Simple rule of thumb. Do everything in your own time and not to someone else’s expectations.

I think your photos are great. Ignore the haters and focus on the compliments you get for the good stuff you put up. Your motivations are your own so forget the comments from people who don’t see or respect that.

Short answer……I wish I was finishing this story 😉

Sounds like he wants you to top from the bottom. Surely he should have some sort of responsibility to take this effort of thought process and creativity away from you and let you relax a little x

Here’s a thought that your writing this has just led me to consider. This might be long winded and I’m no scientist so forgive me if this comes across as nonsense but we’ve evolved over hundreds of millions of years into being what we are today as humans. From way way way back before we were Read more… anything that even resembles us now we had to have an outer layer. Long before we had developed through the process of evolution our eyes so we could see, or ears our ears so we could hear or any of our other senses we had to have an outer layer, a skin, and for millions of years that was probably our only way of sensing our surroundings and picking up on currents or objects or things to avoid or things to stick close to - so I guess it makes total sense that this outer layer is one of our most evolved components with huge powers to send us messages about things we like and dislike. If you touch something hot you recoil before your brain registers the pain. So the opposite must equally apply, if you feel something nice and comforting on your skin it’s going to send powerful signals to your brain and it’s probably developed over time to desire company and it’s a good way of keeping us together and safe and comforted - when you miss someone one of the first things that pops into your head is how their skin felt isn’t it? Just my thoughts and a bit of a ramble but I definitely agree with you that it is a thing and I think it’s a thing we all probably share xx

Oh and if anyone says anything negative about it to you or tries to make you feel bad about it then leave them where they are. They aren’t a proper person and they ain’t worth your time x

Wear them with pride I say. I’ve got many from various mishaps, falls, bad decisions, bad luck and even one from a knife attack when I was a teenager. At the time these things seem like they can be overwhelming and potentially insurmountable and to look back at that through a visible reminder on Read more… your person years after the events, that you did that, survived that, thrived in spite of that is somewhat of a gift in my humble opinion. No one gets out of here without a few scars. So good luck to you and respect for asking the question x

Fantastic. Good luck to you both.

I owe you an apology. I think I’d taken an extra helping of my tosser tablets the other day and commented before the app had fully loaded your piece and therefore missed the gist. Hope there’s no hard feelings. J.

But if you sit, ponder, stew over and word your vitriol in an essay it’s ok?