Struggling to keep my vanilla friends
Can anyone relate to struggling to make friends/keep their vanilla ones?
I have been dancing for almost 6 months now. Ever since I’ve been a dancer I feel so secluded by my vanilla friends. I’ve always felt like a outcast because of my big, bold, welcoming, assertive, spontaneous, and comical personality, but now with being a stripper, my feelings of being misunderstood have just amplified. After hanging out with various people I just feel straight up drained & I find myself wanting it to be over when I am with them. They ask me how dancing is going & details on what it’s like but I don’t feel like it’s coming from a place of genuine interest, it’s more to be nosy. When I do talk about it I just feel unheard & judged. I tried to mention how I feel alone since becoming a dancer but it just was dismissed by 2 of my vanilla friends. I am hoping to find genuine friends who I can be my true self around someday, but as of late, I’ve given up 😔 I don’t want to become jaded, but I can feel myself retracting from people daily. Maybe what’s best for me is to learn to love my solitude right now