I have a crush on a woman who works at the Chinese restaurant in my town. She's older than me and I think she's beautiful and really my type. I feel like a creepy incel who's obsessed with asian women. I promise you I'm not, I like all women, really.

  • Grimacejoe [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Avoiding being racist by thinking there’s something wrong with anyone whose attracted to a non-white woman attractive.

        • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          . I’ve heard of people who had intrusive thoughts about killing their families up to the point of them believing they were a serial killer without having ever so much as harmed any of them and it turns out they just had some intense OCD (not like it’s not a big deal, but it’s better than being a literal murderer).

          Been there and done that. But thanks, this is very eye opening.

          you’ve probably got plenty of sexism and racism in you too

          Yes I do and I'm trying to unlearn it.

            • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
              hexagon
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              4 years ago

              I’m saying that in my experience with this vein of OCD stuff, becoming less bigoted doesn’t make the thoughts go away. It actually intensifies them.

              Oh for sure! Like I still have bad thoughts about seeing black people, then I have to remind myself who I am who there are and how much we have in common. I have a very racist family I came from, so that's where I learned it. Thanks!

  • Wmill [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I feel like this too. So I while back helped my older nephew enroll in the local high school. After a few days of paper work and stuff finally got him in and went to see about getting him a computer. We went to the library and the librarian turned out to be a teacher I had a huge crush on in eleventh grade. She looked amazing like she hadn't aged a day to me, admittedly got the rose tinted glasses so.... I had her class like back in 2010.

    Anyway we never got my nephew his books but he says he doesn't need them. I kind of want to go back but mostly to see her again but I can't force my nephew around on my behalf. Even then I'm like you were I'm to shy to say anything. She wasn't Asian but a white women, married to boot and with 3 kids.

    Feel weird saying all this but wanted you to know you aren't alone. I know it's not gonna go anywhere but idk I feel something. A longing or calling to see her again. I need to do something with these feelings but not something that bothers her you know? I've heard the term sublimation where artists take their feelings and put them out there in the form of art and thinking of trying that.

    Gonna get odd but I feel like I'm vibing with her on a deep level or at least something unexamined is going on on my end. Writing about it now helped at least.

    Realizing this whole post of mine might have been off topic because you're more worried with being racist I think but gonna put the wall of text anyway.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Realizing this whole post of mine might have been off topic because you’re more worried with being racist I think but gonna put the wall of text anyway.

      Nope you're good and thanks for sharing!