Palais Royal vanity ensemble: two green opaline crystal perfume bottles, cranberry crystal tray, gilt metal holder, green opaline crystal tray fixed on alabaster base, 1870s.
one of my favorite facts about gekko hayashi (artist who drew gay erotica) is that he was straight guy who pivoted from sci-fi & monster stuff to illustrating for gay & bdsm mags at like 50 years old because he wanted to expand his artistic horizons, and compensated by lack of lived experience by setting up a phone line for gay men to call in & recount their stories so he could illustrate them...legend
It's normal to be alone and not have a sex life in your mid 20s. It's normal to have missed out on dating and love growing up and it's normal to go through school and college without anyone being interested in you and it's normal that your parents met at your age and it wasn't either of their first relationship and it's normal to be so lonely and touch starved it hurts to breathe