Newbie Monkey

luv2luvgirls · 09-20-2011, 03:49 AM

Hi welcome to the planet

*Anya* · 09-20-2011, 05:17 AM

I did read all of your post. I awoke at 3:30AM, much too early for me but it was good to be able to spend the time reading.

Labels. Yes they can mess with your head! We can't always fit who and what we are, quite so neatly into a little box. The planet is welcoming to all and as you have already found, many of us self-identify differently.

We can't help who we are attracted to! I look at it as almost a magnetic pull, some sort of energy field or vortex that sucks me into it's path. For me, it is also butch women. From the 1st time when I was 16 and saw this incredibly butch Varsity-jacket wearing althlete, that everyone called Phil and I literally got weak in the knees when I saw her, complete with massive butterflies in my stomach; I have had a major attraction to butches.

I posted once that I don't try to figure it out anymore. It just is. Just like the sun rises and sets. Just like I breathe in and out.

You are you, just you. You have found the right place.

Welcome

monkeygirl · 09-20-2011, 08:23 AM

Thanks so much Anya!!

Gentle Tiger · 09-20-2011, 08:26 AM

Welcome to the planet!

Julie · 09-20-2011, 08:49 AM

Hi Monkey and welcome to the Planet.
I read your entire post and must say -- You are really brave. You put yourself out there to all of us, in all your beautiful vulnerability and glory.

Just breathe and know this... You will find your place, no matter what that might be - you will figure out. And you will meet (hopefully one day) that special person in your life.

Be well!
Julie

monkeygirl · 09-20-2011, 09:31 AM

Thanks so much Julie!! I did feel vulnerable posting my thoughts but I also wanted to.

princessbelle · 09-20-2011, 09:53 AM

Welcome Monkey Girl.

Thanks for sharing your story with us.

I hope you make tons of good memories here.

It's a great group.

Enjoy!!!!!!

clay · 09-20-2011, 11:02 AM

Hi Monkey...welcome to the Planet! Good luck in your soul search and may you find peace, wherever your heart leads you! Hugs...Clay

09-20-2011, 05:17 AM	#2
Anya Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Lesbian non-stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Committed to being good to myself Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Coast Posts: 8,258 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 39,306 Thanked 40,455 Times in 7,284 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Hi Newbie! I did read all of your post. I awoke at 3:30AM, much too early for me but it was good to be able to spend the time reading. Labels. Yes they can mess with your head! We can't always fit who and what we are, quite so neatly into a little box. The planet is welcoming to all and as you have already found, many of us self-identify differently. We can't help who we are attracted to! I look at it as almost a magnetic pull, some sort of energy field or vortex that sucks me into it's path. For me, it is also butch women. From the 1st time when I was 16 and saw this incredibly butch Varsity-jacket wearing althlete, that everyone called Phil and I literally got weak in the knees when I saw her, complete with massive butterflies in my stomach; I have had a major attraction to butches. I posted once that I don't try to figure it out anymore. It just is. Just like the sun rises and sets. Just like I breathe in and out. You are you, just you. You have found the right place. Welcome __________________ ~Anya~ Democracy Dies in Darkness ~Washington Post "...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable." UN Human Rights commissioner

09-20-2011, 08:26 AM	#4
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Julie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Angel * Femme * Lesbian * Girl * Woman * Slut * Bitch * Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: No longer a Virgin Bride to Dreamer ~ May 17th, 2014 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New York Posts: 4,674 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,676 Thanked 18,160 Times in 3,633 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Hi Monkey and welcome to the Planet. I read your entire post and must say -- You are really brave. You put yourself out there to all of us, in all your beautiful vulnerability and glory. Just breathe and know this... You will find your place, no matter what that might be - you will figure out. And you will meet (hopefully one day) that special person in your life. Be well! Julie __________________ “Sometimes only one person is missing and the whole world seems depopulated.” ~ Alphonse de Lamartine - 1790-1869 http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps4d9fb6c0.jpg I Love You ~ I Love Us May 17, 2014

09-20-2011, 09:53 AM	#7
princessbelle Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: femme ones Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,100 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,380 Thanked 30,496 Times in 5,198 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Welcome Monkey Girl. Thanks for sharing your story with us. I hope you make tons of good memories here. It's a great group. Enjoy!!!!!! __________________ ~ I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou

09-20-2011, 11:02 AM	#8
clay Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch (Silver Fox) Dom Daddi Preferred Pronoun?: 50 Shades of Clay Darker & Deeper Relationship Status: married to my forever Join Date: May 2011 Location: salt air & sandy beaches Posts: 13,136 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 97,020 Thanked 31,668 Times in 7,748 Posts Rep Power: 21474864	Hi Monkey...welcome to the Planet! Good luck in your soul search and may you find peace, wherever your heart leads you! Hugs...Clay __________________ To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness. ~Robert Brault

09-20-2011, 03:49 AM	#1
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09-20-2011, 08:23 AM	#3
monkeygirl Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme and Misfit Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New York Posts: 15 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 178 Thanked 27 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 236429	Thanks so much Anya!!

09-20-2011, 09:31 AM	#6
monkeygirl Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme and Misfit Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New York Posts: 15 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 178 Thanked 27 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 236429	Thanks so much Julie!! I did feel vulnerable posting my thoughts but I also wanted to.