Feels Thread

>convention next week
>suddenly pimples under skin, on chin
>hate life

>Fanime is next week
>Didn't make any of the costumes I planned to make
>Didn't lose the weight I wanted to lose before the con
>Don't want to book shit as a photog because I still owe people photos from ages ago

Oh well, I guess it'll just be a room party Fanime.

>>9016421
Are you me? I have the exact problem...

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>mfw lolitas and cosplayers who play the violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, bassoon, concert whistle, uilleann pipes, oboe, piano, keyboard, harp, sax, trumpet, trombone, banjo, kazoo, ukulele, drums, djembe, guitar, erhu, accordion, concertina, xylophone, euphonium, glass harp, french horn, ocarina, hammered dulcimer, wine glasses, or jew's harp
>mfw lolitas and cosplayers who can fulfil the role of an orchestral concert percussionist by playing instruments like the triangle, chimes, and cymbals
>mfw lolitas and cosplayers who sing in falsetto, vibrato, or tremolo
>mfw lolitas and cosplayers who can read musical notation or can conduct an orchestra
>mfw lolitas and cosplayers who can sing in constructed languages like Hymmnos
>mfw lolitas and cosplayers who can DJ or use sound synthesis programs
>mfw lolitas and cosplayers who can write the scripts or songs for musical theatre or may be participants themselves in it's showing

You honestly make me want to just blow up the entire world.

>plan cosplay work day because we have a con next weekend
>one girl out of the four that said they would come shows up
>at least she brought food
>another girl lives on the other side of the same apt complex
>she texts me an hour after people were supposed to arrive with "lol I'm too lazy to bring my supplies over
>eight hours later she's posting pictures on IG of the lolita meet she went to
>the lolita meet that wasn't on any of the event pages for the comm

I don't get why she felt the need to lie to me? Did she think I'd want to go with her or something? This is really fucking upsetting me and I know 90% of it is 'cause I'm PMSing like a motherfucker, but it still hurts. I don't like being lied to, and for something so fucking trivial.

>>9016648
Confront her if you want. She might pull some bullshit saying that the meetup was on another day if it wasn't on any page though. Do you know for sure it was on that day?
She could still be too lazy to bring supplies but still go to a meet so it's not technically lying unless she said she was in her room. It is rude for her to text late though.

>>9016413
fanime's right around the corner and I'm only halfway done with finals and just now managed to start on my costume idea but have no possible way of finishing it
the worst part is judging by looking at it this costume and prop shouldn't even be hard to make but I'm not experienced at all so I'm barely pulling through

>>9016668

I know it was today because other friends of mine were posting about going to it, but they didn't call it a meet in posts until it was actually over with and they were talking about how much fun they had and started posting outfit snaps.

>>9016421
Me before every fucking con.

Then after each con I break out due to a full day of makeup.

>>9016775
It happens cuz you're stressed
Tr00fax

>>9016687
That's harsh. I'm sorry that you got stood up like that.

>Always go to conventions with this one particular friend.
>Only reason I go is because of her.
>Convention is coming up, ask her if she's going.
>Tells me no.
>If she doesn't go then I have no reason too.
>Other friend bought tickets for me.
>Can't say no to free ticket!
>Go to convention.
>See friend who said she wasn't going.
>Awkward.

Fuck me........

>>9016648

>>9016648

The organiser of the sekrit lolita meetup may have asked your neighbour girl to keep the meetup a secret, for whatever reason, and then your neighbour girl is caught between telling you the truth, or keeping her word to the organiser. Maybe she didn't make the best choice with her excuse for not coming to your group thing, but it's not like she was choosing to hold the lolita meetup on purpose, on a day she knew you'd be holding the cosplay group thing on.

Speaking of, did you ask everyone whether they were free and willing to come over to your place, or did you just plonk down a date and order everyone to come? If the latter, then I'm really not surprised only one person showed up.


Seperately from that, I always sew in my own room, because I know where all my supplies are. Every time I pack things to sew in someone else's place I spend more time hanging out, socialising, looking for tools, and then doing a half-assed job if I can't borrow the right tool (due to having forgotten to bring my own), then going back to my room and redoing the whole thing later. I'm really more efficient in my own room. So I can understand if someone doesn't want to pack up their tools and come over to sew stuff. I don't even want to move to a different room, let alone to a different apartment. So her statement can be entirely true, and not related at all to the secret lolita meetup.

>>9016801
ouch

>>9016801
Sounds like you need better friends.

doing really bad at school and addicted to video games, but on the bright side I'm doing some pretty good coords and wearing them out when I do groceries and shit idk, also been going to meetups

I need to sort out my life and get my priorities straight??? feels like shit atm at school anyway but at least I'm covered in brand haha

>>9016804
>The organiser of the sekrit lolita meetup may have asked your neighbour girl to keep the meetup a secret, for whatever reason, and then your neighbour girl is caught between telling you the truth, or keeping her word to the organiser.
"sorry, I'm busy, I was actually invited to another event I'd rather go to."
is that really so hard?

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>work as much as I can but still don't make quite enough money for all my hobbies
>bf is getting loadsa money from his job + studies + personal projects
>future looking good for him
>don't want to become one of those girlfriends who just gets their bf to pay for all their shit

Why the fuck did I get into Arts and not something that actually makes money fuck meeeeee

at least it helps me with cosplay

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>>9016833
>Addicted to video games
>Doing terrible at school

Why god. Mfw had a nervous breakdown and took a year long break. Luckily I'm only about a quarter or two behind because I took a ridiculous amount of classes when I first started

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>>9016413
I tried to suicide like 40 hours ago, I jumped in front of a car. I have been depressed for 5 years, taking an strong medication I left 1 month ago. Now in the hospital, I'm alone. Doctor called to my parents but they didn't came, also I don't have friends to call. I've been isolated myself off friends, lolita, everything. I don't want anyone to be here but I just noticed that I'll dissapear soon, that is really gonna happen, my existence ends here.

>>9016995
why did you stop your medication anon? in your sort of situation it's really dangerous to go off meds, as you've made clear

I know it feels shit, I suffered depression and anxiety for years myself before I was diagnosed, and I know how lonely you feel. I thought my friends and family hated me, I couldn't make new connections and I spent my life cooped up in my room playing video games and wishing i'd just dissapear.
the worst possible thing you can do is push away people and cut yourself off. there will always be people out there who will resonate with you and want to spend time with you- the more you try and disconnect, the further you'll get away from finding them.
you just need to tell yourself, even if you don't believe it, that you have value and purpose, that you have worth. It might feel like bullshit, but the more you tell yourself, the more you reinforce it, the more it'll stick, and every time you have those shitty thoughts, that'll pop up, even if it's in the back of your mind.
And please go ack on your meds anon, or speak to your GP about something new if they weren't agreeing with you- There's no shame in being on medication, and while it might make you feel different (trust me, i know), it's better than the disgusting feeling of the black cloud thats depression.
Stay strong, don't lose sight of the bigger picture- life doesn't end with depression, you can always push through.

>>9016914

>maybe she didn't make the best choice with her excuse

>>9016995
>Doctor called to my parents but they didn't came

Sounds like a sign your family can go fuck themselves, and the way you can show them that is by becoming the most successful person you can be

>>9016930
Glad to know im not the only one that went through something similar anon

I'm trying to graduate though.. Been taking my classes slowly so I'm already a year or so behind, hopefully I can make it through senior year omg

When I get out I'll probably start an etsy store and hole up at home or something, thank god my parents are okay with it as long as they see that I'm actually making stuff on the side that can sell and not 100% selling my soul to blizzard and riot rip

>get buttblasted every time one of my loli/cosplay friends use FB to whine about their life
>people making posts about how they're depressed and are going to kill themselves
>or people going like "uhm please comment on my status just so i know u care about me ;n;"

Is it just cosplay/lolita people who do this because none of my "normie" friends pull this shit ever.

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>Have a con in about 2 weeks
>sister wants to go on a trip and bugs me to come with her
>tell her i'm saving my money and have to much to do
>she calls me back a minute later "hey so I bought you a ticket anyway you can just pay me back"
>now owe her 110 dollars a week before convention and none of my cosplays are done

having self absorbed family is suffering i just wanna play dress up

>>9016804

>did you ask everyone whether they were free and willing to come over to your place, or did you just plonk down a date and order everyone to come?

Planned it three weeks in advance, had a poll asking what day everyone wanted to come, and offered up all of my tools and work space for anyone to use.

I'm not mad she didn't come over or anything. I'm used to being ditched. I just wish she'd had the good sense to say "hey turns out I have something I was planning on going to, gonna have to pass" instead of telling me she was too lazy to walk a block with a bag full of supplies.

>>9017042
just say you're not going. you're not morally obligated to go or to keep in contact with your family if they pull bullshit like this. it's her fault for not listening to you, she can resell the tickets.

>>9017049
yeah its honestly my fault for being such a door mat, she's always been this way.
Luckily my mom is backing me up so i don't have to deal with a huge family blow out

>>9017034
No, I know plenty of normies who do this. Attention seeking is universal, I guess.

I missed my dream dress again. Third time this year. The minute I relax and don´t check every place the minute those update, the dress shows up and goes for a decent price.

In other news, I went to my SO´s cousins´s wedding and two middle-aged aunts came to praise my anime style, as they call classic lolita. I didn´t want to correct them, but it made me happy to know that some adults here know something about lolita and appreciate the style. Sometimes people from the middle of nowhere can surprise you in a positive way!

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>Moved far away from home and family
>Love new town but all alone
>Con coming soon
>Really want to meet a SO at con
>Not feeling very optimistic because of age
>Am also shallow and most con guys are unattractive
>TFW don't know whether to lower expectations or stick to them and stay alone

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After a three year search I finally was able to get my dream dress. I missed about six opportunities to buy it, and cursed myself every time because SOMETHING came up at that moment to make me miss that dress.

It's in the mail now and I'm a mess because the tracking isn't active yet. Come to me safely, please, don't be a number seven!!!!

>>9017083
I was so delighted when a woman approached my comm when we were at a meet and asked what we were doing, so I explained it was a Japanese fashion and she excitedly said 'Oh! Anime!' it was so cute how happy she was.

>>9016421
I am also having this exact problem...

Moved out from a family where I wasn't allowed out with friends, wasn't allowed to wear lolita, any diaries or sketch books I kept were read and shown to other family members and laughed about. I now have zero self esteem and terrified to go meet ups or even wear lolita to cons, especially alone in a new city. I have zero trust in anyone that I'm still secretive around my new housemates. I feel like now I have all this freedom and don't know what to even do with it. I'm not even going College where I could meet people easily. I'm not even 20 but I feel stupid for still being into lolita.

>>9017134
>I'm not even 20 and I feel stupid for still being into lolita
Sheez, girl our latest poll showed the median age of most lolitas is 25-30. So you're not even close to the middle of that bell curve.
Get yourself out of that pity party. Buy all the brand you can and be happy. Integrating into your comm will make you have friends which will make you less unhappy.
My parents might not have been as bad but they were certainly overbearing and made me cry for being different but that never stopped me from being me.
Embrace yourself because you are yourself and never feel ashamed for liking what you do.

>>9016457
I'm a throat singer, include me or else the meme never dies

>>9017144
It's not musicanon so they don't care about including you.

>>9017134
Join the nearest comm, join in with the cgl tea party and just allow yourself to connect with people and enjoy your life as you want to. I know it sounds hard but you'll get the hang of it

>>9017003
seconded.
>>9016995
I stopped taking meds at one point years ago and doctors didn't stop me (which is weird, because stopping at once and not slowly is something you really shouldn't do). well, it backfired and I was depressed as fuck for half a year. at first I couldn't eat because I would vom everything up and just cry in my bed. my eyesight got a bit blurry because of that. of course I started taking meds again when shit went down but it took half a year for them to start working. I also attempted suicide at one point which in my case was a call for help. right after attempting I was taken to the hospital. being there and taking meds helped me get back on my feet slowly but surely. best of luck to you anon, do not give up!!

>>9017150
I know they're not music anon, but they're as annoying as music anon
Music anon was sickly sweet, anti music anon is too lolsoedgyXD for me

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>briefly date girl who's into adult baby shit
>put up with her diapers and baby talk
>tell her about cosplay
>she leaves me because it's "too weird"

Last time I date a non-weeb.

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My skin breaks out in rashes/ is very dry regardless of how much lotion I put on it. I have dark circles under my eyes and I think I am starting to wrinkle (although that may be paranoia). The rest of my body is alright, I think, but it's specifically my skin that's really shitty.

Apart from bumming me out in general, it sucks because I want to crossplay. I could pull it off if it wasn't for my skin. If I tried to do it I think it would throw everything off or look really stupid.

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>make 10 purchases on LM in a short period of time
>pay for all of them instantly and stay in polite communication with every one of the sellers
>leave feedback and send messages I got my item and thanking them as soon as i open the item
>see the messages are read
>not a single fucking person leaves feedback

>>9016794
And because you have been sweating under makeup for 15+hrs for 5 days in a row and no matter how much you clean it off properly, doesn't mean your pores will be super clean due to all the stage makeup people put on for cosplay.

>>9017042
I hate when people trap other people like that. You're not going, you said you weren't going, so don't pay for the ticket and don't go. Sounds like if she really wants you to go then she can call it a gift, not say you owe her.

>>9017141
sheesh or jeez, pick one

>>9017178
you should ask the skincare thread for suggestions, they're really helpful

>>9016421
>con this week
>rashes and peeling skin all over my face
>also pimples
Skin, no.

>>9017017
Still doesn't make her actions justified or less idiotic.

>>9016648
Confront her with it. Say that you wouldn't mind if she was honest, but that it isn't okay to blow off a hour after.

>My city's gonna have a lolita con for the first time this year
> Flash sale today only, cheaper than prereg ever was
> I wasn't gonna go, but with this flash sale I buy my ticket, go to look at schedule, broken down to Day 1 events and Day 2 events

....
> Realize Day 1 is Friday, I'll be at work all day
> Day 2 events include a picnic and a tour of a museum that's already free


fml just threw $30 down the drain on a ticket I can't use why am I such an idiot. I just assumed Day1/Day 2 were gonna be Friday Saturday

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> in cosplay group chat
> posing pictures of chars we'd like to cosplay
>I post a series of characters, only one is dark skinned
> friend in group: lol <dark skinned character> is the only one you could pull off, anon!
> don't say anything back, but really bummed out

I know they were just being whatever, but that really bummed me out more than I think it should have. I know, I know, "it doesn't matter, cosplay who you want", but I have a really bad complex about my skin tone and not truly fitting certain characters. I'm being a bitch, but that really left me feeling down.

Pic only slightly related.

>>9017431
what a shitty friend, that's like being lowkey racist.. personally think it's OKAY to wear more foundation to tweak your skin tone to match a character just for accuracy's sake, though I noticed tumblr might go batshit insane about it

>friend makes big plans with me for september
>ok that's fine
>have an extremely large plans I have to work on most days (getting married) followed by a con a couple weeks later
>friend's plans have moved forward without asking me several times and are now basically into the time between my wedding and this con
>so nervous about telling her that this is not going to fucking happen in the time frame she's altered without me agreeing that I've been avoiding her
>kind of hoping we have a fight over it and she cancels all plans so I can avoid dealing with it
I feel like shit. We're both going to that con together too and she hasn't given me money for the hotel or even mentioned paying me even though this was an official plan months ago. I worry this is just a sign of things to come. I want all this to go away.

>>9017098
A con is not a great place to meet an SO. It's nice to meet people with similar interests, but going for the dating pool there is rough. Honestly, pick up a few regular hobbies in your area like a yoga class or something and download Tinder or get an OKC. It'll be much easier to connect with people who are also into dating with similar interests that way.

>>9017431
I'm darker skinned asian so I really feel. Even during winter, I don't get that light and even a little bit of sun makes me really brown. It's easy for my white and light skinned friends to be like "Cosplay who you want!" but whenever they get photos back it's just "character name" while I'm "racebent/brown/etc character" and it's really shitty feeling. I think it's definitely there's just not a lot of dark skinned characters that I also relate to and would want to cosplay. I've come to just really bite the bullet and do what I want, but yeah, I feel you anon. Small remarks like that really throw me for a loop and get me down.

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> finds a JSK on LSE that was posted very recently
> it's pretty and actually within my budget
> refreshes page to PM the owner
> dress is already sold
> why must you do

>>9017744
I've already started browsing through match with no luck. Everyone is so "normal" Igotta hide my power level.

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>tfw moved to a new town
>tfw no new friends into cons
>tfw no new friends into anime
My final hope is the "anime screening society" at my college but those people gave me a cold shoulder last time I went. I was the only one not wearing black and they were generally all socially awkward people so it was hard to talk to them, plus I'm not necessarily the most charismatic person out there so making friends isn't that easy. I guess I'll try again but I'm not expecting much.

>>9017847
I'll be your friend.

I tried on a skirt I bought a while back that didn't fit then. It fit today! It increased my motivation to keep working out and eating better.

>>9017856
sweat it off, porker

>>9017856
good job!

I just overate, so I'm p damn ashamed of myself.

>No hot cosplayer girlfriend to dress up as some of my favorite fictional women
>No hot cosplayer girlfriend to make me carry her shit all the time

>>9017306
>cosplaying at AX for the first time in a couple years
>gained weight
>face is mess of rosacia, large pores, and hormonal acne/scarring

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>mfw wet the bed

>>9017991
you suck

>>9017034
Make a public or all friends post saying you are cutting back on your social networking because of being busy with (X plausible excuse) then unfollow their accounts and uncheck 'see posts' from them and mark them as 'acquaintance' so your posts to friends don't show for them either (they can't see it or tell if you do these 2 things) and problem solved. If a couple PM you and complain, you can legit say' sorry, I didn't see it, not been on to read much here'.
Otherwise, friends like that can suck the life right out of you eventually.

>>9018000
It's not my fault. Bladder probs. I just have to not fall asleep in my dress and I won't wettum.

>>9017155
I like music anon because I do several things mentioned so I always like to read it. There should be more arts included than just music but I guess it's too much to hope for a dance anon too. <sigh>

>>9017730
Tell her how you feel and ask her to work it out with you. If she's a real friend, she will.

>tfw you want to play feminine characters but your body voice and height you can never pull it off.

Samus cosplay for me i guess i just need to be sure to never talk at the con

>>9018028
Just write "You're special and awesome and I love you" on a piece of paper, closes your eyes, and then reopen them and read the paper and it will be basically the same thing.

>>9017991
I can one up you
>tfw bladder problems
>tfw tea makes me have to pee and I only found that out 5 years ago
>6 years ago I slept over my friends house and wet her bed
>dropped all contact with her out of embarrassment

kill me fampai

or even better
>move in with boyfriend (who i just met- it was an emergency move together thing)
>wet the bed 3 days into living together (he got me drunk for the first time- I had no idea it would make me have to pee so much)
>wake him up and ask him to get up so I can change the sheets
>refuses to get up
>he tells me to stop being a baby and go back to sleep
>wakes up horrified and completely forgot the fact that I tried to wake him up

we're still together so..

either way, I know that shit, shit feel anon.

>>9017481
Yeah, but nothing is going to take me from moderately brown (think Rihanna) to pale skinned. They're not a bad person, so I know they couldn't have meant it in the way it came out, but fuck... I'm still thinking about it.

>>9017752
>It's easy for my white and light skinned friends to be like "Cosplay who you want!" but whenever they get photos back it's just "character name" while I'm "racebent/brown/etc character" and it's really shitty feeling.

I'm so glad you understand exactly where I'm coming from. I hate hearing that phrase, even though I know they don't mean it negatively. And it's little things, like... For example, I really hate Katara's character, but guess who had to be Katara for our group? That's such a silly thing to be bothered by, and I didn't show it to them, but it did upset me.

>>9018101
Everybody gets pigeonholed when you do a group cosplay. You look at the group and decide who would fit which character best. Things like height, weight, skin tone, boobage, glasses, age all come into account and you can get pigeonholed for any of these things or even more.

So I understand playing a character you don't want to in a group cosplay for whatever reason.

>>9016801
Might be a last minute thing honestly.

I end up going to a con or two a year out of last minute aw fuck it mentality. Sometimes someone offers me a free place in their room/house/etc, or get a free badge. Unless she's tired of how you act like if you're too needy or rude, or if she's a garbage person, she might have just legitimately randomly showed up.

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>Running panel for the first time ever in a few months
>Haven't started work on it yet
>Last night had a nightmare about it
>Was at the con, my presentation still wasn't finished
>Trying to make an entire panel in 10mins
>Room starts filling with people
>Panicking and freaking out
>Oh God it's about to start and I've got nothing ready
>Wake up in a cold sweat

I take this as a sign that I should really start working on it.

>>9018215
>for the first time ever in a few months
Wow I've never heard a sentence so dumb before in the last few days.

>>9018218
>how do i reading comprehension

she means she is running her very first panel at a con which is in a few months.

in a few months, she is running her first panel.

jesus christ.

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>>9018220
oops lol

Do you ever get unreasonably angry when someone else does something in lolita that you just hate and they just think it's the best thing ever? A girl in my comm wears super sweet but then wears really cheap offbrand lace gloves (she has a collection of them and also leaves them on to eat) and wears a hime wig that is getting rattier and rattier because she doesn't really know how to take it down, re-style it and put it back up. Yet all she can talk about is 'elegance'. I am desperately just trying to not sit by her but at smaller meets it's difficult. I don't know why I'm so bugged but I just am.

I'm shitalking a friend, at least on this feels thread anyway, who shit talked my other friend that I met on cgl. I actually met both of them on here but I don't like it when the one that is actually ita but can't see that is shit talking the lolita that can actually put coords together and look good in what she wears and actually posts good content. blah.

I don't shitpost in general, mostly lurk, but when it comes to people I know insulting more people I know my pettis get ruffled and I just need to vent somewhere so hi feels thread, how you doing, being a nice person is hard

>>9018281
>I don't shitpost
>posts this

kek

>>9017991
oh my god I've done it too last year, it was embarrassing.. uh, it was when me and my boyfriend were doing 'stuff' on his bed and I wet myself instead, it was super embarrassing. At least I wasn't wearing lolita at all, thank god

he kept reassuring me that it wasn't pee but I don't believe him and feel bad whenever I stay over at his place because I get reminded of that incident

>>9018240

Sounds like a girl in my comm.

>>9018282
>in general
they're allowed to have one post that breaks the trend dumbass
>>9018281
Why don't you just stop associating with the ita then?

>>9018350
>you're allowed to shitpost cause it's only once or twice
>a-anything more than that is just absurd though!

No. That isn't how it works.

>>9016810
Ouch is right...

>>9016813
She's my best friend though.

>>9018199
If she randomly showed up, the least she could have done was text me that she was going and I would have bought a ticket and came. Maybe I'm over thinking it but whatever, it's in the past now.

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>dude who works in the only fabric store in a 20 mile radius asks me on a date by pming my cosplay page
>I'm married
Tbh I probably would have turned it down anyway. It's not my fault he asked me on a date but I'm already socially awkward, so seeing him every other day is going to be weird for awhile. Good luck on finding another date...

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>be skinny as hell but have horrible muscle tone on stomach and arms.
>Making costume that shows my belly, going to try to be as confident as I can despite having some issues with my appearance.
>Arms also have acne scars on them despite trying to clear them up for the past month.
I've been trying to tone up but I have been getting some really big ovarian cysts lately. When they act up all I really want to do is lay on the couch with a heating pad.
I also have never realized how hard it is to really break terrible eating habits. My family lives out in the country so we have basically lived off of comfort food for as long as I can remember. I could get better at portion control I suppose.

>>9018358
That's exactly how it works retard, they said 'I don't shitpost in general', not 'I have never shitposted once in my life and never will', so they didn't even contradict themselves. Get over yourself and stop trying to be the /cgl/ police, that's a pathetic way to spend your time.

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> I GOT A SUMMER JOB
> pays $12/hr
> spend ALL the money on burando!

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>going to con
>have to stay in a room with 12 strangers

>want to get into lolita (mostly classic)
>but I'm 24. Voice in the back of my head keeps telling me I'm getting too old and people will think I'm weird
>afraid that by the time I get a decent collection, I'll be too old to make it look cute
>tfw the sound of time ticking sometimes feels louder than everything else in the world.

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I have zero motivation to work on any of my cosplay projects. I don't particularly have a strict deadline (first con coming up is in about 2 months and I've got a back-up cosplay) or too intricate plans for anything, but I'm just too damned depressed to even bother with anything.

>>9018467
Most people are going to think you're weird for wearing lolita no matter how old you are. A majority of lolitas are in their mid twenties anyway. If you like it, go for it.

>>9017752
>>9017431

oh god anons I feel you.

>cosplay as a light skinned character (miku)
>put my heart into making props for that cosplay (light up headphones, spinning leek props)
>no one asks for any photos of my costume
>sell off the costume a year later

>pale friend buys it
>wears it to the same con without a wig or any props, just sprays her hair blue
>gets 15 photos taken

it hurts oh god

>>9018467
Get a coord or 2 and give it a try. You'll never be any younger than you are right this minute and Misako says she hopes to still be wearing Lolita when se is a grandmother.

>>9018473
>>9018482
Thanks anons, that actually makes me feel a little bit better about it.

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>>9018467
why are people like this?
"I'm too old to wear lolita abloobloo"
who the fuck told you all lolitas are supposed to be 15 year old princesses? You realize the name "lolita" doesn't come from the book and you dont actually have to be a little girl, right?
most lolitas are over the age of 20 because not many can afford the dresses at a young age.
the average age in my comm is 25+ while there's only two teenage members.
the average age in the comm in the city my family lives in is the same.

this girl is over 30 and wears sweet, and hell, I've seen women even older that wear sweet

tl;dr:
grow a pair of tits, stop whining about your age and just try new things.

>>9017042
'Aww too bad, it turns out I'm going to be busy that day! You know, since I told you multiple times I wasn't going and had to make my own plans. Have fun though, take a friend with you! Bye! Hope they pay you back on time because I sure as shit will not give you any money for that ticket!'

>bf surprises me with my dream dress
>start feeling romantic
>decide to wear lingerie I bought from Ravijour
>return the favor by wearing the lingerie and have sex with him
>dog walks in barking at us
>just when he puts it in
>he breaks his penis
>no sex for 2 months

>>9018366
You're her friend not her lover. She doesn't need to check in with you if she decided to go to a con last minute. She was probably too busy scrambling to get ready to message you. Why don't you just reach out and talk to her if it bugs you so bad?
>omg it was so random to run into you haha, I see you got roped into going last minute too. Did you get anything cool?
Keep it light, and casual. Bait the hook but don't pull too hard. Control your emotions. It was probably just a misunderstanding and you're gonna feel silly for being upset over nothing.

>>9018484
Doesn't help in some threads, people will point out someone looking old or they look too old to wear a something like sweet.

Other lolitas give a shit more I noticed than normal people. I still wear pastel vomit sweet and I get so many positive complements. I know I would be ripped apart on here because I am older and wear sweet without having babyface. Even girls younger than me have had comments about them because they don't look young enough.

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I've been feeling really lonely lately /cgl/. Even though I'm not completely alone and spend a lot of time with my boyfriend, I basically have no friends. I'm autistic as fuck and my social anxiety is really bad, but dressing in lolita always makes me really happy. I was in my local comm a few years ago, but acted like a moron and I was ita as hell. I thought I had friends, but now I can't believe someone would have genuinely liked me back then. Later I ended up cutting all my social contacts because I was so anxious and too mentally ill to have a healthy relationship with anyone. Now I feel like my life is on track: I'm starting school again and therapy has helped me a lot. I know I have some old friends I could talk to, but I'm too ashamed of my past self to contact them ever again. I really want to meet new people, but have no idea how to make friends. I'm awkward, pretty bad at everything, really shy and not too likeable. I'm moving to a new town and want a fresh start. Although there's a one girl in my old comm who seems really sweet and cool. I don't really know her, but I'd like to be her friend. What should I do?

tl;dr: I'm retarded and lonely, how to make friends?

>>9019166
You can't really force a friendship especially if you'll be moving away from them. Just send her and whoever else you think of a message and see how it goes from there but don't be sad if nothing comes out of it as that's going to happen every so often.
Join a new comm or try to be more open at school. I'm the same as you except I'm a shut in and haven't had a single friend in years so I know it's easier said than done but at least you have your boyfriend to talk to if things go awry. You have a lot of positive things in your life right now and you should feel good about that.

>>9018932
>It takes a long time to type one line of text

>>9018484
As a gothic lolita, my plan is to throw on a veil with my coords once I get wrinkly.

>>9019185
Yeah, thanks for advice! I'm really glad I have him and he's the main reason why I'm in a good shape. Usually I try to focus on positive things but sometimes the negative thoughts just creep into my mind and they're hard to get rid of. My life is pretty good right now.

>>9019190
>>>/r9k/

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>>9016801
something similar happened to me
>interested in girl since september
>she has issues, keep buulding up her confidence over whatsapp, fb
>i start to really like her
>meet her on con
>im really happy to see her in person
>con over
>ask her if she wants to tag along on the next con with me some weeks later
>she says no, doesnt want to be with me
happened some days ago, glad i didnt see her on the con

>>9019206
>>>/r9k/

I don't understand this meme?

>>9018484
I agree people should do what they want, wear what they want but people are more critical of older lolitas, especially sweet with a more mature face. Rude comments are made, concrit includes age remarks and cgl can be brutal. Sure more mature people give less of a shit what people think and usually have more self-confidence to handle it better but it's still never nice to hear negative remarks about your age.

>>9016421
This has become my standing joke. I very rarely break out on the daily but I will get at least one pimple every single time I'm going somewhere important or where I'm going to be photographed. I use an aspirin poultice and big blob of benzoyl peroxide every minute I'm not in public so it usually goes down by day 2. Otherwise, good concealer and makeup, touch up often and just resign myself to it.

>>9019187
It does if you can't find a fuck to give

>start working out and dieting pretty recently
>not exactly eating as healthy, but am still counting calories
>using the scale at the gym
>notice I have lost a few pounds already

I know its not amazing or anything yet but being able to see that it is making a difference means so much. I have a long way to go, but one day I'll look just as hot as I did when I was still modeling. I want to be able to look at my old photoshoots and not feel ashamed of myself now.

>tfw first time driving myself to a con.
>Terrible with directions.
>Maps dont help
>Already agreed to drive people there.
>They will probably all ditch me and stalk cosplayers the whole con.
>Most of them are going to do closet cosplay
>Id be lucky just to have a cosplay.
Maybe i should see if anyone is at the /cgl/ meet if there is one this animazement.

>finally get motivation to start planning cosplays and what cons im going to go to with friends
>had a persistent but (so i thought) small problem with my sinuses
>go to dr after putting it off for ages because i hate drs and had loads of other stuff happening
>dr now says it might be cancer, and if it is its likely at a later stage
>all motivation to do anything gone, panicking 24/7 until i have further tests and get the results back
>have to tell friends i cant be in their groups/go to cons with them as i dont want to let them down if it does end up being something i need serious treatment for. Didn't tell them why though because i dont want to worry them unnecessarily

Fucking hell gulls dont be like me, if you think there is something wrong with you go to the dr asap

>>9019342

if u have a smart phone, use the google maps.

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>normie girl on FB makes a post about a new app she found called "Ali Express"
>"guys I found brand name makeup for $10!! omg it's the best you have to buy from there it's amazing they have Kylie lip kits for so cheap blah blah"
>decide to break it to her nicely
>tell her it's a Chinese site, and if products have good reviews they're probably safe enough to use but be aware that it's not the real deal
>super nice about it
>deletes me

Ok bitch, if you really think that you're getting legit UD eyeshadow palettes for literally 1/6 of the price than you have bigger problems than me telling you you bought a knockoff. I get that no one likes looking like an idiot but when you're telling other people bullshit I'm gonna let you know.

>>9019543
You did the right thing

Car jumped the curb and almost hit me today. Crashed into a fence only 3 feet in front of me. I was lucky I had been texting someone or else it would have hit me.

Getting one of my dream dresses last week now seems to hollow. Things can be lost so fast.

>>9019277

That doesn't sound like a very good best friend

>>9019600
You understand the feeling of being alone is not entirely physical, right? I can stand in a crowd of people and not be alone but still feel entirely alone.

>>9019543
She's going to get some nasty surprises in the post in a few weeks. You did the right thing, now all you have to do is sit back and watch her realize that the totes real UD palette is glitter face gel hotglued to a tray.
>>9019595
Shit, that's rough.

>>9019614
Im not that girl but the depression and feeling of loneliness really doesnt care about who you are with.

Being physically with a person does not get rid of the feeling.

You're being autistic faggot if you honestly think being with a with a friend or family member or bf/gf is all it takes to never feel lonely. Physical is not the same as emotional.

>>9019600
>>>/r9k/

>>9019637

fucking chill. I can emphathise with her a lot since I'm in the same situation. Moved continents right before high school started and lost all my friends. Had major culture shock, didn't fit in with the normies and became incredibly shy and autistic so I don't have any friends besides a long distance relationship. I'm fucking alone. No one to share interests with, no one to go hang out with or go places, no one to talk about your feelings and see someone face to face. Yes a boyfriend helps tremendously from not killing yourself but it's still lonely. I wish I had one female friend. It's really all I can ask for.. I do everything alone and it makes me feel like shit seeing people from my school take pictures together and be normal. Hopefully cosplaying in cons may get me a friend but the chances of them living close is severely slim.

>>9019543
Haha, if she's that dumb not to have done a little research, and that stupid to buy Western name-brand makeup cheaply off a Chinese discount website, I'd have just waited to let her brag, get her hopes all up then have to sing those 'cheap shit disappointment blues' when her crap arrived, too funny.

But then I really do enjoy watching self-induced train wrecks like that, it's one of my bad habits/guilty pleasures.

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>>9019663

>>9016995
Anon, if you die you can't wear cute clothes or try new exotic foods anymore.
>It's a dumb reason but it helped me

Has anyone ever posted them selves to an ita thread before? I'm really tempted to see if my coord would look bad on me.

>>9019693
I've posted my first "coord" and first actual coord to ita threads before. Surprisingly no one commented.

>>9019436
Similar issues. Be glad you didn't talk to them. I made the mistake of talking to mine and finding out who all gives less than two shits.

I've pretty much given up hope on everything.

>>9019621
Your refusal to answer speaks volumes

>>9019693
got one comment and it was about the cat

>Somebody I used to be close with has gradually been pushing me onto the back burner.
>Switched our cosplay plans on me without telling me. Gets almost hostile when I told her I didn't want something, because she never asked me before she bought all the fabric that was suppose to be for matching costumes.
>Can see painful favoritism with another friend. She even calls her, her sister. I can't fault them for being close, but watching her call her, her sister while pushing me away just hurts all the more.
>Gifts she's given me recently have been things that are obviously not my style, and one was almost insulting with the comment she added with it.
>Recently invited to a party, only to arrive at her house before heading over to the party, that me and my spouse were actually just filler for seats for two other people that bailed and she just wanted to fill their seats. Our names weren't even on the seating arrangement list.

I'm not sure if it's me being overly sensitive, her being a bit clueless, or if she's being passive aggressive with me.

>>9019702
>tfw my picture from cof never ended up anywhere
I guess that makes me neither good, nor bad.

>>9019854
My favorite/ most popular coords don't get posted here, just the ones where I was trying to get concrit and test out ideas. It's just as well, nobody will provide concrit on most of the photos dumped here, or if you get any, it will just be a vague insult unless you're a known gull

>>9019862
So where does someone get some actual, useful concrit? Because what I see in cof, and the advice in big sisters etc. is not that great or it's just asspats and people counting likes.

>>9018412
You need to will yourself. The hardest part of getting into shape is willing yourself to want change. You need to be determined to do that change and go forward with it everyday without stopping. Best of luck on achieving it!

>>9019208
It's okay Anon. Hang in there. She probably wasn't the one for you anyways.

>>9018932
Sometimes I wish I was her lover...
I saw her halfway through the con and she had already finished her cosplay months ago. I just wished she had at texted me that she changed her mind and was going...

I asked her why she suddenly showed up and her response was "Changed my mind at the last minute." That really made me peeved throughout the whole day and the next day as well too for some reason. Really do wish I could control my emotions but I can't help it.

>>9016925
Sounds like every girl ever... girls tend to study something that is fun enjoyable. Guys tend to study something that makes money and maybe be enjoyable.

>>9019890
You sound super clingy and she probably didn't want to go with you because of this, hence why she avoided telling you. Tone it down.

>plan to do a charcter from a series I like
>me and gf almost always couple cosplay and I say she should do another character from same series,
> she doesn't like character, doesn't like series, clearly not into it but putting tons of work into the costume because she wants to do a couples cosplay
>tell her straight up I don't want her to do it if she doesn't like it, she does anyway
>she wants to do another cosplay too
>of a series I don't like
>expects me to cosplay with her
>have 0 desire to do that series
>don't want to put any work into another cosplay

Am I being a hypocrite if I told her I didn't want her to do the costume if she wasn't interested in it? I seriously have no desire to put money or effort into another cosplay of a series I don't like.

>>9019543
I hope that girl breaks out in a rash from shitty fake makeup

>>9019933
Sounds like the reason she's working so hard on the first cosplay is because she wants you to put as much work into the one she wants you to do.

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>>9017431
Do it anyway

>>9019916
>tfw grad school in STEM field
>over 50% women
>m-maybe I can finally find a female friend I have stuff in common with besides clothes!
>overhear female coworkers calling me a bimbo for always wearing skirts/dresses and "wasting money" on funky lolita purses
sigh

>>9019864
egl google plus group or selfpost/progress thread over here

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>depressed schizophrenic
>recently lost the only job I could manage
>can't do anything on bad days without my bf
>he works a lot so can't be with me all the time
>only thing that makes me happy is new dresses and alcohol, spend all my spare money on that

I'm just spending all my days in bed until he comes home. I have so many dresses I haven't even worn yet.

>>9019864
>>9019854 here, I actually got concrit on my cof post, but not many other comments. Like I said, guess it's just relatively average. I should have posted a picture where my weight is more accentuated to get asspats for being plus sized. But if my coord is just 'eh', I'm honestly not fussed. I'm new to wearing the fashion, and I'd rather be mediocre than ita.

I'm not too bothered about being outed as a gull, I'm pretty sure only one member of my comm browses.

>>9018096
you know tea and alchohol are diuretic right?

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>work 'fires' me (ie. reduces my flexible hours to zero and tells me to fuck off)
>don't know how I'm going to afford cons coming up
>tfw back to the pain of looking for a new job
But hey at least I'm away from demonboss

>>9019890
she probably just wanted a break from a con with you following her around.
It can be a pain at a con when you have to babysit a friend who can't be independent and give you space.

>>9019976
What manga this from?

>>9019693
just post to a coord help or concrit thread...

>>9020009
Not that anon, but it looks like Boku wa Mari no Naka.

Bought a synthetic wig online, arrives and it's human hair. Too grossed out to even touch it. Don't want to cause a fuss and email the seller. Ugh.

>>9020073
Aren't human hair wigs crazy valuable? You could probably sell it for a nice profit, assuming you bought it at a synthetic wig price.

>>9019931
Fuckkkkkk. Maybe I should stalk her from the back instead...

>>9020003
True. I guess I'll just leave her be. Thanks Anon.

>excited for far away con.
>new experiences and shit
>most of the con is outside
>forecast calls for rain all weekend.
>I'm either in white or fur all weekend.

GODDD DAMMIT!

>>9016648
Similar thing happend to me recently.
>Invite friend from back home to come to con in the state I've moved to.
>Claims they have finals that week
>Friends who are also coming to said con who attend the same school call them out
>Now they don't have enough money
>K, I get it just tell us the truth next time
>Weekend of the con
>Snapchat stories of no-show 'broke' person at local convention

SO. MAD.
>Go to big con with friends, getting hotels near the convention center is crazy so we always get one pretty far off.
>There are four of us, we have two cars, and public transportation a little less than a mile away that drops you off right at the con, so it's fine.
>Another friend decides last minute he wants to come
>Of course there are no rooms available so he asks the guy in charge of our room and we all decide it'll be ok &we have plenty of space
>Friend needs to be picked up from airport. Room leader is okay with this, the airport isn't far off
>Last second, Friend reveals that SURPRISE his plane lands as like midnight or something
>Room leader has already agreed and Friend seems to fully expect him to pick him up, so he has to stay up & get him even though he was planning on leaving for the con super early the next day (never mind that Lyft and Uber are TOTALLY THINGS FRIEND COULD USE)
>Next day, everyone gets up, gets ready, gets out of the room. Except for Friend, who is seemingly awake but doing that "I swear I'm sleeping don't wake me" thing.
>Half of us were going by car, half by public transportation, but since Friend seems to not want to get up, I guess he has a plan to get there himself.
>Have a great day at con, come back, get comfy in the hotel, others get back… except for Friend. We eventually go to sleep
>Wake up the next day, Friend has seemingly not come back
>Start kinda freaking out, what if something happened to him?
>Turns out the hotel was "too far away" (fair enough), there was "no way for him to get to the convention" (uh), and the area we're in is "super dangerous" (it's on a busy street, but it's pretty suburban-normal?) so he's actually going to crash with a person he knows near the convention center.
>I see him posting about wandering the city in the dead of night because that's waaaaay safer than our suburb hotel area.
I don't think he paid our room leader anything and I have a feeling he pay for the other place either.

>>9019166
>how do I get friends
>posts on a website full of friends

Anon, pls.

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>>9020242
More on Friend because now that I'm thinking about him I'm really angry…
>Years ago a friend has a gathering of college friends at his place because he lives close to a con.
>Small sort of party, some alcohol, some snacks. We all know each other, it's great
>Friend arrives since we went to same college and we're all happy because it's been a few years
>But it's not just him. He's brought some fifteen-twenty completely random people
>The tiny place is now packed, randos outnumber college friends
>Goodbye snacks, goodbye alcohol
WHO DOES THAT?

>I go to the con from the previous post every year
>There is a 75% chance that, if Friend has attended, he'll beg for a ride home
>I make large costumes and hubby and I drive in a tiny car, there's no room for others unless we plan for it
>But haha, that's silly, of course we must have room, we're just assholes
>He NEVER plans ahead, everything is last minute and if anything doesn't work out it's never his fault, it's the people that didn't bend over backwards for him

He's not a bad guy, he's very charismatic and lands amazing jobs at huge companies. But then he gets let go because he DOESN'T WORK. He just seems to… I guess… expect everything to simply work out for him. And most of the time IT DOES. So he never changes. If I don't drive him to and from a convention, he knows freaking EVERYONE, so someone will.

Sorry, I'm just… super stressed out right now for another convention coming up and I just KNOW that soon I'll get a message from him saying that he decided to come last second again and needs a place to stay. NO. The answer is NO.

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Posted about this before, but there's progress.

>cosplaying from Wakfu at next con
>losing weight
>Wakfu ladies are pear shaped with huge hips
>tfw finally starting to get a thigh gap again, but hips are staying at 40"

It feels so fucking good. Pic semi-related, an osamodas female from Wakfu. Not what I'm cosplaying, but it was a close second choice.

They're putting all that effort in to show you that they're willing to do what they don't like for you, and they probably want you to reciprocate it.

>>9019969
I have a friend like that in a STEM field ("I'm one of the guys! Not like the other girls!!") And I force her to do girlie things with me because I can tell she doesn't hate it, she's just internalized this need to be accepted amidst her (mostly male, by choice) peers. She sometimes talks just like those girls in private with me and I always call her out on it. They're just airing their superiority complex because they're insecure. Sometimes, girls like that are just projecting. It's depressing, but please don't take it personally. It's not you. You're beautiful and frilly.

>>9020257
Maximum jelly, anon.

>be fat
> measurements 48-34-45
>lose weight
> measurements 39-26-31
> plans suicide

I have NO hips, and completely lost my ass. Meanwhile, my tits refuse to go. I can't cosplay Sadida babes like this.

>>9019969
>tfw going into the STEM field

Man, if dresses are a big deal for STEM ladies, just wait until they see me in my short shorts and tacky bunny-eared hats. Those bitches are going to be beside themselves.

I bet I'd love your funky purses. Don't let them get to you, they're most likely talking shit because they're insecure, and here you come along looking lovely and feminine. They just don't know how to deal with the fresh knowledge that you don't have to be a ladybro to be STEM.

>>9019602
She might be anon's best friend, but there's no guarantee the feelings are mutual.

>>9020272
I've been there before. When I was underweight and went crazy with weight loss in the past, I was at 35-23-35. My hips still existed, sure, but I had no ass at all. Have you ever seen hips without an ass? It's not so sexy. Just a huge disappointment, because when you see big hips, you expect a booty.

My current measurements are 35-27-40. Hoping to slim my waist and thighs down just a little bit more before the con. I have plenty of time. Going to cosplay a Sram.

>>9019890
Take it from someone who's in your friends position. She probably couldn't figure out how to get some space from you, so she decided to go to a con without you. I bet you're socially awkward and use her as a crutch, which drags down the experience for her. It gets really exhausting to have to baby someone all day. If you'repossessive of her, stop. She's her own person, she can do whatever she wants. Give her the space to feel like she can breathe, and talk to her later. Just be aware that if you push it, your friendship will break. My friend couldn't leave me alone (didn't help that I didn't have the courage to say "leave me alone") and now we're not friends because the very thought of them sends me into a rage

>>9020279
Prefect measurements. You'll get there, anon! That bodysuit is gonna look bagging, booty or nah. And often times, the hips will give the illusion of booty anyway!

I'm seriously considering getting a Brazilian butt lift so they can put some fat into my hips. I'm a pure inverse triangle, and it's such suffering.

>>9020284
I'd love a brazillian butt lift to get cartoonishly rounded hips. I love that look.

Sorry about your bodytype luck. I know squats and lunges can help with the booty, but I'm not sure what to do with the hips.

>>9020263
>>9020273
Apparently they first thought I was in some nutty religious cult because I only wear pants every other week or so instead of every day. It's not like they shun everything feminine; most of them wear makeup and do their hair. It's just skirts and traditionally feminine hobbies that are anti-feminist or something, idk. It sucks how femininity is negatively correlated with intelligence in so many people's minds. What I wear to cover my butt obviously doesn't affect my work performance, so why act like it does? It's not like I wear huge petticoats to the lab and run around knocking caustic chemicals off benches or whatever.

Blarg, now I'm grumpy.

>>9020282
I actually appreciate your honest response. Sometimes I forget she has her own interests too. Thanks for the genuine advice!

>>9020290
Same here! I'm saving up for one now, because I'd love that. And I think a Brazilian is the only way to help my hips. You can't really increase hip size naturally, I think. I'd probably end up cosplaying all the wakfu women.

Such is life. I usually wear skirts to balance out my (lack of) hips, so it's only a huge deal in bodysuits, so I mostly avoid them.

>>9020300
>It sucks how femininity is negatively correlated with intelligence in so many people's minds.

Even people who are supposedly intelligent. It's pretty incredible. And by incredible, I mean it's incredible bullshit.

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>have day off
>finally manage to be somewhat productive
>draw and finish two sketches, totally excited and actually like what I did
>decide to go with the work flow and ink both sketches
>pull out paper, attach sketches to the back, get my ink
>start inking, feels great man
>reaching for a paper towel
>accidentaly knock over the ink
>FUCKING WATERPROOF DARK INK SPILLS ALL OVER MY DESK

>white desk now permamently stained with brown ink
>dress and tights I wore stained as well
>hands, arms and legs covered in ink stains
>ink is now pretty much empty
>both sketches completly soaked in ink
>didn't scan them so a whole day of work lost

>want to drown my sorrows in wine and junkfood, neither of them are available
>post to cgl instead

These are just the moments I wanna give up forever.
>pic related

>37"-26"-38" feeling really out of shape. Don't like looking at any recent pictures.
>Plan cosplay group with friends and I always get the boob characters. Only one making progress and post pics
>People comment saying boobs look good in costume (Heck yeah they do)
>Friends drop out
>Feel uncomfortable in costume so I decide to wear lolita that day of the con
>Wear minimiser bra under OP
>Everyone saying I look like I've lost a stone in the past week since progress photos
>Say my waist looks really small
>this is new
>Realise it's my boobs that make me look fat because I have a small frame
>Big hips/butt is covered in petti
>It's all about that waist
>Feel pumped for wearing old costume next day
>It's got boobs and legs
>Wear it
>One friend who said I looked really slim says "Oh you look diffrent today, I don't know what it is"
>Get a few more comments like that

>Realize it's the boobs and butt that make me look huge
>Pissed because the characters have similar body with a small waist
>Waist never looks small because fatmounds ruin the look


I'm reassessing most the costumes I've made in the past 2 years because they're all making me look huge because boobs and butt.

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>>9020257
Good choice anon, the world needs more Dofus/Wakfu cosplayers

>>9020254
Tell him to fuck off more.

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>Go to con like 3 weeks ago meet a girl on the first day hang with her all the >time i can without being awkward slowly falls in love (never had no gf) turnes >out she lives super far away and i don't have the balls to tell her i like her >before the con is over.
>add her on facebook and try to start some conversations but she rarely >responds.
>I find out she is going to the next con (närcon) and i have desided to ask her >out there.
>I think about this girl everyday and i don't know what to do if she says no.

>>9020391
Have you ever considered that those more intelligent people might just be right.

does anyone else get so upset at themselves that they feel like they're untouchable? Or more like, they feel like they dont want anybody to be around them or talk to them or do anything because they feel worthless?

I feel like that right now. I don;t even want to go to the con this weekend, i just want to sleep and avoid my everything.

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>>9020557
Every god damn day of my life anon.

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>>9020557
>>9020560
Basically me everyday.

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>>9019969
Girls like that are everywhere. I work in a clinical lab and most of the girls there sneered at me when i showed them my $26 sailor jupiter wallet, saying i spent too much on a wallet and that it was childish. Bitch, it's my money, and this wallet is gorgeous. pic related

>Boyfriend and I have one semester of school left
>bf gets job at an electronics repair place, and does some lifeguard work on the side
>Apply at a handful of places, and decide to crank up my exercise routine, read/play video games, and work on costumes in the meantime until I get hired
>Get a call-back from one of the places, a popular second-hand clothing store in the area asking to set-up and interview
>I reply saying that anytime that week was fine.
>That was two weeks ago
>Get an email today from them thanking me for my interest, but didn't get a spot
>All this after I used the last of the leftover money my parents gave me to fix my car

Would it kill them to just have said no the first time? I mean i enjoy working on costumes, but when i can't afford to finish them then things start to get boring.

>>9019969
I usually just ask them why they're taking out their personal insecurities on me and tell them it's not my fault daddy always wanted a boy but got them instead.

>>9020584
damn anon, how shitty are you that you can't even get hired by a second hand clothing store?

>>9020587

I mean, they called me asking for an interview and said they would get back to me when the manager looked over their schedule. They never did, and I followed up on it and they said I would get an email. Yeah I got an email alright.

I probably got the axe because it's the time of the year the high schools are starting to get out so I expect to have lost to some kid

>>9020589
I will repeat, how shitty is your resume or whatever bad aspect to your personality that you can't get hired in a used clothing store?

how do you expect to find a real job and function as an adult?

>>9020576
Cute wallet, anon! Iktf though. It feels especially hypocritical when the people giving you shit for your "childish" hobbies aren't even saving up for a house or future kid's college fund or anything like that, but spend twice what you spent on a new wallet on booze every weekend. Somehow the people who judge me the hardest are also the hardest partiers who show up hungover to work on Monday. Sure, you have to be a legal adult to buy alcohol but that doesn't make your spending money on beer any more "adult" than another person's spending on a cute new bag or wallet or Taiwanese playing card costume.

>>9020595
Not that anon but where I live, high school kids are cheaper to employ. So it wouldn't be surprising if anon lost out to a kid for a job like that. Many places care more about what you'll cost them than how good your resume is.

>>9020595

My previous work experience was working at an Urban Outfitters when I stayed with relatives when I was 17, then in early college I worked as a clerk at a gym, then I had an internship with Procter and Gamble.

Sometimes you just don't accepted. That's fine, but don't call me asking for an interview then renege and shuffle it under the rug.

>>9020600
well there's something wrong with you if that's the level of job you apply to to begin with.

>>9020602
that's a lot of jumping around in jobs, which is something employers see as a red flag. you deserve this.

>>9020589
>>9020595
>>9020600

If it's a business that isn't open late, then chances are they'll spring for high schoolers when they can. Depending on where you live you can't have minors work more than a certain number of hours, or can't have them work past a certain time of day. Plus they can easily get away with minimum wage pay.

>>9020587
>>9020595
If Anon has only one semester of school left, that probably factors in as well. Because they assume that Anon is getting another job as soon as the semester ends and they graduate. And most employers just don't want to hire someone who's probably only going to stay for a very limited amount of time, it's too much of a hassle.

>>9020600
That as well. High Schoolers are cheaper, inexperienced and less likely to cause any trouble by speaking out against unfair working conditions/extra shifts/similar stuff.

>>9020606
Are you serious? No one expects high schoolers to work the same job for 5 years, that's ridiculous. Anon doesn't sound like she's jumping between jobs, she moved and got new ones.

>>9020610
I did. I worked at my first job for five years, and then immediately landed the next interview I went to.

I wonder why?

>>9020606

>that's a lot of jumping around in jobs, which is something employers see as a red flag. you deserve this.

Not them, but are you retarded?

On resumes they ask you to explain employment gaps, and if you have a reasonable excuse (ie school, volunteer work, caring for relatives, etc) they won't bring the hammer down compared to "lol i dunno". Assuming that person is actually in school, it shouldn't be as big an issue. That's what I put on my application when I applied to my first job out of school to explain my gaps, and it went well.

>>9020611
because you didn't do higher education?

>>9020613
How is a gap between jobs the same as jumping around from job to job? And you call ME retarded?

kek

>>9020616
I did. Nice try though.

>>9020622
So you're comparing a graduate job to an entry level job?

>>9020625
I am saying that me staying five years at my first and at the time only job looked very good to my employers and it helped me land my job.


It isn't hard to understand.

>>9020619

>Can you explain why you weren't working between November and April?
>School
>Ah, I didn't see there. Sorry

That's literally how my interview at ATT went last year. It's good to have as few gaps as possible, but if you can't explain what the deal is then man you're in for an awkward interview

>>9020627
And what do you do if you don't get the first job?

>>9020627

>mfw I worked the same job from the end of high school through college
>Hiring manager of post-college job asks me why I left

Uhhhhhh why wouldn't I

>>9020630
Alright, either you lack reading comprehension or you are a troll. I am talking about the number of jobs anon has had, not any gap between them.

>>9020631
I'm not sure, I'm not incompetent so I never had to face that.

>>9020632
That's a typical interview question, anon. They're just trying to feel out if you had any conflict with your employers. Also they like hearing "I wanted to move to (insert interviewing companies name) because I feel I would do my best here."

>>9020263
>forcing your own opinions and lifestyle on other people because you insist you know them better than they know themselves and can't accept they really just don't agree with you

How full of yourself can you get

>>9020587
>>9020595
You ok sweetie? Had a bad day?

>>9020619

>jumping from job to job

The first one was in another state when I was in high school, and the others were within the same time-frame. Why on earth would I want to continue working at a gym when I could have an internship?

>>9020643
I'm fine thanks, just genuinely stumped on why anon is this big of a failure.

>>9020646
That's fine, but you need to realize that it is a huge red flag to have had that many jobs. It's proof you move around a lot and usually companies don't want to hire someone they think will move on soon. They'd rather hire someone who's more likely to stay put so they don't have to waste resources filling your spot.

>>9020619

Jumping from job to job isn't a dealbreaker as long you don't have tension with previous employers. For example if you don't put down a reference or contact from a previous position yet said you left voluntarily then they'll get suspicious.

>>9020652
It isn't a deal breaker but like I have said, it is a red flag. Not purely because of tension reasons but as I listed in

>>9020649

they don't want to hire someone just to waste time by having to fill their spot again soon.

>Parents tell me I waste too much time and money "playing dress-up"
>Congratulate me for being on my own with a big girl job far away
>Immediately pull a 180 and ask why I don't have a boyfriend

I can't be the only one

>>9020660
Tell them you're a lesbian and your best friend is your girlfriend.

>>9020649
>That's fine, but you need to realize that it is a huge red flag to have had that many jobs.
Is this just bait by now? How does that even make sense anyway, between HS and college most people move, grow and change interests and therefore jobs, and internships are quite common for students. I seriously don't get the point. Where do you live that you need to hold one job from your HS years until after you graduate? I could think of quite a few reasons of why Anon didn't get the job, most of them were already mentioned, but "having had too many jobs between being a student and attending college" is among the most retarded I could think of.

>>9020660

At least your parents didn't go through your room once you left and got rid of your "silly cartoons and games" because you're "too old"

When I left for school my parents ransacked my room, and tossed some of my anime and video game stuff as well as some of my first cosplays I did as a naive high schooler

>>9020665

Closest thing I had was my mom giving figurines of Yukari and Shinji from P3 that my boyfriend gave me to Goodwill because "I didn't need to be playing with them", which is something I never did and is something they weren't meant for

>>9020660
So why don't you

going to con in a month and wearing a cosplay that is practically a bathing suit on the bottom.

My problem is that my booty looks p good in natural light but horrible under fluorescent/indoor lighting. I'm starting to get kinda self conscious. @.@ Should I start a panic workout?

>>9020682
Get capezio dance tights. Smooths EVERYTHING out and acts like spanx, and is really opaque so no worry about colour/tans ect.

>>9020284

Why don't you just lift, save the money and not be fake?

>>9020018
I would but the problem isn't the coord, but how I would look in it but thank you!

>>9020693
Whats wrong with people being happy?

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>Ordered a wig 6 weeks ago, delivery was supposed to be 3 weeks ago.
>Spent 5 weeks making costume with blood, sweat and tears
>pattern drafting sewing, dyeing fabric etc.
>Wig is still not here, contact seller who gave a tracking number that is not able to track in my country.
>Multiple calls to customs does jack shit.
>Last possible day to get it is tomorrow afternoon
>Crying into props hoping for it to be in.

>>9020469
At least your hands look nice anon

>>9020607

I dunno though, have you ever actually worked with high schoolers?

Man, even working with early 20s kids is like pulling teeth.

They are constantly talking about dumb shit or on their phones.

I would not hire high school kids if I had any choice. Then again, the person doing the hiring probably doesn't actually have to work with them. So they don't care.

>>9020698

Being happy is good. Who said anything about that?

I'm just saying, save money, be healthy, look better.

versus

Invasive surgery, big $$$, and fake ass that won't hold up

>>9020665
Not anon but this is why my collection grows. Every now and again my fav thrift shops will explode with manga and anime. Found a limited edition tin dvd set with one VA's signature on a dvd. Along with a collector's edition movie. Like it boggles my mind how 'rents just destroy collections for a few bucks credit at their local Savers.

>>9020702
m...maybe there will be someone selling wigs at the con?

my current dilemma
>lost a shit ton of weight
>have lots of beautiful lolita pieces that no longer fit
>actual quality items made for my size
>Some of them were never even worn
>try to sell them for a reasonable price
>months later
>lots of price drops
>Items are now significantly below what they are worth
>nothing has sold
>someone's poorly constructed bed sheet skirt sells two days after they put it up
>lose my shit
>oh yeah, I was the only fatty that wasn't cheap

I don't understand, I was fat, I know that despite what /cgl/ says you don't actually spend a ton of money on food and shit when you are fat. Actually, pretty much anything /cgl/ says about being fat is outrageously untrue. But why are so many fat lolita's cheap?! Is it because they are used to having no one but walmart cater to their size? Why?

>>9020776

Thank you? Maybe?

>>9020747
>you don't actually spend a ton of money on food

Are you implying fat people steal their food?

That's problematic

>>9020584
That sucks anon but it's okay you'll get a job. Just bide your time and work out for now.

>>9016413
>tfw go in for an interview today at a clothes store
>do kind of badly but not terrible
>manager tells me I got the job and she'll call me in about an hour or two once she can talk to the big boss on what day I can come in to train/orient
>it's been 7 hours no call back
>can't shake the feeling like the manager just wanted to be nice and she didn't give me the job because of me flubbing the interview
Wew I mean I already have a job I just wanted a second one so I don't go crazy from doing nothing over summer. Also so I have moe money to spend on clothes.

>>9020713
There's not much she can do about her hips without surgery, though. Brazilian butt lift would address that by moving some fat around.

>>9020641
Or maybe I just know my friends, anon.

>>9020734

I used to work at a jack-of-all-trades thrift shop that sold a ton of stuff. Books, stuffed animals, a limited selection of video games, comic books, manga, and some other stuff. Their music and video sections offered trade-ins for CDs and DVDs, and I found some cool stuff in there.

>An imported Haruhi DVD set, no idea how we ended up with that
>A Rosario+Vampire DVD with some of the English VA signatures
>A perfectly good copy of Macross Plus, never opened
>The complete series of Nanoha A's

>>9020693
I do lift, but my butt never gets bigger. I didn't get from 230 to 130 by sitting on my ass.

>>9020839
Basically this. I've tried "loving my body~", but I would honestly prefer a little added cushion.

>>9020747
You sound like you're projecting. Maybe you have unpopular pieces, or maybe your sales aren't very visible. Sorry about your luck, but don't be vindictive. You're the one who was fat and bought them. They might be afraid the shirring was stretched, who knows?

>>9020858
>230

Jesus you're disgusting for ever letting that happen

>>9020856
Every day I can I head into mine just to see. I'm gonna check but they had a shit ton of Naruto last I went in including that dumb giant shelf with like 20 manga. Wasn't a fan then or now.

>>9020851
Yes I'm sure you alway know everything

>>9020747
It could honestly be anything anon. Are you using shitty pictures? Stock images? Are you a smoker? Is your particular style just not popular right now? Are they desirable prints or are they more common?

>>9020257
is it for AX?
>tfw all my cosplay plans to cosplay amalia fell through
I'm glad they're doing a contest this year- with a year in advance. I legitimately made a rant to their PR about how having only a month in advance was shitty

but hey, if your cosplay is for AX I'm sure you'd win. I mean, last year the guy who hot glued his seams won so you have a good chance lol

>>9020862
I was in a car accident and got lazy due to depression. But you have a point.

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>>9020954

>>9020946
>mfw a friend wants to commission me to do her Amalia wig for AX. I'm waiting to hear back about the wig color she choose. Unless you're said friend.

>>9020940
I do.

>>9020946
>last year the guy who hot glued his seams won
What?

>>9020972
You could have called her a fat fuck through less aggressive means. There's a difference between being an asshole and deliberately trying to stir shit up, the latter of which is what you're doing.

>>9020597
FUCKING AMEN TO THAT

>>9020963
yeah that was me, chose my color (thanks for the suggestion!) but the person who I was commissioning the props from told me very recently they couldn't do it.

>>9020966
>AX last year
>they announce a Wakfu cosplay contest less then a month before the convention
>stress that everything must be handmade
>a few contest entries, all lackluster since its so last minute (wigless, just props done, half completed cosplays)
>guy in sacrier costume goes on stage
>judges gushing about how creative he was for hot gluing his seams
>everyone poses
>that guy wins and judges gush on about his hot glue seams again

it was a bit painful.

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>plastidip corroding my styrophoam prop
>convention is in 3 days
send help

>>9020584
Next time instead of saying something vague like that you should have just said one specific time and if they say no to that time just suggest until they say that time is good.

>>9020693
1 month of lifting won't get rid of cellulite or fix any problems that quickly. If all it takes is dance tights to make her a bit more confident while shes working to look better that isn't a big problem. Its only a problem when people complain they look like shit, don't do anything and then look for the shortcuts. These people are your enemy.

>>9021075
Well shit. Well I'm up for doing your wig if you decide on doing Ava later. I was thinking of skipping out on AX anyway and doing LBCC. I've been wanting to cosplay S2 Evangeline. Might even be cute to dress my son as Flopin.

>Bible-thumping aunt finds out I cosplay
>Calls me and asks why I waste my time with a "horrible unholy influence"
>Tell her that's what she gets for giving me a bible instead of a card for my high school graduation, and for calling my then-boyfriend "a waste of life" (which was the last time I saw her in person)
>Dad calls me later and says I shouldn't be so hard on her

I always wonder how the rest of the family turned out better

>>9021079
I made a foam sword, then added layers of Bondo and spackle before I sprayed on Plastidip. It was a learning experience for sure.

>>9020948
Been through some shit helping my bf get past a really bad knee injury. He was in a really bad depression, the opiates were the worst.
I can sympathize anon, I'm glad you didn't let it stop you in the end.

I go on the dream dress thread, find the dream dresses and buy them.

Then I sell them back to those girls for twice the price.

How I feel?

AMAZING.

>>9021194
I rarely see dresses in those threads going for twice the going. Calling bullshit.

>>9021196
It's a troll.

>>9021191
Thanks, anon. I hope your bf gets better. I was down for almost two years before I got the support I needed, so I'm glad he has someone who's there for him.Support is gonna help him rebound in the long run, and he'll be back to himself!

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>struggling to make anime con sandwiches
>mfw I get peeper juice on my balls

>>9021234
Actually, he's doing much better. It took 8 months for a doctor to finally give him the MRI we were asking for from day one, but it's been a good three years since then. Funny how your recovery time turned out about the same.
Keep up the good fight, anon!

>tfw friend in lolita community stopped
>tfw she turned into a huge fucking retard, going muh patriarchy, muh revolution, muh freebleeding, muh socialism
why cant we just go back to gossiping and shopping instead of you going politics on just about fucking everything

fuck, everything went wrong when you got yourself a septum, you dumb slut

>>9021239
If you think you're so smart, then why do I have all of these banana sandwiches?
That's what I thought.

>>9021246
>freebleeding
>in brand
You have to put that bitch down anon, it's for the greater good.

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>>9021249
>had me eyes on one of her petticoats for some time
>asked if I could lend it
>yeah sure anon
>notice some deep red stains on it

>>9021246
>tfw small as fuck lolita community in my country
>half of every post in associated groups is SJW shit
getting real sick of this meme ideology

how do y'all stay motivated to finish projects/care about your hobbies?
I'm in the thick of a pretty serious depressive episode and i've got work to do (school and cosplay related) but i just can't bring myself to unfurl myself from this heap of shitty shit feelings that i have for no reason.

>>9021308
I didn't get any better until I got meds. I have major depression, though. If you're going through something that might be causing it and you don't think you need meds, you might just need to push through it and try to start on your project any way. You might feel better in the long run after you've completed something, and you can ride that second wind of motivation.

>>9020377
Glad I could help! Sorry if I came off harsh, it just really sucks to have a friendship end because of space issues. I'm currently dealing with it myself, and didn't want anyone else to go through it. Best of luck to you!

>>9021321
i'm on prozac and about to have another go at therapy, i've been living with this for as long as i can remember and it's really fucked my life up; i'm smart and i can do things but i just have no drive to do anything so i'm trapped in this constant cycle of feeling shit about not succeeding and not succeeding because i feel shit. you're totally right though, i know i'll feel better once i finish but it's just the act of getting started that's the hard part.

>>9021260
Just think anon. One day, a cuck will take her last name, she'll have kids, they'll all be little snowflake monsters with bad hair cuts and septum piercings, they'll shit on everything you ever loved because she'll cling to you desperately to help her raise her cute little zers.

Please god anon, do the right thing.

>>9021363
If you're already on meds, and already have depression, then something that helped me was having a few friends come over and make things with me. Or, honestly, having people around me. I feel like I'm not allowed to slack off in other people's presence, so I'll force myself to get up, take a shower, start drafting patterns, etc. If someone is holding me to it. I don't know if that's much help, but it helps me when I'm in a rut.

In general, though, I just have to wait for it to pass. Or change up my meds. A think a good anti depresant shouldn't continue to leave you feeling apathetic.

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>mfw I finally paid for dream dress, but the seller takes so long to ship it

>>9019208
Maybe you were overbearing/borderline creepy and not a real support to her. Maybe she is just selfish. it is hard to tell unless you really communicate with the other person

>>9021404
you're very admirable anon! I've only been on prozac for about a month now and i've noticed a pretty dramatic difference already, i'm just having a bit of a shit day today. I have to find some friends who are free more often to craft with me, i'm the only one in my group who doesn't work full time so i feel like i'm just floating around aimlessly a lot while my friends all have some kind of purpose.

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>be small
>like very small
>all my friends taller and more imposing in presence
>especially one girl i don't even consider my friend but she's always part of our group because she is an attention whore
>if we're talking to other people at cons and she isn't the center of attention she will literally do anything to change that
>her costumes are mediocre, she always gets help from other friend who is really skilled
>that friend gets a lot of attention too but i know he deserves it
>i put my heart and soul into my costumes
>rarely get noticed because im small and meek
>this applies to literally everything in my life
>whyisthismyreality.tiff

>>9021194
She probably finds them cheaply on yjapan or closet child etc. and then re-sells to dumb western noobs who don't know dick about Japanese resale shops.

>>9017034
I never reply to or like/cry/react to this kind of shit from anyone so people just learn not to expect me to.

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>tfw going to con this weekend
>tfw no cool/qt cosplayer friends

>burando coming in the mail
>big customs charge because customs hates me
>go to bed
>wake up and check package status again
>omg yes the charge was halved!
>wake up and realize I was dreaming, it's still at the full price
fuck you too brain

>>9020586
savage

>>9021444
stop being a coward

>>9021238

>making food
>touching balls

Stay classy anon. Although i sort of understand your plight as i have gotten the spice of a hot pepper in my nether regions and my face as well. After i like washed my hands twice and thought I'm safe. Nope. Rubber gloves or bust.

>>9021075

Just curious, why are people so against hot glued seams? It seems to me that its a great short term solution if you manage to make them look clean.

>>9021510
As long as you own even a cheap sewing machine, sewing seams not only looks much better but is just as quick as hot gluing them as long as you're not a blubbering retard.

>>9020548
what the fuck are you doing with your meme arrows though, you're supposed to use them only in the beginning of each new line

>>9021444
I feel your feel, I'm not really abnormally small but on the shorter end, and I guess I have some kind of anxiety problems. my group of gaming buddies had this obnoxious attention whore girl join who is like 25 or something but acts like no older than 15, constantly bragging about her wonderful life and fiance and the trash apartment they're going to look at tomorrow or something.

>>9021510
I'm a person who feels that you shouldn't be afraid of your cosplay falling apart within 3 hours of putting it on
also, in that case you can actually apply your skills to real life and garment sewing, which is a nice thing to be able to do especially if you're between jobs or something

>>9020517
Are you fucking me
But again my boobs overwhelm my frame so much it just makes me look fat if I wear a sports bra so I'm fucked.
> focuses on legs because jesus help my fucked proportions

>>9020669
I would cry... my favorite fig is my arena Mitsuru

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>>9021510
>why are people so against hot glued seams?
Maybe because it looks fuckugly 90% of the time

>>9020946
No, MAGfest. I wish I could go to more cons, though, I'd be a sram all over the place.

>>9021515
>>9021519
>>9021537

Fair enough, i guess it does take the same time, altough you at least need a machine.

Then again i only hand stitch little things so i wouldn't know much about sewing. Thanks for the answers. You need not fret, i will not construct hot glued garments.

> Girl in comm had a "traumatic break up"
> The comm decides to have a "break up fundraiser" for her
> Ever since then, she brags about how "blessed" she is to have millions of wonderful friends when the littlest bits of happiness comes to her
> She starts to one up others on their happiness
> Friend posts about how she made a ton of money at her last con to buy something
> 30 minutes later: "WELL, I'M BLESSED THAT I GOT THE SAME THING FOR FREE FROM MY FRIEND AND THIS IS AN ESSAY OF HOW HAPPY I AM" and condescendingly dismissed all my friend's hard work
> Friend is freaked out about how weirdly competitive she is
> I want to say something but the comm is so toxic that they'll immediately bite my head off for not asspatting her

>>9021442
Oh, gosh, thanks.
Sounds like you're probably still adjusting, then. It'll get way better in time, I promise! I didn't completely level out until the three month mark (getting the most benefits while the side effects had waned), and it really changes your life. I'm a NEET until school starts, so I just ask one of my friends who only works part time when he's free to come chill and watch anime while I work. Then I'm forced to make myself decent and get shit done, all while being in pleasant company. Hopefully your friends can find some time to chill, because it's helped me along a great deal. I'm also the only one of my friends who isn't working full time, and feeling aimless sucks, so I try to do little things or labor jobs (mowing grass for people in my neighborhood, dog/cat sitting, running errands for elderly people, etc.) Or if I still have free time, working out, or making weeaboo mix tapes to send to my friends. Anything, really. Keeping busy really helps me keep my mind off of things when I'm starting to feel depressed. Keep going, anon! We're all gonna make it!

>highest weight I've ever been at
>cry myself to sleep every night
>start to feel guilty whenever I eat food
>don't want to cosplay any more
>give up all my projects
>get in a really bad slump

>bf keeps encouraging me, and going to the gym with me even though he hates it
>tells me I'm beautiful every day

>weighed myself this morning, down 5 pounds
>not much in the long run, but I feel a little relieved
>boyfriend kissed me and said he was proud
>says he's going to take me out and buy me something nice

Big ole emotion mush. I'm so lucky.

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>>9021519
Sorry first green text

>>9020747

Where ever you are attempting to sell your stuff is shit. Find a new method. Swap meets, meetups, sell threads, facebook coms, ect.

Do yourself a favor and take photos of the product you are selling. Don't forget to use good lighting, setup, ect. If you have a dress form use it, and pin the item or outfit it in a flattering look. I personally refuse to buy items from lolitas who are too lazy to present the item correctly. It tells me they were also too lazy to take care of the item properly.

Yes, a shit ton of lolitas are cheap as hell. That has nothing to do with size.

>>9021672
Aww, anon, that's really awesome. You've got a really great boyfriend. I hope you do cute couple cosplay together once you get closer to your ideal!

>>9021672
What a sad thirsty pussywhipped loser your boyfriend is

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>I choose my projects for work, but because of what I've chosen I have not had a day off for nearly six months. No holidays, no weekends, nothing.
>Love my job, but I'm really struggling
>Couple friends want to cosplay all together at an event in Japan late this year, an event I've always wanted to go to and cosplaying a character I've wanted to cosplay
>Event is right around when production at my job nearly gets shut off for a couple weeks, so it's the perfect time
>I might even get to go to the office of one of my job's parent companies while I'm there (always wanted to)
>I'm excited, there's a light at the end of this endless work tunnel, praise the sun
>Husband is not excited. "We went there last year. I'm not going."
>Oh. Well. That's fine, I've gone by myself before, I'm spending my own money, so… okay. Disappointing, but I'm not gonna force him.
>Mom gets upset because HOW DARE I GO ON VACATION WITHOUT MY HUSBAND
>Husband starts moping because now I'm planning on going without him (but he still doesn't want to come along)
>Now I'm feeling bad because they're making me feel like I shouldn't go, maybe I don't deserve it or something
>Now I'm struggling twice as hard with work and that light at the end of the tunnel is fading out.
I'm going to still try to go, but wow do I feel like shit about this.

On the flip side:
>Dad asks how long I'll be gone
>"I dunno, a week maybe?" I'll still have a lot of work and I DID just go to Japan last year
>He looks at me with disappointment
>I think it's because the event is pretty close to the winter holidays. "M-maybe shorter?"
>"What? No! The airfare is the most expense. Stay longer! Go! Have fun!"
Thanks, dad.

>>9022534
Fuck your husband and mom, go have fun

>>9022553
This^
Husband can't abide you having fun when he can't
Mother clearly doesn't understand that people don't have to be together at all times

Dropping $700 on a con and I'm already getting that empty, alienated feeling. No close friends, interacting with a ton of people but I just don't feel any connection, once they're gone, i wonder if i gained anything from that. Maybe its just uncontrollable expectations for finding female attention, even when I tell myself "just have fun, you arent gonna find a girlfriend here".

I'm past how do you meet people at cons, how the heck do you make *friends*?

>>9021442
I was on prozak for awhile, it was exhilarating until my body acclimated and stronger doses did nothing.
I didnt have the option to rely on friends becuase my depression destroyed my relationships

>>9024117
Follow up with them. Get phone numbers, twitter handles, email addresses, etc. Keep in touch.

>>9024117
To be fair people don't go to cons to make friends they go to have fun and be with people they already know. It's hard because once it's over it's difficult to find things to talk about if it's going to be a long distance friendship. Enjoy yourself and have fun

Also if you really want to get the attention of the ladies get fit and wear something slutty lol. Obviously it's too late for the con you're at now but you can be p fit by the same one next year, plus because most of the men at cons are overweight or skeletons you will look that much better by comparison.