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I can be nice to myself, sure. I can’t be obsessed with myself, or at least, it’s very affirming to have someone who sees you just as deeply as you see yourself and turn out to be obsessed with the result of the whole of you, including the parts that you can’t perceive on your own.
May 29, 2024
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Sometimes I get caught up chasing ideals of love. Growing up with immigrant parents in the US, I wished my parents showed me love the way my friends' parents did. My parents seemed cold in comparison to the affection I saw my friends receiving. I fell for best friends who did love me but never enough and never in the ways I wanted them to.
Nowadays I have grown to appreciate the ways in which my parents do show me love -- when they ask if I've eaten or when I dye my mom's hair as she peels me oranges. Friendship to me no longer needs to be tied up in such rigid binaries. It's not the label of a relationship I'm after but rather just the intimacy of knowing other people. I try not to focus so much on how I wish to be loved by other people and instead pay attention to all the different ways I am loved. Acting with a mindset of abundance rather than scarcity. And in that way, everything feels enough.
Disclaimer: Establishing boundaries is paramount. Love that is corrosive or manipulative is not love.
Feb 1, 2024
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That sentence is so daunting. I can’t help but to cringe away at the thought. But I really do, deep down. To bring self love to the forefront has been difficult and nearly nonexistent for years. I wonder if people love themselves all of the time.
Apr 15, 2025
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It feels good to know you’re putting in the proper care to keep your things nice for as long as possible.
May 24, 2024
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In response to riotgrrrl and mouse dollz recs. There are a few active sites trying to revive the dollz community! Even a Discord where people are sharing resources and creating dollz for each other:
https://discord.gg/33adCApqrm
Please join for anyone reading this who misses dollz! 🧸
My friends’ sites 🩷
https://dolliepalace.com
https://dreamcloudz.net
Apr 30, 2024
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It actually regulates your body temperature and I promise nothing is going to “get you”!
Apr 28, 2024