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7/16/2025, 10:09:23 PM
How do you deal with workplace cliques? I was a consultant promoted some time ago, and despite efforts to be helpful to others I got a "bad" performance review by a overly zealous manager who said because I wasnt as close the the "in group", I was not going to be supported as much and that it was my responsibility to be closer with them. I try to put my head down, help others when asked, get my work done and enjoy life outside of work, but it feels if I have to erode my personal life to succeed and suck up to people I don't really care for.
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7/12/2025, 2:37:34 PM
20, typical "femcel" archetype (as a label, not that I think they exist).
As a teen I'd reject everything I wanted as a shield. I'm ugly so I'd take pride in being unkempt rather than put in effort and still look like a pig. I couldn't make friends so I'd be proud of being a weird loner and look down on "normal" people, etc.
In adulthood I've found that though I can now admit that I want(ed) these things, I feel no desire anymore. The "shields" are no longer there but I now vastly prefer my own company, putting no effort in and enjoy coming off as weird, creepy, socially stunted if not for a pathetic sense of 'look at what you helped do to me' if I ever ran into an old classmate (they wouldn't care regardless, I know that, but I still cling onto it regardless).
Being like this is throwing my life away and I've already wasted so much time. I know I will waste my potential to be better being a lonely freak but the idea of anything else or not being contrarian to all things 'normal' and 'good' is revolting. Yet I know deep down I'm filled with regret and unhappiness. It's easier to be this way but I'd try to change in a heartbeat if I wanted it but I don't and that's the issue.
As a teen I'd reject everything I wanted as a shield. I'm ugly so I'd take pride in being unkempt rather than put in effort and still look like a pig. I couldn't make friends so I'd be proud of being a weird loner and look down on "normal" people, etc.
In adulthood I've found that though I can now admit that I want(ed) these things, I feel no desire anymore. The "shields" are no longer there but I now vastly prefer my own company, putting no effort in and enjoy coming off as weird, creepy, socially stunted if not for a pathetic sense of 'look at what you helped do to me' if I ever ran into an old classmate (they wouldn't care regardless, I know that, but I still cling onto it regardless).
Being like this is throwing my life away and I've already wasted so much time. I know I will waste my potential to be better being a lonely freak but the idea of anything else or not being contrarian to all things 'normal' and 'good' is revolting. Yet I know deep down I'm filled with regret and unhappiness. It's easier to be this way but I'd try to change in a heartbeat if I wanted it but I don't and that's the issue.
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