The proposed phenomenon of "silent lovers" also implies the occurrence of "silent haters" and even more likely, "silent neutrals"

It must be nice knowing you're attractive and that people "probably" feel that way about you :( some of us were cursed at birth

My manager often comes to me in order to fix all of her problems, does that count?

I'm a man and I meet a fair amount of people who compliment me. For some reason, they all have something in common: they're trying to sell me something.

Over the past 10 years I've lost a lot of hair and have gotten 40 pounds fatter. I was objectively more handsome 10 years ago, but my 8yo daughter thinks I'm the most handsome now even when I show her my old pictures.

Are these hypothetical people jealous of my wheelchair and my chronic pain too? Sentimental dribble.

At some point in time, I don't really know when, something snapped in me. I didn't want silent lovers or anybody wanting to possess any aspect of my being.

What I want is to live out my remaining days in total anonymity without anybody having any thoughts of me whatsoever to the point that when I eventually die in my house, it won't even be discovered until my bills have lapsed for a couple months and the police do a wellness check to find my decomposing corpse and can't figure out who the hell I even am beyond a name on a property tax roll.

This is not a death wish. It is a desired retirement from interaction. I'm so so very tired of people.

Lemme comments don't count. I'm just some random username leaving thoughts in a small online journal that others happen to be able to see.

I believe the technical term for this is 'a crock of shit'.

You can tell this was written by a pretty girl as words of self-validation to herself.

Not me

The spelling makes it unwholesome for me at least because being filled with rage and hatred doesn't seem wholesome to me.

Can confirm. There are SO MANY people in my life who I'm like "you're just so cool." People who might not consider themselves the prettiest, the smartest, the trendiest, the most intelligent... Etc. but each of those people fucking SHINE to me in a way that is so truly irreplaceable and THEM. I try and say it whenever I have it, but there are many people I just never get the chance to say it to.

One that stands out is this girl in my class at college back in the early 2000s. Random girl, I worked with her on one project, but something about how she inspired and motivated me has stuck with me for 20 years. I've made decisions and changes in my life because of her, and she has no clue that she's a pivotal and incredible power in my world to this day.

This is you to someone. I guarantee it.

I'm bald.

UR-ine.

Everyone else in the comments needs to learn to appreciate and care for themselves more. Yes, this was originally posted by someone who doesn't know us individual but also it's almost certainly true. Think about the number of people you see every week. Each time you go to work, or go shopping, or walk through town, hundreds of people see you very briefly. It would be a statistical anomaly that literally none of them find a single thing about you to be pleasant.

No-one is saying that you're a perfectly attractive person, just that there is one thing about you that's nice. Surely you can believe that?

I used to hate myself and have no self-confidence or self-esteem. I spent years and years putting in conscious effort to get to a place where I can accept myself as I am. It's a journey that has been very worthwhile. There are lots of things in my life that I dislike, but at least I don't treat myself unfairly any more. I remember what it's like going through life hating myself, and it just makes everything so much worse.