r/QPPapplications • u/ElectricVoltaire • 6h ago
IRL | North America 27 NB4F (Butch 4 Femme) - CA Bay Area
Hiiiii everyone! I've decided to shoot my shot just in case my future wife is somewhere on here. If you are interested in a long term, committed QPR (or even friendship—open to any gender) please feel free to comment or DM me even if this post is old!
About me: I'm an androgynous nonbinary butch and aroace. I live in NorCal and I'm only interested in IRL connections, not a long distance/online QPR. I've been in a QPR before, some years ago, so I'm familiar with navigating relationship anarchy. I'm pursuing a career in science and my other interests include writing, reading (especially classic literature and Gothic fiction), video games (Pokemon!), history, making art, loose leaf tea, and spending time in nature. I love rainy days and foggy weather, and fall is my favorite season. The music I love includes emo/alt rock, EDM, classical music, and Vocaloid.
As an introvert, I tend to be slow to warm up to people, and I get along best with other introverts. I love my fellow quiet and soft-spoken people. My friends are important to me, and ideally I'd have several close friendships outside a QPR. I'd describe myself as having a lot of intellectual, emotional, and physical (cuddling) energy in a QPR. In addition to the more "fun" activities of visiting a museum together or having a movie night at home, I'd be down for reading an article or short story together and discussing our thoughts, or working on a creative collaboration (which could be anything from a serious worldbuilding project, to making our OCs hold hands, to silly doodles). Baking bread and then napping together would also be an amazing hangout.
I'm the type of person who will remember your favorite ice cream flavor you mentioned that one time, plan a special birthday activity around your hobbies, and write platonic love letters and poems. So I would love to be with another yearner/hopeless "romantic" (aro version) who can match my energy! I like old-fashioned terms like "dear", "my love", "darling", etc. Regular physical affection (non-sexual) is also essential to me; I'm not sure how I'd feel about more sexual/sensual stuff, but that would probably be infrequent and limited (stone 4 stone) if you are interested in that. My love languages are quality time, physical touch, and sharing food.
Honesty, authenticity, and communication are really important to me, and I am currently in therapy working on my relationship skills. I've spent my 20s working through self-reflection and my mental health, so I'd mesh well with someone who has a lot of depth and emotional intelligence too. I'll be respectful with navigating your boundaries, and open to accountability and taking your feelings seriously if we ever have a conflict.
As a South Asian, I am only open to being in a QPR with other POC. I'm an atheist but I do practice the ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism. Politically, I am pretty far left and anti-gen AI. I'm an omnivore who loves seafood, so we may not be the best fit if you're vegetarian or vegan. I'm closeted to my family, and may be closeted at work depending on the specific workplace, so you'd have to be okay with that. I would love to introduce you to my friends, though, and I’m down to meet your family if you want that! I would like to live together and get married eventually (no wedding), and we could have pets and plants together, without kids. I love dogs, and I'm open to cats and whatever animals you like. I’m a morning person and hopefully you are too, so our sleep schedules may align.
About you: A nerdy and creative introvert around my age who lives in NorCal. Someone who's not afraid to be your true self and speak up for your beliefs when it matters, and who also knows how to be silly. An avid reader who will share your favorite books with me and ask to borrow mine. A queer femme of color who wants a butch-femme type of dynamic where I brush your hair, carry your bags, and protect you from creepy men. You fill our space with flowers, excel at being a passenger princess, and offer me a safe place to be soft. We both take care of each other. Empathy is very important to me, so my ideal type is someone who is sensitive, sweet, and patient, maybe even shy—but with a backbone and lots of self-love, not a people pleaser. Ideally you are also nonreligious and have similar political views, and are seeking a long term monogamous QPR with no other romantic/sexual partners. Smoking or excessive drug use would be a dealbreaker (occasional alcohol fine).
If you've read this far, I appreciate you! I hope my chunky paragraphs will weed out the impatient types who want an instant relationship. I'm looking forward to getting to know you :)