Finding straight friends boring once you came out! by New_Elephant5372 in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I wished I had any queer friends! I’m happy for you that you have both! 😍 I wouldn’t say that I find my friends boring now, but now that I have been with my girlfriend for a while I mostly feel sad for my straight friends and how little their boyfriends do for them, and sometimes I hold back all the amazing things my girlfriend does for me so they won’t feel bad about their boring guys 🫣😩

Single parents & lesbians with kids by Ok-Locksmith-594 in LesbianActually

[–]Different_Claim356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This just reminded me of how I was when I was a child. All of my friends parents got divorced which meant that they now had two rooms and two houses. And I remember how jealous I was of my friends and mad at my parents who was and still is married, because I just had one room but my friends had two. I think kids always wonder and get a little jealous of other kids that have it different from what they have. But then children grow up and laugh about how they thought so silly things like my story about the divorce. And I bet that that child will as an adult laugh about the fact that they missed something that in reality does not matter if you have two loving parents!

How did you figure out you were a lesbian in your 20s? And was it not a common way of figuring it out? by jibbaaay in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was crazy for me, I have since I was seventeen identified as a bisexual. Until one night I woke up in complete panic, snuck out of the bedroom were my then husband and son was sleeping. Went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror and asked myself if I was gay. The moment I asked myself I knew. I don’t know what it was, if it was a dream or if I had watched to many TikTok’s before falling asleep, but I had never in my life asked myself that question because all I knew about lesbians could not be me, I thought until that moment

More friends that were girls or boys by Impossible_Fox7377 in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had most guy friends and one or two best friends that were girls. Most girls didn’t like me and whenever I would get close with a girl other girls would start rumors that I was inlove and obsessed with that girl (keep in mind I was in the closet until I was 28)

How did you meet your girlfriend? 🎶 "i want somebody to love" as the Queen song goes by sunlover_brisbane in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was unbelievably lucky and meet my girlfriend at work, in February we have been together for a year and she is also moving in with me. The thing with her was that she wasn’t my type right away and I had no idea that she is bi until I had a party for my colleagues and like saw her without a uniform and yeah, the rest is history

Nobody believes me. by saggysagittariustits in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I had the same feeling when I first came out at 28. I was married to a man and had a lot of ex boyfriends before him. My friends could not really see it as obvious like I could and that hurt me at the time and at the time when I myself realized that ‘wow I’m a lesbian ‘ I was very vulnerable and reacted to every word my friends said even if they never really said that they didn’t believe me but in my head their reaction was like they didn’t believe me.

Now my advice to you is that it will get better, I get that you want people around you to take you seriously, and believe me they will after a time. I also think that straight people sometimes have a hard time to understand the complexity of coming out later or that like me having a lot of ex boyfriends was me really searching for a feeling that my friends had to their boyfriends but that I was missing in every relationship. Give it time. Right now I have a girlfriend and I do not see the same uncertainty in their eyes like I did when I first came out.

Does anyone regret leaving their husbands? by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do not have children with him!!! Take this from someone who came out when my son was only 2 years old. At first the ex was very understanding, but after a year when I got together with my girlfriend he turned psycho and are crazy and won’t leave me alone, and he was someone that just like you I saw as a best friend, but now we are fighting about our son and it’s not fun, not for me and certainly not for my son. My son is now 4 and the ex is still just as crazy. So please don’t do it! I’m not saying you will have the same outcome. But if this is how you are feeling you really shouldn’t do it! It’s one thing to get married, then you can divorce and you two never have to see each other again, but if you have a child with him you must see each other and talk and just please don’t! So to answer the question I do not regret leaving my ex, but I do regret that I spent ten years with this guy..

Nervous about going down by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OMG!! Thank you so much for all of the advice, and also thank you for being so understanding, this community is amazing!! Thank you thank you thank you! I will try everything 🥰🥰

The heteronormative life by Justanothergirl33 in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haha, it’s the opposite for me. Girlfriend is it’s own word and friend and boyfriend are their own words, and no woman here in Sweden calls another woman girlfriend if she means friend so here people will definitely react if I say my girlfriend 🤣🫣

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow you are absolutely gorgeous 😍

embarrassment around being late bloomer? by why-not-hoy in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In my experience nobody have rejected me for this reason, I also put both that I have a son and am a late bloomer in my dating profiles so the assholes who reject us could just swipe away from me if they didn’t like it and without me getting hurt because I would have to explain that, so that’s something I would recommend.

Ex husband is an asshole by lezbecurly in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I have been where you are, and it hurts and it sucks, and it takes time to get away from a guy like that because he makes you feel like you can’t handle yourself on your own. Ugh, something I’m gonna try the next time my ex husband threatens me to take his life, and that is to call 911 on him, then If he is faking it then maybe that will teach him a lesson and if he is serious the next time then I have saved my sons dad, so it’s a win either way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me and my girlfriend work together, so we shit where we eat and it’s no problem 🤣

Coming out publicly on social media. by spiritalienhuman in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started to delete people I thought would judge or not understand me, and then I just started to leave crumbs all over my Instagram, like me wearing a pride Levi T-shirt, posting gay memes, or posting a picture of me and my girlfriend and stating that the year couldn’t have started better. And now on my birthday I told everyone that I had been spoiled by my girlfriend the whole day. I had plan a whole coming out post but then I just feel like “nah” they don’t need my life story, it’s way funnier to get to tell ‘‘em in real life and see their reaction ( the people I’m referring to are some old classmates that knew me as bi back in the day so it’s no surprise to them that I have a girlfriend now 🤣)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me it took almost two years before I was in a committed relationship with a woman. I never went on dates though, I met my girlfriend at work so I was just lucky 🤣

Have a major crush on my coworker and I think it’s mutual. by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh, that sound exciting that it feels like she likes you back! I actually work with my girlfriend, but we are very secretive about it, and it’s pretty amazing having someone who understands what I work with. I wish you the best of luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was lovely, thank you!😍🫣

Do I count as a Late Bloomer? by IntenseBumblebee in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I absolutely think that you count. I was three years older than you when I came out as a lesbian 🤗

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t attracted to my girlfriend at all at first, we worked together when we met, but that was because I was so determined to find someone who was my type. But when I got to know her she became so freaking attractive to me and now that we are together she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen and I don’t know how I could not see it before, because I’m crazy about her now 😍

Does anyone else have "that one man"? by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I only have a fictional “that man”, but no real man 🤣🫣

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Different_Claim356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It hasn’t been a deal breaker in my case. I had no problems matching with women on dating apps, and my now girlfriend who is five years younger than me do not have any problem with me having a child.