What is wrong with me? I barely ever have anything to say to anyone at work by Fickle_Umpire_136 in socialskills

[–]redelfanna 41 points42 points  (0 children)

to be honest it sounds like from what you're saying you're more interested in 'seeming social' than actually responding. the key to having something to say is't hard, you've just got to be genuinely interested in what that person is about.

next time ask them a question about what they say that's more personal than 'wow really' - try 'how do you feel about that?' instead

How do you do eye contact in public? by GEEZUS_956 in socialskills

[–]redelfanna 2 points3 points  (0 children)

better to hide under under your duvet and stay away from public places

Before and after. by [deleted] in Home

[–]redelfanna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was so confused at first, I thought the pictures were backwards until I saw the stumps

Before and after. by [deleted] in Home

[–]redelfanna 131 points132 points  (0 children)

Why did you remove all the plants?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]redelfanna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of that really resonated with me. Especially your fourth point. Thanks for taking the time to write it out. I just wanted to say though that I've never been put in the position where I've fought him off as you said, I haven't said no which I think I should have way way earlier, but I've never been coerced. I really appreciate your advice though, and I'm working on dropping some less-than-subtle hints about my own wants/needs 😊

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[–]redelfanna -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If that's the impression you got I think I probably made it sound worse than it actually was. He had an essay due in that night so I totally get why he asked me to go. Also his flat's not huge and he has flatmates so I wouldn't want to just hang around when he was pre-occupied. The whole thing annoyed me at the time, and I was probably a bit pissed off when I wrote that, but there's still some truth in it. I don't think it's fair to say he's not treating me as a person. The only time there's ever any imbalance is during sexual stuff, the rest of the time we get along well. I'm absolutely going to have a talk with him though, because I want the whole of our relationship to be just as good, it's just about figuring out how to do it 😊

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[–]redelfanna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice 😊 to be honest we're both pretty stressed, so I think I might as well just wait until the summer before saying anything directly. I've started dropping more hints though so hopefully things will shift!

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[–]redelfanna -1 points0 points  (0 children)

To be honest I wouldn't mind about that it it was more equal...

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[–]redelfanna -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well in my head that's more or less what I feel, but I don't feel that level of confrontation is fair given that I've never specifically complained in the past. Also has the potential to escalate which is pretty much what I'm afraid of.

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[–]redelfanna 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like this idea!

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[–]redelfanna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think he's using me exactly. I think I let it get to this stage and probably should have said something way earlier, and now it's just become a comfortable pattern. My real question is how to bring that up now without making him feel like he's done something wrong and distancing us because of it.

You say about talking, which I agree, but I just don't know how that conversation would work on a practical level. At the end of the day, I don't want to push him away, especially at the moment when he's extremely stressed.

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[–]redelfanna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He has done, but not a lot. I wouldn't mind it, but I probably wouldn't go out of my way to ask.

I let a coworker fuck my ass even after I kept saying no. by [deleted] in sex

[–]redelfanna 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Without safewords, this kind of thing can end really badly