The Fairy Garden (1)

[npixelz]

Man, i kinda wanna do an rp of like a school setting with like slice of life flavoring, a little drama seasoning and some romance to spice it up

But I also don't wanna ma,e a commitment if it doesn't go far

What to do, what to do

[(-o-)]

You can try it and if it's not up your alley, stop.

There is also Ai Dungeon. You can play by yourself or with friends. Not a great dm, but it's silly fun.

[npixelz]

Hmmmm, maybe

[silverberry]

I think you can try starting one, but you might have to be really open and direct about it being a very casual RP to make sure the other players are on the same page.

[npixelz]

Maybe I'll ask my current DND party after this campaign is done


Because if I can't experience a school romance drama slice of life story irl, might as well try to simulate one!

[galled]

Aw, pix, you're breaking my heart...

We can probably help a little with suggestions/insights on how we navigated romance for better or worse. If you're up for it that is.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

School romance did not go well for me & I would not want to repeat any of those days!
But I am sure you could probably find someone who would be up to role playing.

[npixelz]

Idk if I'll do it yet, but I'm up for hearing about your own experiences! That way if I do it I'll have something to go off of!

[galled]

I'll start off by saying that my view of my school romances is they were all learning experiences. They ran the gamut of infatuation, unrequited love, overcoming fear, excitement, great anticipation, angst, confusion, utter joy, heartbreak, and ultimately loss (didn't end up with anyone from that time). I made many mistakes (all part of the learning experience), and also learned a great deal--and I would also say that many of the mistakes were due to bad role models and immaturity (inexperience, lack of empathy, understanding and selfishness by one and all).

It's a risk/reward equation that ends nearly always, and badly almost most of the time. Sad, but true. However, the old it's better to to loved and lost than to never have loved at all is something I agree with.

The biggest factor is expanding your social circle--school made it inevitable because we were regularly changing classes every period, every semester, every year, and changing schools. It's all been more difficult being out of school, made worse by covid, and I imagine working nights makes it tougher as you don't work in a huge location with hundreds of people. Fortunately, the web has filled in some of that gap. So perhaps it'll make sense to start your role play as an online encounter and see where it goes?

[silverberry]

I don't have much of an experience, as I'm both uninterested in romance and utterly oblivious to it. As in, oblivious to the point that someone had flat-out directly confessed and I brushed it off as love in the platonic sense. Kissed on the lips and not realizing it was an expression of romantic interest and just telling them off because I didn't like physical contact level of being dumb.

School romance-wise, most of my experience was second-hand, listening to my friends' concerns with their romantic relationships.

[npixelz]

That makes sense

Same with me, I had friends tell me of their love interests a lot, even as recent as last year. Though I did have my own love interests that never went anywhere


I guess I have technically had 3 girlfriends, but the longest was 2 weeks

[galled]

It's incredibly rare to meet "the one" on your first (or third) go. It really is a numbers game to some extent, provided you're at and mingle among others at a favorable maturity for one on one relationships. The lotto slogan "you can win unless you play" comes to mind. That said, it never worked for me if I was actively looking for someone (perhaps subconsciously it comes across as desperate?). You're young, you've got plenty of time ahead of you.

I think I mentioned it before, but our neighbor is going to a wedding this weekend. His friend is getting married for the first time at the age of 72. Incredible and although I don't know the couple, so happy for them!

[npixelz]

Wise words from wise men write wise deeds in wise pen

The three I had I wasn't searching either

Actually, if yall are interested I could share my stories?

That's sweet!

[galled]

Please share if you're comfortable.

[npixelz]

Ok, so, first one

I was at a leader in training summer camp. We went on a canoe trip partway through. I was dared to kiss a girl during truth or dare. I did it. Afterwards I was a bit upset because it was my first kiss and I had wanted it to be special. Then we just kinda started dating. Lasted a week.

Second one was online. In a Discord server I'm still in, and am now part of the staff, I would often make speeches about darkness and light, chaos and order, and balance between them. Apparently this impressed a girl because she added me to her own server and soonish after we started dating. She later told me she had daydreamed of me making poems about her, which was how the initial interest started. Which is something I actually did for her, make poems. That also lasted a week.

Third one was also online. Another girl from the same server I'm staff in added me to her server. There I met this girl and we hit it off. We were often teased for flirting. Eventually we started dating but she ended up calling it off because previous relationships had hurt her and she wanted to go to therapy before she got into a relationship again. This last one lasted two weeks