Rainbow drops
2 Wham bars
1 freddo
10 flying saucers
10 pink & blue bottles
10 cherries
10 cola bottles
10 fried eggs
2 Wham bars
1 freddo
10 flying saucers
10 pink & blue bottles
10 cherries
10 cola bottles
10 fried eggs
Long dating anxiety rant, advice needed/welcome.
Sorry for the very long rant. I needed to share with people I trust and can count on. I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t going insane or I didn’t overstep or go crazy. I’d be really gutted if I messed up because I’ve been taking things slowly and everything has been lovely with this guy so far.I got tattle knackered for the first time since October. It was pretty good and a lot of snuggles followed. But I am feeling weirdly depressed and anxious and ashamed. I had a little chat with the guy about how I don’t want to rush into things but I’d like to only have one sexual partner at a time and I want to take things slowly but sincerely etc., and he said he’s on the same page.
We’ve established that we are dating (have been seeing each other for a month now) but we want to not be attached at the hips and rush in too fast. Both him and I had previous relationships where our ex partners became really controlling. We want to make sure that there’d be time for our careers and friends this time round. Anyways, my anxiety kicked in and I felt the need to clarify how much communication I wanted in between dates. So, I proceeded to have a little chat about texting as well - basically let’s not text each other during work hours to give space but I do like hearing from him and vice versa so let’s try to keep in touch once a day or every other day.
The first convo about exclusive but taking things slow really went well. But the second convo, although it lasted like three minutes, I felt like I was being awkward and unnecessarily communicating. And I’ve been feeling so anxious and depressed about bringing it up since then. When I walked him to the front door, he said he had a fun time this weekend (first time staying overnight, from Saturday afternoon until Sunday afternoon) and that we will keep in touch and he will plan something for us to do for our next date.
In my mind, I can’t help but fear that I brought up too much too fast and I’m scared that I might have scared him off. I think I am also feeling very vulnerable that I had sex and I invited him over to my place overnight. He’s the first man to stay overnight in my apartment since I moved here in 2020. Not even my ex has stayed over. I’m the type of person who really sees my home as a sacred space so it takes a lot for me to invite someone over. I really like this guy and felt comfortable having him around and I want to have him around again and have things progress naturally. Just really nervous and anxious if I shot myself in the foot with the texting pace conversation.
The weekend was lovely though, we both pulled our back muscles over the past two weeks so we decided to have an indoors date for the first time. We had cake (made strawberry shortcake) and then we chatted. Watched a movie, went out for dinner, came home, drank wine and watched another movie. Snuggled to sleep, woke up and got tattle knackered, we had the exclusive chat, he cooked me lunch, we had the text chat, and then we wrapped up the date. I’m supposed to go Frisbee golfing with his friends next Saturday. He invited me very nicely on Friday (before we had the chats) and I said yes. I’m now worried if I ducked up and came off uncool. I hope I am still invited.
don’t allow your age to make you feel pressured like you need to be doing something now. I am also 26, and I can relate to the feeling that I’m not where I’m supposed to be, but someone whose opinion really matters to me once told me that I should just trust the timing of my own life, just because some people are already doing certain things doesn’t mean I should be too. We all have our own paths to follow and things will happen when they’re supposed to. I am also tit at socialising, anxiety gets to me too. But don’t allow it to consume you. Your special person will come along, and it may just be when you least expect it@WilmaHun @xx3221 Thank you both so much for responding. I have been having a mini anxiety attack since the evening. Forced myself to sleep and then now I’m awake nervous. I feel like I communicated my boundaries but at the same time, I feel like I’m being such a drag and a nag because first time having sex should be great and happy, but I had to bring up such talks. The date went really well outside of it. So, I will try to not go into overdrive. I am really scared if I ducked up. I will try and decompress the next two days or so and hopefully, my anxiety will go down. Thank you again for talking to me.
I’m already 26. I am still tit at socializing. I am so scared if my anxiety might not allow me to find my special someone. I hate it so much.![]()
Sorry you have been feeling like this. If it helps I think you are the life and soul of this thread and the time you were away it was quiet and everyone noticed the thread was moving slllooowwww!! I bet it is exactly the same in real life where you don’t see your own worth but everyone else sees it 10x overMorning guys! I don’t know why I’m writing this probs just cos I need somewhere to release but I just feel so…. Depressed… the last week or so my anxiety has just been awful and I’ve been really hard on myself. I feel like everyone hates me, I feel like everyone judges me, I feel like everyone just thinks I’m a boring sack of rit. On here and in real life too. I don’t want to go anywhere cos I think everyone doesn’t like me/is judging me. Even when I go on walks/to the shops I feel like everyone is looking at me and judging me for just being me/how I look. I won’t go round to my boyfriends family cos I feel like they don’t like me/judge me. Even when I do the whole time I’m there I’m just paranoid. Even on here I’ll go to post and i just think everyone on this thread doesn’t like me, I sound stupid, everyone is judging me. That’s why I stayed away for a few days just cos everything I was thinking about writing I thought just sounded stupid or I thought everyone just didn’t like me in general. But then I felt left out and joined back in but the everyone hates me feeling was still there. I just feel miserable and drained and I don’t know why. I’m due on but it’s not usually this bad lol. I just needed somewhere to vent. Sorry for being a downer on this sunny Monday morning hope you all have a good day![]()