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Hello, Everyone. I've been a AS user since 2016. I went through a bout where I wasn't too active, became active again in 2019, and then just fell off the radar. I can't honestly answer why I left in 2019,but I'm going to blame it on the craziness that was 2020. I might get into that more in a later post. Now, for a brief 'about me.' I'm a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, grooming, stalking, and surviving my own mental health struggles. I found great solace in reading and can be an excellent resource on book topics! I worked at a sexual and domestic violence advocacy agency for roughl

Thank you @CrimsonQ. I had an interesting twist in all of this tonight presented by one of my neighbors, I'll call her SJ because it might get confusing. My r****t is actually dating one of my other neighbors. Tonight, SJ turns to me during our game night "How can she have a boyfriend and you don't?" This cycle of needing a man is crazy and to be told he was an eligible prospect was crazy to me. I will continue to forge ahead with being the independent person I am because that is how I am and going backwards is not an option.

Every time my mother says I need to change something about my behavior or how I do things I ask why. Lately, her comments have been that I walk too heavy. Every time I ask her why it matters. Her first response is always, "No man is gonna want a girl who pounds like that." Why as women are we expected to adjust ourselves for what men want? And why is the ultimate goal to get a man? I enjoy telling her every time that I am happy the way I am and I don't need a man to be happy. But, the main point of this is why is society still teaching women they need a man to be happy? Why are girls stil

I'm finally feeling comfortable to move onto relationships, actually making and improvements and actively pursuing a really great guy. Unfortunately, I made the awesome yet terrible decision to introduce this guy, I'll call him A, to my best friend as a potential wedding photographer (I'm her maid of honor). She selected him and hired him just for the wedding and was having me do her engagement photos. I took them in May. She had her engagement party at the end of June and all of July I've been swamped. But plan I was that I wasn't going to edit a bunch of these because she wanted a second set