If i have a crush on any of my friends then i just sleep with them. My gf and i are ENM, and we talk about our friend crushes openly. But the truth is, I’ve got more of a desire to have friends who i don’t have any sexual tension with recently. I’ve gotten a bit sad with people wanting more of my attention when i don’t have any left to give. My gf and i meet each other’s needs for physical intimacy pretty well. I mostly just want more masc bros to do bro stuff with.
I like calling my trans gf a trap 😌
It’s a precious gift. I look for the others who care too much and then hold them close 🥹
The strongest indicator that shoes will work for you, according to the research is… Do they feel good? I’d suggest going to a running store and trying on different brands and jogging around the store. Once you find a comfy pair, you probably chose well.
All the people saying “yes” are incorrect. Running on pavement and running on trails exert different strains on the body, but not less. The tendency in road runners is to end up with tibial stress fractures, and in trail runners it is metatarsal stress fractures, but the injury rates are similar. Trail running requires stronger stabilizer muscles (primarily gluteus medius) to maintain knee health in the long term, but this is a problem for both as well.
Use good shoes, strength train your gluteus medius and calves, do most of your miles at an easy pace, and you’ll be running for decades, regardless of your chosen surface. You might even change it up and do both!
(My credentials are that i am an ultramarathoner and have run half a dozen races between 26.2 and 50 miles, on pavement and trail, and i have been coached by a professional ultra runner for several seasons.)
This is ultimately a big part of it, and it’s universal, not just in dating. Most friendships are “friendships of convenience” and the other types of relationships typically progress from there. But in western culture, we don’t have any third places, and so we just plain don’t make friendships of convenience anymore.
I’ve found several long term relationships off tinder as a WLW. It seems to work pretty well for me. The system doesn’t seem to be working for guys, and that’s unfortunate. But a lot of the pressure on women to settle for any man has gone away as women have become more self reliant. The whole thing has become far more consensual and less mandatory for survival. That’s going to influence men’s dating success no matter what medium people use to find matches.
I only want gay sex in media. Straight sex makes me uncomfortable.
I used to smoke. Roommate and i quit at the same time and kept each other honest. It worked out really well and we’re both still grateful to each other a decade later.
One time i took my gf high into the mountains next to a thousand foot cliff, and we put a blanket down and…
We didn’t die! No regrets 😌
Discord is where i went. It’s annoying that it’s less indexable, but that’s also protected it from malicious advertising.
My gf thinks she’s hot too. 99% sure we’re going to have a threesome if i don’t change course. And that will almost certainly blow up in my face.
But… 😭
>Be me
>Good relationship with gf
>Toxic ex who i am madly in love with suddenly pops back into my life
Fuck.
Chemo patients
People suffering from hirsutism
😒
Here in the Pacific Northwest, the vast majority of people under 50 seem to be in polyamorous relationships. I’m fairly new to poly, but I’ve done a lot of reading and therapy, and it’s working out pretty well for me.
I do tend to be people’s anchor partner, so I’ve admittedly never experienced the pain that comes from being a secondary when you wish you were a primary. My anchor partner tends more towards relationship anarchy and doesn’t like hierarchical relationships, but i made it clear that my expectation is to be the priority in her life. We’ve made it work, although it takes a lot of communication.
Rancid omega-6s are potentially a much larger issue, and endemic to the Western diet. Palm oil is a particularly bad offender, but any oil that contains polyunsaturated fatty acids is not shelf stable. And beyond just “no health benefits”, racid PUFAs are actually fixated in your adipose cells as-is, meaning that any weight you gain is going to be in the form of oxidized fatty acids, which are a hallmark of aging.
Put all the pieces together and suddenly the mysterious reason that processed foods are “bad for you” makes a ton of sense.
Ahh yes, autogynephilia 😏
They most certainly do care. They’ve been trying to solve this problem since before occupy. The playbook back then was to plant people to give everyone second hand embarrassment and discredit movements, and it largely hasn’t changed. Billionaires spend a lot of time thinking about the guillotine.
Based. Top4top is the most genuine and violent form of love.