It would help if you talked to me like I’m dumb.
I might lose a male friend because they could be getting romantically attached to me after I talked to them just like they’re a girl.
I grew up around mostly girls and women to the point I don’t fully get why I can’t tell guy friends I love them. I kept telling one “I love ya dude!” To me, that sounds the same as “I love you as a friend!”
I thought spelling “you” as “ya” and adding the word “dude” firmly said “you’re in the friend-zone.” But no.
This is easily not the only example of where I fucked up, but I won’t know unless it’s pointed out to me and explained.
I’m furious that I live in a society :amerikkka: where I can’t just tell guy friends that I love them.
:yea: i was as well. it’s a hard place to break out of.
the way we raise boys is so supremely fucked up. i think of that bell hooks quote pretty much all the time.
