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McKinley's avatar

every day I come on substack and am given another reason to delete Instagram forever. your thoughts here are so good, I was JUST talking to a close friend yesterday about how love in the past used to be so much purer, that we wish we still wrote letters and made phone calls, that we could just show up at someone's house (without seeming like a creep).

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Aliena's avatar

I love this post! You articulate so well that we are more than the thirst traps we post online. I've learned if a guy only likes your story when you post yourself, he primarily only has lustful feelings towards you - even if you just posted a selfie. And usually the types that like your story and never message, or barely reply if you message them, are liking a lot of other girls' stories. It's not to say you can't genuinely connect with someone online, but you have to carefully vet them to make sure they don't only want "one thing" unless of course you only want a casual relationship with them.

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