This morning, Dani asked me if I experience “limerence”. I actually wasn't certain that I knew what the word meant, so I double checked it. Limerence: a state of intense often involuntary romantic attachment to a person who does not reciprocate the feelings and that is often characterized by excessive preoccupation and obsessive behaviors The involuntary nature of the connection is key: The experience of limerence is similar to addiction and other compulsive behaviors. … Yo

“Iman! You are____.” Is one of the most annoying sentences to me. Yesterday, in traffic on Canal street, at 10:50 something PM, I snatched my phone from Dani to respond to a voice note from Brittyn where she claimed that I am “icked out when a guy likes me back”. Dani, knowing how “icked out” I am by people projecting their ideas of me onto me instead of listening to me, smiled and shook her head. “I don't know why she keeps doing that… one, the stuff she says is never corre

I've been playing around on my phone. I don't usually do that, but I’m trying it out. I worry that my stories exist in a bubble and want to be a more well-rounded creator. I don't think it's possible if I don't interact with people outside of my bubble. It's been interesting… I'm responding to 5 different men not including Omar and Adnan. Those two are not included because they exist within my bubble. The 5 men playing on my phone are being studied. They are deviations from m

“I guess it's like how I want a nose job and I don't ever actually do it.” I giggled on Omar’s couch. He smiled and shook his head, making his curls flop around. “You don't need to do that.” He replied gently. In an effort not to get into a back and forth with him where he tries to make me feel better because that's what he’s supposed to do, I said “your nose looks like a nose job”. When Omar moves his face, it's more animated than you would expect a man with his vibe to b