/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>My best friend is a whiny piece of shit who makes me feel awful about my appearance
>I always cancel on her but she can't take a hint and just moans about the fact that everyone cancels on her
>Literally she is shit
>Why are we friends
>Oh yes because I have nobody else

I broke something at my favorite store and I feel like absolutely shit. I'm just binge watching bob's burgers and trying to forget it. The worst part was that it honestly didn't feel like it was happening to me at all. I had to force myself to look around and react

>i can never go back again

Repostin'.

> "I have a chronic mental illness and it's all your fault!"

Thanks, mother. On the plus side, I was upset so I decided to browse LM to cheer myself up, and ended up snagging a pic related in the UK for a reasonable price. I feel much better now. And since I'm not at uni this month, I can just use the money I normally would've spent on my travelcard to pay for it, so I'm not even losing money. Yay!

>>7745314
I knew someone like that. It's not worth it to keep someone like that around.

>My friend is a newbie cosplayer who refuses to learn how to sew but plans a million complicated cosplays
>"Eonniii" Help me make kpop cosplays!! Help me make mai anime cosplays ^^"
>I tell her to just buy shit on eBay or learn how to sew, I'm too busy working on my own cosplays to stop and make absolutely everything for her.
> Now she's throwing a bitchfit and bombarding me with skype messages until I help her, on top of purposefully slowing my progress so that I can help her.
> Mfw

>Friend posts other people's art on Instagram claiming that it's his
>He sells other people's artwork as "commissions."
>He posts pic related
>See it elsewhere and it's fanart for some obscure story
>Call him out, get blocked, he sets his account to private
>Notify every artist he stole from and they get blocked too.
>He gets accepted into an artist alley
>Feels bad because people are going to buy stuff he didn't draw.

>>7745328
I really don't like that turquoise shade (I'm ESL so I'm not sure that is the correct name for that color)

>>7745364
post it on tumblr. He'll have thousands of butthurt chicks to block because they just go fucking rabid over that shit.
Better yet, contact the fucking artist alley.

>>7745336
Let her watch you when you start your next costume

>>7745376
It claims to be mint but it's not really. From other people's photos I've seen I don't think it's quite that dark. Anyway, it's one of my wishlist items so I'm glad I got it.

>>7745364
So does no one notice how inconsistent his "art" is? Because if he's stealing from multiple artists, their styles are most likely different.
Unless he's savvy enough to use art that has a similar style.

Anyway, yeah, rat him out on Tumblr. They're really good at shredding shit over stolen art.

>One cosplay friend gets new boyfriend and new group of friends
>Pretty much entirely ignored me last time we hung out a few weeks ago to talk to boyfriend
>Has since stopped replying to any of my messages online
>Second time in recent history I've had a friend dump me once they got new friends/significant other
>No one to cosplay with anymore, want to throw out cosplay from series we had planned on cosplay from together
>Other cosplayers I know all live in another state/country or are fame whores only interested in how many neckbeards they can get to buy their prints and pay for their cosplay/con expenses
>tfw you will never have a close group of friends that you hang out with all the time and work on group cosplays together.
>tfw will never have close group of friends with similar interests
>tfw forever going to cons alone

>>7745377
>butthurt chicks
Tons of people are gonna be pissed about this in general

>>7745421
I think the issue is that most are growing up and out of the scene and want relationships and families. Sorry anon, try befriending the younger crowd.

>have perfect boyfriend
>loyal as duck
>cosplay and play vidya together
>starting at the university I wanted
>bf offered to buy me a super expensive dress

Best feels /cgl/. This has been a near perfect year.

>>7745463
Aww, congrats anon!

I have a crush on a lolita in a comm I'm joining in a month or two and I thought I knew her pretty well. She's nice to me, we have a lot of the same interests other than lolita, similar goals, etc. Then a week ago I learned she was very likely responsible for some drama a couple years back, writing mean secrets, rumors, etc. I can't believe she'd do something like that. Maybe she's realized her past mistakes by now and moved on, but I'll still be careful. Sigh..

>>7745377
>>7745420
I don't have a tumblr bur I submitted something to some kind of "art theft alert" tumblr. I would contact the artist alley he got into but I kinda don't know his real name because he uses a pen name online. The funny thing is, his stupid friends don't even question the inconsistency in his art.

>>7745463
Ducks really are loyal. The image of a loyal dog running to greet you upon your return from work is one which has been engraved into all of our heads. This truly is a great quality of the Dog, but also of the Duck. No one can believe their eyes when they see our car pull up and the ducks run out to greet us. They may be slow - waddling across the yard - but they are thrilled none the less to see you.

Update on >>7743830, now that I returned from the festival.

>work in the morning
>decide to ask coworker about Divorcee-kun
>he was with his wife for 5 years
>wow, he wasn't even 20 when he got married
>his wife on the other hand... was 46 and now she's 51
>everything he has said in class about his wife suddenly makes sense
>I don't want anything to do with Divorcee-kun

This is so disgusting. I can't even imagine what his sex life was like with a woman who apparently acted exactly like a mom.

>at festival
>super excited about tons of things
>Divorcee-kun tries to talk to me, but I'm too disgusted to give him too much attention and too distracted by the activities
>Upon noticing, he starts chatting up another girl
>anons were totally right, then!

Ew. But I had fun anyway and I think I'm making more friends, so it's was a generally positive day.

>>7745298
Continuing sibling feels:
>Have older sister, shit parents/broken family
>her dad left when i was too young to remember him, but she remembered him promising to spend Christmas with her and then ditching her forever for some whore then got arrested.
>mentally scars her for life, she never said the word "love" again until I tricked her into saying it in chinese
>Big sister was my only positive role model regardless and I thought she the coolest person ever.
>She acted so tough and proud of herself and me when we spent time together.
>only now do I realize she was a dorky quiet girl with glasses, only one friend that she didn't even see that often
>she spent most of her time in her room watching anime and dressing up and studying but she never left the house
>she got me into her dumb shows when we hung out and I still love them just because of the nostalgia
>she goes off to college while im still in middle school, im alone with bitch mother and her scum husband.
>I thought being a quiet dork with glasses with no friends, privacy issues, and being incapable of saying "I love you" was normal.
>entire middle school and majority high school experience is lonely abyss of depression
>I begin to realize I turned out just like my older sister
>I was too young to realize what she was going through, I should have been a better sibling

>she finally got her first bf when she turned 23
>they've been married now for almost 3 years

I just gotta wait 3 years to meet my true love

>>7745364
This looks like a Starfighter trace...

>>7745553
What did he say about his wife?

> My closest friends no longer talk to me
> Hardly have any friends to begin with
> Hard to make friends
> Kinda feel like I'm just not a good friend

But at least I got a new cosplay in mind which I could probably do within the next month or two. I have been pretty discouraged and unmotivated to do anything because of how awfully lonely I've become, but I do have some motive with this since it'll be a cosplay from a game I'm pretty interested in and just played through recently. So... there's that to look forward to do, I guess.

>>7745364
I will never understand art thieves. People don't label them as sociopaths enough. You have to be kind of fucked up to believe "Hey, someone spent hours/days (years of their lives practicing), but it's mine now!", and still not give two shits when people call them out.

>>7745584
Just itty bits of information in different classes that hinted at old lady, but we didn't make sense of it, because who would expect that from a 24 year old, right?
O one occasion, I asked about house chores and he replied "My wife cooks, cleans and does the laundry, I just play video games when I am home."
Ironically, the other teacher who was watching my class commented "So you got a mother instead of a wife!" and he replied "Pretty much", looking really embarrassed.

>Been in lolita for 2 years or so.
>Sometimes very into it whilst other times my love for it fades.
> Had to sell some items because of bills/dream items etc.
> Realise my wardrobe is quite lacking.
> A bit distant from comm lately.
> Hobby before lolita was collecting records.
> Went to a record fair yesterday.
> Found some great records.
>Bought a record player as the old one is broken.
>Really enjoyed it, the digging for records, the listening all of it really.
> Sort of considering focusing less on lolita now and go back to records or maybe forget about lolita all together.

>>7745379
I've tried. She just gets up and walks away every time to go watch tv. Apparently, the same thing happens when another friend of ours tries to teach her how to sew. At this point, we have no idea what to do with her.

>>7745421
These are shitty friends because a real friend even if she/he would marry or have kids, would always maintain the friendship. Also, it's hateful how some friends when get a bf/gf start to ignore their old friends and say also "oh i'm busy with my partner" and stuff like that. I had this issue, so i know how it feels. I just hope you will find quality friends to cosplay with, anon!

>want to cosplay
>too fat to cosplay anything
>too skinny to cosplay anything

being skinnyfat is a free ticket to "you will never be able to dress up as anybody unless you are an engineer who can fabricate gigantic robot costumes"

>>7745627
Both of you sit down with her and tell her she either learns how to sew or she's SOL, and that you're not taking her crap anymore. idk how much you value your relationship with her, but if she's really being this childish about it then she needs a stern talking to. Don't gang up on her, but let her know how you both feel, and that this is unacceptable behaviour from a woman her age.

>>7745627
Wet willies

> Plan to meetup with friend (R) who I don't get to see as much now I've moved.
> Arrange to go for a couple of drinks and food at a small bar and then go back to R's place for a sleepover and movie.
> I'm a social person but I do better in smaller groups due to anxiety. If I'm in a large group I can only stand a few hours before I need to head off. R is very extroverted, a little ditsy and doesn't like being alone.
> When we get to the bar R casually mentions she's invited "a couple" of her friends to join us.
> 10 people show up.
> I do my best to be friendly and social but after a few hours I'm finding it difficult.
> It gets to the time when we're supposed to be heading off, R buys another round of drinks and tells me she wants to stay for 3 more hours.
> I try to stick it out but after an hour my chest feels tight and my breathing's pretty shallow, I don't want to ruin my friend's evening so I take her to one side and thank her for the evening but say I have to go as I struggle with crowds.
> R understands, lets me go.
> Still feel like crap for leaving.
> Get on bus home, some drunks get on and try to ask me to come sit on the back seats with them.
> I ask politely for them to leave me alone.
> Spend the rest of the bus journey calling me a frigid bitch and said they wouldn't want to fuck a "dumb goth" anyway (I was wearing jeans and a black shirt, how that is goth, I don't know)

Tl;dr I'm finding it increasingly difficult to deal with large social situations, I feel like I let my friend down and morons on the bus made my mood worse.

>>7745689
I honestly don't understand why do some people become anxious around friendly strangers. Quiet? Sure, makes sense. Anxious? Fuck if I know.

>>7745701
I've struggled with large groups and crowds in general for a few years, I think it's generally due to a lack of personal space paired with the fact that I feel very drained after a few hours of socialising and if I go beyond that I start to struggle to keep up with the group and worry that I'll be seen as rude or antisociaI. I think it was also the fact I wasn't really prepared for such a large group, usually if I'm told in advance that x number of people are coming then I can deal with it pretty easily.

>>7745641
Hey sometimes people grow apart, it's nothing shitty even though it sucks, there doesn't seem to be any fault in this person other than maybe fucked up priorities, but I can't really tell from what they posted. Calm down anon it's okay not everything is an attack on you, sometimes shit just happens.

>>7745701
>10 people you don't know show up
>all know friend
>loud, talkative, don't include you as much since they don't know you
Are my experiences with stuff like that. It's a combination of awkwardness, and the stress of meeting a ton of people you don't know

>>7745701
It's just how introverts are. We're fine in large groups for a bit, but after a while it's really draining and you want to be by yourself. A lot of extroverts I know don't understand this, but that's because they're the complete opposite: they're charged and ready to go after being out for six hours.

Anxiety is a bit different, it's the primitive part of your brain going "ALERT, ALERT, ALERT, SOMETHING'S WRONG", drowning out the more developed part saying "Everything's alright, nothing's going to happen". It's irrational and if you don't have any techniques to cope with it, then you're not even going to be able to leave the house, let alone socialize.

>>7745783
I'm introverted too, but I'm completely fine in large groups. I just let the others do the talking, and if they start making fun of me I talk back. Not being anxious sure feels good going by what you're telling me

>>7745623
Searching for hidden treasures and old books are my weakness.
Maybe try wearing otome or trying some casual stuff from axes femme to work in with your wardrobe so you still get use to it whilst you give yourself a break from the scene

>>7745298
>stalking ex bfs' facebooks
>they're all dating girls uglier than me or forever alone

it's a great day, seagulls.

Never feel skinny enough

>>7745827
Is it wrong that I feel that your gif makes this post?

>Selling a popular print on LSE
>Not sure what to price it as, know it runs around $300-$400, say I'm taking offers
>Girl pm's me offering me $40 + shipping

What

>>7745849
Instant kek

>>7745647
>you will never be able to dress up as anybody unless you are an engineer who can fabricate gigantic robot costumes

UUUUGGGGGHHHHH

THIS

I hate being skinnyfat, i'm a freaking twig with what looks like a mini beer belly, the only thing i can think of doing is hiding it with armor cosplays.

I should just stop cosplaying and go back to just selling things at artist alleys. I was happier then i think.

>>7745796
I was trying to speak in general (guess I'm not good at conveying that), so there are going to be exceptions. I know I'm the same way, I enjoy listening to other peoples' conversations and can make small talk if I need to, but if I'm out with a bunch of friends and participating, I get wiped pretty easily.

Anxiety's a mental disorder (and a completely different thing from introversion, if I didn't make that clear enough), so it's not really supposed to "feel good", just as depression or bipolar disorder don't feel good. It's something that happens when the brain gets messed up, and while it's treatable, it's usually a very long and hard process.

>>7745873
Or you could hit the gym

>>7745876
I meant that not being anxious feels good

>>7745891
My bad then, guess I stayed up way too long. Sage for no contribution.

>>7745796
This

All my friends know how quiet I can be and strangers find that out quick but I manage in large groups especially when drinks are involved. I've learned to embrace it and I no longer fear if they view me as antisocial or shy or whatever, thus no anxiety.

>>7745905
I'm proud of you

>>7745833
Them feels

Brb six pack. Nope. Still chubby baby face. Keep losing fat.

>>7745816
Thanks for the advice anon, I hadn't actually thought of that or ventured into otome at all. Is there any good places to get axes femme secondhand (besides yja or mbok)? Perhaps an international second hand site?

>hanging out with old buddy a lot more now that we're out of college and back in the same area
>I'm extraordinarily attracted to her
>but not interested in a relationship though
>she's old-fashioned and conservative
>she doesn't have casual sex
>bringing it up would prolly be awkward as Rick, even if we were both drunk

She's a good friend, I'm not gonna make her uncomfortable just so I can try to get my rocks off.

Anyone else have these feels? Fuck oneitis or any romantic shit like that, I just want to fuck my friend dirty.

>>7745968
Why don't you ask her out? Why don't you want a relationship?

>>7745921
No, it's a common brand over in japan like H&M or Forever 21.
Just don't shit up the co-ord help threads with otome requests

>See wishlist print on comm sales
>Skirt version, not my first choice coloray, but the print doesn't sell often so I'm ok with that
>Check waist measurements on Lolibrary, all good there
>Buy it
>Get it in the mail Friday, yay! Start unfolding it.
>And unfolding it...
>mfw it ends up being close to tea length on me.

That'll teach me I suppose. Now I need a new petti argh.

>>7745921
Not that original anon you responded too but otome isn't for the faint hearted. You'll cop more criticism in it that lolita as it's hard to pull off if. If you do wear it, don't self-post on cgl and expect arse-pats

>>7745886
Shh, that would require her to have some willpower or dedication to something other than whining on the internet.

>>7745298
>tfw no seagull gf to buy dresses for and have her drag me to cons while I pretend to not want to go

I have a friend who cosplays regular looking video game characters (Ellie from The Last of Us, Jodie from Beyond two souls) While I cosplay more recognizable Characters anime and comics. So ofc I get pictures take and she doesn't. Then she complains to me about no one taking her picture and its the most annoying thing because I have to deal with her whining about it at every con we go to.

>Be me 2 years ago
>Anorexic af
>Start gaining weight by eating junk food
>Get addicted to junk food
>Keep gaining weight
>Look in mirror today
>Notice stretch marks on my sides and on my thighs
Contemplating suicide rn

>>7746335
I know that feel sis
I just "relapsed", lost over 20 lbs and now I'm sitting slightly comfortably at less than 50 kgs at 5'8"/172 cm. It's good to be home, I missed being crazt

>>7746335
>>7746360
Gonna want to separate you two..

>>7746360
I shot up from 80lbs to 140 in the past 2 years, shit sucks.

>>7745568
Anon why did you bother reposting exactly what you said last thread?

Feels threads don't work like that.

>>7745701
>>7745783
>>7745796
It's not introversion, it's social anxiety. Different things.

Being shy or introverted is just not going apeshit over social gatherings. Social anxiety is when you actually get panicky or nervous in certain social situations. Anon definitely has social anxiety if her chest was feeling tight, that's a huge sign of an anxiety attack.

I have issues talking on the phone and talking to people that I don't know but am expected to get along with. Dunno what it is about the phone, but if there's someone that I need to make a good impression on, I get so nervous of screwing up that I can sometimes send myself into a panic attack.

>>7746013
U can date me, anon.

>>7746367
>>7746360
>>7746335
Added to the list of reasons anorexia is bad - rapid weight gain because not eating apparently uses all your self control, so when you run out your turn into a fucking pig.

>>7746367
That's not too much at all, really.

>>7746431
Yeah, something like that. I only got as high as the 130 lbs because I eat very, very slowly and I'm very picky so even eating all day long with no restraint I could never eat TOO much

>>7746431
I think it's because after you recover your body will panic when you try to lessen its food supply and react. Increase your appetite, give you a migraine when you don't eat enough (rarely ever fuckin happened to me before I recovered), make you more likely to be dizzy after some hours of not eating. Your body does not want to go down the road your brain might be leading you on even if you don't know it subconsciously.

Shit sucks, even lowering my caloric intake while maintaining a healthy diet is a battle the whole way through. I used to be able to go weeks on water and sugarless sucking candy.

>First time doing a full set of armor commision
>Asks them to give me a shirt that fits them so I can base pattern off of for the chest piece
>Alrightdonedeal
>Tells them about progress, they give me a "Oh, ok." No reviews that will help me to make the product the best it can
>Gets kinda nervous, oh well whatever
>Fast forward day of their shoot
>They never even bothered to tell me it was too small
>They didn't even give me a shirt that fitted them so I made the patterns too small
>They never talk to me about it after the shoot

So... What do I do now? Do I ask for my payment knowing it doesn't fit? I'm pretty much at a lost on what to do.

>>7746424
I doubt it. Give me a skype or email or something

>>7746485
If they didn't complain ask for the full price.

>tfw I accidentally followed a fetish blog on tumblr (friend linked me for a giggle and I accidentally clicked +Follow instead of Dashboard). I didn't realize it until the owner of that blog messaged me and said "thanks for the follow, I'm really flattered........" and now I feel bad that they're gonna notice when I'm gone

How am I?
My SO is taking me to Japan for my birthday, so I'm feeling fucking fantastic

>>7745783
This anon hit the nail on the head.

I feel like there's a misconception about introverts vs extroverts.
An introvert is not merely someone who's like "oh lol, I like to stay in sometimes & watch tv sometimes instead of partying", it's someone who actually is physically drained in social situations & draws energy from being alone.
oppositely, of course, an extrovert will draw energy from being around other people & will probably get stir-crazy when they're home alone a lot easier.

>tfw starting to get kinda swole
>will probably have a solid 6 pack if i drop another 2kg
>really broad shouldered

Anyone know any good cosplay to show off, I want to be like the slooty cosplayers but male.

>>7745314
>tfw my bff started to be whiny as hell
>tfw she used to be really strong and self-sufficient
>tfw I have no idea why did it happen or how to help her get strong again
>tfw I'm getting really pissed at her constant self-pity

I have no idea what to do, we are very close and I want her to get better and stronger, but she seems to find a sick kind of satisfaction when portraiting herself as someone who should be pitied... I have a slight feeling that it all started due to tumblr - her newly invented ~social anxiety~ that magically had never shown before nor had been diagnosed by a profesional is a clue... But then she rejects all of my suggestions of seeking mental help.

Is she a lost cause seagulls? Or should I stick along and see if she somehow gets out of this phase?

>gf would make a perfect princess bubblegum to my finn
>she thinks she's too large
>disagree, but suggest doing a poofy ball dress version of PB so it's not as restricting
>doesn't want to put the effort in because she says it'd look bad
>bby no pls
>tfw feels like I'm forcing it onto her to do it but I just really think it'd be super cute

>>7746992
Aniki

>mfw this morning I got an email saying my nameless poem OP is back at IM USA.

have to wait at least 2 more weeks, fricking USPS.

>need circle lenses for next weekend
>DHL shipping from honeycolor
>paid Thursday
>still not shipped

I hope it ships first thing Monday and arrives on time.

>Blouses are all different shades of white
>Still don't match the different whites on my skirts
>This quest will never end
Also my rheumatologist brushed me off because "The tests are negative so you must be fine (despite the nerve and organ damage) gtfo and do yoga or something"
But those shades of white, man

>got my 1st bf
>he tells me he has genital herpes
>I'm a virgin
I'm so confused.

>>7747062
IM?

>>7747089
Drop the bitch

>>7747089
Previous gf duh
Now dump him

>>7747105
>>7747095
He told me that it's mostly gone now and that the transmission rate rate is low.

>>7747113
Low is not 0%

>>7747113
Uh, you should be using a condom anyway so I don't see how it's an issue? Although protip: herpes is never gone, since it's a virus, so if he gets ulcers or cold sores stay the fuck away until they go down.

>>7747113
Herpes doesn't just "go away"

>>7747089
>>7747113
Since he told you before you slept with him, that's a good sign since he's being open about it. Herpes is pretty common (unfortunately) and it's semi-manageable, but it never actually goes away. If you get it, you're stuck with it for life. I -strongly- recommend talking to someone: your gyno, people at Planned Parenthood, even your GP before you become intimate with him. Educate yourself on the risks, and decide if it's something you can deal with. I'm not going to say dump him on the spot, but this is something you have to take seriously.

>>7747117
Herpes can very easily spread while using a condom, the rash appears more on the pubic area than on the actual penis, and condoms don't cover that. Contact with the rash is what spreads herpes, not bodily fluids.

>>7747113
get out of dat

I just bought most of my first full coord and I'm super excited, but now I don't know how to go about accessorizing.

I guess I can start up a new coord help thread, the old one's disappeared. I'm really nervous, there's only one gothic lolita in the comm I've joined and that's the direction I'm going in. He's really good and I know I'll be inferior but I want to make a good impression.

>>7747089
>>7747121

I'd say it's time to look for your 2nd bf

>>7747121
>that's a good sign since he's being open about it
I know. I don't want to be unfair to him. He puts up with my shy and awkward personality even though he's extroverted and social.

>>7747139
Well if you can live in a relationship where you don't/rarely have sex... stay with him. Otherwise you're just being unfair to yourself.

>Cinema doll umbrella at cologne bridge today
>went to say something at the very least "Angelic pretty" if she didnt speak english
>Anime bag;greasy hair
>Nope

>>7745321
Was it something expensive? Is it a small shop?
If the workers there are pretty friendly you could offer to pay some of the damages, or something.

>>7745603
I stole art when I was....13.

>>7747142
What the fuck am I reading

>>7746861
what a retarded thing to be worried about

>>7747212
Me too anon.
>freshman in high school
>going through a tracing phase
>trying to keep up with my friends who are drawing shitty anime art of Kingdom Hearts
>find some art I really like online
>trace it and recolor with shitty pencils
>post a couple on my myspace just to impress my online friends
>irl friend who drew the shitty KH art gets irrationally jealous
>she researches the source and actually outs me to the artist
>I open my myspace inbox to a 20-something year old chewing me out like she's on crystal meth
>mfw an adult freaking out over some punk kid tracing their art like I was going to really profit from it somehow
I took them down but holy shit, some people are so zealous.

>>7747091
Ista Mori

>talking to boyfriend
>sleepy so just aimless pillow talk
>"Hey boyfriend-kun, do you think I'm pretty? haha"
>"No, you're not pretty... you're just kinda cute. I guess you're pretty in lolita sometimes."
>mfw

>>7746335
>contemplating suicide over a stretch mark

I was gonna say you deserve it, but then I remembered you're actually mentally ill and therefore this fucking stupidly irrational.
Try having them on 80% of your body.

>left home after high school for a decent paying job with good opportunities
>hundreds of miles away from friends and family and cons
>stuck in some hick podunk town with only rabid military officers to talk to
>tfw still cant afford brand

>>7747257
dat, im like a fucking tiger and you complain over a stretch mark, kill yourself

>>7747260
>>7747257
anyone with stretch marks should kill themselves

>>7747267
Welp, bye bye 99% of the adult female population.
All that's left is 11 year old girls...WAIT A SECOND, PEDOBEAR, IS THAT YOU?!

>work at fashion retail
>get put in dressing room a lot
>mornings
>trophy wives and unwilling husbands reluctantly go dress shopping
>long beach dresses trending
>5'11 120 pound bimbos with beachball boobs
>have to constantly hear them screech in front of their husbands about the dresses making them look fat
>takes them 30 minutes to try on 5 dresses
>need to be validated for each one
>roll my eyes so fucking hard
>so tempted to say something
>"yeah, you do look kinda chunky"
>would probably get fired tho

>>7747272
except nearly all men I've known have some stretch marks too, even if minor ones.

>>7747289
Silly anon, people don't care if men are fat and have stretch marks. They're just working on dem gainz~

>>7745607
If he wasn't even 20 when he got married, and it was an older woman, it seems a bit bitchy to think him 'gross' for being with an older woman.

Maybe since he'd divorced now, he got trapped in the relationship when he was young and impressionable?

But otherwise, yes he seems like a big of a man-slut, steer clear.

>want to apply to be an egl comm sales mod to get more involved in the community and actually contribute in some way
>only in the fashion for 2 years but have a lot of good feedback, both selling and buying; am decently dressed; and have never been involved in any drama
>also trilingual (French, English, German)
>tfw lone lolita with no internet friends to act as "references"

How do you make internet lolita friends? I've tried being a penpal before, but it always feels so forced. There isn't a comm very close to where I live for most of the year and I am usually quite busy with work, so I haven't been to a meet up in a long time. I usually wear lolita when I go out to shows or on nice dates, but I want some frilly friends, too.

>>7747285
Just tell them they look amazing, they'll buy the dresses and leave.

Ruh Roh, I started pulling my hair again, and I didn't notice how much of it has fallen til now, and the fact that I'm losing more hair is making me pull my hair even more, what the hell do I do?
I can no longer go without a hat...

>>7747229
>freshman in high school
>13

Actually a a freshman you'd have been 15-16, anon. Which is beyond the acceptable age to be stealing art and acting like a complete autist.

>>7747383
Stop reading others' minds maybe?

>Spend all of saturday handwashing my lolita clothes
>Accidentally leave them out in the rain overnight, but still kinda smell of detergent
>Too upset to spend another hour washing them, just hope they're dry on a rack inside

I just wanted a fucking weekend to relax but instead all I've done is chores and I'm worried the shitty UK rainwater is going to stain my dresses.

>>7747390
Pardon me?

>>7747372
I just can't imagine why a cute young guy would get involved with an old lady in the first place. And they got married when he just turned 19... it's entirely possible they started dating when he was a minor! It just sounds really sick, and I got completely turned off.

>>7746993
The anon you replied to here -- I have a tendency to get sucked into dynamics where I'm expected to cheer someone up constantly and that's basically all I'm worthwhile for. I think we both know that that's not healthy so I'm giving you the advice that also applies to me -- don't put up with self-absorbed people's bullshit.

>>7747402
http://myanimelist.net/anime/15379/Kotoura-san

Really would love to cosplay more, but no time to learn how to sew, or maybe I'm just not that into learning how to sew.

Being a guy so 99% of cosplays couldn't ever do. Everyone goes on and boasts about how simple male cosplay is, but in the end it's boring and gets to be not-that-interesting.

Friendship department, same as well-- not that many and well-- try to wing fun and lately haven't been doing it.

Been feeling pretty lonely just doing regular 9-5 job and gym.

>changed physical location on okc account to meet cute azn girls, only been 3 days and yet I've been flirting/in contact with more adorable qt 3.14 10/10 etc then I've had in the past 2 cons I've gone.

>try to keep in touch with some friends I've had for years, but been floundering interest, they're more artsy, creative and all into making their own music. Total disconnect we still could communicate but man, wow.

So want to make new friends to cosplay with, and go to cons but kinda hard to do-- cosplay.com forums mostly have teenagers, try to connect with people at cons and I don't even recongize some of the newer series anymore. Oh god I'm old, I haven't even watched kill la kill and I've been asking people if it really is that popular.

>out of touch.

Oh well, I'm just happy I commissioned an outfit, first time ever going with a formal cosplay like that. I hope I can find a Lambadelta in time for a Halloween con!

>Let's see if I'm the longest post.

>>7747404
Aside from this, if he says she was like this mother, he's going to expect to be babies by his next partner too.

My SO wasn't very self-sufficient when we started dating, even though he was a few years older than me. He wasn't lazy, it just wasn't something he was raised with. I was already pretty invested in him when I found out; took me a few years to retrain him and now it's all good but ugh avoid that hassle if you can.

>>7747285
That gif is just perfect for the post. Made my morning

my feels

>months living in pandemonium because moved on short notice, no furniture, and no time to organize because job and school
>finally it's July
>SO tells me I can quit my job if I want cause we don't need the extra income atm, takes me on a trip
>suddenly free time, cleaning tornado happens
>have space for sewing, drawing and cosplay
>in-laws visit, bring some stuff SO had at their house
>suddenly mess again

Sigh, the cycle begins anew. We already whittled it down a little though.

>had altercation with a creeper at a con
>he seemed to disappear but threatened to "sort me out". Never due after friend's mum laughed at him and told him "you gonna get made piss"
>now 3 or so years later
>he shows up to a Cosplay event at a gay bar
>creeping on lesbians
>we make eye contact by accident on passing
>wearing huge heels and push up bra so taller than him
>he shoves at me and elbows me in the tit. Only way to do that is purposely
>punch him off me in his hip, my cape covers my action
>this weekend go to Cosplay rave
>he's fucking there
>stalks me and friend group all night glaring daggers at me

Fuck right off mate. I've not cared about this jerk but he's seeming like he can't let it go. My best make friend is now concerned about my safety over it. I mean he tried to initiate a fight last weekend since my friends were too distracted and then it was like he was waiting to catch me alone this weekend. 3 years grudge though? Please.

>tfw your friend got him kicked out of a con for upskirting friends little sister and bestie in front of him
>took info to Cosplay board
>they had stern words with him over it
>he's angry that I called him out as a pedo
>I never called him that. The 13 year old girl did

>>7747285
Are you serious? I work in the fashion dept. at Walmart. This sounds like a dream come true compared to the terrible nightmares I've seen.

>>7747702
give us deets anon

>>7745603
This guy is waaaay into his 30s and he buries all his stolen art with crappy selfies and pictures of "his" copic collection (he stole that picture too). His friends are absolute idiots for believing that he draws everything even though his style fluctuates and claims that he did an intricate painting in 5 minutes.

When I called him out, he started posting crappy Facebook pictures that say stuff along the lines of "I know who my real friends are" and "I have no time for fake ass bitches."

>>7747702
Oh, hey other softlines person at walmart! I was in your shoes once!

It's fun folding clothes all day long, isn't it?
Do you get to work in Jewelry too? Shoes?

It was fun while I was there before I left.

>>7745364
>need to find a writer
>for my comic

brb trying to find an author for my novels, think I'll give them 5%

>>7747702
I always here stories on 4chan about being a Wal-Mart employee but whenever I go there's just a bunch of ghetto black people working.

>>7747290
>tfw I have strech marks on my biceps

Curse you gains!

>>7747821

jk gains, I love you, don't leave me

Just got some pictures of me back. When I'm smiling I look lumpy and hideous but if I don't smile I look like a bitch. There's no winning with my shitty face.
Is there like a way I can try to force my smile to look cute? I have weird cheeks and dimples and it just looks so fucked up and I'm so embarrassed.

>>7747662

Are you drunk or ESL? This is barely readable

>>7747816
Yeah, that's normally the case.
Wal-Mart was real fun to work for though, although it is shit pay--but if you're not black you easily move up through the ranks to fake retail management positions!

Essentially though, the employee pool best reflects the crowd around, one of their hiring criteria is that you'd be less then 5 miles from the store, unless they are on a labor shortage then they'd just use the nearest temp agency.

But being a sales associate is pretty fun! You get to wander around, you get to walk in the back, you get to go outside whenever you want, as long as you're not black people trust you and you get a walkie and pretend to be an important Wal-Mart employee!

Stealing is a big nono though, it's super obvious if you do it yourself but you can easily let random customers steal if you check out for them! If you are a wandering sales associate and they trust you, they don't care if you log in at a jewelry or electronics register and price match or such! I never really verified a price if it seemed realistic.

Just don't be black and they don't care! You can literally be any other minority race except black and get away with anything!

But softlines is pretty fun though, you get to check the bins and find the best deals on clothes so you can buy them yourself, but it's wal-mart clothes so it isn't really fashionable in the first place, but for socks, plain color shirts or gym clothes it's nifty to be able to pick up new shirts/pants for $1/2! It's just a pity sometimes it's 60/40 poly/cotton mix so its essentially throw away clothes. But the 100% cotton shirts are around $3-4 each normally price so it's okay!

And then dealing with the people selling Jewlery is quite fun. Something about selling little ugly fashion accessories to people that need to decide between diapers, wine or beer-- is a blast. Especially if you can get creative on how to communicate with them and pick up their vernacular!

>>7747855
I don't understand your point

I'm 21 years old and I've never been to a gynecologist. My boyfriend freaked out when I told him and made me make an appointment. Please tell me what to expect, /cgl/, I'm scared.

>>7747886
How does that even happen?

>>7747384
I was a freshman at 14. Perhaps anon skipped ahead a year? It's very possible.

>>7747886

First of all, why is your boyfriend freaked out?

A family practitioner should be able to do all the screening tests that a gynecologist does. But essentially, what they do is that if you are sexually active, >21 years old, and have a cervix, they will probably offer a cervical smear, which you can decline. However, it is recommended every three years - if your boyfriend wants you to get an annual cervical smear, tell him that current American guidelines say that's not necessary.

I currently cannot think of any other screening tests at the moment (medical job anons help me?). But essentially, that's what should happen at the gynecologist's office. Have you looked up your gynecologist yet? And what are you scared of? Maybe I'll be able to explain more there.

>>7747919

*I mean, if you're 21 years old or older, apologies about the mistake.

>>7747894
I didn't have to go to one until I was 22. Pap smears and that sort of thing aren't actually necessary until 3-4 years after you become sexually active or around age 21 at the latest, even if you're on birth control. My general practitioner just took care of my BC until then, and when I had my first one it was actually just at my uni's women's health clinic.

The only reason your bf should be freaking is if you're not on BC (and he thought you were) or you've been sexually active with multiple people but never been tested (for which you don't even need to go to a gyno).

>tfw none of your cosplay group likes the same series as you
>tfw you often volunteer to cosplay stuff you don't care about to make their groups fuller
>tfw they always make up excuses when you bring up something they aren't interested in

I just wish either my friends would band together and do something I want to do for once after I've cosplayed their things at least seven times now or that I could find people with similar tastes to mine that I actually enjoy as friends and whatnot. Oh well.

>tfw no /cgl/ gf

a-any girls interested in a guy that's into cosplaying?

>>7747229
>freshman in high school
>practice drawing by copying pictures from D.gray-man
>Never post anything online, I just want to get better and I was.
>One day get embarassed by my weabooness and how I couldn't "make anything original"
>Throw out pretty good picture I drew of Lenalee in classroom's trash
>Have friend who is a literal art theif
>In the sense that I would throw out art in the trash, and after I left the room she would fish it out and keep it as her own
>She scans Lenalee pic
>puts it on DA with some shitty poem she wrote
>Loads of comments "omg anon you're really talented at drawing!"
>"teehee thanks!"
>call her out on that shit during school
>she takes down half of her DA gallery because it was all shitty poems she wrote to shitty art she took from me
>At least I'm honest about how I copy shit and am not *literally* stealing art

Like....I feel that it's pretty common for young teens who are trying to learn to copy from artists they like. I actually encourage it now, since it's just them trying to figure out how someone older and more experienced than them accomplished something (as long as they branch out and find their own voice). But dang fishing someone's trashed sketches from the trash? That's kind of like....uhm

>>7746335
I've got some stretch marks on the inside of my thighs from rapid muscle growth and loss from doing so many odd sports seasons in highschool. It used to bother me but now I think they look kind of like badass purple demon claw marks.

>>7748006
stop stealing my feels you faggot

>>7748026
>>7746335
Man, I didn't even get the chance to earn my stretch marks, really. My hips developed so fucking fast at puberty. But that's okay, I like the way they look, tbh, and wish more people did. They're pretty neat. So happy my love for human physiology takes precedent over my self-image issues and recovered ED these days.

>>7747886
In the UK I don't think you can have pap smears until you're 25. Which is dumb because people have gotten cervix cancer earlier than that.

>>7747849
I had no trouble reading it, anon.

I can explain it for you. The anon of that post was telling us about a man who she had an altercation with. After the altercation, things seemed okay and it looked like he had given up and left them alone. However, the man had previously threatened them, causing concern. The friends laughed and retorted with confidence that they would be able to handle whatever he threw their way.

Now, even after 3 years later, he has begun confronting the anon at different cosplay events. Anon was able to deduce that he is being purposefully violent from the encounters she has had with him, as if to get revenge. He is also stalking her. Anon and her friends feel that her safety is in danger, and with good reasoning.

He also lifted up the skirt of two little girls in front of their older sibling, who happens to be anon's friend. The older sibling reported the man and he was kicked out of the convention. Anon's party discussed the issue with other people, and the man was given a stern talking to. The man is angry, his reasoning being that anon was the one who accused him of being a pedophile, when it was actually one of the little girls who did so.

>TL;DR: That man did creepy things and is targeting anon as revenge for taking actions against him.

>show friend cool cosplay all the time
>learned a few weeks ago she's been to a con before with her friend
>would like to know more about it but afraid to ask
>show her a picture from one con
>oh hey i recognize that convention center
>ask if she's ever been
>just says once

should i press? or is that just going to piss her off? she's usually very introverted and doesn't say much about her past so I'm a little afraid

>>7748146
Maybe it's not much of a big deal to her? It's possible that you're overthinking it

>>7748072
>Never due after friend's mum laughed at him and told him "you gonna get made piss"

Translate this

>>7748282
Anon from this story. Sorry, it's Ausfag slang for fucking someone up real bad. It was 3am when I wrote it, mah bad. But thanks to >>7748072 for that. I green text so it wasn't big and a tl;dr but that's the gist.

>>7747880
There wasn't one. I just felt like lamenting about how pathetic I must've been a year ago-- now I work in a "real" job making 3 times the salary I did there.

The other day I popped in to go "wow one year ago.." and to my amusement most of the people were still employed there, having all settled...

Hah.

>retaking math class because I failed with a D
>first exam's grade is 72
>better than first time (58) but still not great
>take second exam
>feeling pretty good
>remembered that I got a 69 on the first try
>cue doubtful anxiety over the weekend
>grades came out today
>97.5
>YEAH, BITCH
>jessepinkman.gif

Man, I'm so excited to show my boyfriend tomorrow. I'll just need to worry about my final now, but I'll have more leeway!

>>7748675
Girl, really?
How do you fail math?
LOL

>>7748720
is this a troll

>>7748720

Women can't math. Everyone knows that

>be a chubby chan with btssb no-shirring dream dress
>find dream dress
>buy dream dress
>wontzipwontfit.jpeg
>ok
>start eating right and working out until fast forward several months to today
>try on dress just to see if progress
>progress indeed
>dress zips
>yes!!
>still major boob loafage but IT FITS
>it doesn't look good and isn't comfortable enough to wear yet but it's so wonderful
>soon you will be on my body

>>7745652
>>7745627
Additionally point out that for some men (myself included) a woman who doesn't know how to sew and isn't willing to learn isn't getting a ring.

>>7748923
I'm so proud of you anon! :D

>>7745783
Introverts, mang

>>7746947
You're a weeaboo but your picture is great

>>7747248
Was he being serious?

>>7747997
Tried talking to them about this?

>>7748930
Literally nobody gives a shit what men want. gtfo

>tfw was really good this week. Workrd out every day. at least an hour of cardio. Ate 1200 cal or less a day. No soda or super sugary things
>step on the scale and it says I gained two pounds
>sob uncontrollably for 2 hours
>bf asks how weightloss is going
>lie and say I lost a few pounds and feel great

>sob more

Con is approaching and I'm struggling to get every sewn. My period hasn't come yet (I want it to or else I'll get stuck with con period) so that's causing me to stress even more. I love this hobby but whyyyyyyyy.

>>7749077
Keep it up, if you just keep going you'll surely lose weight. If you're drinking a ton of water the scale could have weighed the extra water weight. Weight loss really doesn't show significance until you do it for a long time.

>>7749113
Thanks anon.. I'm definitely going to keep at it. I'm just feeling a little bit discouraged.

>>7749077
Once you change your diet your weight will fluctuate for about a week. Just keep it up and let the weightloss happen without measuring yourself everyday. Especially since you've got a variable couple of pounds of shit, water, and half digested food inside you.

>>7745980
Not that guy, but a relationship is not the ideal situation for a lot of men. most of us are wired to build harems and keep them at a distance. Rather than a ticket to easy sex and intimacy, a girlfriend is pretty much a parasite that just eats up your time, money, and energy. And then most women put conditions on sex to get more out of their provider.

>hit it off with someone who obviously finds me attractive
>find out she has a boyfriend
>tells me that if she was single, I'm exactly her type
>she's genuinely confused about how I could still be single myself

>meet another girl
>have to leave town the next day
>she isn't slutty enough for it to go anywhere in the time we have left
>tfw this shit keeps happening
>tfw wandering the world alone for a year

Rejection is one thing and easy to deal with, but this "so close, yet so far" bad luck bullshit is too much, especially after the hundredth time. Whenever I'm lucky enough to meet a cute girl who's single, the good ones are never comfortable moving as fast as I have to.

>tfw wanting one-night stands for the companionship and not just to get my dick wet
>tfw just wanting to forget for a few hours that I live and will die alone

>got a steady job making good money
>bought the motorcycle I always wanted
>revamped my wardrobe, finally on the right side of /fa/ after being poor for ages
>gains making steady progress and starting to really show
>got rid of a cancerous group of "friends"
>after a year of forcing myself to socialize it finally clicked and I've got a bit of that easygoing charisma
>sleeping with the new girl at work, game is getting easier and easier
>skinhead picked a fight with me at a concert last month and I knocked him out cold
>Realized the other day that some underclassmen from school look up to me and respect my opinions just because they're mine

It's only been a few months but I see a completely different person when I look in the mirror, I feel like I'm steadily becoming the man I always wanted to be and it's ecstatic.

>>7747088
Hey anon what's going on? I've seen a rheumatologist twice before and its a pretty uncommon thing.

Also all my whites don't match either.

Long one, rly need to get this all off my chest so just background first
>Sophmore at my school is really wannabe seapunk, very tumblr
>She runs a vaporwave blog with bad edits and tries to get her art popular
>Runs a really horrible storenvy
>Has baby puke green dyed hair and thinks shes really alternative and ~~unique~~~ because she wears hawaiian shirts and shit

>Go to an art school and be really serious artist
>Think im pretty good
>She has a really generic art style that is ripped off from an artist i know
>OHYOUDRAWSOGOODFORYOURAGE.jpg from everyone
>She also complains about having 'too many friends'
>Tfw she has more FB friends than me
>Tfw she has more IRL friends than me but shes so entry level
Also
>Her dad is a self proclaimed liberal that believes in bitcoins and buys her everything she wants
>Every week is a week where she announces shes going to a new show, meeting her favorite celebrity, got some dream article of clothing
>See her at school wearing expensive clothes i wish i had but she wears them in really ugly coords
>Im creepy cute/into cosplay but mostly into lolita because gf
>She is self proclaimed jfashion but something id see in an ita thread
>Takes purikuras and makes ~~subversive ugly faces~~ in all of them
>gf is a really fantastic lolita, see puke girl at school wearing a literal milanoo dress, no blouse, no petti and everybody is praising her for it and think shes soooo elegant
>gf rarely got compliments on her fantastic coords that actually had a petti
>Later this summer i find out she gets to go to japan
>Mfw when she goes to akibahara and harajuku and proceeds to complain about it

>>7749236
The fact that you're letting two or so failures get to you means you're approaching this the wrong way; I'm gonna teach you something about the difference between the man who sleeps with one woman and the legend who fucks 100.

The first dude only seriously hit on five girls in his life with the intention of sex, and gets discouraged when he finds he only has a success rate of 1/5, which sounds pretty terrible so he assumes he's unattractive or uninteresting, or has terrible luck. The guy who sleeps with 100 women isn't any better with women; he hit on 500 women, flirting almost every day with the intention of bringing the girl home, and his results show for it.

Why do you care if she's a slut or not if all you're looking for is a one night stand? And you shouldn't be sad that you're alone, because in the end you can't rely on anyone but yourself to make you happy; you need to be emotionally self sufficient for any kind of stability in your life.

>>7749236

Same situation man.

>hook up with highschool friend
>'we should do that again sometime!'
>never contacts me again
>he has a girlfriend

>weeks go by
>not even thirsty i just want to sleep with someone for the night
>can't find someone to just fuck me
>let alone cuddle n sleep

So, I feel you anon. Other end of the gender, but I feel you.

>>7749077
>>7749077
Muscle weighs more than fat btw! If you worked out every day it's very possible you gained muscle and then you'd weigh more. It's a healthier approach to use a measuring tape for weight loss progress than a scale anyways.

I believe in you anon!

>>7747375
where do you live anon? I'll be your friend!

>>7748930
lel gtfo you beta faggot

>>7749038
>>7749384
>Taking the bait
I don't know what to do with you people

>>7749283
You don't gain muscle that fast, you know

>caught bf masturbating to pictures of someone i hate
She's not even pretty, what the fuck

Is it wrong to ask him not to do that ever again? That's not being bitchy or controlling is it?

>>7749483
maybe you're not fucking him enough that he has to resort to masturbating to your enemy

>>7745421
maybe you are just not fun to be around?

>Person I know posts about just having to do a certain cosplay because people keep posting about a character
>No way in shape for this character
>Her craftsmanship is eh for what she claims. procrastinates to hell too so her costumes look half assed
>Has a shit ton of other cosplays she has fabric and stuff for but hasn't done
>comes off as super fangirly(she even does that flower crown shit)
>please stop

>>7748951
Thank you, I accept that I'm a weeaboo and Cherno Alpha gunpla makes every situation better

>always think I'm going to start my new healthy eating plan
>try avoiding fatty foods
>spaghetti at home
>gluten free muffins at work arrive
>all the cheap stuff is bad

I'm so lazy. And easily swayed. Feels bad man

>>7748059
A girl from my high school recently died because she was refused a pap smear despite having all of the symptoms of cervical cancer just because of her age. The whole thing ended up going to parliament.

>lost over 6kgs in 4 months
>tfw still fat as fuck

>Have depression and anxiety
>Lose all hours at job recently
>Everything is a bit of a struggle
>Boyfriend seems to be getting annoyed with me for not wanting to go out and generally being a sad sack
>Don't actually mind if he breaks up with me at this point in time
>Feel a bit bad though because it's been 4 years and we share our friends and I know they'd go with him

>>7749529
I know how you feel. At university, I ate like a champion. Coming home after graduating, my brother still lives at home and my mom buys for him and me. Yes, there's all my greens and bits, but there's also so many cookies and chocolate and cake and general crap. I'm weak, if there's even a whiff of bad stuff my healthy eating goes right out the window.

>>7749589
Gotta start somewhere. Better than gaining 6kgs.

>>7749529
>try avoiding fatty foods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evcNPfZlrZs

>Be me
>Eat healthy and exercise a bit.
>Still gain weigh
>Brother is a lazy cunt who spends all his days sleeping and all his nights watching animu. He also eat like a raging pig on it's period
>He somehow keeps losing weight. Family complains on how I am a fatty, how I'm never going to find a husband and how I should be more like my brother
AIIII this is starting to make me really really sad

>already have fucking zero self esteem
>became a hikkiNEET because I considered myself too ugly to go outside
>even my boyfriend criticizes my appearance
>"I mean, you somehow look both cute and not cute"
>"This girl is pretty, you should do your hair like hers"
>"I like how you looked a few years ago better, you were like a 7/10 back then"
>tfw I will never match up to all the qt grills around me

C-can I just commit sudoku now? ;_;

>>7749639
>Eat healthy and exercise a bit
>Still gain weight
The explanation is extremely simple: you are underestimating the calories you eat and/or overestimating your level of exercise. It's always these two.

>Post screenshot my friend's story of telling off a normalfag on facebook
>SJWs see it
>SHAME ON YOU FOR HAVING A FRIEND THAT ATTACKS OTHER PEOPLE'S WEIGHT! SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE FAT SHAMED!
>mfw

>>7749639
>AIIII this is starting to make me really really sad
Do you realize that there a little children sleeping on the cold streets, growing up with no family at all, and starving to death?

>>7749661
Nay, I think it might be due to extremely slow metabolism. My diet is basically oats for breakfast, one serving of chicken breat for lunch and a small bowl of cereal for dinner. Also I exercise about 30 min daily.
I was thinking of boosting my metabolism with vitaminic supplements or something but I don't know if it will work since I drink a lot of tea (which is supposed to boost you metabolism as well) and nothing has happened
Also sorry for my english, I'm not native and also really sleepy

>>7749669
Sure is summer in here
Of course I know but that doesn't give me any less reasons for complaining about my problems
Also pretty much everybody else is complaining about first world problems as well

>>7749641

>C-can I just commit sudoku now? ;_;

no, you have to commit origami

>>7749676
Only supplements that will truly boost up your metabolism and burn through fat is clenbuterol, DNP and maybe albuterol (I don't recommend you take them though). Don't waste your time/money on "vitaminic supplements".

Keep exercising.

>>7749690
Goddamn I love oatmeal
>cheaper than cereal
>tons of flavor options
>you can just buy it plain and add all sorts of good shit

>>7749676
Only supplements that will truly boost up your metabolism and burn through fat is clenbuterol, DNP, albuterol, and T3 (I don't recommend you take them though). Don't waste your time/money on "vitaminic supplements".

Keep exercising.

>>7749693

>>7749676
Keep a journal of what you eat, then make a total at the end of the day. Make sure to write *everything* you eat.
Exercise for more than 30 minutes.
>I drink a lot of tea
If you're like most people it will contain A LOT of sugar. This stuff counts.

>>7749694
>albuterol

You mean that stuff in my asthma spray?

>>7749711
It only is effective in doses much higher than asthma spray, and injected. Please don't overdose on asthma spray.

>>7749711
Yes but you would need to take a higher dosage for these effects.

>>7749663
Hey, it's like the perfect test on who to un friend!

>>7749714
taken in tablets or syrup by the mouth. no injection.

>>7749245
Possibly lupus. Positive Ana and another test that's 'suggestive of lupus', but then there's another result that's negative so apparently I don't have lupus right now? This is the 2nd rheum to take a 'not lupus, don't care' stance. This has been going on for almost two years. I've gone to a ridic amount of specialists and have no idea what they're saying anymore.

What brings you to the rheumatologist?

>>7749718
Sorry, I'm not too well-versed in sterons

>>7749483
He's mentally hate fucking her for you.

What a good bf.

>>7749703
>>7749703
As I have said, basically this has been my diet for a few months. I guess I could be gaining weight because I eat almost the same everyday or something?
Also, no, I drink my tea unsweetened and I like my coffee as my soul. Pitch black.

>>7749786
It is normal for the metabolism to slow down on any diet or calorie restriction. This is all due to metabolic adaptation. You've been on the same diet / eating the same calories for months. While the metabolism will slow a bit on any diet it does not and should not have to lead to extreme calorie deprivation and hours of cardio.

It also looks like you're not getting enough fats in your diet. The body also has a built in adaptive response to chronically low dietary fat intake. When the body senses an extremely low intake of fat it will naturally try to hold on to body fat stores and fats are now at a premium. Taking in moderate amounts of fat will ensure that calories are low enough for fat loss, but the body does not perceive it as starvation. Take fish oil at least.

I recommend you take a full diet break of about 10 - 14 days where you eat roughly at maintenance, then return back to dieting. Sounds like you deserve one if you've been strict this whole time.

Here's a more detailed explanation on why you should take a break : http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html

>>7749676
Have you actually tried counting your calories? It doesn't matter if you have a slower metabolism, you can only get so much energy from the food you eat. You're either eating too much or exercising too little. There is no other explanation.

>hates being touched by strangers and friends. I don't do hugs or like to be in super close vicinity with people
>tfw all my boyfriends have been from online
>tfw this is the only way for me to become capable of handling physical intimacy
>tfw we are always great irl, we hold hands and share kisses
>tfw I get addicted to sex with them, I need it 3-4 a day
>tfw they break up with me because they start to get insecure from the distance because of how much I love having sex with them they assume I'm a harlot around my friends

I feel really embarrassed of meeting all my significant others online but I am incapable of getting comfortable enough when I meet guys in person.

>>7749863
Seems like you have trouble trusting others you don't know really well

>come on cgl exclusively to fap
>feels thread? What's this about?
>women complaining about first world problems
>tfw found a new fetish, fapping to the melancholy wailing of 20 something female shut ins.

>>7749891
>shut ins
where do you think we are?

>>7749894
*insecure introverts

>>7749899
Insecure wannabe introverts maybe

>>7749891
>Bravely coming to what no man has come before
You're a hero

>>7749922
He should an hero.

>Go to con and have a great time cosplaying.
>See all of the awesome cosplays.
>Notice all of the couple cosplays.
>Realize I'll never have a girlfriend to dress up with.
>Currently suffering a two way post con depression.
>get fit to improve chances with no difference
>tfw I've come to the conclusion that girls don't like me.

I live with this every day.

>>7750286

>>7750286
I know your feels right now bro.

There's clearly a gene that determines whether or not you'll get a girlfriend, and obviously we don't have it or ours is broken.

>>7750286
>>7750320
How about you two start dating and feel sorry for yourselves together

>>7750320

>>7749272
wanna feel 8 inches of meatlog too?
it can be arranged, complete with cuddles

>>7750286
Why is it that no one realizes that desperation is unattractive?

>>7750346
They are too busy crying and wanking

>>7750348
tears make good lube Anon

>>7750286
>>7750318
>>7750320
>>7750330
>>7750332
>>7750346

>girl makes a post ablooablooing about not having a boyfriend
>"You just have to keep looking girl, you can do this!"
>guy makes a post ablooablooing about not having a girlfriend
>"You're just ugly and unattractive"

>>7750350

Its true. When I get really really drunk, I get really sad. So when I got home I suddenly started crying and then proceeded to watch porn. It was the best.

>>7750359
Didn't see that one since I caught these last sad posts while scrolling down the first page.
Girl need to get her shit together as well. Feeling sorry for yourself isn't going to make prince/princess charming show up outside your door, you just look pathetic
I'm girl that really would love to find someone myself but I'm not ablooblooing about it all over the net because I'm not feeling sorry for myself, get some fucking pride and work on that confidence you people

>>7750371
"I'm girl"
hello i r girl and i cant proof read for 2 shits
I am a girl* fuck

>>7750359
So, how long have you been ugly?

>TFW become meguca is suffering

>>7750371
Naw, see, it's just that even when you have girls that approach you first with the sole intention of fucking that you still can't make the next move to put it in. Like, what am I supposed to do now? My feelings all get drained from me and I go completely stoic and then I completely regret it later.

>>7750388

>>7750389
I repeat, work on your confidence. Maybe you have too high expectations on yourself?
I mean, not all guys I've shagged have been complete casanovas.
Just do you. And by you I don't mean basement-creeper-fedora-tipping-you. Just try to relax, even if you are nervous. We are just human beings as well, it's not like we work like those Persona 3/4 chicks that need you to make EVERY right choice to get your dick wet

>>7747267
Do you even know how bodies work

>>7747384
They might not be American. Where I'm from you start high school at 12/13.

I'm so happy because things are actually looking up. Moved in with my long distance boyfriend after dating for almost a year and a half. The flat we moved into does individual lease and they only had a three room flat left for the two of us so we are essentially getting the third room/bathroom for free which I get to use as my makeup bathroom and cosplay/craft room.

Might also be able to get a really fun job related to my field as well as get an internship where I get to go out on the water on the weekends and take pictures of bottle nose dolphins.

A lot of the stories told in here tend to be sad so I thought I would share a happy one.

>>7750398
I'm pretty confident in everything I do/how I look, except for getting women, which only makes sense that I wouldn't be confident in getting women since I've never gotten any.

>>7747267
Am I the only one who thinks stretchmarks look fucking cool? The more mild ones, of course, but they look like pale spiderwebs or porcelain that's cracked/been glued back together.

>>7750496
I can see it. An ex gf of mine had some
on her butt and it was oddly attractive. Maybe I just have fucked up tastes though.

>>7750477
Step 1. Stop feeling sorry for yourself
Step 2. Re-read step 1

>>7750477
Step 1. Stop being a virgin.
Step 2. Re-read step 1

>>7750477
have you tried being attractive?

>>7750477
>I'm pretty confident in how I look
post pic loverboy, maybe I'll pop your cherry

>>7747272
I'm not sure how it is where you live but I've rarely ever seen strech marks. Yes I've seen some on obese people in like public locker rooms but I've rarely ever met anyone my age that has it (23).

>all the women at local cons are complete butterfaces
>their egos are that of a 10/10 supermodel
>some of them refuse to take pictures with ugly guys
>mfw one of them dressed as some chick from shit la shit literally laughed in a guys face when he asked for a photo

4/10-8/10 is the cancerous irradiated bitch zone for most women where they get just enough attention to think they are hot shit

at least all the dudes were willing to take wacky and homoerotic poses

>>7750575
I'm 23 and I have a few, barely visible, stretchmarks on my hips and breasts.
I'm 5"10 and 135 lbs

>>7750583
I've never been denied from getting a picture with a qt girl. It helps not being ugly.

>>7750588
guy was a chubby asian manlet, chick was the pink one with the tophat and cane who loots like a fetish prostitute

>it helps not being ugly
it also helps not being a bitch too, but I suppose that is sexist and practically raping her

>bullied really badly and nastily by girl in my comm
>she does the same to some others
>girl is banned from comm and another comm for being awful to people
>don't hear about her for a few years
>check event page for a big lolita event near me
>see her photo under attending
>check profile
>she's friends with lots of known lolitas
>has a handmade store
>people treat her like nothing happened and suck up to her
>mfw

>>7750583
>some chick from shit la shit literally laughed in a guys face when he asked for a photo

whoah
WHOAH
What the fuck no
You don't do that
Girl what the fuck you don't do that even if you are a 18 on a 1-10 scale

>>7750575
I'm never been over 100 lbs and I have them on my ass.

>>7750575
>>7750587
I'm 5'1, 117lbs and I have some very light stretchmarks on my upper thighs/hips. They're usually covered by underwear, which could be why I never even knew what stretchmarks were until two years ago. Out of sight, out of mind.

>>7747089
>>7747113
Dump.

>>7750593

LSG?

>>7750601
I would love to pull down your underwear and lick whip cream off your stretchmarks

>>7750575
>20
>95lbs
I have stretchmarks on my knees, which have been nothing but skin and bones my entire life.
There's also a bit around my hips and my upper inner thighs, but I am a little bigger around that area. None of them are very noticeable, though.

>>7749676
>Nay, I think it might be due to extremely slow metabolism

hahahahahah

You are trolling right?

>hell yeah, time to make my first cosplay completely on my own
>the day I start, get violently ill
>now a week later, still have a few symptoms but somewhat better
>have zero desire or motivation to work on it
I don't even want to look at anything related to it. I feel like the universe is trying to tell me "don't bother, it will be shit." ;_;

>>7750621
Yep. People seem to be sucking up to her and her kawaii rori loungewear.
I mean, it's not bothering me a whole lot personally, I'm just fully convinced that she hasn't changed a bit under all the fake sweetness that she seems to exude.

>>7750661
5' 1, 110lbs here. A metric ton of stretch marks on my inner thighs and some feint ones on my boobs.
not even landwhale.

>>7750575
>1,70 m tall and never been over 130 lbs
>still have them

They're in my breasts, inner thighs and ass.
Surprising that they would be precisely on the places that start to grow and acumulate fat during puberty, huh?

>>7750744
Hell, even I have them on my ass and back and I'm 5'7 and have never passed 115. The ones on my back used to be so red and looked so much like cuts that my boyfriend actually had a sit down with me to make sure my mom wasn't abusing me.

>>7750723

I agree one hundred percent. She's managed to force her way into nearly every lolita FB group and event based in the UK despite how shitty she was and probably is. Which comm are you from?

>>7750792
I'd rather not say what comm I'm from, if that's alright, don't want to kick up a fuss with anyone.
I've heard that she and her brand were also invited to have a stand at Enchanted? How does nobody seem to know about how shit she was to people?

>>7750803
Is this the same girl who didn't understand why a girl was on a diet because 'hurrdurr I get full off a grape'?

>>7750803

No worries, just wondered if I maybe knew you IRL.

That's the sad part, everybody does know what a shit she is, but because she can now (sort of) dress herself and isn't a land whale, they're just telling themselves she's changed. She's gotten awfully good at the lifestyle classic princess act, and has been using her "brand" to get in with various well known girls in the UK comms. Fact is, if she was still a massive ita, people wouldn't be believing she'd changed. I guess the people she shit on will always remember, and if and/or when she's stupid enough to show her true colours again, can only have the pleasure of the possibility of an "I told you so".

>>7750803
Enchanted may not even happen, they're struggling with ticket sales it seems like.

Male here, any of you girls in the buffalo area?

I am bored with not having anything in common with everyone I meet.

>>7750832
I go to school up in rochester? A bit far from buffalo but..

>>7749265
jesus h christ

>>7750852
RIT I take it, what are you going for?

>>7750826
Enchanted already happened, you must be thinking of the Tea Party Club event, which is what I saw she's going to.

Late response because I've been on the road.

>>7749266
I said it's happened at least a hundred times, and that's just this year alone. Those two examples were on the same day. I think I have a right to be frustrated. (Also, I was in cosplay and so was one of the girls so this is still seagull feels)

And I do hook up with sluts sometimes. The feels are because I fuck them for emotional reasons instead of purely physical ones. I have too many dead friends to form attachments like a normal, healthy person, but sluts don't ask that of you. No lying about who you are, no bullshit, no heartbreak when it's over, just the honesty of two lonely people helping each other forget their loneliness for a few hours. It'd be perfect if it wasn't so short-lived.

I just seem to hit it off more often with girls who aren't slutty enough to fuck a man who admits he won't be in their lives for more than a day. Hell, my longest "relationship" lasted three days and that was in another country. The thing is that I risk killing myself every time I stay in one place for more than a couple of days, so no matter how much I like someone I can't stay with them, and none of them ever want to leave with me when I go.

It's perfectly reasonable on their part so I can't get mad at them, but it sucks to keep driving away wondering what might have been.

>>7749272
I will inevitably roll through your neighborhood, wherever it is. I'd be willing to help for a little while if you're even remotely attractive.

>>7750909
OH sorry yea I got confused reading that.. I meant the new event..

I'm now curious who this girl is. I know it can't be the girl who was really fat, had bad teeth and got banned from a lot of comes for being a bully... right?

>>7750922

LSG or LoliSourGrapes, also known as Laelette Romanov or Lauren Simms. Look her up in the archives.

>>7750925
Oh I've heard about this girl. Definitely not who I was referring to though. (She was in that loli secret image where she was on a chair on a bed threatening to send a bodyline bomb)

>met a girl
>asked her out
>she said yes

oh wait...

>>7750871
Apparently I said something wrong.

>>7750912
>The thing is that I risk killing myself every time I stay in one place for more than a couple of days

Wait, what? What do you even do for a living that you can move around so much?

>>7751049
Ex-military welfare queen. If you get blown up and watch enough friends die, they kick you out with a pension. I would have rather stayed in though, I suck at being a civilian. Thanks, Obama.

I guess I'm technically lucky to still be breathing, let alone getting paid to do it, but I sure as hell don't feel lucky.

>>7750852
>>7750871

Hey, Rochester anon reporting in

Used to go out constantly.
>Fit
>Confident
>Making good money
>Move to NorCal in 2012 for dream girl that I met playing Starcraft/Diablo 2 in 2001.
>Become immediately emotionally unstable in a way I have never been.
>Constantly full of self doubt. I am not good enough for her.
>Fall into severe depression.
>Develop Migraines/Ulcers/Tendinitis/Plantar Fasciitis/Severe Acid Reflux.
>Move back after a series of arguments/fights in just as I go broke from making shit for money in March 2013.

After a little over a year I don't seem to have any health complications. Still have complete depression since then.
I returned because I knew there was something wrong with my thinking. I needed to fix myself.
I offer to send her money, she refuses.
We discuss our issues by phone. She usually gets heated quickly, insists it's all me. I agree, I should have been stronger.
Think I've figured myself out. Want to go back.
She moved on. (She regularly said she could never love anyone else)
I never stopped loving her.
I cannot move on.
My life is over.
I am a shell, going through the motions.

>>7751074
Yikes, I'm sorry. That must be a lot of baggage. You have my support, anon.

>>7750871
3D Digital Design. Sorry I was away from the computer for a minute.
>>7751088
Nice to meet you!

Also leaving throwaway email in the field if you guys wanna chat.

>started doing volunteer work at a summer camp I used to attend as a kid
>discover working with kids is super fun
>gain 100% more self confidence
>lose ten pounds in the process
>break up with jerk bf
>sew adorable cosplay for a friend
>my own costume's going great
>everything is working out for me suddenly and it feels great

Robin Williams. Just, Robin Williams.

>>7751377
tf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s8ZEFUSYAI

>>7750341
Nah, she just wanted attention.

>>7750286
See
>>7749266
Girlfriends are overrated. Girls are for the dick, if you want an emotional boost hang out with guy friends.

not cgl related just need to get everything out

My boyfriends losing his job after being told for a solid year there will be a job for him at the end of his contract then suddenly three weeks before the end his employers have gone "oops nope sorry you're going to be unemployed soon!"
I'm in a dead end retail/catering job that depresses the shit out of me and I always wanted to work in catering but now I'm considering I won't be able to deal with the stress so I shouldn't be basing my life around food
How do I just suddenly decide on another career aim? I need to get out of this job but I don't know what to do
I'm so fucking poor and my depression is flaring up something awful so now my house is pretty gross but the job loss is destroying my boyfriends motivation as well so I know I'm going to be living in a pig stye for some time as well as start gaining weight from not wanting to cook food so buying cheap junk and no motivation for the gym

I feel like I'm going to turn back to self harm for comfort any minute now
fuck sorry about all this /cgl/

>>7745314
LOL "best friend"

don't be a fucking idiot, anon. just dump the bitch and find other friends. yeah, easier said than done, but it's fucking better to have no friend than a shitty one.

>have a decent amount of money to buy lolita
>been involved in the fashion for years
>coordinating skills have improved since started
>decent build, naturally long hair, feminine features...
>except for my misaligned jaw
>5everbutterface
I should get a job in an insurance company. Maybe that'll help me afford surgery. Ugh.

well

>>7752418
get a sugardaddy temporarily. your boyfriend won't question it if you're bringing in money