I only fall in love with a very rare sort of person, and that makes me feel lonely.
I’m a tomboy trans girl and I’m 21.
I’ve only started making real friends in the last year and a half, and one of these people is a cis masculine woman who’s helped me discover a kind of love I never thought I could feel, and helped me understand better my own identity.
I don’t want a relationship with her; it’s not a typical crush.
It’s just that her soft-masculine energy makes me feel calm, seen and safe.
And I’ve realised that I only fall in love with people who have that energy.
The problem is that there are very few of them.
On dating apps, I never get matches with soft masculine women.
It seems to me that many are looking for feminine girls, and I feel invisible.
It hurts to know that I can feel something so rare and deep… but only for a type of person I hardly ever come across.
I’d love to find someone who makes me feel the way she does.
Has anyone else experienced this extreme selectivity?