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| 14 | Red Flags that indicate he doesn't see you as a fully autonomous personI'm glad you are getting out. Please do whatever you have to to keep yourself and the kids safe. I hope you have your accounts and search history all locked down so he cannot discover your plans. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 15/07/21 10:52 PM |
| 114 | Futurama: A Cautionary Tale About an LVMAs someone who has watched the occasional Futurama, the episodes are just as wild. It's a good cartoon. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 14/07/21 03:32 PM |
| 18 | In this thread: Hundreds of LVM and Pickmeishas squealing to the high heavens that an elite 23 y/o woman at a top tier university will NEVER find a high paying, traveling job post graduation, and should shut up and be a compliant wife and mother to boring old scrote who trapped her in her youth. 🥴🤮Don't have to imagine it when I've lived it. Didn't take an out of state internship my final year of university to stay close to my then-bf. Still regret it twelve years later. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 14/07/21 08:32 AM |
| 2 | To My Fellow Chronically ill HVWIt's frustrating that sometimes the medications that are supposed to help us cause us to suffer greatly. I am so sorry about your mama. Sending gentle hugs. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 11/07/21 06:46 PM |
| 7 | To My Fellow Chronically ill HVWWorking on your own personal growth is high value! Therapy is one of the strongest "level up" tools I use- I go weekly. It makes a world of difference. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 11/07/21 12:26 PM |
| 20 | To My Fellow Chronically ill HVWI've struggled with autoimmune disease my entire life. The thing about autoimmune disease, sometimes you can do EVERYTHING the doctors tell you to and you're still sick. Part of why I stopped dating is because I'm on track to end up with a permanent colostomy bag and I don't want to deal with that extra layer of drama when the time comes. I needed to hear this today. Thank you for thinking of your chronically ill sisters. Much love to you. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 11/07/21 12:23 PM |
| 35 | Filter questionsCat guys aren't inherently wholesome. You still have to vet them. My ex was obsessed with his breeder cats who he HaD tO lEaVe wItH hIs cRaZy eX. He ended up totaling my car on purpose, neglecting my rescue dogs need to pee when I was hospitalized for a week, and finally assaulting me. So yeah. Cat guys are just as suspicious to me as dog guys or lizard guys or bird guys. A bigger red flag for me is men who say they don't like animals, period. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 05/07/21 12:54 PM |
| 31 | “Why are you still single?” And other questions I hate answeringI am SO using this. Thank you. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 02/07/21 12:02 AM |
| 21 | Distancing myself from my boyfriend. How to keep that strength when you love him?It's disturbing how common this is; women being abused until they give into uncomfortable sex. he might not have held you down but it is absolutely rape! OP, if you have access to health care you might consider finding a same-sex therapist that deals with trauma specifically. Weekly therapy has saved my life. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 20/06/21 04:43 PM |
| 61 | Distancing myself from my boyfriend. How to keep that strength when you love him?You've got this! Keep him blocked, don't reach out again and find something to distract yourself with. My favorite distraction is a nap. Maybe you could draw something or reach out to a friend? | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 20/06/21 10:46 AM |
| 125 | Distancing myself from my boyfriend. How to keep that strength when you love him?Stay no contact. Being pressured into painful anal sex is rape. I know because I've been there and it's taken so much therapy to recognize that a lot of our "intimacy" was coercive rape where I was abused until I gave in. I'm two years out from a 7 year relationship and sis, it gets so much better! Stay strong! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 20/06/21 10:42 AM |
| 5 | Hadn’t been OLD in almost 15 years. I wanted to see what you all were talking about. Now I know I will be single forever. On purpose. 🤣💖Coming in here to say rescuing a second dog is almost always a good decision! Source: rescued another dog. Very contented with my all canine inner circle. 💕 | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 19/06/21 08:37 AM |
| 35 | "You can't let one bad experience color your perception of all men!" "Actually, most men I've met treated me/women badly" "If every man you've dated was a jerk, there is probably something wrong with you, you're the common denominator"I've been sexually assaulted on public transit and had a bus full of people look the other way. I was 31 and it destroyed me. That you were a literal child and nobody stepped up or said anything disgusts me but does not surprise me. I am so sorry. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 19/06/21 08:32 AM |
| 44 | This is absolutely domestic abuse and he should be in fucking jail. I'm outragedCockholm Syndrome™️. I AM DEAD. 🤣💀 | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 08/06/21 10:15 PM |
| 16 | Scrote is jealous of his girlfriend’s dogs…He's only mad because she cares about and spends money on something that's not him. THIS IS THE REAL ANSWER. I hope she realizes how crummy and controlling this guy is and lives her best life away from him with her dogs. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 06/06/21 08:45 PM |
| 97 | Men are more responsive to women's facial expressions than our actual words.Narrator: She had communicated thoroughly. He just didn't care about her or her opinions and never listened. The lone male, without his human fleshlight, resorts to projection to try and woo his potential mate back. His attempts are unsuccessful. Alone in the wilderness, he dies mad. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 06/06/21 01:46 PM |
| 3 | Wanting a man who is financially stable is not asking for too much. There is no honour in dating a man who is broke.Or you end up taking on all the household duties so he can level up at work! Don't do it! Stay single and grab that bag yourself! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 06/06/21 01:15 AM |
| 5 | FDS is, in and of itself, a revolution; and we need to be cognizant of that.I completely agree! I used to browse all of reddit for hours during lockdowns. Now I just focus on this subreddit. It's so nice to have a space where only women can contribute so our ideas are not shouted down by those with Y chromosomes! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 06/06/21 12:27 AM |
| 17 | This reminds me of the slug storyThis man was entirely composed of red flags. Reproductive coercion, future faking, gaslighting, projection projection projection, verbal abuse and financial abuse. He stealthed me and got me pregnant and gave me a lifelong STD before we were even serious and my pick-me self made excuses as to it being because he was sexually inexperienced. It took a lot of people telling me I was in an abusive situation before it really hit home. It took me a bit longer to be able to make a clean break with both… | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 05/06/21 02:52 AM |
| 38 | This reminds me of the slug storyI don't know if the lack of oral hygiene was on purpose, but more-so him going on penicillin repeatedly and using it to terrorize me when he realized I was scared to death of it. It was definitely part of what led to me losing attraction to him. I was a "bad person" for not wanting to kiss a mouth full of rotting teeth. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 04/06/21 01:15 PM |
| 351 | This reminds me of the slug storyOr he wants her to go into shock so he can belittle her and tell her not to call an ambulance, offer a ride and then drive as slowly as possible while her airway and eyelids fully swell shut. You know. Not that I've been there or anything. 🤦🏼♀️ | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 04/06/21 06:32 AM |
| 138 | This reminds me of the slug storyMy narc ex used to do this with penicillin. He would refuse to take care of his mouth, go on antibiotics for his gross mouth, and then leave random antibiotics out of the bottle sitting on counters, etc. Knowing that I've had a deadly penicillin allergy my whole life. I thought it was an accident until it kept happening after I asked him not to. When I brought it up he raised his voice to sound all whiny and effeminate to mock me. Funny how I haven't gone into anaphylactic shock ONCE since I lef… | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 04/06/21 06:30 AM |
| 4 | My friend's mom just told me, "the only anti-aging skincare you need is sunscreen and staying away from men who give you stress"This is absolutely anecdotal and I am NOT a health professional... but I had a bad series of anaphylactic reactions right around the time my NV-ex ramped up his physical abuse. Five epi-pens and four ambulance rides to the ER. I'm still not too sure of the culprit but I've been avoiding mangos and avoiding him and haven't gone into anaphylactic shock since. I wouldn't be surprised if stress hormones like cortisol mess with our immune function! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 03/06/21 09:18 AM |
| 19 | Staying Away from Online Dating This SummerThis was the exact reason I left. I didn't like feeling like I was on some menu for creeps and rapists and was afraid of running into these men in public. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 02/06/21 12:19 PM |
| 25 | I'm alone in my real life when it comes to FDS mentalityIt really is like this, though. I wish I could say I was surprised men don't realize we have feelings and inspirations of our own. Never assume that just because a man grew up with sisters that he actually views women as people. It's a mistake I won't be making again. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 31/05/21 01:13 PM |
| 49 | Thank you.I found FDS from the backlash via the VICE article bashing this community. What I've found here is nothing like the lies they spread. Where else on reddit do we have a female only space? I was afraid my therapist would judge me but she is incredibly supportive and even builds on points I bring up in our sessions from posts I've read here. FDS is incredibly healing for my hard-to-control borderline traits, like chasing after men and mirroring their interests because I don't have a static sense of… | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 31/05/21 07:19 AM |
| 82 | I'm alone in my real life when it comes to FDS mentalityAs somebody raised by a single father, I wish a woman would have had this very frank talk with me. I would have run for the hills when an ex told me "my love language is touch, your love language is acts of service" when I would ask him to wash his own clothes. What a one sided equation. He gets mommy bangmaid packing his lunch and I got an STI from his cheating ass. Never again! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 31/05/21 07:10 AM |
| 41 | The difference between a real HVM and a fake one- how they treat you at the end.I highly suggest going no contact after traumatic breakups. "closure" is some bullshit fabrication abusers use to try and hoover you back. Block and delete. Always! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 31/05/21 07:06 AM |
| 37 | Walked out on my Toxic FamilyI'm glad you got out. I was abandoned by my drug addicted mother as an infant and she tried to come back into my life when I turned 21 after almost two decades of being completely MIA. It ruined me. Three five minute phone calls from her ruined me. It took two drug addictions and ten years of therapy to claw myself back from the edge of the abyss she created. I cannot imagine what you are going through. You are strong AF and your FDS sisters have your back. Keep your chin up. Things will only ge… | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 31/05/21 07:00 AM |
| 52 | Dear Male Lurkers: This is WhyThis is my coworker right now. I literally have to walk away in order to get my work done. It's frustrating as fuck having to be professional when they constantly interrupt your train of thought with synopsis of movies you have never and WILL NEVER see. UGH. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 30/05/21 09:23 PM |
| 29 | Too little too late. I know him but not his wife, and all I could do was shrug and say "you go sis". Hope he really learned that lesson. He earned this.I have never seen this apply so literally to a situation. 💀 | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 30/05/21 01:18 AM |
| 14 | Scrotes are literally cancer. Always get the Pap smear.Same! I would beg my ex to take a shower before sex because every single time I would end up with a yeast infection. He would always get so butthurt and refuse to shower. NEVER AGAIN. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 30/05/21 01:11 AM |
| 26 | Scrotes are literally cancer. Always get the Pap smear.Same. I'm way better off just masturbating! No chance of STDs, no chance of pregnancy, no drama. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 30/05/21 01:07 AM |
| 16 | Scrotes are literally cancer. Always get the Pap smear.Came here to say this. HPV is spread skin to skin. Condoms won't necessarily protect you from HPV. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 30/05/21 01:05 AM |
| 3 | Weekly FDS Check-inYes, if I am asked about it. I am very up front about how much simpler and enjoyable my life is! I have more free time, more income, I don't have to cater to anybody and I don't have to worry about getting knocked up! I spent all of my 20s stuck in LTR with two different abusive men. Anyone who knows me well supports my decision and that has been very helpful. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 29/05/21 05:03 AM |
| 9 | "bUt imAgINe bEiNg KiCKeD in tHe BallS" they saidI have an invisible autoimmune disease. I wouldn't wish my pain on anybody but some days I really wish folks could understand that just because my gastritis and colitis isn't visible, doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 27/05/21 01:00 PM |
| 16 | "bUt imAgINe bEiNg KiCKeD in tHe BallS" they saidThis. I've gotten in trouble for calling off work when my cramps were so bad I couldn't stand straight. I have a very physical job that requires me to be on my feet my entire shift. Male bosses often don't care. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 27/05/21 12:56 PM |
| 11 | Listen to Men when They Tell You Who You Are: A Story about a Pickme in the WildI paid my way 50/50 as a Resident Maid TM for six years. Never again! DO NOT MOVE IN WITH BOYFRIENDS. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 26/05/21 02:21 PM |
| 6 | Kick him out 2021: What do you refuse to stand for?Be really careful when extracting him from your life. They get ugly when they realize they are about to lose you! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 08:11 PM |
| 15 | Kick him out 2021: What do you refuse to stand for?Bonus points if he calls you "the crazy one" because you seek therapy to deal with your mental health diagnosis... But he won't even seek professional help for his obvious NPD and ADHD. -eye roll- Just because they never got diagnosed doesn't mean they aren't also messed up in the head! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 01:32 PM |
| 26 | Kick him out 2021: What do you refuse to stand for?Mine did mine AND MY THREE ROOMMATE'S dishes every day before I lived with him, but the second we got our own place together he wouldn't lift a finger when it came to domestic duties! He literally left a rotisserie chicken carcass on the bedside table for three days once. I was out of town and came back from a long weekend to a disgusting smelling apartment. Who the hell does that?! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 01:30 PM |
| 27 | Kick him out 2021: What do you refuse to stand for?LIKE POST PARTUM DEPRESSION ISN'T AN ACTUAL MEDICAL CONDITION. 🤦🏼♀️ UGH! you completely sacrificed your body and risked your life to have his child and he had the audacity to put you down for not being 100% happy?! WTF?! I hope you're doing better now and are able to access therapy to deal with your trauma. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 01:26 PM |
| 14 | Kick him out 2021: What do you refuse to stand for?I have no idea how many times my ex and I would go around in circles. "But I was going to do xyz!" "But you didn't." "No but I was going to!" 🤬 And this is how I ended up taking my dogs to the vet for TWO YEARS OVERDUE vaccinations because he had my car always and was "going to get around to it eventually." Luckily neither of my dogs got rabies or bordatella or any fatal disease but seriously. Men who claim they'll do something and don't can go kick rocks! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 01:22 PM |
| 28 | Underneath the mask is another mask, and under that is an abuser 😩I'm curious, too. I would follow in a heartbeat! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 01:05 PM |
| 30 | Underneath the mask is another mask, and under that is an abuser 😩My evil AF ex narc was a cat person. He would always complain how I was allergic to cats and he couldn't get more because he had to leave his purebreds with his "crazy ex girlfriend". Guy ended up neglecting the fuck out of my rescue dogs when I was hospitalized and almost even stabbed one in the face with a fork when he was mad! Men who own cats aren't inherently non-toxic. Keep your guard up! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 01:04 PM |
| 31 | Ain't that the truth. 💅🏽😙 It barely takes an year to figure that outI was engaged for five years because I was trying to extract myself from that relationship the final two years in the safest way possible. Dude was a complete narcissist and an abuser. If she's your friend maybe check in on her. Sometimes it's us women holding out because we're scared if we leave he will hurt us. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 12:53 PM |
| 16 | Weekly FDS Check-inI'm very happy staying purposefully single. I would highly suggest it. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 01:56 AM |
| 21 | Weekly FDS Check-inIf he lies about little things he will lie about big things. Including his sexual hygiene. Been there, done that. Not worth getting herpes. From someone who has made that mistake: block him and get yourself a vibrator. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 25/05/21 01:55 AM |
| 28 | We’re both mid-30s lawyers. This is first date offer lol.I honestly feel like some of these men know it puts us in a precarious situation and prefer to play the bumbling idiot trope in order to prey on unsuspecting women. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 19/05/21 07:21 PM |
| 6 | Summertime = thirst bucket seasonI carry a pocket knife everywhere I go and save it for only self defense. I have for years. It's legal and requires no extra permit. Stay safe out there, queens, these men are depraved. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 19/05/21 07:18 PM |
| 41 | We’re both mid-30s lawyers. This is first date offer lol.Why do they always think we want to go alone in some deserted area with a complete stranger? I've seen enough murder documentaries to know what could happen! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 19/05/21 06:32 PM |
| 245 | The “iM an AlpHa mALe” is already a turn off for me but then on top of that, these dudes never actually want to play that role all the way. They just like the part where they get to boss the woman around.Any time I see a man refer to himself as "alpha male" I always assume he's abusive to his partners. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 19/05/21 06:10 PM |
| 3 | Why do people call women materialistic for wanting nice things?Or a video game they will play for a month and then never touch again. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 08/05/21 06:34 AM |
| 29 | This Queen is Tired of The Dad Bod PropagandaAn obese looking Pokemon from the Nintendo series who is constantly asleep. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 08/05/21 05:39 AM |
| 2 | Women Experience More RejectionChore-digger might be my new favorite term! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 03/05/21 11:29 PM |
| 45 | I appreciate FDS for being one of the few places to actually be FEMALE ONLYJust like any other day, basically. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 03/05/21 03:03 PM |
| 24 | Me! Me! Pick me! Keep picking me hubby!! I’ll treat us both 🙋🏻♀️and you’ll never have to feel bad!My NV-ex used to spend all of his money on takeout and video games, then eat all the groceries I bought. I literally had weeks where I didn't get an actual meal because he was dropping hundreds of dollars behind my back on video games and expecting me to pay to feed both of us on my lower salary. I haven't been food insecure since I dumped him. Any fuckboi who takes issue with feeding you needs to GTFO. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 28/04/21 02:15 PM |
| 3 | My favorite part of being an FDS mod... 😂I am so glad I found this sub! I had decided before I stumbled upon it to remain single and work on myself, and reading through FDS gives me so many tools to go about that! Also the fact that it's female only is such a relief. No condescending mansplainers to play devil's advocate for other men's depravity. | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 24/04/21 04:24 AM |
| 47 | 🚩 RED FLAG ❗️🚩 making you live up to the “cool girl” personaSo much this. I've spent almost two years now in weekly therapy sessions and I still occasionally have to work on something that comes up that's an unhealthy relic of that past relationship. It's not worth it molding yourself to be more acceptable to someone who will never truly accept you. I'm single by choice these days and it's so much better than being with a NVM! | /r/FemaleDatingStrategy | 23/04/21 08:58 AM |
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