BowAndArrowMan

Girlfriend #31 shares a first name with the three famous women shown in the photos above and below. I met girlfriend #31 at work. She worked in the office on the undergraduate side of things while I worked on the postgraduate side. Work-wise our paths didn't cross but we were still required, by the university's code of conduct, to reveal our romantic/sexual relationship to our respective line managers. At work we always exchanged pleasantries. One day I was in the photocopying room and girlfriend #31 came in to also do some photocopying. While she waited we started chatting - we were the only ones in the room. The conversation got round to a newly released film, Control , about my favourite band Joy Division. She seemed interested in the film, so I asked whether she would like to see the film with me in the evening. She agreed. We met in a nearby bar, and after seeing the film, we retired to the same bar. After the bar closed, I asked girlfriend #31 back to my apartment for a n...

I wasn't going to blog today mainly because of a lack of inspiration. But having just read Smarty's blog post (see   https://pleasesendmefree. blogspot.com/2024/04/ desirability-differential.html ) and Debbi's blog post (see   https://enigmainitiative. blogspot.com/2024/04/body- neutrality.html ), I've now got inspired to write a post. I want to give you a brief tour of my journey regarding my relationship with my body. At boarding school, I wasn't that comfortable with my body. It wasn't helped that my first nickname was Blubber Belly, though it did get shortened to Dub which was far cooler. I never thought I was fat but clearly other boys in my dorm when they saw me undress thought otherwise. My discomfort with my body also wasn't helped because I was a late developer, only hitting puberty after turning sixteen years old. I always made sure I was last in the communal showers. I became far more comfortable with my body after I left school - I think many peo...