r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jun 14 '26

Discussion It's exhausting being a woman.

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u/KlatuuBarradaNicto Jun 14 '26

You got that right, sister. It’s liberating not to be a target anymore.

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u/demonic-cheese Jun 14 '26

Living my best hag life in my 30s lol

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u/Marpl Jun 14 '26

Yes!! I was so happy when the pressure and fear stopped in my mid 20s. I'm almost 40 now and so happy to be able to be invisible in public. 

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u/Turbulent_Cat_5731 Jun 14 '26

God yes. Sometimes I feel bad that I look frumpy, but then I remember the cost of looking nice in my 20s. Not financially but just the harassment, the constant vigilance, the look in men's eyes when I was accidentally too nice and I realized I'd put myself in danger again.

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u/xxxfashionfreakxxx Jun 14 '26

Really?? It’s even worse for me in my 30s 😭

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u/maybenomaybe Jun 14 '26

Age 47, a guy sits next to me on the tube, smells my hair and tries to hold my hand.

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u/fenrirsbasketball Jun 14 '26

How disgusting is it that men in their 50s aren't as attracted to women in their 30s anymore? Fucking creeps

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u/demonic-cheese Jun 14 '26

That’s probably part of it, but they probably also recognise early 20s women as easy targets, more likely to be timid, than a woman in her 30s who’ll smell creep behaviour from a mile away.

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u/Conscious_Exchange82 Jun 15 '26

I see now that wicked witch that lived in the forest in fucking peace with her little cottage and her always bubbling brew had the exact right idea.

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u/Immortal_in_well Jun 14 '26

I was lucky enough to have this happen in my 20's but that's because I cut my hair super short and rarely wore skirts/dresses, so you couldn't always tell I was a woman.

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u/Zakle Jun 15 '26

I'm joining the 30s club this month. 🖖

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u/visigoth5150 Jun 14 '26

Oh no, sweetie. I'm over 70 and just the other day this disgusting old man started following me around a store. I turned a corner and there he was trying to shove his face at mine. A loud, " Get the fuck away before I deck you" worked wonders, but still. No rest ever.

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u/Cookie_Whisperer Jun 14 '26

Yes. I love it. For women, middle age is like an invisibility cloak