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by springflower
Sat May 01, 2021 2:58 pm
Forum: Relationships
Topic: I was emotionally abusive. Should I carry my guilt?
Replies: 1
Views: 5189

I was emotionally abusive. Should I carry my guilt?

TW: suicidality, emotional abuse, manipulation I’ve been in a relationship for 5 years. I’m 21 years old. When I started college, I became suicidal and there were lots of reasons for it—my mother had been emotionally abusive to me, and being away from that for the first time meant I was really start...
by springflower
Sat Sep 12, 2020 12:28 pm
Forum: Sex & Sexuality
Topic: I love my partner, but I want more sex than him
Replies: 5
Views: 4102

Re: I love my partner, but I want more sex than him

Verbal affirmations and physical contact in daily interactions are both important for me to feel desired, but primarily I require quality time spent together—dates, both casual and formal, and of course sex. Quarantine has made it really difficult to get out and do things together, both because so m...
by springflower
Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:28 am
Forum: Sex & Sexuality
Topic: I love my partner, but I want more sex than him
Replies: 5
Views: 4102

Re: I love my partner, but I want more sex than him

Typically I describe how I’m feeling, and he is often apologetic but he says he doesn’t know what to do. In the past I’ve tried stepping back and letting him initiate sex, because I thought that his guilt over rejecting me might be contributing to the problem. But in the end it just meant that we di...
by springflower
Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:42 pm
Forum: Sex, Culture and Politics
Topic: LGBT books/movies that don't end in tragedy
Replies: 25
Views: 29539

Re: LGBT books/movies that don't end in tragedy

If anyone is into historical fiction featuring WLW, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters is a fantastic rewriting of a work of classic Victorian sensationalism (the Woman in White). It’s definitely a bit mature, and it includes some heavy themes, but I loved it! Sarah Waters has also written a bunch of other...
by springflower
Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:30 pm
Forum: Sex & Sexuality
Topic: I love my partner, but I want more sex than him
Replies: 5
Views: 4102

I love my partner, but I want more sex than him

I’ve been dating my boyfriend for 4 and a half years. I’m 21 and he is 22. We live with each other and a couple of friends. I love him very much and believe he also loves me. In the past we’ve had really great sex and we communicate about it clearly during and after. When we have had sex in the past...