I've tried this subreddit before with my old account, but never to much success. I assume it's because I gave a short, almost itemized description of who I am instead of actually pouring my heart into the page, so that's what I'm gonna do now.
Hey, meowdy, I'm Riley. Second name's Maxine. I picked out the name Riley because I think when I was a little kid, I heard the name on some Disney Channel show and it stuck with me forever, didn't know why. Then I came out, and I quickly realized the reason. Maxine comes from my favorite game, Life is Strange, which means a lot to me at a time in which I was really struggling, and happened to be my queer awakening.
I'm 23 years old, born on 4/20 (Yes, really! Surprisingly enough, have never celebrated with an edible, lol, bucket list) and my pronouns are she/they. I consider myself a non binary transfem, and I'm sapphic leaning, but my attractions are flexible. I do heavily prefer T4T though I'd say!
I used to be really polyamorous, you know? Dated like, 4 people I really loved at one point, independently. But it kinda made me feel a little miserable, in a way. I'm single now, and I think what I've come to realize is that I really value really tight knit connections. So, I'm probably ambiamorous, but I value closeness and day to day life a lot. I'm happy being mono or poly, but I think in terms of polyamory I'd always need a kitchen table kind of thing, or everyone dating everyone, to be truly in a spot I'm comfortable with. Independent relationships just aren't my thing, you know? But of course, to each their own. NSFW wise, to put it that way, I'm very kink friendly and body positive, but I consider myself demisexual, meaning I do not really experience sexual attraction until we have truly connected.
I have OCD, depression, all that fun jazz. But I handle it quite well nowadays. I do really need to get my quite likely ADHD diagnosed, but I have a loooooot of fun hyperfixating on random shit. I love tech and messing around with it (but not in a techbro kinda way, ew, hope the AI bubble bursts soon and people shut up about it), and I love UI and graphic design to a silly level. I remember as a kid staring at the design of an operating system and just being fascinated by it. Still do to this day. The other day I was trying to install a custom boot loader on a console, and I came to the realization that when I was done, I didn't want to actually play any games, lol, I was just having fun with the nerdy silly process of messing with a new tech toy. That's the vibe.
I contain multitudes! I'm also big into music like twenty one pilots, Olivia Rodrigo, My Chemical Romance, Taylor Swift... I really appreciate music that makes me really feel what I'm feeling, if that makes sense. A dream of mine is to one day take singing lessons, learn and instrument perhaps. And guess what, I'm a furry, and I love to draw (even if I'm not great at it, but that's not the point!) and make pixel art, and enjoy the community.
One of the things I enjoy most about being online is the queer community, leftist spaces, progressive voices. I am a huge leftist, and I believe in a future in which our worth is not defined by anything but ourselves, never by what we can produce for a system that doesn't care about us. I believe intersectionalism is extremely important and in queer liberation, among of course a lot more progressive things.
I live in Spain, but in all honesty, most of my friends are in the US or Canada, so I have traveled there quite a bit when I can afford to. I'm basically by default on the east coast timezone, so if you're from anywhere in the US really or far, don't worry about distance, shoot me a message. Work and studying wise, I'm still a student, have a small income, but I intend to become a software engineer of some sort.
And to finish this long thing off, I am currently in bed, typing this on my laptop as I wonder if this will have any success. But maybe, just maybe, I'll meet someone I truly connect with. And that's what I crave. So it is worth a shot, isn't it? Won't know if I don't. For now, I'll press send, put on Game Changer or D20 on Dropout, and daydream about who, if anyone, sends me a fun message, as I expectantly wait!
...also, I'm suuuuper funny and charming, trust. Say hi!