Yeah, I don’t think anyone with diseases expected they should get special treatment when it comes to promotions. They pretty much just want to have the same chance as others without diseases.
in more than one instance I've encountered people very not normal about their hobby and I choose not to associate with them. 🤷🏾♂️
To be fair, there are people like this, probably also on these forums, about almost every hobby. Gun nuts, programmers, “sweaty” card/board/video gamers, etc.
You can’t help what you feel, and holding something back when someone is dealing with other shit isn’t dishonest. You are actively not pursuing anything like that with them, so what you feel is your own to feel - as in it’s not dishonest to keep it from them.
Sounds like a lot, and I hope you get through it without much heartbreak.
Being unsure what to do in a sexting situation and not knowing how to say “no” is exactly why it is inappropriate to solicit minors - they don’t have the brain development and sexual knowledge to make those kinds of decisions.
My literal best friend who brought me to religion died less than a year after I met him. I was 12, and I basically said, “Well god, I guess you didn’t want me that much, or if this was a test, I failed.”
I’m glad you found a way to express your affection. It’s funny - for me, physical affection is fairly easy, but telling people things I like about them is harder.
Yeah, I don’t think anyone with diseases expected they should get special treatment when it comes to promotions. They pretty much just want to have the same chance as others without diseases.