I (21F) haven’t openly dated a man in front of my family yet. I currently have a secret boyfriend that I met on a dating app. We have been talking for over 4 months and have met up and go on dates in secret...we want to move towards a real relationship. He’s understanding of my situation. The issue is that my mother is soo overprotective when it comes to my dating life. She is always asking if there are any men in my life or any guys I’m talking to. She wants me to have a boyfriend but no guy is good enough for her. Whenever I mention a guy that I know, she freaks out. I can say, “Oh yeah, a guy at church was telling me about his antique toy car collection and he has quite a few”. She will get all paranoid and say, “Oh that’s weird, is he trying to date you? Stay away from him”. One of my mutual friends has a taxidermy fox that I told her about, and she freaked out about him even though we are literally just mutual acquaintances from a work friend. Any hobby/interest she doesn’t like...

yeah i don't identify as one because it's my CHOICE, as it is yours. and every other ace. we still belong to it by default but don't need to identify with it! December 25, 2021 at 12:32AM

18M, just started to be able to physically enter my college this past semester, and now that I’m on break I’ve been thinking about relationships. I’ve had a few girlfriends in the past, and I think they may reflect my insecurities. Long story short I got cheated on in most of them. I know it was all high school but it kind of fucked up my personal feelings towards on relationships. I absolutely feel nothing romantically even toward women who are genuinely good people and are into me. I’m not sure what’s wrong with me but I just can’t see myself dating anyone any time soon, especially since i probably have trust issues now. But I still feel sexually “alive”, and I just want delve into hookups and casual sex. I’ve never slept around before or had friends with benefits, but the idea of it sounds perfect. I feel like I’ll be in the same situation emotionally even half a decade from now , but that may just be my lack of life experience talking. Im wondering, is it normal to sleep around a...

"Do not perceive me. My pronouns aren't." December 24, 2021 at 11:38PM

Recently went to grab dinner with this girl. After seeing me, she ordered wine which I kind of thought was a positive sign so I ordered a drink too. The dinner went really well. Afterwards, I asked if she wanted to order dessert. She said that we should go to another place, which she suggested, so I was like cool. We walked to the new place and got our dessert and ended up walking and talking for another 2 or so hours. It was really great and we had a lot in common, similar values, etc. Talked a lot about our past partners. At one point I told her I really enjoy talking to her and she said she also enjoys talking to me. She suggested we should definitely hang out more. At the end, when I had to leave, she suggested driving me back to her place so my uber home would be a bit closer. We just sat in the car chatting more before I left. ​ I asked her if she wanted to hang out again next week and she said yes. When I suggested a museum, she asked me if it's ok if she brings her siste...

Yes. I’ve even been pinned an honorary queer badge by lgbt members and I still feel like I don’t need to ID with them December 24, 2021 at 11:37PM