thebassoe

You're probably helping a lot of people by posting this. Too many young people search CL for a hookup not realizing the truth of STD prevalence among people who advertise on that site. I hope you overcome this ordeal and realize you're not any less of a man or anything like that, and you've got nothing to be ashamed of. You experienced something and learned from it and I guarantee you'll be a stronger person down the road. Best of luck man.

Of course. I say that because I've been through experiences too that really made me question my self worth and identity, and it took me way too long to realize that experiences like this either break or make you; and you might not see it now, but if you let it make you rather than break you, you will actually be in a much better, tougher, wiser state than if you had never experienced this. It just takes thousands of very conscious mental decisions everyday to keep yourself in the positive direction. I know this is 'just reddit' but if you find yourself sliding downhill or you ever need advice or anything like that you can PM me. It just hurts me to see people in your position because I know that pain and I just want you to know that it will get better if you allow it to.

Shank someone every once in a while

Just imagine, InsideOutPanda leaves OP a PM, only for OP to realize it was someone she barely knew or cared for in high school. Then OP has to respond with something along the lines of "Oh, hey InsideOutPanda.. how are you?..". Then suddenly, they both feel extreme awkwardness as it's now just the two of them conversing in private. They have nothing to talk about. Nothing in common. common. come on. come on and zoom on, zoom on, zoom.