People keep saying that it's easier to grift women because they are more easily appeased than men in relationships, but I have to wonder how many of the women (and it IS primarily women) reading here would accept
- a relationship with no sex, just hand-holding and cuddling
- being their partner's carer if they were obese
- morbid obesity from the start
I'm willing to bet the answer would be very few. I know they'd all be deal breakers for me. That's not atypical, either. Most women would not accept a relationship with any one of those issues, let alone all of those issues together. I'm also not sure how many of the people saying she's not a real lesbian have been or are in lesbian relationships themselves.
:powerlevel: This is PL but it's too relevant to leave out.
I'm female and I'm not straight. I've had long term relationships with both men and women. In my experience it's the women who have higher expectations and men are more laid back. My perspective is a bit skewed by my longest relationship being with a woman with NPD (they're always ridiculously controlling and demanding), but I also know a lot of gay men and women and none of them would accept a partner with Amber's issues. I've never had a guy try to control who I talk to or what I wear or how I spend my free time, but I sure have experienced that with more than one woman I've dated. :powerlevel:
What I'm trying to say is that it's not a common thing for women, gay or straight, to be okay with taking sex off the table or dating a deathfat or being willing to take care of their partner because they ate themselves into immobility.
This will no doubt be an unpopular opinion but I do think she's a lesbian.
I have no trouble accepting that Amber is attracted to women, but having said that her attraction will always take a second seat to finding a partner who is willing to overlook all those deal breakers. Even if she's telling the truth and is a lesbian who is repulsed by dick, I think that if she went for long enough without a female partner and she knew of a guy who was willing to date her, she'd do it for a roof over her head and a warm body to help her bathe and drive her to Target and Texas Roadhouse. She's talented at finding people who will kowtow to her, because that's what narcissists do. I don't think gender or sexuality is the issue here, Amber knows all the signs and watches people like a hawk to work out if and how she can manipulate them. She wouldn't start a relationship with anyone if she didn't think she could come out of it with what she wants.