Giving Up Parts of Yourself to Please Your Partner? That’s De-Selfing

Source https://greatist.com/discover/de-selfing-in-relationships

Javier Diez/STOCKSY

Dear New Romantics,

You’re sitting on the couch, smiling to yourself while you scroll through bisexual TikTok. In your relationship with a cis, straight man, you’re feeling a lot of queer FOMO. Online, you find folks who are living out and proud — and hilariously — creating content that helps you feel seen. Your insides feel warm and gooey, like hot chocolate with marshmallows on a winter day.

Your partner walks in, wondering where he put that one red, button-up shirt, and instinctually, you put your phone face-down on the coffee table. You wouldn’t explicitly call your partner homophobic, but how he s…

Source https://greatist.com/discover/de-selfing-in-relationships

Javier Diez/STOCKSY

Dear New Romantics,

You’re sitting on the couch, smiling to yourself while you scroll through bisexual TikTok. In your relationship with a cis, straight man, you’re feeling a lot of queer FOMO. Online, you find folks who are living out and proud — and hilariously — creating content that helps you feel seen. Your insides feel warm and gooey, like hot chocolate with marshmallows on a winter day.

Your partner walks in, wondering where he put that one red, button-up shirt, and instinctually, you put your phone face-down on the coffee table. You wouldn’t explicitly call your partner homophobic, but how he s…

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