someone please tell me it will be okay :(
so i (18f) have been extremely insecure about my body for most of my teenage years and can't help but feel i'm never going to find love because of it. my appearance is definitely the complete opposite to current beauty standards (i have a very boxy/rectangular body shape, completely flat chest - less than aa cup, very flat and weirdly inverted shaped butt, narrow hips, broad shoulders, tall) and it makes me feel like i look like a man and almost like i don't deserve to think of myself as a woman. my face isn't anything special either, as i have had people straight up call me ugly in the past. i've never had a guy like me or give me attention at all, i haven't even been catcalled in my life (i know that's a good thing but it just makes me feel even less of a woman to miss out on such a supposedly universal experience). i am aware that i'm still young but most of my friends have had some kind of romance by now and i feel so left out and behind. i feel like the only man that could ever like me would be some pedo because of how much of a prepubescent boy i look. to make matters worse i am quite awkward and shy so it's not like they could even go for my personality either. this is all amplified to me especially in my generation where most guys are exposed to perfect women on social media and have impossibly high standards. and i know there's all that "beauty on the inside" stuff but when people treat me badly based on how i look i really find it hard to believe. i know male attention isn't always good and i don't need a partner to be fulfilled but i've always dreamed of finding somebody one day to love me as i am but i really don't think that's on the cards for me. please tell me i'm not alone in feeling this way :((
Posted Nov 10, 2025, 12:04 PM UTC