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Generally speaking, I think that women can pull off modeling diapers a lot easier than men, but I think what would work for ABDL modeling would not always work for modeling in general. Regardless of gender, I think that having a petite build works best, and when it comes to facial features, having a larger forehead, small facial features, and a more rounded jawline. These features are youthful in nature and are why some people come off as 'cute' and not 'hot'. But on the other hand, I think that if someone is a little 'chubby', it could also work when it comes to ABDL modeling. I would think that the goal is to come off as cute and playful when modeling ABDL diapers and clothing. Things that I don't think would work are having very prominent secondary sexual characteristics, such as large breasts for women or broad shoulders for men. I think that men can pull this off, but they are fewer and farther in between than women. I do remember seeing a picture of a young man (early 20s) in a onesie and thought that he was as cute as a button. In modeling in general, height plays a key factor. Women typically need to be between 5'9" and 6'0" and men typically need to be between 6'0" and 6'3". Clothing is more flattering on taller people and if you are not at least a 5'8" woman or 6'0" man, you can not become a runway model. While it is easy to agree on what works for body type for modeling, the face is a little more complex. I love to research random topics and around a year ago, I did some research on the psychology behind why faces are considered attractive. I read one study that said that having an attractive face is actually a combination of having both feminine and masculine features. It showed that there is actually a 'sweet spot' for both men and women. It shows that women can be less attractive if their face is too feminine or men can have too masculine of a face and vice versa. For a man, take Cillian Murphy as an example: While he has a masculine face, he has high cheekbones which is considered a feminine trait. Or for a woman, take Zendaya Jones as an example: She has large bold eyebrows, which is considered a masculine trait. The only example that comes to mind that shows that 'sweet spot' side by side is the before and after of Zac Efron having plastic surgery: I think this is a good example of having too masculine of a face and I think we can all agree he looks a lot more handsome in the first photo. I guess if there is anything to take away from this, it is that if you have traits of the opposite gender that you think make you unattractive, they could be what make you more attractive in the first place and you should embrace them. Traits that work for all genders are having cupid's bow lips or tilted eyes, this is when the inside corners of your eyes are slightly lower than the outside corners of your eyes. Thank you for reading my TED talk.😁

I have never been a big fan of New Year's resolutions. I hate going to the gym in January because it is always packed. I do think that it is always good to evaluate yourself at the beginning of the year and set goals for the year and beyond. Four years ago, I wanted to stop smoking cigarettes and have not smoked a cigarette since around mid-January, four years ago. This year, I am working on quitting vaping completely by March and being nicotine-free by the end of the year. I am also cutting down on the amount of processed foods that I eat, eating more fresh fruits and veggies, making more home-cooked from scratch meals, and cooking new things, like last night I made homemade Hungarian mushroom soup.

Sorry for not posting for a while, life and the holidays have kept me busy. I should have the next chapter posted in the next few days.

Looks like the milk strikes again. I wonder if the mobile music will have any effect on Katie.

I got two sweatshirts from where I when to undergrad and did my master's. I also got some mixing bowls, ladles, and a water filtering shower head. Since it costed me 1500 dollars (600 more than last year) to fly home this year, I tied a bow around my waist Christmas morning and told my mom that me coming home was her Christmas present this year.😁

Lol, definitely jealous of the nanite hair loss treatment. Especially after having a painful laser hair removal session a couple days ago. 😅 Have a wonderful holiday and safe travels Sofia!

Loved seeing Holly in this chapter. Was not expecting the body hair loss from the nanite treatment.

That is very similar to how I cook pork loins in the crock pot. I agree, you should never measure the amount of Worcestershire sauce. I do add a couple table spoons of apple cider vinegar to help tenderize the meat add more favor.

Great chapter! A lot of your chapters about food make me hungry but also give me new cooking ideas.

I don't think there is going to be anything nefarious about the nanite treatment, but the "milk" is going to set her back in the potty training department for sure.

Great chapter, I have a feeling that the clothing options for Katie is going to be on the juvenile side at ValuMart.

The only places I'm getting done right now is my face, neck, chest, stomach, and arms. I'm transitioning and that is the reason I'm getting those areas done. Luckily, I don't have any back hair and the reason I'm doing my arms is because they were always hairy, even as a child. Yes, I'm not looking forward to getting my downstairs done and that is why I'm putting it off for right now. I don't mind shaving my armpits and legs, and HRT will thin and slow down hair growth to where I can go from shaving two to three times a week to once a week.

Yay! New story. If I remember correctly, Katherine's story is going to be interesting based on the little bit of information from LCW.

I tell people that I lived A "True" Christmas Story because I got shot in the eye with a bb gun on Christmas when I was 8.

I made it through my first round of laser hair removal the week before Thanksgiving. After just one treatment, I have noticed a big difference in my facial hair. It has thinned it out so much that after my next treatment in 2 weeks, I will most likely not be able to grow a beard anymore. It also slowed the hair growth rate down some. I was surprised since I'm not hairy, but the most painful area was right around my belly button. My vocal lesson after my last post went well. I had the lesson with both my instructor and the head instructor and came to find out that I have been using both my diaphragm, abdominal muscles, and even my pelvic floor. I should have been using only my diaphragm when speaking. I'm now able to speak in what is called open quotations at around B3 or A3 with little trouble. Last week, we started the second portion of the vocal lessons, which is resonant. After that, it is just putting the two portions together and learning to speak naturally. I started HRT yesterday. I decided to go with the patches even though my doctor told me I could take the pills if I wanted to or even injections. The good thing about the patches is I won't need to take T-blockers since the patches will be strong enough to suppress testosterone. My lab results came back so well, that even my doctor was surprised. My A1C and both good and bad cholesterol were near perfect. From a metabolism standpoint, I am as healthy as an ox. I made it through the Thanksgiving holiday. After all the traveling, food, cooking, and spending time with family, I was definitely glad to be back in my cozy apartment yesterday. I learned that trying to find time to come out to a few family members was basically impossible due to how big my family is and I will have to pretty much schedule it when I visit home again around Christmas. I did have a lot of fun visiting though, got to spend time with 5 of my nieces and nephews. Went deer hunting a few times, but didn't see anything big enough worth shooting. I even went quail hunting and our hunting group bagged 25 birds. I mainly liked seeing the hunting dogs work. One thing I promised myself was that I was not going to give up some of my hobbies that are stereo-typically male just because I was transitioning. In some ways, I feel like I am just transitioning into a tomboy. I did notice that my more naturally feminine mannerisms and speech have been bubbling to the surface when I was around my family since I have not been on guard about that as much lately. Even though I did not come out to the family members that I planned on coming out to, I did have a good talk with my mom about all this. She asked me how therapy has been going and I told her the truth, that it helps to talk about this, but it does not make it better, and that I even talked to a second therapist too. She then asked if I tried going to any support groups and I told her yes, but they are not the most helpful. I could write a whole post on that trans-fem support group, but to be completely honest, about a 1/3 seem to be normal people who are transitioning or who have transitioned, another 1/3 I'm not sure about, and the last 1/3 seem to suffer from major mental health disorders that have nothing to do with their gender (they also may be trans too). The last group of people are the saddest of cases since they are usually anti-therapy and will refuse to see someone unless they affirm everything about themselves. Since I worked with addicts a lot in the past, I would run into the same situations and it was heartbreaking because, at that point, I couldn't do anything to help them get and stay sober. Affirming therapy is not therapy to begin with anyway. I remember one of the staff members at the rehab I went to said to me, "I'm here to call you out on your bullshit, not cosign it." He used to piss me off so much, but he told me, "Would you rather have hurt feeling and be alive, or would you rather be dead." There was a saying at that place, "Fuck your feelings," that a lot of people would say. I thank people like him for being one of the reasons I'm sober today, we still talk to one another, are close friends now, and end our phone calls by saying "I love you." Sorry, I vented a little bit on that, but I feel very strongly about mental health care and how the people who need it the most are the ones who refuse it the most in my experience. I was definitely in that camp once at a point in my life too. Back to my mom, she then told me, "I may not agree with everything that you do moving forward, but I will always love you and want you to be happy. I mainly don't want you to do something that you will regret and that you can not take back." I then told her that I was getting laser hair removal and her biggest concern was if I was getting it done by a professional. I will eventually tell her about going on HRT, but I still have a little bit of time before I can't hide that I am on it. She then assured me that our family would be more accepting than I would think and that everyone needs you in the family; not financially or anything like that, but as a loving and supporting family member. I laughed a little bit and told her that I tell everyone our family is like Modern Family, but more conservative with southern accents. I guess I will just have to see how things go during Christmas.

Your welcome! Glad you like the outfit.

Yeah, I still have not heard back from them. I'm going to email them to either ship my order now or refund my money.

Flying back home tomorrow afternoon, along with having to take a train Wednesday morning. Not looking forward to that. Having Thanksgiving lunch with my mom's side of the family. Will probably be somewhere between 30 and 40 of us. Hopefully, will be able to go deer hunting on my family's farm a few times too before flying back Sunday. I could really use some deer meat to ship back to my place.

I definitely understand having to "speak" multiple languages. In my past life before starting my PhD, I was a PM in construction management. So I had to oversee the designs, construction, budgets and logistics. The hardest part of my job, since I specialized in K-12, was the principals of the schools. Second would be having to deal with "armchair" engineers and architects, and hot-headed GCs that are in over there heads. I really was just a glorified babysitter and had to do a lot of hand holding.

I will do that next time. They finally emailed me back last week and said they would follow up with the warehouse but that is the last I heard from them.

Lol, they should of ended the ad with them waddling to a cab to go home at the end of the night.

The best method is either professional laser hair removal or electrolysis. It is expensive but is almost permanent with only needing a touch up treatments every now and again. I'm getting a few laser hair treatments this week and in total, it takes 8 to 10 treatments every 4 to 8 weeks. Being a good candidate for laser means you need fair skin and dark hair. If you have light hair then electrolysis is a better option but it involves going hair by hair and very time consuming. Waxing is the second best option and can keep you hair free for up to 8 weeks. It's painful and if you plan on doing it yourself at home, be prepared to have a good mental threshold for self inflicted pain. Nair works great and extend what shaving could do by about 3 to 4 days. Be careful and follow the directions carefully, you can get chemical burns that are not fun. I have had mixed results with at home laser hair removal and it seems to only thin and slow down hair growth in my case. One thing that I have started using on my legs and downstairs area every time I shave is Cyperus rotundus oil. It is a natural plant oil that is suppose to reduce and slow hair growth. I just started using it recently and couldn't tell you how effective it is yet. Other than just shaving or buying a good trimer that is designed for that area, those are all the methods I know of.

I think when it comes to ABU cloth-backed diapers, it depends on the "batch" that comes from the manufacturer. In the 2 cases of little kings and case of cushies, I had zero problems with them, but now have problems with the alphagators.

That was an interesting podcast. I would hope that if I found someone who was compassionate, understanding, and empathetic, by the time I would have to bring this up (which would be as soon as I knew things were getting serious)they would be understanding on some level. I found a litmus test for this, which is if someone holds an opinion on something but can still see why someone else would have the opposite opinion, even if they still don't agree. The overlapping of kinks is a good idea. In the past, I have only dated people that I either met IRL or on Bumble, but if I ever tried meeting someone on Fetlife, I would give that a try.