Today, I keep getting ghosted on every platform. People seem interested until they see my face, and vanish. What gives? I'm plain but not unattractive, nor heavy or blemished. Just average. Boring average. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I can't make friends. Every community event I go to, I'm the youngest person by decades, everyone I exchange contact info with in person never messages me back, and people I meet online ghost me before we get past "How are you?" I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I just want friends. I'm so fucking lonely. FML
Today, I was texting a girl I was interested in and we exchanged Instagram names. She ghosted me right after. She's the fourth girl to have done this to me in the past month. I guess I'm unattractive, but at least I'm good at texting. FML
Today, I quit dating forever. I’m an overweight girl with glasses. I attempted to put flattering selfies on dating profiles, but the guys run from me or ghost me when I meet them in person. I took a friend’s advice and put honest, full body pics of myself. I got zero messages. None. I give up. FML
Today, and for the 6th time, I sent a potential suitor a full body picture. I usually get ghosted or called a plethora of fatshaming names. This time around the guy told me, “Wow. I’d kill myself if I had that body.” I’ve been single for 4 years and no matter how hard I try to find love, this happens. FML
Today, I'm being ghosted by someone who said they wanted to meet up, but never texted me. She could've just said she wasn't interested, but instead we made plans. She kept writing back, saying how excited she was to meet me, and then I never heard from her again. FML
Today, I realized i'm practically incapable of actually getting a job. I'm 19 years-old, with no workforce experience, I frequently apply to jobs and regularly follow up with them on a consistent basis, yet they still ghost or reject me outright. These are minimum wage, starter-level jobs. FML
Today, I got beat up at the bar. Why? I politely rejected a guy's sexual advances, so he turned to physical intimidation. I'm a soft-spoken 5'6 straight male. I've been ghosted by every woman I've talked to in the past two years. The only attention I've gotten is from men who can't take no for an answer. FML
Today, I was flirting with this really attractive guy on a dating website until he became convinced I wasn't real by my pictures and bio, and stopped messaging me and reported me for spam. He was really, really cute and funny, and seemed like a great guy until then. Guess I'm too vanilla. FML
Today, I realized that even the worst criminals have girls falling for them, and meanwhile, I just got ghosted again. FML
Today, my crush said that I was exceptionally ordinary. To my face. FML
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FluffythePink 24
That's the fall out from 'Instagram face'. Unless you are wearing so much make up no one can see your actual face you aren't 'attractive'. Which is absolute bullshit. You're beautiful just the way you are and a lil perseverance will find you someone who genuinely appreciates honest beauty. Hang in there and be happy that you're not having to deal with horrific skin issues caused by being unable to exist without troweling half a tonne of goop on your face everyday just to feel accepted. 💋
Brightside86 31
Maybe review what you're saying on your dates. My guess is your hitting on controversy, drama, damage, or telling stories where you're clearly the villian. Good luck, if you figure it out please share you're unlikely to be the only one.
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FluffythePink 24
That's the fall out from 'Instagram face'. Unless you are wearing so much make up no one can see your actual face you aren't 'attractive'. Which is absolute bullshit. You're beautiful just the way you are and a lil perseverance will find you someone who genuinely appreciates honest beauty. Hang in there and be happy that you're not having to deal with horrific skin issues caused by being unable to exist without troweling half a tonne of goop on your face everyday just to feel accepted. 💋
Chazzster 32
OP, I will make a couple of suggestions that might help (I hope): ... (1) Camera angle counts. We are used to seeing people eye to eye in normal conversation. If the camera is below eye level, it creates a different perspective that is unnatural and not flattering. Having the camera lens at eye level or just slightly above is ideal. And it helps if the lighting is falling on your face, but not so strongly that you are squinting. (2) Smile - In this culture people like to see that they are welcome and a smile does that. Not a big ear to ear to ear grin but a natural looking smile that says I'm glad you're here. Imagine reacting to a friend or relative that you like being around - That's the kind of smile people want to see. God only knows I've been told that myself (to smile) in pictures I post on Facebook. I am not saying you or anyone else needs to walk around always smiling like an idiot - But when it comes down to trying to make a good visual impression a smile is the best makeup for a man or a woman. And finally no "duck lips" I cannot imagine why people do that... OP, I hope this is helpful. Everyone deserves to be seen and appreciated.
Yudith 28
Also, get a dog or a cat. People with dogs or cats in their photo get more answers than people who don't. Plus, at least the pet will like you for who you are, as long as you take good care of it.
Brightside86 31
Maybe review what you're saying on your dates. My guess is your hitting on controversy, drama, damage, or telling stories where you're clearly the villian. Good luck, if you figure it out please share you're unlikely to be the only one.
Nico97 3
figure out what’s wrong with you