Would you like to be my friend, please?
Hi, I feel very lonely, I just wish I could have a friend. I wonder if anybody here would like to be my friend, please
@gigionthestreets
Hey gigi, how are you doing?
Of course i wanna be your friend. Will be my friend too?
Hope you are having a good time. See you around and waiting for you to reply 🙂
@UDT Thank you so much for answering me, you are so kind and yes I would love to be your friend. Im honestly not sure about how I'm feeling, I feel down and like I'm about to break, but your answer made me feel a little bit better. how about you, how are you feeling? I really wish you the best, I hope you have somebody that is kind to you today too
@gigionthestreets
I'm glad that this made you feel better 😊.
I'm okay-ish.
So what do you wanna talk about? I mean you can share with me if you want to.
Hope you are having a good time, see ya soon
@gigionthestreets I hope you are feeling better. I just joined the community tonight and yes, go figure, things are not going well! :) Happy to be friends, I really need some.
Gigionthestreets you are not alone! And yes, I'll be your friend!
@BradleyK Thank you so much! I really appreciate you. How are you? I hope you are having the best day ever
@gigionthestreets not necessarily, but it's not bad. My biggest trouble is worrying about the future. Trying to learn to live in the moment isn't easy. I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and had a complete breakdown 2 months ago. I have severe anxiety and depression, but with the help of medications, this site, support from the people I meet here, my adoring cat, and my love loving his husband I am finding my way back. How are you?
@BradleyK that should have been my husband.
@BradleyK I understand you, I worry a lot about the future too. I live everyday getting anxious about what I am going to do tomorrow or months later, plus I am very indecisive so I just think about the same thing again and again. In my case, I have social anxiety so is very hard to me to do normal acts that involve socializing, but now I am talking to you so I feel like I just improved a little. I am so sorry about the breakdown, if I could help you in any way please let me know, I would love to do it. I understand you with this too, I had a very bad breakdown a month ago so I am just trying my best to improve. I am so happy to hear that there are things that help you and that there is people that supports you, I really hope you can make your anxiety get less and less every day so you can not let it consume you. By the way, what are your pronuns? I would like to make sure that I am respecting you. My pronuns are she/her!
@gigionthestreets I am a He/him. I'm also gay. We are married legally in the US. We've been together 15 years. I hope that's not a problem for you, but if it is I don't want to add additional stress to what you are already going through, and I would understand. But either way I support you!
@BradleyK No it is not a problem at all, I am a lesbian so do not worry I support you two with all of my heart and I hope you do not have any encounter with homophobic people
@gigionthestreets
It's nice to be surrounded with people like you 😊
@gigionthestreets minimal homophobia. Actually for a number of years I lived in a bubble. I lived in Palm Springs, CA. The population is 52% gay. I have some family with issues, but I've been open for 30years this coming March. I also work for a very gay friendly company. I'm very lucky. Anything about being gay you'd like to share? I'm happy to listen!
@BradleyK Wow 30 years, congrats, I'm happy for you. I feel like I'm very lucky about that too, my generation is very open to sexuality and gender identity. All the bad things I have experienced related to this manner were coming from older people. My family still has some homophobic ideologies but my country, work and college are very friendly too. I had a professor that used to say very derogatory things about gay people not so long ago but my classmates talked with the authorities and he was fired. If there is anything I want to say about this manner, is it towards lgbt people from older generations: all your manifestations were worth it. We know you had a lot of struggles, but now young people don't face the same things anymore, all thanks to you. Thanks for never stop fighting for our rights, we will make sure to always remember and keep the fight alive for all the lgbt people that live in very conservative countries to make sure that someday they can live on a safe ambient
@gigionthestreets Thank you! It's changed so much from 1990 when I came out. I remember being spit at and told I should not be allowed to work. Someone even etched the word "Fag" into the hood of my car once. At the same time it was so vibrant. We'd huddle together in the clubs and dance til the small hours of the morning. The night life would be packed. You must remember that it was very young crowds back then. The HIV/AIDs epidemic had wiped out most of the generation before mine. In 1990 I turned 19. When my husband and I met in 2004 we never thought we'd be able to get married. Here we are 15 years later and married legally in the entire USA. So much has changed, we have days of nostalgia, but in all I think it's much better now. We think about how the gay community is so integrated with the heterosexual world. I think it's great, but as I said there are things we miss, but as long as it's getting better for those coming after us, I'm happy. My mother actually introduced my husband as such to some aquantances of hers. I was shocked and proud she made the attempt. She've very concervative. I know it's not always easy for her and I try to understand from her perscpective. Just remember my friend, no matter what life throws at you, you are not alone.
@BradleyK That is a beautiful story, the clubs sounds so nostalgic and fun and your marriage so inspiring. Even the way things like spit at someone for being lgbt were so normalized back then but now they can make you lose your job makes me have hope that so many bad things are going to change in the future as well. I understand about your conservative mom as well, my family tried to send me to a nun school when they suspected that I may not be hetero. But I'm happy your mom supports you after all. Thank you so much for your reminder, I will make sure to always have it on my mind. Also, there is something I would like to ask you: may I know what do you like? I feel like this is such an important thing to know in friendships. As for myself, I love art, every aspect of it: paints, books, photography (mainly the ones that include social criticism) and especially music. One of my favorite artists is Basquiat and in musical terms I like almost every genre, so to name only one artist I listen to Jorja Smith a lot. Do you have any art recommendations? I would appreciate anything
@gigionthestreets Hobbies and art? Hmmm? I love to garden, but I don't get much of a chance, we move around a lot. Cooking is a passion! I love all types, but I lean towards Southern USA food, true Mexican (not tacos, but Mole and Pescado Veracruz), French, Mediterranean, and Asian (not Japanese very much). My favorite visual artis is Caravaggio. It's his play with light. I'm a fan of Marcel Duchamp's Nude descending stairs. Sorry if I have the name of the painting wrong. As for music, I'm a huge fan of Mika, especially his concert with a full symphony behind him. You can find it on YouTube. I love mid century artists. Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Jo Strafford. I've also found a group called Post Modern Jukebox on YouTube. They take modern songs and do them in stiles from the past. I love books also. In fiction, I'm a fan of historical fiction. I love real history. One of my favorites is The History of Mexico written by Parkes . i do read some SciFi, but mostly classical authors, Asimov, Heinlein, and Ayn Rand (although technically she's not SciFi). Current SciFi I like the Unincorporated Man series. My cookbook collection is my largest collection of physical books, I'm somewhere around 200. Oh, I also love interior design! Way to be a stereotype! Lol! I lean towards modern an mid century. I can't stand fussiness. Clean lines! My favorite color is blue and I adore linen fabric and white tulips. Tell me more about you, if you feel up to it!
@gigionthestreets it's been a while. I hope all is alright. Sending you love!
@gigionthestreets
I would like to be your friend!!
Would you like to be mine?
@aiko123 Yes of course, I'm very grateful! You are so kind, I wish you the best
@gigionthestreets
Thank you very much!! You seem very sweet as well!
@aiko123 How are you doing?😃
@gigionthestreets
I am doing quite well given my circumstances. How are you doing?
@aiko123 I had a bad week but here I am so I think that means that I am doing well. I wish that whatever is happening to you gets better soon, I send you a hug. Please let me know if I can help you in any way
@gigionthestreets
I return your hug. I apolize that you had a bad week. I hope that this one is much better!! Let me know if there is anything that you need.
UWU
Hi everyone
I'm quite new here, and I don't really know how things work here... Can you help me?
@Namedblueeyedgirl Hi! I would like to help you but I am new too, I have created this account just today. But what would you like to learn? maybe I know. Either way I hope that somebody with more experience answers you
@gigionthestreets
Hi there!
Thanks for the answer! I also created my account today, and I'm glad I'm not the only new one here. I really look foward to get to know how things work here ❤️
@Namedblueeyedgirl You are welcome, thank you for being so nice to me. You too are very sweet and are appreciated. I hope you can have a very nice time on this site and everywhere
@Namedblueeyedgirl
What do you wanna know? You can ask me anything and I'll try my best to help you guys
@gigionthestreets
I don't mind to be your friend too , if you need someone to talk to I try if I can .🙏😉
@jazmine1986 thank you so much for answering me, I appreciate it a lot and I will keep in mind that I can talk with you
Hi everyone,
I decided to create an account after reading this thread. Thank you so much for sharing
, I'm sure it helps people who don't join but read they are not alone
@gigionthestreets
Hi, I feel very lonely too. I would like to be your friend. Would you mike to be mine too?
@DreamyMimi Hii, I'm so glad this has helped you, I wouldn't have through it was going to help anybody, but good thing it did. And yes of course, I would love to be your friend. I'm relieved we aren't alone anymore. You know I got your back so anything you need you can reach me. How was your day?
@gigionthestreets
Thank you :)
My day was OK. I worry a lot about the future too. And for some reason it's worst during the week-end. It's monday I go to work on autopilot mode so at least I don't have time to be alone with my thoughts.😅
How was your day?
@gigionthestreets
Sure!!
@gigionthestreets I can be your friend, I'm lonely too
@gigionthestreets I do! I'm now officially your friend😊
