literally getting walked over.
• Haven't spoke shit about any people in the game.
• Supports his friends.

Ruru : - Unneccessary baseless shouting in last dome was such a turn off exactly like Divyansh.

• Tough mentality.
• Nice vibes , cute.

Sachin : - Literally a dumb character, lost half of the times, fucks up tasks . - cries more than needed ( he was done dirty in the court room tho) - Confused with connections and goes for the ones which makes no sense ( like deekila who was already messed up with aniket & even the personalities are so poles apart) . good that he finally paired up now. - Either defend your connection or just call her out for her fuckup, don't try to play both sides. (court room digvijay i love you drama)

• Genuine overall. Tries to maintain good relations with everyone and does less groupism than other people.
• Sweet & gonna rock in dance & entertainment & town-market wale tasks (if there any) probably.

Akriti : - Most cringe contestant of the whole show. - Majorly favoured by the show be it ideal match or screentime or VDs. - Crybaby max. Cry over sachin, cry over diggy allegations, cry over not being able to go to Loveden, cry over people calling her put and i can go on. - stop speaking in between everybody ffs. (she does it way far more than siwet & diggy) - Stop acting like a queen ffs it's so cringe. - stop with your "Maine aapko favour kiya aap mujhe favour lautao" . mat karo bhai favour fir . - Acts like a mastermind by saving diggy and then crying about it and bringing it up everytime.

• favours friends which is good in splitsvilla ig? (throwing hearts wala task where everybody was trying to show themselves neutral just for screen)
• understands vote in , vote outs and numbers game a little better.

Jashwant : - Stop with haan-ji, correct , ekdum sahi, bilkul, agreed and have your own opinions. - Stop with the cringe romantic one liners . - Speak more bruh (but speak sensible) and speak for yourself. You're not your partners' ambassador.

• Good genes lol
• Laidback, chill.

Nayera : - Stop milking your 2 day fling for such drama and sympathy (although it was need of the show and she finally got over it but still) - Stop crying and showing how you got hurt & ruined and then call it chewing gum and stuff. double standards.

• Goes out on a limb for friends. Values relations over playing double sides.
• Beast performer.

Harsh : - Most cringe contestant after Akriti. Stop with this King-Queen bullshit. - Stop acting like you're playing neutral when you're actually playing both sides (dono side jaake chugli karna) - Stop hyping up yourself as morally correct using feminism and fairness. (court room , tasks and dome votes)

• Somehow gets the best girls wtf

Rushali : - What a poor choice of guy lol + Elegant. Well behaved. Carries herself well. Dresses beautifully and talks graciously.
Shobhika - Again, having a bf and coming to the show ? NOPE. - Cried when called out by yuvraj and legit ran away from the set? - Does nothing and is basically female ayushman lol.

• somehow has the best friends to save her everytime.
• chill, laidback, cute .

Ishita : - Going and fighting to stand between Diggy and unnati in ex-isle was so weird to watch (although she was been told by uorfi)

• Nice personality overall. always respects diggy and never bitches about him.

Yuvraj : - Does he really understand the concept of the show? You have to make a connection to move forward lol.

• Dresses cool. Genuine and great personality and styling sense.
• Most chill and laidback (after lord Rigden ofcourse)

Adit : - Please grow a spine and stop having a herd mentality. - not fit for the politics and the dirties of the show.

• Great vibes, pretty chill, funny.

Khanak: - Stop following the herd mentality again. - Despite even knowing the other connections are fake and theirs are genuine, it somehow seems faker than the others?

• Carries herself well.
• Gives proper sophisticated NRI vibes (unlike kashish & shobhika. idk if they're for sure)

Ameha : - Idk. speak more? hide less. + Cutest of all. Dresses and carries herself well. + Most bearable nepali contestant amongst all. (it has nothing to do with race. it just how she carries herself better than the rest)
Devakaran : - speak more , hide less in crowd maybe ? + Old school gentlemen vibes.
Arbaaz : - Being married and coming to the show? NOPEEEE. - Romance is so dead and fake . cringe.

• No drama . Speaks as much needed and somehow still not hides in the crowd and have a more opinionated stand than adit & devkaran.

Aniket : - Major toxicity alert! Messed up relationship, mean vibes and much controlling. + Maintains calm even when provoked . Tries not to involve people in his messed up connection (his fuckups actually) .
Deekila : - Dependant personality pro max. - Irritating to the ears once she starts shouting. + Forgiving aniket after whatver was revealed to us is the only truth takes heart and if she takes step to fix it , it's heartening to see. (although it's toxic and wrong but still)
Lastly, i feel like this calling out was much needed. Akriti hate on this sub is justified, Digvijay worshipping is going too much and needs to be called out for his hypocrisy but i think is this sub is filled with his insta supporters now, dewangini-divyansh stupidity was needed to be called out for, ayushman and rigden hype is a yesss, nayera is underrated and siwet turns his unneccessary hate into completely neccessary with each episode and instagram oustide the show. and i think people Sorry, not sorry. Feel free to add any if i missed or you don't agree to.

A while back I made this post, https://www.reddit.com/depressionmeals/s/ULh0zBS0u4
Today, I am happily eating sushi with my lovely boyfriend and the family I still have who loves me so much. I gym 4x a week and I eat healthy. Life got better. Just wanted to say thank you all for your kind words months ago, it really helped.

Thank you for stopping by....
Me:

• Loves being outdoors and anything physical, introvert in person, but extroverted in chat and occasionally funny and loves some good banter

-Reading is one of my passions well listening /reading I like audio books too. Love a good dystopian book.
-I have the goofiest white lab pup you were evenever meet lol
-Binges music and sports like it's my job ( been binging some J Cole and a lot of older house music ) Favorite teams are Saints and Lakers and Manchester United
-Have an not so boring desk job and WFH ( Data analyst)
-Loves playing guitar and and drawing and sketching. Can solve a rubiks cube in a min in a half. If you bribe me I'll teach you
-Can teach you how to make my world famous brisket nachos
You:
-Funny & kind
-Loves music (bonus if you're into hip hop and electronic or anything I love it all, can send my Tons of your favs)
-Has interests you're into to tell me about
-Can carry your end of a Convo and bonus points if you can hang with some good banter
Looking to share my day to day so if I grabbed your attention, shoot me a chat. Have a awesome day

Lol, I thought this would be funny to write about as a first silly little post as it is the most interesting thing in my life. (Don’t mind any typos)
First of all, to anyone who wants to tell me to stop or get over it or give me any valid reasonable and rational advice,I will not listen so don’t bother.
As these stories go, I 15(f) in love with English teacher 26(f). I’m obsessed with her, and have been for almost msot 2 years, it would have been longer if she had come into my life sooner.
I’m not a love at first sight person, so it took a while for it to come about. And iv always had problems with getting violently obsessed with things, I believe it’s some kind of coping mechanism, you know? If I don’t have something to live for then I fall in love with something, subconsciously of course. First it was cartoon characters then celebrity’s and the for the first time a real person who I know in real life! (Except she’s my teacher and she’s 26) but also the first woman iv ever fallen for (iv always known Im pan so it wasn’t a shock really). I think another HUGE reason I love her is because I don’t have a mother, she was abusive, druggy, alcoholic yadi-yadi-yada, and so I don’t live with her and I don’t like her and she isn’t there for me, and so I meet a kind female adult who I look up to? Obviously I get attached and I see her as a mother figure. I really do, I want to be just like her, I want to make her proud, I seek her validation, i want to fuck her. You know, regular motherly things!
The first day I met her, first day of year 10. From the second she walked into the class I felt her energy and her vibes and I had that feeling where you instantly like someone and want to be friends with them and think they are super cool. Now, she is not hot, like Obviously to me me right now in this moment she’s the most beautiful and pretty person iv ever seen she’s so cute and hot and all that, but Obviously that’s because I’m obsessed with her everything about her is great, but she’s the kind of ugly that when she first walked into the class people snickered.
She has a rash on her chin, a noticeable moustache, she looks at least 30 despite being much younger, her eyes are creepy looking and small, her skin is really red and dry and way too textured, she does weird ugly facial expressions, she has a big nose, her hair is never brushed and always greasy, she has really small eyelashes blah blah blah.. (she obviously has some really nice features as well, but I’m trying to prove i don’t like her for her looks)
Now In her defence I think they were laughing because she has the hugest ass iv seen in my entire life, not cuz of her face. (She wears really tight leggings everyday) But, she is overweight and a lot of people bring her down cuz of it but that has nothing to do with any of it for me obviously, and I obviously didn’t laugh when she walked in.
The point is, I instantly liked her and her personality, she has that school mum vibe, she’s witty she’s confident she’s loud, she’s funny, she’s so weird (like she does and says the weirdest stuff, she’ll start dancing out of no where with no warning, she shortens words all the time and then says them three times like: “fab fab fab” she has just the weirdest tendencies and mannerisms it’s insane), shes always so exited and jolly, she’s like a ball of sunshine yet at the same time she’s so sassy and passive aggressive, when I’m older I wanna be just like her you know!
And that’s how I felt for a long time, I would just enjoy her lessons because of the energy and vibes she’d bring! She makes everything so much fun just by being there, she’s also a drama teacher so she’s great at getting a crowd going and stuff. But it seemed no one else liked her, they either fat shamed her, or said she was a bitch, or found her annoying.
They aren’t wrong she is all of those things, but she’s only a bitch to you if you don’t respect her and then she’s passive aggressive and makes your time in her class hell, and as her favourite student who kissed her ass everyday it was fun for me to watch people get roasted by her and never have to worry about it. She is annoying to a lot of people because she hypes everyone up, and she’s loud and obnoxious and confident, she laughs at her own jokes and she’s giggly and she does stupid accents, she’s the walking talking definition of “QUIRKY” and so 15 year olds find her incredibly cringey and jarring. But as an immature individual my self I found her energy like something I have never seen anyone have so i from the first day thought she was my favourite teacher ever!
I often take the role of like comic relief when it comes to my friends so I often make the joke myself, and once I felt this admiration for my English teacher, and this giddy happy feeling in me when I saw her, I thought it would be a great idea to pretend/ hint to having a crush on her to my friends as a joke so they can make fun of me. It was small things like “oh my english teacher! … oh.. I liiiiikkkee herrrrrrrr~!” Id day when people mention her, no one caught onto the joke for a couple months until one day, after a holiday I had dyed my hair and she walked past me and she complimented it, I thanked her and INSTANTLY MY HEART WAS POUNDING AND I GOT ALL GIGGLING, my friend was next to me and found it funny obviously. And then the more I went to her lessons I couldn’t stop getting all sweaty and nervous around her, and every time she’d do something cute, like squeal when she’s frustrated and make weird noises or do a fake accent, or tell a joke I’d feel so unbelievably happy, and I couldn’t stop talking and thinking about her, but Eveytime I’d think about her or look at her id get a huge ick of like.. but ewww she’s so not hot! I can NOT be in love with THAT.
By summer I was still feeling this Same way, one day she wore a dress and like the dopey idiot she is, she lifted her leg and from where I sat I saw her panties. I WAS DISGUSTED, and looked away. And then looked back.. but then looked away.. and then looked back.. and then looked away.. (and did it a couple more times) but I felt sick in my stomach the whole time! It was not a hot thing at the time.
Then the year ends and it’s the summer holiday, (now up until this point I was quite caught up with my David walliams obsession. yes the 56 year old.. and so I didn’t really care about her all that much. On the first day back, before school started I went to a birthday party and I saw her walking outside of the school, when I saw her my heat was beating so fast, i hadn’t seen her in 6 weeks and I was not expecting to see her then, I said hi to her and i couldn’t stop thinking about that moment so intensely, and every thought I had about her being ugly didn’t matter to me, it’s not like I forgot about it, I know what she looks like, but I just think everything about her is so beautiful, it’s part of her and so its perfect.
That feeling got worse and worse as the year went by, every time i see her I shake, i sweat, I have panic attack like symptoms, but I feel so happy, like manic, I am overwhelmed, I want to punch things, I want to scream.
Then we get to the part where to silence this obsession I did regrettable and wierd things that she will never know about, some of the despicable things iv done in “the name of love” for her include:
Eating her hair Licking her spit of the table Kissing her chair when she leaves the room Following her around school Drawing her Writing poems about her Writing songs about her Making edits of her Taking photos of her Recording her voice when she talks to me Stealing her trash Licking her pens Making AI chat bots with her personality Making a bingo game about her (that one is just funny, and all my friends played it too, during her lessons lol)
And many other things I won’t mention. Obviously I’m not proud of any of this, and I didn’t really need to do it, some of it I did “as a joke” for my friends, some of them I did just because I could.. but the recording her voice one is essential! Anytime we’d have a heart felt convo I’d record it so I can listen to it if I ever loose the will to live (surprisingly frequently).
Now our relationship as student and teacher was/is very good.
We’ve had some lovely moments, she told me she cared about me outside of the classroom.
A personal favourite of mine: One time she was marking my work and it was just us in the classroom and I rested my head on her shoulder as she was going through it with me, and she looked down at me and she smiled and then we stayed like that for ages while she marked my work.
All my friends said I was delusional and that she probably hates me, but she has a huge ego and i believe she likes to keep me around to give it a boost every now and then.
I wore a matching outfit with her once (on accident) and she was very happy about it
Anytime I’d ask her what I can do to improve my grade she’s say to me “oh no! But you’re doing really well! I thought you did great!”
She’d never get mad at me or shout at me for anything, if we are doing a one between two activity she’d give me the only extra sheet in the class
I asked her to sit at the front to her because I “concentrate better at the front” (i only asked cuz i wanted to sit closer to her) she gave me a sly smirk and then the next lesson she moved me to the back of the class, and also moved her self to the back of the class.
We took a selfie together and the whole time she was giggling, I gave her a Christmas card, she lets me follow her around the school, she gave my friends dirty looks when they were being mean to me
I sent her stupid emails of pictures of capybaras (it was an inside joke between us) and she responded with a way to enthusiastic response for such a simple image lol!
I sand “you belong with me” by TS and she stood in the crown and when it got to the “you belong with me” bit I pointed at her and she pointed back! Singing the words back to me
Oh, and let us not forget the amount of eye contact. I never look people in the eye, one of my first exes I barely ever looked into their eyes all the time I knew them, I just suck at eye contact. Until I met her, since I’m so insecure about her forgetting me or loosing me or something I often stare at her when she’s teaching to make sure that she doesn’t forget me. And some how in the last couple of months she stares at me as well.
Anytime she tells a joke she looks straight at me to see how I respond (always with giggles even when it’s the lamest thing iv ever heard. It’s often not funny at all.) and the entire time shes teaching the lessons I will stare at her. IN HER EYES. Like, I’ll often smile calmly, but if she hasn’t looked at me in like 4 minutes then I’ll stare deeper, but she usually looks into my eyes and hold it for a while sometimes she’ll even smile at me and then stutter and forget what she’s saying before looking away and continuing. She’ll stare deeply into my eyes, throughout the lesson, and I also always catch her looking at me first.
Once she was helping me with my work, she got really close to me, and she stared into my eyes and then I see her getting small glances at my lips (with this one I may be a little delusional) she leaned in and she kept getting confused. Like, she yaps a lot, and a lot very loudly. So it was odd for her to be standing there her arm touching mine talking to me and being like “…. Um-.. heh-.. where was i..” and she flicks through my paper and then looks back at me and goes silent and then swallows and then looks down and then flips through it again and then says something small and short followed by more silence.
I also have a theory shes on drugs, for many reasons but one time I needed her to take a photo of my book, and she was acting so weird, tired but like really like dizzy and loopy and breathless. And she went to take a photo of my book, and got behind me and she leaned into my book, and I felt her heavy loud breath on my neck as her stray hairs were tickling the side of my face and her shoulder was touching my back, she she just stood there and stared at my book for ages until i was like “um so.. you can.. take a photo or something..” and then she slowly did it hahahaha!
Obviously it’s now exam time and so school is basically over and I have no more lessons, so I didn’t go into depth about how much she means to me as a person but to sum it up into one sentence; I would want to seriously kill my self with out her in my life.
And so the thing I had been fearing for so long, the last English lesson, the last time seeing my dear beloved. Well obviously it’s life or death so I have to tell her how I feel and get her to stay in contact with me.
The last lesson ends I go up to her after a morning of: pissing my self, shitting my self, throwing up in my mouth, constantly putting on perfume, checking my hair and chewing the mintiest of gums. And I start my speech, I won’t go into it but I told her how I felt about her (minus the being in love bit I played it off as platonic duh, im not fully stupid).
I told her that she means so much to me, and she’s (one of) my favourite people in the world (that’s a white lie she’s my only favourite) I can’t go on with out her, I need her, iv felt this way since the first lesson, your so fun, you mean so much to me! I cant loose you, I don’t know what I would do with out you!!!!
I cried in her arms as she hugged me! And i didnt even need to ask she suggested we could stay in contact, in-fact all i had said was “I’ll miss you so much :(“ and she already suggested we stay in contact, but Obviosuly I still did the whole speech cuz at some point she needed to know. Her response was basically that she already knew, but she was very pleased to hear it, and everything is going to be perfectly okay.
She said we can stay in contact (through email, cuz apparently there is a “legal thing unfortunately” stopping her from giving me her number (yes I did ask for her number, but in a total no homo way.)
She said I can talk to her anytime about anything as much as I like, and that’s good enough for me!
I also gave her a drawing I did of her and me together which was cute, her response to that was “oh very cool! she walks over. she takes it in her hands, very excited to see it. This really throws her confidence off, she’s really not expecting this. OH THIS IS AMAIZING! her voice cracks THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! this is lovely! thank you, this is soo good! oh-muh-gud it’s SO good! oww I love it! thank you.. I’m wearing the same top as well, how fun~.. HOW FUN!!!! how fun!! … she takes it and puts it in her bag i will prop this up, on my desk! wicked wicked awesome!” (I recorded her reaction so that’s how you know it’s word for word)
In conclusion, im creepily obsessed and its a problem, but I don’t really regret anything cuz it’s all gotten me to this point where I can talk to her when ever I want and that’s all I could ever ask her. Yes I want to fuck her, but that’s not important to me I just need her in my life, she’s my world she’s my reason of living, and I’m so happy things are this way! I’m doing my exams now so I get to see her everyday when I come into school (by see her I mean wait outside the staff room so I can catch a glimpse of her knee). I’m also glad I’m not in her lessons anymore cuz I’d always get so twitchy around her, anytime she’d be near me and I’d be trying my best not to lunge at her, when I see her my mouth waters I just wanna grab her and kiss her all over! Eeek! She’s adorableeeee!
I love herrrrr ❤️❤️❤️

Hey there! I am a 30 year old guy from Upstate New York looking for someone that wants to make an emotional connection.
A bit about me: I'm 6’1". I get height can be a big deal for some women so I think it's best to just put it out there first 😅 I've got black hair, brownish black eyes. Average body, I'm muscular and wanting to start exercising both for health and a little bit for better shape. I like to think I'm fairly attractive but then most of us grew up with a relative always telling us we were not handsome or cute, etc. we can share pictures once we establish some comfort zone. If education is important, I am a college graduate with post-graduation degree as well. Now working as Mechanical engineer.
I have to lead with the fact that I can be pretty sarcastic at times. I also joke and (playfully) tease. I'm pretty easy going/chill and I like to keep things light and fun, but also enjoy getting into the really deep conversations as well. I'm a sucker for the whole good morning and goodnight text thing as well as checking in on those busier days. That doesn’t mean we have to just message good morning and good night for the whole week. Haha. I think most important part of knowing someone via online platform is initial conversations and if you don’t have enough time let me know otherwise that conversation is dead in no time.
I love animals. I've always felt very connected and attached to them and just enjoy interacting with them. While I am more of a dog person pet-wise, cats are still pretty cool in my book. Cats are more complex though I love the mysterious nature.
Anything outdoors is great in my opinion. Just feel like going for a walk? Let's do it. I do kayaking a bit in the summers, fish, hike, go for drives. I have the habit of occasionally stopping and taking pictures of plants and flowers I see around (I'm always down to share!). While sending me message write code - “I4U” so that I know it’s someone who actually read my post. Didn’t write in the end cuz some people might just skip to end. This doesn’t mean that you just send me the code. I am strictly gonna monitor now. I have skimmed through soo many texts and my innocent heart always gives chances, I am gonna try to be little strict this time.
It's not just the outdoors I love. I can also get down with chill days at home binging something on Netflix or playing something on my PC. Let's face it, I'm a bit if a nerd (everyone has something nerd about themselves) and if you like Jurassic park, board games, Any Mafia movies, gaming, etc we will get along great. I'm a sucker for horror movies as well and am always looking for recommendations. I listen to a lot of music. I shouldn’t brag but I listen to english ,german, Spanish, french and Hindi songs. Born and brought up in India. Hence, hindi songs.
A bit about (possibly) you: I'd prefer if you were in some sort of professional environment and ambitious. I'm not extremely picky about things like hair and eye color. Height is also not a big deal. If you're alot smaller than me and worried that it's something you’ll be insecure about, it's not. The big thing for me is personality. I think personality can make us a lot more or a lot less attractive. I want someone that is genuinely kind and sweet, someone that likes to laugh, someone that's not afraid to be goofy.
A final note: I'm a single guy and looking for someone dynamic. Sometimes I can respond immediately and sometimes it takes a minute due to the obvious circumstances. I also don't expect you to respond immediately to every message, I get that we all have lives and can be busy at times. It would be awesome if you are up for a voice chat. And please when responding write something about yourself.
If any if this sounds remotely interesting to you, feel free to reach out via reddit dm or chat!

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1. I’m not a girl who grew up doing a lot of self grooming, so I’m not really creative with hair styles. Lately, I’ve been developing my confidence which has a lot to do with my hair for me, but as I’m looking at styles I think I’m a little limited. I prefer to have longer lasting protective styles with low manipulation but I feel like I only see the same few styles. I currently have a sew in and I like it but I’d like to try something different. I’m going to a concert and I want something cute that will survive the heat. I may just get another sew in but I’d love to hear what y’all have seen.
   
2. Do y’all ever feel like certain hair types don’t suit y’alls body shape? I feel like it’s in my head because I don’t really pay attention to I when I look at other people, but I feel like there are some hairstyles that don’t look good on me because of my body shape/size. Am I trippin? Or is there like a way to finesse it so it looks good on your body?
   

Hey there! I am a 30 year old guy from Upstate New York looking for someone that wants to make an emotional connection, and would like to put efforts into conversations.
A bit about me: I'm 6’1". I get height can be a big deal for some women so I think it's best to just put it out there first 😅 I've got black hair, brownish black eyes. Average body, I'm muscular and wanting to start exercising both for health and a little bit for better shape. I like to think I'm fairly attractive but then most of us grew up with a relative always telling us we were not handsome or cute, etc. we can share pictures once we establish some comfort zone. If education is important, I am a college graduate with post-graduation degree as well. Now working as an engineer.
I have to lead with the fact that I can be pretty sarcastic at times. I also joke and (playfully) tease. I'm pretty easy going/chill and I like to keep things light and fun, but also enjoy getting into the really deep conversations as well. I'm a sucker for the whole good morning and goodnight text thing as well as checking in on those busier days. That doesn’t mean we have to just message good morning and good night for the whole week. Haha. I think most important part of knowing someone via online platform is initial conversations and if you don’t have enough time let me know otherwise that conversation is dead in no time.
I love animals. I've always felt very connected and attached to them and just enjoy interacting with them. While I am more of a dog person pet-wise, cats are still pretty cool in my book. Cats are more complex though I love the mysterious nature.
Anything outdoors is great in my opinion. Just feel like going for a walk? Let's do it. I do kayaking a bit in the summers, fish, hike, go for drives. I have the habit of occasionally stopping and taking pictures of plants and flowers I see around (I'm always down to share!). While sending me message write code - “I3U” so that I know it’s someone who actually read my post. Didn’t write in the end cuz some people might just skip to end. This doesn’t mean that you just send me the code. I am strictly gonna monitor now. I have skimmed through soo many texts and my innocent heart always gives chances, I am gonna try to be little strict this time.
It's not just the outdoors I love. I can also get down with chill days at home binging something on Netflix or playing something on my PC. Let's face it, I'm a bit if a nerd (everyone has something nerd about themselves) and if you like Jurassic park, board games, Any Mafia movies, gaming, etc we will get along great. I'm a sucker for horror movies as well and am always looking for recommendations. I listen to a lot of music. I shouldn’t brag but I listen to english ,german, Spanish, french and Hindi songs. Born and brought up in India. Hence, hindi songs.
A bit about (possibly) you: I'd prefer if you were in some sort of professional environment and ambitious. I'm not extremely picky about things like hair and eye color. Height is also not a big deal. If you're alot smaller than me and worried that it's something you’ll be insecure about, it's not. The big thing for me is personality. I think personality can make us a lot more or a lot less attractive. I want someone that is genuinely kind and sweet, someone that likes to laugh, someone that's not afraid to be goofy.
A final note: I'm a single guy and looking for someone dynamic. Sometimes I can respond immediately and sometimes it takes a minute due to the obvious circumstances. I also don't expect you to respond immediately to every message, I get that we all have lives and can be busy at times. It would be awesome if you are up for a voice chat. And please please when responding write something about yourself.
If any if this sounds remotely interesting to you, feel free to reach out via reddit dm or chat!

Hey there! I am a 30 year old guy from Upstate New York looking for someone that wants to make an emotional connection.
A bit about me: I'm 6’1". I get height can be a big deal for some women so I think it's best to just put it out there first 😅 I've got black hair, brownish black eyes. Average body, I'm muscular and wanting to start exercising both for health and a little bit for better shape. I like to think I'm fairly attractive but then most of us grew up with a relative always telling us we were not handsome or cute, etc. we can share pictures once we establish some comfort zone. If education is important, I am a college graduate with post-graduation degree as well. Now working as an engineer.
I have to lead with the fact that I can be pretty sarcastic at times. I also joke and (playfully) tease. I'm pretty easy going/chill and I like to keep things light and fun, but also enjoy getting into the really deep conversations as well. I'm a sucker for the whole good morning and goodnight text thing as well as checking in on those busier days. That doesn’t mean we have to just message good morning and good night for the whole week. Haha. I think most important part of knowing someone via online platform is initial conversations and if you don’t have enough time let me know otherwise that conversation is dead in no time.
I love animals. I've always felt very connected and attached to them and just enjoy interacting with them. While I am more of a dog person pet-wise, cats are still pretty cool in my book. Cats are more complex though I love the mysterious nature.
Anything outdoors is great in my opinion. Just feel like going for a walk? Let's do it. I do kayaking a bit in the summers, fish, hike, go for drives. I have the habit of occasionally stopping and taking pictures of plants and flowers I see around (I'm always down to share!). While sending me message write code - “I2U” so that I know it’s someone who actually read my post. Didn’t write in the end cuz some people might just skip to end. This doesn’t mean that you just send me the code. I am strictly gonna monitor now. I have skimmed through soo many texts and my innocent heart always gives chances, I am gonna try to be little strict this time.
It's not just the outdoors I love. I can also get down with chill days at home binging something on Netflix or playing something on my PC. Let's face it, I'm a bit if a nerd (everyone has something nerd about themselves) and if you like Jurassic park, board games, Any Mafia movies, gaming, etc we will get along great. I'm a sucker for horror movies as well and am always looking for recommendations. I listen to a lot of music. I shouldn’t brag but I listen to english ,german, Spanish, french and Hindi songs. Born and brought up in India. Hence, hindi songs.
A bit about (possibly) you: I'd prefer if you were in some sort of professional environment and ambitious. I'm not extremely picky about things like hair and eye color. Height is also not a big deal. If you're alot smaller than me and worried that it's something you’ll be insecure about, it's not. The big thing for me is personality. I think personality can make us a lot more or a lot less attractive. I want someone that is genuinely kind and sweet, someone that likes to laugh, someone that's not afraid to be goofy.
A final note: I'm a single guy and looking for someone dynamic. Sometimes I can respond immediately and sometimes it takes a minute due to the obvious circumstances. I also don't expect you to respond immediately to every message, I get that we all have lives and can be busy at times. It would be awesome if you are up for a voice chat. And please when responding write something about yourself.
If any if this sounds remotely interesting to you, feel free to reach out via reddit dm or chat!

Since I was young, I was telling I wouldn't want children. I always hated how they could cry, scream, being difficult and need a lot of attention. My mother always told me "you'll seen when you age, it might come".
Once, my brother placed me in the nursery for a summer job telling me "it's fun to work with children and I would like it". I told him straight I prefered to work in the cleaning crew and have peace. He didn't listened to me. Mind you it was the worse summer job I ever had and no one was happy of me (nursery chief even criticized me in front of my brother).
Fast forward to now, soon 30 y (F). My two older brothers are both married, having children (2.5y, 14 months, 7 months), cattering attention to the children only. It's impossible now to have a normal conversation. However, I really love my nephews. I often visit them and play with them. When I leave hovewer, I'm physically and mentally drained, feeling depressed and need time to recover (I'm introvert as well).
From two years, I'm battling various mental health issues, I didn't manage my money the best way possible (impulsive side) and my work is interested to make me climb the ladder. My current boyfriend is a 7 years younger guy which is an immigrant and has to learn a new job (4 years total of study/work to gain the paper). Considering all this, I'm like "there is no way it's a good idea to have children, I can live without it and help other people instead".
However, I have a small shitty voice telling me "are you sure you won't regret it ?". I'm afraid my boyfriend will leave me because he said he would like to have children. When I'm imaging a small child with the look of my boyfriend, I find it funny and I smile. Then I remember all the reasons why I don't want a child.
I don't know why but it's really stressful for me. I want to be able to scream "I don't want children", telling my boyfriend to look elsewhere and stop feeling shit each time after visiting my family. Why is it so hard ?

Hi everybody! I’m here looking for advice for a possible situation nothing is confirmed yet. I’ve been struggling for a while now. I’ve always wanted to be a parent. Forever. I’ve tried just about everything but my insurance has been spotty and I’m just starting the process of medical intervention all over again. I’ve sat by and watched my older sister have 6 kids waiting for my chance. I’ve vented about my older sister multiple times in this sub. Nothing has changed about her she’s still not a good parent and even had a visit from CPS 2 weeks ago.
This is about her daughter,yeah this is going exactly where you think it is. My niece is 15. I raised her because my sister got pregnant with my niece 7 months after her first baby and didn’t even want the first one. So my sister was evicted in October 2023 and moved in with my mom. I go to my mom’s house every weekend because me and my younger siblings are extremely close. It’s been difficult but I love the family time. My niece has stopped talking to me. She won’t even sit in the same room as me. I thought I did something to her and my grandmother even asked her. She said nothing so I just chalked it up to puberty. She has been wearing a ton of makeup and dressing really provocative. My grandmother brought it up to me and I said as a teacher in the same district that my niece attends school there’s no way she going to class, the school would have suspended her by now.
My sister has her kids schools blocked so the school will call my mom instead. Apparently my niece has missed most of the school year because she’s leaving school with her friends and new boyfriend. So again you know where this is going. My grandmother said that my mom told her my niece has been throwing up……Im literally just waiting for someone to say those words. I know I won’t be able to be around her. If I’m being selfish or childish please let me know. I want your opinion because I know you guys have been in these shoes and I just need someone to point me in a direction. We do have a family vacation coming up in July but if this is true then I don’t know how much I’ll be able to be around my family after that. Thank you guys ❤️

Howdy y'all!! My partner and I are looking for more progressive friends to join us and some of our friends for Valorant, OW2, Modded Minecraft, Terraria, VRChat, drawing games, survival games, and party games. We play in the US region and are usually free after 2-5pm PST on weekdays, and all day on weekends.

• We're both 23 years old.
• Our humor is silly and dumb, with plenty of sexual jokes (not the weird or creepy ones) and lots of profanity.
• We love sharing memes, cute animals videos, and brainrot content that is sure to help you lose some of those pesky braincells!
• We're introverts, so there are days when we're down for gaming and others when we just wanna hang out in VC with friends—chatting, watching stuff (usually anime or movies), streaming games, or listening to music while doing our own thing.
• We're very open to trying new games if they look fun.
• We just wanna relax, laugh, and have a good time, so we like surrounding ourselves with people who aren't toxic, mean (this includes banter like "You're a dumbass, lol"), ragey, bigoted, prone to tilting, or overly competitive.

If you think we'd get along well, send me a chat message instead of commenting :) Please be 20+ and comfortable with voice chatting.

Howdy y'all!! My partner and I are looking for more progressive friends to add to our small friend group (less than 10 ppl, ages 20-28). Our main games at the moment are Valorant, OW2, Modded Minecraft, Terraria, VRChat, drawing games, survival games, and party games. We play on US servers and are usually free after 2-5pm PST on weekdays, and all day on weekends.

• We're both 23 years old.
• Our humor is silly and dumb, with plenty of sexual jokes (not the weird or creepy ones) and lots of profanity.
• We love sharing memes, cute animals videos, and brainrot content that is sure to help you lose some of those pesky braincells!
• We're introverts, so there are days when we're down for gaming and others when we just wanna hang out in VC with friends—chatting, watching stuff (usually anime or movies), streaming games, or listening to music while doing our own thing.
• We're very open to trying new games if they look fun.
• We just wanna relax, laugh, and have a good time, so we like surrounding ourselves with people who aren't toxic, mean (this includes banter like "You're a dumbass, lol"), ragey, bigoted, prone to tilting, or overly competitive.

If you think we'd get along well, send me a chat message instead of commenting :) Please be 20+ and comfortable with voice chatting.

Made a post recently asking for all of your "hidden gem" or underrated roguelikes/lites that you have played.
You guys gave me so many amazing recommendations, and I really wanna thank all of you for that, and I hope some of you found some games to try with that thread as well!
I wound up picking up a lot of new roguelites I hadn't played, Fury Unleashed being one of those.
It's funny, cause I had heard of Fury Unleashed before having it mentioned by a few people in that thread, however I just assumed it was kind of a meh game cause I always see it discounted to basically nothing on the Nintendo Switch eshop. (Which in the past has led to me purchasing literal trash rogeulites before lmao). However after seeing it mentioned a couple times in the thread i decided to give it a shot, but I got it on PC as it looked like it would be better played with mouse and keyboard (I was right lol)
I gotta say, wow this game has blown me away so far. I absolutely love the comic book story they went for, following the author's troubles as his comic becomes less and less popular. The idea of playing as a character in a comic is sweet, and it is done very very well here.
The gameplay just feels so satisfying, dashing around meleeing everything, or staying back and shooting from afar feels very satisfying. I love how the weapons can have little modifiers on them that make them different each time, and the grenades and special abilities are really fun as well!
If i had to have any gripes, I would say the item variety besides the weapons (since those can have different attributes) is pretty low for a roguelite. Weirdly however, It doesn't bother me as much in this game as it would others (which is very rare btw, I usually hate games with little to no item variety) since every run still winds up feeling different enough for me, and the gameplay is good enough to justify it.
With all of this being said I'm only a few hours in so far, however compared to the other roguelites I picked up recently, this is the one that I have played the most which I DID NOT expect at all to be the case.
So TLDR, would highl;y highly recommend this game if it looks at all interesting to you! (It does seem like it wouldn't play as well on controller though, so probably buy on pc if you do get it)

Howdy y'all!! My partner and I are looking for more progressive friends to join us and some of our friends for Valorant, OW2, Modded Minecraft, Terraria, VRChat, drawing games, survival games, and party games. We play on US servers and are usually free after 2-5pm PST on weekdays, and all day on weekends.

• We're both 23 years old.
• Our humor is silly and dumb, with plenty of sexual jokes (not the weird or creepy ones) and lots of profanity.
• We love sharing memes, cute animals videos, and brainrot content that is sure to help you lose some of those pesky braincells!
• We're introverts, so there are days when we're down for gaming and others when we just wanna hang out in VC with friends—chatting, watching stuff (usually anime or movies), streaming games, or listening to music while doing our own thing.
• We're very open to trying new games if they look fun.
• We just wanna relax, laugh, and have a good time, so we like surrounding ourselves with people who aren't toxic, mean (this includes banter like "You're a dumbass, lol"), ragey, bigoted, prone to tilting, or overly competitive.

If you think we'd get along well, send me a chat message instead of commenting :) Please be 20+ and comfortable with voice chatting.

Howdy y'all!! 👋 My partner and I are looking for more progressive friends to add to our small friend group (less than 10 ppl, ages 20-28). Our main games at the moment are Valorant, OW2, Modded Minecraft, Terraria, VRChat, drawing games, survival games, and party games. We play on US servers and are usually free after 2-5pm PST on weekdays, and all day on weekends.

• We're both 23 years old.
• Our humor is silly and dumb, with plenty of sexual jokes (not the weird or creepy ones) and lots of profanity.
• We love sharing memes, cute animals videos, and brainrot content that is sure to help you lose some of those pesky braincells!
• We're introverts, so there are days when we're down for gaming and others when we just wanna hang out in VC with friends—chatting, watching stuff (usually anime or movies), streaming games, or listening to music while doing our own thing.
• We're very open to trying new games if they look fun.
• We just wanna relax, laugh, and have a good time, so we like surrounding ourselves with people who aren't toxic, mean (this includes banter like "You're a dumbass, lol"), ragey, bigoted, prone to tilting, or overly competitive.

If you think we'd get along well, send me a chat message instead of commenting :) Please be 20+ and comfortable with voice chatting.

Goal: Create a heartfelt animated music video Song: TheFatRat - Still Here With You Tone: Happy, Sad, Sweet, Touching, Moving, Inspiring, Beautiful, Spiritual Style: 2D cute cartoon/anime Length: About two and a half minutes to fit the song (more is fine, adding a short intro/outro to fit the story is welcome) Deadline: 2 Months (flexible) Budget: $3,000 (flexible)
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Sorry if the deadline/budget seems unreasonable. I am very flexible on both and am more than willing to work with someone on a fair price.
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I would like to have a music video created for my fiancée, Emily, starring her and one of our cats, Fawkes, who we helped cross the rainbow bridge in February 2023. We always get the feeling he's still here with us, watching over us, spreading his love and joy. I want to imagine what that would look like if it were indeed true. On a spiritual level, they were/are truly soulmates, and I want to create something really special for her to remember him by. These last few years have been really tough for her, and we have been abandoned/betrayed by some friends and family mainly due to drama around our caring for Fawkes.
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I am looking for someone passionate who truly wants to help me make this a reality. I will do everything in my power to get whatever you need to make this work. This is probably way too much info, but I'm trying to get my thoughts out if it can help the creative process for anyone. If you're interested, please send me a message.
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Factoids:

• Me: 33M
• Emily: 34F
• Emily and Fawkes slept on the couch together during his sickness (he would always lay on her, face to face)
• Emily likes to paint as a hobby (shapes, flowers, birds, owls)
• Emily likes to play PC games (Overwatch, World of Warcraft)
• Emily is usually up at night while I'm asleep
• Emily has been free of work since before he got sick
• I work during the day, Emily is at home alone (she does not drive)
• We still randomly find his fur on our clothes that have been washed multiple times since he passed. It makes us smile and think of it as a gift from him.
• Fawkes and Freyja didn't get along unsupervised, so we kept them separated when we slept or had to go somewhere
• Freyja sometimes acts like Fawkes did (belly rubs and lots of snuggles). We feel as though it's Fawkes visiting us through her.

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Thoughts, ideas, notes:

• Possibly starting from when we are at/leaving the vet when we said goodbye
• Fawkes depicted as an angel/spirit cat
• Centered around Fawkes and Emily
• Emily doing day-to-day things like watching TV, painting, playing games, chores
• Emily looking at pictures and feeling sad
• Emily feeling hopeless and alone
• Freyja and I can be part of making her feel better sometimes
• I go to work and she's all alone
• Fawkes finding ways to cheer up/help Emily, somehow interacting with things around her
• I want it to express feelings of sadness at points but also happiness and joy
• Locations closely based on actual places we went/live (I can provide pictures of where we live or addresses of locations for Google Maps for satellite views)
• Ending: I would like to show Fawkes with her family dog (who passed away in September 2021) and her grandmother (who passed away in January 2024), all happy together and watching over Emily

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backstory below
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Beginning:
Fawkes came into our lives in July 2017 from the streets after his previous owners were taken away from him a few weeks prior. We immediately brought him to the vet to get checked and tested for anything. The vet found that he was chipped and five years old. As a result, they couldn't really do much besides try to contact the previous owners. We took him home and kept him separated from our other cat, Freyja, since we did not know if he could spread anything to her. He was pretty lethargic, hardly eating, and couldn't really keep much down. We honestly thought we would wake up the next morning and he wouldn't be with us anymore. Luckily, that was not the case.
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He wasn't doing so well the next day, so we called the vet and they had us come in again. Since the previous day, he went from over seven pounds down to about six and a half pounds. Our vet decided it was necessary to medically intervene or he was likely going to die. They hospitalized him on the spot and started giving him subcutaneous (SQ) fluids and other medications to help with his nausea and stimulate his appetite. We left him under the care of the vet and all we could do was wait to hear back. He pulled through like a champ. He was eating, moving, jumping, playing, snuggling, and loving life. It was as if he was reborn, like a phoenix from the ashes, so we named him "Fawkes" after the phoenix from Harry Potter.
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Over the following years, Fawkes and Emily became pretty much inseparable. He was such a lovebug and radiated that classic "orange cat energy" wherever he went. If he wanted to get into something, he'd either find a way or keep trying until we could stop him. He absolutely LOVED belly rubs, and not once was it ever a trap (unless you felt "trapped" rubbing his belly for hours). In all the time we had him, he never hissed at, scratched, or bit (non-playfully) anyone. He just wanted to love everything and everyone he met. He didn't have any enemies in his eyes, just others who may not have cared for the level of love and joy he wanted to share.
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Later:
Fawkes was diagnosed with stage 1 chronic kidney disease (CKD) in October 2021, which quickly progressed to stage 3 by early 2022. We were giving him medicine a few times a day, SQ fluids every couple of days, and going to the vet every other week to have his levels checked. He became a regular at the vet and even a few employees confessed to taking breaks just to go snuggle him because they loved him so much. We almost said goodbye to him in May 2022, as his symptoms were worsening and he no longer wanted to eat. He was a fighter, though, and told us he wasn't done fighting yet by finally eating on his own just as we were trying to make that difficult decision. We took him to the Animal Emergency and Referral Center (AERC) that night.
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The vet told us that he had developed anemia and our only options were either to take him home and start end-of-life care or do a blood transfusion (which might not even work) and keep him hospitalized for a few days to be monitored. We opted for the blood transfusion. The procedure went well and we were able to come and visit him a day later, though they still had to keep him for another day or two just to be safe. We were also able to have his case looked at by a specialist, and they adjusted his meds to better suit his needs. They were estimating he maybe had a few weeks to a month or so before we ended up back where we were before the transfusion. We were now giving him less medicine a few times a day, SQ fluids every night, and going on walks through our apartment building every night before bed.
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A few weeks became a few months, and he seemed to be doing even better than he was all of 2022 before his transfusion. We would take him on trips to Petco every week or so, so he could walk around and meet new friends. We would bring him to the park while we played Pokémon GO, even if we ended up just sitting in the car. Starting around September 2022, my boss even let me bring him to work with me on days he wanted me in the office. Vet appointments were few and far between, sometimes a couple of months apart. This pretty much continued all the way into February 2023 until we started to notice more significant symptoms again, and his CKD values were getting much worse. He didn't want to eat, he was hiding more, and he would often seek comfort by laying in his litterbox. We could tell our little warrior was ready to be done fighting.
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Goodbye:
On the night of Tuesday, February 14th, 2023, Valentine's Day, we decided we couldn't make him fight for us any longer. We called our vet and made an appointment for Thursday, February 16th, 2023. We spent the whole day together on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023, snuggling on the couch and finished with our nightly routine of SQ fluids and a walk. We all spent the night together on the couch, staying awake as long as we could. On Thursday, February 16th, 2023, we brought Fawkes to the vet, and he was excited to walk around and explore the new space for a short while before needing a rest. It was nice to see him perk up and act like how we remembered him to be. The doctors took him away to be prepped and brought him back after a short while. We were petting him, kissing him, and told him he was a good boy and how much we loved him as he peacefully passed. We left there with the heaviest pet carrier ever. An empty one.

I have a formal event coming up at the end of next week, and I went dress shopping at Macy's. I was excited to do it at first, but when I stepped into the fitting room with that mirror setup that shows you at every angle...wow, that hit hard.
I have such a shitty masculine body and side profile. I feel like... wide? But not overweight? I teeter on the border of overweight for my BMI, but other than a bit of the dreaded beer gut that's developing (and I'm desperately trying to burn off), I don't really feel or look overweight. But my shoulders are broad and strong looking, my chest is wide across. I've had what I believe is gynomastia because I had some man boobs even when I was younger and it didn't look proportional to my weight. It all makes my whole body look wide and women's clothes unflattering.
And that's not to mention my stupid skull. I think it could be worse, but my chin, nose and brown bone all jut out a bit in a way that's really unflattering to my feminine presentation... I've managed to feel cute for the most part when trying on clothing and makeup and taking pictures, but those pictures are always a front view. And light reflecting off my stupid brow bone always takes me out of it. I'm pretty sure I want to pursue FFS, but I only started HRT just under a month ago and I'm not sure how long I have to wait.
I see such gorgeous women on here, and I'm always happy for them, but once in a while, in moments like these, I get so jealous.. I want my boobs to come in, I want my face to be softer and more feminine, I want dainty shoulders and proportions... I want to be a pretty girl, dammit. And I can't shave my face regularly right now because I just started electrolysis and my god it's felt so much worse to keep the hair than I expected. I don't feel comfortable wearing makeup or fem clothes while that hair is there, so I'm just here boymoding desperately wanting to feel pretty and... bleh.
Honestly, I feel grateful for a lot of things, like having less/thinner body hair in general, small wrists, a voice that's naturally closer to the androgynous pitch range, maybe even the gynomastia will ultimately be helpful in the end. But aghhh I want to be prettyyyy, pleaseeee 😭
Very long whiney post, thank you for making it this far and have a lovely rest of your day ❤❤

Hello PubTips! I'm a pub-tips user, making a side account for my own sanity (I hope that's alright). I'd greatly appreciate any insight on how to make this stronger, you guys weren't lying...queries are HARD. But I honestly don't think I can make this any snappier without the great minds here.
My big concerns are vagueness where there shouldn't be, stakes etc. It's very hard not to veer off. I'm a natural over-writer, so I have no doubt certain things can and should be trimmed or expanded on. Thanks so much for anyone who takes the time to reply.
PS. I am based in the UK and will only be querying UK agents. The book is set in a 'fictional' coastal town, and the Druidic element is, I understand, fairly contained to the myths of the UK. I've done my best to explore this in the MS for readers not aware of the history/legends so no real fore-knowledge is needed.
PPS. This hasn't been sent to any agents yet, a fact that I'm sure I will soon be immensely glad of. x
Query Length: 455 words
Dear Agent,
AN HEIR OF SEA AND STORMS is a contemporary, multi-POV fantasy romance complete at 99,000 words. It will appeal to readers who enjoyed the spice-with-feeling of A FATE INKED IN BLOOD by DANIELLE L. JENSEN, the bonds of found family in NETTLE AND BONE by T. KINGFISHER and the modern gothic undertones of STARLING HOUSE by ALIX E. HARROW.
Meredith Birch’s confidence is at an all-time low as she retreats to the quaint coastal village of Hermit’s Lock. Mid 30’s and struggling to find meaning in the FOMO, all she wants is to hide from the latest self-inflicted life implosion. Under normal circumstances, she could dismiss the fact that her friends in the village don’t seem to care about the huge, crumbling manor that’s appeared on the headland since her last visit. But a mysterious smell, blackouts and increase in the deafening bird noises that plague her are harder to ignore. Gathering the courage to investigate, she expects to find what she always does: nothing. But what lies in cavernous Branscar offers more than a steady career path and a mortgage: if she’s willing to fight for it.
Julian Blackthorn is a Druid of an ancient line tasked with protection of the land he worships. Above all, he values control. The smouldering and celibate Master of Branscar, whose magic is born from the violence of sea and storms, only fears one thing - the prophecy of a woman who will be his ruin. Just as his controversial plans for a New Age are about to be realised, the scent of prophecy he’s always dreaded seeps through the stone of Branscar. Resolved to meet the assassin head-on, he lowers the enchantment shielding the house only for her. But Meredith holds a power he can’t fight with blade or magic; he begins to fall desperately in love with her – and to Julian, that’s the most dangerous threat of all.
Between the erotically charged animosity she has with Julian and a deep kinship with his brother Ambrose; Meredith must choose between two paths – and two versions of herself. Julian’s plans for a New Age will unleash chaos on the modern world, but something more sinister is waking in Branscar’s shadow that even the Druids haven’t anticipated. Meredith must overcome her demons to find the purpose she’s always searched for, even if it costs her a love she never thought she’d find.
A lifelong fantasy and romance nerd, I’ve been creating hidden worlds and fictional boyfriends for many years and am delighted to be able to share one such tale with you. I have a MA in English Literature, been published in XX magazine and have a career in [relevant industry].
Many thanks for your consideration. ­­[Me]

“I told you not to flirt with me when we're training, I told Andrea after she missed her sidekick to my left. “Oh really?! You're so cute when you tried to be serious. Andrea mocked me with her seducing whisper while already lowering her center ready to give another kick. That was it! I couldn't take it anymore, so I moved fast and pinned her to the wall while saying, You ARE the death of me, Andrea, I growled so low and kissed her fiercely while she welcomed me with both her arms on her head. Her body was ready for my hands to trail every inch of her skin. ****************************************** In the world of Luna with blue or green eyes, Andrea from the Nasriantra clan was different because her eyes were glowing gold like a demon. Because of that, she became the rejected Luna after her mother died. Her mate threw her away. Suspicion aroused that she was a Hybrid or even a Tribrid, which was impossible because they all had died. Devastated, she joined the werewolf force with her timid best friend, Joe who had always been in love with her since they were children. There she met Hunt, the greatest warrior who was said to be the next Alpha because he was adopted by the Gursala clan. Andrea and Hunt always trained together, then love rose between them. But their happiness didn't last long, because Andrea's father wanted Andrea to marry Duncan, the other son of Gursala. Behind Duncan, there was the mysterious Kirk who was also secretly in love with Andrea. Who were Hunt and Kirk? How will Joe face Duncan? Will Andrea be happy with Duncan or with one of the others? Find the exciting stories of Andrea's loves and more secrets to reveal … Read more

We all make deals everyday... Small exchanges with one another.
In my case it was the biggest exchange I've ever made... Thinking back to the hotel stays while JE tortured and used hypnosis on me, it was getting worse and worse for me physically and mentally. He would eventually be figured out bc I was very rebellious and strong.
So how does one learn to really control you? To have power over you? At that point he looked at me bc I wouldn't relent..and he said either you forget him or we will kill him. Which is it going to be?
And so I relinquished all my power and any control I had bc I knew he and the others he would end up manipulating would do it.
Love is strange like that. I wrote a letter in the twin flames subreddit... It's were I finally stop fighting JE. And I know it's over for me. It's when I tilt my head back and pray to Gd that I remember you... That whatever happens I would remember the love I have for you.
And so, it wasn't easy to make a decision like that. I loved you so much. I couldn't bear the thought that all of this was my fault bc you sought justice for me bc of the gang rape. You should live bc you did nothing wrong, but try and bring justice. And so, it's how it went. It's why I never knew who you were after some time. I lost all conscious awareness. I chose your life over my own... I lost my essence and inner light that day... I was to live as a dead person never fully knowing love...bc you were the definition of love... The definition of what was lost from my conscious awareness.
Never doubt how much you meant to me. We all have regrets in life... This was never one of them...
And sometimes you have to wonder about the circles youre apart of... I had just lost an ex boyfriend a year prior to meeting you. And I learned that life is such a gift given to us...
Thinking back about why certain things happen in the circles of life...
Almost like life turned around and asked... Do you really think life is to be valued and protected at all cost or are you lying? And I answered...
I think this is the last bit of it all...
Dearest person I will always appreciate you and I hope you're doing well...
💕

We all make deals everyday... Small exchanges with one another.
In my case it was the biggest exchange I've ever made... Thinking back to the hotel stays while JE tortured and used hypnosis on me, it was getting worse and worse for me physically and mentally. He would eventually be figured out bc I was very rebellious and strong.
So how does one learn to really control you? To have power over you? At that point he looked at me bc I wouldn't relent..and he said either you forget him or we will kill him. Which is it going to be?
And so I relinquished all my power and any control I had bc I knew he and the others he would end up manipulating would do it.
Love is strange like that. I wrote a letter in the twin flames subreddit... It's were I finally stop fighting JE. And I know it's over for me. It's when I tilt my head back and pray to Gd that I remember you... That whatever happens I would remember the love I have for you.
And so, it wasn't easy to make a decision like that. I loved you so much. I couldn't bear the thought that all of this was my fault bc you sought justice for me bc of the gang rape. You should live bc you did nothing wrong, but try and bring justice. And so, it's how it went. It's why I never knew who you were after some time. I lost all conscious awareness. I chose your life over my own... I lost my essence and inner light that day... I was to live as a dead person never fully knowing love...bc you were the definition of love... The definition of what was lost from my conscious awareness.
Never doubt how much you meant to me. We all have regrets in life... This was never one of them...
And sometimes you have to wonder about the circles youre apart of... I had just lost an ex boyfriend a year prior to meeting you. And I learned that life is such a gift given to us...
Thinking back about why certain things happen in the circles of life...
Almost like life turned around and asked... Do you really think life is to be valued and protected at all cost or are you lying? And I answered...
I think this is the last bit of it all...
Dearest person I will always appreciate you and I hope you're doing well...
💕