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 How Do You Identify?:  stone femme Daddy's girl 
Preferred Pronoun?:  she/her 
Relationship Status:  disinterested 
			
				
			
			
				 
				Join Date: Jun 2012 
				Location: in my head 
				
				
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			in r/l, whenever i'm head-patted it's typically because i dont, as a rule, tend to be taken seriously in the first place.  this is all a huge change for me.  10 years ago it never would have happened.   
 
in a lot of situations i tend to come across as unsure and awkward, at best, and to be reticent in charged situations.  i also dont really take myself seriously anymore.  less and less so over the last 5 or 6 years actually.  i find it unrealistic to expect that people will treat me respectfully if they see that i lack basic self-esteem or that my self-respect is something that resides on shaky ground.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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