Am I being incredibly narcissistic if I say that I think I have been the victim of this?
I don’t think of myself as conventionally attractive.
However, I’m very curvy and cute, and I know how to dress my body and put on makeup and such. I’ve never had trouble attracting male attention. I’ve noticed that especially lately, as I’ve gained more confidence, women seem to HATE me and men seem to veer back and forth between this sort of open mouthed inappropriate adoration and this kicked puppy dog dejected resentment.
But heaven forbid I like them BACK.
Then it’s like..they don’t know what to do. It’s as though I’ve failed them somehow.
Like they didn’t want me to like them.
I was expected to remain their inaccessible Crush, safely at a distance.