> pretending to be a girl online so that i can get just \a little attention from a human being for once
> talking to this guy, seems really sweet
> mfw i actually start to really care about this guy
> he alludes to abandonment issues in his past
> ohno.jpg
> panic, tell him i have to go to bed
> try to go to bed but can’t sleep from guilt
> can’t bring myself to message him the truth that i am a girlpretender attention whore
> decide just blocking him is the least painful option for both of us
am i a bad person?
Anon puts himself out there
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janus2@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
YTA.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Date I say, fake and gay?
Samsy@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I bet everyone has pretended to be the opposite sex online. Maybe just for the giggles. But anyone who does that all the time, straight to hell.
janus2@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
or straight to therapy and hopefully a trans supportive community haha (not that it would excuse catfishing)
TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
I never have on purpose, but in games i like to play as female characters. This was very useful in runescape back in the mid-2000s. Desperate guys would just asume you were a girl IRL and give you free shit asking to be your boyfriend.
abfarid@startrek.website 1 day ago
That’s kind of a weird assumption. What qualifies as pretending? I don’t think I have ever done that.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
i got mad gp from pretending to be the opposite sex in runescape
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I never thought about it!
steeznson@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
online
There’s your problem
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Just having a chill conversation with someone online.
They tell me that they’ve had their heart broken in the past and they’re very sensitive.
mfw I had no idea this was a date is this person completely bonkers
Mac@mander.xyz 1 day ago
that’s okay, I’ll be nice to you!
This you? 🧐
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I would absolutely say something like that while freaking out - even though this is online and I’m not in any danger
Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Because men don’t have a strong enough social support system to have cathartic talks about their emotions. Because women aren’t willing to disproportionately shoulder emotional labor anymore.
The patriarchy hurts everyone. Normalize discussing mental health among men. Don’t let stigma stop you from telling your friends from how much they mean to you and how you’re here if they need to talk.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
The latest Modern Love episode is relevant
Where Did All My Male Friendships Go? nytimes.com/…/male-friendships-loneliness.html
It doesn’t overanalyze but covers one man’s experience that I found relatable
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
Don’t let stigma stop you
Fully recognizing that my initial reaction to the word “stigma” makes me part of the problem.
Ashen44@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
stigma love and compassion into this relationship lmao gottem
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Just get used to rejection, until you become enlightened enough to realize that life is suffering and you only have value insofar as how useful/reliable to others.
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 8 hours ago
This sounds like less of a truth and more like you are lashing out. Are you OK man?
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
or excusing poor behavior because of past pain. we’re all responsible for our own actions.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
homie needs to learn about talking to people in real life.
steeznson@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Fake: There are no girls on the internet
Gay: OP was flirting with a man
gedhrel@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Unsolicited “good morning message” - is that what it’s called now?
j4k3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Never have I ever met someone real-life online 🍻
echodot@feddit.uk 4 hours ago
Well that’s what 3D printers are for.
Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
That’s because online people aren’t real. All paid actors and bots (sometimes both).
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
ActorTron 5000
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
seems like you dodged a bullet?
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
NGL I do not miss keeping up with that shit. Its such a drag. Yet somehow waking up and saying good morning to someone is the shit.
Sat@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
Her Boyfriend found the message and blocked him
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Maybw they only did that to hurt you. They bait you with a fake relationship.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 23 hours ago
Being at the stage where you assume everyone being nice to you is just setting you up for more pain sucks.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The perils of being too online.
Pulptastic@midwest.social 7 hours ago
Too much crazy too fast. You gotta sit on that shit for a while, and then let it out slowly.
echodot@feddit.uk 4 hours ago
I got to “she has to go to bed” before I realised that this was all the same day.
Trauma dumping can be cathartic but perhaps maybe don’t do it within the first two hours of having met someone. Also don’t do it too much because your problems aren’t there problems.
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 6 hours ago
I guess wait until the afternoon or something then?