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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

Riese, how do I let a girl down easy? I look like a butch lesbian but I’m a closeted ftm and I’m not sure how she’d take that. :(

why do you say “let a girl down”
don’t say that
don’t let a girl down easy
don’t let a girl down hard
you being you
isn’t a letdown

if “hypothetically” i had a butch lesbian girlfriend
who came out to me as an ftm
i’d be fascinated to a possibly obnoxious degree
i’d want to know about all your experiences
i’d want to understand what you’re telling me
and read the books you read.
during our first conversation about it
i’d want to hold your hand with both of my hands
and i’d like to smile while squeezing your arm
later on i would whisper ‘you’re not a letdown’ into your ear
even though we’re alone in the room
and we don’t have to whisper.
Then I would bite your ear.

but tell her who you are
asap
don’t get too deep into deceptive waters.

you’re gonna be ok kiddo

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Will this ever hurt less? She didn’t want me. She left. Now I’ve convinced myself the 3,000 miles she moved are the only reason we aren’t together.

you should be with someone who says ‘i have walked 3,000 miles and i would walk 3,000 more just to be that girl who walked 3,000 miles to bow down at your door-or-or,’ which was the theme song to the tv show “friends.” friends! get some good ones. aim for self-reliance, then everything you need will always be where you are, and then one day you will start wanting things again other than her. but really –

see also:
http://autostraddle.tumblr.com/post/1078709948/my-girlfriend-of-2-1-2-years-just-broke-up-with-me

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hey it’s me. do you think the cute writer / christmas cookie maker on okcupid will think i’m also cute and maybe want to have lunch and talk about books? should i wait for her to message me? too late i already messaged her.

hey what’s up.
you asked me this like 4 hours ago
so i feel like she’s messaged you back by now
or is about to

answers to question:
1. i think you’re definitely cute
2. she will absolutely want to have lunch
3. and talk about books
4. yes
5. good

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mutedheartbeats
Things happen, one after another, world without end. Just because you’re self-aware doesn’t mean you can change what’s happening. Eventually someone is going to break your heart. Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking “I am falling to the floor crying” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it—you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realize you didn’t paint it very well and when you’re having sex with your next lover on this very floor they will also notice that you didn’t paint it very well and they will think less of you for it. And then you think “Is that sentence too long?” And then you have to hold the contradictions of sobbing uncontrollably and wondering about grammar in your head at the same time. I think if you are true to the entire experience, not just the sad part, you don’t risk sentimentality because you’re not overloading the experience with fake, melodramatic feeling. I also hear that whispering helps.