when you want it most there’s no easy way out

these stories don’t mean anything if you got no one to tell them to; basically an airing of grievances

[theworldwillfollow-after]

For anyone who may be following this anonymous side blog, thank you for keeping up with the constant vacillation between hope and despair. Welcome to a small slice of the past few years of my life.

[theworldwillfollow-after]

If this chick hurts my bb Nick, it’s on sight!

What do you mean he’s not confident or hot?

[theworldwillfollow-after]

Eternally doomed to be surrounded by the Shoulda Coulda Wouldas and their beautiful partners building their lives

[chenfordsource]

requested by anonymous

[theloserintheback]

I only get kisses from the tears running down my face.

[theworldwillfollow-after]

When will the onslaught of announcements of marriages, babies, new relationships end?

[long-story-shortish]

when i say i’m tired of waiting

they smile, you’re still young.

as if that makes the hunger easier to swallow.

as if time will one day carve me

into someone worth choosing

they don’t see how lonely it feels

to live in the prelude of something

that may never start.

[wordx]

i think humans are meant to lay in bed with the love of their life all winter.

[themusesrevenge8]

I think so too

[lisaabunny]

i hate having a crush because why would someone ever like me back

[strikemedowntohell]

crawling on my belly to beg for love I don't deserve

driven by starvation, humiliating and pathetic

compelled to seek contact and company

I prostrate myself at your feet

pleading an indifferent sun to illuminate my life to let its rays warm my skin and melt my heart

ignorant enough to ignore my insignificance

[theworldwillfollow-after]

Crashing out about the fact that the only single and/or childless people in the group are me, my sibling, and a whole bunch of actual minor children

[theworldwillfollow-after]

Why am I a romantic sap for my ships yet can’t get excited for anyone else’s relationship or the slimmest possibility of my own IRL?

[asystolle]

...you understand.

[misssolitudemusing]

I’m over thirty and I’ve never been in a relationship. I’ve never been on a date, never been kissed, never held anyone’s hand, never slept with anyone… never been in love. I’ve never felt desired in any way.

Deep down, I know this doesn’t affect my worth, and most of the time it doesn’t bother me. But the truth is, in a society obsessed with romantic coupling, it’s almost impossible not to feel incredibly isolated the longer you go without experiencing these things. Hell, I don’t even know that I want a relationship (how would I?), but I’ve reached the point where I feel like I can’t relate to vast majority of my own species because these are simply experiences that most people do have many times over by my age. It’s easy to say that we shouldn’t compare our lives to others, but it’s not easy to live with the shame of feeling othered simply by lacking these seemingly ‘universal’ experiences.

I’m not looking for pity or advice or anything really. This is simply me verbalizing my truth because I can’t carry it anymore! It’s weighing me down. It’s eating away at my joy, and I can’t endure the silent shame for one more day. I know there will still be hard times ahead, but I’ve survived on my own until now, and I’ll continue to do so because I, like every other single person, have no other choice. That being said, I refuse to keep these complicated feelings inside any longer. I’m finally letting them out!

For anyone else out there in a similar situation- I just want you to know that I see you. I know what you’re going through, and I promise you’re not alone. It might feel that way, because everyone around you is in a relationship and being different is hard, even for those of us who do our best to embrace it. At the end of the day, all most of us truly want is to feel seen and understood. So just know, kind internet stranger, that I see you. You are awesome. You are worthy. And most importantly, you are not alone.

[theworldwillfollow-after]

How are you so dang respectful? It makes me want to bang my head against the wall

[theworldwillfollow-after]

Someone on IG wrote, “some days you’ll want to tackle the mannequins in the…department [store] because you’re so starved of touch”

I don’t know that I’ve ever been more seen

[theworldwillfollow-after]

I’ve just brushed my teeth, water flossed, string flossed, tongue scraped, and rinsed with mouthwash.

If anyone ever wanted to kiss me, this would be a great time to do so