{"id":1514,"date":"2019-10-26T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlemisslesbo.com\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2019-11-02T08:18:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T08:18:42","slug":"about-ashley-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlemisslesbo.com\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"A Little Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\nLet&#8217;s keep it funky&#8230;like for real, let&#8217;s keep it a buck. I get trash treatment from trash individuals because I&#8217;m not using my built-in filtration system. Fuck not using it&#8230; ya girl has all but deactivated all filtration! I&#8217;ve gotten so &#8220;come as you are&#8221; that almost anyone with an ounce of courage has gotten at least a first date, a facetime a something. I still suffer from the idea that I better just like what likes me&#8230; Cause what I like is often time outta my reach. Care to unpack this with me? Of course, you do.\n<br>    I have no clue how to flirt&#8230; I don&#8217;t even know how to let it be known I&#8217;m into someone. I can literally be so into someone that when I notice we are in the same space I will totally forget what I&#8217;m doing and turn to mush; I mean full on a 14-year-old girl. I&#8217;ve been known to say things like &#8220;I like your face&#8221; or &#8221; I&#8217;d like to look at you, maybe over coffee?&#8221; or the ever-popular &#8220;you&#8217;d look good sitting on my couch watching a movie with me&#8221;. To make matters worse I&#8217;m never sure if someone is flirting with me. With a degree in communication, you&#8217;d think I&#8217;d be better, right?\n \n<br> Socially, I&#8217;m awkward as fuck, I tend to drink or otherwise naturally alter my mood to combat my attitude coming off as standoffish. I mean, I have anti-anxiety medicine I could use but it doesn&#8217;t agree with alcohol so we know what wins.\n\n<br>So here I am, with no game, socially awkward armed only with liquid or green courage looking better than these streets deserve and also, looking stupid. I get home and someone is on some dating app I still have installed on my phone or in my DMs on IG or some weird shit like that telling me enough to get my interest. They&#8217;ve gotten my interest despite knowing in real life we are both more than likely too shy to spark up conversation. Or, even worse, that more than likely this merely a holla of opportunity that neither one of us exhibits what the other is actually looking for in real life. Months go by and I&#8217;m still in phone dealings with someone who has more bullshit than they&#8217;ve got edges (you wanted me to blog about you&#8230; you&#8217;re welcome)\n\n<br>I&#8217;ve decided that until I can work out this whole &#8220;get who I want&#8221; thing I&#8217;m not finna settle for any ol date. I&#8217;m tired of looking back on significant time being spent with insignificant women that I KNEW weren&#8217;t the move. One thing worse than no company is bad company.\n<br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9QvhJEiPuAI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s keep it funky&#8230;like for real, let&#8217;s keep it a buck. I get trash treatment from trash individuals because I&#8217;m not using my built-in filtration system. Fuck not using it&#8230; ya girl has all but deactivated all filtration! I&#8217;ve gotten so &#8220;come as you are&#8221; that almost anyone with an ounce of courage has gotten at least a first date, a facetime a something. I still suffer from the idea that I better just like what likes me&#8230; Cause what I like is often time outta my reach. Care to unpack this with me? Of course, you do. I have no clue how to flirt&#8230; I don&#8217;t even know how to let it be known I&#8217;m into someone. I can literally be so into someone that when I notice we are in the same space I will totally forget what I&#8217;m doing and turn to mush; I mean full on a 14-year-old girl. I&#8217;ve been known to say things like &#8220;I like your face&#8221; or &#8221; I&#8217;d like to look at you, maybe over coffee?&#8221; or the ever-popular &#8220;you&#8217;d look good sitting on my couch watching a movie with me&#8221;. To make matters worse I&#8217;m never sure if someone is flirting with me. With a degree in communication, you&#8217;d think I&#8217;d be better, right? Socially, I&#8217;m awkward as fuck, I tend to drink or otherwise naturally alter my mood to combat my attitude coming off as standoffish. I mean, I have anti-anxiety medicine I could use but it doesn&#8217;t agree with alcohol so we know what wins. So here I am, with no game, socially awkward armed only with liquid or green courage looking better than these streets deserve and also, looking stupid. I get home and someone is on some dating app I still have installed on my phone or in my DMs on IG or some weird shit like that telling me enough to get my interest. They&#8217;ve gotten my interest despite knowing in real life we are both more than likely too shy to spark up conversation. Or, even worse, that more than likely this merely a holla of opportunity that neither one of us exhibits what the other is actually looking for in real life. Months go by and I&#8217;m still in phone dealings with someone who has more bullshit than they&#8217;ve got edges (you wanted me to blog about you&#8230; you&#8217;re welcome) I&#8217;ve decided that until I can work out this whole &#8220;get who I want&#8221; thing I&#8217;m not finna settle for any ol date. I&#8217;m tired of looking back on significant time being spent with insignificant women that I KNEW weren&#8217;t the move. 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