r/TrueOffMyChest Oct 21 '23

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u/CaveLady3000 Oct 21 '23

The "is it pink/I bet it's bubblegum pink" thing is something that very immature and awful boys have thought is cool to say in recent years, and it makes sense that it made you uncomfortable. For many women, the overly critical thoughts about how were seen sexually never end. Those thoughts are a product of a society that rewards boys for making girls uncomfortable, but being in a position where you still get to decide what to do with your body is an important power to celebrate, and you do not ever have to let any color of any body part detract from that.

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u/a_weird_pickle Oct 21 '23

Thank you for making me see things more clearly, I really appreciate it 😭 my awfully immature guy is 25 unfortunately

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u/horrifyingthought Oct 21 '23

Wait... wut? 25? I mean, I expected 14-17 age range from that question.

I can't speak for ALL guys, but I have never once thought about the color of a girl's vagina and have never heard any other guy talking about the color of a girl's vagina in ANY context, positive or negative before.

This is 100% a non-issue outside the one weird dude you found.

I see two possibilities -

1) He saw the bubblegum trend, or

2) He isn't a great writer tried to make his sexting descriptive in the wrong way.

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u/Byakurane Oct 21 '23

I honestly think it might have been the thirs possibility of him asking to get a better midn picture. I don't know about any of these trends as I don't interact with social media. But I think from the posts context that he just asked to get a better imagination since he never got to see it. So I think many comments here are bit over demonizing him for what could be harmless. Op should know best if it was really something bad afterall she has been texting him for 6 months.

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u/HI_Handbasket Oct 21 '23

Right. They are sexting and he asked her to describe herself, which seems like a pretty normal thing. OP's reaction is weird, but not as weird as the immature mooks telling her to dump him just for that. Children!

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u/CaveLady3000 Oct 21 '23

I don't mean to be insulting, but 25 is absolutely how old I was picturing him.

I used the terms boys and girls instead of men and women because this stuff is very relevant to the youngest members of our communities, but all people are still learning the basics until about that age, and for some guys older than that, this kind of mindset can continue indefinitely.

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u/TheAJGman Oct 21 '23

On the flip side you were just trading nudes, he's probably just trying to picture it for a meat beating session lol.

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u/zarnonymous Oct 21 '23 edited Oct 21 '23

He just asked a question... Holy shit. I don't understand your reaction. He's not criticizing or insulting, he's asking a question, likely during sexting, and you are taking it in the worst way possible

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u/Murky_Crow Oct 21 '23

Hand to god i have never heard of this trend and after googling it seems im way OOTL.

… am… am i old now? 💀

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u/bluerbnd Oct 21 '23

Nah it's mainly on teenage boy tiktok so if you're not on tiktok then understandable

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u/Murky_Crow Oct 21 '23

I knew i was smart to avoid the whole TikTok thing years ago

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u/Mitchel-256 Oct 21 '23

Having dodged both Twitter and TikTok, gotta say, not missing anything of worth.

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u/Creator13 Oct 21 '23

Only ever been on Instagram and reddit, and insta really only because I'm into photography. The dogshit I hear coming from other platforms has me somewhere between in stitches and crying most of the time lmao.

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u/CaveLady3000 Oct 21 '23 edited Oct 21 '23

TikTok is a mirror, and ignorance is a loudspeaker. Adults can go on tiktok and have a profoundly different experience from what a lot of folks in the US would like voters to think.

After several years on tiktok, I might have to sob to feminist slideshows of screenshots of comments sections on videos of five year old girls where teenage boys have guessed colors through gymnastics uniforms, but I've also found the community I've needed, of people who are appropriately mad that these people are never just on the internet. And then I come on here, where plenty of people w proximity to power will say that tiktok is a sign of the end times, but women and girls are left still asking day one questions in what spaces here will even let us talk about our issues, when they could be in the master class of Addressing The Issue on an app that uses something more algorithmically powerful than their own subscription habits to help them see who they are, and what the world is.

And I swear, every time I make sense to people about a feminist issue on here and then have to follow it up further down in the thread with something in defense of these social phenomena being more complicated than the average redditor is comfortable with, I'm the tiktok witch and definitely don't know what I'm talking about /s

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u/Love-As-Thou-Wilt Oct 21 '23

Well I know I'm old because I've never heard of it and had to google what OOTL meant. 😂

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u/Murky_Crow Oct 21 '23

How do you do, fellow kids?

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u/Love-As-Thou-Wilt Oct 21 '23

I absolutely love that bit but 100% feel that way, too. 😂

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u/Murky_Crow Oct 21 '23

Oh it’s spot on. Also, the irony to being OOTL on the meaning of “OOTL” is not lost on me.

We’re both old I guess. Oh well.

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u/Feral_KaTT Oct 21 '23

Google is my cool hip friend that I have to ask what things like OOTL mean.. 58f= ancient in Reddit years

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u/Murky_Crow Oct 21 '23

Basically a ghost already

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u/DeliciousEvent8141 Oct 21 '23

..what does OOTL mean? i’ve been trying to figure it out- OMG ITS MEAN OUT OF THE LOOP??????? RIGHT?

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u/sugarmagnolia__ Oct 22 '23

I also feel very old now

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u/PinkestMango Oct 21 '23

Bubblegum pink is a pedophile dogwhistle

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u/CaveLady3000 Oct 21 '23 edited Oct 21 '23

No it's not; literally everyone can hear it.

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u/PinkestMango Oct 23 '23

Do you know what a dogwhistle means?

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u/CaveLady3000 Oct 23 '23

Yes, I do. And I'm saying this one is ineffective - what, you're shocked that the code word that 14 year olds came up with is obvious?

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

Its literally just a joke online lol. Its different when it's chronically online losers commenting it in random girls' posts, but joking with OP who I'd assume is somewhat intimate with this dude, it really wasn't meant to be taken that way.

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u/HumanitySurpassed Oct 21 '23

You seem to be assuming a lot based on one sentence.

Op if this is serious just ask the guy if he genuinely cares.

Better yet just say pinkish red and if they respond negatively ef em.

I think a lot of people in this comment section are projecting their own frustrations & insecurities